Funeral services for Thomas Thompson in Stavanger meeting house
Thomas Thompson died November 19 at Cedaredge Colorado after a short heart illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 PM at the Stavanger meeting house near Dunbar with Rev. P G Dennis officiating. Burial followed at Stavanger cemetery. He was born February 20 1855 in Roldal Norway. He emigrated in 1869 settling near LeGrand for 25 years before moving to Cedaredge. He married Hilda Enge and had four children two of whom died in infancy and daughter Hazel Jackson died earlier in Cedaredge. Surviving are son Roy Thompson and brother Thore Thompson of Cedaredge. Three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
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Thomas Thompson
Cedaredge
Col
Stavanger
Dunbar
P. G. Dennis
Marshalltown Central Church
Hilda Enge
Hazel Jackson
Roy Thompson
Thore Thompson
Born This Week to Mr and Mrs Vernon Thompson
Local news item notes the birth of a baby daughter on Monday November 20 to Mr and Mrs Vernon Thompson. The piece also lists surrounding social visits, weather notes, stock market highlights, wartime air transport commentary, and a humorous fishing anecdote from the Sabula Gazette.
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Vernon Thompson
W C T U Institute Held At Trossem Home
The W C T U Institute met Tuesday at the Trossem home with good attendance. President Mrs. Fredrick son led the business and program. Mrs. Condon led devotionals. Speakers included Mrs. Estes from Green Mountain and others. The day ended with benediction and a covered dish noon dinner.
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W.C. T. U. Institute
Trossem
Fredrickson
Condon
Estes
Green Mountain
Pemberton
Peek
Phipps
Gertrude Kaisand
Literary and Musical Club Plans Christmas Program
The Literary and Musical Club met on December 2 to package thirty seven boxes of cookies and popcorn for local service members. Thanks were given to outside volunteers. refreshments were provided by Mrs. Leland Keen and Mrs. Gordon Mertvedt. The next two meetings will be combined for a Christmas program on December 16. members will donate dimes to the Salvation Army instead of gifts.
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Literary and Musical Club
Leland Keen
Gordon Mertvedt
Lado
Iin
Salvation Army
The Unknown Lincolns by Albert Lindley Beane
Poem celebrates an unseen figure whose noble mind and universal kindness rivaled great leaders. It ponders how opportunity shaped fame and suggests many share Lincoln-like greatness if born into different circumstances, their passion equal to heroic flame.
LeGrand Friends Church Admits Friendly Welcoming Services
The notice lists weekly church activities at LeGrand Friends Church led by Pastor Roy C. Thompson. Sunday School begins at 10:00 a.m. with Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening services include Christian Endeavor at 7:15 and a preaching service at 8:00. Midweek prayer and choir meet Monday 8:00, Wednesday 8:00.
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Christian Endeavor
Bialh School News Highlights Student Work and Sports
The weekly paper notes editor staff, menu, and editorial on fan support at a game. Grades 3-8 cover letters to servicemen, social studies units on Centerville and the Amazon, Christmas crafts, and war effort drives. Reports include recent games, clock changes, and student biology and social science notes with named contributors.
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Centerville
Amazon Basin
South America
Two Churches Offer Sunday Services and Classes
Christian Church led by Minister Sarah M. Piper holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Rev. L. T. Hibbs leads church with 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. services and 7:30 p.m. evening services plus a Wednesday prayer meeting.
Pheasants and Ducks Dominate 1942 Hunting Notes and Parish Notices
Strand Lutheran in Dunbar lists Sunday worship and Sunday school while recounting a 1942 pheasant season marked by abundant birds and cautious hunting. Local families, including the Blodgetts, shared mallards at Thanksgiving as pheasant shooting drew praise for restraint and landowner permissions amid shell shortages.
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South Iowa
Shenandoah Names First Woman Butcher Miss Farrel Porter
In Shenandoah Miss Farrel Porter formerly of Essex becomes a professional meat cutter after serving as cashier at the local establishment. The community notes recount local oddities from a 1859 church rebuild to pheasant double captures and a bear wrestling misadventure in Jolley Minnesota.
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Shenandoah
Farrel Porter
Essex
Point Pleasant
Vidora
Phil Stong
Des Moines
Keosauqua
Washington
Marion County
Hallowe'en
Webster
Iowa Falls
James Crotty
Dudley Delashmutt
Qnawa
Riley
Warren Watstonville
Jolley
Minnesota
Euide
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L. K. Dunham
E. W. Dunham
Everett Trossem
Primghar
Everett W. Dunham
Detroit
Mich
Western Branch
Y.M.C.A
Clark Avenue
Marshall County
Chicago
GC. T. Keen
LeGrand
Squaray
Globe
Army
Harold Lee George
Seven Seas
Alaska
England
Africa
India
China
Australia
America
William Speas
Glen Speas
Tommy
Marilyn
Margaret
Judith
Union
Somersett
Jerry
Mary Jane
Albion
Ray Speas
Georgia
Lee
Davenport
Bud Speas
Ferguson
Sabula Gazette
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Lincolns
Albert Lindley Beane
LeGrand Friends Church
Roy C. Thompson
Bialh
Doris Ferneau
Richard Drury
Jack Keen
Greta Wolken
Dale Floyd
Betty Adair
Gilman Boys
Lambert
State Center
Iowa
Donald Mahle
High School News
Charlotte Sawyer
Sam
Paul Shope
Mr. Gaunt
Daniel Svenson
Lorraine Kinter
Marilyn Kay Devig
Carol Dougherty
Jimmy Rhodes
Martha Shope
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
Eli Whitney
Howe
John Deere
Marconi
Bobby Phipps
Goodyear
Elias Howe
Hii Whitney
Fitch
Samuel Morse
Dale Gibson
Sarah M. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
Strand
E. A. Bersagel
Hari
L. C. Blodgett
Blodgetts
Blodgett Wild Life Farm
Wayne Humphreys
New Providence
Sarah Piper
Darold Ferneany
Ft. Des Moines
Harry Ferneau
Bryan Conley
Nashua
Conley
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