Birth and local notices from Bode area excerpt
Mr and Mrs Ian Lamp of Alameda Calif welcomed a son named Benjamin Ross born Friday April 29 weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. Grandparents are Ralph Olson Bede and Eugene Lamp Sleepy Hollow Jr. Maternal great grandparents George Solbreck Dakota City and Clarence Olson Humboldt. Several local visits noted including Fred Frost, Livermore. Wayne Olson and family in Kimmersburg. Jeff Thilges with Wayne Olson. Jerry Machovee Fort Dodge. LeRoy Enger area guests. Leroy Foyer discharged from Trinity Regional Hospital. Funeral services for Thelma Belland held at St Olaf Lutheran with Pastor Harold Naig officiating. Interment St Olaf Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Lamp
Alameda
Calif
Benjamin Ross
Lamp
Shan Olson
Ralph Olson
Bede
Eugene Lamp
Sleepy Hollow
George Solbreck
Dakota City
Clarence Olson
Humboldt
Fred Frost
Livermore
T. M. Ayre
Wayne
Sandy Olson
Kimmersburg
Jeremy ‘Thilges
Palo Alto Hospital
Jeremy
Wayne Olson
Bob
Debbie Thilges
Hobarton
Jeff Thilges
Bode
Jerry Machovee
Fort Dodge
Ron Olson
Dick Harmon
Rickie
Ames
David Humboldt
Jeff Enger
LeRoy Enger
Leroy Foyer
Trinity Regional Hospital
Thelma Belland
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Harold Naig
Relland
Villa Care Center
Accepted into West Point for Jay DeBlonk
The grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Daman of Humboldt has been accepted into the United States Military Academy at West Point. Jay DeBlonk, son of First Sgt. Gerald DeBlonk and Nancy DeBlonk, is stationed in Naples on NATO duty and will graduate from high school in May after making a name as a soccer player while living in Italy and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Daman
Humboldt
West Point Military Academy
Jay DeBlonk
Gerald DeBlonk
Nancy
Naples
Italy
Jay
Alexandria
Martins to Host Marriage Encounter Group
A marriage encounter image group meets every third Sunday night in Humboldt. The next meeting is Sunday May 15 at 7 30 p.m. at John and Margie Martins home 811 4th Avenue North. A weekend session will be held June 17 18 and 19 at Holy Rosary Parish in Fort Dodge. Call Larry and Carolyn Van Dyke at 955 4159 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
John
Margie Martin
4Th Avenue North
Holy Rosary
Fort Dodge
Larry and
Carolyn van Dyke
Kinseth concludes vacation and local gatherings
Kinseth ends a three week Eastern states tour with a return to Des Moines after illness in Richmond Virginia. The article lists family visits, rollings’ birthday celebrations, and community events including the Bode Senior Citizens Club meetings, hostesses, and upcoming plans. It notes family travel to Hutchinson, Minnesota and Rochester Minnesota for various gatherings and church events, plus social activities at the Rolland home and St Olaf Lutheran Church.
Kiss Your Baby Week Promoted By Humboldt Jaycee Ettes
The Humboldt Jaycee Ettes sponsor Kiss Your Baby Week from May 6 to 14 to raise awareness of cystic fibrosis. The campaign urges parents to note a salty skin taste and seek medical advice if present, highlighting early diagnosis and treatment for this incurable genetic lung and digestive disease. Clinical signs include salty taste, wheeze, persistent cough, recurrent pneumonia, poor weight gain, clubbing, bulky stools, and nasal polyps. Information is available from the Iowa Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt Workshop Jaycee Ettes
Sharon McCann
Dorothy McClain
Jane Herrick
Mary Cronk
Nancy Sutuie
Lori Breeden
Dawn Anderson
Jill Larson
LuAnn Burgers
Emily
LuAnn Tokheim
Humboldt
United States
Iowa
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
University Blvd
E-3
Des Moines
Guests heading to Africa from Borman home
Visitors in St Joes were en route to Zambia to work at a Salvation Army hospital for two years. Chris and Ellen Belle of Denver are physical therapists and will train in London for five weeks before leaving. The event is sponsored by the Volunteer Missionary Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Erpelding
ST. Jor
Chris
Ellen Belle
Denver
Colo
Ellen
Clarence Bormann
St. Joe
Marabuka
Zambia
Africa
Salvation Army
Volunteer Missionary Movement
London
Jerry Bernardy
Peter
Minneapolis
Minn
Bernardy
Bormanns
Laurel Fantz
Jean Ramsey
Charlene
Robin
Anna
Aurora
Ill
Sylvester Wagner
Robert Kruse
Eilleen Wagner
Fort Wayne
Ind
Louise Peters
Thomas
Rhonda) Wagner
Rhonda Wagner
Sacramento
Calif
Raymond Kohlhags
Edward Bormann
Merle Bleich
Chas. Zeimer
Gertie Reding
Mary Jane Origer
Dave Salz
Grandson of area people elected WMU Alpha Epsilon Rho coordinator
Todd Michael McCormick, grandson of Mrs. Lyle Miller of Humboldt and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilhelm of La Verne, was named Alumni Professional Coordinator of Western Michigan University chapter of Alpha Epsilon Rho. A 1980 West Bloomfield High School graduate, he is a senior at WMU majoring in communications with a journalism minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Michael McCormick
Lyle Miller
Humboldt
Albert Wilhelm
la Verne
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
Mich
Alpha Epsilon Rho
National Broadcasting Society
McCormick
West Bloomfield High School
West Bloomfield
St Marys hosts music festival for regional students
Students from Whittemore St Michaels Clare St Matthews and St Marys gathered at Humboldt on May 6 for a school music festival hosted by St Marys. Guest director Sr M Barbara Ratstatter led a day of student numbers prepared by instructors Sr M Madonna Sr Rose Marie and Sr Ruth Ann. A mass chorus with accompaniment by Sr Rose Marie and Sr Ruth Ann capped the event, benefiting 77 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Barbara Ratstatter
St. Mary's School
Terry Bickel
Mark Elbert
Terry Gillespie
Beckie Lawler
Barbara
Dori Reising
Leslie Elbert
St. Mary's
Whittemore
St. Michaels
Clare
St. Matthew's
Humboldt
Sr. M. Madonna
Rose Marie
Ruth Ann
Sr. M. Barbara
Fort Dodge ALCW District Meeting Attracts About 400
Mrs Evelyn Mack reports the Fort Dodge District annual ALCW gathering was held Friday April 29 at the Badger Lutheran church drawing about 400 women. Trinity ALCW Hardy members listed among attendees with several others in afternoon sessions. Coffee guests were named from local families. A wedding in La Verne at Zion Lutheran Church featured Laurie Hefty and Scott Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Mack Hardy
Fort Dodge
ALCW
Lutheran Church
Badger
Trinity Alcw
Hardy
Rose Olson
Luella Johnson
Frances Mesicek
Artet Long
Pauline Westre
Jean Jacobson
Mias Marie Jacobson
Deanna Nervig
Janice Hill
Dorothy Hill
Alice Halverson
Lee Wilson
Howard Rasmussen
Lyle Cathcart
Mra
Lyle Kitley
Gudrun Andersen
Edith Parnell
Evelyn Mack
Clarence Meyers
Laurie Hefty
Scott Olson
Zion Lutheran Church
la Verne
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Bode Library
Frank Tepner
Orlys Maassen
Bode News
Edward Nessen
James Jacobson
Harlan Berg
Justin Torgerson
Richard Torgerson
Ralph Rolland
Howard Hemmestad
Donald Christianson
St. Olaf
West Point
Martins
Kinseth
Ronald Olson Bode
Led Kinseth
Indianola
Rodhe
Nye
Fertile
Leif Larson
Thelma Rolland
Myrtle Breen
Harry Kruger
Sioux Falls
S.D
Marcus Rolland
Bob Rolland
Waukee
Carl Bjork
Albert City
Eagle Grove
Archie Rolland
Emma Rolland
Rolland
John Jacobsen
Hutchinson
Glencoe
Stewart
Harold Odegaard
Jacobsen
Marie Odegaard
Faith Lutheran Church
Walter Bakken
Ralph Larson
Maurice Larson
Lucille Torgerson
Thora Kinseth
Tommy Tompkins
Gary Kraft
Teri
Mike
Rochester
Bill Mayhew
Kim
Grace Lutheran Church
Mark Kraft
Larry Dunlavy
Newton
Jerry Hawkins
Strawberry Point
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Brad Hawkins
Debra Britton
Mike Olson
Barbara Christianson
Kelly Jo Kohlhaas
Tina Dale
Lori Worby
Waverly
Borman
Connie Conn
Ken Erpelding
Jan Goche
Carla
Angie Erpelding
Nicole Goche
Sandi
Jean
Charlene Erpelding
Connie
Loy Conn
Bristow
Ken
St. Joe Trojans
Michigan
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Northwest Federal
Spencer Office
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