40th Wedding Anniversary Attended by Wide Local Guest List
Out of town guests gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hudson on Sunday January 3 to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Attendees included numerous Hudson relatives and friends from Currie Algona Titonka Ringsted Wesley Ottosen and other nearby towns. The event also featured reports of other family gatherings and community club activities from the same era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hudson
Pearl Hudson
Richard Hudson
George Reiter
Andy Ruppert
Currie, Minn
A. K. Shaw
Eldon Shaw
Algona
Mark Shaw
Titonka
Kenneth Hill
Wesley
Willard Otte
Havelock
Chris Hacker
Helen Hacker
Ottosen
H. B. Rutgers
Vernon Nelson
Ross Brown
Hazel Morey
N. A. Brown
Earl Cooksey
George Jacobs
Donald Jacobs
Earl Smith
West Bend
Raymond Hudson
Bill Smith
A. F. Truelson
Laura Dammon
Clara Bryant
Emmetsburg
Vernon Hollebeck
Mary Lou
Buckley, NL
Joe Johnson
Arlen
Ted Truelson
Gilmore City
Grover Chism
Cylinder
Art Iverson
Marjean
Ruthven
Roy Crandall
Knoke
Gerald Gentz
Fenton
Community club and social notices from Pease and surrounding areas
D M T Rural Women's club met January 14 at Mrs Fern Pease home with 21 members. Topics included table settings health tests forces labor taxes for schools and new fabrics. Girl Scout meeting January 18 elected officers. Surprise party for Theron Graeber at Richard Hadaway home with neighbors donating a gift fund. Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge met with Thora Pedersen. Dorothy Farlow presided. games and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pease
D. M. T. Rural Women's Club
Fern Pease
Lee Carlton
Virginia Harding
Vera Lehnus
Isabel Lavery
International Relations
Marie Triplett
Florence Thorson
Iowa
Theron Graeber
Richard Hadaway
Nellie Brinkman
Glyde Brinkman
Phillips Brinkman
August Brinkman
Arlo Ives
8. W. Brown
John Gunderson
Graeber
Glendale
Calif
Olive Branch
Rebekahs
Thora Pedersen
Rebekah Lodge
Muriel Spencer
Dorothy Farlow
Pocahontas County Officials Announce Sheriff and Rep Candidacies
Kenneth Richardson of Pocahontas and George C Buckwalter of Laurens announce their runs for Sheriff and State Representative in Pocahontas County Iowa. They seek Republican primary support in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Kenneth Richardson
Pocahontas
E. R. Stahly
Geo. C. Buckwalter
Laurens
Hudson Announces Candidacy for Pocahontas County Attorney
James W. Hudson announces his candidacy for the Pocahontas County Attorney office in the June 1954 Republican primary, urging voters to support him. Sell it with a Want Ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
James W. Hudson
Pocahontas
Iowa
Methodist Church Notices and Weekly Schedule
Arthur G. Peterson leads a local Methodist church with services at 11:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Sunday school. A panel discussion by Judge Shannon Charlton and N. A. Wilson on a vital subject. Various midweek activities for men, missionaries, youth, and choirs. All men welcome with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Methodist Church
Arthur G. Peterson
Methodist Men’s Club
Shannon Charlton
N. A. Wilson
Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule and Madagascar Film Night
Alton Christensen leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with nursery care. The Luther League screens Malagasy Story in the evening with fellowship and refreshments. Week calendar lists circles meetings, confirmants, choirs, and a Brother hood event featuring Dr. Mario Colacci at Augsburg College in Minneapolis invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Christensen
Luther League
Madagascar
League
Ladies Aid
H. I. Wickie
Thora Pedersen
Hilda Nielsen
Roy Simonson
Mario Colacci
Pontificial Regional Seminary
Bennevento
Italy
Augsburg College
Minneapolis
Presbyterian Church Announces Weekly Schedule and Events
The Presbyterian Church invites all to Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Nursery at 11, Junior-Hi and Senior-Hi Fellowships at 5 30. Tonight is choir night with potluck at 6 30. Newly elected elders to be installed and trustees commissioned on Sunday with board meeting Monday at 8 00 in J H Brinkman office. Youth Sunday set for January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Jane von Bank
Carolyn Ives
Board of Trustees
J. H. Brinkman
Assembly of God church in a good town
Fred Patterson is pastor. The church promotes the message of John 3 3 and offers Sunday school at 10 a m with contact by phone 261 for the Assembly of God in a good town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God
Fred Patterson
Kingdom of God
John
Morning worship and evangelistic meeting notice
A church schedules morning worship at 11 a.m. and an evangelistic meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday January 22 at the Reese home. The notice invites all to attend and proclaims God loves you but not your sins, and urges visitors to explore the beliefs and preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese
Thankful note from Arthur E Ader for hospital visits
Arthur E Ader expresses gratitude to those who sent flowers cards and visited him during his stay at the Lutheran hospital in Ft. Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Hospital
Ft. Dodge
Arthur E, Ader
Thank you for cards and gifts during hospital stay
Becky Marine expresses gratitude to friends for cards and gifts received while hospitalized and after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Marine
Rolfe City Council Minutes December 14 1953
Rolfe Iowa council met on December 14 1953 with Mayor George Schonberger and members present Fred Witt A A Firkins Lloyd Cox L A Hansen Absent Ralph Rickard. Read and approved minutes. Bills presented for Municipal Enterprise adding janitorial services lights salary postage books rent and animal control as well as public safety night watchman wages and miscellaneous supplies and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Fuller, Jr
Edna Marcum
A. C. McClurg & Co
O. B. Fuller, Jr
Art News & Annual
Fred Witt
Richard’s Howe
Rolfe Arrow
Matt Parrott & Sons Co
Street Rolfe Auto Co
Ramon Hinde
Brinkman Standard
Taylor's Royal
Floyd McVay
George Schonberger
James Holecek
G. Weiland
Village Council Notes and Fire Chief Change
The Pocahontas council approved several bills and treasurer reports. Marvin Turley resigned as Fire Chief, Don Weishaar was appointed to replace him, and Clarence Ogden received a class B beer permit. A meeting was scheduled January 28 at 2 00 p.m. in the courthouse. Virginia Harding announced tailoring workshops with sessions in late February and early March for homemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Meter Mfg. Co
Fred Hendrickson
Carey Salt Co
Lt. & Power Co
Fred Hendrickson, Wood & Coal
Firkins Supply
Dice Chemical Co
Schonberger
Hansen
Cox
Firkins
Marvin Turley
Don Weishaar
Clarence Ogden
Fred Witt
J. H. Brinkman
Tailoring Meeting Preview Scheduled for January 28
A community meeting on January 28 will discuss tailoring suits coats jackets and dresses at home. The session aims to share tips techniques and practical advice for home sewing and alterations.
Meals for Company Extension Lessons Leaders Train
Twelve Pocahontas County rural women’s groups will gather Monday January 25 for a training school on What to Cook for Company. Virginia Harding sets the date for leaders who will teach the February cooking lessons in their townships. The session runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes a prepared dinner. The meeting will be held in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Virginia Harding
Women to staff Legion Club dinner in Pocahontas
The Legion club near the Pocahontas courthouse asks leaders to wear wash dresses or aprons while handling kitchen duties. Mrs. Harding plans the menu. women will prepare a semi formal buffet style dinner. Several township leaders have submitted reservations, others from Des Moines and Colfax have yet to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Club
Court House
Pocahontas
Harding
Arno Ives
Bernard Ricklefs
Garfield Twp
al Sedlacek
Harold Mart
Grant
Merritt Porath
Carl Stamper
Lake
Des Moines
Powton
Cummins
Colfax
Bellville
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B. Hudson
Knapp
Cornwell
Harrison Knapp
Carl C. Knapp
Graettinger
Glen A. Knapp
Alan Dean
Armstrong
Wallace J. Knapp
Lebanon
Ore
Richard D. Higgins
George
May
Fay Anderson
Irvin W. Jorgensen
LaVerne
James W. Anderson
Gary Lee
Seattle
Wash
Bertha Laws- Knapp
Irving B. Cornwell
Ronald
Donald
Linda Knapp
Trimble
James Trimble
M.Y.F
Hi Youth Fellowship of the Methodist Church
O.E.S
Marie Schmidt
Electa
Ruth Olney
Jerry Sorenson
Youth Center
American Home Study Club
Thomas Home
Bert Thomas
Chris Sorenson
Muriel Wilson
Ragena Bremsen
C. McMillin
America
Verdie Nelson
W. Allbee
Chinarold
Guarentes
D.M.T. Rural Women's Club
Irene Imhoff
Sec-Treas
Girl Scouts
Jean, Robinson, Scribe
Welch
the Lutheran Church
Rolfe
Pocahontas, Iowa
Ford Tudor
Mercury
FORD
Studebaker
Kaiser
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Long Bros
Gasy
Rapd
Leo Tubex
Webb
Uary
G. Fred Smith
Pillsbury
Hunt
Cal
Tor
Karo
Lipton
Duncan Hines
Olney Food Market
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