Havelock News: Local Notices and Family Updates
Mrs. John Whitman visits Topeka to see 1st Lt. John Whitman while Eileen Carlson handles home duties. Purple Heart awarded to Junior Smith on his 21st birthday after New Guinea service. Open House marks Vern Waters silver wedding anniversary with family and friends. Numerous notices list illness hospitalizations travel and local comings and goings across Havelock and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitman
Topeka
Kansas
Eileen Carlson
Chris Hacker
Rutland
R. E. Grover
Merle Runyan
Simmetsburg Hospital
van Ballah
Junior
Peter Smith
New Guinea
Vern Waters
Lena Maltzahn
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Francis Carey
Ames
Raymond Holt
Esther Bass
Ralph Cole
Chicago
Robert Bittrich
Israel Halder
Calista
Varina
Winifred Mason
Bernard Auten
Harold Auten
Plover School
Meritt Brazier
Fairfax
Calif
John Brazier
Dale Stover
Denzil Johnson
Rolfe
Johnson
Iowa City
Clarence Cornwell
Rochester
Minn
John Klein
Earl Young
Klein
W. B. Dale
Rock Rapids
Duane Gibson
Schick Hospital
Clinton
H. G. Gibson
Thomas Edge
Ray Grover
Joe Edge
Norma Jean
Roger
Mable Hilger
Havelock
Martha Herscher
John Kemmer
George Miller
Havelock Methodist Church Crusade Update
Havelock Methodist Church reports Crusade for Christ total at 510 dollars with 210 remaining. Services listed include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 15 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p.m. The note urges offerings this week and mentions a robe cost of 4 dollars for five people awaiting payment.
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Havelock Methodist Church
John Drake Wolcott
Crusade For Christ
Eagles Lose In Tight Game With St Cecilias Team
Sacred Heart Eagles fell 28 to 26 to St. Cecelia’s of Algona on the local floor Sunday. Winkel and McEnroe led the visitors with 17 points combined, while Mackovets and Schott paced the Eagles with 16 points. Preliminary: Pocahontas reserves beat Algona reserves 55 to 21.
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Pocahontas
Sacred Heart Eagles
St. Cecelia’s
Algona
Eagles
John Kike
Alen
G. Winkel
McEnroe
William Mackovets
Cletus Schott
Seamen Donate Forty Dollars to Tuberculosis Society
Merchant Marine crew members aboard a coastwise ship, with R. A. Salsbury as a member, donated 40 dollars to the Nueces County Tuberculosis Society of Texas. The donor, son of Mr and Mrs A S Salsbury of Pocahontas, is buried. his wife and daughter are living with his parents in Corpus Christi.
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R. A. Salsbury
A. S. Salsbury
Pocahontas
Nueces County
Tuberculosis Society of
Birthday observed for Joseph Lanus Jr 94th in Iowa
The 94th birthday was celebrated Saturday December 28 at his home with a noon family dinner. Relatives attending included daughters Mrs. Oscar Anderson Ellendale ND and Mrs. Ella Becker Norway IA, sons Edward Lanus Spencer Art Lanus Rolfe and Joseph Lanus Jr Havelock, and many grandchildren. Several family members and soldiers were mentioned with travel to California and Michigan visits noted. Lieutenant Vander Laan, husband of Marcia Vander Laan Pocahontas teacher, was reported killed in action in Germany with Gen Patton's third army.
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Verle Hudek
Richard Lee
Ray Roth
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Lanus, Jr
S. Ries
Pfc
Frank C. Groff
Fort Lawton
Wash
Clarence Groff
Frank Groff
Remsen
Ossian
Clifford Wallmark
James W. Hudson
A/C
Harlingen
Texas
M. Hudson
W. F. Brinkman
S. E. May
R. L. Hudson
F E van Alstin
W. M. Coonan
Mirian
Mason City
Roy Eichler
Coonan
Gladys Johnson
Wheeler, Mo
Sherm Johnson
M. Sheila
Sacred Heart High School
New Hampton
W. Smith
Byron Hegert
James and
Thomas
Hartington
Nebr
Clara Lorge
Lanus
Oscar Anderson
Ellendale
N. D
Ella Becker
Norway
Jake Reubel
Emmetsburg
Edward Lanus
Spencer
Art Lanus
Rolfe
Joseph
Havelock
Myles Ollinger
Leo Shelgren
Elston Hodges
Lowell Vesika
William Orr
Carroll
California
C. C. Kepler
Dale FE. Boyd
Flint, Mich
Corliss Kepler
Kepler
Marcia Vander Laan
Pocahontas Public
War Department
Vander Laan
Patton
Third Army
Germany
Choir Robes Rental Highlighted for Four Months
The note promotes renting choir robes for four months and invites people to visit the church to see the choir and hear them, emphasizing their vital role in worship.
Night School Meets The Farmers
Night school returned to the public school on Wednesday night January 3 after a shop work class and a holiday break. Discussion centered on Beef Feeding and Production with two films shown on The Soil and Hidden Weapons. Misses Margaret and Grace Marie Schools visited Sister M. Rosann in Sioux City and returned Saturday night after a Tuesday trip.
War on Roaches Proves Persistent Home Pest Guide
Harold Gunderson of Town State college urges year round cockroach control. Use fluoride carefully in cracks and around bait, and supplement with fly spray or traps. For stubborn infestations, consider professional fumigation requiring 24 to 48 hours of vacating.
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Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Gunderson
Water as Feed for Dairy Cows Highlighted by Extension Director
Max O. Naylor of Pocahontas County advises farmers to treat water as essential feed in dairy cows winter rations. ISU experts note cows are largely water, and milking cows require 3 to 5 gallons of water per gallon of milk.
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Max O. Naylor
Pocahontas County
Naylor
Iowa State College
Iowa doctors fight high childbirth death rates amid shortages
Iowa health officials report no significant change in maternal and infant death rates in the first nine months, noting infant deaths fell from 1,211 in 1948 to 1,194 this year while live births dropped from 25,333 to 33,780 and maternal deaths rose from 60 to 65.
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Iowa
State Health Department
Lake Township Farm Bureau Plans 1945 Program
The Lake Township Farm Bureau planning committee met December 22 at the Farm Bureau office to map a 1945 program. Members assisting included Mr and Mrs Walter Higgins Mr and Mrs Bloy Wood Mr and Mrs Neils Christensen Mr and Mrs George Carstens Mr and Mrs Carl Stamper and Elmer Jensen. Nine township meetings were scheduled with topics and refreshment duties assigned.
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Lake Township Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Walter Higgins
Bloy Wood
Neils Christensen
George Carstens
Carl Stamper
Elmer Jensen
Army Calls For War Bond Purchases To Boost Arsenal
The government urges citizens to buy war bonds to fund large artillery and ammunition production. Officials emphasize immediate personal sacrifice to strengthen national defenses and supply chains for upcoming campaigns.
Luther College Scholar Repeats WWI Era Democracy Talk
Dr. Oscar Olson of Luther College delivered his speech Making the World Safe For Democracy before the Decorah Chamber of Commerce. He first gave the talk more than 25 years ago and his audience found the message equally timely this time.
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Oscar Olson
Luther College
Decorah Chamber of Commerce
Lemon Juice Remedy Quick Pain Relief For Rheumatic Ailments
A home recipe promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice claiming rapid relief from rheumatic, arthritic, or neuritis pain. The ad promises a two week supply, dosing guidelines, money back guarantee, and druggist availability.
Feed prices expected to hold steady for several months
The feed situation is easier now and prices for most feed grains have declined since mid summer when the small grain harvest began. Authorities say prices should stay at present levels for the next three or four months.
Feed concentrate supply estimates for 1944 and 1945
The feed concentrates estimate stands at 159.8 million tons for 1944 and 1945, about four percent below the previous year. Fewer animals to feed will influence utilization and market demand as the war era supply adjusts.
Unclear OCR: Limited readable facts from the notice
The fragment discusses quantities and percentages with vague timing and no clear entities. It mentions a small margin by the first of a period and a reference to a year, but names places organizations or events are not identifiable. The text lacks solid details to summarize a concrete news item.
Culling the Country Flocks to Prevent Disease and Boost Profits
The notice calls for immediate culling of all flocks to eliminate disease carriers. Only well-developed hens should be kept, making room for pullets that are in production and increasing overall profits.
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