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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
6
Rally Day program proceeded despite rain with speeches by Mrs Winfred Jones Ames Extension Specialist and county leaders. Five 4-H girls were elected to 1944 45 county offices led by Pearl Bishop with Laura Lee Cogdill Lucille Conway Delores Decker and Beverly Burg named to key posts.
Special to The Democrat Ruthven June 15 Mrs Raymond Whitman hosted a group of women in honor of her sister in law Mrs L T Pool of Rochester Minnesota The attendees included Mrs Pool Mrs W Kettlecamp Springfield Ida Larson Fallow Mrs Ed Larson Mrs erry Burg Mrs Donel Rendr Mrs Harold Wigdahl and Mrs Ernest Whitman all former classmates of Mrs Pool The afternoon featured reminiscences and exchanged school day photographs Absby Whitman served lunch Other local items note visits by Warren Raymond and family to the Lewis Hawkins home and a family gathering at Ralph Lightle's The Raymonds plan a move to Sacramento California.
County Farm Labor Field Manager J J Cronwall urges all able bodied men women and youth to enroll at farm placement centers to volunteer spare hands for food production and distribution as Allied forces push into France and Italy. He warns Nazis may destroy food assets and stresses shipping must shift from fuel and aircraft parts to feed the front and liberated areas.
Lieut Gerald Ryan flew from Pearl Harbor Hawaii to Omaha and back, covering 6000 miles in under 64 hours. He connected through San Francisco Bakersfield Amarillo Olathe Kansas City Omaha Spencer and reached home before midnight Monday. The journey demonstrates rapid wartime air travel.
A 125A Children’s Day event at St. John’s church highlighted Ti children finishing another session of Vacation Bible School. Teachers Elaine Mitchell Anna Marie Mitchell Bertha Solberg Mane Mitchell and Orlue Norland supervised lessons across five districts as families and townspeople shared Sunday gatherings and dinners with relatives visiting from Clinton Sioux City and Emmetsburg.
Sgt. Lloyd Bleckwenn of Camp Haan California arrived home on Wednesday to spend a furlough with his parents the A D Bleckwens and relatives. Olivia Miller who had been assisting at the Orville Einer home returned to her home on Sunday. Ernest Votteler hauled cattle to Sioux City on Tuesday and returned Wednesday. Hildreth Pettit received word that his brother Alton Pettit was arrived in Rhode Island.
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