Community Club Members Hold Holiday Meeting
Local clubs held Christmas events with guest hostesses Lena Vaughn Pleasie DeVeul and Ethel Ghelgren assisting at the Littie Gimonson home. Activities included a fan Ford patients donation, a Christmas dance in Plover gym, high score in bridge, gift exchange, Rosary Society plans, and Santa Claus appearance with treats for parish children. Upcoming gatherings include Jaycees December 21 meeting and Home Study Club December 17 potluck at Town Electric. Promenaders host December 18 dance with 10 cent gift exchange and Keokuk donations. Legion New Years Eve party and more activities.
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Littie
Gimonson
Stuncheon
Mesdames
Lena Vaughn
Pleasie DeVeul
Ethel Ghelgren
Fan Ford
Menital
Cherokee
Home Study
American Home Study Club
Promenaders
Rolfe
Floyd McDaniel
Keokuk
Hospital Notes From Fort Dodge Facilities
Mrs. J. O. Miaassen entered Lutheran Hospital in Fort Dodge December 5 and is improving steadily after surgery Monday of this week. John W. Anderson was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge on Thursday where he is a medical patient. See Mattie Sanden was released Tuesday December 7 from Lutheran Hospital in Fort Dodge after two weeks as a medical patient.
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J. OR. ‘Miaassen
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
John’ W. Anderson
Mercy
Mattie’ Sanden
Lutheran = Hospital
Bedford couple welcomes baby boy in joyous ceremony
Mr and Mrs Denny Bedford celebrate the birth of a baby boy with family gathering and well wishes from Luann Trivets and others. The new arrival marks a joyful addition to the Bedford household as relatives share congratulations.
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And
Denny
Luann Trivets
Bedford Rehaller
James Norman Freeman Born in Des Moines December 14 1965
James Norman Freeman was born December 14 1965 at Mercy Hospital Des Moines weighing eight pounds seven ounces. Parents Joel Freeman Ankeny and Mrs Freeman are the proud parents. Grandparents are Warren Freeman of Rolfe and Axel Carlson of Decatur.
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Atai
Joel Freeman
Ankeny
Parenta of & Son
James Norman
Mercy Hospital, Des Moines
Warren’ Freeman
Rolfe
Axel Carlson
Decatur
4-H Honors Banquet Slated for December 28
The annual 4-H Honors Banquet will be held at the Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. Ronald Orth, county extension assistant, says about seventy 4-H members will receive awards earned throughout the year. Delegates who attended 4-H conferences and camps will share experiences as seven officers for 1968 are installed. Retiring officers include President Bethene Trexel and Edwald Vaughn, Vice Presidents Barbara Harryman and John Wenell, Secretaries Linda Nielsen and Doug Wenell, and Treasurers Duane Stesrn and Martha Gundergoa.
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Lutheran Church In
Pocahontas
Ronald’ Orth
Bethene Trexel
Edwand Vaughn
Barbara Harryman
John Wenell
Linda Nielsen
Doug Wenell
Duane ‘Stesrns
Martha Gundergoa
Rolfe Man Collects County Histories
Albert Jensen, a 160 acre farmer north of Rolfe, is an antique collector and amateur historian. A Fort Dodge Messenger piece says he began his Pocahontas County history 25 years ago and now holds Iowa’s most extensive private set of county histories. He built the 250 volume collection by buying, trading, and trades with book collectors nationwide, including dealers and friends.
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Albert Jensen
Rolfe
Fort Dodge Messenger
Jensen
Pocahontas Co
Iowa
Marshall County
Private 1867 Text Links to 1875 Chicago Printing
The excerpt notes a privately published 1867 item connected to a lavish 1875 Chicago printing. It mentions a collector and his wife Con stance reading Iowa histories and Jensen’s remaining books from surrounding states.
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Town
Chicago
Con‘stance
Iowa
Jensen
Kerns Wins District Speech Contest in Albert City
Eugene Kerns son of Mr and Mrs Carl Kerns of Malland won the Farmers Grain Dealers Association Iowa District Speech Contest held in December at Albert City. The topic was Cooperation a Real Farm-Business Partnership. Final round slated for January in Des Moines at the association convention.
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Eugene Kerns
Carl Kerns
Malland
Grain Dealers Association
Albert City
Des Moines
Farmers'Grain Beaters
Association of Jowa
Farm Program Signups Not Ready Yet In 1965
LeRoy J. Nelson, ASC County Chairman, said the ASCS office is not ready to sign up participants for new farm programs. Signups, likely in early 1966, cover feed grains wheat cotton and cropland adjustment. Details must be finalized to answer farm questions and establish participation plans. reminders will precede any deadline.
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LeRoy J. Nelson
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation County
ASCS
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