Community notices of visits, gatherings and events
Numerous short items describe visitors moving through Iowa and Wisconsin areas, church and club activities, anniversaries and birthdays, graduations, and family travel. People include Bruner, Higgins, Forsythe, Wilson, DuBois, Krause, Mullins, Sticken, and others. places include Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Prairie City, Estherville, Fort Dodge, and Madison. events cover weddings, dinners, chicken suppers, showers, duck hunts, graduations, and hospital plans.
Birthday for nine year old Keith Thurman at home
Mrs. Alva Thurman entertained a group of children on Saturday afternoon for Keith Thurman as he turned nine on Sunday. Keith received many gifts and lunch was served by Mrs. Thurman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iKim
Bruner
Kathryn
Med
Fred Forsythe
Fred McKim
J. Me Y
McKim
Numf
Dick Bush
Taine Henderson
J. Henderson
Blairsburg
Wilson
Rochester
Minn
Tommie Wilson
Hontas
W. L. Wilome
Bill Krause
Alva Thurman
Keith
Plover Church Announces October Youth Rally and Services
Plover Methodist Church led by Rev L D Boyer announces regular Sunday services Next Sunday. Laurens sub district Youth Fellowship rally for intermediates scheduled here on second Sunday in October. World Wide Communion Sunday on October 7. Youth Fellowship for both groups at six o clock.
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Plover
Plover Presbyterian Church Announces Sunday Activities
G F Butler pastor leads Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 11 15 am. Rally day program scheduled for this Sunday with choir practice Thursday at 8 pm. World Wide Communion observed in the morning with an evening meeting at 7 o clock on October 7.
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Plover Presbyterian Church
G. F. Butler
World Wide Communion
Bradgate News Lodge and Community Activities Report
The Bradgate Rebekah lodge met with N.G. Mrs. Maxine Pedersen as part of a meeting agenda. Entertainment was led by Lucile Jinkman and Caroline Madsen. lunch served by Mrs. Will Cran and Mrs. Thelma Ham. Roy Burris and Dale Burris arrived from Fort Riley and Camp Cook to visit family. Lutheran Ladies Aid planned a bazaar for October 12 with prayers, scripture reading, and stories. Guests from Whittemore and Rolfe attended. "Lucky 13" hosted by Mrs. Aitman featured 5000 games and district tournament prep. Bradgate boys lost 0-1 to Whittemore. high school students assisted at a Gilmore City game. Gene Madsen and Lee Burris prepared for Lincoln trips. Mrs. Al Seaquist traveled to Clarion seeking housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradgate Rebekah
Maxine Pedersen
N.G
McCreary
Lucile Jinkman
Caroline Madsen
Will Cran
Thelma Ham
Lutheran Aid
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Willie Pedersen
Dorothy Isacson
A. C. Johnson
Beulah Benjamin
Jesus
Millie Jacobson
W.M.S
Atlantic
Laura Pedersen
Esther Christensen
Helen Larsen
Sterling Simonson
Hida Simonson
Whittemore
Chris Pedersen
Dorothy Pedersen
Baby
Rolfe
Leonard Holden
Aitman
Barker
Dorothy, Brent
Plover
Harriet Olson
Harry Pedersen
Mike Gehrt
Magnus Larsen
George Wolcott
West Bend
Bradgate Boys
Whittemore Boys
Lowell Jennings
Gilmore City
Gene Madsen
Lee Burris
McComb
Lincoln
Near
al Seaquist
Clarion
I. D. MecVicker
Olaf Halsrud
Maurice Halsrud
Galdys Haug
Bode
Richard Seaman
Fort Dodge
Egan Kjeer
Ottosen
Thos
Kjeer
Oliver Lee
Terry
Maple Lawn
Albert Helle
Carlisle Halsrud
Merle Halsrud
Oswald Halsrud
Humboldt
Billie Marchant
Louis Shelgren
Ivan G. Wolcott
Duane Jolliffe
Bessie Briggs
Mallard
Hans
Near Humboldt
Mike Gregersen
John Jacobsen
Thos, Kjeer
Birthday Dinner Honors Marjorie Ann Curry at 12th Birthday
Mrs. George Curry hosted a birthday dinner for daughter Marjorie Ann who turned 12, with Betty Doerning Dana Beam Helen Andersen among guests, then they attended a theatre together. Several local families traveled, visited hospitals, and joined in weekend gatherings across Ottosen Humboldt and nearby towns.
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George Curry
Betty Doerning
Dana Beam
Helen Andersen
Marjorie Ann
Veterans questions answered on apprenticeship and benefits
An NBC Washington Bureau veterans column explains apprenticeship safeguards for returning service men and details on GI Bill of Rights benefits. It covers eligibility, discharge types, retirement rules, domiciliary care with education, job seniority rights, disabled veterans placement, and GI loan guarantees totaling 10,441 loans worth 17.24 million through June 1945.
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Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
WMC
Veterans Administration
War Department
Veterans Hospital
Selective Service Act
Selective Service System
The
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
the Veterans Administration
Falls From Swing Injures 21-Year-Old at Picnic
Vivian Koenigs, 21, is hospitalized with cuts and bruises after falling from a swing mounted high on main street during a McIntire picnic celebration. She landed beneath a parked car bumper, sustaining injuries.
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Vivian Koenigs
Mason City
McIntire
Sunflower in Cresco Reaches Record Heights
A. J. Evans of Cresco reports a sunflower stalk in his yard growing over 12 feet tall with more than 100 blossoms this year. The remarkable plant draws attention from neighbors and passersby.
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A. J. Evans
Cresco
Direct life insurance benefits rise for American families
Direct benefits paid by American life insurance companies are running 20 percent higher than pre war 1941 levels. If sustained, total benefits this year will exceed pre war by nearly 400 million dollars.
Americans Invested Billions in Life Insurance Since Pearl Harbor
Seventy million Americans have put more than 16 billion dollars into life insurance since Pearl Harbor, the Institute of Life Insurance reports. The funds are described as anti inflationary, effectively withdrawn from the competitive market.
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Pearl Harbor
Institute of Life Insurance
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Lover News
Pacaday
Beatrice’ Bruner
Mininn
Naval Base
Max Higgins
Chicame
O. C
Higgins
Navy
New York City
Chicago
Grace
Harry Erickson
E. W. Pirfeid
Donald
Meredith
Forsythe
S.K
San Francisco
Calif
iFeany
Onue
Loren Hubbell
Don Hub
And
Hubbell
Guy Barker
R. A. Grigsby
O’neall Cafe
Howard Pollock
Peli Ames
W. J. Pollock
Louis Wilson
Lawrence Hilton
Wisconsin
Madison
Louis, Jr
Naval Radio
Louis Wilson, Jr
Great Lakes
Clifford Wilson
Crawford
Hal McKim
Doris Mcevelyn Baade
Geraldine Son
McKim Yevada
Lawrence Heathman Jry
Melvin On
Steven of
Fred Meome
R. IE. DuBois
Florence Hanna
Candace DuBois
R. P. DuBois
W. H. Cassell
Mrs. Sion
Willforkers
Don
Presbyterian Church
Prentice Shaw
Tim Pamela
Harold Ferry
Les
Albert Alborn
Herman Rubels
Ted Ozenberger
Laurens
Glen Forsythe
Ferry
Ruthven
Charles Lehnus
Gwendolyn
Jake Rutgers
Minnie Jarvis
Merwin Mullins
Emma Hanisch
Elmer Hanisch
Havelock
Clarence Otto
Ted Hartley
Palmer
R. EB. Houck
Columbus
Gallipolis
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Capt
Gary
Houck
Faye Pirie
Lola
Marion Pirie
Sioux City
Morningside College
Willing Workers Society of the Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
N. J. Meurer
Sterling
Jean Ann
J. T. Meurer
Wesley
Floyd Ferguson
L. W. Crouch
Williams
Orville Nicol
Graettinger
Harold Brechler
Bill Spannier
Sandra
R. E. DuBois
Jack
Frank Krause
Renwick
Evelyn Sunde
Estherville
Clarence Sroufe
Gail Rice
W. H. Sroufe
Marvin Sroufe
Jim Crown
B. B. Fry
Roy Henderson
Belmond
John Henderson
Iowa City
Albert McFadden
Prairie City
Hazel Sharp
Ill
Raymond Wolfe
Ted Sticken
William Krause
Jessie Fitzgerald
Bert Riggs
C. F. Dixon
Vinnie Strong
Armstrong
L. D. Boyer
Webb
Joe Koster
John Howard
I. E. Broadwell
Koster
Edwin Grove
Victoria
Texas
J. E. Grove
Joe Arnold
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Lister
Wilcox
Bradgate News
Roy Burris
Fort Riley
Kansas
Sgt
Dale Burris
Camp Cook
Lee
James
Federal Committee On
Management
Labor Unions
U. S. Department of Labor
U. S. Office of Education
Federal Security Agency
Apprentice-Training Service
Iowa
Kentucky
Fullerton Lumber Co
T. M. Gallagher, Mer
Climax Mill & Feed CO
DR. Hess
Webb’s Drug Store
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