Community Club Activities Weekend Notes
Social events across the Golf Club Auxiliary Legion Auxiliary and Gar-Mac Lodge feature bridge prizes and bingo. Highlights include a Pocahontas farewell party for Mrs Shelgren, a DMT Woman's Club meeting with officer elections, and a Presbyterian luncheon with a post lunch program.
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Golf Club
J. T.grant
G. B. Palmer
M. R. Soth
Jembree Lienemann
B. A. Peterson
Tony Nielsen
George Weible
Jennie Bowen
C. B. Chapman
Gar-Mac Lodge
Arnold Wold
Telmer Sime
Mac Nicoson
William Wisdom
Methodist Women To Miss Meeting In August
The Women’s Society of Christian Service will not hold a general meeting on August 25. Rolfe W S C S members are invited to Gilmore City Methodist Church on August 18 as guests. those able to attend or provide transportation should notify their circle chairman.
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D.M.T. Woman’s Club
Presbyterian Church Division I
The
Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Rolfe W.S.C.S
W.S.C.S
Gilmore City Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church Announces Guest Speaker
The Presbyterian Church announces Rev. Warren Ives of Minneapolis Kansas as guest speaker for Sunday August 12 at services led by Pastor W. F. Schneck.
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Warren Ives
Minneapolis
Kansas
Trinity Lutheran Sunday Schedule and Activities
J. O. Wangberg presides at 11 am worship with the theme How to do the will of God from Matthew 21 28 31. Sunday school and Bible classes at 1 am. Catechism class Saturday 1 45 pm. Junior choir 8 pm. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs. Marshall Budd on Wednesday August 16.
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Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangberg
Ladies Aid Society
Marshall Budd
Letter From Norway Reports Hard War Years Endure
Mrs. Nels Ryen received a letter dated August 7 from her brother C. A. Kjellberg 82 of Egersund Norway stating they are all well. He writes July 17 that five years of war have been hard and another winter would have been impossible due to extreme food and boge shortages.
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Nels Ryen
C. A. Kjellberg
Egersund
Norway
Farm Safety Week Highlights Mounting Accidents
The article outlines high farm accident costs, nearly a billion dollars yearly, with 17,200 farm deaths and 1.5 million rural injuries. It notes machinery, livestock, and motor vehicle incidents as main killers and cites President Truman designating the week of July 22 as National Farm Safety Week.
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W. J. Dryden
United States
Truman
Hunt for Meatier Market Fowl Aims to Boost Poultry Profits
Major poultry groups and U.S.D.A. specialists work with A and P Food Stores to draft specs for a superior meat-type bird. A $8,000 awards fund funds distribution and a $5,000 top prize for the best bird after three years plus $3,000 annually in progress awards.
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U.S.D.A
A & P Food Stores
D. D. Slade
International Baby Chick Association
Watering System for Chickens Illustrated Cover Recommendation
The cover suggests a waterer setup to keep chicken water fresh and clean. It notes use with a water basin or an automatic water fountain to ensure continuous access.
Alfalfa Feeding Cuts Nitrogen Losses on Illinois Farm
University of Illinois observations show that when hay is sold a ton carries 37 pounds of atmospheric nitrogen away with no return to the grower. Returning manure to the land and feeding alfalfa on the farm reduces this nitrogen loss and lowers phosphorus and potassium losses.
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University of Illinois
Hormone Sprays Used by Apple and Pear Growers in 1944
Farmers nationwide used pre harvest fruit drop inhibitors containing naphthalene acetic acid in spray and dust forms during 1944. The practice applied to many orchards across the country as growers sought to control fruit drop and improve yields.
Water Filled Tires Improve Load Handling
There are no ill effects from filling tires with a water calcium chloride solution. Completely filled tires automatically increase pressure when overloaded, avoiding extra air addition and higher pressures for heavier loads. Resistance to bruising and punctures is not affected by liquid fill percentage.
Insect Repellent 6 12 Comes to Civilian Use
The Formula 6 12 insect repellent, trusted by GIs in the Pacific Africa Sicily and Italy, will soon be available in limited quantities for farmers yachtsmen sportsmen and others in insect infested areas for the rest of the season. Developed to protect soldiers from malaria it is credited for aiding control of malaria and other diseases. It repels black flies gnats fleas chiggers and nuisance mosquitoes and can be applied to skin or clothing with a few drops for several hours without harming fabric or skin.
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Pacific
Africa
Siciliy
Italy
Tropics
4 H Club Members Return From West Okoboji Camp
Donna Capesius Roberta Reckard Mary Dean Fanning and Lois Carpenter returned Sunday afternoon after a four day outing at Camp Walther League on West Okoboji. They represented the Des Moines township Lively Lassies 4 H club and participated in many activities.
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Donna Capesius
Roberta Reckard
Mary Dean Fanning
Lois Carpenter
Camp Walther League
West Okoboji
Des Moines Township
Nykjøring Reunion Ties Danish Roots in Algona Visit
After 50 years a Danish town group gathered in Algona when Carl Wiuff of Atlantic and his brother Peter Wiuff of Elkhorn met two local merchants Madison and Hanson. The four men had all come from Nykjøbing Denmark and attended the same school there over half a century ago.
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Nykjoring
Algona
Carl Wiuff
Atlantic
Peter Wiuff
Elkhorn
Madson and
Hanson
Nykjobing
Denmark
Fire under Car Threatens Motor in Clarinda
A lit match discarded on a wet street in Clarinda ignited surface gasoline and sparked a fire that spread beneath a parked automobile. The blaze threatened to injure the vehicle’s motor and required firefighting response.
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Clarinda
Ceilings Set For Surplus Chinaware Sales
Ceiling prices apply to all civilian sales of surplus chinaware declared by the armed forces. The 43 items include cups saucers plates bowls pitchers and miscellaneous dishes from army or navy stock. Retail ceilings for new chinaware range from nine cents for a 34 inch butter dish to 3.89 for an eight pint pitcher. Do your share and save household fats.
Ceiling price set for beef grading by lockers and plants
The CPA establishes a ceiling of 123 cents per hundred pounds for grading beef veal lamb or mutton by commercial freezers or locker plants for farm slaughterers. For a 150 pound cut the price equals 183 cents before rounding up to the next five cent multiple, yielding 20 cents.
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CPA
Markups Set for Imported Novelty Woodware and Leather Goods
The OPA announces 75 percent retail markups over cost for two more imported consumer goods classes. Applies to novelty woodenware including trays bowls vases and to leather items such as cigar and cigarette cases compacts coin purses letter cases desk sets and memo pads.
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OPA
Inspector Pigeon Tours Red Oak County Offices
A pigeon caused a stir at Red Oak courthouse as it strutted through county offices. It entered the auditor's room, then the treasurer's office to inspect accounts, finally taking cover under a file as staff followed.
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Red Oak
To Can Food for Hungry Europe Program Launched
A nation wide program to provide urgently needed food for war devastated Europe has been announced. Community canning centers are urged to boost production by ten percent above local needs and donate the surplus for overseas distribution. Only tin canned vegetables fruits and juices are accepted. Glass containers are not sent overseas. Local victory garden and civic groups support the effort.
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Europe
Victory Garden
Urges Fair Start for School Kindergarteners
Marjorie Lyford of the state health department urges parents to give preschoolers complete physical and dental exams before school. She notes many children begin classes with remediable defects, risking difficulty in work, and stresses vaccination against smallpox and diphtheria.
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Iowa
Marjorie Lyford
R.N
State Health Department
Miss Lyford
Card of Thanks From Mrs Nels Ryen
I thank all relatives and friends for the lovely flowers and cards sent me during my recent illness. Mrs. Nels Ryen expresses gratitude for their kindness.
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Nels Ryen
Iowa Farmers Seek Corn Fodder Tools This Season
Iowa farmers may face a shortage of corn binders this year and may rely on sled type stalk cutters as a harder but viable alternative. Plans to build the sled cutter are available at Iowa State College for do it yourself use.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Local Coal Car and Lumber Talks Hit By Patchy Readership
Illinois coal car alerts 37 readers with 10 showing up for coal causing disposal of the car. Mine production declines weekly while lumber output sits near 80 to 85 billion feet with war material demand rising and government use unclear.
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Regular
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Louis Paulson
Merle McAninch
L. M. Graham
A. R. Graham
Pocahontas
Shelgren
Leo Shelgren
California
J. Struthers
Wilfred Eberle
Myles Ollinger
Esperanto Club
Esperanto Bridge Club
Bernice Hauck
BE. P. Lomen
the Methodist Church
C. R. Buckwalter
Devil Dog Retrievers
Perry P. Norsworthy
Paducah
John A. Paglione
Weehawken
N. J
Naha
Sixth Marine Division
Okinawa
U.S. Marine Corps
Inspector Pigeon
Chicago and North Western Railway
North Western
Delbert Johnson
Rolfe, Iowa
Kirk
the Army
Bondy
Phyllis DeWotp
McCormick-Desiny
Earl A. Johnson
Allison
Rolfe 5Ment Co
Rolfe Implement Co
Davenport
Twe
Arrow
McCormick-Deety
Fay
Riley Ponn
Rolfe Implene Co
Fullerton Lumber
Fullerton Lumber Co
Mason
Eddie J. Aden
John Bendixen
Gilmore City
Hunter’s Produce
Hee Haw News
Hunter
Peterson
Washington
J.T. Grant & Son
Rolfe
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