Belgrade Winter Notes and Local Happenings
Mrs. Francis Kellie writes of a snowless Belgrade winter and a planned spring visit home. Local items include weddings, shouts, birthday joys, property trades, new buildings, and nearby visits among families, with several moves and community events noted through late January 1948.
Portland township native Chas Mann dies at home
Chas Mann, longtime Portland township resident, died at his Burt home Tuesday from a heart attack. Charles Reed spent the prior week in Des Moines attending the state hardware men’s convention with Dr. Torgersen and Buck Walrod. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dreesman and son David returned Friday from a west coast trip visiting Long Beach San Diego and Tijuana. They saw Mrs. Dreesman’s sister, wife of Rev. Hayenga, in Phoenix Arizona. On return they visited the Karl Suidermann family in Manitou Springs Cole and found them well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Callleara
Throsp Spear
Harm Kettwiek
West Coast
L. G. Smith
Charles City
Harris Smith
Waverly
HE. Deibler
Algona
Luverne
Corwith
Kanawha
Clear Lake
Otorf
Titania Lions Club
Guam
Louis Bartlett
John Gartner
Harold
Tre
John
U.S. Marine Corps
Glam
Gartner
Metcalf
Hart Stott
Klemme
R. L. Kranta
Des Moines
George Sachau
Farmers Co-Operative Oil Co
Tyke Theatre
Ralph Cordes
Kalamazoo
Mich
Attem
Ing
Junior Hansen
C. R. Metcalf
Sioux, City
Ted van Zandbergen
Hoopers
Raymond Bartlett
Everett, Rippentrop
Sartor
Edw. A. Sathoff
John Stott
Chas, Mann
Portland Township
Burt
Charles Reed
State Hardware
Torgersen
Buck Walrod
Herman Dreesman
David
Long Beach
San Diego
Tiadjuana
Dreesman
Hayenga
Phoenix
Arizona
Karl Suidermann
Manitou Springs
Cole
Conservationists Aid Birds During Blizzard in Postville
In Postville, conservationists urged Oscar Hanson to scatter feed for wild birds facing starvation amid the blizzard. Feedman L. R. Jackson donated 50 bags of feed, while Eliot Schroeder assisted as bombardier, leading the mercy effort to help pheasants and other wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Oscar Hanson
L. R. Jackson
Eliot Schroeder
Bombardier
Evangelistic Meetings At Methodist Church
Rev Donald H James promotes new evangelistic meetings at the Methodist church each evening at 8 except Thursday and Saturday. A social follows Friday sessions with fellowship and refreshments in the basement. Attendance grows with new faces nightly and the public is invited to attend this new style gospel outreach. Timber has become an important Iowa crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. James
Methodist Church
Dodd
Dean
Mr. Dodd
Rev. Dodd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Francis Kellie
Misa Berkleee Spear
Harm Kettwich
Belgrade
Montana
Kellie
Dick Sloper
Clarence Penning
Blue Harth
Cecil Winter
Lurene Kienitz
Hank Harms
Betty Krominga
John Falk
Robin Carr
George Peterson
W. H. Stott
Julia
Nora Springs
Stanley Valley
Valley
Terry Glynn
Stott
Gertie Jansses
John Cordes
Agricultural College
Midwestern
Titonka Savings Bank
Henry
Food Store
Calles Bros
Callies Bros
Folger’s Coffee
Hill’s Bros. Coffee
Bonacker’s Food Market
Chifford
Pleetville
Marathon
Doda
Oceanum Baptist Church
Binghamton
Iowa
Elect Gas
Tyke Electric Shop
Ere
Intermill
Kellogg’s
Lewis Lye
Tirana