Activities of Public Schools for the Week
Brief school news notes describe a short week due to vacation. Tennis and basketball teams hype upcoming games against Algona and Lone Rock with past wins noted. Girls basketball and cheerleaders, band instrument demos by Lyons from Chicago, and Christmas program plans are mentioned. Juniors save for rings. class play at Dean church. speed reading and biology tests highlighted.
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Then Dean Church
Shomore
Mise Olsen
Kossuth 4 H Girl to Speak on WOI Radio Broadcast
Bancroft 4 H club girl Mary Frances Inman and home agent Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks will be heard on WOI’s 4 H broadcast Saturday December 7 at 11 00 giving a report on the Chicago 4 H club congress. They will have ten to twelve minutes of the regular 4 H half hour and share highlights on transportation education and entertainment from the trip.
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Kossuth
WOI
Mary Frances Inman
Bancroft
Mra
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Chicago
Home Financial Planning Lessons For Kossuth Women
Planned spending is a key to better home management as women in Kossuth county pursue a home management adult education course titled Family Planning. Meetings are set for December 9 through December 13 at various homes, including Mrs J Warburton and Mrs Art B Anderson, and in Ames for subsent matter help on business papers and investments.
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Kossuth
Ladyard
Buffalo
German
Hagle
Grant
Swen
Art B. Anderson
Seneca
F. HM. Brown
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Ames
Christmas Program at Local School Set for December 19
The annual Christmas program “Christmas In Olde England” will be presented free of charge on December 19 at 7 30 p m. The event features a large cast with Shoppers and Churchgoers from first eight grades plus many named actors, waitstaff, and costumed roles led by Gene Peterson and Geoffrey Keith Stott, ending with Santa Claus.
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Donald Budlong
David Slayden
Howard Batt
Richard Downs
Robert Jandl
Melvin Ricks
Donald Norland
Loola Krominga
Lenice Brandt
Janice Bonacker
Joice Bonacker
Doris Hagen
Dorothy Charlson
Kathryn Dunmire
Geoffry
Keith Stott
Waesallers
Kenneth Krantz
Dean Kuchenreuther
Joke Schnucker
George Moore
Stanley Tryon
Junior Snyder
Patsy Stockwell
Robert Downs
Philip
Gerald Bonatker
Lady Ellen
Marietta Norland
Santa Claus
Presbyterian Women Program Highlights at Church Parlor
Presbyterian women hosted a Friday afternoon program in church parlors. Lucille Anderson presented a paper on Thanksgiving. Mrs W A G Tindall spoke on The Lives of Famous Song Writers. Several musical and vocal numbers were performed. A lunch followed, with Mrs Ted Gerdes in charge.
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Presbyterian
Lucille Anderson
W.ag. Tindall
Ted Gerdes
Fires Burn Two Barns on Huff Farm Near Mt Pleasant
Two barns on the Rudolph Huff farm near Mt Pleasant were set ablaze on separate days. Investigators have not yet determined the causes of the fires.
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Rudolph Huff
Mt. Pleasant
Poet and the Pheasant in a Des Moines Flight
Poet and the Pheasant recounts Laula Bartlett sending a five pheasant to a Des Moines friend involved with a film company. The recipient, quoted in Box Office, laments the bird yielded no story, noting a tame tale of a dead, mottled pheasant delivered by film truck. The piece mixes whimsy with media lore.
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Laula Bartlett
Des Moines
Des Moines Friends
Bartlett
Boxoffice
Lights Trace Tuberculosis Germs To Aid Eradication Campaign
Tailights, or tubercle bacillus tracers, reveal TB germ movement in tissue enabling researchers to study how the bacteria attack white blood cells. The work, part of a broader lab campaign funded by Christmas Seals donations to the National Tuberculosis Association, aims at discovering new remedies and winning the war on TB.
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Fogas
National Tuberculosis Association
Windbreaks prove costly shield for Iowa livestock
Iowa State College extension forester Guy R. Ramsey reports farmers saving hundreds of dollars in livestock during the blizzard due to windbreaks. Evergreen trees offer winter protection, with fencing and tree guards advised to prevent damage from animals. Spring planting of evergreen stock is urged, and windbreaks help keep stock in the open during winter rather than in barns.
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Iowa
Guy R. Ramsey
Iowa State College
Ramsey
Jota
Nowa
Music of Bethlehem Cantata at Woden church
The Christmas cantata The Music of Bethlehem will be presented by the Woden community choir on Sunday evening December 8 at the Presbyterian church. Choir members include Eve Witthauer Pless Pommer Edna May Redfield Katherine Kurtzlaben Mary Retkena Thresan Pommer Jeanette Swalve Mrs Henry Kruse Mrs Henry Bode Luther Larson Ralph Anderson Weary Bode Richard Hall and Harold Misaman.
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Music of
Bob Budlong Escapes Injury in Car Crash at Depot Crossing
Bob Budlong narrowly escaped serious injury Monday evening when his pickup collided with a train at the depot crossing. The train was arriving as he returned from town. the truck was badly damaged and Budlong sustained only bruises. This marks a second such casuality at the crossing this year.
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Bob Budlong
Klondike
Bob
Marriage Licenses Issued to Six Couples in Past Days
Marriage licenses issued recently include Thomas B. Collins of Clear Lake and Dathel F. McMichael, Spirit Lake. Martine W. Knuth, 26, Paulina, and Roma Smith, 23, Algona. Gerald Bahling, 25, Burt, and Barbara Jean Hott, 20, Wesley.
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Thomas B.collins
Legal
Clear Lake
Dathel F. McMichael
Spirit Lake
Martine W. Knuth
Paulinta
Roma Smith
Algona
Gerald Bahling
Burt
Barbara Jean Hott
Wesley
Not enough teeth bar from service figures in lottery
The Kossuth county selective service board in Algona received word that the first volunteer under the Selective Service Act was released after lacking required masticating teeth. Richard M. Evang, 33, of Sween City, was deemed ineligible. Harry T. Nead ham, 24, Lakota, is next to be inducted to fill the vacancy. William R. Tyler of Algona enlisted in the 2nd Infantry at Custer, Michigan, and will be credited to the county's army total.
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Kossuth County Selective Service Board
Algona
Des Moines
Richard M. Evang
Sween City
Kossuth Board
Harry T. Neadham
Lakota
Kossuth Beang
William R. Tyler
2Nd Infantry
Custer
Michigan
Kossuth
Meeting for Librarians at Britt Next Sunday
A meeting of Friends of Libraries in North Iowa will be held next Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the Britt public library to discuss library growth and development in the state. Officers to be elected include Mrs Burt J Thompson Forest City president J D Lowe Algona 1st vice president Tom Purcell Hampton 2nd vice president YD Blackstone Garner 3rd vice president and D H Fitzpatrick Mason City secretary. The tentative program features legislative needs and possibilities led by Mrs Edith Naylor Clear Lake What Farm Women Want led by Mrs Wynne Jacobs Forest City and How the Trustees Can Help led by C V Findlay Fort Dodge. The president will report briefly and a social time will follow.
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Britt
Friends of Libraries
Iowa
Burt J. Thompson
Forest City
J. D. Lowe
Algona
Tom Purcell
Hampton
YD. Blackstone
Garner
D. H. Fitzpatrick
Mason City
Edith Naylor
Clearake
Wynne Jacobs
C. V. Findlay
Fort Dodge
Rural Buffalo Township Red Cross Roll Call
Rural Buffalo Red Cross members and contributors listed with names such as Chas Anna A Loess chen Chris Meyer and Mary Young chair. Buried Av de u on the IH J G Button Truesdale farm. a burial occurred after a three day snow burial during a bitter period with mention of improved time and confinement.
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Buffalo Township
Red Cross
Chas
Anna
A. Loesschen
Chris Meyer
Wm. Stenzel
Wranki Hauptly
M. H. Nelson
G. Schutter
B. Zwietel
Mia
Ed Zwietel
Elmer Mechler
Julia Nelson
George Peterson
George ‘Peterson
Happy Peterson
John Sachau
Frank Rakow
Bruno Stecker
George Wiegand
Oscar Norland
George H. Johnson
Georke
John Harms
Clarence Christiansen
Anna M. Christiansen
Henry Baade
T. C. Young
Whitson
Anthony Jandl
Fred Gray
No Malkerta
Ray Miller
Buriead Avdeu
J. Gbutton
Truesdale
Osage Men Suffer Broken Noses in Car Accidents
Broken Nose John Simon and Willis Baker, both residents of Osage, sustained facial injuries in separate automobile accidents last week. Authorities reported no serious complications and both men are recovering at home.
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John Simon
Willis Baker
Osage
Kossuth District Court News of the Week
Fines and sentences dominate the week with J W Foster Lakota jailed for unpaid DWI fines and an $800 appeal bond. Victor Baldwin Olmore Minn jailed five months for larceny of domestic fowls while Andrew Koppen Bancroft received six months suspended after pleading guilty. Divorce granted to Iulla Miller Algona, child custody terms set, and juvenile delinquents sent to Eldora training school with good-behavior suspensions. Minor cases include guardianship contested Bassett matter and fines for intoxication and reckless driving in Algona and Whittemore.
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F. C. Davidson
Mossuth
J.W. Foster
Lakota
N D
Foster
Navy Labor
Buffalo Center
Victor ‘Baldwin
Olmore
Minn
Kossuth
Andrew ‘Koppen
Bancroft
Heta
Ito
Martin Krapp
Davidson
Iulla Hi. Miller
Algona
George L. Miller
Wayne Riedenour
Joel Miller
Laverne
Eldora
Livermore
Florence C. Bassett
Forrest W. Bassett
Guardian
Justice of ‘Peace
Della Welter
Walter Zinsmell
Whittemore
Kenneth Bakken
Immanuel Lutheran Sermon and Civic Debate Echoed
A church note recounts a public utility bid scene where an alderman resists bribery, choosing conscience over money. It includes service announcements for German services, Sunday school, and a devotional calendar reminder. A separate item reports a tractor crash near Ogden with Vernon Gardner and Slim German uninjured.
Meanes Thieves Target Cemetery Monuments and Shrubs
Thieves who recently removed mounting from monuments at LeMars cemeteries have begun stealing shrubbery from graves, prompting concern among residents and officials about ongoing vandalism at local burial grounds.
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LeMars
District Court Term Dates Set for Year 1941
The fourteenth judicial district announces 1941 term dates in Kosuth county with sessions starting January 27, March 21, September 22, and November 24. Grand and petit juries are scheduled for the second day of each term, with chiefs presiding judges named for each session.
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Dantes
Fourteenth Judicial District Court
Kosauth
If. C. Davidson
Emmetsburg
F. M. Hudson
Pocahontas
G. W. Stillman
Algona
Men in Style Show at P TA meeting
Undaunted by inclement weather the men present a style show for the Indies at the P TA meeting Monday evening December 9 at the high school auditorium. Junior high under Phyllis Dougan will present a short play The Life of Stephen Oster. Attend and enjoy.
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P.T. A
Phyllis Dougan
Stephen Oster
Methodist church notices and events listed
Sunday school at 10. a. m. Morning worship at 11. Byworths League at 7 p.m. Annual enrollment of the American White Cross to be received. Family membership 6.00, adult 1, junior 25 cents. Proceeds for hospital care in Sioux City. Donations to pastor. Christian Advocate club rate until December 15. Father and Son Bandnett on Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Tickets 60 cents. Menu includes roast pork, mashed potatoes, salads, dessert. Toaster: Rey M Hall of Gamer. Doan morning worship 9:30, Sunday school 10:20. Women’s Society of Christian Service meets Thursday at Mrs. Ella Martinek’s home.
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Methodist Episcopal
W. L. Patterson
Byworths League
American White Cross
Methodist Hospital
Sioux City
New Christian Advocate
Father and Son Bandnet
Rauf Hansen
A. M. Petersen
0. I. Callies
J. L., Miller
Good Hope Lutheran Advent Services and Events
Good Hope Lutheran invites worship during Advent on Sunday at 10 30 with Sunday School at 9 30. Evening prayers Thursday at 7 20. Confirmation Saturday 9 00 to 3 30. Ladies annual supper Saturday December 7 menu roast chicken mashed potatoes gravy rolls pie coffee price 20 and 35 cents. Also notes travel anecdote about Pie rson and Montgomery Alabama resident Countryman news item.
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Good Hope Lutheran
M. A. Schniz
Christ
Good Hope
Coldest Winter Moment As Thermometer Dips 18 Below
Mason City officials reported Tuesday morning a temperature around 18 degrees below zero marking the coldest spell of the winter. Snow was light and roads to Malne stayed in good condition. By Wednesday dawn the temperature rose about forty degrees as south winds continued, with readings at or above 20 above zero.
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Mason City
Malne
Bis
Neighbors Help Richer With Corn Harvest Effort
Wesley Farmer neighbors organized 22 men and ten teams to help John Richter Wr. pick corn on Tuesday. Volunteers included Henry Hag erly Adam Matern Julius Matern Alf Studer Raymond Welg John Welg Donald Kraus Ed Victor Marie Loebig Vincent Doughan John Paulson Orville Smith George Goetz Jack Dalgar James Haverly Harry Howdeshall Albert Lickting Carl Franzen Clifford Cook and Clifford Munson. Dinner and lunch were prepared at the Richter home with contributions from local businesses. Mrs Richter Jr had been ill and was brought home from Mercy Hospital Port Dodge to recuperate.
American Legion Auxiliary Plans Gifts and Books Drive
December meeting at Mary Santor’s home drew good attendance. Members donate 1h cents to buy gifts for a Christmas Gift Shop at Des Moines veterans hospital so patients may choose gifts for families. Donations to Eva Peterson due by December 15. Unit to study Welfare lessons to better help children. Trena Peterson reports 30 books donated for the Christmas gift book project. distribution locally first, then to needy communities or institutions. Next meeting at Eva Peterson’s home December 13 with Minnie Oesterreicher co host. Urgent call for carpet rags. bring needles and thimbles. Thanks for carpet rag donations. Change in date to allow Christmas activities at home, church and school.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Santor
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Eva Peterson
Trena Peterson
Community Service
Qva Peterson
Minnie Oesterreicher
Be Marquis Relinquishes Car to Pay Fine
Be Marquis of Garden Grove relinquished his automobile to the town of Cageols to settle a $100 recklessness driving fine.
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Marquis
Garden Grove
Cageols
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