Des Moines D MT Woman's Club and Community Gatherings
The Des Moines D MT Woman's Club met at the schoolhouse on Tuesday January 9 with community singing and a roll call reading A Shortcut in Homemaking. Members collected towels for domestic science girls and the program featured student performances and solos. A potluck lunch followed by committee duties and a tea marked the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.M.T. Woman’s Club
Des Moines
Woman's Club
Burl Lehnus
Wesley Lehnus
Gilbert DeBoer
Betty DeVaul
Loren Pease
Frank Shimon
M. Husted
Lena Vaughn
Explaining Corn Ceiling Prices by Des Moines OPA Official
Walter D. Kline, director of the Des Moines OPA District, explains that corn ceilings are based on No. 2 yellow shelled corn with moisture not exceeding 15.2 percent. Deductions apply for higher moisture and lower grades, and ear corn must be priced below shelled corn by the shelling value. He says full price details are being sent to War Price and Rationing Boards across 64 Iowa counties. The public is urged to inquire at local board offices for guidance at shipping points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
OPA
Kline
Iowa
Myn Board
Methodist Church Service and Activities Schedule
The Methodist Cot announces Sunday school at 10 15 a m worship at 11 15 a m youth fellowship at 6 30 p m and choir practice Thursday evening at 7 30 p m Woman's Society meeting Wednesday January 24 at 1 00 p m with a luncheon for 30 cents. good program planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Buckwalter
Woman’s Society
NAIN LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES AND CLASSES
Emery L. Petersen, pastor, invites parishioners to confirmation class at 2 30 p m Saturday and Sunday school and Bible class at 10 15 a m with worship at 11 a m on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nain Lutheran Church
Emery L. Petersen
Trinity Lutheran Service and Catechism Schedule Issued
Pastor O. Wangberg leads Sunday worship at 10 am with Sunday school and Bible classes to follow. Luther League meets at 8 pm. Catechism class gathers Saturday at 1 45 pm at the parsonage. Knowledge and Timber quote attributed to O W Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
O. Wangberg
Luther League
O. W. Holmes
Presbyterian Church Weekly Service Schedule
Pastor W F Schneck leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Junior Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. religious instruction Saturday at 2 p.m. at the manse. School of Religion meets at Pocahontas courthouse on Monday and Thursday at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
W. F. Schneck
Manse
School of Religion
Pocahontas Courthouse
Young Farm Couples Meet at Havelock
Fifty seven people from Pocahontas county gathered at the Legion hall in Havelock for the January Young Farm Couples meeting. Don Trenary led singing and summarized postwar financial planning with four breakout groups focusing on livestock and crops for 1945 and farming expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Legion Halk
Havelock
Legion Auxiliary of
Don Trenary
County Farm Bureau Organization
Arlo Ives
Albert Rassler
Roy Schonberger
Ray Sharp
P.D.Q
Geo. H. Aden
Gail Aden
Reinbeck marksman bags 11 crows with single shot
Herbert Braasch, who says he never shot a rabbit or pheasant in 30 years, proves his skill by dropping 11 crows at once near Reinbeck with a 316 gauge shotgun. With a 10 cent bounty per crow, he earns $1.10 from the single shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Braasch
Reinbeck
Braasch
Fairy Tale Life of the Lady Swindler
A narrative chronicles a woman who pursued grandeur through a false life until law enforcement caught up with her. The piece presents a peculiar biography of deception and downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Chicago Herald- American
OPA warns on price per bushel for farm grain sales
An OPA official cautions farmers to carefully set prices per bushel in farmer to farmer grain trades. The advisor notes that grade and moisture deductions can push a sale below the quoted price or above the ceiling despite a small gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
First Navy Women Embark for Hawaii
Evelyn M. Hewlett is among the first group of Navy women to sail overseas. Ten officers and 203 enlisted members of the Women’s Reserve, U S Naval Reserve, depart from a West Coast port for Hawaii duty. They lead about 5,000 women requested for the 14th Naval District with 218 trained at a West Coast Distribution Center. Most will replace men on fleet assignments or return under the rotation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
United States
Home Project Meeting on Slip Covers at D M T Schoolhouse
A Des Moines and Powhatan home project meeting series opens at the D M T schoolhouse on Thursday January 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Miss Nora Workman of Iowa State College Extension will lead the slip covers lesson with a noon potluck. Bring table service sandwiches and a covered dish. Books for the annual reading contest will be distributed. Future lessons cover storage space and sewing machine repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.M.T
Des Moines
Powhatan
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Garfield Go-Getters Hold January Meeting
The Garfield Go-Getters met January 3 at Jo Anne Hans home with nine girls answering roll call on courteousy learning. They planned a scrap paper drive aiming 100 pounds per girl and heard talks on quick breads rise health citizenship and American music. Ruth Ives reported on the 4 H training school while Irma Lea McCullough led a war service discussion. Beverly DeWolf hosted December 21 1944 meeting and Beverly De Wolfe was installed as historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Irma Lea McCullough
Ruth Ives
Frances Chambers
Beverly DeWolf
Beverly DeWolfe
Early insecticide buying urged to protect 1945 crops
Max O. Naylor Pocahontas county extension director says early purchase of insecticides and fungicides aided food production last year and will help meet high 1945 crop goals. Shortage of labor and machinery makes protection from pests essential, and having materials on hand allows quick emergency response and supports the War Food Administration effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Max O. Naylor
Pocahontas County
Naylor
Shortages Hit Agricultural Chemicals and Packaging Supplies
War Food Administration officials warn of shortages of labor materials containers and transportation, with rotenone pyrethrum nicotine and lead arsenate likely to be scarce. Manufacturers are instructed to sell lead arsenate only for use on food crops until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Card of Thanks from the Sheeley family
The family thanks friends and relatives for sympathy after bereavement and expresses appreciation to the American Legion Legion Auxiliary and the United Service Women of America for their courtesies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
United Service Women of America
Howard Sheeley
War Bond Call and Bereavement Thanks Card
We thank all who sent cards or called at hospital and home during illness and bereavement. The H. Knapp Sr family notes appreciation. Our army needs big guns and more ammunition. Do your part Buy War Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Knapp, Sr
For Sale Miss's Brown Wool Coat Size 16
Brown all wool coat for miss size 16 in good condition. Listed for sale at Arrow Office with price 45 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawrence Hanson
Arnold Hanson
Louis Lansing
George Onnen
American Home Study Club
Cleve Kerns
Guy Kerns
Cleve
Miss Reynolds
Hilda Nielsen
Webb
Double Six Bridge Club
M. W. Webb
Mesdames
Jennie Bowen
G. B. Palmer
T. S. Clark
United Service Women
United Service Women of America, Inc
American Legion Hall
P.F.O
Marie Wiegman
Robert Stelzer
P.E.O
R. G. Hunter
Hattie Hauck
Glyde Brinkman
P.m
NAVY
Hawaii
Plover
Alvin Enge
Gilmore City
E. E. Willey
C. W
Jarvis
Buick
C. L. Zeman
Reese Bros
Rolfe
Ifa
Abe
A. Johnson
W. L. Wilson
Gerd Buake
Walter Woodin
Don Cleal
Mason
Eddie J. Aden
Fanteottie
Wenicks
Poultry and Eye
Beckord’s
Beckord
Beckord’s Hatchery
U. S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!