Pocahontas REC Annual Meeting Set With Band Hope
Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative schedules its 30th annual meeting at Pocahontas Community School Gymnasium next Wednesday evening. The program opens at 7 30 with Laurens Community School Band performance, registration at 7. Lloyd Simonson presides, C F Dogoich delivers secretary report, Charles Stillman Jr Treasurer presents finances, Emanuel G Kraska reports operations, three directors elected for three year terms. Nominating chair Chas L Nelson announces nominees. Entertainment features Emmetsburg High School Folk Group and Swing Choir. Prizes include 35 electrical appliances. drawing for three special prizes precedes director election. Cooperative serves about 2 750 meters on 1 260 miles of REC lines in Pocahontas and Palo Alto Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative
Pocahontas Community School
Laurens
C. F. Dogoich
Whittemore
Charles Stillman, Jr
Emmetsburg
Emanuel G. Kraska
Earl E. Kerns
Mallard
Chas. J. Stid
Rodney J. Meyer
Clarence Doerning
Chas. J. Stillman, Jr
Wayne Smith
Graettinger
Willard Herke
Marvin Johnson
Fonda
James Moline
Gilmore City
Robert L. Aden
Palmer
Lloyd W. Simonson
G. A. Behrens
Clyde J. Peterson
John Swanson
Ayrshire
Robert Eckert
H.M. Pohlman
D. F. Dogatch
Emmetsburg High School
Palo Alto
David Linjedahl
Pocahontas
Second Walk for Development Successful Amid Rain
The second Walk for Development on May 27 drew fifty four walkers despite a rain shower. Bill Luke of Spencer Health Center praised fundraisers for more than dollars and an attitude change aligning with the American Freedom from Hunger Fondation. Route cards tracked miles for three paths. Roger Edwards and Mike Barton from Estherville Junior College completed the 30 mile walk in four hours. Msgr. Mason marks his 50th year as priest with a June 11 anniversary Mass at St. Patrick's Church followed by a dinner for priests and friends, gifts not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Luke
Spencer Health Center
Freedom From Hunger Fondation
Ruthven
Spencer
Terrill
Dickens
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Milford
Ayrshire
Roger Edwards
Mike Barton
Estherville Junior College
Edwards
Youth Association For
Msgr. Mason
Msgr
Mason
St. Patrick’s Church
Expansion Campaign Opens Today for Emmetsburg Reporter-Democrat
The Reporter-Democrat launches a trade expansion drive with 16 candidates from Emmetsburg and nearby towns, vying for a $700 top prize plus more than $2,500 in cash and commissions. Workers start Thursday June 1 and can earn 20 percent on new and renewal subscriptions, with votes awarded per $20 in subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Jerry Hofstad
Democrat
West Bend banker named state ABC president
Howard Garton of West Bend, an Iowa State Bank officer, will become state president of the 9,000-member Association for Retarded Children at the June 9 meeting in Waterton. He plans to travel Iowa to aid local groups and push rights and services for mentally handicapped individuals, noting major legal gains but gaps in service delivery. Garton has long served in state committees and helped start the Handicapped Workers’ Activity Center via a grant for the Northwest Iowa Workshop Development Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Garton
Iowa State Bank
West Bend
Association For
Garton
State Association
Northwest Iowa Workshop
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Handicapped Workers’ Activity Center
Bond Sales Rise in Palo Alto County April Update
Edward C. Norland reports Palo Alto County April Series E and H savings bonds total 335 211 lifting four month total to 124 565 about 44 percent of 1972 quota. Iowa April sales 9 119 322 up 19 5 percent from 1971. First four months Iowa buyers total 34 543 000. Emmetsburg link to hiring Terry Nelson for Area 11 special needs, state officer duties. Gartons and Jaycees activities noted with proceeds and scholarships for handicapped programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Norland
Palo Alto County
Volunteer County Savings Bonds
Iowa
Davenport
Kevin Heald
Ray Heald
Botte
Cedar Rapids
Jaycees
Dairy Princess Kathy Thorstenson to Palo Alto Co
State Dairy Princess Kathy Thorstenson of Waterville will attend County Dairy Day events in Palo Alto County on June 8 visiting Graettinger Ruthven and West Bend with free ice cream. She appears in Emmetsburg that evening for 4-H ice cream social to fund a trip to the National 4-H Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Princess
Palo Alto Co
Kathy Thorstenson
Waterville
Palo Alto
Graettinger
Graettinger State Bank
Ruthven
Harold's
Clover Farm
West Bend
Iowa State Bank
County Dairy Association
4-H
Court House Square
4- H
National
Washington
D.C
Emmetsburg
Paloo Alto County
Floyd Thorstenson
Iowa
Des Moines
Waukon Implement and Service Company
Kathy
Allamakee
Iowa Lakes offers shorthand typing and secretarial classes
Openings remain at the south attendance center Emmetsburg June 12 to July 14 taught by Harold Wente. Courses may be taken for college or noncredit credit and suit those brushing up or building new skills including high school credit. Day classes, contact Continuing Education Estherville for details.
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South
Iowa Lakes Community College
Emmetsburg
Harold Wente
Continuing Education Office
Estherville
Steve Hansen Wins Waldorf Music Scholarship
Steve Hansen son of the Rev and Mrs Erling Hansen of Emmetsburg received a 200 scholarship in vocal music from Waldorf College Forest City He is a 1972 Emmetsburg High School graduate who participated in band concert choir folk group and swing choir and sang Speak Softly Love as a Pops Concert soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Hansen
Erling Hansen
Emmetsburg
Mary
Waldorf College
Forest City
Steve
Emmetsburg High School
EHS
Love
Mallard Firemen Save Family From House Fire
The Mallard Fire Department was summoned at 1 30 a m on May 30 to the Wirtz home where Mrs Wirtz woke to smoke and Wirtz dragged his family from the second floor. Firefighters moved a rug covering a floor furnace grate to safety as Joanna the couple’s young daughter, crawled nearby. The cool night kept the furnace from worsening but the rug and linoleum near the grate smoldered and the home sustained heavy smoke damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallard
Keith Wirtz
Senior Citizens Meet Friday in Waverly Room
Senior Citizens will meet June 2 in the Waverly Room of the Lowe Trust and Savings Bank at 2 p.m. Anyone 55 years and older is invited to join. Residents in Fenton Cylinder Rodman and Ayrshire over 55 are also invited to become members.
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Waverly
Lowe Trust and Savings Bank
Fenton
Cylinder, Rodman
Ayrshire
Life Saving Classes Open for Local Youth
Mrs Phil Kerner announced life saving classes start Thursday at 7 20 a m at the Emmetsburg Swimming Pool. Junior savers must be at least 11 and senior savers 15. No preregistration required just show up at the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cive
Emmetsburg
Phil Kerner
Kerber
Bound Over on OMVUS Charge
Frank Fisher of Emmetsburg is bound over to Palo Alto County district court on an OMVUT charge after waiving preliminary hearing before Judge R M Hand on May 27. He posted a 500 dollar bond after an earlier arrest by Iowa Highway Patrolman Dick Fallin this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fisher
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Fisher
Justice of the Peace
R.M. Hand
Iowa Highway
Dick Fallin
Memorial Established for Sybella Lowe at Palo Alto County Hospital
A memorial is established at Palo Alto County Hospital for the late Sybella Lowe. Friends of Sybella Lowe contributed a $25 memorial as a tribute from the community.
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Palo Alto County Hospital
Sybella Lowe
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REC
Walk For Development
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Gepew
Rick Blass
Terry Cole
Emme
Denise Drew
Mrs. Richard Egan
Emmet
Tina Walker
Vivian Winter
Graeftinger
ABC
Kathleen
Hans Appel
Mallard Firemen
OMVUS
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