Victory Garden Meetings Promote Home Production
County wide Victory Garden program urges residents to plant and maximize food output this year. Max Naylor and Helen Sage stress planning to provide two fruits and two vegetables per person daily, with demonstrations in canning and guidance on scarce steam pressure cookers.
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American Legion ‘Hall
Palmer
Max O. Naylor
Helen S. Sage
County Home
Gilmore City
Laurens High School
Naval Aviation V-5 program remains open for seniors
Minneapolis officials state the Naval Aviation V-5 cadet program will stay open through June 30. Lt Cmdr G R Macdonald confirms 17 year olds in the upper half of senior class are eligible, including graduates. The program trains pilots to wear Navy wings and serves as navigator gunner radio operator and pilot.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Naval Aviation
Cmdr
G. R. Macdonald
Naval ‘Aviation
Macdonald
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Retailers Must Register With War Price Board
The War Price and Ration board orders every retailer to register between April 1 and April 10 on OPA Form R-1802. Unregistered retailers cannot transfer or acquire processed foods. Forms were sent to all county retailers and those missing a form should contact the local rationing board.
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War Price and Ration Board
Dorothy Behan Wins National 4 H Longtime Record Contest
Dorothy Behan of Sabula aged 18 tops the national 4 H girls long time record contest for 1942. She built 87 household conveniences, sewed 34 garments, cooked family meals, canned 1196 pints and gave 18 talks on 4 H in seven years. She is a freshman home economics student at Town State college and won a trip from Montgomery Ward to the wartime national 4 H congress in Chicago. Also appearing were Pocahontas county winners Mary Margaret Brinkman and Beverly DeWolf. Beryl White was Pocahontas county long time record winner.
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Dorothy Behan
Sabula
Town State College
Ames
Miss Behan
Montgomery Ward & Co
Chicago
Pocahontas County
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Beverly DeWolf
Rolfe
Beryl White
WAVES and SPARS Recruit Drive Drives Iowa Second Nationally
Hawkeye state ranks second nationwide in WAVES and SPARS enlistments as Auxiliary units mobilize with Navy recruiting. Frances M. Perigal urges young women 20 to 86 to learn about service. basic requirements include two years of high school, no children under 18, and medical and aptitude standards. Free uniform valued at 200 dollars. pay starts at 50 dollars monthly and can rise to 126 with allowances. Subistence pay assists WAVES SPARS stationed without living facilities, enabling self-selected housing.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Hawkeye
Cleveland
Ohio
Frances M. Perigal
Wavespar
Cecil Cummings
Legion Auxiliary
Dedicate Flag For Servicemen At Masonic Lodge
The Masonic lodge held Tuesday evening in the hall to dedicate a service flag for members in service. Stars were added by parents for Frank and Robert Larson Donald Stoufe Jerry Graeber Dr Leserman Elmer Peterson DeWayne White W J Brinkman. Reports details on where these men and others are stationed. The program led by Tart Chambers with N A Wilson as master of ceremonies featured Rev Callahan address Rev C R Buckwalter prayer a Danny Boy solo by Franklin Majorowicz and light refreshments. Families of Masons Eastern Stars invited.
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Masonic “Lodge
Masonic Hall
Frank
Robert
Larson
Donald Stoufe
Jerry Graeber
Leserman
Elmer Peterson
DeWayne White
W. J. Brinkman
Tart Chambers
N. A. Wilson
Callahan
Gilmore City
C. R. Buckwalter
Danny Boy
Franklin Majorowicz
The
Masons
Eastern Stars
Jean Graham Initiated in Drake Phi Mu Gamma Chapter
Jean Graham daughter of Dr and Mrs L M Graham has been initiated in the Drake university chapter of Phi Mu Gamma a professional fine arts fraternity in recognition of her achievements and affiliation with the campus sorority progressive honor for her academic and artistic standing within the university community.
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Jean Graham
L. M. Graham
Drake University
Phi Mu Gamma
Pocahontas County Forms Meat Slaughter Committee
The Pocahontas county war board selected a livestock and meat distribution committee led by Max C. Naylor with Harold Hynish Roy Simonson and Mrs S L Dunn. They will issue slaughter permits and set quotas. meetings with dealers and slaughterers run March 26 to March 29 at local banks courthouses and town halls.
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Usda War Boards
Pocahontas
Livestock and Meat Distribution Committee
County Livestock and Meat Distribution Committee
Max O. Naylor
Palmer State Bank
Rolfe State Bank
Courthouse Assembly Room
Laurens State Bank
Fonda
Soth Family Reunion During Captain Soth's Fort Harrison Leave
A Soth family gathering at Mr and Mrs M R Soths home occurred over the weekend as Captain Lauren K Soth on a 10 day leave from Fort Harrison Indiana visited alongside Mrs Lauren K Soth and children Michael and Sara Other relatives attended including Mrs Wim H Wisdom of Omaha and Mrs Max R Soth and son Billy of Milwaukee Lieut Max R Soth was at Aberdeen Proving Ground on special training The captain received transfer orders and returned to Fort Harrison The Soth family will stay in Ames Pending Mrs Wisdom and family traveled to Rolfe and Battle Creek to visit relatives before heading back to Omaha
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M. R. Soth
Lauren K. Soth
Fort Harrison
Ind
Michael
Sara
Wim. H. Wisdom
Omaha
Max R. Soth
Billy
Milwaukee
Wise
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Baltimore
Maryland
Teachers Re-Elected and Board Grants Contracts
The board of education re elected all teachers at its regular meeting. Contracts were issued for those who indicated intent to return. Substantial salary increases were voted to offset higher living costs. Some contracts remained unsigned and final vacancy changes cannot be reported until after April 5.
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Board of Education
Rudolph Dubbert Dies After Bus Run in Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Dubbert, 45, collapsed and died Saturday morning while hurrying to a bus near his Cedar Rapids home. He recently passed a navy physical, and his parents once lived in Laurens with many relatives surviving. His father B. Dubbert was a pioneer music teacher in the region. Rudolph visited friends here last summer.
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Rudolph Dubbert
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Dubbert
Laurens
B. Dubbert
Rolfe
New Business Owner Takes Over Ham's Beer Parlor
LaVern Koster becomes proprietor of Ham's beer parlor with Mrs Koster and two children moving from Gilmore City in April. Lester Richter, former owner, has left to join the army.
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LaVern Koster
Ham
Milford Zeman and Meraim Ripperger Bride in Bradgate Church
Meraim Ripperger and Arthur Zeman wed Thursday March 18 at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church at Bradgate. The ceremony featured Lohengrin march, pink and white decor, and a reception in the church social rooms. The couple will reside on the Zeman family farm near Bradgate after a trip to nearby cities.
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Bradgate
Meraim Ripperger
L. A. Ripperger
Rolfe
Arthur Zeman
Albert Zeman
Milford Zeman
J. Hynds
Leonard Zeman
C. R. Buckwalter
Frances Rippenger
Bradtgate
Elroy Ripperger
Paul Zeman
Sally Thompson
Grace Hertz
Charlene Hyronek
Elaine Peters
IE. C. White
Rey
Des Moines Township High School
Bradgate High School
Sioux City
Omaha
Des Moines
Treat Seeds To Protect Plants In Garden
Gardeners look to treated seeds to stretch supplies this year. County extension director Naylor says thinning is unnecessary with dusted seeds as disinfectant fungicidal coatings guard against soil borne disease until plants establish. Spergon and Semesan provide effective dust treatments with caveats on certain crops. Better results come from overnight standing after treatment. Also notes a Sunday visit by Mr and Mrs T B Torkelson and family of Bode.
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Naylor
Naval machinist mate school graduate Brunman serves Marine aviation
William Jewett Brinkman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brinkman of Rolfe Iowa, recently graduated from the aviation machinist mate school at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. He joined the Marines July 26 1942, trained in San Diego then Jacksonville and is now qualified to repair and maintain airplane engines and likely assigned to a marine aviation detachment.
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U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
William Jewett Brinkman
J. H. Brinkman
Rolfe
Iowa
San Diego
Calif
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Brinkman
Marine Aviation
Rolfe School Drives to Buy Jeeps via War Stamp Sale
Rolfe School participates in a county drive to fund jeep purchases through war stamps and bonds from March 1 to April 19. The current total at the school is 1720.85 with a goal of 1800 in stamps and bonds, and each jeep costs 900.00. If the target is met a recess and a War Department certificate may be awarded.
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Rolfe
U. S. War Department
War Department
Victory Garden Beans Aid Home, War Effort
The article urges growing dried beans at home to supplement meat shortages during wartime. It notes beans like Kentucky Wonder pole beans and Great Northern navy beans fit Iowa and similar climates, instructs planting around June 1, and describes seed sorting by water to remove weevils.
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America
Helen S. Sage
County Home
Towa
Kentucky
Iowa
Great Northen
Renewal of R-1102 and R-1103 approvals extended to six months
Applications for six month renewals of R-1102 and R-1103 for domestic and agricultural uses open April 1 with six month rationing periods. Non heating industrial commercial and government uses remain on three months. Forms available at oil stations and the local rationing board. Sunday guests at the E J Struthers home included Mr and Mrs Gerald Foust and children of Plover Mr and Mrs Leo Shelgren and daughter of Pocahontas and J C Olerich.
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Gerald Foust
Plover
Leo Shelgren
Pocahontas
J. C. Olerich
E. J. Struthers
Rationing of meats fats and oils begins March 29
Official notice from Prentiss M. Brown after Wickard authorization states OPA will start rationing meats edible fats and oils including butter cheeses and canned fish at midnight March 28 with red stamps from War Ration Book Two used from March 29. The plan sets weekly 16 point allotments per book holder and dates for stamp validity through late April.
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Price
Prentiss M. Brown
Secretary of Apericulture
Claude R. Wickard
OPA
Wickard
Louis H. Howe Dies of Cerebral Hemorrhage
Louis H. Howe died Monday at 2 30 p m from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services were held Wednesday at St Margaret s church with pallbearers I M Hart W Tiernan Fr E Wilcox E J Struthers W A Kelly and Lewis Buck. He was buried in St Margaret s cemetery. An obituary will be published next week.
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Louis H. Howe
St. Margaret’s Church
I. M. Hart
W. Tiernan
Fr. E. Wilcox
E. J. Struthers
W.A. Kelly
Lewis Buck
St. Margaet’s
Surgical Dressings Demand Tight April 7 Quotas
A call for 6 000 surgical dressings to be completed by April 7 with expanding quotas. Volunteers are asked to work Mondays 1 30 to 5 pm and Thursdays 7 30 to 10 pm during Lent. Wear a clean wash dress hair net and minimal cosmetics.
Cadet Leo F. Grethen Advances Toward Army Wings
Aviation cadet Leo F. Grethen moves from pre flight training at the San Antonio center to the army air forces primary flying field. He will complete Primary School and earn the silver wings of a pilot when commissioned as an officer.
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Leo F. Grethen
San Antonio
Raymond Holt Returns Home From Mason City Plant Work
Raymond Holt arrived home Tuesday of last week after being employed at the Decker packing plant in Mason City.
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Raymond Holt
Decker Packing Plant
Mason City
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Victory Gardens
Helen Sage
Frances Perigal
County Committee On
Roy Simonson
Bradgate Methodist Church
T. B. Torkelson
Bode
R. EK. Green
Rolfe School
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