Townships Exceed Farm Bureau Quotas Amid County Drive
The Farm Bureau drive shows Cedar leading with 16 over quota followed by Illie with 14 and Lizard with 11. Swan te has 8 over quota and Grant 1, totaling seven townships over quota by 69 members. Sherman 30 and Dover 25 meet exact quotas. Six townships and Pocahontas still need 68 members to complete all quotas. cleanups and prize distributions accompany the drive as plans move toward January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Moines
Lake
Cedar
Bellville
Lizard
Ota
Deskines
Swante
Grant
Sherman
Dover
Pogatas
Pocahons
Naylor Attends Short Course At Ames
County Agent Max Naylor will attend a two day short course on county agriculture planning at Town State College in Ames on Wednesday and Thursday. Director R K Bliss of the Agriculture Extension Service asks counties to maintain planning committees during 1942 to aid in the food for freedom program and to map an agriculture adjustment plan for the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Naylor
Town State College
Ames
R. K. Bliss
Agriculture Extension Service
Plenty of Turkey At Army Camp
A Fort Leonard Wood soldier PFC Virgil Cook of Company A 6th medical battalion writes from Missouri on December 27 1941. He thanks a friend for a gift and recalls a large Christmas turkey meal with fellow troops, mentions furlough limits and post restrictions, rumors of a Panama move, and hopes to return home in January or February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Cook
Fort Leonard Wood
6Th Medical Battalion
Mr. Seth
Panama
Pfc
Rolfe Car Collisions Cause No Serious Injuries
Two automobile accidents in the Rolfe area last week damaged cars but left occupants uninjured. W B Nemecek, eastbound on highway 10, was hit while turning left onto highway 44 by a westbound California car. Jim Wilson and James Taylor collided at Main Street. neither vehicle was badly damaged. Edwin DeWitt of Portland visited Stockport and spoke of a Panama Canal voyage to the Great Lakes. Dulcie Chinn, formerly Osage, now a Chicago nurse, received $40 000 in the will of Edward A Cudahy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
W. B. Nemecek
Highway 10
California
Jim Wilson
James Taylor
Taylor
Wilson
Edwin DeWitt
Portland
Oregon
Stockport
Panama Canal
DeWitt
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Dulcie Chinn
Osage
Chicago
Edward A. Cudahy
Packer
Scouts Rally for Waste Paper Drive to Aid War Effort
Local Boy Scouts organize a week long collection of old papers magazines and paper sacks under Leon Henders administr ation to aid the war effort. Scouts ask farmers Rolfe county residents and merchants to bring waste paper to designated locations for shipment to box manufacturers and fiberboard producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
J. R. Hakes
R. G. Hunter
Rolfe Creamery
Boy Scouts
Pocahontas Historical Society to Meet January 6
The Pocahontas County Historical Society will convene at the courthouse Tuesday January 6 1942 at 2 p.m. for important business including the annual election of officers. The group notes Iowa centennial preparations and invites interested residents regardless of membership. Marie L Bailey publicity director.
Navy enlistment sends Roberts and Beckord to Great Lakes
Everett Roberts and Bob Beckord have enlisted in the United States Navy and departed Tuesday December 30 for Navy training at the Great Lakes station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Everett Roberts
Bob Beckord
United States Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Keep Smiling and You'll Keep Healthy
The Iowa state health department urged a New Year slogan Keep smiling in 42 to counter war era hysteria with humor. It advised reconciliation with war realities, laughing at danger, and using reason to curb rumor while staying grimly determined to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Health Department
Iowa
Grocers to Stop All Deliveries This Week
Grocers halt all deliveries after Saturday January 3 due to tire wear from government restrictions and aging fleets. Peters' Market Shriners Grocery E Fikenberry Hauck's Market will suspend service to save tires and comply with limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocers
Peters
Shriner’s
E. Fikenberry
Hauck
Gerald Graeber Joins First Air Corps Cadet Class at Kelly Field
Gerald Ray mond Graeber, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Graeber of Rolfe Iowa, enters the Air Corps Replacement Center at Kelly Field Texas as part of the first WWII class. He will undergo five weeks of preliminary training then thirty weeks of flight training at Gulf Coast centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Field
Texas
Gerald Raymond Graeber
Air Corps Replacement Center
United States
Graeber
A. V. Graeber
Rolfe
Iowa
Army of the United States
Army Air Corps
Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center
Gerald
Rolfe High School
Drake University
Des Moines
Commerce Club
San Antonio
Raymond Nelson Enlists and Heads to Biloxi Center
Raymond Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Fred Nelson enlisted in the U S Army on December 10 and was sent to a Replacement Center at Biloxi Mississippi. After departing Rolfe December 16 he traveled to Des Moines to St Louis and then Biloxi for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Nelson
Fred Nelson
U. S. Army
Biloxi
Miss
Rolfe
Des Moines
St. Louis
Ordered back to camp Halleck Brinkman returns to duty
Halleck Brinkman arrived home from Camp Claiborne La for a holiday visit when telegram orders sent him back to camp to report at once. He planned to travel via Des Moines and Kansas City en route to Camp Claiborne expected Thursday night. Mrs Otis Cook broke both bones in her right arm above the wrist after slipping on icy pavement while going to work Friday morning. While she recovers Mrs Frank Showers fills her place in the Cora TF Ivey store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Halleck
Brinkman
Camp Claiborne
Des Moines
Kansas City
Mrs. Cook
Otis Cook
Frank Showers
Cora TF. Ivey
Rockford Coach Buckley Named Rolfe Industrial Arts Leader
Joe Buckley longtime athletic coach at Rockford high school in Rockford Iowa has been elected to the job of industrial arts teacher and director of physical education at Rolfe high school Buckley a Coon Rapids native is a university graduate with further study at Iowa State Ames He taught and led Rockford teams in football basketball and baseball earning district and county titles during a 54 year coaching span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Buckley
Rockford
Iowa
Rolfe High School
Buckley
Coon Rapids
State University of Ilinois
Champaign
State College
Ames
M. D. Anderson
Mr. Buckley
Art Evans
Drake University
Des Moines
Visit in MacVey Home Christmas Guests
Christmas dinner guests at the Frank MacVey home included Earl MacVey and family of Britt and Miss Doris MacVey of St. Paul. Doris stayed until Saturday evening then visited Earl's family in Britt before returning to St. Paul. Weekend visitors were Mr and Mrs Stanley MacVey of Mankato Minn Mrs MacVey's sister Elaine Everts of Stewartville Minn and Mrs Clark Owens and two children of Courtland Minn.
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Macvey Home
Frank MacVey
Earl MacVey
Britt
Doris MacVey
St. Paul
Doris
Earl
Stanley MacVey
Mankato
Minn
MacVey
Elaine .Everts
Stewartville
Clark Owens
Courtland
Pocahontas Couples Lead Town Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued include Gordon Boyd 87 and Regina Osweiler, Laurens pairs Lloyd Moe 24 and Charlotte George 22, Benjamin Ruef 27 and Genevieve Colgan 26, Phayne Heathman 22 and Sue Alice Rector 24, Donald Hansen 22 and Vera Roehlk 20, Raymond Quinn 34 and Dorothy Donahoe 27, Lawrence Hilton 22 and Lela Wilson 18, Leonard Maasdam 52 and Clara Davenport 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Gordon Boyd
Regina Osweiler
Lloyd H. Moe
Charlotte George
Laurens
Benjamin E. Ruef
Emmetsburg
Genevieve Colgan
Corning
Phayne Heathman
Plover
Sue Alice Rector
Odebolt
Donald T. Hansen
Vera G. Roehlk
Raymond Quinn
Dorothy Donahoe
Palmer
Lawrence E. Hilton
Mallard
Lela K. Wilson
Rolfe
Leonard G. Maasdam
Clara Davenport
Algona
4-H Boys Attend I S C Short Course
Poca hontas County Farm Bureau sends top 4-H record book winners to the Ames I S C short course with all expenses paid. Winners include Richard Hosier Gerald Ives Arnold Wenell Alvin Brauckman Carl Robert Carlson Elwyn Ives. Second place honorees also receive partial support for the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Eugene Mileschik
Harlan Horsman
Will'am Schott
Louis D. Wilson
Alvin Brauckman
Arnold Wenell
Strins
Elwyn Ives
Louis D. Wilson, Jr
ROLFA BOY JOINS NAVY ENLISTMENT
Adolynh DeVries son of Myr and Mrs Warner DeVries left Monday for Fort Dodge to enlist in the U S Navy. He will advance to the Great Lakes Naval station near Chicago for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfa Boy
NAVY
Adolymh DeVries
Myr
Warner DeVries
Fort Dodge
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Chicago
Red Cross War Fund Urges Rapid Over-Subscription
The Pocahontas Chapter appeals for rapid over-subscription to the Red Cross War Fund. Norman H. Davis notes wartime cruelties and front line services as motivation. Rolfe branch quota is $885 with treasury funds covering it. county goal is $2600, and broader donations are urged as needs rise during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Pocahontas
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Manila
Philippines
Atlantic
Pacific
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross Tn
Norman H. Davis
Powhatan
Rolfe
Soils Specialist Bruce M Kilpatrick to Speak in Pocahontas
Bruce M Kilpatrick soils specialist from Ames will discuss general soil management and fertilizer use with reference to the AAA program at a Pocahontas courthouse meeting Monday January 5 at 2 00 p m He will also appear at Laurens Night School that evening at 8 00 o'clock targeting farmers using AAA phosphate or lime under AAA for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce M
Kilpatrick
Bruce M. Kilpatrick
Ames
Court House
Pocahontas
Laurens Night School
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John Redshaw
Ikelm
J. P. Fitzgerald
Iix
Oscar Swalin
O. E Rte
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Arthur Bider
Mmmins
Claude Wilson
George ‘Cole
Ives
B. W. Lathrop
George Dy- EL
Albaugh
John Cowan
Mond Hartsock
O. F
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C. Birth
Gordon Vial
John Iran
Maines
Melvinson
Wesley Lehnus
Fay Wax
Schonberger
L. B. Thorson
St Luth
Manley Johnson
Frank Shimon
Raymond Isaacson le
Over
Frank Brauckman
al Brauckman
Wm. Hawke
N. Letter
Wesley Splitteerber
Deacon
Weld
Earl Andrew Ives
Louis Peterson
Campbell
T. J. Raynes
Olson
Eugene Patrick
J. V. Tka
Curtis Carlson
A. R. Omt- L. Anderson
George Ander
Guat Johnson
Wm. Schott
Don Continuea
Naylor
Turkey
St. Pierre
Charles de Gaulle
Newfoundland
Health Department
Gerald Graeber
Aviation Center
Nelson
Red Ace
Kaméascheh
Kov
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Rockford, Ia
H. S
I.S.C
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