Post nuptial shower for Mrs Forsythe at Presbyterian church
A post nuptial shower in the Presbyterian church basement honored Mrs W E Forsythe nee Jeanette Hauck with hostesses and a planned program including songs poems and a group sing along. Out of town guests included Mrs James Hauck Fort Dodge and Mrs Dale Rierson Radcliffe. The reception featured gifts, flowers, refreshments and a scripture reading by Rev Lewinski.
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Presbyterian Church
Forsythe
Jeanette Hauck
H. C. Wiegman
R. G. Hunter
L. R. Davidson
Nell King
F. E. Grant
Russel McIintire
Lulu White
M. T. Blessing
Catherine McIntire
Marjorie Thompson
Hero
James Hauck
Fort Dodge
Dale Rierson
Radcliffe
Biss Ileene Schonberger
St. Margaret’s Church
Joan Schmidt
Miss Schonberger
Joyce Schonberger
George Diederich
Ivan Harris
Bill Hanisch
Stromberg Hatchery Ad Buys Chicks and Fowl Health
A Fort Dodge hatchery offers two week old Stromberg Winter Layer chicks ready for immediate delivery. It advertises bargains on vaccinated chicks, urges fowl pox and infectious bronchitis vaccination, and notes evening hours to 9. Reserve a date for flock culling as needed.
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Aquiine Rolfe Arrow
Stromberg
Stromberg -Hatchery
Fort Dodge
DeWall Couple Honored On 25th Wedding Anniversary
Relatives and friends gathered at the DeWall home Sunday June 13 to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry J DeWall in a surprise gathering honoring the couple.
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Henry DeWall
Henry J. DeWall
DeWall
Presbyterians Plan Synod Meeting in Ames
W F Schneck reports Sunday services at the Presbyterian Church a 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship. Choir practice is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 30 p.m. The Synod of Iowa will convene in Ames Iowa from June 21 to 24.
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W. F. Schneck
Synod of Iowa
Ames
Methodist Church announces summer schedule and events
Rev. C. R. Buckwalter leads Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m The Epworth League meets at 6 30 p m Woman's Society of Christian Service gathers Wednesday June 23 at 2 30 p m Circle No 3 serves Recognition Day Youth Institute at Lake Okoboji from June 28 to July 4 A large group plans to attend
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C. R. Buckwalter
Epworth League
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Lake Okoboji
zZreoup
Nain Lutheran Church announces vacation Bible school schedule
Emery L. Petersen, pastor, leads activities at Nain Lutheran Church with Sunday school at 7 30 p.m Bible class at 7 30 p.m and worship at 8 p.m On Monday morning daily vacation Bible school continues at 8 a.m.
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Nain Lutheran Church
Emery L. Petersen
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Schedule
Pastor J. O. Wangberg leads 9:30 a.m. morning worship on The Glory of the Kingdom of God. 10:30 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes follow. Luther League meets at 8:00 p.m. with a talk by Rev. Wangberg. Catechism class meets Saturday at 1:45 p.m. at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangberg
Luther League
Wangberg
League
Card of Thanks from Arlo Ives
Arlo Ives thanks friends for cards flowers and other expressions of thoughtfulness during a recent hospital stay.
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Arlo Ives
Insect Plague in North Africa Described in Letter
Frank Hanisch writes to his brother Elmer about the diverse insects in North Africa and cites six to seven inch locusts as a notable example. The account highlights the scale of the swarm and the unusual size of the locusts observed during the campaign or travel.
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Elmer
Frank Hanisch
North
Africa
Brinkman Families Hold Picnic Honoring William Brinkman
Brinkman families gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Glyde Brinkman. They honored Cpl and Mrs William J Brinkman with out of town guests Mrs Clyde Zimmerman Ames and others from Schaller Whittemore and Ware.
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Brinkman
Glyde Brinkman
Cpl
William J. Brinkman
Edwin Schaefer
Mason Schaefer
Steve
Schaller
Clyde Zimmerman
Ames
John Mosbach
John E
Whittemore
Don Henderson
Ware
Farm Bureau Leaders Attend Insurance Meet in Spencer
Pocahontas county Farm Bureau officers joined Iowa Farm Bureau Federation officials at a Spencer gathering on June 11. The session explored the potential for a farmers life insurance company, with directors urging study and a summer report while other Farm Bureau topics were discussed. Notables present included Francis Johnson president C W Beeler field director Elmer Campbell and William Campbell claims adjuster, plus local attendees B W Lathrop Claude Wilson C D Wenell Ray Crummer and Max Q Naylor.
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Pocahontas County
Spencer
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Francis Johnson
C. W. Beeler
Elmer Campbell
Iowa Farm Service
William Campbell
Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance Company
Harold Shumaker
B. W. Lathrop
Claude Wilson
C. D. Wenell
Ray Crummer
George H. Aden
T. J. Raynes
F. D. Schlensig
Max Q. Naylor
War Young Dies in Japanese Prison Camp
Word reached Florence Grant Young that her son Warren Young died in a Japanese prison camp on June 11. Warren enlisted in the U.S. Army two years ago and served in the Philippines where he was captured when the islands fell to Japan.
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Warren Young
Florence Grant Young
Warren
U.S. Army
Philippines
Andrew Pederson Home From Camp Polk On 15 Day Furlough
Andrew Pederson arrived Thursday June 10 from Camp Polk Louisiana to spend a 15 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Chris Pederson. He is assigned to a field artillery battalion there.
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Andrew Pederson
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Chris Pederson
Local Social Notes from Pocahontas and Ames
Visits unfold as Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wehelberger of Kamrar host in H K Young home. Ethel Ferguson visits Ames with son Fred. Betty Donohoe attends and assists at a Des Moines wedding. Pvt. Virgil James from Wendover Field leaves after furlough, honored by James, Dyvig, and Stahly families with gatherings. James in service since February 1942.
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Tom Wehelberger
Billie
Bobbie
Kamrar
H. K. Young
Ethel Ferguson
Ames
Fred
Betty Donohoe
Des Moines
June Radke
Miss Donohoe
Virgil James
Wendover Field
Utah
C. G. James
Eugene Dyvig
Havelock
James
Daryl Stahly
Stahly
Dyvig
En list in Marines Margie Filloon to join women's reserve
Miss Margie R. Filloon daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Filloon of Pocahontas has enlisted in the U S Marine Corps women's reserve. A Pocahontas High School 1940 graduate she has worked as a messenger at Ankeny ordnance plant. She awaits training then will go to Hunter College in New York.
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Margie R. Filloon
Russell Filloon
Pocahontas
U. S. Marine Corps
Miss Filloon
Pocahontas High School
Ankeny Ordnance Plant
Hunter’s College
New York
Conservation Committee Plans Pocahontas County Survey
The state soil conservation committee secretary says a survey tour of Pocahontas County is set for Tuesday afternoon June 29. The visit will examine county drainage problems found by the county planning committee and last year’s study. A meeting with local officials and the Town Soil Conservation committee will follow to discuss drainage.
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Glyde Spry
State Soil Conservation Committee
Pocahontas County
County Planning Committee
County Board of Supervisors
Town Soil Conservation Committee
Schoolteacher Abandons Holiday to Raise 320 Chicks
Elizabeth Ashline, a 21 year old teacher from Oneida, postpones summer plans and cares for 320 White Rock chicks at her Manchester home, embracing farm duties during a quiet break.
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Elizabeth Ashline
Oneida
Manchester
Legionnaires Move Into Waters Post Headquarters in Jail
The new Waters Post American Legion home in Waukon uses the old county jail as its base. The sheriff quarters will become recreation rooms while the former cell block will house lodge rooms.
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The
Waters Post of American Legion
Waukon
Farmers must supply scrap to meet 1948 war needs
In early 1948 the WPB Salvage Division urges American farmers to collect 3,000,000 tons of scrap metal by mid year. Each farm should turn in about 1,000 pounds before July 1 to back the steel mills as inventories decline and war production accelerates under President Roosevelt’s demand for more arms for the United Nations.
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Aks Jyota
Fonda
Gilmore City
Havelock
Laurens
Palmer
Pocahontas
Rolfeween
Rolfeween Eee 1,122 ~~ §0,410.00 70,753.95 227 220 4,601.25 53 Varinaanand
Townships
Belleville
Cedar
Colfax Een Eee
Cummins
Des Moines
Dover
Eee Ne
Garfield
Grantes
Lake
Lincoln
Lizard
Marshall
Powhatan
Roosevelt
Sherman
Swan Lake
Pocahontas County
United States
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
United Nations
Miss Marilyn Hull Elected to Third Grade Post
Miss Marilyn Hull daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry F Hull has been elected to teach third grade in Rolfe She graduated from Iowa State Teachers college Cedar Falls last month She is president of Pi Phi Omega sorority former president of the Primary Kindergarten club and has been a member of Future Teachers of America and the marching band She acted as senior counselor the past year
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Cheookee Times
Marilyn Hull
Harry F. Hull
Rolfe
Soldier Home on Furlough from Fort Screven
Olee Ferden returned Thursday June 10 to Fort Dodge to spend a furlough with his mother Mrs Mary Ferden and relatives. He is stationed at Fort Screven near Savannah Georgia serving as an officer's orderly with the navy Port Ship Repair Co which repairs damaged ships including those reclaimed from the ocean bottom.
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Fort Screven
Olee Ferden
Mary Ferden
Fort Dodge
Savannah
Georgia
Ter
Navy Port Ship Repair Co
Ethel Peterson and Miss Brinkman Wed in Alta Church
Ethel Peterson and Miss Brinkman served as bridesmaids in a ceremony for the Alta bride. The bride wore sheer white organza with an orange blossom tiara and carried white bridal roses. A reception followed in the church parlors after the planned home celebration was moved.
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Ethel Peterson
Alta
Mendelssohn
Louisa Schaefer
Edwin Schaefer
John Brinkman
Rolfe couple wed as corporal to spending furlough near home
The wedding reception for Corporal Brinkman and his bride featured a blue and white decor, a five tier cake, and crystal candelabra. The bride, a Schaller graduate and former Rolfe teacher, and the groom, from Rolfe and now stationed at Santa Ana, plan a short wedding trip followed by a visit with family before moving to California.
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Elwood Olerich
Rolfe
A. B. Traeder
Odebolt
Patricia Traeder
Cedar Falls
Ruth Corderman
Schaller
Corporal
Storm Lake
Corporal Brinkman
Rolfe High School
State University of Town
Rolfe Standard Oil Station
San Diego
Jacksonville
Fla
Santa Ana
M. D. Anderson
J. T. Grant
Telmer Sime
Fred Nelson
Rolfe and
Pocahontas
Schaller, Storm Lake
Qdebolt
HeeHaw News urges ahead coal orders amid shortages
The column notes slow order fulfillment for May shipments as coal cars Dana Mayflower Bonny Blue head out on prior orders. It warns of a twelve million ton strike deficit and urges readers to place orders early, mentioning roofing shingles and pantry materials among other items.
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Mayflower
Bonny Blue
Dana
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W. E. Forsythe
Tizene Schonberger
Lewinski
Rey
Carl Joens
Betty
Dirks
George Schuur
J. R. Maagen
Henry Joens
George de Wall
Herman E. Joens
F. E. Callon
Chris Mason
Anton DeWall
Kanawha
Carl Lundberg
Marathon
Manuvice Freeburg
Bradgate
Rolfe Epworth
Bregotti
Virgil Hancher
William Obrecht
Iowa City
B. A. Peterson
Robert Bruce
Nash
James Fox
Junkyard
Sil Weask Omn Pater
Roy
Babak
Thompson Bros
James Huntey
Farmall Tractor
Roy Simonsy
Poghontas
the Methodist Church
Pocahontas News
Norbert Ahtmann
John Kipp
Clarence Frank
Remsen
Clarence Groff
Ossian
Elfsborg
Harrold Terry
Wichita Falls
Texas
Jessie Terry
Corporal Terry
Sheppard Field
Robert Terry
LaFayette
Minn
Terry
Legionnaires
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Omer B. Fuller
Omer B. Fuller, JR
Eddie J. Aden
Howard Bruce
Feta
Kentucky Mines
Fullerton Lumber Company
HeeHaw News
Lease
Bill
Dorothy
U.S
J.T. Grant & Son
Simon
Vict
Rolf
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