Birthday and Club Events Fill Easter Weekend Notices
A busy weekend in Rolfe features family dinners for four birthdays at the A. R. Thornton home with guests from Chicago and nearby towns. Joyce Thornton hosts a barbecue luncheon and treasure hunt followed by a Ritz theater party. Numerous local gatherings include O.E.S Obligation Night, A.L.D. club poetry and Russia lesson, and several club meetings with guest speakers and prizes. Samaritan events list Legion Auxiliary, Bon Ton Bridge Club, and birthday surprises for Mrs. Leon Ralph and Ruth Schott, plus the Wonder What club in Fort Dodge and garden-themed roll calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Thornton
Thornton Yard
Ritz
Fort Dodge
Mary Grethen
Surprise Handkerchief Shower for Miss Yvonne Christensen
Hostesses Mrs Gerald Graeber and Mrs Don ald Eikenberry held a surprise handkerchief shower for Miss Yvonne Christensen on her birthday. Bridge prizes went to Yvonne for high, Frances Jones for second high, and Berneice Sedlacek for low. A dainty lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Christensen
Gerald Graeber
Donald Eikenberry
Yvonne Christensen
Frances Jones
Berneice Sedlacek
Trinity Lutheran Service and Ladies Aid Meeting Notice
The Trinity Lutheran Church announces morning worship at 9 30 a m with the theme It Is the Lord based on John 21 1 4 and 10 30 a m Sunday school and Bible classes with no catechism this Saturday The Ladies Aid society will meet with Mrs H I Wickie on Wednesday April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.M. Club
O’donnell
Gerald O’donnell
the Lord
Ladies Aid Society
H. I. Wickie
Presbyterian Church announces worship and meetings
Pastor Ww. Schneck leads Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am with Christian Endeavor at 7 30 pm. Choir practice Thursday evening. Newly elected officers will be installed at morning worship. Postponed congregational meeting set for Friday evening April 6 at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
NAIN LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES AND EVENTS
Emery L Petersen pastor announces Sunday school and Bible class at 7 15 pm Evening service features a concert by the choir of Our Saviour s Lutheran of Callender Ta at 8 15 Wednesday Ladies Aid meets at Mads Johansen s home at 2 15 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nain
Methodist church schedule and event notice
Rev. C R Buckwalter leads Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30 p m. King’s Guards event planned for Saturday April 7 with a gathering at the Arthur Hansen venue.
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the Methodist Church
C. R. Buckwalter
King’s Guards
Arthur Hansen
Rolfe School Easter Activities Across Grades
Rolfe School students enjoyed Easter egg dyeing in the homemaking room and Easter egg coloring in the second grade. First graders celebrated with birthday treats, and spelling honor roll names were listed. High school typing scores rose with several students at or near 60 wpm. war stamp sales totals are provided with grade-by-grade percentages and bonds purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckord
Carolyn Ives
Jack DeWolf
Joel Freeman
James Hansen
Arlen Hermanson
Jon Olerich
Joseph Reckard
Carol Simonson
George
John Wiegman
Vera DeVaul
Chris Bregotti
Sally Webb
Ann Jones
Miss Smith
Caesar
Williamses Update Life in San Pedro California
S/Sgt. C. T. Williams and Estelyn Roberts reside in San Pedro where he serves in a medical unit at Fort MacArthur and she teaches first grade at Point Fermín Elementary School. Everett Roberts, 5 K 3/e, spent a week on leave at their home aboard the S S John M Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
C. T. Williams
Estelyn Roberts
Williams
Fort MacArthur
Mrs Gerald Graeber Receives Word Of Husband In Marianas
Based in Marian as Mrs Gerald Graeber learns from her husband Captain Graeber that he is now stationed in the Marianas and flies the P 47 Thunderbolt.
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Gerald Graeber
Capt. Graeber
The
Marianas
Easter offering at Robert Swan home tops 460 dollars
The junior group at the Robert Swan home reports an Easter offering of 460 dollars, reflecting a generous and Christian spirit in the community.
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Robert Swan
Card of Thanks for Funeral Support
Card of thanks from Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Brodsky and family and others grateful for the sympathy and aid shown at their mother's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Brodsky
Leonard Heathman
Clyde Conrow
Time to Prepare For The Common Fly
The state health department warns the house fly can be grounded for the season by destroying breeding places and preventing new crops. It cites that a single spring fly may multiply to millions by August and lists measures: covering garbage, cleaning stables, sanitary privies, and screening food establishments. Flies spread typhoid fever and dysentery and prevention is preferred to ineffective swatting or poisoning.
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State Health Department
Former Residents Observe Golden Wedding
Former Rolfe residents Mr and Mrs Henry L Anderson of Fort Dodge celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Monday April 8 with a dinner and social evening in the East Mason building Fort Dodge Their daughters include Mrs R M Anderson Reno Nev Mrs William Garner Eagle Grove and Mrs I W Dean Des Moines Mr Anderson retired from the Northwestern railroad after 84 years Their grandson Emmett W Dean Jr lived with them in Rolfe and graduated from local high school
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Henry L. Anderson
Fort Dodge
East Mason
Andersons
Rolfe
R. M. Anderson
Reno
Nev
William Garner
Eagle Grove
I. W. Dean
Des Moines
Anderson
Northwestern Railroad Company
Emmett W. Dean, Jr
Kill Pocket Gophers With Strychnine Bait
County extension directors advise farmers to use ground up strychnine bait on sliced vegetables to control pocket goppers. Harold Gunderson of Town State College notes dosing and placement rules to reduce mounds while warning to keep poison away from children and livestock.
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Max O. Naylor
Pocahontas County
Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Gunderson
Gopher
Formales Left Stranded as River Flood Delays Transport
Luther college freshmen girls in Decorah were stranded after a flood on the Oneota River when traffic was forbidden. An Iowa highway commission truck eventually shuttled about 80 to the campus but the trip relied on telephone posts for guidance and drivers navigated a dangerous route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther College
Town Highway Commission
Decorah
Oneota
Iowa Highway Commission
U S War Bond Savings Beat Form
A brief notice highlights the beat form of U S War Bonds as a savings instrument issued during wartime, outlining purchase or redemption details and the role of the bonds in supporting national finance.
Notice to Contractors on Pocahontas Drainage District 166
The Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids for construction and material supply to Drainage District No. 166. Bids due April 17, 1945, 2:00 PM at Pocahontas Courthouse. bonds 75% required. plans available in Auditor's Office. project to complete by Sept. 1, 1945. Roy A. Johnson, County Auditor.
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D. D. No
Reigelsberger
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Pocahontas
Towa
Roy A. Johnson
Film Show On War Effort Slated For April
Cooperative event at the dita Theatre plans an April 20 showing about coal’s role in the war, promising an instructive and interesting film. Reports note Hitler sleeping amid headlines while material supplies arrive for cement and brick needs. Melvin Thorson and Thos Diggs secure materials for cisterns as new shipments of cement and brick arrive.
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U. S. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
WAC
Pfc
Mary M. Miles
Miller
Georgia
Halloran General Hospital
New York City
John F. Hutsel
Wichita
Kansas
Dita Theatre
Melvin Thorson
Thos. Diggs
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A. R. Thornton
Thornton
Shirley Thornton
C. B. Palmer
H. C. Eldred
Chicago
Anne
Similly
Clark Jolliffe
Sheila
Humboldt
Don Oleson
Grachtinger
Lena Vaughn
Nevada
John Wiegman, Sr
Marie Wiegman
O.E.5
Rolfe Chapter
O.E.S
A.L.D. Club
J. &. Hynds
Russia
W. P. Wheeler
Paul Brinkman
B. A. Kerns
Emery Petersen
N. A. Wilson
Dumbarton Oaks
C. B. Fuller, Jr
Helen
George Papashvily
CO. J. Moen
Rolfe Woman's Club
Rolfe Senior Woman’s Club
Kerns
Bon Ton Bridge Club
G. B. Palmer
J. E. Hynds
Otis Cook
Blessing
Leon Ralph
Madard
Ruth Schott
Schott
Amys
Elden Miller
Howard DeWolf
D.M.T. Club
D.M.T. Woman’s Club
Justamere Bridge Club
Sampers
C. J. Sampers
R. B. Ranney
Clarence Ogden
Soren Christensen
Trinity Aid Society
Simonson
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Roy Simonson
Fred Baade
Barbara Wieckie
Helen Budd
Y.M.F
Dows
Clara Everson
Jesus
Sarah Storesand
Cross
Elmer Simonson
Everson
Ladies’ Quartet
Dora Simonson
Kevelyn Thompson
Arnold Wold
Wangberg
Bruce
Helen Bruce
Mike Kennedy
James
Emmetsburg
Maggie Crahan
Walter and
Vincent
West Bend
Merril Stoner
Clarrence Kennedy
Manson
Tom Tiernan
Trinity Lutheran
J. C. Wangberg
Rolfe School
Sally
Wilma Jean Jensen
Pamilla
Joye M
Mary le
Roger G
Lowell
Kurt
Maxine
Toto
Mary le Nelson
Harley Bradburn
Tommie Clark
Floyd Russell
Poland
China
J. B
R. W. Rutgers
Climax Manufacturing Co
North Dakota
Jamesway Brooder Stove
W. J E. Thorson
W. F. Coddington
Relfe
George Yabgley
Chrysler
Havelock
Joe Mileschik
Gerd Burk
Gilmore City
E. E. Willey
Mason
Eddie J. Aden
HeeHaw News
Hitler
Ruhr
J T. Grant & Son
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