Rolfe area notes from families and educators
Local social column lists visits and travel of residents in Rolfe and nearby towns. Mentions Raynes in Des Moines, Earl Young, Mrs. Lehnus and Presbyterian church events, school staff changes, open house at the Cirks home, and Navy and Army leave for several locals. Includes arrivals from Phoenix and San Francisco and a funeral at Ottosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fartha
Jones
Bis
Peterson
Des Moines
Raynes
Funk Hybrid Corn Co
Winston Everson
George Beckord
Nary Ston
Oskaloosa
Bixler
O. Wangberg
Humay
Paris
Pearl Lehnusst
The
Presbyterian Church
Alma Sandy
Howard
Io Haan
Calif
Gil
Irsime
Lorraine Bock
Int Falls
Harris Hughes
Town City
University Hospital
Rey
Louis Dirks
Miss Node
Agnes Vohs
West Bend
Cirks
E.W. Cirks
Gilmore
Mtors
Carlon
Rachel
Rockford
Bitors
Joe Taylor
Walter An
Mix
Y Gerdes
If Ben Gerdes
Louis Junkman
Mily
Anna ‘Gerdes
Fonda
J.C. Brogotti
Fort Dodge
Wold
St. Ansgar
Melvin Buck
Havelock
Herve
Merl Stoner
Pocahontas
John Tiernan
George Ivey
Phoenix
Arizona
George Miller
Richard Buck
Plover
John “Roberts
San Francisco
Leigh Roberts
Iowa
Catherine MelIntire
Rachel Wiegman
Iowa State College
Ames
Arthur van de Lune
Carol Bruce
Clifford Slayton
Emil Bock
Fort Sill
Okla
Rolfe
Harold Calligan
Pat
Forrest
Navy
Norfolk
Earl Ives
Allan Ives
Marjorie Ives
Laurens
Roger Ives
June Ives
Muriel Wilson
Ethel Schmidt
Esther Lien
Cheryl
Robert Henry
Henry Gerdes
Manson
Wnise Jean Graham
Drake University
L. M.raham
Aia
Damborg
Central States Electric. Company. Oy
W. H. Roberts
W. J. Babes
Willard Otto
Deep South
Oenwyn Ives
Minneapolis
Morris ‘Ives
Elwyn
Hom
Morris Ames
Anna Gerdes
Merl McAninch
Maurice
A. M. McAninch
Swea City
Woodrow’ Wilson
Goldfield
Central States Electric Co
Robert Watts
Coast Guard
C. W. Watts
Cecil Bielefeldt
Tracy
Julie Anne
J. R. McIintire
G. A. Everson
Unnamed Local Rationing Board Heroes Honored
Belle Plaine Union editors praise local rationing board members as unheralded war heroes who work long hours sacrificing personal business interests for the public. They handle criticism and grief, serving without pay or thanks.
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Belle Plaine Union
First Lady Linked to Iowa Business Woman Roots
The Waukon Democrat reports Governor-Elect B. B. Hick enlooper chose his wife from Iowa business women. Twenty years ago Mrs. Hickenlooper formerly Miss Bensch of Lansing moved to Cedar Rapids to work in a music department, where she met attorney Rourke B. Hickenlooper and married.
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Waukon Democrat
B. B. Hickenlooper
Towa
Hickenlooper
Miss Bensch
Lansing
Cedar Rapids
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Red Cross Sewing and Manufacturing Update
Red Cross notes describe women sewing large batches of blue work shirts and finishing 522 yards of chambray. Pajamas marked for packing day. January surgical dressings quota arrived with new combination pads preferred to sponges. February 20 set for finishing quota. groups meet Mondays at 1 30 and Wednesdays at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Charlotte Muret
Red Cross greetings and hospital notes for busy mothers
In a New York letter Faye Schon sends season's greetings to Red Cross workers and praises Bellevue hospital work. She plans a summer visit to Rolfe. A loan closet report thanks donors for equipment loan after a long illness and invites requests. Home Nursing seeks a single bed with springs and mattress for demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Schon
New York City
Red Cross
Bellevue Hospital
Radio City
Rolfe
Luther Thompson
Women on the War Front: Iowa Salvage Drive
Mrs. F. W. Weitz leads Iowa War Production Board's Women salvage division. In three towns, 1,286 homes visited, 4,629 pounds of fat collected, 435 pounds of hosiery, 117 blood donors secured. Kitchen waste supports war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh
F. W. Weitz
Women’s Salvage Division
Iowa War Production Board
Iowa
Three World Leaders Targeted in War Bond Drive
A wartime public notice urges citizens to fund national defense by allotting ten percent of income to War Bonds each payday, naming Adolph, Benito, and Hirohito as symbols of the Axis and calling for broad participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph
Benito
Hirohito
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