Pent-up civic notices fill Pocahontas column
Ladies from Pocahontas Methodist Missionary Society entertained the Rolfe Missionary Society with a Thursday afternoon program at the Pocahontas church. Attendees included Mesdames Jones, Rogers, Brown, Mac Vey, Ragan, Smith, Marine, Grant, Reid, and Miss Snyder. A play In His Name was performed and praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Society
Rolfe Missionary: Society
Mesdames T. D. ‘Jones
L. ‘A. “Rogers
Iva Brown
Prank’ MacVey
Esther Ragan
J. M. Smith
Geo. Smith
Emma Day
George Marine
R. C. Grant
Oda
Presbyterian Society
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Nain
Trinity
C. E. Boyce
H. A. Sinning
C. B. Bowen
Jeanette Hauck
Northwest Iowa conference session at Webster City ends week
The Northwest Iowa conference meets in Webster City adjourning next Monday. Rev W H Lease and wife attend with Alta Hewlett as lay representative. No mid week worship. choir meets Thursday. Sunday school holds next Sunday. no morning or evening services. Central aim to maintain attendance and support finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
W. H. Lease
Northwest Iowa
Webster City
Alta Hewlett
World Wide Communion at Presbyterian Church
Rev H A Sinning invites members to attend World Wide Communion services at ten o clock next Sunday. The church urges participation in global communion as part of the service. The session will meet at 9 45 to receive any who wish to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
H. A. Sinning
Church announces new year of Sunday school and baptisms
The church invites parents to inform the minister if they wish to have their children baptized. Sunday school begins at 11 10 with new lessons and all ages urged to attend. Promoted students meet in their new classes while the Sunday school workers conference is set for 7 30 next Sunday. The Christian Endeavor society installs new officers at 6 45 with all young people asked to arrive early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anize
Christian Endeavor Society
Calves Sell High At Stockyards Prices Reach One Dollar
Calves brought 94 to 104 cents per pound at the stockyards while Garfield calves sold for 11 to 12 cents. John Stettler and Dick Martin escaped serious injury after a Tuesday night wreck north of Fort Dodge as their car skidded rolled over and nearly demolished. Martin was thrown from the vehicle but Stettler stayed at the wheel until it stopped with only bruises and minor cuts reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stettler
Martin
Fort Dodge
Stettler
Trinity Lutheran seeks Christian mobilization amid world conflict
The article reports church activities at Trinity Lutheran with Pastor J. O. Wangberg and details for Sunday services, Saturday catechism, and Ladies' Aid meeting. It also covers rural project sessions on nutrition and food topics, tea events, demonstrations, music studies, and local Farm Bureau planning in Garfield Powhatan Des Moines townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangbérg
Ladies’ Aid Society
T. Q. Lowry
Des Moines
Garfield
Powhatan
Miss Colgan
August Brinkman
International Country Women's Forum
Neal
J. H. Pollock
Plover
Farm Bureau
Garfield Go-Getters Picnic Draws Members and Guests
The Garfield Go-Getters held a September 23 regular meeting with guests Sally Thompson Shirley Fisher and Wilda Kilbourn from the Des Moines Merry Mixers. Roll call featured tree identification tips and a tree hike led by Beryl White. Lorene George led a ball game and a picnic lunch followed. The next meeting is set for October 14 at Mary Isabelle Chambers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oda Reid
Garsfield Go-Getters
Sally Thompson
Shirley Fisher
Wilda Kilbourn
Des Moines
Merry Mixers
Beryl White
Beverly DeWolf
Lorene George
Bertha Ellen George
Phyllis DeWolf
Melba Ader
Dorothy Jones
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Jas. DeWolf
Lucile White
Mary Lee Nelson
LeRoy Nelson
Arlo Ives
Mary Isabelle Chambers
Dixon Truck Damaged in Morning Crash
A Dixon pickup suffered heavy front end damage after sliding on wet gravel and hitting a tree near the Presbyterian church. Driver Keith Spiker lost control during the Tuesday morning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Presbyterian Church
Keith Spiker
Grant Family Revisit Ties to Manning Boyhood Roots
Mr. and Mrs. J T Grant and Mr. and Mrs F E Grant with Beverly toured Manning and Audubon on Sunday. They visited the old home part built in 1875 by Fathers, and the Manning cemetery where the parents of the late C A Grant are buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Grant
F. E. Grant
Beverly
Manning
Audubon
Grant
C. A. Grant
Water Conservation Spreads Through AAA Programs
In 1938 ranchers built over one million feet of spreader terraces under the AAA program to conserve water on range lands. The 1940 AAA program adds a special water conservation practice to develop seeps and springs by excavation in arid and semiarid areas nationwide.
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AAA
Coal shipments rise while shortages appear in new era
The article notes coal shipments are 25 thousand cars per week higher than last year but coal car shortages show and shipments slow. It praises Bob Beckord for a modern hatchery on North Main and urges attic insulation to cut fuel use. It highlights widespread automatic coal stokers and suggests closing in back porches to save fuel and gain space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Beckord
Fuller Building
North Main Street
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Trinity Lutheran Sids
Hoveland
Richard Hoveland
Earl Chambers
Madagascar
Helen Thompson
J. C. Wangberg
T. O. Lowry
New Music Club
Anita Miller
Miller
Dorothy Joens
Ida Jane Roberts
Ruth Roberts
Walter Heald
Arle
Ives
C.J. Club
C. J. ‘Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Dora Simonson
T. D. Jones
Presbyterian A. Y. P
Arco Ives
J. T. Grant
Humboldt
A. V. Graeber
Coca-cola Company
H. D. Brinkman
E. A. Messenger
Fred Nelson
Frank King
L. R. Davidson
Grace Ross
Maude Ives
Fullerton Lbr. CO
Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe
Iowa
Europe
Jesus
Homemakers’ Tea
Garfield Go-Getters
Roy
Rogers
George Hay
Wall
Joan’ Howard
Gail Pali
Serings
Harlan E
Dallenbag Pocahontas
Lincoln Nebraske
Hee Haw News
Rolfe, Iowa
Peterson
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