Local Society Notes Highlight Community Gatherings
A string of club meetings and social events unfold across town. Regular Tuesday club at Mrs. J T Grant's features Our World Today and a book review. Past Matrons meet January 29 at Mrs. N J Bixler's. post-nuptial shower for Mrs. Elmer Peterson at Mrs. Sanders. Sorosis club hosted by Mrs. Luther Thompson. A L D club met January 23 at Mrs. John Nelson with India Toward Freedom program. Eloise Cook pre-nuptial shower at the Lehnus home ahead of February wedding to Dan Dzierzywoski. W S C S luncheon and meeting at the Methodist church. Bon Ton bridge club gathering at Mrs. E P Lomen's. celebration for Elmer and Mrs. Simonson's wedding anniversary. showers and bridge prizes mark various social events.
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J. T. Grant
Hortense Siefkin
Charles Fisher
M. R. Soth
Ernest Vaughn
W. R. Endersbe
Elmer Peterson
Sanders
Sorosis Club
Thompson
Luther Thompson
Shirley Thornton
Herbert Best
F. E. Grant
John Nelson
A.L.D
India
H. D. Brinkman
A. V. Graeber
George Olson
Columbus
Grant Pollock
Eloise
Pearl
Hattie Lehnus
Sue Nicoson
D.M.T. School
Adelaide Wibel
Lena Vaughn
Don Oleson
Graettinger
Cook
Dan Dzierzywoski
Fort Benning
Bon Ton Bridge Club
Lomen
E. P. Lomen
Otis Cook
L. R. Davidson
G. G. Butler
Honorably discharged Pfc Julius White visiting hometown
Pfc Julius White, recently honorably discharged for malaria contracted in the South Pacific theatre, is visiting his sister Mrs Warren Freeman and family along with other relatives at their home.
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Pfc
Julius White
Warren Freeman
Army
South Pacific
Methodist Church Announces Sunday Schedule and Easter Cantata
Rev. C. R. Buckwalter leads Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m with sermon What We Know About Heaven Guest speaker Shirley Thornton Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30 p m Choir practice Thursday at 8 p m Work on an Easter cantata will begin soon and regular attendance is urged
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THE
Methodist Church
C. R. Buckwalter
Shirley Thornton
Presbyterian Church Services and Activities Schedule
W F Schneck is pastor. Sunday school at 10 a m. Morning worship at 11 a m. Choir practice at 4 p m. Junior Christian Endeavor at 7 p m led by Marcia Lehnus.
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Presbyterian Church
W. F. Schneck
Christian Endeavor
Marcia Lehnus
The Trinity Lutheran Service Plans For Sunday
J. O. Wengberg, pastor, leads morning worship at 8 a.m. on the theme The Requirements for Obtaining a True Happy Life based on Matth 19:27-80. Girls chorus offers special music. Sunday school and Bible classes begin at 10 a.m. catechism meets Saturday at 1 45 p.m. Girls chorus at 3 p.m. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs. Robert Wiegert on Wednesday January 31.
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Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wengberg
Ladies Aid Society
Robert Wiegert
Nain Lutheran Church Evening Services and Classes
Emery L. Petersen, pastor, leads Sunday school and Bible class at 7 15 p m and evening worship at 8 p m. Thursday choir practice meets at Roy Simonson’s home at 8 p m.
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Nain Lutheran Church
Emery L. Petersen
Roy Simonson
Farm Bureau Membership Drive Surges in Pocahontas County
Report shows 400 memberships paid before the drive and many more pledged after January 15 and 16 meetings. Lake township notes 28 new members and 62 old ones as organizers push to meet the county quota before the Victory Party. Township leaders continue clean up drives to finish quickly.
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Farm Bureau
Pocahontas County
Lake Township
Acreage Goals Set for Pocahontas County in 1945
The State Agricultural Conservation Committee has released recommended acreage goals for Pocahontas County. Corn 150000 acres up from 147000. oats 74000 up from 72000. soybeans 41000 down from 44900. flax 8100 up from 6700. wheat 100 constant. Hay 20000 unchanged. rotation pasture and other hay crops 38800 up from 36300. County cropland totals 327000 acres, with total farm land at 367000. noncrop open pasture and roads 40000.
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Pocahontas County
A.C.A
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Gilbert S. Ellis
Farm Bureau Women Readings Project Opens 1945 List
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation sponsors the fourth state wide reading project for women. Reading lists are available from township library chairmen or the County Farm Bureau office. Contestants read six books with four from the list and two chosen, submit a comment form for each book by September 1, 1945.
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Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Change Date Of Victory Party In Pocahontas County
The Pocahontas County Farm Bureau will hold a victory party at Laurens High School gymnasium on Monday February 5 at 7 45 PM. The event marks the end of the January mass membership drive with reports due for total quota versus the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation target. A full program includes a Barn Dance set from WHO, Spirit Lake entertainers, a Farm Bureau speaker, coffee and cookies, and invites all Farm Bureau families.
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Pocahontas County Farm Bureau Victory Party
Laurens High School
County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
WHO
Spirit Lake
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Rolfe School Notes Outline Classroom Activities and Achievements
A collage of classroom updates from Rolfe School highlights: Kindergarten and First Grade birthdays and treats, arithmetic progress on multiplication, Viking history and ship art, and a 100% defense stamp sale in Junior High. Awards list 100% spelling in Fourth Grade and numerous student names. Senior High discusses Poe, a Ritz theater party, and January exams. Bonds totaling $117.45 purchased by Susan Jones, Jack DeWolf, and Paul Sinek.
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Donna
Bradley
Marilyn
Jerry
Pamilla
Jenalca
Gene
Joan
Joye M
Mary le
Sally
Maxine
Poe
America
Ritz
Young
Susan Jones
Jack DeWolf
Paul Sinek
Rolfe appoints A V Graeber as assessor
A V Graeber has been secured to serve as Rolfe assessor replacing Mrs Louis Paulson who resigned shortly after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROLFE
A.V. Graeber
Louis Paulson
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Pocahontas County
In the District Court of Iowa Pocahontas County probate case 2909 the executrix of B. F. Rutgers, deceased, has been appointed and has qualified. All persons indebted to the estate are asked to make payment to the executrix.
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District Court of
State of
Iowa
Pocahontas County
B. F. Rutgers
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Socerty
N. J. Bixler
W.S.C.S
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Circle 1
Ted Hewlett
Art Michalek
Ellen Butler
Rudyard Kipling
Earl Wycoff
Mir
Mrs. Simonson
Plover
Elmer Simonson
Bernice Hauck
Joseph Schulman
Yvonne Dolphin
Paul Brinkman
Maxine Duitscher
Betty Jo Wadsley
Alice Hood
Doris Reynolds
Veronica Tussing
Rolfe School
Sheila Jacobson
Judy Jacobson
Norman Heald
Saig
Oh Estate
Tora May Rittpe Berg
Fred Witt
Spring Feries
Carol Bruce
Lloyd
Robert Pugh
Bradgate Laws
Gilmore City
E. E. Willey
Mason
Eddie J. Aden
Pullorum
Beckord
U. S
Beckords
Beckord’s
U.S
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