Rolfe High Basketball Opens Season With Wins
Rolfe high school teams opened the season with decisive wins. The Rolfe first team defeated Humboldt 63 to 32 and Anvil 38 to 30, while the second team won 36 to 28. In the Lohrville game Rolfe edged Lohrville 29 to 27 after leading most of the way.
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Rolfe High School
Humboldt
Anvil
Rolfe Seconds
Lohrville
Afc Gymnasium
Rolfe
Cornwell
Murray
Sinek Smith
Brinkman
Aolee
Muith
Sieteoh Peso
Fisher
Ding Wa
Ding Wa Eee Eae 1 0 0 Aiegman
Roberts Eae
Whnson
Meaney
Boith
Pepimson
Beier
Bren
Bas Evened Oee
Roberts
Fig
Wiezman
Cox
Anderson
Ricklefs
Rolfe Boys
Ade
Pond
I Isher
Flack
Lohrth
Roberts Rand
Wiegman
Watts
Bentley
WAVE Evelyn Hewlett Commences Overseas Assignment
Evelyn Hewlett, a WAV e, becomes the first WAVE to receive an overseas posting from the United States Naval Air Service and departs Olathe Kansas for Hawaii via the west mast. She spent a brief leave with her mother Mrs Alta Hewlett before leaving last Thursday night to begin her duty abroad.
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Evelyn Hewlett
S/e
United States Naval Air
Olathe
Kansas
West Mast
Hawaii
Miss Wavet
Alta Hewlett
Tscherter Wounded in German Front Action
Henry I. Tscherter technician fifth grade with the U S Army Coast Artillery was slightly wounded in action on November 20 in Germany. He entered service in 1942 from Windom Minnesota and participated in Alaska North Africa Sicily Italy England and the invasion of north France before joining the European theatre campaigns.
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Julius Tscherter
War Department
Henry K. Tscherter
Germany
Gynecy
U. S. Army
Tscherter
Henry I. Tscherter
Witsell
National Guard
Windom
Minn
Alaska
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
England
North
France
Coast Artillery
Messiah at Fort Dodge Set for December 10 at 8
The seventeenth annual performance of Handel’s Messiah will be held next Sunday evening at 8 in Fort Dodge high school auditorium. Soloists include Annamarie Gerts, Lyla B. Couch, Wilbur Chandler, and Kenneth Hakes. More than 300 in the chorus and about 80 in the orchestra, drawn from towns within 60 miles. Admission is free.
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Fort Dodge
Annamarie Gerts
Chicago
Augustana College
Rock Island
Lyla B. Couch
Drake University
Adel
Wilbur Chandler
WHO
Des Moines
Kenneth Hakes
Conservatory of
S. Sgt. Ivan Smith Home on Furlough
Staff Sgt. Ivan Smith of the Eighth Air Force arrived in the United States December 3 after 35 missions as a B-24 tail gunner. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. He was met in St. Louis by his wife and mother and will stay with the McCormick family and his parents in Rolfe for furlough.
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Ivan Smith
Eighth Air Force
England
United States
Smith
St. Louis
Richard McCormick
Will
Guy Smith
Rolfe
Coyla Chaney Weds Lt Keith S Swanson in California
Spencer social page reports Miss Coyla Chaney daughter of Mr and Mrs O M Chaney of Spencer wed Lt Keith S Swanson at the U S Air Base chapel Alameda California on November 20. Chaplain Jorman officiated. Attendant was Dette Spiry and J Edgar served as best man. Mrs Swanson a Spencer High School graduate and University of South Dakota alumna trained as a nurse then joined WAVES and will continue duty at Alameda. Lt Swanson returns to Camp Pendleton California.
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Spencer Reporter
Coyla Chaney
O. M. Chaney
Spencer
Keith S. Swanson
U. S. Air Base Chapel
Alameda
Calif
Jorman
Dette Spiry
EK. J. Edgar
Catherine Butler To Join W A C
Catherine Alberta Butler of Plover is enlisting in the Women's Army Corps and will train for six weeks before an assignment with the Army Air Forces. She is slated for clerk typist duty at an air force installation as WACs serve at over 400 bases and in 10 foreign countries. Butler graduates from Plover Consolidated School and is to enter active duty around January 38, 1945.
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Catherine Alberta Butler
Plover
Women’s Army Corps
Des Moines
WAC
Army Air Forces
Pvt
Butler
Wacs
United States
Pat Butler
Plover Consolidated School
Fire Prevention Winners Named in Pocahontas County
Nineteen Pocahontas rural schools submitted reports for a fire prevention contest run by teachers with county supervision and Farm Bureau support. The top five Pocahontas winners Roosevelt No. 6 Ada Marie George Colfax No. 8 Calista Halder Lake No. 2 Lena Beach Lake No. 4 Aletta Grant Gedar No. 9 Helen McGowan received cash prizes at a December 2 teachers' meeting, presented by the Municipal Fire association and Farm Bureau.
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Pocahontas County
County Superintendent of Schools
County Farm Bureau Office
Roosevelt
Ada Marie George
Colfax
Calista Halder
Lake No
Lena Beach
Aletta Grant
Gedar
Helen McGowan
Pocahontas
Auxiliary Meeting Set for December 10 at Ferden Home
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet December 10 at the home of Mrs. Art Ferden with Mrs. Fred Witt Mrs. B H Peters and Mrs. Joe Meisenbach assisting as hostesses. A 23e Christmas gift exchange is planned.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Art Ferden
Fred Witt
B H Peters
Joe Meisenbach
Grocer-Consumer Anti-Inflation Drive Endorsed
Frank H. Zeh of Des Moines urged Iowa food industry cooperation with the OPA campaign to hold food prices. He said trade associations are 100 percent behind the plan and noted significant local board engagement across 64 counties. Walter D. Kline reported banners promoting the drive in participating stores.
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OPA
Frank H. Zeh
Des Moines
Iowa
Zeh
Walter D. Kline
Nine Pocahontas County 18 Year Olds Register for Draft
The release lists nine 18 year old men from Pocahontas county who had November birthdays and registered for Selective Service at the draft board. Names include Charles Alexander Kelly Fonda Richard Raymond Vosika Pocahontas Dennis Martin Anthony Poduska Pocahontas Edward James Kraus Fonda Gerald Stolail Pocahontas Claude Barth Havelock Walter Wiemers Pomeroy Robert Schultz Pomeroy Lyle Schossow Fonda John Marlatt Fonda. One man John Marlatt had served 3 years 10 months and was discharged November 7 after enlisting before the date.
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Pocahontas County
Draft Board
Charles Alexander Kelly
Fonda
Richard Raymond Vosika
Pocahontas
Dennis Martin Anthony Poduska
Edward James Kraus
Gerald Jerome Stolail
Claude Austin Barth
Havelock
Walter Henry Wiemers
Pomeroy
Robert Gordon Schultz
Lyle Junior Schossow
John H. Mar
Four Sons in Service from Sanden Family
Melvin Sanden of Fullerton Lumber Co. left December 6 for induction into the armed forces. He has four brothers also in service: Bruce in the Army at Baltimore, Bernard a Marine in the Pacific, and Richard with the airborne force in England.
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Melvin Sanden
Fullerton Lumber Co
Melvin
Fullerton Company
Rolfe High School
Maurice Sanden
Bruce
Baltimore
Bernard
Pacific
Richard
Airborne
England
The best form of savings U S War Bonds
Government bonds promoted as a secure savings option by the U S Treasury. Advertisements highlight War Bonds as a reliable investment during the wartime economy. Local readers are urged to purchase bonds to support national efforts and receive guaranteed returns. Citizen investors are advised to consult banks for purchase details.
Report on Twos and Club Subscription Quota
Mrs. Marie Wiegman presided at the Greater Rolfe club luncheon where the board of directors was continued for 1945. Shirley Thornton said 268 letters were mailed to U S service members. N J Bixler spoke about returning from Alaska to his hometown.
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Marie Wiegman
Greater Rolfe Club
Shirley Thornton
United States
N. J. Bixler
Alaska
Holiday Sweets Boost From Food Authority
Louise A. Scott of the state health department offers a free mimeographed folder "Simple Sweets for Holiday Treats" with seven low sugar recipes. She cautions against overindulgence, urges post meal consumption, rinsing or brushing teeth, and notes the recipes include healthful additions beyond sweetness.
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State Health Department
Louise A. Scott
Used Car Tires Are Ration Free
Removal of used passenger car tires from rationing this week reflects extreme scarcity and not ample supply. OPA ends rationing as many markets face spotty availability and unreliability of purchase certificates. Truck tires remain under rationing, and Grade I now includes factory seconds and reclaimed rubber tires. All tires stay under price control with posted ceiling prices to check.
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OPA
Sailor on Fanshaw Bay Returns from 20 Day Philippines Leave
Jerry Carlson S.M. 3/c serves on the baby aircraft carrier Fanshaw Bay. The ship fought in the 1st and 2d Philippine battles including Saipan and Morotai landings. Fanshaw Bay survived the second Philippine battle where two of six carriers were sunk.
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Jerry Carlson
S.M. 3/c
Fanshaw Bay
Saipan
Morotai
Pocahontas County War Finance drive urges bond purchases
The Sixth War Loan Drive opened on November 20 with a countywide push to buy bonds by December 16. By December 2 only about 35 percent of the $781,000 quota had been subscribed, prompting an appeal from Charles F X Watts and the War Finance Committee to accelerate support and boost morale for the war effort.
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Pocahontas County
Charles FX
Watts
Chm
Attics and Basements Hold Old Toys for Santa’s Shortage
Households urged by the local war price and rationing board to dig up unused toys such as electric trains construction sets scooters skates metal sleds and tricycles and sell them to families with children for Christmas. Prices should reflect used toy ceilings—75 percent of new price if good and usable, 34 percent if broken or incomplete.
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Saint Nick
Santa Claus
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U. S. War Department
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India
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Wilkes-Barre
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Catherine Butler
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Erie
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