Community Notes From Fort Dodge and Surrounding Towns
Local residents and visiting relatives are listed with weekend gatherings at homes in Fort Dodge Holstein Mallard and Gowrie. Names include Hodoway Brinkman Everson Busch Shimon Hood Hood and Sime families with guests from Ames Des Moines and Gilmore City. A birth announced Ste ven Brinkman Hodoway and several visits to hospitals and farms are noted.
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Tg Be Bann
Sin
M. D. Anderson
Fort Dodge
Fas
Telmer Sime
J. A
C. Hoard
E. Gerry Swanton
Emmets
C. B. Chapman
Edna Grimmatrg
Eith
City
Carl Petersen
Laursen
J. &. Tutt
Petersen
Victor Shimon
Loren Pease
Sylester
Franklyn Majorowicz
R. P. Hodoway
Lois Jessie Brinkman
Antoinette St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Steven Brinkman Hodoway
Maxine Clausen
Alvin Larson
Joseph Noel
Holstein
William Wisdom
M. R. Soth
W. M. Obrecht
Des Moines
George Yabsley
Will Howland
Clara Everson
Lutheran Hospital
G. A. Everson
Golda Jones
Goldfield
Sgt
Joseph Busch
Belleville
Set. Busch
Busch
Warden Hotel
Don Sherk
Sherk
Penne
Savannaha
C. R. Buckwalter
Joan
Mary Fuller
Ames
Buckwalter
State Board of Trustees
Wesley Foundation
Iowa State College
F. L. MacVey
Rolfe
Alice Hood
Mallard
Eugene Hood
Naval Twerve
State Teachers College
Minot
North
Dacfa
Pvt
Thomas Hood
Long Island
N. Y
Lincoln
Nebr
Dorothy Fisher
Colleen Hansen
Cheryl Taylor
Earl Young
Gilmore City
Gus Witt
Marie Miller
el Paso
Texas
Ernest Sime
Jan
E. A. Messinger
Sioux City
F. E. Grant
Storm Lake
J. B. Julius
Sadie Quigley
A. V. Perigal
Marcella Quigley
KE. F. Stallcup
John Klein
Havelock
C. W. Reese
Ottogen
Lendt Paulson
D M T School News Honor Rolls and Plays
The six week honor rolls list top students across grades with scores from 92 to 96 and perfect attendance recipients. The junior senior play The Closed Door will be staged April 20 and 21 at 8 15 in the D M T assembly. Fifth and sixth grades report choir recital and new robes plus Iowa history review.
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D.M.T. Assembly
Des Moines
Donna Capesius
Yvonne Osking
Joan Schonberger
Byri Lehnus
Laurel Lehnus
Genevieve Majorowicz
Kenneth Lehnus
Mary Meisenbach
Bernard Zeman
Keith Hewlett
Billie Ile
Jerry Majorowicz
Jean Schonberger
Mary Lou Marine
Iowa
Meningitis Rate Climbs in Iowa in 1940s Reports
The Iowa state health department notes an upward trend in meningitis cases. From the start of the year through early April, 43 cases were reported versus 11 in the same period last year, totaling 88 for 1943. deaths reached 21 in 1948 and 3 in 1942.
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Iowa
State Health Department
Department
Women’s club notes and classroom crafts from April event
The text recalls provinces industries and important cities being discussed. The kindergarten and first grade decorated tables for the Women’s Club meeting on April 11. A setting hen is shown as children enjoy feeding watering and watching her.
Iowa Sees Peak Meningitis Cases Since 1936
State health officials report national meningitis cases in Iowa rose last year to the highest level since 1936’s 107. The department cites the meningococcus spread through coughs and sneezes and urges handkerchief use, improved living conditions, rest, and early sulfa treatment to reduce mortality to seven percent or less. Early diagnosis and hospitalization are recommended with symptoms including severe headache fever vomiting neck stiffness drowsiness and possible coma.
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Iowa
War Bonds Vital Investments for a Free World
War bonds emerge as pivotal financing for postwar stability. Government urges citizens to invest to back defense efforts, support allies, and sustain economic mobilization worldwide.
Wartime Tire and Gasoline Ration Revisions Announced
Periodic passenger car tire inspections end after April 20 while OPA authorized inspectors remain required for tire certificate issuance to replace certain tire grades. Commercial vehicles must be inspected every six months or 5 000 miles. Gasoline coupons remain in use with various categories valid through specified dates.
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OPA
Sugar Stamp Book 4 Coupon Validity and Pantry Limits
National ration notes list sugar coupons 30 and 40 in Book 4 with 5 pound units and indefinite validity for stamp 30. Coupon 40 remains through February 28 1945 for home canning with a per person cap of 20 more pounds and applications available now. Spare Samp 87 must be used with Book 4. avoid Sugar Stamp 37. Book 4 blue stamps A8 B8 C8 D8 E8 F8 G8 H8 J8 K8 and L8 M8 remain valid indefinitely for processed foods. Meats Fats Cheese and Canned Fish red stamps A8 B8 C8 D8 E8 F8 G8 H8 J8 K8 L8 M8 also valid indefinitely.
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Luding
D.M.T School News
Bob Lehnus
Jerry Kilbourne
Jean Johnson
Arnold Zeman
Shirley Heathman
Betty DeVaul
Betty Lehnus
John Coyle
Bruce Fisher
Marvin Zeman
Floyd Kauffman
Dick Stover
Violet Fish
Billy Henderson
Delores Hewlett
Naomi Diggs
Carol Camper
Carol Heathman
Sylvia Johnson
Janet Kay Thorson
Delores Nielsen
Vernice Stover
Dale Nicoson
James Schmidt
Joyce Schonberger
Barbara Rutgers
Lucille Ross
Larry Tull
Kathryn Majorowicz
Larry Lemke
Canada
Climax Manufacturing
Company
Henry, Wickie
Emil Hillman
Ritz Theatre
Sundown Valley
Charles Starrett
Sun
Deanna Durbin
Franchot Tone
Pat O’brien
Deanna
David Bruce
Grace McDonald
George Bolenz
Lois Collier
Rogers
Eddie LeBaron and His Orchestra
RIAL
Pocahontas
Henry Aldrich
Boy Scout
Jimmy Lydon
Charlie Smith
Joan Mortimer
John Litel
Germany
Army Air Corps
Sun. Mon
Tues
Madam Curie
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Robt, Walker
Albert Basserman
Robert Taylor
Susan Peters
Robert Benchley
Keenan Wynn
Elite Theatre
Laurens
Roy Rogers
Trigger
Burma
Wally Brown
Alan Carney
Song OF Russia
News and Cartoon
Lulubelle
Scotty Vera Vague
Tennesee
Hershey
Brown Sugar
NAVY
Jack Sprat
Lewis
Pork Chops
Hamburger Ib
Carrots
California
E. Eikenberry
Emmetsburg
Sun. - Mon
Dorothy Lamour
Dick Powell
Victor Moore
The
Ritz Brothers
Curse OF the
CAT People
Simone Simon, Kent Smith
Jane Randolph
Arabia
George Sanders
Virginia Bruce
Richard Dix
Bill Boyd
Texson
Staley
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