Farm Bureau Women Map Yearly 4-H Plans in Story County
Township Farm Bureau women met in Nevada to plan next year. Marie Niles led the session with Elizabeth Morrell aiding. Activities include Fourth Year Home Furnishing, training schools, and a series of monthly centers with targets such as Achievement Day, 16 township exhibits, and state convention participation.
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Story County Farm Bureau
Nevada
Marie Niles
Extension Service
Elizabeth Morrell
Town State College
Milford
Richland
Grant
Warren Howard
Lafayette
Franklin
Washington
Palestine
Union
Indian Creek
Collins
Lincoln
Sherman
New Albany
Farm Bureau
Surprise birthday for George Highland at Jacobson home
George Highland turned twenty one with a surprise party at the Elmer C. Jacobson residence Wednesday evening. He received money and gifts. Attendees included Irwin Anderson family Arthur Jacobson family Thor Highland and family Lloyd Johnson Olson Nerem Christian Sorenson Johnson Olson and many others.
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George Highland
Elmer C. Jacobson
Irwin Anderson
Arthur Jacobson
Thor Highland
Lloyd Johnson
George Olson
Ed Nerem
Herbert Christian
Arnie Sorenson
Willie Johnson
Hazel
Glenore
Anette Olson
Herbert Olson
Richard Christian
Sherman
Sylvia Thompson
Bertha
Sadie
Joe
George
Bennie Hall
Cora Mehus
Clare
Jeanette Sowers
Myrtle Johnson
Rufus Thompson
Arnold Nygaard
George Caltvedt
Eldon Chance
Dinner and Sale of Salem church Aid Societies
The Northeast and Southeast Ladies Aid societies of Salem church held their annual dinner and sale on Wednesday. The dinner raised $77.30 and the sale brought in $93.05 for a combined total of $170.85.
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Northeast
Southeast Ladies Aid Societies
Salem Church
Bake Sale and Luncheon at Salem Church Bright Spot
The Ladies Aid of Salem church holds a bake sale and luncheon Saturday at S. H. Frederickson store. Lunch features hot chicken sandwiches for 10 cents, plus potato cakes pie cake doughnuts and coffee.
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Ladies Aid Society of Salem Church
S. H. Frederickson
Osmundson Family Attends Wilma Osmundson Wedding
Ed Osmundson and son Willard travel to Minneapolis for the wedding of their daughter Wilma Osmundson to Rev. Victor Gilbertson of Tioga North Dakota. The Osmundsons plan to move and return as a unit by week’s end. Bert Cole oversees Ed's Cafe in their absence.
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Ed Osmundson
Willard Osmundson
Minneapolis
Wilma Osmundson
Victor Gilbertson
Tioga
N. D
Osmundson
Herbert Cole
Milford School Sets Corn Husking Vacation Dates
Milford school board held a special meeting to decide corn husking vacation length and dates. Families with children were surveyed. planned breaks include October 19 to 80 for corn husking, November 12-13 for the State Teachers convention, November 26-27 for Thanksgiving, and December 24 to January 1 for Christmas.
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Milford
Church Activities List Saturday Bake Sale and Meetings
Sunday School and Bible Classes at 10 and English service at 11. Luther League speaker Miss Sylvia Berge Sunday evening. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30. Confirmation class Saturday at 10. Bake sale at Frederickson store Saturday. Choir practice Monday 7 30. S D O R Tuesday 7 45 with Aloys Simser paper Land where Jesus lived. Bethany Ladies Aid Thursday afternoon at church parlors hosted by Mrs Johnson.
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Luther League
Sylvia Berge
Berge
Frederickson
Verne
Carroll Larson
Raymond Sande
Aloys Simser
Jesus
Evelyn Erickson
Bethany Ladies Aid
Joseph Johnson
Crank Breaks Windows At Local Furniture Store
Amos O. Jacobson parked outside O. J. Erickson & Son furniture store on Main Street. While hand cranking his car, the crank stuck and whipped as the engine started, shattering two large plate glass windows and injuring nothing but a sore thumb on Jacobson. radiator leak noted on car.
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Main Street
Amos O. Jacobson
O. J. Erickson & Son
Iowa State Faces Missouri in First Big Six Test
Homecoming at Ames draws alumni and fans as Iowa State under new coach George F. Veenker seeks momentum. The Cyclones aim to rebound after a string of losses and a win in the second game, with a strong showing planned against Missouri.
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Ames
Iowa State
University of Missouri
Cyclone
George F. Veenker
University of Detroit
Missouri
Cyclones
Tigers
Devotion at the Orpheum with Ann Harding in a women’s drama
Ann Harding leads the Orpheum program in Devotion with Leslie Howard and others. The story revolves around a young woman in love posing as an elderly nurse to a man with a child, amid a strong cast. Also featured is Bad Company with Helen Twelve Trees and Ricardo Cortez, a thriller about a woman drawn to a shady husband and the peril she faces.
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Ann Harding
RKO Orpheum Theatre
Miss Harding
Orpheum
Helen Twelvetrees
Ricardo Cortez
Lino Pressman Injured. 24 Stitches Needed After Arm Catch
Clyde Nible of Slater suffers a deep arm laceration when his limb is caught in a machine. He required 24 stitches. C. H. Hall seeks rate reduction for Iowa Railway & Light in district court. Albert Matson, 85, dies at Story City home after 23 years there leaving six children. Dayton sells 12,500 water bonds. First National Bank buys entire issue. A. B. Narland clothing store in Radcliffe to close. Four men confess to Jewell and other robberies after burglary spree. Radcliffe Roamers beat Hubbard 8 to 2. Charlson no-hit Radcliffe with 7 strikeouts? Jesse Day loses right arm in corn picker accident near Cole. Ellen Jorgenson, 45, dies in Des Moines. buried in Story City. Rev. Aasen leaves Chicago for Baltic S D to serve congregation formerly under Rev. Solum in Sioux Falls. Third District American Legion meet set in State Center October 28. Story County Legion and Auxiliary invited.
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Clyde Nible
Slater
C. H. Hall
Nevada
Iowa Railway & Light Corporation
Albert Matson
Story City
Dayton
First National Bank of Dayton
A. B. Narland
Radcliffe
Council Bluffs
Queensland & Digranes
Jewell
Radcliffe Roamers
Hubbard
Charlson
Jesse Day
Cole
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Ellen Jorgenson
Des Moines
H. J. Jorgenson
A. J. Jorgenson
Anna Jorgenson
K. S. Olson
Kenyon
Minn
W. E. Erickson
Rochester
Story County
Rural School Notes Highlights Student Achievements
Hazel Townswick notes busy week with Hallowe en decorations for month end program. Sarah Askelson and Naomi Christensen earned perfect spelling lessons for six weeks along with perfect attendance school wide. First and second graders sew during playtime while seventh and eighth graders craft corn husk turkeys for a sand table. Cecil Henderson had the top averages in the six weeks exams.
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Sarah Askelson
Naomi Christensen
Cecil Henderson
Installation of Voiture 285 officers in Ames
Members of the 40 and 8 American Legion from this place attended the Voiture 285 installation in Ames Tuesday evening. Oren Larson was installed as chef de train, with A. D. Pilgrim as chef de gare and W. L. Harper as correspondent. Tom Geataganas, Lester Henderson and B. H. Knudtson held other roles and district cheminal this year.
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American Legion
Ames
Oren Larson
A. D. Pilgrim
W. L. Harper
Tom Geataganas
Guarde la Porte
Lester Henderson
Story City
Lampiste
B. H. Knudtson
Former Pastor Rev G Smedal Appears at Bergen Church
Former Minneapolis pastor Rev G Smedal conducted Sunday's Bergen Lutheran service and spoke to the Luther League in the evening. Friends from nearby congregations gathered to hear him and he stayed with his daughter Mr and Mrs C O Highland in Roland.
Ordained Pastor Franklin Dyrness Renews Calling in Chestnut Level
Franklin Dyrness youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Dyrness of Chicago was ordained and called as pastor at Chestnut Level Pennsylvania. The Dyrness family is tied to local Darby kin and known to many in the area.
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Franklin Dyrness
C. T. Dyrness
Chicago
Chestnut Level
Rev. Dyrness
Darby
Birthday Surprise for Mrs. P. M. Martens
Mrs. P. M. Martens received a birthday surprise Sunday afternoon organized by her daughter Miss Marjorie Martens. About forty relatives and friends attended, bringing luncheon and leaving several gifts and a sum of money for the guest of honor.
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P. M. Martens
Marjorie Martens
Tractor Fire Damages Farm Equipment in East Town Field
A tractor owned by S B Kils toffe caught fire while idle in a corn field on the Boring farm east of town on Saturday. The blaze damaged the tractor but it was repaired and returned to use. the corn picker suffered no damage.
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S. B. Kilstoffe
Main Street hotel reborn as Olson Brothers service station
A historic hotel on North Main Street has been remodeled into a service station for Olson Bros. It received a cream and red paint scheme matching Diamond oil advertising, significantly changing the building’s appearance this week.
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Main Street
North Main Street
Olson Bros
Kings of finance abandon prize fights for home battles
The Miami Daily News notes a shift from financial moguls avoiding pugilism to domestic frictions as wives demand pennies for shoe repairs.
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Miami Daily News
Sunday School and Bible Class Drive at Bergen Lutheran
The Bergen Lutheran Church urges regular Sunday School attendance for children and parents. The Confirmation Class meets next Saturday at 10 in the parish house, with Bible Classes at 10 and a Pastor's Bible Class noted as well. A sermon on A Father Who Brought His Whole Family to Jesus will be delivered at 11 with Holy Communion for those who partake.
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Jesus
VIEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED
Roland Post 307 of the American Legion installed new officers at the assembly hall in the bank building. Arnold L. Sevde was named commander with Andrew Alvestad as vice commander and C A Fagerland as adjutant. The post planned an immediate membership drive. The American Legion Auxiliary also installed new officers at the S A Ericson home with Mrs B Hu Knudtson as president and other officers named.
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Roland Post 307
American Legion
Bank
Arnold L. Sevde
Andrew Alvestad
C. A. Fagerland
J. C. Thompson
A. M. Michaelson
Lars J. Skromme
John P. Kinsall
B. Hu Knudtson
Martini Moe
Jacob, Erickson
Nell Seymour
Late October Frost Delights Farmers With Soft Freeze
The first frost arrived Saturday morning October 17 as a light freeze with no crop damage. Unseasonably warm rains extended the growing season and flowers bloom in October and May. Lawns stay green and pastures are well fed. A group of boys swam in Bear Creek on October 6 despite cool air.
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Bear Creek
Anniversary Celebration at Luther College Ends in Gift Rise
Rev and Mrs M O Sumstad Mrs P J Peterson and Mrs H M Peterson attended the seventieth anniversary at Luther College Decorah returning Monday Rev Sumstad preached on Sunday Alumni had aimed for seventy thousand but raised seventy two thousand one hundred thirty six dollars at a Saturday program
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M. O. Sumstad
P. J .Peterson
H. M. Peterson
Decorah
Thorson School Basket Social Friday Evening
A. Hallowe'en program and basket social will be held at Thorson school Friday October 30 starting at 8:00. Ladies are invited to bring baskets and all residents are welcome. Mayme L. Severseike, teacher.
Lutheran Church To Hold Memorial For Dr Stub
The Lutheran Church announces a memorial service for the late Dr H G Stub in conjunction with a district pastoral conference. A memorial address and favorite hymns will be sung by choirs and congregation as part of the observance at the East church. The Iowa District Pastoral Conference will convene November 17 to 19.
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Wilma Mae Osheim
Betty Britson
Martha Kulberg
China
Luther League
H. G. Stub
Lutheran Church of America
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Hazel Townswick
Bergen Lutheran Church
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