Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • 4

a ttle for -operate to a rarmers MASOX in roo Co the boys in service were invading Europe, neighbors in the Clarence community expressed the good neighbor policy by invading the fields of Harry Crist with 36 tractors, accompanying implements and 42 men. They prepared 90 acres of ground and planted 67 acres. Crist's farm work was delayed by illness and by the death of his wife. This commando group I -1 1 1 I at 1 COMMUNITIES COMBINE FORCES Determined to Combat Rain by Long Hours Ames Bits of news from many Iowa communities tell a story of co-operation that is winning the battle for food on the home front Here are a few examples that have come to the attention of the extension service at Iowa State college. The sheriff, patrolman and half dozen other members of the Atlantic chamber of commerce went into the fields after working hours and drove tractors to get the crops planted between rains.

In Winneshiek county 3 neighbors with tractors helped prepare a 28-acre field for corn planting for Frank Moudry, 65, who is farming 200 acres without a tractor. At least 2 of the neighbors had never before done field work ''2 i it then moved on' to the Harold Dewell farm, prepared 50 acres for planting and planted 35 acres. Dewell was behind because he had been doing and helping on the Crist farm. Also in Cedar county, a crew of 12 victory farm volunteers pulled sour dock on one farm. In Buchanan county, 4 farmers pooled their equipment to plow 200 acres, disk 900 acres 2 and 3 times, and plant 150 acres of corn.

One tractor ran from Wednesday evening until 1 a. m. Sunday with only 6 idle hours. Two other farms pooled their equipment, kept onctractor running day and night for 5 days-. They plowed 40 acres without stopping.

Another farm family hired a neigh MILFORD SEVERSOX Machinist's Mate 3c ERLING SEVERSOX Flight Officer LUTHER SEVERSOX Serjeant ORVILLE SEVERSON Lieutenant 2 New Appointments to Extension Staff U1LLARD SEVERSOX Corporal help put up hay and detassel corn. Decatur county: Farmers are exchanging work and many women and girls are assisting in lighter tasks as corn cultivation and haying come on together. bor's daughter to do house work so that the wile could plow, disk Announced at I. S. C.

and harrow for 2 weeks. Wayne county reports one farm on Sunday. In the same county, neighbors helped plant soybeans for a farmer who had been ill throughout the spring. Ames A county extension di THE SEVEUSON BROTHERS, 1 TO 5, ALL IN THE SERVICE The 5 Severson brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Severson, Riceville, are all in the service, 4 in the army and 1 with the seabces. Cpl. Willard Severson, having entered the service in January, 1943, was sent overseas 4 months later and is now stationed in England. Milford Severson, machinist's mate 3c, enlisted in the seabees in June, 1943, left for active duty in September of the same year and is now stationed in Florida. His wife and 4 children live in Nora Springs.

Flight Officer Erling Severson entered the service in April, 1941, left for overseas in March, 1944, landed in north Africa, and at present is in Italy. Sgt. Luther Severson left with the national guard in January, 1941, going to Ireland, England, and north Africa. He is now stationed in Italy and was recently awarded the Purple Heart. Lt.

Orville Severson also left with the national guard in 1941. In March, 1944, he landed in British Isles for the second time, having served 8 months in Ireland in 1942. Lt. Severson is now stationed in England. er kept going 72 hours without sleep.

Farmers are doubling up with neighbors to work fields Although he knew that farm rector and an emergency exten sion food preservation assistant have been added to the staff of the ers often are reluctant to hire inexperienced boys of high school age, Clifford Johnson, county ex agricultural extension service of Iowa State college. Director R. K. tension director in West Pntta- Bliss and presidents of the re wattamie county, took 7 boys to spective county Farm Bureau Air WAC Receives Promotion to Corporal Greene Anita D. Smith of the WAC Detachment of the Air Corps has written her sister, Mrs.

Vern Pagel, that she has been promoted to corporal. She entered the service about December 1, 1943, and is now located at Mitchell New York. She Spent a brief furlough in Allison in May. i iarms last week and placed all of them. boards jointly announced the ap pointments.

OBnen county reports better neighborhood co-operation than it that dried first. Lucas county farmers are exchanging work as never before and are accomplishing more by pooling equipment. Linn county reports a large list of high school boys and girls enrolled that will relieve an acute shortage of experienced help. Dubuque county reports the radio and newspapers co-operatfng fully to recruit more older boys to help farmers in haying and harvesting. The Lions club of Des Moines county has organized crews to Bert Vander Naald, of Maple- ton, will succeed W.

J. Tudor as HERE and THERE had last year. Cedar county stated that while county extension director for Walker Transferred to St. Louis for Ralston Monona county. Tudor resumes his position on the economics and so ciology staff at Iowa State collese.

visit with her parents, Mr. and Popejoy Patricia Miller has Purina Co. August 1 Mrs. John Camelin. Ml 1-11-1 SOOTHINfe MfcOICATkO 1 The gibbon, a species of ape, inhabits southeastern Asia and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.

July 16, has been superintendent Le Roy, Minn. Relatives from gone to Staples, for a few weeks visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ingebritson. Iowa Falls Donald B.

Walker, of schools at Mapleton for the past 9 years. He holds bachelors de here who attended the funeral of William Exelby in Austin were Mr. and Mrs. R. J.

Price, Miss Bradford Chaplain and Mrs. grees from Central college and manager or the lialston Funna soybean processing plant since opening of the plant in the fall of 1942, will become assistant Iowa State college. Charlotte Diddams, Mrs. Lura Kar- Harold Belshcim and little daughter left Thursday after a few days visit with Mrs. Belsheim's Miss Catharine Hershey, of In- lan and daughter, Sharon.

A. G. dianola, has been named exten Diddams and Mrs. Jennie Iverson. Cerro Gordo County manager of the grain division of the Ralston Purina company in St.

Louis, Aug. 1. sion food preservation assistant-at parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Leh-mann, Sr.

They will have to report back for duty at Salina, Carpenter Mrs. Eva Carbery returned to her home in Cedar Hjalmar Johnson, assistant large. She was graduated from Iowa State college this year and will assist with the extension food June 21. Rapids after a visit at the Ed Dur- manager of the plant in Iowa Chester Jerry Halver of On kee home. Falls, will succeed Mr.

Walker as preservation program throughout Dumont Russell E. Roder suc tario, came Thursday to visit Cliester friends. manager. Mr. Johnson came to the state this summer.

She has QU had 5 years of 4-H club experi St. Ansjcar Mrs. L. J. Vandcr- Iowa Falls from Minneapolis, where he was traffic manager ence.

cessfully qualified for enlistment in the reserve corps of the army air forces, according to word from the examining board in Des Moines. He is the son of Dr. and myde is attending the Methodist conference at Iowa City. Her sons, for the company. Phil and Paul, accompanied her as far as Pella to visit at the home Forest City Boy Is Mrs.

C. F. Roder. He graduated Emmetsburg Soldier of relatives there. from the Dumont school in May.

Iowa Falls The Van Patter Northwood Anton Lunvold is Promoted to Staff Sgt. Visits on Sick Leave family had their annual dinner at the Park hospital in Mason City and reunion at Edgewood Sunday. for treatment. An 8th AAF Bomber Station, Emmetsburg Sgt. Gerald Mc- Garner Mr.

and Mrs. Gordon Nally returned to Emmetsburg CONTESTANTS will be introduced at the 5th War Loan- Friday to visit his parents, Mr. Steil of Chicago visited recently with Mr. Steil's parents, Mr. and England Promotion of Walter Severson, 24, of Forest City, from sergeant to staff sergeant has been announced by the commanding Clark Whitney of Iowa Falls was in charge of arrangements; William Jones of Eldora.

vice-chairman; and Verna Whitney, of Iowa Falls, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. J. N. Steil and his brother.

and Mrs. W. P. McNally, after 10 months in England where he was on duty with an army air corps officer of the 8th AAF Flying For Orville Steil and family. Gordon expects to be called into service tress group in which Sgt.

Severson in the near future. is a left waist gunner. The flyer is Le Roy, Minn. Miss Doris Mc- the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ben St. Ansjrar Mrs. Jennie Hart and son, Robert, of La Crosse, visited recently at the home of Mrs. Cora Lang. Nashua Miss Bertha Coffman and Mrs.

Amy Goodsell left Fri Severson of Forest City. He en lighter group. Sgt. McNally was ordered back to the United States several weeks ago due to ill health. He flew the Atlantic and arrived tn New York May 18, where he was hospitalized.

He was given a medical dis Roberts has returned to her civil service work at San Francisco, tered the army air corps in Janu ary, 1943. He has 2 brothers in the after a 3 weeks vacation with service. her parents and other relatives. day for Washington, where they Carpenter Mrs. Eugene Nich charge from the army June 15.

He will spend their summer vacation and will be employed as cashiers olson, Forest City, returned home 27 had been in the service for months. Wednesday after a visit with her father and mother-in-law, Mr. Learns of Safety of Sister in Germany in a commissary for the army. Miss Coffman is a grade teacher in the public schools and Mrs. Goodsell teaches the South Powersville and Mrs.

Fred Nicholson. Corwith Mrs. Oma Jacobs re ceived word Wednesday that her Garner Indirect word has school. Summer Students at I. S.C.

Total 3,396 Ames Incomplete registration been received here of the safety Chester Mrs. Floyd Jones and daughter, June, a nurse at Mercy hospital in Mason City is again of Mrs. Tena Hedden's sister and daughter LaVonne were guests of confined to the hospital with an relatives in Chicago. infection in her feet. family, Mr.

and Mrs. Fritz Drang-meister, who lived in Hanover Germany, which has been severe Music, Singing and Entertainment by the U. S. COAST GUARD BAND Eddie Bayer, Musician 1st Class, Director figures for the first term of the summer quarter at Iowa State St, Ansar Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs.

C. Edward Emmetsburg The Misses Mary college show a total of 3.396 stu De Sales and Adel Critz, daugh Miller that Pfc. and Mrs. C. Ed ly bombed.

A friend of the family wrote from Switzerland and re ters of Mrs. O. V. Critz, who are dents, it was announced by J. R.

vealed that the family had lost in nurses' training in Sioux City, Sage, registrar. ward Miller, are the parents of a son born at Webster City Monday, June 12. Pfc. Miller is arrived to spend 3 weeks vaca tion with their mother. Their in England.

Included in the total are 1039 civilian students and 2357 in the 5 Navy training programs electrical, diesel, cooks and bakers, V-5 brother, Lt. Julian Critz, left Northwood Lee Jaspers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jaspers, who Wednesday for Mobile, after everything but managed to escape with their lives and are now living in the country. This is the first word Mrs.

Heddens has received for over 2 years. Mrs. Drangmeister used to lived here and was Hanna Kramer before her marriage. spending a 10 day leave at his was taken to Minneapolis for ob home. and V-12.

Sags predicted that late regis' trations together with the regi' tration on July 1 of civilian en servation is suffering from a mild case of polio according to word TUESDAY, JUNE 20 at the SURF, Clear Lake Northwood Mrs. Oscar Rustad is in Minneapolis where she is visiting in the home of her daugh VOCAL SOLOIST received here. Mr. and Mrs. Jas pers returned home Wednesday.

gineers would bting the total to 3,600. ter, Mrs. Nick Aase. Emmetsburg Pvt. John Thack ropejoy S.

Sgt. Kenneth of Camp Claiborne, is er arrived from Camp Gordon, spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.

Johnson, to spend a furlough here with Sergeant Visits Home After Overseas Duty his wife and children. He will re turn to Camp Gordon Thursday. Swaledale Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Eddy, and son left for their home in Fort Worth, after Northwood Mrs.

S. Elizabeth Otranto S. Sgt. Wendell Burnl- Owens of Boone came Thursday several weeks visit with his par grud arrived home Tuesday morn RESERVE BOOTH You can reserve a booth for Tuesday evening by phoning The Surf in advance, and by agreeing to buy an additional $100 War Bond when you get there. VOTES GIVEN 300 Algona Residents Ask to Build Airport Algona A petition was presented to the city council asking that an election be held soon to vote on the proposition of a bond issue to build an airport.

The petition was signed by more than 300 persons. An election was held for this same purpose here a number of years ago but was defeated by a few votes under the 60 required by law. ents, Mr. and Mrs. G.

A. Eddy, for a visit in the home of her sis ter-in-law, Mrs. W. I. Sayre.

and other relatives. Garner Sgt. Ronald Greiman Nashua R. D. Staley, cashier of the First Nashua State bank arrived Wednesday to spend leave with his parents, Mr.

and underwent a major operation at Mrs. Henry Greiman. He has been the Charles City hospital Friday. through the African and Italian J. F.

Nafus, formerly employed by the bank, is assisting in the bank ing for a 20-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Galen Burnigrud. Wendell has been overseas more than 2 years. He was a ranger and served in the European theater.

He embarked for home from an African port, where he has been for several months. Wendell is a graduate of the Otranto high school and was attending Iowa State university at Iowa City when he entered service. campaigns and received a leg injury in Italy. He received the purple heart and has not yet been during his illness. Bradford Mr.

and Mrs. Mar assigned to duty. shall Newton and little daughter St. Ansgar Mrs. C.

J. Hector of Clinton are visiting the for mer's mother, Mrs. Fannie New ton. and sister, Ella Johnson, of Du-luth, visited recently at the home of Nellie Gubertson. St.

Anssar Mrs. T. V. Collins and son, Patrick, of Los Aneeles ADVANCES TO CAPTAIN Riceville Robert James Herd-man of Riceville was listed by the war department at Washington among 11 Iowa officers who recently received promotion. He was advanced from 1st lieutenant to captain.

Purchasers of War Bonds at The Surf will be given Carro Gordo county Queen contest votes. Buy a $100 bond and you'll get 100 votes. RETAIL EMPLOYES Each retail employe is entitled to 2 tickets for this Tuesday night dance if he, or she, pledges to sell $300 worth of War Bonds during the present 5th War Loan drive. See your employer for tickets. BAND CONCERT The U.

S. Coast Guard Band, 32 pieces, will play a concert in Central park, Mason City, Tuesday afternoon, June 20, from 3 to 5 o'clock. Thrill, ing music and entertainment. See the boys in University Theater Offers Summer Play Iowa City "Midsummer Night's Dream," by William Shakespeare, will be presented in the University of Iowa theater July 11-15 as the first of the summer's productions. It will be directed by E.

Iden Payne, director of the Stratford-on-Avon festival company of the Shakespeare Memorial theater in England. Mr. Payne, who has been on the university staff several times in the past, again is a visiting director here for the summer. Cast of the play not only will be open to students but also to any interested townspeople. Readings for parts now are under way.

A former member of Joe Reich, man's orchestra, Gene Schiele, trombonist and vocal soloist, will be with the Coast Guard band which will play at Cerro Gordo county's 5th War Loan dance at The Surf. The charter of Yale, drawn up in 1745, is still in force. I "I (C Schiele earned his first money in" the show business as a tap dancer. He has played with Freddy Nagel, Nick Stuart, and sang and played for Victor came to spend an indefinite time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Miller. Mr. Collins is stationed at Camp Wood, Tex. Swaledale Mrs. Melvin Wood of Northville, S.

is visiting her mother, Mrs. Zook, brother, Walter, and other relatives. Chester Mrs. Roy Cameron of Janesville is a guest of Mrs. Marie Barr.

1 Northwood Mrs. S. O. Rye of Grand Forks, N. Miss Gertrude Bakken of Los Angeles, and John Bakken of Ray, N.

came Wednesday called by the serious illness of their father, Ole J. Bakken. St. Ansgar Mrs. Christine Haas has returned to her home here after spending several months with her Vdaughter, Mrs.

Julia Fleisher, and family at Wells, Minn. Le Roy, Minn. J. M. Ostrem submitted to a 2nd operation at a hospital in Rochester.

Carpenter The vacation parochial school at the church vestry closed Friday after a 2 weeks' session. The school was under the Clarion Mrs. Theodore Olson of Lindsborg, is visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Norman L.

Hammer. Clarion Mrs. Virgil Radohl of Portland, was to arrive Monday for a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.

J. West. Nashua A. D. Leaman returned from Rochester, where he entered the Mayo clinic for an examination.

Northwood Pvt. and Mrs. L. C. Rustad came Wednesday from Camp Carson, and are visiting relatives and friends here during a 10 day furlough.

St. Ansgar Katherine Rust, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Gilman Rust, left for Pasco, where she will be employed at the Olympic commissary. Stilson Mrs.

Herbert Missal and baby daughter of Orthel township, visited Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schwab. Sheffield SSgt. Fred Behrens, who is stationed at the army air field, Lincoln, is spending a furlough at the home of his parents.

Bristow Pfc. Gilbert Merrill, who has been on furlough visiting his parents, Mr. andMrs. Joe Merrill, several day's, started back to his camp Thursday. This message courtesy of the SHOE STORE AND THE VANCE MUSIC CO.

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