Wesley News Briefs Show Local Visiting and Travel
Local residents report weekend visits and travel across Iowa. Bray Nina Ranch and Nellie Melt joined daughter Al Wagner and family in town for the summer. Pfc Wilbur Courtney and sister Betty Courtney from Des Moines visited relatives. Numerous locals hosted bridge teas and family gatherings. Jonathan Muehe accompanied his sister to Albert Lea for several days. Pvt. Robert Dietmann from Camp Hood Ohio? Willing to correct: Camp Hood, Texas, arrived for ten-day furlough with parents and brother. Members of the community enjoyed weekend outings and visits, with relatives from Bloomer Wisconsin and Fort Dodge among those mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bray
Nina Ranch
Nellie Melt
al Wagner
Rita Ricke
Jack Sherman
Fort Dodge
Wilbur Courtney
Algona
Pacific Area
Betty Courtney
Des Moines
Will Martin
B. M. Olson
Logt Island
Robert Dietmann
Camp Hood
Texas
Fred Deikmann
John
Camp Hauser
Marie Kunz
June Adel
Mary Adine
Histher Burke
Weekend Notices From Britt And Vicinity
Community life fills the pages with weddings visits and family news. A christening at St Josephs and a Florida wedding plan are noted alongside local greetings from families including Hansen Forburger Ward Hrubes Goetz Kent Kelch Lichtelg and Worsley. The Lions Club met at the Methodist church as Mary Lou Haverly pursues Des Moines study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banna
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Misa Vera Forburger
Daugheter
Tom Forburger
Erpelding
Hirpel+ding
Florida
Theron Hansen
Wm Martinek
Adolph Gerres
Mason City
Wesley
Lutheran Church
Britt
Donald Ward
Wm. Hrubes
Duncan
R. C. Bauer
Misa
Mary Lou Haverly
Aretteading
Des Moines
Joe Goetz
Ruth Sparks
Lake Crystal
Minn
Tom McMahon
Lou Kent
Burt
A. M. Lease
Burrell
Urbana
Chas. Kraus
Misa Jeannine ‘Studer
Estherville
Julius Kelch
Joe Smith
Buffalo Center
Oliver Young
Ted Worsley
Ventura
Edward Farnum
California
P. C. Haynes
Lions Club
Methodist Church
Portland Area Social News and Local Visits Update
Sunday meals and weekend calls mark community life with neighbors visiting in Portland Burt and surrounding areas. Local families including Ringsdorf Nelson Moore Bartlett Graham Graham Godden Clark Parcel Hamstreet and others share visits and attend funerals as clubs plan meetings and hostesses prepare events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harl Zwiefel
Martin Larsen
Wilford Woltz
Racine
Minn
Donald Ringsdorf
Bob Ditsworth
Craig
Herbert Nelson
Clyde Bristow
Mervin Bristow
Bobbie
Bonnie
Levant Moore
Frank Maxson
Swea Clty
Arden
Linda
Mary Michaelson
Edna Fisher
Carmen
Minnie Sperring
Dale Moore
Ted Ringsdorf
Ralph Dugan
Tom Trenary
W. J. Stewart
Lois Schram
Lloyd Bartlett
Bernard Phelps
Andy Hansen
Curtis
Vernon Larsen
Leila
Harvey Graham Jr
Fair
W. F. Hamstreet
Jake Godden
Roy Clark
Fred Jennings
George Graham
Postwar pool boom eyed with 200 new facilities planned
A War era study by Beach and Pool predicts over 200 new public and private swimming pools will be added in towns within five years after the war. Hoffman cites increased need for swimming, Red Cross instruction, and pollution as drivers of a national total near 10,000 pools. Municipalities own about 4,000 pools, followed by YMCA’s colleges hotels and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forest
Red Cross
Sylvan Hoffman
Beach and Pool
Hoffman
Iowa
U. S
YMCA
Lakota Legion Auxiliary Holds Annual Meeting in Burt
Lakota county Legion Auxiliary met in Burt on Tuesday June 12 with six Lakota members present. Officers were installed by the Eighth District led by President Mrs Earl Ellsworth Emmetsburg. Guest speaker was Mrs Doris Laird state president. Nearby notes include military service updates for Glen Klocke and Vincent Ellman and local church society activities and visits by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Legion Auxiliary
Burt
Lakota
George Heetland
Francis Adams
Harry Rosenall
Andrew Anderson
Fred Schroeder
Earl Ellsworth
Emmetsburg
Doris Laird
Glen Klocke
Jefferson Barracks
Africa
Sicily
Corsica
Italy
Greenville
Tex
Vincent Ellman
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Emma Gutknecht
C. C. Gerzema
Russell Winter
Buffalo Center
Bob Powers
Ames
P. Powers
Anna Faulsen
Kossuth Hospital
Henry Mitchell
Iowa Falls
Drainage Considered At County Meeting
County meeting at the Court House drew 76 attendees to discuss how a Soil Conservation District and the Soil Conservation Service could aid drainage in Kossuth County. Lester Clapp outlined district organization and function while C H Van Vlack reviewed drainage problems and noted nearby counties forming districts. The group favored proceeding to organize a district to support a long term drainage maintenance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Kossuth
Court House
Lester Clapp
Soil Conservation and Extension Service
C. H. van Vlack
van Vlack
Webster
Humboldt
Wright
Board of Supervisors
Kossuth County
Pillow Feathers Need Laundering Every Two Years
Pillow feathers require laundering like pillow ticks though less often. Nora Workman of Iowa State College suggests washing feathers every one to two years with a simple method using sacks, soft water, and mild soap, then drying in wind away from sun to preserve spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Town Folks Attend Funeral and Share Local Happenings
Mtonka locals recount travel to Des Moines for the funeral of Frank Shaw an old friend who hunted pheasants with the Petersons for fifteen years Ernest Peterson notes crop conditions from Des Moines to the river valley Donovan Andrews a midshipman at Annapolis returns home with sister Phyl a nursing student at Rochester Family visits include Anton and B A Pannkuk Garner B J Buss Carl Veer Herman Sweer Fritz Bese Lorraine Peterson teaching in Waterloo and Lydia Dreesman returning from Ames for vacation at home with Herman Dreesman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Did
Mra
Ernest Peterson
Wayrie Koppeh
Des Moines
Frank Shaw
Petersons
Ernest
Donovan Andrews
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Phylis
Rochester
Anna Andrews
Anton Pannkuk
Garner
B. A. Pannkuk
B. J. Buss
Carl Veer
Herman Sweer
Fritz Bese
Buffalo Center
Lorraine Peterson
George Peterson
Waterloo
Lydia Dreesman
Ames
Iowa State College
Herman Dreesman
Mrs Herman Dreesman Plans visits to Shoon brothers in Rodkford NJ
Mrs Herman Dreesman intends to visit Rodkford New Jersey on Monday to see her brothers Professor Shoon and Dr Ted Shoon and their families keeping to family ties and travel plans amid local schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Dreesman
Rodkford
Shoon
Ted Shoon
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Itonks, Tows
Cher
L Editorial Association
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Titonka
Hoff
Shoe and Harages Repairing
D-X Station
Wesley News
Elmore Nursery
Elmore, Minnesota
Cox
Hamilton Hatchery
Portland News
Electric Shop
Tyke Theatre
Titonka, Iowa
Nevada
Roy Rogers
Mary Lee
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Brennan
Bond
Eddie Cantor
Manhattan
Fred Brady
Jeff Donnol
Mtonka
Padeunry
JUST
Binder Twin
Japan
Asia
War Manpower Board
Divernon Rere
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