New Palo Alto Farm Bureau President Elected
At the annual meeting 125 Farm Bureau members elected Henry Depenbusch of Great Oak township president for 1949. C L Underwood Independence township was chosen vice president John Hinder Silver Lake named secretary and Joh Kerber Freedom district treasurer. Don Groves outlined farm policy and the group voted to raise dues from 10 to 15 dollars yearly. A long resolutions list urged tax changes rural funding and stronger national defense. 4 H officers were named for Palo Alto County and Les Rhodes was introduced as the county Farm Bureau field representative to boost membership.
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Groves
Chapman
Farm’ Bureau
Thomas Twaiten
Margaret Reeves
Emmetsburg High School
Martin Simonson
L. D. Brennan
Freda A. Brown
John Binder
E. F. Rouse
Palo Alto County Farm Bureau
Iowa
Treasury
Europe
United Nations Organi Gation
County Farm Bureau Board
Farm Bureau
Extension Service
United Farm Bureau
November Calendar of Events Overview
November events listed include Outlook meeting in Algona on the first, Silver Lake home makers and 4-H activities across dates with locations such as Mrs Raymond Peters and Mrs John Ibis. Community clubs like Freedom Women’s Club, North Island Women’s Club, Great OsK Home makers, and 4-H district officers training at Tangney hotel in Spencer are scheduled, with various meeting times and venues.
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Outlook
Algona
Silver Lake Homemakers Club
Raymond Peterson
Cargherita Tarr
Farm Bureau
Elingator Club
John Ibis
Aren
Freedom
L. F. Place
Loat Island
Ora Browns
Silver Lake Homemakers Stage Minstrel Show for Cancer Fund
A group of Silver Lake homemakers staged a three act minstrel show to raise money for Cancer Fund and other causes. Rehearsals ran overtime and the final night was set for October 15. The narrator attended with a companion, arriving late and watching from the balcony behind a post, missing much of the performance.
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Silver Lake
Cancer Fund
Buch
Rhodes Becomes County Farm Bureau Fieldman
Lester L Rhodes starts work as county farm bureau fieldman after serving two years as dairy products improvement association fieldman. He began duties in the local office and will handle farm program outreach and producer services.
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County Farm Bureau
Les
Iowan State College
Navy Air Corps
Farm Bureau
Rhodes
Lester L. Rhodes
Les Rhodes
Dairy Products Improvement Association
Emmet County lakes closed to trapping
Three areas in Emmet county lakes are closed to trapping according to Conservation Officer Ralph Lempke. The closures cover the Emmet county side of Four Mile Lake, a Mud Lake slough area, and Cunningham slough in the Mud Lake region to protect breeding stock. No permanent duck blinds will be allowed on state owned property.
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Emmet County
Ralph Lempke
Four Mile Lake
New Mud Lake
Cunningham
Mud Lake
Lempke
Exstherville Daily News
Farm Bureau Recipes Used Free at Ames Union Tea Rooms
The Farm Bureau office holds a complete set of quantity recipes free for use by organizations and dining facilities. These recipes are utilized in the Memorial Union and the Institutional tea room in Ames, noted for their excellent food.
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Farm Bureau
Memorial Union
Institutional Tea Room
Ames
Immigrant student thanks teacher who started him schooling
Mrs J E Colby of Lake Mills received a bouquet from Sam Sollid of Conrad Montana. Sixty years earlier he began school in America under her as a 12 year old immigrant Norwegian boy. Now a wealthy rancher, that schooling was his only education.
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J. E. Colby
Lake Mills
Sam Sollid
Conrad
Montana
America
Colby
Elkader football streak ends after five-year win run
Elkader high school fell to Postville ending a 40 game winning streak that had stood for five years, halting a school record chase and marking its first loss in that span. Postville celebrated a decisive home victory as Elkader's title hopes dimmed.
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Elkader
Iowa
Postville Eleven
Denison Boy Bobby Crane in Polio Crisis
Eleven year old polio victim Bobby Crane of Denison suffers a setback as his iron lung equipment malfunctions at Council Bluffs. An emergency unit was rushed to the hospital and the lab unit was transferred for urgent care.
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Bobby Crane
Denison
Council Bluffs
Fire Department Responds to Four Alarms in One Afternoon
Just after Fire Prevention Week Clarion's volunteer fire department answered four alarms in one afternoon, signaling a busy period for local volunteers and highlighting community safety efforts.
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Clarion
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General Fund
Palo Alto
Tangney
Spencer
Amea
Mary Etta Hart
Kathleen Brennan
Hazel Larson
Rosemary McEvoy
Carolyn Hannon
Liv Verne Simonson
Donald Quamn
John Nelson
Richard Clasing
Onr
Highland
Walnut
Herke & Lundgren
Graetingar, Iowa
OUR Bank
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger
Farrow
Poland
Chinas
Emmetsburg
China
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