Local Happenings From Forres Ton and Camp Chaffee
Alfred Boelkes visited Forres ton from Saturday to Monday due to his father's illness. Wilbur Spear, now at Camp Chaffee Arkansas, is listed as Pvt. Wilbur A. Spear US 550050-35 Co A 34th Med Tank Bn 5th Armored Division. Lewis Larsen and Nancy, Dick Olsen and Sharon Callies spent the weekend with Dick’s parents in Brainerd, Minnesota. R L Krantz and Jane Amesbury visited Omaha Sunday to accompany Mrs. John Pink to stay with her son Bob and wife for a while.
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Alfred Boelkes
Forreston
Will Spear
Wilbur
Camp Chafee
Arkansas
Wilbur A. Spear
34Th Med Tank
5Th Armored Division
Camp Chaffee
Lewis Larsen
Nancy
Dick Olsen
Sharon Callies
Brainerd
Minn
Lewis Olsons
R. L. Krantz
Jane Amesbury
Omaha
John Pink
Bob
Wedding in Waverly and family updates across towns
Mr and Mrs Bonno Schutter and family took Florence and Deloris Welhousen to Waverly for Dorothy Prottengeier s wedding. They extended their trip to Cedar Falls returning Monday. Local notices detail dances, travels, church work, births, moves, and community events across Titonia Buffalo Center and surrounding areas with multiple families visiting relatives and planning trips.
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Bonno Schutter
Florence
Deloris Welhousen
Waverly
Dorothy Prottengeier
Reinbeck
Cedar Falls
Titonia
Arthur Rode
Tom
Tim
F. L. Raymon
Austin
Leonard Callies
Alvin Honken
Milwaukee
Honken
Chris Iverson
Henry Moe
Evelyn Moe
Lake Mills
John Hamilton
Burt Putzstuck
Laverne
Frank Hoff
Don, Hoff
Des Moines
Titanka
Don Hofffs
Alaska
Marie Sathoff
Bill Steberg
Fort Dodge
Minnie Oesterreicher
Mary Oesterreicher
Atlantic
Iowa
Mantford Rice
Ozarks
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Buffalo Center Hospital
Rafdal
Arlene Gray
Arnal Gray
Eldon Grose
Omaha
Grose
Deloris Tsebrand
Senus Isebrand
Visitors and guests gathered around local families in Portland
A parade of visitors came to the Zwiefel home and nearby households including the Huber, Bilsborough, and Schlei families. Baptism for the Schlei baby was held at Fenton with a family dinner after. Several relatives from Mason City, Algona, Lakota, Swea City, and West Bend were noted. An infant death was mourned by Mr and Mrs Harold Bates. Iowa State College agronomists urged early corn plowing and proper seed spacing calibration.
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L. C. Heifner
Des Moines
Honken Elec
Tric. Au
Earl Zwiefel
Louis Huber
Maurice Bilsborough
Linda
Kim Huber
Gary
Morris Schlei
Fenton
Schlei
Roger Paige
Mason City
Louis Bartlett
Becca Stewart
Stanley
Chas, Phelps
Maude Free
Algona
Lloyd Bartlett
Mary Ann
Harold Bates
August Bauman
Lakota
Andrew Hansen
Swea City
Lloyd Bartletts
Joe Bockelman
Calvin
Harvey Graham
Web Stewart
West Bend
Iowa State College
Woden News Social Notes and Local Visits
Woden News lists visits among families including Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Godfred and others from Lake Mills and Estherville. Bible School at Presbyterian church opens June 4 for two weeks. Christian Reformed mission services held June 5 with speakers from Parkersburg Wellsburg and the Nigerian field. Several trips and visits to relatives noted along with illness updates and a funeral for Dr. W. L. Tindall’s mother.
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Wilbur Godfredson
Wayne Naser
Lake’ Mills
Wim. Wood
Orville Gjerde
Estherville
Ole G
Alvin, Hanna
Presbyterian Church
Christian Reformed Church
Tena Huisinga
S. Miersens
Parkersburg
J. Olthoff
Wellsburg
Lena Thieben
Ackley
Jake Thieben
Thieben
Jake
Wan, Wood
Fritz T. Gerdes
Tessie Gerdes
R. Brass
Hettinger
N. Dak
George Klers
Warner Spainhower
Chicago
Oscar Hammond
Wm. Hammond
Wesley
Wm. Wood
Carl Tegimeyer
Frances
Cyrus
Minn
Lulu Baack
California
Lois Harvey
Ruby Hutchinson
Mapleton
Dick Thompson
Cedar Falls
Clarence Hanna
Alice
Hutch” Hanna
John Junker
Buffalo Center Hospital
Lester Schmidt
Camp McCoy
George Schmidt
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mary Kevin
Mary Laurentia
Cedar Rapids
S. J. Hoff
Burt Putzstuck
Laverne
W. L. Tindall
Montezuma
Tindall
Jeanette Tisdale
Mary Ann Beisenmann
Robert Bird
L.T.C
Cedar Fi
Dale Rittenhou
Arlys
Fairmont
Sherburn
Claus DeBoer
Kanawha
Nancy Peters
Smallest Post Office in Iowa Claims Tiny Size
Luther in Boone county touts a claim to the smallest post office in Iowa and perhaps the nation. The 10 by 11 foot building houses a lobby, five mail box racks, a large safe, and postmistress Mrs. Clarence Barton within its 110 square feet of floor space.
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Luther
Boone County
Iowa
Clarence Barton
Lost Weight 'Porky' Haun Of Anamosa Drops 50 Pounds
Back from Korea, 20 year old Porky Haun sheds 50 pounds in nine months and is now a trim 190 pounds. Rapid milking increases a cow's total production.
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Porky” Haun
Anamosa
Korea
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Titania Savings Bank
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Tyke Theatre
Titonka
Jimmy Durante
Terry Moore
Tom Drake
Rupert
Red Ryder
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Jungle Boy
Niagara
Portland News
Woden News
Buffalo
Bonacker
Armours
Armourstreet
Vienna
Happy Rost
LUX
Rinso
U-Save Food Market
H. L. Hoffmann
Minneapolis
Hoffmann
Chidren
Hoffmann's Surgical Appliance CO
Andrus
Wheaties
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