Pollock family returns from California trip and community updates
Mrs J H Pollock returns home from California with her husband Mr W John Pollock and their son driving from the south via Nevada Utah and Wyoming. The town hears a farewell party for Scoutmaster Stanley Richey as Frank Marcus becomes new scoutmaster. 4 H and school activities include Powhatan Squaws meeting at LaVon Heathman and Amy organization news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H.pollock
John Pollock
Southern
California
J. H. Pollock
San Diego
Whittier
Redlands
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Nebraska
Stanley Richey
Presbyterian Church
Claire Enge
Richey
Ee Frank Marcus
Stanley
Sunday School Class Hag Party In Plover
The Ever Ready Sunday school class held a party Friday at the Lehnus home with Mrs. Howard Luft as assistant hostess. Mrs. Curtis Jones and Mrs. Bill Hough organized the entertainment and a lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lehnus
Howard Luft
Curtis Jones Pene
Bill Hough
Federated clubs meeting led by Mrs L E Garlock at Fonda
Mrs L E Garlock presided over the county Federated clubs meeting in Fonda replacing ill county chairman Mrs Ed ehnus. Curtis Jones sang a solo and Learn-A-Little Study club members attended. Various social visits and local events follow, including dinners and visits in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Garlock
Federated Clubs
Fonda
Edehnus
Curtis Jones
T. P. Comer
R. E. Houck
T. R. Jones
W. R. Iler
W. H. Henderson
Plover and Pocahontas Churches Announce Service Times
Plover Presbyterian Church led by Pastor John Brunn offers worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m with choir rehearsals Tuesday evening and a forthcoming time change announcement. Pocahontas Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 30 a m. In the story, a girl from Peru named Jackie Schoenenberger stops a train to greet her grandfather, a locomotive engineer, and apologizes to railroad officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover Presbyterian Church
John Brunn
Pocahontas Presbyterian Church
Jackie” Schoenenberger
Peru
Great Western Railroad
Hendrick Heads to Brazil for Oil Survey Work
Wayne Hendrick, formerly of Allamakee, travels to Brazil by Pan-American Airways to oversee an oil survey. He is employed by a company organized by Iowan Herbert Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Wayne Hendrick
Allamakee
Pan-American Airways
Herbert Hoover
Double Killing Bert One Night Trap Catch
Clayton of Hamburg set a spring rat trap one night last week and caught two rats at once. The brief note records the unusual event with a local color detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Clayton
Hamburg
Pocahontas Adds Baseball To Spring Sports Schedule
Pocahontas public schools list a spring baseball schedule with games against Palmer Laurens and a county tournament set for April 29-30 at Pocahontas. The team won its first three games over Palmer Plover and Havelock, and played Pomeroy here Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Palmer
Pocahontas County
Laurens
Plover
Havelock
Pomeroy
Sacred Heart High
Whittemore
Fort Dodge
Corpus Christi
Bancroft
St. John’s
Algona
St. Cecelia’s
Schoofs elected president of Sacred Heart alumni group
Joseph Schoofs Jr was chosen president at the Sacred Heart high school alumni association annual meeting held Friday evening April 19 in Holy Name hall. Virginia Donahue was reelected vice president and Dolores Eich was elected secretary treasurer. Plans are under way for the annual banquet. Virgil Albrecht recovers from pneumonia after illness that began Tuesday of last week. Rita Albrecht of Omaha visited the Albrecht home from Saturday to Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Schoofs, Jr
Alumni Association of the Sacred Heart High School
Holy Name Hall
Virginia Donahue
Dolores Eich
Virgil Albrecht
Albrecht
Rita Albrecht
Omaha
Neb
Cantata Ruth and The Shepherd of His Flock Performed at Sacred Heart
Cantata Ruth by Gaul and The Shepherd of His Flock by Lord were presented by the Cantata Sacred Heart school and its glee club Tuesday evening in Holy Name hall to honor Rev. George F. Wessling on the feast of St. George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Ruth
Gaul
Lord
Holy Name Hall
George F. Wessling
St. George
Install Officers for St. Joan of Arc Court No 1118
Officers of St. Joan of Arc court No 1118 will be installed at the regular meeting this Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. M. H. Hammes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joan of Arc Court
M. H. Hammes
New Diesel Units Approved for Central Electric Plant
R I A plant superintendent R B Dobbs received approval from REA administrator Harry Slattery for two 1500 horsepower diesel units to expand the Central Electric Federated Cooperative. Construction by Fulton Iron Works in St Louis will begin July 1 with first operation expected October 1 and the second about 60 days later. The upgrade raises plant capacity to 5570 horsepower and requires new cooling towers transformer banks and switchboard cubicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Dobbs
RIA
REA
Harry Slattery
Central Electric Federated Cooperative
Commonwealth Electric Company of
St. Paul
Fulton Iron Works
St. Louis
Fulton
Beneke Buys Guthrie County Vedette in Panora Iowa
Beneke formerly of Pocahontas now resident in South Bend Indiana has purchased the Guthrie County Vedette in Panora Iowa. He is a Pocahontas High School and University of Iowa journalism graduate who spent two years in Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Manufacturing advertising. He and Mrs. Beneke moved to Panora last week. Marriage licenses were issued to Wayne Martley and Geneva Richardson and Reuben Chapman and Helen Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Beneke
Pocahontas
South Bend
Ind
Guthrie County
Panora
Mr. Beneke
Pocahontas High School
State University of Iowa
Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Manufacturing Company
Beneke
Wayne Samuel Martley
Marathon
Geneva Richardson
Laurens
Reuben E. Chapman
Helen M. Johnson
Bonfire At Robert McEwen Home Extinguished
A bonfire at the Robert McEwen residence was spotted burning last week and scorched the end of a garage. The fire department arrived and extinguished the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea
Robert McEwen
Bertha Strong Improves After Auto Accident
Bertha Strong, sister of Mrs. Donahue, arrived in Chicago with Mr and Mrs James Donahue and is staying with relatives. She recently suffered serious injuries when struck by a car on March 14 and is improving at the Donahue home with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Strong
James. Donahue
Chicago
Ill
Beckord's Chicks Promote Fast Growing Stock
From now on every day counts and the chicks you buy should be fast growing and fast maturing. Beckord's Chicks are bred from the Key Flock program ensuring inherited ability to mature quickly and profit, offered at no higher price than ordinary chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckord
Frigidaire
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Pollock
W. John Pollock
Scouts
Powhatan Squaws
LaVon Heathman
Lorraine Hender‘son
Helen Beneke
Colleen Pringle
Rees
Joan Tier
Doris McKim
Lillian Grove
Boy Scout News
Frank Marcus
Robert Page
G. L. Sanders
Paullina
George Raw
Mrs. Raw
Sanders
American Legion Auxiliary
J. M. Bush
Richard Bush
N. J. Jenee
Dinne Brant
N. P. Molde
H.W. Boldt
Rs. Solallow
Minneapolis
Pee Ee Jensen
Humboldt, N. D
Acta Broadale
Bradgate
Mner
Humboldt
G. A. Parades
May Butler
Henry Dahl
Sam McKim
EJ. Struthers
Leo Shel&Ten of
Rolfe
The
A. Poust
Elizabeth
Prunty
Mapleton
Forsythe
Harry Smith
Mrs. Harry Smith
Mrs. Smith
Myrtle Horsman
Merle
Curlew
Une Marion Ham
J. J. Pavik
Lawrence
John
Amboy
Minn
Charles Pavik
Fletcher Pringle
T. Groves
Ida Forney
William Smith
A. J. Pulliam
E. Worster
Jane
Arnold
Kathleen Bucher
Marilyn Miller
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Miller
J. H. Bucher
Ft. Dodge
Miss Miller
Miss
Mervin Iler
Sedalia
Lutten
C. E. Miller
W. H. Buchanan
Beverly Hanover
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
R. A. Hanover
Gladbrook
Wayne Arnold
Estherville
J. W. Arnold
Hal McKim
B. B. Hubbell
Ernest Hubbell
Emmetsburg Hospital
T. S. Clark
Ernest Overrocker
Spencer and
I. M. McKim
Marjory David
Fred McKim
Clarence Sroufe
Gilmore
W. H. Sroufe
Lloyd Fultz
Ellwood Nanamaker
Bert Osking
M. L Helvig
Glen Forsythe
Pirl Riches
Aos
Susie Thompson
Town City
George Shaw
Lesilie Pritchard
McFarland
Sioux City
D Ig. McFarland
Shaw
Pete Gretcen
Club
Earl Firkins
Richard Buck
Harold O’neal
Roy Forsythe
West Bend
Denzil Johnson
George Jeffries
Oda Reid
C. E. Hancher
Henry Fitzgerald
Russell Forsythe
F. S
William McKim
Haskell Boles
George Cory
Ames
Cory
E. E. Ulm
Flandreau
S. D
Herbert Jones
Jerry Strathman
Miller
Richard En
Emmetsburg
Fuiay
Elde Heathman
Willing Workers Society of the
Ward Sharp
Frank Fitzgerald
Edward Lehnus
H. W. Lampe
Albert City
Robert Winters
Graettinger
Vera
Victor Winters
Pocahontas Record- Democrat
Hronek Hall
Miss Carlson
Jeanette Carlson
John Carlson
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Barbara Pearson
Cornell Little Theater
Hdna George
Iowa Association ‘of Social Welfare
Des Moines
Paul Reesor
Sioux Falls
Joe Wilson
Jennie Walters
Margaret Horton
Jessie Johnson
Stella Johnson
Anna Boyd
Mayme Johnston
H. H. Winegarden
Calhoun and
Webster Counties
Rebekah
Farnhamville
Webb's Drug Store
Rwin-Williams
Iowa
Jamesway
Hudson Electric
Dr. Salsbury
Hatchery
Rolfe, Ia
Uni-Matic
Central States Electric Company
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