Red Cross Meeting Set for Tuesday at City Hall
Red Cross calls volunteers for sewing and knitting Friday afte noon at two o clock in Fairmont Center city hall. Carl Punk Kiewiet a Golden Glove heavyweight from Buffalo Center may miss finals due to National Guard duty Monday at Mason City. Legion Posts in Mason City host a stag night tonight and may seek permission for members to travel to Minneapolis to join friends in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Faio Center
Punk Kiewiet
Cer Boy
Buffalo Center
Golden Glove
Fairmont
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Howry
Carl
Fra National Guard
Mason City
Legion
Staan City
Minapolis
Legion Meeting Absentees Threaten Post Closure
Marysville Winnebago Post No. 21 faces charter loss after widespread absence from meeting night. Despite dues paid, members cited cost and fatigue as reasons for skipping, while few faithful officers kept the Post from failing. A February 6 session at Adjutant Ol’s home offered plans and oyston stews for all attendees.
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Kirkpatrick
Marysville
Winnebago
Anton
Beet allotment deadline notice for Pompeon company
Informal ad appeals for beet allotment by January 20. Call Pompeon Company to express interest and place a request for beets. The message requests prompt contact and mentions a January deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeon
Carload of Cotton Arrives for County Mattress Program
A carload of 24,000 pounds of cotton from the Federal Compress at Chatahoochee Georgia arrives to supply about 400 mattresses. Centers are planned in Lake Mills Forest City Thompson Buffalo Center and Leland with 100 mattresses per center. The Surplus Marketing Association provides cotton and ticking, funds not supplied. A $1 per mattress fee will cover needles thread tufts and lumber. Local communities must provide heated rooms and leaders are being sought to train residents in mattress making at a Thompson training school.
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AAA
Chatahoochie
Georgia
Lake Mills
Forest City
Thompson
Buffalo Center
Leland
Surplus Marketing Association
County Mattress Programm
Farm Bureau
Ladies Literary Circle Delves Into Rivers Topic
The Ladies Literary Circle met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. John Lande. With the president absent, the vice president Mrs. Henry Schol conducted the business meeting. Roll Call discussed Drama and Movies while the afternoon topic was Rivers. Papers by Mrs. Florence Sapp on Down Idaho's River of No Return and by Mrs. Margaret Schol Down the Rio Grande were read. The next meeting is February 18 at Mrs. Cc L. Peterson's home.
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John Lande
Henry Schol
Florence Sapp
Idaho
River of No Return
Margaret Schol
Rio Grande
L. Peterson
Community Club Notes February meeting program recap
The Womans Community Club met on Tuesday February 4 after the business session. A program featured piano solos Happiness by Peggy Schoon Adventure by Osa Johnson presented by Mrs. Albert Sloper Jr and Singing Wavelets by Barbara Lou Slaba. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. S C Claassen Miss Marjorie Cran and Mrs. C Lohrbach.
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Womans Community Club
RB. ™ DeVries
Jerry Schoon
Peggy Schoon
Osa Johnson
Albert Sloper, Jr
Barbara Lou Slaba
S. C. Claassen
Marjorie Cran
C. Lohrbach
Dolmage Hospital Notes and Woden Fireball Date
Mrs. Charles Pritchard and Mrs. Sidney Jensvold with infant William Ronald were dismissed. Joe Molter admitted Friday. Mrs. Herman Haager and infant Harry Lee dismissed Sunday. Mrs. George Anderson and daughter Orla Jane dismissed Monday. Woden Fire Department to hold annual ball February 15 at Woden.
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Charles Pritchard
Sidney Jensvold
William Ronald
Joe Molter
Herman Haager
Harry Lee
George Anderson
Orla Jane
Woden
Act Two Scene Time and Roles in Operetta
The note sets scene equality with Act One, marking one year later in the afternoon. It lists Directress and Accompanist as principal roles guiding the operetta performance. The fragment signals a continuation of the stage directions and character duties in an English theater program.
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Polly
Funeral Services For Marlyn Friesenborg At Liberty Lutheran
Funeral services for Marlyn Friesenborg age 24 year old son of Mr and Mrs William Friesenborg were held Saturday at Liberty Lutheran church in Rake. Burial followed in Olena Mound cemetery. Pallbearers were cousins Eugene Berhow Cleo Berhow Wm Cowley and Marvin Nehring. He died Wednesday evening in a Mason City hospital from pneumonia. Survivors include his parents two brothers two sisters and his grandparents Mr and Mrs Francis Berhow.
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Marlyn Friesenborg
William Friesenborg
Liberty Lutheran
Rake
Olena Mound
Eugene Berhow
Cleo Berhow
Wm. Cowley
Marvin Nehring
Marlyn
Mason City
Pnaemonia
Francis Berhow
Dakota Doudings and a North Dakota Anecdote
A speaker recalls a Dakota woman describing harsh life in the cold and hardship. She recounts her married daughter using anti-freeze in dishwater and a coffee pot boiling on a red hot range, noting how such stories sounded strange yet true.
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Ree
North Dakota
Ray Murray
Grant Township Meeting Promotes Home Project Dinner
Ladies invited to a Home Project meeting at Mrs M Kraft’s home on Friday February 7 at 10 o clock. Potluck luncheon at noon. Bring your service of dishes and silverware.
Daughter of Former Resident Dies in Montana
Word arrives of the death of Hope Walters, daughter of Mrs. Joe Walters of Big Sandy Montana. She died January 5 in a Great Falls hospital. Mrs Walters was a longtime teacher in the local school and the Walters moved from Buffalo Center to Montana about thirty years ago. Mr Walters died a few years ago.
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Hope Walters
Joe Walters
Big Sandy
Montana
Great Falls
Winnebago County Seals 121,143 Bushels of Corn
Clarence B. Helgren reports Winnebago County sealed 121,143 bushels of corn in January. Moisture averages 19 percent while February ends the 20.5 percent limit for 1940 corn. Beginning March 1, tests must show not more than 16.5 percent moisture in a 7-foot crib, requiring favorable weather. Producers are urged to seal before March 1.
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Clarence B. Helgren
Winnebago County
DeVries Elected President of Buffalo Center Business Club
R T DeVries was chosen president at the Buffalo Center Business Mens Club meeting held at the Commercial Hotel. O L Price named vice president Bernard Olson became secretary and treasurer. Officers will assume duties at the March meeting on Monday March 3rd. Also present were Boy Scout officials who praised the movement and showed a technicolor scout film. A letter from Stella M Olson thanked the club for the lighting contest prize and praised decorations that boosted local merchants.
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BR. T. DeVries
Buffalo Center Business Mens Club
Commercial Hotel
O. L. Price
Bernard Olson
K. H. Elman
J. P. Heyman
G. A. Carman
Fleming
Tubeson
Mason City
Winnebago Council of
Boys Scouts
Clifford Sheldon
Lake Mills
Boy Scouts
Earl Behrends
Business Men’s Club
Buffalo Center
Iowa
Business Men's Club
Stella M. Olson
Betels Receives Name Engraved Fountain Pen
Ted Betels was surprised with a fountain pen bearing his name at a party at the Tom Potter home. He will leave next Monday for Mason City to join his machine company in the Iowa National Guard. The unit departs for Louisiana on the 25th for a year of special training.
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Ted Betels
Tom Potter
Ted
Mason City
Iowa National Guard
Louisiana
Mrs. Andrew Albers Announces Farm Closure Sale
Mrs. Andrew Albers will hold a closing out sale of all her livestock and farm machinery on Tuesday February 18 with R. T. DeVries and Son acting as auctioneers.
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Andrew Albers
R. T. DeVries & Son
Card of Thanks for sympathy and funeral aid
We express sincere thanks for sympathy and assistance at our bereavement. Gratitude to those who conducted the funeral services the singers and for the floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Friesenborg and Children.
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Wm. Friesenborg
Town and Country Women Meet for Agricultural Act Discussion
Town and country women will gather at the Jake Hofbauer home on Friday February 7 from 1 to 4 PM for a round table discussion of the Agricultural Adjustment Act led by Mrs A J Larson of Leland. All women are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hofbauer
A. J. Larson
Leland
Manly Five Scheduled To Play Here Tonight
Forest City Indians and Scarville Fives set for North Iowa Conference clash at Manly High School on Thursday February 6. County tournament results crown Forest City Class A champions 37 to 26 over Thompson. Scarville beat Forest City 24 to 22 to win Class B title.
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Manly Five
Forest City Indians
Scarville
Manly High School
North Iowa
Winnebago County
Thompson
Forest City
Auxiliary notes from Post 21 meeting in February
The Auxiliary of American Legion Post No 21 held a February meeting at Mrs. Jennie Kreeze home. Discussions covered needed shoes for a designated child, a rummage sale, and a February birthday party at Knoxville with planned cookies and gifts. Committees formed to buy a wedding gift for Fern Becker and to arrange flowers for a sick member. Des Moines conference attendance noted.
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Auxiliary of American Legion Post No. 21
Jennie Kreeze
Lottie Hum
Rose Schleifer
Cena Akkerman
Katherine Carman
Knoxville
Vera Olson
Dorothea Rhode
Schleifer
Kreeze
Louise Lohrbach
Hum
Fern Becker
Carman
Lohrbach
Des Moines
Iva Claassen
Ray Murray
Ed Yahnke
Veterans Hospital
God Bless America
Anton Rank
Alma Davis
Miss Ricky
E U S N Club Notes Meeting Report
The E U S N Club met Monday January 27 with Eileen Woodcock chairing Ruth Larson spoke on Life at Bess Streeter Aldrich Mrs Minnie Slaba county chairman was a guest A delicious lunch closed the meeting The next meeting is set for Monday February 10 with Ruth Wilson
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E. U.S. N. Club
Eileen Woodcock
Ruth Larson
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Minnie Slaba
Ruth Wilson
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L Kiewiet
Legionaire Brown
Legionaire Grey
Jay
Nuary
Polly Make-Believe Lassie
Mack
Jimmy
Ebenezer
Beverly Smith
Muriel Vahnke
Lowell Peterson
Jimmy Johnson
Harris Feldick
Elizabeth- Miller
Arthur Beekman
Jimmy Heitland
Ruth Elaine Liveren
Geraldine Albers
Marjorie Terveer
Idris Jutting
Roslyn Jordalen
Act
Ferne Krantz
Jdune Smith
Gene Bohl
Howard Johnson
Verlaine* Thompson
Berthe Erdahl
Bertha Slater
Grant Township Meeting
R. T. DeVries
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