Junior Senior Banquet at Hotel Humboldt Havelock
Havelock high school held its junior senior banquet at Hotel Humboldt with ship themed centerpieces and blue white favors. Senior class of 21 included Lor rine Baedke Calvin Bass Marion Daniels and more. Following the banquet a theatre party was enjoyed and local families reported service related travel and medical updates.
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Havelock
Havelock High School
Hotel Humboldt
Ivadell Wagner
Alice Baedke
Andors Aweigh
Robert Oortley
Kenneth Lady
o'Mine
Marvella Ralle
John Nickelson
David McConaughey
Ruth Lathrop
Loyd Godfrey
Dale Shimon
United States Armed Service
Lorrine Baedke
Calvin Bass
Marion Daniels
Duane Gibson
Marvella Johnson
Local social notes include showers and visitors in Waterloo area
Mrs Will Voy of Waterloo hosted a miscellaneous shower at the Methodist church basement with games and lunch. Mrs Vay stayed with Mr and Mrs W A Bloomer and returned to Waterloo the next day. Mrs George Hawk led the Helping Hand circle with lunch served. Eldon Buck and Harold Hauswirth painted farm buildings on the Cornwell farm near Rolfe, then worked near Fonda. Rena Husby, finishing post office work evenings, will become assistant postmaster, replacing Vincent Keerles who moved to Washington DC. B G Gill visited Estherville. Dave Bell and wife visited Waterloo relatives. Lester Goodchild, at Lake View aircraft school, spent weekend with family. Mrs James Grove and daughter Lorraine of Plover stayed with Mrs L D Goodell. Ralph Smith, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood MO, on 10-day furlough with parents. Seniors practice play Sound Your Horn to be shown May 5. Mrs Henry Buck visited Estherville. Lyle Froh of Fort Leonard Wood on 10-day furlough with his parents. Last PTA meeting featured a program by the girls 4 H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hawk
Hawk
Eldon Buck
Harold Hauswirth
Cornwell Farm
Rolfe
Fonda
Rena Husby
Vincent Keerles
Washington, D. C
B. G. Gill
Estherville
Dave Bell
Waterloo
Lester Goodchild
Lake View
James Grove
Lorraine
Plover
L. D. Goodell
Ralph Smith
Fort. Leonard Wood
Local social and sports notes from Ayrshire area
Mrs. Alice Quade Margaret and Mrs. Mayme Daugherty visited the Chet and Donavan Speer families in Klemme on Sunday. Des Moines visitors Mr. and Mrs. Dean Armstrong and daughter Joan stayed with Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Wolcott. Mrs. Ray Chase from Seattle visited her mother in law Ella Chase after a Nebraska trip. Laurens and Emmetsburg guests and a birthday gathering at Grover Moore's Ayrshire home. High school baseball beat Laurens 7 6 in a return game. Funeral attended for Earl Broderson at Pocahontas. Health update for Emmetsburg nurse Mrs. M Herscher’s daughter Mrs. Emory Kirby improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Quade
Margaret
Mayme Daugherty
Klemme
Chet
Donavan Speer
Dean Armstrong
Joan
Des Moines
Moore
Harry Hansen
Lewis Duis
Laurens
Earl Broderson
Pocahontas
Frank Kirby
Pearce
Earl Sandy
M. G. Herscher
Emory Kirby
Emmetsburg
Child Burns In Pot Of Boiling Coffee Incident
The two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hansen received second degree burns after tipping a pot of boiling coffee. Dr. Trreon of Lasrens treated burns on the face and chest, with pneumonia feared. Deloyes Lety of Storm Lake visited the W. D. Lady home for the weekend. Lawrence Brazier, employed at Younkers in Des Moines, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suvity
Harry Hansen
Trreon of
Lasrens
Deloyes Lety
Storm Lake
W. D. Lady Home
Lawrence Brazier
Younkers
Des Moines
John Brazier
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Plans Poppy Day Activities
Monday evening the American Legion Auxiliary met at the Ralph Speer home. Mrs. Bert Gaskill spoke on Red Cross activities. Guests included Mrs. George Sylviey and Mrs. Clyde Speer. Poppy Day plans were made and pop pies are with Mrs. Byron Lathrop. Lurich was served by Mrs. Speer and hostess Mrs. Harold Shimon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ralph Speer
Bert Gaskill
The
Red Cross
George Sylviey
Clyde Speer
Byron Lathrop
Lurich
Speer
Harold Shimon
Surprise Birthday Dinner For J L Hunt In Mallard
Relatives and friends gathered Friday at 6:30 at Mr and Mrs J L Hunt home for a surprise birthday dinner hosted by the couple. Attendees included John Hunt Jr Kenneth Larson Aaron Ernst Landis and Fred Jurgens all of Mallard. The Sunshine club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs H G Brechler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hunt
Mr. Hunt
John Hunt, Jr
Kenneth Larson
Aaron Ernst
Landis
Fred Jurgens
Mallard
Sunshine Club
H. G. Brechler
Havelock Methodist Church Holds Youth Conference in Emmetsburg
Pastor John Drake Wolcott invites church members to Sunday school at 10 a.m and worship at 11 a.m. The Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting for the western half of the Algona district convenes in Emmetsburg on Sunday May 3 from 2 30 p m to 8 p m with supper and group singing. Theme is For Christ and the Church. Mother's Day is Sunday May 10 with reminders to honor living mothers and remember those passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Drake Wolcott
Methodist Youth Fellowship Conference
Algona
Emmetsburg
Christ
Church
Pocahontas Couple Marks 68th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Nick Stelpflug of Pocahontas observed their 68th wedding anniversary with mass and communion at Sacred Heart parish. He is 90 and she 81, parents of 14 children, 10 living, 49 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. A group photo followed. visits and a farewell card party were noted, with plans for Mrs Collins and daughter to move to Corpus Christi, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Nick Stelpflug
Sacred Heart Parish
Stelpflug
A. Schott
J. F. Stelpflug
Sherwood
Leo Wolken
Henry Holder
Dolliver
John Collins
Fonda
Nick Stelpflug, Jr
LeMars
William Stelpflug
St. Louis
Louise Green
Colorado
Ed Burke
Lohrville
Brooklyn Priest Visits Pocahontas Manson Friends
The Rev. Father Edward F. Bradley of St. Teresa's Brooklyn spent five days visiting Pocahontas with Sister M. Germaine Sacred Heart school teacher and Manson with Rev. James Gretman. He stayed with Rev. G. F. Wessling and knew Rev. Al Schmitt who died at Pearl Harbor. Bradley and Schmitt were Rome classmates. He also met Rev. Frank Greteman of Sioux City in Rome. Miss Margaret Lorge, Pocahontas State Bank teller, returned to work after an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Bradley
St. Teresa’s Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pocahontas
M. Germaine
Sacred Heart
Manson
James Gretman
G. F. Wessling
Father Bradley
al Schmitt
Germaine
Pearl Harbor
American College
Rome
Bradley
Frank Greteman
Sioux City
Margaret Lorge
Pocahontas State Bank
Nine Sorrel Horses Sold At Pocahontas Sale
Nine sorrel horses aged 3 to 8 were consigned to Pocahontas Sales Co by Merle Rubendahl of Fonda for a recent sale. Each pair could be mated as a team, a rare owner concentration in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Sales Co
Merle Rubendahl
Fonda
Death notices and local society items from Pocahontas Iowa
Funeral services for Earl Brodersen were held at the Henry Brodersen home and St. Peters Lutheran church with burial in Summit Hill cemetery. The Pocahontas Auto Co. employee died from burns at Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge. Surviving family includes his widow and daughter, parents, four sisters, and one brother. Other items report infant Dennis Calvin Stoner, Mrs. David Sheker hosting a dessert bridge, and St Joan of Arc women’s group meeting with officer installations planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Brodersen
Henry Brodersen
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
W. J. Lewinski
Summit Hill Cemetery
Loren Fergen
G. J. Freeburg
Lloyd Anfinson
Edward Svejda
Jess Freeman
Cecil Gregerson
Brodersen
Pocahontas Auto Co
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Earl Paul Brodersen
Pocahontas
Booth Township
Palo Alto
Fae Evelyn Fisher
Betty Lea
C. E. Lindeman
C. W. Peterson
Rose Craig
Gilbert Cordes
Swea City
William Brodersen
Ayrshire
Calvin Stoner
Dennis Calvin
David Sheker
A. C. Carmichael
St. Joan of Arecourt
W.C.C.F
D. C. Hood
Jerry of Jericho Road operetta staged at public school
A western operetta Jerry of Jericho Road by Clark was presented Tuesday evening April 28 at the public school auditorium by students. The cast included Uncle Pete Byron Poduska Alan O Day Calvin Peterson Geraldine Bank Lorraine Lucas and many others with a chorus of dancers tourists ghosts and masquers. Connie Reath celebrated her sixth birthday with kindergarten guests plus a concert by Marian Anderson at Cedar Falls UT C fieldhouse. Mrs Isabelle Ralston visited Des Moines last week to see her son-in-law and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Jericho Road
Clark
Public School
Uncle Pete
Byron Poduska
Alan O'Day
Calvin Peterson
Geraldine Bank
Lorraine Lucas
John Drayton
Dean Kauffman
Mimi
Marian Nelson
Dora Lorazel Yocum
Cornelis Beau
Boston
Jim Hudson
Amos Bank
Connie Reath
F. H. DeHaan
R. Nelson
Marian
Marian Anderson
U.T.C. Fieldhouse
Cedar Falls
Isabelle Ralston
Des Moines
Local figures update on duties and assignments
Chief W. officer the United States army begins eight months vacation on the island. Mrs. Ralston visited Mr. and Mrs. Burt Forbes. Miss Vesta Enterim of Sioux City, district traffic instructor for Northwestern Bell, spent four days at the local office and Laurens. Aloysius Krejchi, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Krejchi, has enlisted in the U S navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Fror Hough
United
Army
John Krejchi
United States Navy
Shipping association funds build hog barn for 4 H
Rolfe shipping association, dormant for years, turned its sinking fund to 4 H Club Inc. to construct a hog barn. Officers H F Kirchner chair, J C Nelson vice chair, A W Ives director. Arthur Erickson Rolfe carpenter built a 90 foot long barn with 80 pens, completed in March, east of the current hog and calf barns near the fairground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Shipping Association
4-H Club Inc
H. F. Kirchner
J. C. Nelson
A. W. Ives
Arthur Erickson
Rolfe Carpenter
Windbreak Planting Completed On Havelock Farm
At Claude Wilson’s farm near Havelock the windbreak project directed by Qdell Julander from Town State college finished. Over 100 Red Cedar trees were planted in 16 by 16 foot grid with about 200 mulberry and 300 Russian olive trees to the north and west in 4 foot rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Wilson
Havelock
Qdell Julander
Town State College
Notice of Expiration and Tax Sale Redemption in Pocahontas IA
A notice to Aaron and Carrie Bishop and others that Lot 5-8 in Block 4 Lune Hill Addition Ross Town Pocahontas County Iowa was sold for 1938 1940 taxes on December 2 1940 to Pocahontas County under Section 7255 b1 and is now owned by the county The redemption period ends ninety days after service of notice and a Treasurer's Deed will be issued if not redeemed Dated April 21 1942 County Auditor Roy A Johnson Pocahontas County Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Bishop
Carrie Bishop
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Lune Hill
Ross Town
Pocahonta County
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