Visiting in Rodman and Emmetsburg crowds gather
on June 23 Glenn Moser son of Mr and Mrs Bi Moser stopped Mrs Margaret Schrieber and Pete Magus of Los Angeles Cal. Mr and Mrs Henry Dreesch and 300 were Emmetsburg shoppers on Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Andy Barber and son Junior of Fort Dodge visited at the C M Barber home last week. Dr and Mrs Avery Carpenter spent Sunday at Woodward. Mr and Mrs Louis De Moss and family Mr and Mrs Leo Moser and daughters Mrs Ww Moser and son Lloyd attended a Taylor family re-
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Rodman
Iowa
Glenn Moser
Bi Moser
Margaret Schrieber
Pete Magus
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Dreesch
Emmetsburg
Andy Barber
Junior
Fort Dodge
C. M. Barber
Avery Carpenter
Woodward
Louis de Moss
Leo Moser
Ww, Moser and Son
Lloyd
Taylor
HB Rutgers
Jason Bennie
Gilmore City
Joe Kelly
Raymond
Elmer Lawman
Tamily
George Lawman
Edna
Town
Walton Wirtz
Jefferson Barrarks
Wilbur Price
Mary Margaret
A. T. Sweely
Mary Price
Marshalltown
Lester van Horn
Tom McCormick
Adam Reding
Celesta
California
Dorothy
Draman
A. F
Local Social News From Gilmore City and Surrounding Towns
Union at Gilmore City Sunday features visits from Jack and Ralph Wickman of Sioux Falls. Numerous families gather for Father's Day including the Turners, Wirtzs, Rutgerts, and many others visiting homes in Emmetsburg Rodman Ayrshire West Bend and Rodman. Private furloughs and birthdays noted with community visits across Emmetsburg Ayrshire Irvington and Marshalltown areas.
Fishing License Revenue and Issuance in 1941 42
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service reports fishermen paid 11 617 841 for 8 004 034 licenses to fish in 1941 42. This year’s licenses rose by 145 759 versus the prior year. Michigan led with over 700 000 licenses, Iowa issued 223 525 ranking twelfth, with Ohio Minnesota Indiana New York Illinois Wisconsin Missouri California and others following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Fish and Widlife Service
Michigan
Ohio
Minnesota
Indiana
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Missouri
California
Iowa
Bones Found in Knoxville Turn Out to Be Dog Remains
Workmen digging basements in Knoxville uncovered small bones that officials traced to a dog after expert analysis by Dr Roger Scott i. In other notes, Reinbeck Canning Company received a sugar quota of 97 500 pounds for three and a half months under county rationing. A Merrill man reported a large bird thought to be a hawk turned out to be a turkey buzzard with a five and a half foot wingspan. Four Rogers family clergymen all serve in the Church of the Brethren. Mrs Wendell Good and Mrs J C Holvek share tomato gardening notes highlighting seasonal and indoor overwintering strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Roger Scotti
Whopter Ration
Gruuidy County Rationing Board
Reinbeck Canning Company
Sam Philips
Merrill
Haymaker Timothy crops yield in Bloomfield region
Will Lamb reports Timothy hay growing well in clover fields near Bloomfield. Farmers note heads reach up to ten inches as favorable weather boosts hay and grasses across southern Iowa this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Willie Lamb
Bloomfield
Whittemore Iowa Bride and Local News Highlight
Whittemore, Iowa June 23 Roschke Behnke Alvera Behnke wed Rev Harold Roschke in St. Pauls Lutheran church Whittemore with ceremony officiated by Rev Discher. The couple left for a Washington St Louis trip. The Whittemore band and local residents attend Mason City event. town scenes include parades and community notices.
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Whittemore
Iowa
Roschke-Behnke
Alvera Behnke
R. A. Behnke
Harold Roschke
B. P. Roschke
Washington
St. Paul's Lutherarchurch
W. HE. J
J. B. Wailer
Dectaur
Ruth Vaudt
Rake
Roschke
Arthur Roschke
St. Louis
Harold Behnke
Whittemore High School
Concordial College of
River Forest
Llo
Klinger
Concordia College
Milwaukee
Wis
Theological Seminary
St. John's Lutheran Church
Waverly
Town
Sheep produces 27 pounds of wool for 11 dollars a ewe
James Misel on Pred Webert’s flock near Luzerne reports an ewe yielding 27 pounds of wool, fetching $11.24 at the nearest market after 14 years of sheep shearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Misel
Luzerene
Medico on Horseback Plans Pioneer Style Patient Visits
Dr H W Borre of Red Oak adapts to tire and gasoline shortages by riding a horse to reach patients. He has purchased two horses to provide medical visits in emergencies, reviving pioneer era methods to ensure care during rationing in Towa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
H. W. Borre
Red Oak
Doc
Hen on the Gien Shook Farm An Egg Equilibrium Mystery
A garbled local item describes a hen on a northern farm facing an odd egg behavior and packing mishaps. The report adds a note about thefts in Osage involving registration cards keys auto papers and fifty dollars taken from army entrants pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen
Shine
Sona
Osage
Local visits and travels noted in Emmetsburg area
Mr and Mrs Clete Oliver and others from Emmetsburg visited Friday evening at the Pete Schumaker home. Families from St Paul Menear Park and Park Rapids stopped by John Cullen and Frank Burke homes. The Jessen family traveled to Elmhurst Ill for a weeks visit, while Ray Oliver and relatives went to Mason City before traveling to Elkader to visit Sister Baery Leos brother.
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Kenneth Halcomb
Spencer
Frank Bestenlehner
James Kelso
Jim
Davenport
Kelso
Government
Joe McTigue
Emmetsburg
Cullen
Rochester
Minn
Joe
McjTigue
St. Mary's Hospital
Raymond Meyer
Herman, Gade
Meta Gads
R. N
Jake Smith
Pomeroy
Chas. Meyer
Albert City
Peter Kollasch
John
Marian Hyiik
Basil Webster
James O'Brien
Edamund
Elmer Wedig
Leo Koilasch
Celeste Redwig
Santa Barbara
Cal
Adam Retdwig
Celeste
Wilbert Haberkampl
Carol
Roselle
HW. Behnke
E.A. Weisbrod
Mary
Alice
R. C. Yager
L. G. Newel
Bartley
G. L. Benschearer
Desi Moines
Joan Fleming
Chicago
J. M. Pleming
Ray Oliver
Donna Rae
Mary Thomlasing
W. T. Oliver
Fars
Jobo Butter
Mary Brue
Shirley Parks
Shirley Ann
Fhul
Pete Schumaker
Toi Foley
St. Paul
Percy Potter
Mary Elb
Park Rapids
Frank Burke
Dona Rae
Mary Thomasine Land
Mary Leo
Mason City
Elkader
Baery Leo
Social notes from Fairville and area events
Local residents from Fairville Iowa and nearby towns shared visits and gatherings through late June. Families including the Johnsons Hanifans and Wegeners hosted and traveled to Emmetsburg Bancroft Swea City Fort Dodge Des Moines and Des Moines area to visit relatives attend church events and celebrate Mrs Olson’s birthday. An army leave for Forest Hanifan Jr. followed a Des Moines trip with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Haack
Fairville
Noah Reisner
Lotts Creek
Gerhartd Wittkopf
Carole
Algona
M. Frink
Semit Segabarth
Otto Jensen
Mardorie
Alton Pettit
Lone’ Rock
Bill Fisher
Fenton
Dean Meyer
Whittemore
Edw
Priebe
Fort Dodge
Forest Hanifan
Kenneth
Eunice Johnson
Emmetsburg
Loyd Berklang
Don Berkland
Andrew Olson
Hella
Teacher resigns to take Sheldon schools post
Miss Devlin resigns from Goodell teaching job to accept a position in Sheldon schools this September. Mrs Art Bleckwenn and Delores depart Sunday for a two week visit with her parents in Kellogg Idaho. The group returned home Sunday from Goodell where she taught last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Bleckwenn
Delores
Mrs
Neil Neilson
Kellogg,' Ydaho
Goodell
Bancock County
Miss Devlin
S. Alice Devlin
Sheldon
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Mid-Continent Petsclelag Corporation
Walt’s
Walter Pitcher
Emmetsburg, Ia
Saa
Rogers
Mount Etna
Harry K. Rogers
Gerald
Meredith
Leslie Rogers
Church of the Brethren
Mt. Elma
Council Bluffs
Hillsboro
Kans
Leslie
SOM Conservation
Wendell Good
Plainfield
J. C. Holvek
Union
Rock Rapids
Leon
Utilities
Whittemore Eeeeee In A Ain i i
Barker
American Legion
Decorah
Scotch Killis
Margaret Rooney
Margaret
North Iowa
Clete Oliver
K. Johnson
Eunice
Forest Hanifan, Jr
Barbara Jane
Clarence Wegener
Penton
Mervin Friebe
Lloyd ‘Berkland
Edw. Priebe
United Stercies
Timmy” Doolittie
Tokio
Army
United States Infantryman
U.S
Santiago
Pickett
United States Army
Victore
Joyce Devlin
STHS
George Murphy
Anne
John King
Arline Judge
Dumbo
Riot Squad
Richard Cromwell
Rita Quigley
Edmund Lowe
Victor McLaglen
Bill
Boyd
Andy Clyde
Tuly
Muwaunee
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