V. F. W. Sewing Group Meeting Report
Eleven members attended the V. F. W. Hospital Sewing Committee meeting led by Mrs. Marie Mairs. The group continued sewing carpet rags for Schick Domiciliary Hospital in Clinton. Helpers served coffee and cake. Next meeting slated for March 3 with Mrs. Bessie Grobe, Mrs. Wilma Ramsell, and Mrs. Grace Rutherford assisting. Members urged to bring carpet rags as more are needed and the final meeting of the year will address unfinished business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. F. W. Hospital
Marie Mairs
Schick Domiciliary
Clinton
Maude Green
Mairice Mairs
Bessie Grobe
Wilma Ramsell
Grace Rutherford
Eastern Star Holds Monthly Meeting in Eldora
Mrs Tresa Essig Worthy Matron and the newly installed officers presided over the Eastern Star monthly meeting last Wednesday with 50 members present. Eldora Star School of Instruction and Inspection is set for March 7. Valentine cookies ice cream and coffee were served by Mr. and Mrs. Eldon McVeety Mr. and Mrs. James Cameron Mr. and Mrs Ed Anderson Mrs Hilda Bachman and Mrs William McCall. The next meeting is March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tresa Essig
Eastern Star
Eldora
Eastern Star School of Instruction
Valentine
Eldon McVeety
James Cameron
Ed Anderson
Hilda Bachman
William McCall
Community club schedule of February events
A list of local February meetings and gatherings including Mothers' Club and Young Mothers' Club on February 12, W S C S and Congregational groups on February 13, Blue Star Mothers on February 14, Farm Bureau and Needlecraft on February 15, Melrose Cemetery Society on February 16, Mother Cabrini and St. Marys Study Clubs on February 18, Balcony Boosters and Beta Sigma Phi on February 18, and American Home divisions and Ny T7 Club on February 19 with hostess names and locations in small-town venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club
L. L. Scott
Young Mothers’ Club
Paul Barnard
B. P. W. Sans Souci
Merle Frey
Newcomers Club
Ralphes
Rebekah Lodge
M. E. Church
St. Mary's
Congregational Women’s Fellowship United Circle
Congregational Women's Fellowship
Blue Star Mothers of America
American Home
Glenn Kurtz
Eldora Township Farm Bureau Public Welfare Dept
M. M. Mulford
Melrose Cemetery Society
Mother Cabrini
E. F. Stielow
St. Mary’s
Lawrence McNertney
Charles Speers
Beta Sigma Phi
Sunny Clemons
Ac Wiesner
E. O
JL. K. Welsh
Nellie Davis
Married couple Norma Martin and Jerry Howard wed in Marshall town
Married Miss Norma Lea Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Martin of Whitten and Jerry A Howard son of Mr and Mrs E F Howard of Whitten were married Saturday February 2 in the Christian Church at Marshall town with Rev Orville Walker reading the double ring ceremony A wedding supper at the E F Howards home followed for close relatives The couple departed Sunday for Fort Madison Iowa to reside at 1812 Avenue J Mr Howard an apprentice in a depot at Niota near Fort Madison is employed there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Lea Martin
Ralph Martin
Whitten
Jerry A. Howard
E. F. Howard
Christian Church
Marshalltown
Orville Walker
1812 Avenue
Howard
Niota
Fort Madison
Girl Scout Board Sets March Plans for Juliette Low Birthday
The Girl Scout Executive Board met with 11 members to plan the March Juliette Low Birthday celebration marking the 40th anniversary. A party is scheduled for March 12, founder Juliette Low's birthday, and the regular monthly meeting is set for March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Executive Board
Juliette Low
Mother Cabrini Study Club Meets
The Mother Cabrini Study Club met last Monday evening at Mrs. Helen Krause’s home with 7 members present. The group continued the Life of Christ study and planned the February 18 meeting with Mrs. E F Stielow as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Cabrini
Helen Krause
Christ
E. F. Stielow
Fort Nightly Bridge Club Meets at DeBaggio Home
The Fort Nightly Bridge Club met Thursday evening in the home of Mrs. Harry DeBaggio. After dessert refreshments, bridge was played with prizes won by Mrs. Maude Smith, Mrs. H. H. Nazett, and Mrs. Addie Maxon. The next meeting is February 21 with Mrs. Bob Smith as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort
Harry DeBaggio
Maude Smith
H. H. Nazett
Addie Maxon
Bob Smith
Delta Decka Bridge Club Meets With Hostess Mrs Webster
Delta Decka Bridge Club met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Gregory Webster hosting. Seven members and one guest, Mrs Walter Wehrman, attended. Prizes were won by Mesdames Claude Pfanders, Ralph Volk and Ed Lackey. Dessert featured chocolate angel food cake and coffee. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs V K Radohi on February 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Webster
Delta Decka Cards Bridge Club
Walter Wehrman
Claude Pfanders
Ralph Volk
Ed Lackey
V. K. Radohi
Young Homemakers Hold Meeting at Mrs Higar Home
Mrs Minnie Higar hosted the Young Homemakers Club meeting Thursday afternoon with 9 members and four children present. After the business session refreshments followed in a valentine theme. The February 15 supper will be at Mrs Higar’s home and the next meeting will be February 21 with Mrs Harvey Freed as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Higar
Homemakers Club
Higar
Harvey Freed
St Paul Lutheran Ladies Aid Meeting Outlines March Fund Drive
St Paul Lutheran Ladies Aid met in the church basement with 55 members and a guest. Walter Guenther led a discussion on the Conquest for Christ Ten Million Dollar offering starting in March for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The group voted to send rugs to the Lutheran Home Finding Society at Ft Dodge. Next meeting set for March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Ft. Dodge
Dinner Party At Pine Lake Country Club Hosts Forty-Two
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Shorts Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dornsbach Mr. and Mrs. Don Marks and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson entertained with a dinner party at Pine Lake Country Club last Thursday. The decorations featured a valentine motif and forty two guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Shorts
Robert Dornsbach
Don Marks
Robert Jackson
Pine Lake Country Club
Valentine
Auxiliary Potluck And Initiation Held
Thirty members of the American Legion Auxiliary held a potluck supper before the regular meeting. An initiation welcomed four members, Lucille Brown, Mrs Ruth Small, Mrs Doris Lewis, and Mrs Evelyn Rosine. Reports from the midwinter conference in Des Moines urged voting if eligible and promoting Home Nursing and civil defense. County meeting updates were given by Mrs Glenn Whorrall and others, with March Eldora as the next gathering. The unit voted to sponsor a girl for Girls State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Lucille Brown
Ruth Small
Doris Lewis
Evelyn Rosine
Des Moines
Glenn Whorrall
Dale Bittner
C. A. VanPatter
Grace Rutherford
VanPatter
Hubbard
Burt Larson
Radcliffe
Eldora
United Fund
Cemetery Society In Vinton Home Meeting Notes
Twenty three members attended Thursday afternoon for Cemetery Society activities in Vinton. Mrs. Fred Vinton hosted with Mrs. Frank Petty assisting. a brief business meeting preceded continued fancy work and refreshments. The next meeting on February 21 will be at Mrs. T. H. Schaa’s home with Mrs. Paul Davidson as co host. a 1:00 p.m. potluck is planned. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brittell, Bobby and Jeri Lynn visited Mrs. Brittell’s mother Mrs. E. R. Protheroe over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemetery Society
Fred Vinton
Frank Petty
T. H. Schaa
Paul Davidson
Bob Brittell
Bobby
Jeri Lynn
Brittell
E. R. Protheroe
Des Moines
Local Happenings Highlight Eldora Weekend Visits
Eldora residents enjoyed a busy weekend with visitors from Des Moines Ames Marshalltown and Algona. Notables include Mrs Earl A Roadman of Sioux City in Eldora to join Dr Roadman, the Kennedys in Des Moines for KRNT Theater, and many family gatherings at the homes of Frericks Edgar Lacey and others. John Douglas Clark, Waterloo, a grandson of Eva Crossey, was inducted at Ft. Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Kurtz
Clarion
C. Voorhees
Cornell
Earl A. Roadman
Sioux City
Eldora
Fred Edgar
Des Moines
Roadman
C. R. Overturf
Diane
Marshalltown
Kennedy
A. L. Allen
KRNT
Alvin Edgar
Ames
Wayne Perkins
Harry Hutzel
Iowa Falls
Lucille Rosenberger
Pomeroy
Frank Petty
Nilva Freed
Ogden
Howard Freed
Miss Freed
Gordon Dickinson
D.’‘W. Dickinson
Gordon
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Rosalie Risse
J. E. Risse
John Bekemeier
Ww. Burke
R. R. Brown
Robert Dornsbach
Iowa City
Ed Tordoff
Ernest Beecher
Cleon Vieman
Bert Beechers
Nora Mitchell
Tori Reed
E. H. Swaggart
T. J. Ramsell
Northwood
Ramsell
V. F. W. Post
Marie Yashke
Bob Meader
Harrison
Hampton
Harrison Co
John Douglas Clark
Waterloo
Eva Crossey
Armed Service
Ft. Riley
Kansas
John
Ldora
Dana Wilson
Jimmie
Wilson
Wilson’s Parents, Mr. and‘Mrs. ‘Fr. Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Seggerman
Chicago
Seggerman
New York
Jpee Schrader
Norway
Russell Moreanth
Stanley Collins and Sons
Gapie
Redette Dixon
Bud Smith
Red Cross to sponsor First Aid courses again
The Red Cross resumes First Aid instruction after the war, with the program led by Dr. Shorts starting Friday Feb 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Eldora High School Home Economics room for men and women over 15. The class is linked to Steamboat Rock joining Eldora for the time being. Local social notes cover visits, dinners, and club meetings including Progress Club and Baptist Ladies Aid, plus a farewell for the Gaufatz family moving to Missouri and a birthday supper for Diana DeVries and friends.
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The
Red Cross
Steamboat Rock
Eldora
Dr. Shorts
Eldora School
Lawn Hill social notes and local visits
Mrs Delphia Stuart improves after illness and attends church. Noa Reece and Evan Reece families visit Marshalltown Earl Reece home New Providence. Mrs Minnie Spearing from Fort Dodge winter guest. Betty Brady program on WHO Des Moines features Mrs Lawrence Tatum and Mrs Corwin Hadley for Black Angus show. Edith and Bob Alexander visit Alice Cross home. Joan Nehring returns from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Sunday dinner guests Warren Mossman Radcliffe. Rural Women Pleasant Two hold all day meeting at Paul Tabor home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noa Reece
Evan Reece
Marshalltown
E. R. Eagan
Earl Reece
New Providence
Stuart
Delphia Stuart
Minnie Spearing
Fort Dodge
Lawrence .Tatum
Corwin Hadley
Betty Brady
WHO Des Moines
Des Moines
Edith Alexander
Bob Alexander
Rhodes
Alice Cross
Joan Nehring
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ronnie
Susan
Warren Mossman
Radcliffe
Cemetery Society at Rough Woods Meeting Thursday
The Rough Woods Cemetery Society will hold its annual meeting Thursday February 14 at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Wehrman in Eldora. A potluck dinner will be served at 11 00 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rough Woods Cemetery Society
Henry Wehrman
Eldora
Hospital Notes List of patients and births across towns
Hospital notes list patients from multiple towns including Eldora Iowa Falls Hubbard Grundy Center New Providence and McCallsburg with several residents named. Birth announcements include a girl born to Mrs Kenneth Jones of New Providence on February 6 and a boy born to Mrs Bernard Meimfann of McCallsburg on February 9. Hostesses and lesson on rug making by Mrs Roy Campbell and Mrs Edgar Van Patter noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Chas. Ziesman
Shirlee Wikert
Evert Elerding
John A. Page
Walter Granner
August Tresemer
Charles E. Schafer
Kenneth Williams
Iowa Falls
Louie Anderson
Hubbard
Rena Hankemeier
Ambrose Blaney
Grundy Center
Chris Krull
New Providence
Maurice Cook
Luther Reece
Zearing
Hillis Crain
Lloyd Wood
McCallsburg
Joel Chessing
Alden
Charles Montgomery
Fort Dodge
Gayhart Goebel
Kenneth Jones
Bernard Meimfann
Noa Reece
Ed Mikkelson
Roy Campbell
Edgar van Patter
Charles Laughton at Waverly Next Sunday
Charles Laughton will read from pieces of books on the Knights gymnasium stage in Waverly next Sunday at 8:00 p m under Wartburg College Artists Series. He jokes that on screen he is often cast as villainous or untidy, but in real life he is all these things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughton
Knights Gymnasium
Waverly
Wartburg College Artists Series
Ndie
Country Club Valentine Dance Planned by Pine Lake Group
Pine Lake Country club members plan a Valentine dance next Thursday evening with a buffet lunch to follow. Arrangements are led by the committee including Mr. and Mrs. Clark D. Bramwell, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Protheroe, Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Williams, Dr. W. G. Tietz, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rubow, and Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Country Club
Clark D. Bramwell
Dick Protheroe
Chuck Williams
W. G. Tietz
Dick Rubow
J. V. Hauser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Vaughn
V. F. W. Sewing Group
Jerry A, Howard
Girl Scout Board
Mother Cabrini Study Club
Fort Nightly
Delta Decka Bridge Club
Jhe Young Homemakers
St. Paul Lutheran Ladies Aid Meet
Vinton Home
By Grace Protheroe Agg Enim Settee
Bert Beecher
Mrs. Beecher
Carl Lacey
Katharine Piper
Bangor
John King
Faribault
Minn
J. E. Thackrey
Rickey North
Owasa
Rickey
Avanelle
North
Beep” Anderson
Cornell College
Mrs
A. E. Anderson
E. K. Stielow
Bea Mallo
R. R. Griffel
R. H. Griffel
Ackley
Palmeach
Florida
Beth Shep Yard
Griffel Home
L. R. Soli
Lois Maltby
Doyle Felton
Geo. Ruben
Iowa Falls Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Falls High School
Mire
Bea Svendgen
Still Hospital
Fopcorn Theatre Ae
Tonite
Web
oPou
Empire
Renegade’s
Old Glory
Columbia Pictures Presents
Paul Henreed
Jack Oakie
Annie
Roy Rogers
Calloway
Valentino
Martin. & Lewis
MODEL
the Broker
Red Mountain
Lone Star
American Movie Theatre
China
Ong Kong
Tere’ Technicolor
Durango
Smiley
Pecos River
Judy Canova
Sun
Mon
W Clifton
Francis
Charles Co-Starring
ILLIA
Fred Kohlmar
Will Frerichs
Martin Kruse
Edd Luiken
Bill Polley
Charles Luiken
Progress Club
Ben Johnson
Korea
Clella Finster
Carl DeVries
Hie G. Folkerts
Glen
Ronald Pierson
Dale Hartman
Darold Frerichs
Joe Knight
Frank Lower
Johnie Frerichs
Robert Luiken
la Verne Wabben
Baptist Ladies Aid
Hie H. Folkerts
Mike Finger
H. M. Schwitters
Lower
Max Klatt
Pete Graufatz
Legion Hall
Gaufatz
Salsburg
Missouri
Linda
Sandra
Diana DeVries
Beverly Havens
H. M. Schwittersome
Diana
Bill Luiken
Lawn Hill
Mrs. E. R. Eagan
Paul Tabor
Alway Flower ‘Shop
Rough Woods
Hositlal
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Chas. Laughton
Country Club
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Sterling
Orham Sterling
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