Luncheon Honors Mrs Guy Eccles Jr and Birthday Tea
Social events highlighted include Mrs William Obrecht hosting a dessert luncheon in yellow and white in honor of Mrs Guy Eccles Jr with guest prizes at bridge won by Mrs Gerald Graeber and others. Open house celebrated Mrs Caroline Telford's 80th birthday with 58 guests and flowers, cards, and gifts.
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Guy Eccles, Jr
William Obrecht
Eccles
Bridge
Gerald Graeber
Bob Shelgren
Alvin Vaughn Low
Arnold Wold
Caroline Telford
Edward von Bank
Ottosen
Telford
Harry
California
Frank
Waterloo
Jane von Bank
Eugene and
Jane
Rolfe
Andrew Hanson
Latimer
Dewey Peterson
Alden
Berit Berge
Garner
Lee Fry
Emmetsburg
W.S.C.8 Meeting And A.L.D Study Club Reports
The W.S.C.S. held a February 1 meeting at the Methodist church parlor with Mrs Muriel Wilson leading devotions and Mrs Franklin Major owicz delivering the lesson. Circle Ruth served refreshments and no February meetings are scheduled. The A.L.D Study club met February 1 at Mrs Arthur Petersons home with a talk on Interior Decorating by Mrs Lena Vaughn and Household Hints by Mrs Harry Thompson followed by refreshments.
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W.S.C
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Muriel Wilson
Franklin Major
Owicz
Ruth
A.L.D. Club
A.L.D. Study Club
Arthur Peterson
Lena Vaughn
Harry Thompson
Crafts Workshop At Courthouse
A family living program crafts workshop sponsored with the extension service met at Pocahontas county courthouse on Tuesday January 24. Registered women learned oil painting leather work and serving trays under instructors including Mrs Loren Reid Rev James Albertson Mrs Marvin Johnson and several others from Pocahontas Havelock Fonda Laurens Rolfe Manson and Gilmore City. Icy roads prevented some members from attending and a makeup class was planned for those who missed last Tuesday.
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Pocahontas County
Loren Reid
Poccahontas
James Albertson
Havelock
Marvin Johnson
Fonda
Walter Higgins
Gilmore City
Lloyd.Wagner
E.R. Donahue
Fred Frevert
Ted Johnson
Pocahontas
L. T. Monkelsen
A. A. Brinkman
William Fisher
Rolfe
Erwin Dubert
Wm. Netsch
Don ‘Siddall
Claude Lindsey
Laurens
Floyd Schieusener
Harold Ferry
Carl Barth
Harley McLain
George Aden
Palmer
Otto Garrels
Manson
Big Lemon at Bedford Times-Press Sparks Local Interest
Visitors viewed a three pound Banderosa lemon brought from Florida by John Van Oesen. The fruit could supply about 12 lemon pies. John Kelly of Woodward sent President Truman a handmade good luck horseshoe and later received a thank you letter from the President.
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Bedford Times-Press
John van Oesen
Florida
Truman
Iowa
John Kelly
Woodward
In-Church Sunday Service At Methodist Church
Arthur G. Peterson, Pastor, invites parishioners to a friendly service. Services at 10 am with Sunday school at 11 am. Evening worship optional at 6 pm. Youth Fellowship meets 6 pm. Official board holds a 4:30 pm monthly meeting. Senior Youth Rally planned for Humboldt on February 6.
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the Methodist Church
Arthur G. Peterson
Humboldt
Lutheran Church Community Schedule
Pastor Fred Jacobsen leads the Lutheran Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship with communion at 11 a.m. A party for new members is Sunday at 7 30 p.m. The Luther League meets Monday at 7 30 p.m. Officers and wives meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in Henry Wickie home. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. with program led by Mrs David Henderson. Hostesses listed. Bible study and prayer fellowship Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Confirmation class Saturday at 2 30 p.m. Visitors welcome.
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THE
Lutheran Church
Fred Jacobsen
Luther League
Henry Wickie
Ladies’ Aid
David Henderson
Robert Wiegert
Inga Ryen
Albert Hermansen
Chris Pedersen
Ray Isacson
Presbyterian Church Plans Sabbath Services and Sermons
The Presbyterian Church schedules worship at 11 am on the coming Sabbath with Professor Sampson of Buena Vista College to preach Sunday morning. Choir practice is set for Thursday evening. A town note quotes Rev Lester on moral costs of wrong doing. A card of thanks from Leslie Johnson follows. Conservation officer Harold Johnson reports a pheasant illegally shot in a state park.
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Harold Johnson
Estherville
Pocahontas County Candidate Seeks State Representative Seat
A political announcement declares the author will run for State Representative in Pocahontas County. The candidate seeks the approval of Republican voters in the June primaries.
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Pocahontas County
Talks New Rural Plan to Young Married People
In Pocahontas on January 24, 36 young married residents attended the first meeting of the season after a cold evening. Harry Lund of the county Production Marketing Assn spoke on The New Federal Farm Program and How It Will Affect Your Farming Operations in 1950, outlining corn bases and allotments and stressing soil conservation. The group planned monthly meetings through April, with February 23 set for the next gathering and committees named for February, March, and April. W B Hamilton will address the group on Big Government welfare.
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Pocahontas
Harry Lund
County Production Marketing Assn
Pocahontas County
Lund
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Mrs. Car] Stamper
Young Married Folks Group Invites County Couples
The Young Married Folks group for farm couples invites all in the 20 to 40 age range to future meetings. If not on the mailing list, contact the Farm Bureau office to have your name added for notices.
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Dean’ Johnson
Donald Ricklefs
Farm Bureau
Wrong House Charivari Stuns Humboldt Newlyweds
A group of youths drove to Humboldt and staged a charivari at a newlyweds home. When the couple did not come out the crowd entered, frightening the resident woman who fainted as she tried to contact authorities.
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Humboldt
Still Going 60 Year Old Oldsmobile Ships to Detroit
A 1900 Olds once owned by Elkaden dealer J.B. Conlan was tested by him before being shipped by trailer back to Detroit. The antique car, nicknamed a merry Oldsmobile, had continued rolling at Elkaden until recently.
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Elkaden
Detroit
J.B. Conlan
Michigan
Deacon John Ownen Remembered by Family and Friends
The Ownen family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their father. The note appears in a local Want Ad listing noted as a best seller.
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John Ownen
Coal Shortages and Industrial Strife Highlight Week
Lenin’s harsh view on U S spending frames a week noting 1949 coal production down nearly 48 000 carloads from the prior year Great Lakes docks fall short over a million tons stock runs low fall and winter stockpiles remain well below normal John Lewis cites excess coal while President shows no awareness of shortages Lumber fir car to be unloaded, weather to improve. household humor and worker chatter mix with on hand stoker coal and uncertain inventories along with a frank war era supply critique and foreign policy openness.
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Great Lakes
John Lewis
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the Legion Hall
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Herman Dietrich
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Belthond
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Wilbur Allbee
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Laurens High School
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