Walter Woodin and Doris Luther Wed at Luther
A June 1 wedding at the Luther Methodist Church joined Doris Luther of Madrid and Walter Woodin of Rolfe in a single ring ceremony officiated by Rev. M D Summerbell. The couple will reside on the Woodin farm west of Rolfe after a reception and noon lunch with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Doris Luther
C. L. Luther
Madrid
Walter Woodin
Rolfe
Harry Woodin
Joplin
M. D. Summerbell
Shirley Sampson
Gray
Francis Parris
Laurens
Virginia Missman
Britt
Harvey Woodin
Havelock
Luther Farm
Woodin
Luther High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ray Woodin
Donnie
Truman Woodin
Woodrow Otto
Cless Dexter
Maud Dexter
Roy Dexter
James Dexter
Carol
Pirl Woodin
Wayne Rex
Pocahontas
Frederick Wagaman
Des Moines
Summerbell
Jack
Ida M. Luther
John Barrow
Myron Luther
C. S. Luther
4-H Girls Rally Day Showcases County Work
About 100 4-H girls from nine Pocahontas county clubs held an all day rally to introduce 150 parents and friends to 4-H projects. Chas IE Watts was made honorary 4-H member by Cedar ettes and Dover Desirs clubs. Officers installed included Vergene Lewis as president and Mary Margaret Brinkman as vice president. The event featured a large pageant titled Good Citizens Good Neighbors with Latin American themes and a symposium chaired by Max Naylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Chas. IE
Watts
Cedarettes
Dover Desirs
Farm Bureau
Pocahontas Commercial Club
County
4-H Club
Vergene Lewis
Swan Lake Cloverleaf Club
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Garfield Go-Getters Club
Margaret Murphy
Dover Do-Ers
Mildred Stoulil
Cummins Up and Coming Club
Helen Moe
June Hudek
Alois Omtredt
Mildred Olberding
Latin America
Cummins
Central Stars
Garfield
Des Moines Merry Mixers
Arlene Peterson
Marshall Merrie Maids
Ruth Like
Carmen Krohn
Donna Jeffers
Mary Dusing
Bery White
Doris McKim
Marian Daniels
Max Naylor
Genevieve Colgan
Arthur Vaughn
B. W. Lathrop
J. E. DeWolf
J. Q O. Hosier
Frances Bradley Weds Gene Shaffer at Presbyterian Church
Frances Bradley and Gene Shaffer were married at 4 p m in the Presbyterian church in Newhall. Frances Bradley’s family attended as Frances and Shaffer’s guests with violinists Jeanette Catherine and Marie and Rachel Wiegman on piano providing the music for processional and recessional and during the reception. Mrs Shaffer previously served as music supervisor in Rolfe school and Shaffer is a band and string instructor in Clarinda where the couple will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Bradley
W. D. Hauck
Jeanette
Joan
Rachel Wiegman
Catherine McIntire
Marie White
Newhall
Gene Shaffer
Presbyterian Church
Catherine
Marie
Rachel
Shaffer
Rolfe
Clarinda
Marriage Licenses Issued In Pocahontas County
County clerk reports marriages licenses issued to Clyde George Freeman and Lucile Margaret Rigby. Vincent Sauter and Agnes T Mullen. Alfred Donald Henderson and Virginia Ann Vaughn. Melvin Ellsworth Madsen and Jane Ann Herke. Paul E Smith and Eva Larson. John Stanley George and Eileen Cady. Walter D Gibbins and Julia M White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Clyde George Freeman
New Hampton
Lucile Margaret Rigby
Havelock
Vincent Sauter
Agnes T. Mullen
Fonda
Alfred Donald Henderson
Pomeroy
Virginia Ann Vaughn
Waterloo
Eva Larson
John Stanley George
Rolfe
Eileen Cady
Walter D. Gibbins
Early
Julia M. White
Pocahontas Auxiliary Elects County Officers
Mrs. O. C. Johnston of Pocahontas was elected president of Pocahontas county American Legion Auxiliary at a county meeting in Varina on Tuesday afternoon June 8. Other officers named include Mrs. C. B. Chapman Rolfe vice president Mrs. J. H. Beneke Palmer secretary and reelected and Mrs. Will Smith Havelock treasurer. Mrs. Fagan was given a past president pin and Beneke a gift as Gilmore City unit was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
O. C. Johnston
Pocahontas County
American Legion Auxiliary
Varina
Will Fagan
Laurens
C. B. Chapman
Rolfe
J. H. Beneke
Palmer
Will Smith
Havelock
Fagan
Beneke
Gilmore City
Trail Ride Sunday Starts From LeRoy Nelson Farm
A spacious Trail Ride with 60 to 100 horses and riders will depart from the LeRoy Nelson farm at 10 a.m. Sunday June 15 and ride about 20 miles through the county. A noon lunch will be served at Avery's. Sponsors include Forrest Grant LeRoy Nelson Raymon Olson and Jack Patterson local riding association reps. Spectators may watch or photograph the group. Any rider may join, whether or not they belong to the Trail Riders club. In other local news Miss Lillian Knudsen of Waterloo visited with Miss Berniece Ricklefs. Mr and Mrs John Ricklefs and Virgil and Merlin visited at the Anton Rickless home in Palmer and met a new set of twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Nelson
Avery’s
Forrest Grant
Raymon Olson
Jack Patterson
Trail Riders Club
John Ricklefs
Virgil
Merlin
Anton Rickless
Palmer Sunday
Rolfe School Names Its Next Year Faculty
The Rolfe board of education completed the election of teachers for the coming year. The faculty includes Melvin D. Anderson as superintendent, Edna M. Marcum as senior high principal, Arthur D. Evans in athletics agriculture and industrial arts, Clara Hendrickson in normal training, Ruth Wilson teaching English Latin and dramatics, Francis Kelly in home economics education and science, Louise Smith in music, Leroy Larson in junior high and commerce, Vinetta Dobson in junior high, Harriet Kerr in junior high, Alice Hood in fifth grade, Maxine Mann in fourth grade, Ethel Peterson in third grade, Georgia Phares in second grade, and Dorothy Schaeffer in first grade, Lois Yoder in kindergarten. All have prior teaching experience except Lois Yoder. Francis Kelly previously taught homemaking in Calumet Iowa, Vinetta Dobson taught junior high in Panora Iowa, Maxine Mann taught fourth grade at Yale Iowa. Lois Yoder graduates Monday June 2 from Iowa State Teachers college.
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Pal
Arthur D. Evans
Clara Hendrickson
Ruth Wilson
Francis Kelly
Louise Smith
Leroy Larson
H. S
Vinetta Dobson
Harriet Kerr
Alice Hood
Maxine Mann
Ethel Peterson
Georgia Phares
Dorothy Schaeffer
Lois Yoder
Calumet
Iowa
Panora
Yale
Iowa State Teachers College
Orra Reed Dies Oldest Tugboat Man in Bell ingham
Orra E Reed 68 longtime Bell ingham Tug and Barge employee dies after a ten day illness in a Bellingham hospital. Former Lynden resident, he lived in Bellingham twelve years. He belonged to Elks and Bellingham Bay Lodge F and A M. Survived by widow Nellie three sons Milton Grant Lynden one daughter Ava Larson Custer and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora E. Reed
Bellingham
Washington
Rolfe
Orra I. Reed
Bellingham Tug and Barge Company
Lynden
Elks Lodge
Bellingham Bay
A. M
Nellie
Milton
Grant
City
Lawrence
Ava Larson
Custer
Vaughn Mosbach Wedding Details Highlight Family Roles
The groom Vaughn and his brother Emmet Mosbach were best man and groomsman in dark suits with gardenia boutonnieres. The bride's niece Maureen Doyle carried flowers while her brother Billy Doyle bore the ring. the mother wore dark blue crepe. The ceremony by Rev Kneipe preceded a three course breakfast for 35 at the Vaughn home with family and guests from Humboldt and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Mosbach
Maureen Doyle
Billy Doyle
H. B. Woodward
Whittemore
Kneipe
Vaughn Home
Lena Vaughn
Carl Hertz
Hattie Lehnus
Frances Ripperger
Mary Beth Brinkman
Helen Brinkman
Doris Vaughn
Janice Wiegman
John J. Mosbach
Emmett and
Cleat Mosbach
Larry Mosbach
Humboldt
Connie Doyle
Har
Whittemore Couple Wed In Teal Town Ceremony
Elbert Miss Ida Elbert and Orville Mosbach wed at the bride’s Whittemore home with 60 attendees. The reception featured vocal solos, instrumental numbers, and a decorated bridal table, followed by a honeymoon trip and residence in Whittemore. The bride, a Des Moines Township and Morningside graduate and teacher, and the groom, a Whittemore high school graduate and farmer, prepare to reside in Whittemore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vey Elbert
Ida Elbert
Whittemore
H. H. Olerich
Glyde Brinkman
Grace Ross
Because
Mystery of Life
Mary Beth Brinkman
Rachel Wiiegman
Janice Wiegman
Mosbach
Des Moines Township
Morningside College
Burt
Clear Lake
School bus route bids due to Des Moines township school
The board of directors will receive bids for operating the school bus routes for the coming year. All bids must reach the secretary by 8 00 p m Monday June 16 1941. The board may reject any or all bids. Donald Carlton secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Township
Nice Kitty Lions On Tour Playful Yet Fierce
Capt. Clemmons trains dangerous lions at a Peoria, Illinois lion farm and sometimes takes them on the road for crowd training. The animals are not doped or declawed and require ten pounds of raw meat daily. Dick Clemmons has spent twenty years with these iron-cage beasts with no major mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemmons
Capt
Peoria
Ill
O J Cruickshank services honor long time neighbor
Obituary notes O J Cruickshank devoted husband and family man with lifelong kindness. Nineteen readers from towns across Iowa and surrounding states attend services to pay respects.
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Bride
Ware Public
Arthur Omtredt
Legion Auxiliary
Lillian Knudsen
Berniece Ricklefs
Rolfe School
Rolfe Board of Education
Melvin D. Anderson
Edna M. Marcum
High
Princi
Vaughn-Mosbach
Nice Kitty
O. J. Cruickshank
Walter Buesing
Lynd, Minn
Ben Wirtsie
Rob Thomas
Balaton
Minn
Frank Seaton
Russell, Minn
Chas. Bucy
Willmar
John Bucy
Milbank
S. D
F. E. Fuller
Donald
Heron Lake
Jerald Fuller
Windom
Lyle Clark
Frank Thornton
John Lutroe
Albert Lutroe
John Miller
Lenora
Chas. Duhigg
Sherman Thornton
Emmetsburg
John Benson
Harold Justice
Ringsted
Nate Miller
Jim Miller
Mason City
Claus Johnson
Rolland Hauswirth
Corwith
Viola Everson
Brookings
Anna de Wolf
Savannah, Ill
Leon Harris
Everly
Ry Tyler
Joe Hough
Rodman
Weii Parmenter
Orahay Velma
Ing
Ed Parmenter
Mes. Howard
Ankeny
Ang UN
Earl Parmenter
Lee Parmenter
Balfield
Harry Permienta
Elkhart
Rob Syvenson
Priges
Dodge
de Soto
Ford
Tudor
Pocahontas Auto Co
Pocahontas, Iowa
Dad
STAG
Webbs Drug Store
Ean
Rolfe Auto Co
Rolfe, Iowa
Petersons
Peterson’s
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