Society Shower Honors Miss Frances Ripperger
A May 21 miscellaneous shower at the Lehnus home honored Miss Frances Ripperger with a program of duets, solos, a skit, and a poetry reading. About 60 guests enjoyed a tray luncheon as hostesses named include Mrs. Lawman and Mrs. Lehnus among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Boyce
John Lawman
Chet Carpenter
Glen Carpenter
Bert Osking
Art Zeman
William Fisher
Shirley
William Sennett
Evelyn Westerlund
Wesley Lehaus
Loren Pease
Hattie
Pearl Lehnus
Dorothy Schaefer
Finood Clerich
Ethel Peterson
Ruth Wilson
Lorraine Bock
M. D. Anderson
Ivan Maurer
John Cassiday
J. H. Brinkman
Schafer
American Home study club bids farewell for year
The American Home study club met May 21 at Mrs. J. Davidson's home for the last meeting. The program included War Time Music by Mrs. Lena Vaughn, The Seeing Eye Dogs by Mrs. J. C. Hosier, and The Americanization of an American read by Mrs. J. Gunderson. Mrs. Harold Carlson attended as a guest. A two course lunch was served by hostesses Mrs. C. Grant Mrs. A. A. Pirkins and Mrs. L. Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Home Study Club
J. Davidson
Lena Vaughn
J. C. Hosier
C. Grant
A. A. Pirkins
L. Davidson
Rolfe High School Senior Class Plans July 4 Meeting
A 6 30 dinner for Rolfe high school seniors at Florence Faux home May 21 featured yellow and green decor and class color streamers. After photos, the group signed a contract to reconvene July 4 1953 at the Rolfe schoolhouse and later attended the final school dance.
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Rolfe High School
Florence Faux
Rolfe
Trinity Lutheran Service Schedule and Activities
Trinity Lutheran church announces 9 30 a m worship with theme Love Sacrifice and Service from John 15 12 14 10 30 a m Sunday school catechism class Saturday 1 45 p m junior choir 3 00 p m Ladies Aid at the parsonage hosted by Mrs J O Wangberg and Miss Martha Lutheran World Action envelopes requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
J. O. Wangberg
Martha
Lutheran World Action
Nain Lutheran Church Announces Confirmation Class
Emery L Petersen pastor leads confirmation class Saturday May 29 at 2 30 in the parsonage followed by Sunday school at 10 15 and morning worship at 11 00 at Nain Lutheran Church.
Methodist Church Announces Vacation Bible School and Services
Rev. C. R. Buckwalter guides Sunday school at 10 15 a m with registration slips for vacation Bible school. Morning worship at 11 15 a m for Memorial Sunday. Epworth League at 6 30 p m. W S C S missions meet Wednesday June 2 with Mrs Nelson Lathrop and Gunderson. Bible school begins Monday at 9 a m.
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Vacation Bible School
Epworth League
Missions Division
W.S.C.S
J. C. Nelson
Presbyterian Church Service and Activities Schedule
W F Schneck is pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday at 8 30 p.m. Daily vacation Bible school begins Monday at 9 a.m.
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Christian Endeavor
Card of Thanks for Sympathy in Bereavement
Mrs. Nellie Bendixen and family thank those who expressed sympathy in beautiful and practical ways during their recent bereavement. Signed by Mrs. Nellie Bendixen and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bendixen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Olberding.
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Nellie Bendixen
Clarence Bendixen
Arthur Hanson
M. B. Olberding
Donation of Wheelchair Strengthens Red Cross Notes
Ruth Martin of Oak Park, HL, donated her mother's wheelchair to the Home Nursing Closet for community use. The device is expected to aid accident cases and can be requested by calling Mrs. Marie Wiegman. Thanks are extended to Mrs. Sargent and Mrs. Martin for the gift. Mrs. L. S. Sargent, former owner of the Fremont hotel building, has sold it to C. J. Moen, with Esther Ragan handling the disposition of the effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Martin
Oak Park
Marie Wiegman
Sargent
Martin
L. S. Sargent
Fremont Hotel
C. J. Moen
Esther Ragan
Audrey Peers Featured Guest at Bonet ta Bunt
Audrey Peers appeared as a guest at Bonet ta Bunt on Saturday night, drawing local interest and social excitement. The event showcased Peers among residents and community members gathered for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Peers
Advises Watching for Spoiled Canned Foods
County extension home economist Mrs. Helen S. Sage outlines eight spoilage signs including poor seals bulged lids and murky liquid. She urges destroying spoiled foods by draining and burning and stresses proper canning and freezing practices during demonstrations in Varina Fonda Laurens Pocahontas Palmer Havelock towns in early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen S. Sage
County Extension Home Economist
Varina School
Fonda High School
Laurens High School
REA Cooperative Building
Pocahontas
Palmer Legion Hall
Havelock High School
Rally Day planned by Pocahontas County 4-H Girls Committee
The Pocahontas county 4-H girls committee schedules Rally Day for June 15 to mobilize every girl for the Food for Victory program. Plans include an inspirational revue Four-H Builds for Victory and the election and installation of county club officers. An honorary member will be inducted, with past honorees listed, and the county better groomed girl contest advances with two girls from each club. Edith Barker will attend as guest. A committee meeting set for Friday evening May 28 will finalize details.
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Pocahontas County
J. E. DeWolf
A. R. Omtvedt
Johnnie Peters
Beryl White
DeWolf
Walter Higgins
B. W. Lathrop
Helen S. Sage
Arthur Vaughn
O. E. Pattee
Louis Elbert
H. D. Brinkman
A. A. Brinkman
Charles E. Watts
Lucile White
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Garfield Go-Getters
National Club Congress
Chicago
Edith Barker
Commencement Honors At Iowa State Teachers College
More than 200 students received diplomas and certificates at the Iowa State Teachers College commencement in Cedar Falls on Sunday afternoon May 23. Miss Roberta Kennedy earned a bachelor of arts and Miss Mary Graves received the two year elementary diploma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Kennedy
Mary Graves
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss Kennedy
Miss Graves
Dr Zimmerer To Talk At Pocahontas Nursing Meeting
The Pocahontas county nursing council schedules a Thursday June 8 gathering at 2:00 pm in the Rialto theater Pocahontas. Dr KE G Zimmerer MD director division of Cancer Control state department of health will discuss Cancer and Its Control. Time for questions will follow. Everyone is invited.
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Zimmerer
Pocahontas County
Garfield Farm Bureau May Meeting Advised
Garfield township Farm Bureau sets its May meeting at A. A. Brinkman home on Thursday night May 27 at 9 00 PM. 4 H girls ask attendees to bring scrap material such as silk hose razor blades jar rubbers tin cans and similar items. Speaker arrangements not finalized but expected by meeting night.
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Garfield
Township
A. A. Brinkman
Iowa Marriage Decline Reflects Premarital Law Exodus
Iowa marriage totals fell 45 percent in 1942 to 18 112 from 25 936 in 1941 with divorces dropping to 4 797 from 5 098. Officials attribute the drop to spouses leaving Iowa to avoid premarital exam requirements, as neighboring states Missouri and Nebraska pass matching or stricter laws and blood tests.
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Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Smother Crops Suggested To Combat Noxious Weeds
Iowa farmers may curb bindweed quack grass and Canada thistles by using soybeans as a smother crop over a multi year program. Cher okee Weed Laboratory experiments support the method with spring plowing mid June reseeding and annual cropping until weeds are eradicated. Naylor notes sorghum sudan millet as alternatives and warns against contact with fences to protect galvanizing. Dr and Mrs G I Noe and Jim along with the Troy Day and DeVaul families visited in Sheldon.
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Iowa
Cherokee Weed Laboratory
Max C. Naylor
Naylor
Up and Coming 4 H Club Meeting Highlights
The Up and Coming 4 H club met May 21 at Vera Jolliffe home with 15 members present. Marilyn Lathrop spoke on shoes, Lila Daniels on the flag, and Alice Lathrop on winter garment storage. Lila Daniels won best groomed girl, Alice Lathrop second. meeting closed with The Star Spangled Banner and lunch served.
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Vera Jolliffe
Marilyn Lathrop
Lila Daniels
Alice Lathrop
Willard George Reported Burn Injury on Hospital Ship
Mr and Mrs Lyman George were informed their son Willard George M.M.C.C. suffered second degree burns on both hands in an accident aboard a ship. The message from a friend says he is now on a hospital ship after formerly serving on a destroyer.
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Willard George
Lyman George
M.M.C.C
Willard
Captives in Manila Expose Harsh Conditions for American POWs
Compare your troubles with what is happening to Americans in Manila. Over 3,000 captives of the Japs live in crowded barracks with poor food medicine and sanitation, forced to broadcast pleasant lies about their misery. Revealing article by Jamez R. Young in The American Weekly.
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Manilla
Manila
Jamez R. Young
Chivoga Herald-American
Rulings on Farm Slaughtering and Meat Point Rules
Government guidance clarifies when farmers need slaughter permits and points for meat transfers. Farmers may slaughter for family use without a permit, but employing a hired man who receives meat requires a permit for the farmer and grading for traded meat. Points must be reported on QPA form 1609 at the county OPA office with weekly grading at a Pocahontas county locker plant under the Food Distribution Act.
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OPA
QPA
Pocahontas County
Washington Letter Emphasizes Common Good Foundations
E P Chase notes America rests on ordinary citizens who sustain war effort and peacetime life. He praises the majority for their freedom to speak, vote, and worship, calling them the backbone of national greatness and a core to preserve.
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E. P. Chase
Washington
America
Slaughter Permits and Point Charts in Pocahontas County
A notice explains using OPA wholesale or retail price charts for meat sales. It notes charts are available at Flocker Place and that slaughter permits and point information may be obtained at the Pocahontas County Farm Bureau office.
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Hantas County
OPA
Pocahontas County
Shippers gain power on rough boards price rise
A note says shippers may raise rough board prices by up to 3.50 per thousand while retailers must hold prices. The piece quips about helping the little man and mentions absorbing the difference if goods continue. A tongue in cheek line touts Lifetime Red Cedar Shingles for a durable 30 year roof.
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Wdriher
Lamb on Rigsby Farm Shows Strong Start to Season
A lamb born at the Rigsby brothers farm near Keosauqua weighed 184 pounds at birth, far above the 8 pound average, signaling a very strong start to the season.
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Rigsby Brothers
Keosauqua
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Blythe
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Earl Day
Gilmore City
Glenn Davis
Janet
Whittier
California
Harry Pisel
R. N. Day
Gilmore
G. I. Noe
Sheldon
N. Ember Day
Spencer
Flossie DeVaul
Pine Room
Fay Wax
Donald Carlton
Gerald O'Donnell
Albert Jensen
Tene Schonberger
Miss Schaefer
Tuncheon
Temorosis Club
Telmer Sime
R. G. Alunter
Orvan Olerich
Shirley Thornton
L. M. Graham
Wendell Willkie
John Gunderson
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F. E. Grant
Forrest
J. T. Grant
Hame
Forrest Grant and
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J. R. Grant
George Watt
Barry and
Rita
Jefferson
Peo
P.E
R. G. Hunter
B. A. Peterson
Sisterhood
Davenport
Frances
Beryl
Alvin
Jimmy
Junior Smith
Mary Isabelle Chambers
Beverly DeWolf
Joan Graves
Marilynn Barrett
Mr. Anderson
Mrs. L. Davidson
Florence
Gertie Kerns
Needle and Thread Club
Viola Auten
Marcella Krischell
Friendly Circle
George Roush
Will Hendricks
Trinity Aid
Trinity Lutheran Aid Society
E. P. Lomen
Arnold Wold
W.H.F
Mason City
Wangberg
Evelyn Thompson
Lois Johnson
Wold
Trinity Lutheran
the Methodist Church
C. R. Buckwalter
Red
Farm Bureau
Jim
Troy Day
District Court of
State of Town
Milton R. Fisher
A. D
A. V. Graeber
Rolfe Arrow
Wes
Havelock
Haskell Boles
Ohio
Rutgers
James Hunt
Pocahontas Rendering
Eddie J. Aden
Howard Bruce
Aroersk
Kentucky
Groer
Fullerton Lumber Company
HeeHaw News
O. K
Churchill
Lewis
Mayelower
J.T. Grant & Son
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