Forty-seven Kossuth men to Camp Dodge Thursday
Forty-seven men from Kossuth County left Algona by bus for Camp Dodge last Thursday, November 4, for induction into the armed service. Those marked with a V were volunteers. Others marked with a symbol were transferred to other points. The list includes Flynn, Lawrence Naumann of Ledyard. Spear, Robert Harold of Titonka. Steven, Robert Wm. Jr. of Algona. and many more from Algona, Humboldt, Eagle Grove, Mason City, and other towns, with several transferred to different induction points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Camp Dodge
Armed Service
V—Flynn
Lawrence Naumann
Ledyard
Spear
Robert Harold
Titonka
V—B Steven
Robert Wm. Jr
Potter
Mur D
Johnson
Gayle Wesley
Sweat City
Krueger
Reubens
Sioux
Legion and Auxiliary Conference Attended at Fort Dodge
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wesley and numerous couples including the Floms Meurers Studers Aldrich Kouba and J P Studer attended the American Legion and Auxiliary conference at Fort Dodge last week Tuesday. Mr Lease serves as 8th district commander of the Legion.
Rushing to Buy Shotgun Shells In Shortage Crunch
A Waverly merchant advertised a morning sale of three to three and a half cases of shotgun shells. Within an hour 1,500 to 1,600 shells were sold and about 150 customers were served, reflecting a rush driven by longer hunting seasons and shell shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Double Trouble For Mrs Emil Welter In Des Moines Visit
Mrs Emil Welter of Livermore returned home after a Des Moines visit with two minor accidents. She stubbed a toe on her right foot, which a physician pronounced broken. She also ran a crochet hook through her hand, and a doctor was called to remove the hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Welter
Livermore
Des Moines
Bull Goes on Rampage Near Chris Meyer Home
Christian Meyer recalls a friendly bull turning hostile last week as the Hereford-Shorthorn animal stalked the yard. The bull chased him into the house and lingered nearby, peering through windows and bellowing loudly, leaving the family fearing an intruder might enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Meyer
Christian Meyer
Chris
Deferred not Rejected in Draft Examinations
The article explains that men failing physicals were not rejected but deferred or reassessed for later service. Paul Tienan, Harold and Marvin Pruisman, and Robert Harold Spear failed today’s exam and expect reexamination. Wilbur Schram attempted enlistment in the air service and was not accepted, but may report to the draft soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tienan
Paul
Harold
Marvin Pruisman
Robert Harold Spear
Wilbur Schram
Air Service
American Legion Auxiliary November Work Meeting Notice
The Rehabilitation committee led by Mary Sartor calls for donations of play cards magazines records carpet rags felt hats carpeting material and mackinaw cloth to craft scuffies for hospitalized men returning from foreign service. Bring pillow tops scuffies carpet rags thimbles needles thread and scissors for the November 19 meeting at the Sartor home in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Sartor
Mary Sartor
Mrs Ubbe Hinders Dies at Mountain Lake Minnesota
Mrs. Ubbe Hinders died at her Mountain Lake Minnesota home on October 16 at age 83. She lived near Britt and Vitonka before 1902 when she moved with her husband six miles south of Mountain Lake. her husband died in 1940. A 1858 fruit jar now owned by Mrs. John Thompson of Milo remains a family relic with unclear provenance and odd storage plans.
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Woden
Ubbe Hinders
Mountain Lake
Minn
Britt and
Vitonka
Britt
Mr. Hinders
John Thompson
Milo
Many California towns crowded says J. E. Wilson
Letter from Johnnie Wilson from San Jacinto California describes a productive valley with fruit vegetables alfalfa corn walnuts olives and oranges. He notes proximity to mountains ten miles to Ryan Field and 24 miles to Camp Hoon and that Army Camp activity fills local towns.
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B. A. Pannhuk
Johnnie Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
San Jacinto
Calif
Kenneth Fisher
Towa
Hazel
Ryan Field
Camp Hoon
Ken Fisher
Virginia Lee Tindall New Yeoman 3rd Class
Virginia Lee Tindall returned home to her parents Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Tindall after training at Stillwater Oklahoma. She arrived last Tuesday on a week’s leave before resuming training in San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lee Tindall
New Yeoman
Woden—Yeoman
W. L. Tindall
Stillwater
Oklahoma
San Diego
California
Iowas Ration Timetable Dates With Your Government Mies
Ration schedules cover Class A through C periods ending March 31 1944 February 28 1944 and November 30 1944 for various classes. Vehicle and tire notes appear with fuel and sugar stamp validity through January 1944. Airplane stamps and shoe coupons issued with specifics on face validity and family sharing rules. Late applicants urged to present war ration book 3 at local boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
H Brown
J Brown
I K Brown
L. Brown
School injury claims broken shoulder in training incident
P. T. Dale Schulz of Humboldt sustained a broken shoulder during a high school physical training period after colliding with Jack Russel. The accident occurred during a routine drill, with Schulz left requiring medical evaluation the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Dale Schulz
Humboldt
Jack Russel
Titanica Churches Observe American Home Sunday Service
The Titanica Churches of the Methodist denomination invite members to morning worship at 11:00 with a sermon on The American Home and special choir music, followed by a basket dinner in the church basement. Budget notices were mailed. please respond. Also Doan Church hosts worship at 9:30 and Sunday School at 10:30 with Women’s Society meeting at Mrs. Hansen’s home. Youth Fellowship plans attend Garner District Youth Convention November 11. registration at 2:30, program at 3:00, supper 6:00, speaker Dr F Earl Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
American Home Department
Iowa Federation of Woman's Clubs
Woman's Society of Christian Service
P. C. Hansen
Ross Bullington
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Garner
F. Earl Burgess
Algona District
Rameey Reformed Schedule and Supper Bazaar
Morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School at 9:30. Evening worship at 8:00 p.m. Young People’s Club Thursday 8:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal 9:30 p.m. Catechism Saturdays 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Annual Supper and Bazaar Thursday November 18 serving from 5:30. Theme quote from Sam 2:30.
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Rameey Reformed
F. Snuttjer
Young People's Club
Good Hope Lutheran Church Announces Schedule Changes
Divine Worship at 9 30 Sunday with Sunday School at 10 30. No Bible Class this Sunday. Choir rehearsal canceled this week. Confirmation classes not held Saturday. Contributions of sandy or cookies for Christmas boxes for the boys in service 19 invited, deliver to church basement by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred O. Mardoff
Immanuel Lutheran Kev announces services and meetings
Immanuel Lutheran Kev invites with pastor Wm. Plant at Four Miles Exit and One Mile North of Pitonka. English services next Sunday at 41:00 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Class at 10:00 a.m. Luther League devotional and business meeting at 8:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal Friday at 8 p.m.
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Immanuel Lutheran Kev
Wm. Plant
Pitonka
Luther League
Retail Stores and Theatres Back Bond Days in Des Moines
Des Moines retailers and motion picture theaters join the state War Finance Committee in a Christmas bond drive starting Armistice Day. W. L. Clark announces the campaign theme Give War Bonds The Present with a Future with posters and The Squander Bug as a foe. Special dates include Thanksgiving Pearl Harbor Day and Last Minute Day. Women’s Division launches Starve the Squander Bug Buy War Bonds and a Christmas card program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State War Finance Committee
W. L. Clark
State War Bond Office
Pearl Harbor
Iowa War Finance Committee
Louise Newcomb
Pearl Harbor Day
Clark
Wesley High Basketball Schedule Published With Dates
Wesley releases the season slate starting November 19 with Whitte more and includes games at Renwick Crystal Lake Titonia Vernon Consolidated Woden Luverne Titonka Whittemore and tournament dates for girls and boys. New white uniforms with red trimming have been ordered for the girls team.
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Wesley
Whittemore
Renwick
Crystal Lake
Titonia
Vernon Consolidated
Woden
Luverne
Titonka
South Kossuth
Algona
Guverne
Overseas Greeting Cards Require 3 Cents Postage
The postal department rules that all greeting cards to men overseas must be sealed and sent as first class mail. Cards mailed now should reach by Christmas Day with a personal message adding three cents postage. Do not mail without three cents or they will be held at the local post office. Read the Want Ads.
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Postal Department
Turkeys Saved From Blizzard By Early Housing
Turkeys in the neighborhood faced danger as a Monday blizzard hit. Bartlett Brothers moved 600 birds to brooder houses near roosts hours before noon, following a blizzard three years earlier that killed thousands. Other large flocks include Henry Mayland 1400, Wm Brandt 800, Elmer Ostermann 300, and Reinhard Aukes 1400 at Buffalo Center.
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Henry Mayland
Wm. Brandt
Elmer Ostermann
Reinhard Aukes
Butfalo
Scarlet fever cases rise across Iowa in October
Iowa health officials report 245 scarlet fever cases in October across at least 49 counties, lifting the 10 month total to 1,879. The department notes rising outbreaks since August and urges parents and teachers to keep sick children home and to isolate confirmed cases for 21 days to curb spread.
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Iowa Health Department
Wesley St Joseph School Give Program at High School
Wesley St Joseph School will present its annual program at the high school auditorium next Sunday evening, November 14. The program, postponed last spring due to early school closure, features Pete Rapbit, Red Riding Hood's Reward, Beene at a Ticket Office, Just Plain Dot and students from first through fifth grades with listed cast members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley-St. Josephs School
Peter Rapbit
Playlet
Red Riding Hood
Slay
Beene
Cheryll Meurer
Rosemary Studer
Patricia Richtameier
Rosemary Becker
Carol Wolf
Jurors Drawn for Algona District Court Session
Heyo Boekelman and Ray Kahler are drawn for the Algona district court jury opening November 23. Boekelman, recovering from an appendix operation, will work for a few days. Also listed from the county are H. B. Rachut Burt Rodney Hall Wesley Ed Reece Lakota Frank Droegsler Bancroft and Herman Soderberg Bancroft.
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Heyo Boekelman
Ray Kahler
Titania
District Court
Algona
Heyo
H. B. Rachut
Burt
Rodney Hall
Wesley
Ed Reece
Elephant Truck H, E, Carr buy Mt. Ayr hay trailer
A Mt. Ayr based deal concluded for a semi-trailer with a 22 foot stock body used in transporting Baby Mine when owned by Towa children. The sale included a tractor and the trailer inscription reads Towa Children's Elephant Baby Mine & Dandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E, Carr
Mt. Ayr
Bad Blizzard Strikes Town Sunday Night
A severe early winter blizzard hit the area Sunday night with heavy winds and drifting snow. Roads were blocked and many schools closed Monday, including the local town and most nearby country schools.
Mail routes and delays across Britt Wesley and Woden
The report describes mail delivery issues from Britt via Wesley to Mon day and Tuesday, with Inter delivering Britt to Woden. A carrier got stuck near the Mller dairy farm by Titenka, four trucks brought in heavy mail, no rural delivery Monday, Lou Heifner completing part of his route Tuesday, and a school day noted on Monday or Tuesday.
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Britt
Wesley
Woden
Inter
Mller
Titenka
Lou Heifner
Blocked Mile East From Main Street Impassable at Noon
The first mile east from the north end of Main Street was blocked and impassable before noon Monday. Many telephone and some electric lines were down Monday, with crews at work repairing them. The temperature Monday hovered around freezing.
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Main Street
Blizzard Road Conditions Strain Locals Amid Snow
Residents report heavy snow and blocked roads Monday and Tuesday. Cars and wagons stuck along Main Street near Rainbow Bridge, east toward Ward Woden, and near Miller dairy farm. Several residents walked or rode to town, with reports of a foot plus of drifting snow.
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Main Street
Rainbow Bridge
Woden
Miller
Milly Cosgrove
Ben Franzen
Taft Parents Celebrate 46th Wedding Anniversary
Harold Taft hosted a Sunday event honoring his parents, Mr and Mrs W A Taft of Fairmont Minnesota, on the couple’s 46th wedding anniversary. Attendees included Mrs Jennings of Titonka plus numerous Taft and Larsen family members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Taft
Harold
W. A. Taft
Fairmont
Minn
Taft Sr
H. L. Jennings
Titonka
Tafts
Jennings
Harvey Graham
Lois
Donald
Martin Larsen
Elsie
Velma
Louis
Vernon Larsen
Leila
Harvey Graham Jr
Mayme Speicher
Fred Newville
Fred Jennings
Burt
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Goetsch
Richard A
Beloit
Wisconsin
Bleeker
Hiram Wm
Ames
Blomster
Virgil Willard
Swea City
Jiminez
Reynoldo
Crystal City
Texas
Martinez
Arnulfo Camillo
Waterloo
Huerta
Victoriano
Eastland
Baum
Marven William
Keane
Raymond John
Hunt
Hubert Wm
Buffalo Center
Vokoun
John James
Bancroft
Keefe
Robert James
Dows
Minard
Eugene Edward
Fort Dodge
Rode
Arthur John
Everett Marvin
William J
Buffalo
New York
Blakley
Jimmie Wade
Pruisman
Harold Henry
Garza
Domingo Escamia
Moran
Orville Thomas
Wertjes
Eugene William
Lakota
Thilges
Jacob Mike
Bode
Knecht
Herbert Hol
Pruismann
Marven
Gustafson
Robert B
Rike
John Theodore
Busch
Irvin Carl
Insko
Donald Robert
Lester
Hdlmond Eugene
Armstrong
Schneider
Joseph Lee
Bussie
Norbert Dugane
Lone Rock
Edward C
Voigt
Ralph Leroy
Fenton
Hagg
Ralph Ernest
Legion and Auxiliary
Minnesota
J. E. Wilson
Mies
Wesley St. Joseph School
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