Bradgate Baccalaureate Service Highlights May 12
The Bradgate baccalaureate was held at the Methodist church Sunday evening May 12. The program included processional with Mrs. Milford Zeman, recitations by Rev. George Pallesen Hum boldt hymns and scripture by Rev. Pallesen, musical numbers by the high school chorus, a sermon by Rev. Pallesen, and benediction with Rev. Pallesen.
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Methodist Church
Milford Zeman
George Pallesen
Humboldt
Pallesen
Jesus
Visitors and family notes fill Fort Dodge area social page
Local social column records visits and travels across Fort Dodge and surrounding towns. Mentions Ephraim Johnson returning from Iowa City for treatment, wedding trip post en route to Route 8 Fort Dodge, and numerous family gatherings in Gilmore, Ware, Spencer, and Des Moines.
Community Notes From Sac City and Nearby Visits
Sac City residents hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Glenn Beam and children. Lloyd Philips of Dakota City stopped by in the afternoon. Mrs Floyd Henderson of Waterloo visited the Albert Hemerson home over the weekend.
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Sac City
Glenn Beam
Lloyd Philips
Dakota City
Floyd Henderson
Waterloo
Albert Hemerson
Family reunion marks homecoming for Ives clan
The Ives family gathered for Mother's Day at Freeman's Cafe. Earl and Mrs Ives hosted their children Rollin Elwyn and Ruth recently discharged from service along with Morris a senior at Iowa State. Forrest was the first to depart overseas and is now home?
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Earl Ives
Forrest
Rollin
Elwyn
Ruth
Morris
Iowa State College
Freeman’s Cafe
James McIntire Returns From Navy Service
James McIntire came home Friday after discharge from the Navy where he served two years and eight months as pharmacist mate third class on the USS Springfield. He visited China Japan and other Pacific areas from September 1945 to January 1946 and has been at a California base since. He will work as an apprentice at the McIntire Funeral Home.
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James McIntire
California
Navy
Springfield
China
Japan
Pacific
McIntire
Weekly School Activities and Social Visit Roundup
The week features P T A meeting a school exhibit and eighth grade exercises on Monday, senior class night Tuesday, commencement Thursday with Rev. Knudson of Gilmore City, and a Friday school picnic and sports. Social visits include Mrs W M Gehrt hosting the Friendly Circle, plus guests at several local homes from Rockford to Fort Dodge and beyond.
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Rev
Knudson
Gilmore City
Veishea Weekend Delegations Visit Ames and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Piri Riches and Mrs Victor Shimon spent the week end in Ames with their sons Alvin Riches and Don F Shimon to attend Veishea. They were joined by Mrs Don Shirk who then went to Des Moines to stay with her husband. Out of town guests at the Tylor Shekey wedding included Mr and Mrs Junkman and family, Mr and Mrs Henry Gerdes and family of Fonda and others from Manson Gilmore City Bradgate and Eldora. Additional Kobers and guests dined with Mr and Mrs Henry Kober and included Edouard Kober Emmetsburg Paul Biederman and Paul Jr. and James McIntire and Rose Tutt.
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Tuesa
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J. C. Brogotti
Fort
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Grove and
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Mrr
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Peahontas
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Ware
We Kauffman
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Manson
Ann Jones
Clarence Sroufe
Gilmore
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George Seipel
Martin Christensen
McIntire Ambulance
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
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Clear Lake
J. E. Hynds
Hicks
First Christian Church
Katherine Miller
Dan Zimmerman
Indianapolis
Ind
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Leone Chapman
Chapman
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Jack
Oscar Freel
C. M. Patterson
Azra Shaw
Alvin Freel
Mayme O’donnell
Spencer
Myrtle Stiner
James Coulson
Fred Wagaman
Des Moines
Joe Lehman
Mather
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Ellen Mather
Will Mather
Swea City
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Garry
Kanawha
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Sha Simonson
Hele
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Math
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Ernest Vaughn
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Marie Munson
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Oosberg
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Arnold Wold
J. W. Alftine
Gowrie
Joe Taylor
Harvey Anderson
Harold Peterson
Gilmore City
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LeRoy Miller
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Boone
Ossie Solem
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Victor Shimon
Ames
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Veishea
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Tylor-Shekey
Junkman
Henry Gerdes
Edouard Kober
Emmetsburg
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Paul
James McIntire
Rose Tutt
Pocahontas Auxiliary Meeting Set for May in Fonda
The Pocahontas county meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held in Fonda on Tuesday afternoon May 21 at 2 00 p.m.
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Pocahontas County
American Legion Auxiliary
Fonda
Federated Clubs Hold Annual Meeting in Pocahontas County
Mrs Alta Hewlett presided as county chair at the federated clubs annual meeting in Pocahontas County held Wednesday May 15 at Plover with Learn A Little study club as hostess.
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Alta Hewlett
Federated Clubs
Pocahontas County
Plover
Learn A Little Study Club
Residents Complain of Bad Water Taste in Eagle Grove
Residents of Eagle Grove complained of a terrible water taste after the city water treatment plant was temporarily out of service. The city used raw water during the outage, yielding a taste residents described as unpleasant and similar to pre treatment water.
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Eagle Grove
Farm retiree Ben Trabering killed in tractor accident
Ben Trabering of Austinville, recently back helping his brother in law, was thrown from a tractor and died. In Redfield, Gene Berry sustained only minor injuries when a tractor rolled over twice.
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Ben Trabering
Austinville
Redfield
Gene Berry
Live and Learn at Whittemore Apple Pie Surprise
A Whittemore housewife simmered dried apples in water then baked them in a pie. She checked later to see the pie rose about five inches high and kept rising, leaving her surprised by the unexpected puff.
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Whittemore
The Story That Made a Newspaper
Paul Gallico narrates how courage and daring reporting transformed a weak paper into a strong community force. The first chapter appears in The American Weekly distributed with next week’s Chicago Sunday Herald American.
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Paul Gallico
American Weekly
Chicago Sunday Herald-American
Mrs Puff Sells Coffee Shop to Stan Brock for Reopening
Mrs Marie Puff sold her coffee shop to Stanley Brock last week. He plans kitchen upgrades before opening as Stan's Snack Shop with improvements intended to boost operation and attract customers.
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Marie Puff
Stanley Brock
Stan
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