Local Notices and Social Updates From Algona Area
Village society includes visits by Matt Geerdes and Henry Plaister to John Harringa, and a big turnout for a skating party at the Colosseum. Military notes mention Frank Hauptly drawn for District Court juries. Jean French joins WAVIS and reshuffles training, while Donna Ward begins nurse's training at Mercy in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Reibsamen
Roy Mann
Hess P-T-Z
John Harringa
Matt Geerdes
Forest City
Henry Plaister
Janet
Algona
Frank Hauptly
Floyd Reichsamen
W. L. Patterson
Titonka
Clarence Bowers
Buffalo Center
Roger David
Mary Peters
Lenark
Tilinoig
L. EB. Deibler
Mr. Deibler
Deiblers
Mrs. Peters
Cloyd Moore
Maurice Bilsborough
Earl Swiefel
Ed Swiefel
Burt Woods
Jake Zwiefel
Fred Kluss
Clarence Menz
Tris
Baby
Roger Gibbons
Fenton
Merle Schwietert
Town City
Hel
Leslie J. Hansen
Pasadena
Calif
Nelsina’ Hansen
Ray
Gordon
Van
Hansen
Lester Prewitt
W. R. Prewitt
Forest City Summit
Red Cross
Summit
Great Lakes
Washington, D. C
Fort Meade
Maryland
Lela Wolfe
Lee O. Wolfe
Titonica
Jean Frenéch
WAV
New York City
Mason City
Chicaps
New York
Jean
Russell
American Legion Auxiliary News
The regular monthly meeting at the Legion hall drew a fair turnout with many carpet rags torn and sewn. Rehabilitation chair Mary Sartor reports 14 pounds shipped to Knoxville Veterans Hospital. membership chair Cleo Nelson notes 13 paid members and invites dues drop at the drug store or to the chairman. Ruth Mae Carn is welcomed as a new member. Sheriff Hol Hipsley reports a rare jail vacancy over a weekend, the first in 15 years in Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Mary Sartor
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Cleo Nelson
Ruth’ Mae Carn
Hol Hipsley
Page
Clarinda
All Over Iowa Not Missing After All
Mr and Mrs Robert Schurtz of Mason City and Mr and Mrs Earl Glanville near Hampton celebrate a wedding anniversary. A purse mix up led officials to a farm where the missing bag was found after the women had swapped cars and swapped purses. A hay loft find at Plainfield revealed a long unused antique hay fork patented in 1866. Mrs Etta Hellyer of Oak Grove fell into an uncovered well 16 feet deep and saved herself by improvised supports and tying her apron to a pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Jesse Harma
Henry van Hove
Gale
Alice Budiong
Manly
Floyd Relbsamen
Roger David
Roy Mann
Burt
Joe Trampel
Alma
Kamrar
Henry Huisinga
R. W. Gingrich
Earl
P. F
Oscar Gingrich
Dick Sloper
Lois Blaine
Carl Harms
Ramsey Reformed Church
Rev. Snuttier
W. W. Satchet
Biwabik
Minn
Arthur Rike
Fred Pannkuk
Lakota
Heiko Bruns
Herman Franzen
Edward Stohr
Elmore
Ralph Tjaden
Wesley
Ervin Fahrenholtz
P. F.C
Carl Snyder
H. C. Snyder
Chanute Field
Air Corps
Harold Johnson
Earl Blakley Jr
Mervin Gray
Camp Farragut
Idaho
United States Navy
Louis Oeslterreicher
Donna Ward
Sioux City
Mercy Hospital
Donna
Miller Nelson
Breen
Will Peterson
Guy Bruns
A. A. French
George Graham
Oscar Norland
M. FF
Cheever
al Young
Barris Smith
Youngs
Smiths
Ernest Peterson
Ernest
Charles Peterson
George Klerk
Jerry Schmidt
George Schmidt
Jerry
George
Air Mail
Wm. Swyter
Maynard Wiegand
Bill Folds
Mary Fritz
Esther Fritz
Mason City
Jerry Boekelman
Ramsey Young People
Coliseum
Betty Ann Sonnenberg
George Sonnenberg
W. F. Hamstreet
Ringsdorf
Arch McFarland
Eldert Smith
Buffalo Center
The
Reformed Church
Wif von Laven
Marie Garretse
Chicago
Win. Swyter
Wilf von Laven
R. F. Perry
Richard
Frances Bone
Algona
H. A. French
Harm Kettwich
Harry Kettwich
John Harringa
Magdalene
Roger
Elaine
Wilmore
Jane Cretzmeyer
Joann Godden
Russell French
Howard French
University of Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Lois Elaine Harms
Snuttjer
John Brunson
Buffalo Center Hospital
Verne
Ed Zwiefel
Verdene Boyken
Margaret McKeegan
Rock Valley
Jacqueline Callies
Hsther Fritz
Alice Budlong
Marjorie Peterson
North Central
Pierre Sartor
Evac
APO
New York
N. Y
Wm. Boyken
Edward Boyken
Des Moines
Will von Laven
Marie Garretta
Nick Heesch
Virgil Heesch
Roslyn
John Sachau
John
Melbourne Heesch
David
Irvin Brandt
Herbert Peterson
Newark
New Jersey
Ted van Hove
Jesse Harms
Frank Callies
Forest City
Robert Callies
Carl F. Callies
Arthur Peterson
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Swan
Wilbur Schram
Ferne Krantz
Indianola
Edw. A. Sathoff
Betty Sturdevant
Vergine
Fort Dodge
Arnold
Henry Gray
Arnold Gelder
Wellsburg
Dick Gelder
Gelder
Grays
Towa
Harold Beaty
Iowa State College Extension
Robert Schurtz
Earl Glanville
Hampton
Franklin County
Glanville
Glanville Farm
Schurtz
Alwost
Lloyd Carpenter
Plainfield
Etta Hellyer
Oak Grove
No Rationing Worries On 950 Mile Bicycle Trip
Robert Smith and Leon faced no rationing worries as a 950 mile bicycle trek was completed in a week. Robert rode through Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota visiting towns from Missouri Valley to Ames. He averaged about 130 miles per day and found the route from Missouri Valley to Ames as good cycling country as the prairie stretches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
Leon
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Robert
Missouri Valley
Ames
Bumblebee Attack Injures Corwith Team Leader and Horse
Art Kelch of Corwith was attacked by a bumblebee nest while unloading bundles. His team of horses bolted, he was thrown under a horse, sustaining a broken shoulder, and the wagon ran over him causing a back injury. A separate lightning strike near Charlton damaged corn in Harry Calhoun’s field, with a single stalk cut and others damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelch
Corwith
Harry Calhoun
Charlton
Patent Record For Milton Smith 80 Acres in Chicago
Original land patent in possession of Roy Clapsaddle Ida Grove. certificate issued by Jacob Clapsaddle dated February 18 1846 documents Milton Smith receiving 80 acres in Chicago from the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Clapsaddle
Ida Grove
Milton Smith
Chicago
Jacob Clapsaddle
Wool crop 1943 in U.S. estimated 4 percent smaller
Economists at Iowa State College project a weaker livestock feeding year with about 128 pounds of protein feed per grain consuming animal available, down from 146 pounds last year. In Iowa, 96 percent of chicks hatched come from hatcheries, according to A D Oderkir k poultry marketing specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iowa State College
Towa
A. D. Oderkirk
Towa State College
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Velvo
A.B.C
Callies Bros Store
American Legion Auxiliary News
America
Arlington
Tromso
Norway
Candia
Crete
Downs’ Store
Titanka, Iowa
Ole
Iowa
Bonacker
FBL
SAT
MON
Golden Hill
Kellogg’s
California
Campbell's
Philco
J. E. Wilson
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