Local News Roundup Highlights Events and Visits
Community notices describe visits and calls at numerous homes in Algona and surrounding towns from Monday through Sunday. Transfers, furloughs, and service updates include Private Henry Harms from Camp Claiborne to Baton Rouge, and Bill Winkle on leave. Local dinners, baptisms, club meetings, and holiday preparations are noted along with shop hours for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Egesdal
Henry Sloper
Phyllis Hillenga
Algona
Harm Kettwich
Melbourne Heesch
Amos Bonackey
Vern Bacon
Larry
Don Bacons
Thompson
Henry Harms
Camp Claiborne
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Ernest Nelson
Kanawha
Amos Bonackers
Bill
Fort Dodge
U. S. Navy
Minnie Tapper
Wilson’s Cafe
Donald Buffington
Cass Wikckerman
Ferne Oesterreicher
Dorothy Budlong
Daugherty
Dick B. Meyers
John S. ‘Rippentrop
Bert C. Meyers
Buffalo Center
B. H. Meyers
Westley
Wielin
Clarence Pannkuk
Fairmont
Minn
Clarence
B. A. Pannkuk
Herman Sweet
Pannkuk
Roy Budlong
W. A. Stoutenberg
Hurt
John Langworthy
Burt
Harold Jones
Gordon
Sweat City
Oscar Blanchard
Jimmy
Harold Gartner
Red Cross Drive Set for Next Monday December 22
A nationwide Red Cross drive will be conducted next Monday in every township and town by the local organization as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Judge Quarton Dies After Long Service in Algona
Judge William J. Quarton of Algona, aged 83, died Sunday at Kossuth hospital after heart trouble. He practiced law nearly 60 years, led a prominent dairy and agriculture career, helped found the Waterloo Cattle Congress, and owned a west Algona dairy farm. Survivors include his wife and five children, two of whom reside in Cedar Rapids, with seven grandchildren listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Quarton
William J. Quarton
Kossuth
Algona
Kossuth Hospital
Quarton and Miller
Quarton
Wallace's Farmer
Part
Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Waterloo Cattle Congress
W. H. Bosworth
Guernsey
Iowa Dairy Association
Sumner
England
Guernsey Islands
Harold B
United States
Keijo
Chosen
Japan
Sumner D
Cedar Rapids
William B. K
Charles Remsen
Sarasota
Florida
L. C. Nugent
Lions Club Fish Fry Planned For Next Meeting
Lions Club met at the Legion Rooms with no guest speaker but many members spoke. A committee led by Dr R C Ball A M Peterger R L Krantz H A French J L Miller was formed to push improvements on Highway 226. Delegations have visited the highway commission and hope for more gains. At the next meeting the dinner will feature a fish fry run by J H A French and Dayle Craven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Legion Rooms
Highway
Highway ‘Commission
4-H Banquet At Burt Honors County Youth Leaders
Attendance at the annual Kossuth county 4-H banquet at Burt High School reached 25 people on Wednesday night. Betty Ann Meyers and Paul Inman presided, with music by Fred Plumb and marimba solos by Irene Becker. Elizabeth Wilson led songs, awards announced by Ruth Seaton Hicks and Fayin Meade. Winners included Lavina Jandl, Phyllis Vaudt, Char lene Rath, Mary Frances Inman, Vera Joan Heetland, Winifred Plumb, and Marjorie Moore. Robert Mayer received a gold watch as champion Brown Swiss club member, with Mayer and Wayne Barr and Floyd Bode winning daily demonstration medals. A French refugee, Lillette Holbert, spoke on wartime experiences. Reverend Calvin Schnucker spoke on Rural Youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Kossuth County
Burt High School
Betty Ann Meyers
Fenton
Paul Inman
Bancroft
Fred Plumb
Robert Mayer
Wayne Barr
Floyd Bode
Lilette ‘Holbert
Manchester
France
Paris
Calvin Schnucker
Ramsey
Treating Farm Seeds Will Boost Yields Now
A. I. Brown urges making a home seed grain tester and using seed treatment. Experiments show good returns, especially for sorghum and flax, with ceresan costing under half a cent per acre to reduce smut, protect seed from soil organisms, and improve flax vigor and stand. J H Standen notes 50 percent smutted sorghum heads last season. The food for freedom drive heightens the need to boost yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Brown
Iowa State College
Ceresan
Standen
Reinforcements for Iceland Arrive for Corporal Funk
Reinforcements for Iceland Corporal Raymond Funk of Algona, a member of the 505th Signal Corps, U. S. A., has been assigned to service in Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Raymond Funk
Algona
505Th ‘Signal Corps
Remington Drug Store Ad Displays Goods Range
An old classified item notes merchandise at the Remington Drug Store including electric “Berzers” jewelry boxed candy and stationery, suggesting a mixed retail display. The fragment implies a local shop offering diverse goods in a single storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Electric Berzers
Fire-Proofing Your Christmas Tree Advice
Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks home agent cites USDA guidance to treat trees with ammonium sulfate or calcium chloride to reduce fire risk. Instructions cover solution quantities, soaking, and cooling, with cautions that no method fully fire proofs a tree and to keep candles away.
Defense Bond Sales Surpass Two Billion Dollars
The Treasury announced December 8 that Defense Savings Bonds sold in November totaled 233,487,000. Since the program began May 1, buyers have purchased 2,008,614,000 in Defense Bonds, with cumulative monthly deposits across all series shown as May 349,818,000 June 314,527,000 July 342,132,000 August 265,606,000 September 232,327,000 October 270,718,000 November 233,487,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Defense Savings
Treasury ‘Department
Defense
Defense Savings Program
Treasury
Ventriloquist Editor Surprises Nurse With Greeting
Clarinda Herald Journal editor C. C. Caswell, an amateur ventriloquist, visits a hospital to meet his new grandson. The baby replies with Hello Grand-dad, startling the nurse into nearly dropping the child and causing a brief moment of comic surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Caswell
Clarinda
Reindeer Spotted Near Dumont Creek by Farmer
Wayne Mineri of near Dumont reported sighting a Canadian reindeer near a creek a half mile from his home. The animal appeared frightened by the farmer's approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Wayne Mineri
Dumont
Folks Fun and Fables snippets in a small town column
A collage of quips and vignettes from a local page includes jokes about cards found in an inside pocket a meat market scuffle a doctor’s quip about a truck in the stomach and teasing social observations. References to Christmas seals apples and fruit cake plus a note on a county merchant's retirement sale appear in this lighthearted column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps appeal to safeguard children's future
Q and A explain buying Defense Savings Bonds to preserve freedom and heritage. The Treasury expects voluntary support without high pressure, with purchases available at post offices banks savings and loan associations or by writing to the Treasurer of the United States. Stamps are sold at retail stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense
Treasury Department
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Farm Logs Describe Cement Ramp at Kenneth Mullvegor Farm
Log text details a cement ramp construction at the Kenneth Mullvegor farm near Nashua. The report mentions an upstairs bed area in a modern barn and notes on the farm’s accommodations and layout. No additional verifiable dates or entities are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Mullvegor
Nashua
Carths
Fiver Poor Department
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Chris Jensen
Skyberg
Tom Blaine
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Tom Shaner
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Givenith Madole
Eldora
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Victor ‘Drummond
Detroit
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Alice Gartner
J. J. Davies
Europe
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Light of the World
George Bonacker
Methodist Church
Eiza Heyes
J. S. Miller
Lawrence
Havelock
I. BE. Deibler
Joe Kline
Hampton
Raymond Bartlett
Ella Mae Meyer
Mason City
George Boekelman
Camp Bowie
Texas
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Vera Jj Johnson
Doyle Craven
Frank Fisher
Br. A. Fisher
Britt
Martin Bleich
Sylvester Garman
Stilton
Herb Doege
Woden
Hart Blakley
Bradford Buffington
Sydney
David
Newton
Ilinois
Clyde Moore
Arch Burger
L. E. Deibler
Walter Ostermann
Algona Hospital
Floyd Huisman
Schutter
German Valley
Floyd
Emory Smith
Lakota
Henry Spear
Ed Goche
Ben Sonnenberg
Holland
Town
George Sonnenberg
Clair Heifner
B. Huff
Junior ‘Hansen
Rodney
Mark Bacon
Billy Ward
Harry Reed
Titanica
Wrs
Merlin Isebrand
Dennis
Aplington
Junior Hansen
Isebrand
Mark Bacone
Clifford Krantz
Algona ‘Hospital
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Perry ‘Brink
Dean Church
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Guy Carlson
Carrie Torgersen
Maurice Keil
J. L
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Manwiller
Carl H. Callies
Martin Reich
Geo. Bonacker
Sartor
Ball Low
Titonka Woman's Club
Frances Budlong
Dick Sloper
Dorothy Sleper
Sleper
Clarence Penning
Hershey’s
Callies Bros Store
RED Cross Drive
Downs
I.G.A
Hersghey
Mary Stevens
Wheaties
RINSO
Bonacker’s Food Market
M. G
Baldy
Doc
Man of Medicine
America
New York
Wall Street
Rochester
Joshua
Sammy
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