Standard Oil Grants War Bond To H F Olerich For Farming Achievements
Henry Olerich, a long time Pocahontas County farmer, received a $25.00 war bond from Standard Oil in recognition of outstanding agricultural work. He runs a 20 acre operation, hones crop output, and specializes in purebred hogs with a 100 head capacity each season. The award, part of Standard Oil's second annual program, was presented by H E Bruce at Rolfe on June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Olerich
Standard Oil Company
Olerich
Pocahontas County
Qlerich
Central West
Everett Mitchell
H. E. Bruce
Mason City
Standard Oil Co
Rolfe
Renewals at Rolfe Bank for Driver Licenses
Mrs Eileen Miller and Miss Lois Rembolt of the county sheriff s office will be at the Rolfe State Bank on Saturday June 26 to issue renewals of drivers licenses. Bank hours 8 am to 5 pm. Bring 1941 1943 license. Renewal to July 1 1946. New licenses require examination at the county seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Miller
Lois Rembolt
Rolfe State Bank
Postmasters Meet in Laurens With A. M. Simonson
A. M. Simonson attended a postmasters meeting at the Laurens post office on Monday evening. Postmasters from Ayrshire Mallard Sioux Rapids Marathon Havelock Fonda Gilmore City Rolfe and Laurens discussed postal matters at a profitable session followed by a luncheon hosted by Laurens postmaster Miss Julia L Hurley.
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A. M. Simonson
Laurens
Ayrshire
Mallard
Sioux Rapids
Marathon
Havelock
Fonda
Gilmore City
Rolfe
Julia L. Hurley
Call For Workers Gets Good Response In Rolfe Dressings
Rolfe and community women again answer the call for surgical dressings, completing 1400 of 5400 needed by July 15. Workrooms reopen Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings for volunteers. Wear wash dresses, a thin white head covering 27 by 22 inches, no nail polish or rings. Four million dressings are needed daily to meet wartime demand.
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Rolfe
Food Panel to Hear Hearings at Pocahontas
The War Price and Rationing Board Food Panel chaired by H. C. Moore plans a new appointment based process for retailers wholesalers and institutional users to discuss supplementary rations and avoid delays. The first meeting is June 28 at 8 00 pm at the rationing board office with future meetings announced in the ration calendar. Appointments by phone or mail must reach the board office by the day before each meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price & Rationing Board
H. C. Moore
Rationing Board
County 4-H Winner to Enter State Contest
Alois Omtvedt of Grant township, daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Omtvedt, is named county better groomed girl after seven year 4-H membership. She attended the 1942 Farm Youth school at Iowa State and is Pocahontas county health champion 1941. She participates in club programs and music and helps with farm labor including the family Victory Garden and tractor work on a 275 acre farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alois Omtvedt
A. R. Omtvedt
Grant Township
Alois
Iowa State College
Pocahontas County
Mrs Clyde Richards Undergoes Appendectomy
Mrs Clyde Richards was taken to Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge Friday evening where she underwent an appendectomy. She is getting along very well and will return home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Richards
Lutheran
Fort Dodge
Janiece Wiegman and Lieut. Stelzer wed in Columbus ceremony
Janiece Wiegman daughter of Mrs. Marie Wiegman of Rolfe married Lt. Robert L. Stelzer son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stelzer of Omaha Neb in a double ring informal ceremony in Columbus Ohio on June 14. The groom in tropical aviation dress and the bride in a white suit wore orchids. Guests included Lt. and Mrs. James Warren and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wilson. The Rev. Do. A. Hunter read the rites at 9 15 p m with a Deshler Wallick hotel wedding dinner following. They plan to be in Rolfe around July first before he begins fly training and return to the west coast for further duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janiece Wiegman
Marie Wiegman
Rolfe
Robert L. Stelzer
W. R. Stelzer
Omaha
Nebi
Columbus
Ohio
William Whitfield Trimball
Monroe
Do. A. Hunter
Boulevard Presbyterian Church
James Warren
Nashville, Tenn
Hubert Wilson
Atlanta
West Coast
Stelzer
Epworth League to Attend Camp Methods Institute
A group from Rolfe and Bradgate Methodist churches will travel Sunday for a week at Camp Methods for the summer institute. Chaperones are Rev. C. R. Buckwalter and Miss Hattie Lehnus. Attendees include Carla Bixler Ann Jones Vera De Vaul Mary Fuller Marilyn Ragan Joan Buckwalter Joan Bixler Christi bel Bregotti Gwendolyn Whitmer Betty DeVaul Richard Johnson Dick Fisher from Rolfe and Paul Zeman Anna Lee Zeman Phyllis Boyden and Phyllis Seaman from Bradgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Rolfe
Bradgate
Camp Methods
C. R. Buckwalter
Dick Fisher
Paul Zeman
Anna Lee Zeman
Phyllis Boyden
Phyllis Seaman
WANTS LETTERS FROM HOME FOR SAILOR
J A Biedermann F C 3/e US Navy Russell arrived from the west coast for a week’s leave. He urged friends and family to write to him, saying nothing is more appreciated than letters from home. Address: J A Biedermann F C 3/c Russell 414 c/o Fleet Postmaster San Francisco Calif.
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J. A. Biedermann
F.C
U.S
Russell
Pacific
Biedermann
Jj. A. Biedermann
c/o
Fleet
San
Francisco
Calif
Grant Resigns City Clerk Post After Two Decades
F E Grant steps down as city clerk effective June 1 after 20 years in service. E P Lomen named the new city clerk to succeed Grant and lead the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E Grant
E. P. Lomen
4-H Ad Selling Campaign Launched in Pocahontas County
Four-H club ad selling committees from both boys and girls clubs met Saturday night June 19 at the REA building to start the 1943 ad selling campaign for the 4-H fair premium book. L. J. Elbert outlined the plan and gave tips to the youthful sales force. Merchants in Pocahontas and nearby towns will be approached between June 19 and July 1 for ad space.
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Pocahontas County
REA
Pocahontas
L. J. Elbert
County Observes Soil Conservation Week
Iowa marks Soil Conservation Week June 21 to 26 to promote farming practices that boost crops while minimizing soil damage. Pocahontas County plans include liming phosphate crop rotation drainage and pasture improvement with a state committee inspection of open ditches on June 29 followed by a public meeting.
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Iowa
Bourke K. Hickenlooper
Max O. Naylor
Pocahontas County
State Soil Conservation Committee
Clyde Spry
Pocahontas
Home on furlough for Virgil Cook and family
Staff Sergeant Virgil Cook and his wife Mrs. Cook arrived in Sweetwater Texas to spend a 14 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Cook. Cook serves in the Medical Department of the 90th Division stationed at Abilene Texas. They left for Texas on Tuesday.
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Virgil Cook
Sweetwater
Texas
Virgil
Walter Cook
Cook
90Th Division
Abilene
Chautauqua Program at Garfield Farm Bureau
The June Chautauqua program at Garfield township Farm Bureau will be at the Earl Ives home on Thursday night June 24 at 9 00 p m LeRoy Nelson is sponsor and E L Quaife district extension labor supervisor will be the speaker
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Farm Bureau
Garfield Township Farm Bureau
Earl Ives
LeRoy Nelson
E. L. Quaife
Complimentary Arrow copies mailed to non subscribers
Through the courtesy of three local businesses a free issue of the Arrow is mailed to non subscribers. Local shops include Super Valu Store Webb's Drug Store and Peterson's Clothes Shop providing the service.
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Super Valu
Webb’s Drug Store
Peterson's Clothes Shop
The
Arrow
Pocahontas High Band to perform July 7
The Pocahontas High School band will perform on July 7 with a patriotic drill by a girls group led by Miss Hattie Lehnus. The event, set by the American Legion, will start at 8 30 p m on main street just south of the main intersection, weather permitting.
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American Legion
Pocahontas High School
Hattie Lehnus
Popular Rolfe Couple Married Monday Morning
Miss Jleene Schonberger wed Leo Diederich at St. Margaret's Catholic church in Rolfe in a single ring ceremony led by Rev. D. A. Tewell. The couple, attended by John Diederich and Mrs. Julius Stevenson, planned a farm home near Sioux Rapids after a brief honeymoon.
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St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
Jleene Schonberger
Leo Diederich
D. A. Tewell
Frank Shimon
Panis Angelicus
Francis Hood
Paul Amick
John Diederich
Julius Stevenson
SE. Claude White, Jr
Bonita Philp
George Schonberger
Rolfe
Gertie Redman
Sioux Rapids
Diederich
Rolfe High School
Super Vlau
80 Year Old Battles Whooping Cough Again
B F Ritters, 80, contracted whooping cough for the second time in a month and has been sick three weeks losing about 20 pounds. He notes immunity is not assured and rejects the idea that age alters the seriousness of the disease.
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B. F. Rittgers
Mr. Rutgers
Marine recruit Call for Roger DeWolf at Notre Dame
Roger DeWolf, who enlisted in the U S marines last fall, has received his call to report July 1 at South Bend Indiana for training at Notre Dame university. He recently completed two years at Iowa State college in Ames.
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Roger DeWolf
U. S
South Bend
Indiana
Notre Dame University
Roger
Iowa State College
Ames
Missing in Action Brisk Brinkman of Pocahontas
Lieut. William F. Brinkman son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Brinkman has been missing in action since June 11. He trained as a bomber pilot and earned his wings at Kelly Field in 1942, later commissioned as first lieutenant in 1948. The family reported his status from War Department telegrams and a June 10 letter from overseas.
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Pocahontas
William F. Brinkman
W. F. Brinkman
War Department
Brinkman
U. S. Army Air Force
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
England
Garfield Hustlers Hold Annual Club Tour
The Garfield Hustlers 4-H club conducted its annual local club tour on Tuesday afternoon June 15. Stops included Virgil Rickless Sylvester Pease Stan ley Whitmore and others with A A Brinkman leading. Projects viewed included 3 purebred litters 2 market litters 1 purebred heifer 9 baby beeves 1 lamb and 6 dairy heifers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Hustlers
Virgil Rickless
Sylvester Pease
Stanley Whitmore
Virgil
Glen
John Shelgren
Richard Johnson
Bob Fisher
Phillips Brinkman
A. A. Brinkman
Answers Critic of Farm Bureau in Des Moines Register
B W Lathrop Pocahontas County Farm Bureau president writes to defend the Iowa Farm Bureau against Farmers Union claims of attempting to seize AAA control in northwest Iowa. He says Van Vleet's charges are false, Storm Lake meeting aimed at smoothing imagined rifts, and praises Johnson's restraint. Lathrop notes 10 years as AAA chair and current county bureau president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
B. W. Lathrop
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
AAA
Iowa
Donald van Vleet
Farmers Union
Iowa Farm Bureau
Francis Johnson
VanVleet
Storm Lake
Johnson
Havelock
Towa
Wixon resigns as Bradgate superintendent
Wixon, superintendent of the Bradgate consolidated school, tendered his resignation after a board of education interview on Saturday. He has served as superintendent for four years. Also noted is a piano recital by Amy Ireland with pupils performing Sunday at 3 15 p.m. in the parlors of the McIntire Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wixon
Bradgate Consolidated School
Board of Education
Amy Ireland
McIntire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Oil
H.F. Olerich
Rolfe Bank
Ration Board
Ureng
Beverly DeWolf
Dorothy Sehlensig
Alice Lathree
Lorraine Wenell
Edith Barker
Jane Clementa
U. S. Army
Australia
Robert Stelzer
Columbus, Ohio
Grant
Pocahontas H.S
Schonberger-Diederich
St. Margaret’s Church
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