Pilot Capt. Lloyd Harris Dies in Charleston Plane Crash
Capt. Lloyd Harris 26, bomber pilot instructor at Charleston Air Field South Carolina, died July 26 after takeoff. He served at Adak Alaska and El Paso Texas, was a Pocahontas high school 1985 graduate, attended Iowa State College, and earned the Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross. He is survived by parents, wife, siblings, and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Harris
Charleston
South Carolina
Harris
Pocahontas High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Army Air Corps
Adak
Alaska
United States
Salt Lake City
el Paso
Texas
Clovis
New Mexico
Alamarado
8. C
W. W. Harris
Pacific Beach
Calif
Post Engineering
Camp Callon
West Coast
Helen
M. D. Hall
Washington
Marian
Bob Edson
Corliss
West
Randall
Sicily
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Travel in Havelock
Mrs. Robert Bittrich and daughter Mary Jane visit Havelock from Chicago to see Mrs. Ralph Cole and family. Several locals travel to Fort Dodge Pocahontas and Palmer for visits and funerals. Stan Colee ends Fort Bliss training and heads to Camp Meade after Florida stay. Various guests and dinners at Gibson Buck Hersom and other homes mark a busy week of visits, illness, and community events.
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Robert Bittrich
Mary Jane
Chicago
Ralph Cole
Mayme Daugherty
Fort Dodge
W. B. McTaggart
Pocahontas and
Palmer
Martha Herscher
Lloyd Emary
Osceola
Emary
Pvt
Stan Colee
Hughes
Rolfe
Stan
Fort Blanding
Fla
Camp Meade
Maryland
Harold Gibson
Thawville
Howard Gibson
Gibson
Charles Rouzey
Clinton, Tl
Wounded in France Cpl Hohensee loses foot in shell blast
Wounded in France Corporal Donald D Hohensee of the quartermaster corps informed his parents that he had his left foot amputated after a shell explosion while in the cab of a truck loaded with shells. He was thrown 50 feet clear and is recovering satisfactorily. The family hopes for details from the war department. He was drafted in 1942 and has been overseas for months. Other items note Lt Madsen returning to Salina after a B 29 navigator duty furlough, Mrs Redman and daughter moving to a new home, and Pvt Butler visiting from San Diego with relatives.
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Pocahontas
Donald D. Hohensee
Quartermaster Corps
France
Cpl
Hohensee
Walter Hohensee
Cpl. Hohensee
War Department
Robert Madsen
Salina
Kansas
Madsen
S. Madsen
Alta
H. J. Redman
Donna Jean
Amavilla
Texas
Redman
Lucy Speer
Leonard Johnson
Agnes Herman
Lawrence Stegge
Rose Ann
Mary
Omaha
Nebr
Godfrey Hazuka
Herman
Stegge
Hazuka
U. S. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
WACS
Ledt
Women’s Army Corps
England
Pvt
Ann F. Dietrich
New Kensington
Lucille Collins
Selby Avenue
St. Paul, Minn
Goldie Johnson
Second Street
Louisville
Mole Weinstein
Weat Nuclid Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Services for Mrs. Vicek
Funeral services for Mrs Wesley Vicek aged 53 were held at Sts Peter and Paul's Catholic church Pocahontas after she died at Mercy hospital in Mort Dodge from two strokes suffered within ten days. She was a lifelong Pocahontas resident and survived by her husband two seven year old sons two sisters Mae Viktor and Mrs John Payer of Pocahontas and three brothers Wesley and Will Stoulil of Pocahontas and Joe Stoulil of Rolfe.
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Sts. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
Wesley Vicek
Mercy Hospital
Mort Dodge
Vicek
Pocahontas
Vieck
Mae Viktor
John Payer
Wesley
Will Stoulil
Joe Stoulil
Rolfe
Selo Flight Makes Historic Solo Flight in Pocahontas County
A. I. Shimen, after taking Tieng instructions from A. O. Seal of Fort Dodge, becomes Pocahontas County’s first solo flight. His husband, a local druggist and Civil Air Patrol member, has flown since 1999.
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Are
A. I. Shimen
A. O. Seal
Fort Dodge
Pocahontas County
Civil Air Patrol
Untitled Local Honors Holders At Thursday Event
Leo Shelgren and Myles Ollinger were honored Thursday at a local ceremony recognizing their service and contributions to the community.
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Leo Shelgren
Myles Ollinger
Threshing Machines Buzz as Oats Arrive at Farm
Hum of threshing machines fills the yard as oats arrive for processing. Farm workers move steadily through the tasks, unloading sacks and preparing equipment for a busy harvest day.
Card Night at Mrs Schott's House Teaches Faith and Fun
The regular meeting included a rosary for service members and war stamps sales. Eight tables of bingo followed with high score awarded to Mrs. Veen Smrkovski and consolation to Mrs. M.A. Harmines. Traveling prize went to Mrs. Arthur McCartan with Foresters guests Mrs. Henry Folder and Mrs. Bud Sehall. Lunch ended the enjoyable evening prepared by committee members Schett Wolken Debeck Stelpflug Ryan and Schait.
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Shelgren
Ollinger
A. Sedlacek
Vincent Stoner
Marian Hoffert
Robert Reiter
Talbor Peterson
Lawrence Seifred
Francis Schott
Myles Ollinger
al Sedlacek
Bob Reiter
A. J. Huewe
Richard Madison
Madrid
Joseph Schoofs
Huewe
Schoofs
Ed Seifred
Janet
Pat
Mike
Waterloo
J. A. Seifred
Monaghan
Joe Lanus, Jr
Rose Ries
Barney Ries
Jack Bouma
Jimmy Hronek
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Ernie Stover
W. W. Wainwight
Oscar Johnston
Clara Codner
James Hronelk
Pocahontas Municipal
H. C. Goodyear
Des Moines
Goodyear
Charles Sernett
E. F. Sernett
Richard
Mason City
A. C. Shimon
W. B. Liman
Ensign Sernett
South Pacific
Shimon
Linnon
C. W. Cavanaugh
Joan and
Carroll
Ed Eichler
Anna
Tommy
Will Cavanaugh
Gilmore City
David Grant
Grace Eleanor
Virginia Ruth
Hastings
Nebr
Navy
Plattsburg
New York
Grant
Brokaw
M. H. Hammes
Ladonna
James Hudson
Majors Field
Greenville
Texas
Fred M. Hudson
Hudson
San Antonio
Bet Schall
de Loss
Jerry
Lohrville
Iice
Charles Schott
Veen Smrkovski
M.A. Harmines
Arthur McCartan
Tuests
the Foresters
Henry Folder
Whittemore
Bud Sehall
Odgen
Schett
Agnes Wolken
Henry Debeck
Josephine Stelpflug
J. J. Ryan
George Schait
Local detasselers finish expected this week
Local residents including Mrs. Williams Eno Spiker Hacker Froh Eno Leigh Knight Brazier Grover Eby Knight and Brazier assisted in detasseling corn and all acquired sunburn while doing their bit in the harvest effort.
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Jay Williams
Frank Eno
Dale Spiker
Dorothy Hacker
Elnora Froh
Bonnie Lou Eno
Loryl Leigh
Norma Knight
Verla Brazier
Lavera Grover
Ben Eby
Arthur Knight
James Brazier
Local Socials and Notices From Furloughs to Church Plans
Furloughs and home visits feature in this column with Cpl Raymond H Knittel and family arriving from Belton Texas to stay with Mr and Mrs John Reimer. Agnes Kretzimier wed Ensign Frank Alberti RN R near Riverside Church in New York with Lt Charles Glenn officiating. Community updates include travel to Des Moines Rochester and Seattle employment changes and Navy call ups. Notes on church services at Ware and Lake Okoboji Bible conference attendance by the local pastor. Other items cover visits to Fort Dodge Des Moines and Laurens with multiple family gatherings and a vase of local news including agricultural notes on corn cat varieties and ripening harvest implications.
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George Ihnen
Ware
Mason City
Farragut
Idaho
Ernest Markley
Gilmore City
Markley
Des Moines
Joe Edge
Norma Dean
Rochester
Minn
Joe
Havelock
Agnes
John Kretzimier
Frank Alberti
U.S.N.R
New York
Chapel of Riverside Church
Charles Leslie Glenn
Ware High School
Capital City Commercial College
Seattle
Wash
Flint
Mich
Will Nowack
Arthur
Fonda
Carl Barth
Fort Dodge
Claude
Navy
Lake Okoboji
Kukor
DeYoung
Art Carlson
Marcia
Laurens
Pearl Mick
Bentbey
Dale Cupp
Clarion
John Dahl
Ottosen
George Gist
G. A. Grover
Rex Coyle
Mondamin
Coyle
Walter Knight
Hunter Charley Howard Ends Wolf Cubs With Bare Fist Blow
Charley Howard near Dows has developed a method to kill wolves by striking with his bare fist. He attacked a cub that fled, cornered another in a hole, and sent both to their ends while guiding a first cub to its hunting grounds.
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Charley Howard
Near
Dows
Mr. Howard
Charley
Early hatched pallets need laying house placement
The article advises transferring early hatched pallets to the laying house now for orderly start of lay. Outside storage risks reduced laying then melt. Clean the house thoroughly and house only pallets with well developed combs and red faces, selecting healthy heavy pallets for all-at-once placement.
Hybrid seed corn detasseling linked to wartime corn yield
Towa notes that 99 percent of Iowa's 11 million acres are hybrid, out-yielding open-pollinated corn by about 15 percent. Next year's crop hinges on detasseling this year's hybrid seed. those who can help should contact their county extension director.
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Towa
Iowa
Hay fire destroys barn and crops in rural incident
Fire from a truck caused a hay stack blaze, Lowden fire company and helpers battled the flames. structures were destroyed and crops badly damaged. The report also covers potato blight control with Bordeaux mix and other farm notes on beetle control and chicken flock management.
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Gus Strank
Lowden Fire Company
Germans urged to invest in U S War Bonds
The City Freeman Journal promotes investing in U S War Bonds amid wartime concerns. The notice frames bond purchases as a civic duty and a way to support the nation during conflict.
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City Freeman-Journal
U. S. War
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