Local social notes from Algona and vicinity
Algona and nearby residents share visits and news. Mrs Corwin Peer and Gary of Algona visited relatives. Sunt and Mrs Arlo McGowan and children from Kanawha called Tuesday. Ray Mills reports being in France. Edward Oppedahl and A Nelson hosted guests at Laverne. Wm Nissen and son Herman dined with Henry Gregerson in Livermore. Anna Mills hosted Evangelical Young Peoples Mission Circle. Fred Bell of Los Angeles plans a brief visit. 26 years since last Renwick visit. Harrison siblings from Chicago visiting Prize Britt and family. Eagle Grove Derby Club schedules race after rainouts. Esthryn Helmke returns to Washington, DC. Clearlake cottage week trip by Packard party. Verla Jean Mitchell, Lucile Earnhardt, Marjory Cook, Norma Hippen join others at Clear Lake. Vera Rankin of Des Moines visiting Richardson home. two big family suppers for her. Mrs Dewson renews Times subscription with arm in sling. Mrs Cleats Block to Grand Rapids. Jay Bump family visit. Camp Okoboji trip for youths led by Rev Neel and Mrs Black. Attendees include Ballard, Betty Black, Lavonne Erwin, Howard Gillespie, Keith Heggen, Braden Richardson, Richard Simpson. Royal Witham and Rossums, Armand Witham from San Francisco and Lena Geivel dine with Babler. Armand Witham on furlough. stationed in the Solomon Islands. Zentner and Des Moines visitors. Mrs Butts and Phyllis, Sandra Zentner accompany to Des Moines. George Hrdlicka and children visiting parents.
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Sunt
Arlo, McGowan
Kanawha
Clyde Mills
Ray
France
Edward Oppedahl
Thed. A
Anna Mills
Young Peoples Mission Circle
The
Evangelical Church
Fred Bell
Los Angeles
Calif
Renwick
Harry Harrisons
Chicago
Britt
Mesdames Harrison
Eagle Grove
Cleats Block
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clem Block
Jay Bump
Moline
Paul W.neel
F. D. Black
Okoboji
Sarurfev
Martin Ballard
Betty Black
Lavonne Erwin
Howard Gillespie
Keith Heggen
Braden Richardson
Richard Simpson
Roy Witham
Aithon Rossum
Gary
Mason City
Armand Witham
Yeomen Jr
San Francisco
Henry Geivel
Lene
M. Babler
Navy
Solomon Islands
First Baptist Church S C Blumhagen Pastor Service and Choir
The Church School meets at 10 a m Sunday with a cordial welcome. Fred Exgtrom is Superintendent. Church service at 11 a m led by the Pastor with Bible passage. Choir rehearsal at 5 15 p m Wednesday at the church. Attend church and exercise freedom of worship by joining a church of choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Exgtrom
First Methodist Church Service and Sunday School Times
Paul W. W. Neal leads morning worship at ten with Sunday School at eleven. Renwick also hosts Sunday School at ten and a worship service at eleven, including a children's sermon titled A Week at Camp and a sermon What Locks the Kingdoms Door.
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First Methodist Church
Paul WW. Neal
Renwick
United Service Women host food and bake sale at Legion
The United Service Women of America Inc will sponsor a food and bake sale at the American Legion buildings on Saturday July 22. The event runs afternoon and evening and will offer doughnuts by the dozen with coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Women of America, Inc
American Legion
For Sale Furnishings and Household Items in Iowa
Auction list and notices describe furniture including Majestic range dining table chairs buffets beds with springs rocking chair and cabinets. Multiple social notices mention local residents visiting relatives and attending events in Humboldt Kanawha Stanhope and Des Moines. People named include Myrtle Rockwood HJ Sexe Donald Martin Mrs Ed Anderson and Hughes family among others.
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Myrtle Rockwood
Appointment of Executor for James White Estate in Renwick
Notice states that W.D. White is duly appointed and qualified as executor of James White deceased of Renwick Humboldt County. Creditors are asked to pay debts and present claims for allowance to Garfield and Baker attorneys and file with the Clerk of the District Court. Dated July 11 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt County
James White
Renwick
Parsons
W.d. White
Garfield & Baker
M. A. Waitukait
Hardy Town Budget Hearing Proposed Expenditures
The Town Council of Hardy Humboldt County will meet July 26 at Mack's Produce Station Texpeyera to hear the budget estimate for the year beginning April 19. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available at the hearing. LG Walkner Town Clerk.
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Hardy
Humboldt County
Laws
Mack
Texpeyera
Walkner
Annual Financial Statement of Renwick School District 1944
The Renwick Independent School District presents its annual financial statement for the year ended June 30, 1944. Certified as correct under Iowa sections 4242 and 4242-bi, filed with the County Superintendent on July 18, 1944. H D Black serves as president and Goettsch as secretary.
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Renwick Independent
Vernon
Humboldt
Iowa
H. D. Black
Margare
Honolulu World’s Tattoo Center Boom In City
Honolulu’s eight tattoo parlors, led by Eugene Miller’s shop, draw up to 560 customers daily. The scene shows sailors and civilians getting ink as the trade booms, with a typical design costing from 50 cents to 25 dollars and a yearly city revenue over half a million dollars.
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Honolulu
Tattes
Young Miller’s
Britain’s Rocket Gun Advances as Lethal Firework
A British rocket gun demonstration shows a prewar Fourth of July style weapon with strong offensive potential against aircraft. General Sir Frederick Pile notes it may not replace standard anti aircraft guns but could expand offensive fire power. The device, developed since 1923, uses four rails and a button fired shell system with a distinctive whoosh and crump sound in bursts.
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Britain
Town
England
Frederick Pile
British
Anti Aircraft Command
Pile
United Kingdom
Navigator and Radio Man of Fortress Aid Rescue
A Flying Fortress Buccaneer forced down in the North Sea by a fuel shortage after an American attack on Berlin. Navigator Lieut Norman W Bashant 27 from Faust New York and radio operator Sergi Abraham D Toporotskyu 21 from New York aided the crew as a British rescue launch arrived. Pilot Lieut Hershel A McGuire 23 of Hotchkiss Colorado praised Toporotskyu for contacting ground stations and easing the ordeal.
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Fortress Aid
Flying Fortress
Basf
Britain
North Sea
Berlin
Norman W. Bashant
Faust
N. Y
Sergi
Abraham D. Toporotskyu
New York
Toporotskyu
Lieut Hershel A. McGuire
Hotchkiss
Colo
Soldiers Dislike Films Glorifying War Heroes
American soldiers at the fighting fronts prefer newsreels, comedies, musical pictures, and informational films over Hollywood style glorified hero movies. Maj. Gen. Frederick H. Osborn reported after a 30,000 mile Pacific tour. Troops overseas view films on improvised screens near firing lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick H. Osborn
Army
War Department
Pacific War Zones
Hollywood
Typhus Battle Is Won Admit Yanks to Naples
Allied doctors have won the typhus battle and American troops are readmitted to Naples. The city, off limits to troops on leave during a typhus threat, sees marked improvement and partial lifting of restrictions as the epidemic wanes.
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Naples
Drink From Sea Water Aims For War Navy Ration Breakthrough
Dr. Andrew C. Ivy of Northwestern outlined wartime sea water desalination and fresh water canning progress, plus a water-preserving ration for shipwrecked men. He noted salt removal, a protective burn cream, a vented welding mask, a bends study, and a butterscotch ration aiding hydration.
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Chicago
Andrew C. Ivy
Northwestern University
Ivy
Northwestern Star
American Medical Association
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda
Navy
War Departments
Navy Institute
Tuy
Trovica
Dogs Feud Aboard Swedish Exchange Ship
A 10 day voyage from Lisbon to Marseille aboard the Gripshelm saw a canine clash as Nukie and Purzel, from rivals Douglas C. MacArthur and J. Webb Benton, led 16 dogs in noisy dueling. The dogs endured internment rationing before a chorus of barks greeted the diplomats’ disembarkation.
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Jersey
Lisbon
Nukie
Douglas C. MacArthur
Vichy
Purzel
J. Webb Benton
United States
Marseille
Jesn
Obese Woman and Soldier Cause Stir on Streetcar
A crowded streetcar in St Louis sees a soldier and a stout woman with two live chickens. A chicken escapes and is chased. a coat button flies off and strikes the bird. The soldier quips that if they cannot catch them they should shoot them.
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ST. Louis
Socialites Save Linen With Quick Laundry Help
In Chicago the Children's Memorial Hospital strained for staff with 12,000 pounds of linen awaiting washing. A volunteers' corps of socialites answered the SOS, joined the hospital’s auxiliary and completed the laundry in half the time pros would need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Children's Memorial Hospital
Women’s Auxiliary Board
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Marjory ‘Cook
Norma
Hippen
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Vera Rankin
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M. Be. Richardson
Richardson
L. R Dorner
Eastern Star
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End
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the Times
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Wm. Zentner
Herbert Butts
Phyllis
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Milton Zentners
George Hrdlicka
First Baptist Church
S.C. Blumhagen
HJ. Sexe
Dakota City
Donald
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Baptist Boys
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Iowa Falls
Thomas Grier
Ciety
Ed Anderson
Hale Hatterson
John Zimmerman
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Wright Christian Reform Church
Smith Park
Howard Persons
Darwin Maurer
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Stanhope
S.C
Fritz Britt
Harry Harrison
Carla Stauffacher
Barbara Jane Britt
Shirley Crawford
Carla Stanffacher
Ae & O
Goettsch
Pannints
Fan
Tuad
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Smith-Hughes Sant
Eeekwecesbotses
Text Booke and Supplies Inc
General Fund General Control Sewanee Eee
Esa
Greenwood Park
Goldfield Band
Cecil F. Rooks
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders
Asa’n
F. H. Kelley
Eagle Grove Derby Club
Honolulu World
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