Wesley News items reflect community life and family events
The column lists births, marriages, travel, visits, and local travels in Wesley aided by relatives in Algona Britt and Mason City. It notes a daughter born to Art and Mrs Bleich, a bridal shower for Ray McKenna, reunions, furloughs from navy and camps, relocations, and local social gatherings across several families and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Bleich
Algona Hospital
H. J. Braley
J. T. Meurer
Francis Hauptman Low
Busy Bees
Carol Reno
Maxine Schnab
Hastings
Nebraska
Britt
George Witzthum
Walt Dirksen
Larry
Mason City
L. L
Arden Meleney
Don Meleney
Diane Kleinpeter
George Hanig
Coon Rapids
John Seidell
Carroll Hospital
Ed Farnum
California
P. CO. Haynes
Chicago
Wm. Nadelhoffer
Paul Flaherty
Kleinpeter Hall
Leo Hanig
John Berger
Catholic Missionary Society
Eunice Nelson
Helen
Peoria
Ill
George Hirner
Arnold Kisgack
Wallace Benton
Rees Martin
Des Moinés
Estherville
Julius Kelch
Tom Yorburger
Frank Bleich
Wesley Tigers
Fenton
Helen Johnson
Leo Goetz
Mary Joyce Kollasch
Portland Progress Club Meeting Receives Hostess Help
The Portland Progress Club met with Mrs. F A Ringsdorf on Thursday. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Ralph Dugan Mrs. Wyatt Stott Mrs. Tom Trenary and Mrs. Roscoe Stewart. Several local residents were noted for visits with the Bristow family and others, including news of a newborn Bonnie Jean Bristow on June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Progress Club
F. A. Ringsdorf
Ralph Dugan
Wyatt Stott
Tom Trenary
Roscoe Stewart
J. P. Stow
C. L
Bk. Phelps
Chas
Phelps
Mervin Bristow
Baby
Rev. Patterson
Lou Heifner
Graham Bros
Hedwig Larsen
Martin Larsen
Vernon Larsen
Leila
Lee O. Wolfe
Bernard Phelp
Bill Stenzel
B. K. Bahnson
Bonnie
Chas.ehelps
Lou Huber
Earl Zwiefel
Corrine
Algona
Clyde
Levant Moore
Paul Tienan
F. O. Stow
Bernard Phelps
Lottie Graham
Harvey Graham
Lois
Hisie
Ellman Family Attends Funeral From Out of Town
Albert Ellman and wife arrived from Milwaukee for the funeral of his sister Mrs. Bena Peterson. Albert Anderson and Betty Anderson traveled from Camp Leonard Wood and Rochester to attend the service for their aunt Mrs. Rena Peterson. Wade Ball left for Laredo after the death of his nephew William Frazier, drowned at Moline. A Floris farm heifer bore twins, each calf marked with the letter V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ellman
Milwaukee
Albert
Bena. Peterson
Albert Anderson
Camp Leonard Wood
Betty Anderson
Rochester
Minn
Rena Peterson
Wade Ball
Laredo
Wm. Frazier
Moline
Woden News Highlights Local Social Ties and Events
Woden residents host and visit neighbors across Garner Crystal Lake and Clear Lake. WAVES enlistments, Epworth Leaguers depart for Okoboji camp, and a Night of Terror cast dinner noted. A Saturday War Savings Shower, a Theo Swingen bridal party, and a Kathleen Tweet birthday mark community life in Woden and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Turner
Charles City
Anthony Buns
Herman Buns
Henry Kruse
J. Kurtzleben
Henry Schroeder
Garner
John Korte Sr
Cherokee
Estella Ludeking
Dale Rittenhouse
Clear Lake
D. C. Dana
Grand Meadow
Minn
Jake Thieben
Herbert Hanson
Crystal Lake
Bay Valley
W. W. Dirksen
Marjorie
Larry
King Cole
Crystal
New York City
Alva Carman
Herman Knapper
Epworth Leaguers
Methodist Church
Lake Okoboji
William Collins
Merle Cushman
Baby
Bancroft
J. C. Helm
Charlie Marr
Corwith
Theo Swingen
Hauge Lutheran Church
Gus Swingen
Miss Swingen
Edward Callies
Titonica
Menno Limberg
Dr. Tindall
Mr. Lemon
Algona
A. Limberg
Bullfalo Center
Fred Reitter
Near
Britt
Ted Hinders
G. L. Peterson
Tindall
Virginia
Jo Ann
C. W. Goslin
Methodist Ladis Aid
Alfred Swingen
August Milbrandt
Woden
Kathleen Tweet
H. C. Parks
Phoenix
Arizona
W. L. Tindsli
Familly
Treating Seed Corn Helps The Season’s Crop Stand
Iowa State College extension botanist C. B. Reddy of the Agricultural Experiment Station says seed treatment and strong hybrid seed saved at least half of the corn acreage by improving germination and growth under poor conditions this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. 8. Reddy
Iowa State College
Agricultural Experiment Station
Decorah Man Finds Lost Pen After Nested Package Trick
Oscar Winger placed an ad in the Decorah paper seeking a missing pen. He received a large parcel containing several smaller packages, each nestled inside the next, until the final smallest one revealed the pen. Mrs. Winger sent the package, and the pen was later found under Oscar's dresser. It is unclear if Mrs. Winger received any reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Winger
Decorah
Wartime homemaker tips for planning simple meals
Alma Schultz urges women to plan meals carefully during busy wartime days. She emphasizes using farm foods efficiently, encouraging family involvement, and choosing simple, nutritious options like potatoes in jackets, rhubarb sauce, and a daily eating guide with milk, eggs, vegetables, fruit, whole grains, meat or alternatives, and butter or fortified margarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Alma’ Schultz
Thay
Alma Schultz
County Extension Home
Des Moines Farm Bureau meeting draws county delegates
Mrs Albert Johnson Corwith county farm bureau women s chairman Mrs James Nyman Bancroft county music chairman and Alma Schultz Algona county extension home economist attend a three day statewide program planning convention in Des Moines under the State Farm Bureau Federation. The meeting began Sunday June 27 and will run through the 29th. Mrs GC Inman Bancroft state district committee woman also attends after arriving from Chicago where she attended a regional Farm Bureau training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Albert Johnson
Corwith
County Farm Bureau
James Nyman
Bancroft
Alma Schultz
Algona
County Extension Home
State Farm Bureau Federation
GC. Inman
Chicago
Planning for Busy Homemakers and Home Canning Tips
Miss Schultz urges Kossuth County women to plan for interruptions and show youngsters useful tasks. Home canning notes emphasize precooking vegetables, proper sealing, and using acidity to prevent spoilage, with safety and following processing times as key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Schultz
County Extension
Kossuth County
Classified Department Shows Used Cars 1934 to 1941 Models
Card of thanks from L G Huber thanks friends who called at the hospital and the Nelson Brothers Al George and Miller for plowing his corn field. Wes trade notice by W B Ley Lakota dated 26-28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes
W. B. Ley
Lakota
Nelson Brothers
al, George
Miller
L. G. Huber
Harvest loans now available for farmers in need
Mr Arthur J Petit announces harvest loans with four percent interest secured by a first lien on crops. Available to farmers unable to obtain funds from banks or production credit associations, with prompt inquiries welcome at 321 Old Federal Building Des Moines Iowa. Also notes about a rattlesnake bite treatment on a cow near Audubon and local business ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Petit
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Petit
Kossuth County
Federal Building
Des Moines
Iowa
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Alfred Erdman
Walter Killian
Camp Lewin
Washington
Frank Kouba Jr
Shirley
Craig
Cottonwood
Vincent Klempeter
Alaska
Alean Highway
American Legion Auxiliary
James Silbaugh
Carmen
Bob
Twin Lakes
Leo Reno
Paul
Carol
Eddie Reno
Albert Reno
Gerald Studer
Navy
Minneapolis
Alf Studer
United Service Women
Melvin Attig
Camp Chaffle
Arkansas
George Attig
Portland News
Lakota News
Oscar
Floris
Woden News
Ed Steffes
Audubon
Tam
Joana
Intaraat
M. P. Haggard
Argonatf
Tanvilac
Murphy’s
Titonka Telephone Company
Titonka Savings Bank
Mathilda Falk
Dan
Martha Peter Son
Lem Stockwell
A. M. Petersen
Titania Blacksmiths
T. R. Hoover
Bena Peterson
Towa
Helen White
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