Community society notices from August gatherings
Trinity Lutheran Missionary Society at P M Peterson home honors Mrs. L W Larson with life membership. P A E club hosts at Wiegert home with guests and a poem reading. Jerry Howland marks his eighth birthday with friends. Golf Auxiliary holds weekly luncheon with card games and prizes. Presbyterian Missionary Society meets at Clarence Jensen home with China lesson. Hortense Siefkin treats guests to a movie night with relatives visiting from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Larson
Trinity Lutheran Missionary Society
P. M. Peterson
Janet Thompson
Bernice Lomen
Hegstrom
Women’s Missionary Federation
Clara Everson
P.A.E. Club
Wiegert
Robert Wiegert
P.A.E
Dick Dirks
Evelyn and
Viola
Yvonne Christensen
Frank Short
Mary Short
Inga Ryen
Jerry Howland
Jerry
Golf Auxiliary
G. S. Brinkman
N. J. Bixler
G. B. Palmer
T. 8. Clark
Bradgate
G. S. Butler
Ivy] Grant
Clarence Jensen
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Jennie Johnson
Ellen Mather
George Ham
C. B. Boyce
China
Lester Thorson
Fischer
Methodist Church announces fall schedule and events
Pastor E J Plummer leads Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11 with choir practice Thursday at 8. The women’s mission society meets September 2 with Mrs George Marine and helpers. District conference in Fort Dodge on September 1 and quarterly conference September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
E. J. Plummer
Sioux City
Woman's Society of Christian Missions
George Marine
Alta Hewlett
Katie Brown
Addie Roberts
R. ©. Grant
Ted Hewlett
Fort Dodge
Riverside
Davies
Trinity Lutheran Worship and Bible Classes Schedule
Pastor J. O. Wangberg leads 11:00 a m worship with the theme Love Your Enemies based on Matthew 5 44 Luther League gathering in the evening 10:00 a m Sunday school and Bible classes held at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangberg
Luther League
Presbyterian Church Sunday Service Announcement
W F Schneck pastor invites all to Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11. Choir practice is Thursday afternoon. A cordial invitation to worship with us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
W.F. Schneck
4-H Club Girls Exhibit Varied Creations at County Show
4-H girls displayed 198 clothing exhibits and six demonstrations at a county show in the new girls club building. Garfield, Dover, and Powhatan clubs won top honors in skirts, with blue ribbons across school dresses, blouses, housecoats, slips, and outdoor wear. The junior division allowed 10 to 15 year olds to enter items including aprons, covers, and repair pieces. A “Food For Victory” booth held 96 jars, and Mary Margaret Brinkman led with a six year personal account record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Club
J. E. DeWolf
Powhatan and
Garfield
Dover
Swan Lake
Cummins
Marshall
Powhatan
Cummins, Powhatan
The
Central Stars
Cedar
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Ruth Lathrop
Beryl White
Wold Enlists as Metal Worker for Naval Reserve
Arnold Wold of Wold Hardware has enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a metal construction worker. He traveled to Des Moines for physical and metal work proficiency exams. Since taking over Symes Hardware in August 1940, he built a strong business, with his father Andrew Wold to run the store during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Wold
Wold Hardware
Naval Reserve
Des Moines
Wold
Symes Hardware
Andrew Wold
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the partnership under the trade name Community Service has been dissolved with B C Lehnus retiring and G F Smith continuing the business individually. Also reported is the home return of Mr and Mrs C L Gunderson from Rochester Minnesota where Mr Gunderson was a hospital patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Service
B. C. Lehnus
G. F. Smith
B.C. Lehius
C. L. Gunderson
Rochester
Minn
Gunderson
St. Mary’s Hospital
John Gunderson
Rolfe
Family expresses thanks for kindness after mother’s passing
The Amelia Peterson family thanks friends for deeds of kindness sympathy and floral tributes during their mother’s illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Peterson
Brinkman Accepts Goodyear Post After ISU Degree
Ames Iowa T Franklyn Brinkman son of Mr and Mrs Glyde S Brinkman of Rolfe has joined Goodyear Aircraft Corp in Akron Ohio after graduating with a bachelor of science in architectural engineering from Iowa State College in July He was a member of Kappa Sigma while at ISU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
T. Franklyn Brinkman
Glyde S. Brinkman
Rolfe
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Akron
Ohio
Iowa State College
Brinkman
Kappa Sigma
Rolfe’s Rubber Drive Shipment Reaches Rubber Reserve
Rolfe contributed 5,880 pounds to the national rubber campaign and the shipment was sent Monday to the Rubber Reserve company in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
The
Rubber Reserve Company of
Chicago
Rolfe High Graduates Include Navy Seaman From Class of 1929
Name omitted due to lack of information. A. Raymond Pavey from Rolfe High School class of 1929 is listed as serving in the U.S. Navy and is stationed in San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Raymond Pavey
Rolfe High School
Armed Forces
United States
Pavey
U.S. Navy
San Francisco
Calif
Verink Posts 228 Right Handed High Mark
Iowa Falls bowler Fred Verink achieves a strong high score with both hands. Last winter he rolled 228 with the right and an even 200 with the left marking a notable improvement for his averaging pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Verink
Iowa Falls
Verink
Oranges for Bullets and Useful Byproducts
A note about oranges yielding not just fruit but bullets, vitamins, butter substitutes, plastics, medicines, cattle feed, dried blood substitutes, paints, and perfume components. The American Weekly article promotes various orange byproducts and their wide range of applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Letters From Rolie Boys in Service
A service letter from a sailor greets The Arrow. He reports shipboard training progressing, looks forward to hospital apprentice work, and thanks golf partner for sending the paper. He sends greetings to friends and relatives and mentions the Arrow as the best paper since Barney Bruce edited it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Barney Bruce
Barney
Virginia Folks Friendly to Soldiers Letter Home
In Richmond dated August 17 1942 a correspondent thanks readers of The Arrow for letters and ties to home. He recalls a cousin Thomas Ives visiting from Norfolk ships, notes studying diesel engine construction, praises Virginia hospitality especially from churches, and hopes to return home to Chicago with many friends remaining in touch via The Arrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ives
Norfolk
Virginia
Chicago
Rolfe
Arrow
Letter from Kenneth Schott praises Rolfe Arrow publication
Kenneth Schott writes from Great Lakes Illinois dated August 20, 1942 thanking for the Rolfe Arrow. He says he is glad to receive it weekly and that it helps pass spare time. He notes Iowa boys in his barracks also read it and call it a nice paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Schott
ARROW
Mr. Soth
Iowa
Five Generations Gather for Portrait in Iowa Home
Mrs. T. E. Carlton hosted a five generation photo at her home with Mrs. Behrendsen of Gilmore City, Mrs. Doolittle of Woolstock, Mrs. Claude of Woolstock, and infant James Caroll Claude. Mrs. Carlton, who will turn 90 in January, remains active at home. The infant Caroll Claude is 84 months old and has eleven grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Carlton
Nrs Behrendsen
Gilmore City
Carlton
Clyde Doolittle
Woolstock
Behrendsen
Clifford Claude
Doolittle
James Caroll Claude
Claude
Beam
Caroll Claude
Red Cross Notes Sewing Room and County Meeting
Red Cross reports tentative sewing room plans due to Mr Wasem possibly renting the north side of his building before September 1. A county meeting is set for August 27 at 8:00 pm in Pocahontas courthouse assembly room with officer elections and reports. The sewing quota for the year is finished with September starting the 1942 43 quota. Inspiration from Delta county chapter workers adds daily motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasem
Red Cross
Uncle Sam
The
Pocahontas
Colorado
Delta County
American Red Cross
Mercy Red Cross Efforts Highlight Thrift and Craft Work
The article details Mrs. L B Dingman losing both hands in a sugar mill accident yet sewing surgical gowns and other garments for convalescents. Local seamstresses produce small wool quilts for wounded soldiers, with volunteers organizing blocks and ties, while noting 2934 highway Emergency First Aid Stations operating on rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingman
Jayett
Red Cross
Emma Hewlett
George Salisbury
E. W. Wilson
Fannie McIntire
Fragmentary note on Cross mobile units in operation
The unreadable clipping hints at a figure about Cross mobile units in operation and questions about the nation’s roads and related safety or status. The text is incomplete and lacks clear entities or dates to verify a full summary.
Furnace care and hog feeder notes in HeeHaw News
The column urges thorough furnace cleaning and timely repairs to avoid coal loss. It reports obtaining two steel bottomed hog self feeders and notes Henry Schmidt quickly took them, with a yard display planned. A brief verse and letters touch on coal shipments, campaigning, clothing cuffs, and pest control, ending with cement stock figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schmidt
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Sockbiy
Hortense Siefkin
Nell Ratcliffe
San Bernardino
Norman Siefkin
South
Carl J. White
Churshes
Congo
Belgian Congo
Pierre Ryckmans
Auguste Gil- Haert
United Nations
Lucile Learned
Telephone Exchange
Wold Enlists
Goodyeaar
Rolie
Mr. Seth
Red
America
District Court of
State of
Pocahontas County
Lillie Annn Rogers
Lillie Ann Rogers
Mary E. Jones
Eddie J. Aden
Rolfe Howard Bruce
Fullerton Lumber Co
Pocahontas Rendering Works
Virgil Struthers
Lucinda Triggs
James Hunt
Nels A. Nelson
Critchett Fiano Co
Is Jones
H. C. Kauffman
Deparent
J. R. Hakes
Laure Town
Ois
Farre
G. Leo MacVey
HeeHaw News
Centerville
Bert
Harold
J.T. Grant & Son
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