Navy expansion directives call for reserves to volunteer
Navy announces directives governing Naval Reserves aiming to fill active duty slots. Officers Lieut Commander and below and Medical Officers Commander and below sought. Enlisted ranks E-3 to E-6, chief petty officers in specific ratings, with Reserve classes listed. Call at the nearest Recruiting Station with name rate and home address.
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NAVY
Navy Department
Korea
E. R. Weaver
U. S. Navy
Des Moines
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington
D. C
Yeeman
Double operation for Gene Hughes in Fort Dodge
Gene Hughes son of Mr and Mrs Harris Hughes was taken ill with appendicitis and operated on at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge. His tonsils and adenoids were removed while under anesthesia. The Hugheses visited Monday and found his recovery satisfactory and his doctor hoped he could come home this weekend.
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Gene Hughes
Harris Hughes
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Rolfe Golf Club Picnic Set for July 27 at Park
The Rolfe Golf Club invites members and their families to a picnic Thursday evening July 27 at 6 30 in the park. Attendees should bring fried chicken and a covered dish while rolls butter and coffee are provided by coordinating families and members.
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Amvets Auxiliary
Methodist Church
Rolfe
Golf Club
Rolfe Golf Club
Harold Calligan
Harold Carlson
L. W. Feldman
Anton Lund
John Bergstrom
Sam Wicoson
Bernice Hauck
R. O. Siattenow
Henry Wickie
Dean Gunderson
Joe Reigelsberger
Bob Eccles
Roger Chapman
Keith Chapman
A. O. Garlock
Joe Ferden
Ted Bair
Navy Recruiting Stations In Iowa To Open Seven Days
The Navy Recruiting Service in Iowa received orders from the Inspector of Navy Recruiting in the Sixth Area directing all Iowa stations to stay open seven days a week. Lieutenant Commander E R Weaver said Des Moines district offices will operate 8 a m to 5 p m daily and will process and enlist applicants on Sundays as on weekdays.
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NAVY
Navy Recruiting Service
Iowa
E.R. Weaver
Des Moines
The Highway Story by Bob Hullihan
George Baker took charge of a family Fourth of July drive to avoid danger on heavy Iowa roads. He delayed start, slowed for safety, passed cautiously, and kept his wife as peacemaker. The drive ended when they reached Elm street, with Baker responsible for what did not occur.
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Bob Hullihan
George Baker
Iowa
Baker
George
Elm Street
Housing Caravan Seeks Site in Laurens and Plover
The Po cahontas county extension office requests booking one of 24 Better Housing for Farm and Home caravan stops for the upcoming winter tour. Laurens and Plover are eyed as potential locations. A trundle bed is defined as a bed that rolls out from beneath a larger bed.
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County Extension Office
Pocahontas County
Laurens
Plover
Pocahontas County Conference Board Set Meeting Date
The County Conference Board of Pocahontas County Iowa will meet August 1, 1950 at 4 P.M. at Court House Pocahontas Iowa. Tax payers will be heard for or against the estimate of expenditures for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1951.
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Des Moines Consolidated
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Iowa
Des Moines
Lorence Thorson
Saxann
Pocahontas County
Court House
Lutheran Church Community Notices
Fred Jacobsen serves as pastor. Sunday school at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The Aid Circles meet Wednesday with meeting place for circles one and three to be announced. Circle four meets at Laura Isacson home. Circle two meets Thursday at Mrs. Bremsen’s home. Choir practice Thursday at 8 p.m. Visitors welcome.
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Lutheran Church
Fred Jacobsen
Aid
Laura Isacson
Bremsen
Presbyterian Church Announces August Vacation Period
The Session designates August as vacation for church and school with activities resuming in September The September 1 program will feature a Negro spirituals concert by a Piney Woods School quartet Details to follow Church services include 10 a.m. church school and 11 a.m. worship with the sermon titled The Church's Primary Responsibility
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Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church Welcomes All to Sunday Services
The Methodist Church invites residents to a friendly service schedule with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship led by Pastor Arthur G. Peterson. A hearty welcome is extended to all in the heart of the community.
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the Methodist Church
Arthur G. Peterson
Assembly of God Morning Worship Schedule
Rev. L. L. Fogelman leads morning worship at 11 o clock with an evangelistic service at 8 p m. A prayer meeting and Bible study are set for Wednesday at 8 p m.
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Assembly OF God
L. L. Fogelman
More Bridge Problems At 4 H Club Fair
The 4 H Club fair bridge issues continued after the foot bridge renovation last summer. Brush upstream sent debris to the drainage ditch damming the livestock and truck bridge narrowing the channel and washing out the west bank and loosening the bridge end.
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Fair Grounds
Employment Gains in Iowa as Unemployment Benefits Drop
Des Moines Iowa June saw a continued rise in employment and a drop in unemployment insurance payments to Iowa workers. The Employment Security Commission reports June benefits at 322910 down from May 438300 and April 612000, with 17900 payments and an average weekly benefit of 18.37. Daily payments averaged 18500 in June after a peak in March, aided by construction growth and strong farm labor demand.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Employment Security Commission
Commission
Card of Thanks and Expressions of Gratitude
Card notices express thanks from several families for hospital stays, gifts, flowers, and support. Mrs Dean Stover and Merlin Dean, Elizabeth Damberg, and the Witt family acknowledge kindness from Rolfe friends, neighbors, relatives, and floral tributes after illness and a bereavement. Lassen volcano remains the sole active U S volcano in the state of California.
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Dean Stover
Merlin Dean
Clarence
Rolfe
Elizabeth Damberg
John Witt
Margueritte Witt
Roger Gardewine
Joe Tool
Roger Witt
Tractor accident injures 14 year old Robert Merfeld
A 14 year old boy named Robert Merfeld of near Cascade was injured when he fell from a tractor as a load of baled hay shifted and partially covered him.
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Robert Merfeld
Cascade
Disillusioned brides and local contractors clash over out-of-town bids
A HeeHaw News column argues that married women exhausted by work are among the most disillusioned, while it criticizes out-of-town outfits that travel to undersell local siding roofing and insulation workers. It notes local lumber availability and custom cuts as a counterpoint to cheaper outsiders.
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H. E. Girard
Frank Gutler
Claremont
Minn
Girard
C. A. Girard
C. C. Smith
Minneapolis
Ted Girard
Emmetsburg
Edward Freese
Atlantic
Joe Girard
Woodward
Minnesota
H. BE
O.E.S
Hattie Harris
Eastern Star Lodge
W.S.C.S
L. C. Olney
Women’s Golf Club Auxiliary
Lois Accurso
Vi Wold
Suma Butler
Evelyn Kaiser
Alma Ogden
Berniece Oleson
Lansing
Raymond Graveland
Orin Thorsland
Oscar Torgeson
Howard Helmsted
Bode
Jack Paulson
Rutland
Louis Lansing
Gilmore City
Wayne Torgeson
Bradgate
Keith Bessaler
Renwick
Cleal Farm
Don Cleal
Julian Ingebritson
Dons
Merle Porter
Cedar Rapids
Myron Boos
Byron
Dick Cleal
John Hall
Diane
West Bend
Benson Leavitt
Indianapolis
Ind
Otis Cook
A. D. Cleal
Wesley Campbell
American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Witt
Clarence Zeman
Anton Nielsen
N. C. Nielsen
Roger Ives
August Nielsen
Jers Nielsen
Gary
Ed Christensen
Levzion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Fae Schon
Lyman George
Art Erickson
Isabelle Davis
Iva Brown
George Weible
Martin Christensen
Edward Struthers
Don Spencer
Charles Chapman
Vern Peters
Alta Hewlett
Wvonne Osking
Ruth Webb
Council Bluffs
Hased
Mies Daorg
Shakespeare
Boston
New York
Des Moines Two
Filing County Assessor
Melvin Thorson
County Conference Board
Ryo
A. V. Graeber
Lona
Gilbert DeBoer
Electrolux Kerosene
Armstrongs Piano Co
Spencer, Ia
Don Weaver
Stewart-Warner
Fred Baade
Ford
Mary Gretcen
Dale Peterson
Consolidated School
Florence Thorson
Sec’y
Lassen Volcano
California
U.S
Beckord’s Hatchiny
Towa
Poultry Ames
G. F. Ries
Gilmore
Hontas
Kreal Sewichine Co
Climax
Climax Mill
Farm Loan Asa’p, Franck, Sec’y-Treas, Phon
Cahontas
Bi City
Brinkman Standance Rolfe
Phony
Humbolg Dering Co
Humboldt, Ia
Mill & Feed Co
V.F.W. Auxiliary
V.F.W. Hall
U. S
Webb's Drug Store
SSI Hands, Pte
Ath
Pra
Webb
Stor
HeeHaw News
Alahoma Stoker
Kentucky
J.T Grant & Son
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