Rittgers 80th Birthday Celebrated With Family Gathering
On August 2 a large family gathering near Pocahontas marked B F Rittgers 80th birthday with a meal for about 60 attendees. Relatives from multiple Iowa towns including Algona Humboldt Rolfe Gowrie and West Bend joined in the celebration along with out of town guests from Wichita Kansas and Fairmont Minnesota. Several birthday greetings and casual visits followed the dinner as guests shared photos and stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.M.T
Des Moines
Ben
B. F. Rittgers
George
H. B. Rittgers
Gilmore City
O. P. Alberts
Pocahontas
Otto Naeve
Humboldt
Alfred Breiholz
West Bend
Frank Rittgers
Ernest
Rittgers
Havelock
Earl Cooksey
J. B. Rittgers
Rolfe
R. W. Rittgers
R. C. Barron
Blanche Hansen
Wichita
Kansas
George Rittgers
Jefferson
Lloyd Rittgers
Gowrie
Roy Wilbur
Babe McKeigen
Homer Rittgers
Betty Rittgers
Fairmont
Minnesota
I. W. Jarvis
Otto Alberts
Mr. Alberts
Horace Rutgers
Ing Blanche Hansen
R. QO
Barron
Barron Family Birthday Visit Ends With Prolonged Stay
A short note shows Mr Barron left for work while his daughters stayed on for an extended visit, with no one informed of their participation in their father’s birthday celebration.
Woman's Club August Meeting and Officer Election
The D M T Woman's club schedules its regular August meeting and annual officer election for Tuesday August 11 at the schoolhouse. Refreshment committee includes Mrs John Howe Mrs George Lehnus and Mrs Frank Carlton. Program committee lists Mrs Lena Vaughn Mrs Harry Spencer and Mrs Chet Carpenter. Several social visits are noted including family dinners and local gatherings in Curlew Ruthven Doon Hull and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
D.M.T. Woman's Club
John Howe
George Lehnus
Frank Carlton
Lena Vaughn
Harry Spencer
Chet Carpenter
Pocahontas
Don Carlton
Glen Gaskill
Everett Burns
Wm. Schupfer
Curlew
Les Struthers
Betty
Fort Dodge
Lester Thorson
Janet Kay
Herb Laws
Tillie Halverson
Ida Thorson
Pete Hansen
Ruthven
Halverson
Hansen
Alro Ives
William Fisher
Marguerite
Annabel Baker
Emma Moun
Cedar Falls
Evelyn Hewlett
Waterloo
I. W. Jarvis
Des Moines
B. F. Rutgers
Self-Feeders Aid Iowa Swine Producers In Labor Savings
County agent Max C. Naylor notes self-feeders reduce labor for Pocahontas County hog production amid labor shortages. Self-feeding suits clean ground systems and winter feeding, with pigs balancing rations and sows milkier. Eight foot feeders can handle fifty to sixty pigs. more space improves results. Plans are available via the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Max C. Naylor
Iowa
E. L. Quaife
Tom Cat Bill Sparks Grocery Billing Confusion
An irate Corning housewife phoned her grocer over a bill item listed as 1 tom cat 15e. The grocer explained the phrase was code for 1 bottle of tomato catsup, leaving her mollified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cat
Corning
Protest Over Burlingon Plan To Replace Passenger Service
One hundred Milton citizens protested to the commerce commission against the Burlington railroad plan to substitute mixed-train service for current gas electric passenger service and to tear up tracks between Moulton and Sedan. Leslie Rollins of Evansville Illinois now named assistant dean at Harvard School of Business Administration in Cambridge Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
The
Commerce Commission
Burlington Railroad
Moulton
Sedan
Leslie Rollins
Denison
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Harvard School of Business Administration
Cambridge
Mass
Havelock News Briefs Tie Local Events Together
Betty Huseby visits grandmother near Sioux Rapids and returns home. Will Bloomer is seriously ill under local doctor care. Mrs. Marietti Rees returns to Laurens. George Price visits Iowa Falls. Train delayed at Ames for gravel to mend washout. Merrit Brazier and Eldon Buck visit Spencer. Clyde Speer family and Jake Smith visit George Gist near Bradgate. J L Miller and son of Titonka visit Havelock. Kenneth Stevens family visits Benthey. Local baseball team defeats Laurens 2 to 0. two more games scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Huseby
D. J
Wenck
Sioux Rapids
Sonny
Will Bloomer
Mayme
Daugherty
Marietti Rees
Laurens
George Price
Iowa Falls
Ames
Merrit Brazier
Eldon Buck
Spencer
Clyde Speer
Jake Smith
George Gist
Bradgate
J. L. Miller
Titonka
H. Gills
Kenneth Stevens
Marietta
Minnesota
Bentbey
Dale Cupp
Clarion
Parlie Gist
Gilmore City
G. A. Grover
Will Randolph
Rose Lou
Rena Huseby
Betty
Randolph Cottage
Lake Minnewashia
Randolph
Northwestern Depot
Elia Chase
Rochester
Minn
Louie Bozikowski
Henry Buck
Alpha
Fred Buck
Will Voy
Waterloo
Bloomer
Melvin
Israel Halder
Varina
Harold Johnson
Rolfe
Lawrence Buck
A. C. Tyler
Chicago
Alice Quade
Margaret
Earl
Rantons
Ill
Wisconsin
Enid Worthington
Lone Rock
Iowa
Mainey Stover
Fort Dodge
James Wright
Lavera Gruver
Maurine Spiker
Marlene
Mary Jane Sandvig
Emmetsburg
Charles Gruver
Cleo
Mike Krischel
Mercy
Goodchild
Buck Brothers
Lloyd Cox
Mary Jane Sanding
H. D. Grovers
Lou Ann
W. B. McTaggart
Frank Kirby
Ernie Froh
Ivan Martens
Havelock
Ed Krischell
Mike Krischell
the Mercy Hospital
Ella Chase
Woman Beats Man After Disturbance by Transient Group
A mixed transient group from Welcome Minnesota caused a disturbance Tuesday evening when a female member became intoxicated and assaulted a man. She was arrested, fined, and the group left town. The article notes the group has visited Laurens for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens
Welcome, Minn
Buck and Chilar In Humboldt Thursday Mishap
Day morning and received a badly confused and skinned arm. Melvin Buck and Joe Chilar were in Humboldt Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Buck
Joe Chilar
Humboldt
Forbes Enlists in Navy as Band Leader Departs
Richard Forbes leaves this week to enlist in the U S Navy after serving as music supervisor and director of the school band for two years. Mrs Forbes who taught the sixth grade will lead the music. A former resident Mrs Charles Rasmussen died at 72 in Withee Wisconsin after pleurisy and dropsy. The family lived near the Grimes farm and joined Rebekah and I C C F lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Navy
Richard Forbes
U.S. Navy
Charles Rasmussen
Withee
Wis
Grimes Farm
Rebekah
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Forrest Mason
Amanda Mason
Pocahontas
Winifred Mason
Jim Williams
Walter Ohrtmann
Ohrtman
Oscar Johnston
VaLara Maiden of
Ruthven
Cliff Ingalls
Rena Huseby
Betty
Randolph Cottage
Randolph Cottage, With Mrs. Randolph
Rose Lou
Lake Minnewashia
Laurence Brazier
Des Moines
W. B. Ellsworth
Humboldt
Perfect Attendance at 4 H Meeting in Laurens
The Up and Coming 4 H club held a regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon July 28 at Eve lyn Carlsen's home in Laurens. Twenty members and two leaders answered roll call. Committees for achievement day were formed for refreshment display program and gym prep with named chairmen and members assigned to each role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Carlsen
Laurens
Thelma Jolliffe
Myrthe Nickelson
Marian Daniels
Edna Wilson
Ruth Lathrop
Helen Wilson
Mildred Olberding
Mardella Aden
Jeanne Barth
Vera Jolliffe
Dorothy Lathrop
Ethel MaeLogan
Ann
Joan MecCartan
Wanda Rutgers
Bernadine Stoulis
Mary Wilson
Local Club Meeting Notes From August Session
The August meeting featured Ruth Slips Lathrop and Jeanne Barth with demonstrations on care of hands hair and teeth and selecting and cutting out a pattern. Thelma Jolliffe Evelyn Carlsen led a panel discussion with Edna and Helen Wilson under leader Mrs Byron Lathrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Lathrop
Jeanne Barth
Thelma
Jolliffe
Evelyn Carlsen
Thelma Jolliffe
Edna
Helen
Wilson
Byron
Lila Daniels
Alice Lathrop
C. C. Cole
Edna Wilson
Local Achievement Day by Up and Coming 4 H Club
The Up and Coming 4 H club will hold its annual local achievement day in the high school auditorium Tuesday night August 11 at 8. Guests are welcome. The program features a county fair demonstration by the club’s representative and displays of clothing and canned goods created by the girls. Entries will be judged for county fair eligibility.
Graduate Nurses Meet at Pocahontas Courthouse
Pocahontas county graduate nurses gathered Friday night at the courthouse with Helen Erickson of Laurens presiding. County health nurse Erna A. Matthias and Red Cross chair Fae Schon spoke. Mrs. Lloyd Robinson announced a Clarion home nursing refresher course from August 4 to 7 and urged interested graduates to attend. Guests included Miss Walsh Varina and Miss Georgine Mart Pocahontas student nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Helen Erickson
Laurens
Graduate Nurses Club
Erna A. Matthias
Fae Schon
Rolfe
County Red Cross
Lloyd Robinson
Graduate Nurses
War Service Council
Clarion
Local News From Sioux City Area Social Notes
Area residents and relatives gathered for visits and parties as several individuals prepare moves or new assignments. Des Moines trips for civil service exams and naval air training were noted, along with family gatherings at homes of Posakony Ollinger and others.
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Raymond Istatsen
Keith Nasby
Baby
Bode
Clarence Monkelien
Fonda
Henry Monkelien
A. J. Kilbourn
Wilda
Frank Kilbourn
Violet Espersen
Callender
Jeanie Henderson
Mads Johansen
Hans Nielsen
Viggo
Hilda
Guy Kerns
Cleve
Kurt
Miller Klein
Bill Roy
Dakota City Park
Virgil Thorson
Lutheran
Beverly Majorowicz
Donald Rittgers
Joan Rittgers
Janet Rittgers
Sherry Majorowicz
Alice Wolf
Brighton
Colorado
Art DeVaul
Sam Christensen
Henry Sorensen
Robert Rutgers
Conrad Majorowicz
Oliver Lehnus
Dean Stowell
Mallard
David Henderson
Harold Calligan
Albert Hermansen
Loren Pease
Dean Richard Cordes
Mount Pleasant
B. M. Cuthbertson
J. A. Cordes
Bertha
Swea City
Havelock News
Court House
Fae Schow
Hospital i
Sioux City
Thomas . Quinlan
Po Francis Hudek
Don Tae
Bell
Harold’ Green
Naval Air Corp
Great Lakes Najaling
Harry ¢ Gi Gilfert Nielsen
Kenneth Green
Ployee
Paul Hudek Angton Drobney
E. C. Kepler
Daug Rosemary
Greene
Jose Posakony
Howard James
James
David Harrison
Saturds Hampton
Harrisons
HN. Ollinger
Denver
John Ollinger
Walter Olinger
Cy Texas
Ollinger
Bodine Ollinger
Raymond Ollinger
Spe
James Hronek
Martha Rison
Ham Judy Sharp
Kansas City
von Dyvig
Lois Kemmish
A. al
Emmson
W. A. Vigars
Algona
Chome
B T Club
the & Dunn
William Jong
Nixon
DeJong
S. L. Dunn
Hy Pocahontas
Norma Jean Schall
Josephine Posakony
Ahoe Congregation
Fish Pond
Bazaar Novelties
Old Central States
Rosary Society
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