Legion Auxiliary To Meet Monday Evening
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. E. W. Wilson Monday evening, August 12, at 8 o'clock. Community clubs held social events and gatherings all week with guests from Des Moines Odebolt Phoenix Evanston among others participating in dinners and birthday celebrations.
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Gang
Nellie Grant
Marie Malley
Mary Rounds
Des Moines
Lillian Hanson
Odebolt
Mildred
Frances King
Phoenix
Ariz
Gladys Merrill
Evanston
Ill
J. T. Grant
George Watt
K.S.K
Schonberger
Gertie Schonberger
Golf Club
the Park
Jennie Bowen
Robert Hunter
Bert Kerns
Etta Symes
Naomi Gunderson
Pasadena
Calif
L. W. Feldman
Rolfe
Elmer Peterson
Elmer Peterson, Low To Mrs. L. W. Feldman
C. B. Chapman
Nain Lutheran Church August Schedule Update
Emery L Petersen pastor announces Saturday junior choir practice at 3 30 p.m. Sunday school and Bible class at 10 a m morning worship at 11 a.m. No services on August 18.
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Nain Lutheran Church
Emery L. Petersen
Lo Avm
Methodist Church announces summer schedule and confere nce
Rev C R Buckwalter leads Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m with Dr L D Havighurst. Fourth quarterly conference at 2 p m Sunday followed by a basket dinner for board members and families. Vacation Sundays on August 18 and 25 with no services.
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THE
Methodist Church
C. R. Buckwalter
L. D. Havighurst
Hancher to Speak at Presbyterian Church Service
Dr. Virgil Hancher president of the State University of Iowa will address the morning service at eleven oclock at the Presbyterian Church W F Schneck pastor says all services today proceed at the regular time.
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Virgil Hancher
State University of Iowa
No Clay County Fair Will Allow Sunday Access
W J Knipe, secretary of the Fair Association, announced Sunday access to Clay County Fairgrounds will be banned on September 1 the day before opening. He cited prior crowds of over ten thousand inspecting grounds and exhibits as a hazard to workers and exhibitors and warned of possible accidents.
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Clay County
Clay County Fairgrounds
W. J. Knipe
The
Fair Association
Knipe
4-H Fair Plowing Match Set for August 22
Pocahontas county readies a 1946 plowing contest at D. C. Hood’s farm near the courthouse. The event starts at 9 a.m. on Thursday August 22 with entries due by August 15. J A Hudek chairs the committee with Henry H. DeWall Herman Yocum Ray Davidson R A Crummer Ed C Wolkenhauer and Frank Kopriva. Four classes include men boys farmerette and professional with prizes from $15.
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Pocahontas County
D. C. Hood
Pocahontas
Farm Bureau
J. A. Hudek
Henry H. DeWall
Herman Yocum
Ray Davidson
R. A. Crummer
Ed. C. Wolkenhauer
Frank Ko
Kansas City Awarded Casket Contracts for War Dead
Five firms win contracts totaling about 35 million dollars to supply 240000 caskets and cases for American servicemen who died overseas in World War III. Kansas City Depot to distribute in Missouri and neighboring states with a peak output target of 27000 caskets monthly by April 1947, and full production within fifteen months.
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Kansas City
Clyde Massey
T. B. Larkin
Quartermaster General
American Graves Registration Service
Famed White Horse Patrol to Perform at 4-H Fair
Pocahontas county 4-H Fair board brings the renowned white horse patrol to the fair on Thursday evening August 22. The show runs about one hour and 45 minutes and features 87 men 82 white horses a team of white ponies a white donkey and a mule trained by an army sergeant now in the Italian campaign. The troop performs mass formations drills and maneuvers comparable to an army drill team. Advance ticket sales begin this week.
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Pocahontas County
White Horse Mounted Patrol
Iowa
White Horse Patrol
Auto Races Highlight Iowa State Fair Centennial Events
The first official AAA automobile races at the Iowa State Fair run Friday August 23 Sunday August 25 and Friday August 30 with over 10 000 in prizes. Top entrants such as George Robson and Jimmie Wilburn are expected among more than 50 entries across eight events per day.
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AAA
Indianapolis Speedway
Iowa State
Fair
George Robson
Jimmie Wilburn
Dairy cows need extra feed as summer approaches Iowa
Best producing dairy cows may require extra grain or hay during summer despite excellent pasture in Iowa this year. Iowa farmers could profit more by producing top grade eggs and marketing them on a grade basis.
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Iowa
Crippled Girls Begin Camp At Boone Des Moines IA
The first of two groups of physically handicapped girls opened an eight day session at the YWCA camp near Boone August 1. Clyde Carter Iowa Society for Crippled Children and the Disabled announces the girls stay until August 9 then the second group comes August 10 to 20. Ten girls start the first list and 20 join the second. Mrs Trenna Logue is Des Moines YWCA camp director. Thirty boys begin August 12.
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Des Moines
Iowa
YWCA
Boone
Clyde Carter
Iowa ‘Society For iCrippled Children and the
Carter
Towa Society For Crippled Children
Trenna Logue
Iowa Society
YMCA
Weeded Plot Meeting Discusses Chemical Weed Control
About 50 Pocahontas county farmers attended a twilight session six miles north of Pocahontas. E P Sylvester of Iowa State College outlined chemical weed control with sorium chlorate Weedone and Dupont 2 4 D and noted 2 4 D sprays require multiple applications. He warned against drift onto desired plants and predicted future revolution in farm weed control.
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Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
E. P. Sylvester
Towa State College
Sylvester
Berwind Briquets and construction supply notes
A local note previews Berwind Briquets arrivals within a week or ten days, touting their popularity and prior sales. It cites cement shortages, Zonolite insulation options, and housing construction delays caused by bureaucratic delays, urging production to overcome shortages.
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Ia Mundy
Spencer Supply
Spencer, Iowa
Victor
Columbia
Capitol Records
Spencer Music Supply
Beer
Pocahon' No. 3
Call Havelock
Phil Jd. W. DeVaul
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Anna Paul
Vancouver
Wash
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Clarence Odgen
Low
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Glyde Brinkman
Arlo Ives
Dean Gunderson
J. E. Hynds
Clark
J. E. Hynds, Jr
Akron
Ohio
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Osage
R. G. Hunter
M. R. Soth
F. E. Grant
Hattie Hauck
O. A. Jacobson
W. J. McIntire
Earl Chambers
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Louis Jones
Gilmore
Herb Jones
Boxholm
Fannie McIntire
W. L. McIntire
Rose
Wm. J. McIntire
Catherine McIntire
Springfield
Donna Brosnahan
James H. McIntire
J. R. McIntire
Curtis Jones
A. E. Osterberg
Chicago Sunday Herald-American
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Consolidated. Soho
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Board of Education
Frank Sroufe
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Arnold Wold
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Arrow Office
Bradburn Implement Co
Gilmore City
Highway 3
Jack H. Kelley
Billford
Walter Grethen
Shirley Thornton
Midwest Limestone CO
Lee Harmon
Rolfe, Iowa
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Eddie J. Aden
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