Wartime Diet Advice Emphasizes Milk and Variety
County home economist Mrs. Helen Sage outlines essential food elements for wartime nutrition. Key points include milk as a staple form, vitamin C from citrus or other sources, vitamin A from leafy vegetables, and protein from cheese meat fish beans and nuts. Cereal and bread provide iron and B vitamins with options to diversify meals using potatoes and apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen 5. Sage
County Home
Victory Gardens
County Extension Home Economist
Birthday Surprise For Mrs Green By Auxiliary Ladies
Mrs. Wilbur Green enjoyed a Friday birthday surprise when Auxiliary members visited and served lunch. Needle and Thread Club held a meeting at Mrs. Thelma Firkins with 22 members and four visitors, followed by lunch. R B Bridge Club gathered at Mrs. Corliss Stegge with guests, awarding high and traveling prizes, then met again later for bridge with more prizes and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needle and Thread Club
R. B. Bridge Club
Corliss Stegge
James George
Francis Hood
Helmer Kaiser
Clarence Ogden
R. B. Club
Nell King
E. H. Clarke
H. G. Frigaard
Bridge
Mac Nicoson
B. Leavitt
Soren Christensen
Ethel Peterson
Lenten Meditations Emphasize Christ’s Hope Amid World Turmoil
A sermon by Baker A. Grigsby of Plover Iowa calls for faith in Jesus Christ as world battles fear and sin. He frames Easter as life and truth, urging believers to follow the Cross and accept the Christ path despite suffering, to find redemption through belief.
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God
Jesus
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
Baker A. Grigsby
Plover
Owa
Regular meetings and club notices from a community page
A sequence of local group events is listed, including the Tuesday club meeting hosted by Mrs J T Grant with a program on distinguished foreign-born figures, and the next gathering at Mrs N J Bixler’s home on April 20. Various clubs schedule April meetings, with officers named and light social details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J T Grant
Grant
N. J. Bixler
DME
D.M.T. Woman’s Club
Bert Osking
Olive Blake
John Howe
Ben Lehnus
Gilbert DeBoer
Mary Rita Ehrhardt
Lena Vaughn
Presbyterian Church Weekly Schedule and Notices
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p.m. Excelsior society meets Wednesday afternoon April 14. Senior choir rehearsal Wednesday 8 p.m. Young People and Children's choirs rehearse Saturday evening. Union Lenten service at the Methodist church 8 p.m. Baptism for adults at Sunday morning Communion on April 18 with public reception of new members.
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Christian Endeavor
Excelsior Society
Methodist
Trinity Lutheran Church Service and Classes Schedule
No preaching Sunday morning. Service at 10 am with Sunday school and Bible classes at 8 pm. Luther League meets. Catechism class Saturday at 1 45 p m at the parsonage. Junior choir at 3 pm. Lenten services Wednesday evening April 14 with Rev Emery Petersen at the pulpit.
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Luther League
Emery Petersen
Methodist Church announces Sunday schedule and events
Pastor Buckwalter leads 10 15 Sunday school in the west basement to reduce junior department confusion. Worship at 11 15 features a What We Believe About Jesus Christ sermon. Epworth League at 6 30, high school class after. Union Lenten service at 8 pm with Rev Schneck and special music. Palm Sunday membership for Young People. call the pastor.
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Jesus Christ
Epworth League
Schneck
Asbury
Bradgate
The
Presbyterian Church
Nain Lutheran Church Schedule and Events
Pastor Jimery L. Petersen leads Sunday school at 10 15 a m. Wednesday April 14 Ladies Aid meets at 2 15 in Mrs N A Niesen s home. Lenten services at Trinity Lutheran church 8 00 p m. Saturday April 17 2 39 p m confirmation class at the parsonage.
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N. A. Niesen
Trinity Lutheran Church
Card of Thanks from Fort Dodge Hospital Stay
Lawrence Johnson thanks his Sunday school class friends and relatives for gifts cards and letters during a hospital stay at Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
Lawrence Johnson
Iowa Auxiliary Drives for Navy WAVES SPARS Enlistment
American Legion Auxiliary units in Iowa led by Cecil Cumming unit Rolfe partner with Navy Recruiting Service to recruit women aged 20 to 36 for WAVES and SPARS. Frances M. Perigal reports info and contact cards, with applications at Fort Dodge Navy Station. Each WAVES SPARS gets 200 dollars in uniforms plus training and base pay appropriate to rank, plus subsistence allowance when living away from duty areas.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa
Cecil Cumming
Rolfe
Navy Recruiting Service
Navy
Frances M. Perigal
Fort Dodge
Gar field Go Getters Hold April Meeting
The Gar field Go-Getters met at Ruth Ives home on April 8 with seven girls present. They planned a scrap drive for the May Farm Bureau meeting and reported March war bonds and stamps totaling 240 dollars 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Ruth Ives
May Farm Bureau
Beverly DeWolf
Marilynn Barrett
Beryl White
Lake Lassies 4-H Club Meeting Notes and Activities
The Lake Lassies 4-H club met April 5 at Gloria Dele's home with 10 girls and four mothers. Mrs Walter Higgins chaired, with Mrs Helen Sage as home demonstration agent. Dorothy Jones spoke on laundering clothes Pauline O Donnel discussed a sewing kit Dorothy O Donnell demonstrated a handy pin cushion. Members submitted membership cards and discussed sewing kits and projects. A social hour followed with refreshments.
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Lake Lassies
Gloria Dele
Walter Higgins
Helen Sage
Dorothy Jones
Pauline O'Donnel
Dorothy O’donnell
Gloria Delle
Cooperation urged by coal council to boost 1948 supply
Luther Hart of the Coal Consumers' Council urges nationwide cooperation among producers miners distributors retailers railroads and consumers to meet record coal demand in 1948. He cautions against rumors and stresses ordering early and allowing ample delivery time to avoid wartime transport delays.
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Luther Hart
Coal Consumers’ Council
Graduate plane mechanic joins Army Air Force service
PFC Russell Nelson formerly of Rolfe has completed Technical Training Command School for airplane mechanics in Gulfport Mississippi and is ready to serve on the front lines wherever American bombers are based. He was a machinist at Fried Camera Co. in Hollywood, California, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Ly O Nelson of Rolfe.
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Gulfport
Field
Miss
Pfc
Russell Nelson
Rolfe
Army Air Force
Nelson
Fried Camera Co
Orange Dr
Hollywood
Calif
Ly O. Nelson
Aircraft Instructor Plans Navy Ensign Training After Visit
A. W. Elliot will spend two months in St. Paul with Northwestern Airlines as an aircraft instructor before heading to New London Connecticut for officer training to become an ensign in the Navy He previously worked as an instructor in the Vega Aircraft night school in Glendale California while visiting his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs C J Moon
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C. J. Moon
A. W. Elliot
St. Paul
Northwestern Airlines
New London
Connecticut
Navy
Elliott
Glendale
Calif
Vega
Lake Boosters 4 H Club Holds April Meeting
The Lake Boosters 4 H club met at Donald Peters home on Thursday night April 1. Dr. H A Linn of Gilmore City spoke on livestock sanitation and a film strip on swine management and disease control was shown. The group also decided to start future meetings at 8 30 and begin on time.
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The
Lake Boosters 4-H Club
Donald Peters
H. A. Linn
Gilmore City
Lorraine Isacson Bride of Sgt Dale Runyon in Chicago Ceremony
Lorraine Isacson daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans Isacson Bradgate becomes the bride of Sgt Dale Runyon son of Mrs Mattie Runyon Elkhart Ind in a candlelight ceremony at St Pauls Lutheran Chicago at 630 p m Rev Enno Gahl officiates The couple is attended by Joyce Peterson Rolfe and Mary Jo Frick Chicago Afterward guests share a dinner at Winar Isacsons home Mrs Runyon a Bradgate High School graduate and stenographer for National Biscuit Co Sgt Runyon a Humboldt High School graduate is a gunner in the air corps
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Lorraine Isacson
Hans Isacson
Bradgate
Dale Runyon
Mattie Runyon
Elkhart
Ind
St.Paul's Lutheran Church
Chicago
Enno Gahl
Joyce Peterson
Rolfe
Mary Jo Frick
Winar Isacson
Runyon
Bradgate High School
National Biscuit Co
Sgt
Renyon
Humboldt High School
Air Corps
Army Private Doe Dies at Camp Adair Oregon
Private Herbert M. Doe of Company G 3rd Battalion U S Army died at Camp Adair Oregon from undetermined causes. His body is being shipped for a funeral in the area. Doe was a former Rolfe resident with relatives around Gilmore City.
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Army Camp
Herbert M. Doe
U.S. Army
Camp Adair
Oregon
Pvt
Doe
Rolfe
Gilmore City
Local shoppers visit Fort Dodge on Wednesday trip
Mrs. Clifford Nielsen Dee Ann Mrs A C Clemons Mrs Calvin Stoner and Dennis of Pocahontas shopped in Fort Dodge Wednesday in a day trip.
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Clifford Nielsen
Dee Ann
A. C. Clemons
Calvin Stoner
Dennis
Pocahontas
Fort Dodge
Coal Shortage Warns of Winter Rationing in Iowa
Hee Haw News warns that railroads and factories will need 25 percent more coal this year and coal rationing could become likely. The piece urges early orders for Mayflower and Bonny Blue coal, notes mines selling out for April, and jokes about garden chores while emphasizing proactive buying now.
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Sterge
Mrs. James George
W. A. ‘Kelley
Heal Bros
C. R. Berg
Abert City
Lestat Johnson
Towa
Denzil Johnson
Fall
Hmnpshires
E. E
Wilcox
Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian Church
Division I
John Ricklefs
Gerald Graeber
Meridian
Janiece Wiegman
Margery Thompson
Helen Monaghan
Velda .Stumph
Napier
Lu May White
Edna Jones
Lois Yoder
Mary Fran Kelly
Bon Ton Club
Mary Jane Hunter
Inez Shelgren
Chris Madsen
A. M. Simonson
Elmer Simonson
Will Howland
Harriet Carlson
Luther Thompson
C. Johnston
King’s Guards
Harmon
Donna
Glen Harmon
A.L.D
Lathrop
C. P. Lathrop
J.C. Nelson
Scandinavian Peninsula
B. A. Kerns
Woman's Club
Mrs. Butler
Woman’s Club
G. G. Butler
E. W. Wilson
du. P. Lomen
Fred Nelson
Manhattan
Sally Webb
A. D Cleals
A. D. Cleal
Myron Boos
Gilbert Caplin
West Bend
Richard Cleal
Betty Jane
Myron
Lorraine
Nevius Cuplin
Gilbert
Ernc Blaine
Don Cleal
Otis Cook
Leavitt
Mac
W. F. Schneéck
Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangberg
the Methodist Church
C. R. Buckwalter
Nain Lutheran Church
Jimery L. Petersen
Lake Boosters
Pocahontas County
L. H. Howe
Ieee
Cora Howe
Welch
Howard Bruce
Stromberg
Hanson
Hannah
Foreman
Ghostley
Rutter
Collins
Stromberg Hatchery
8Th Ave
Vert
Kentucky
Fullerton Lumber Company
Hee Haw News
Minnie
Jess
Illinois
J.T. Grant & Son
Bonny Bio
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