School Opens Aug 28 with Only One Change in Faculty
Havelock will open for the new term Monday August 28 under Supt. Lloyd Godfrey. Registration for juniors and seniors is Friday August 25 from 8 to 12, with other students registering at the opening session. The only new teacher is Marjorie Morton of Vinton in kindergarten. The article lists returning staff across grades and notes a full-time kindergarten class and revised book rental charges for 2023.
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Havelock
Havelock Consolidated School
Lloyd Godfrey
Marjorie Morton
Vinton
Roger Heathman
Margaret Anderson
D. H. Peterson
Leora Iverson
Blanche Bohn
Elizabeth Forbes
William Brazier
Walter Knight
Ray Gruver
Vance Wiley
Frank Eno
Floyd Muller
Havelock Methodist Church News and Upcoming Plans
Pastor John Drake Wolcott returns refreshed from an eight day Okoboji Bible conference as Havelock Methodist Church invites parishioners to Sunday services at 10 and 11. The sermon titled Waiting for the Funeral and plans for Victory Day are noted. The Helping Hand Circle meets Thursday evening on the lawn in Pocahontas.
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Havelock Methodist Church
John Drake Wolcott
Church of God
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Pocahontas
Alligator shot and killed after escape in Ames area
The escaped 100-pound alligator, about 28 years old and owned by L. C. Bourne, was shot near Skunk River blocks from Bourne's home after two Iowa State College Navy trainees failed to capture it. The incident comes amid a report on cattle feed values and late blight affecting central Iowa potato fields with a recommended Bordeaux mixture spray plan.
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Ames
Skunk River
L. C. Bourne
Iowa State College Navy
Bourne
Iowa
Family Reunion on Courthouse Lawn for Peters Boys
Peters brothers Pfc. Kenneth Peters of Jackson Mississippi and Pfc. Eugene Peters of San Diego California were honored guests at a Sunday family reunion on the courthouse lawn. About 14 families attended the noon dinner and social hour. many relatives from Pocahontas Council Bluffs Laurens Manson Pomerary Rich ards Sioux Rapids Madison and Des Moines joined the gathering plus visits to Sioux City for Legion events and trips to nearby towns by several attendees.
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Ernest Markley
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Day Adventists
Barth
American Legion Auxiliary
Oscar Nystron
Fred Hauswirth
Sioux City
Pearl Stiller Kendall
Los Angeles
Carl Barth
George Cole
Harold Shimon
Mable Hallmark
Fort Dodge
Bertha Shaveland
H. Gill
Luther Miller
Burt
Lavera Gruger
Ralfe
Sadie Sandvig
Nellie Gilbert
Sandvig
George Dyvig
Dyiig
Gal Brown
Washington
Billings
Mont
Spencer
Martin Gehrt
Richard Buck
Pocahontas
Pfc
Kenneth Peters
Jackson
Miss
Eugene Peters
San Diego
Calif
George Peters
C. C. Cole
Havelock
Dale Cole
Richards, Ia
Dale Williams
Sioux Rapids
John Deacon
Bradgate
Melvin von Achen
Jimmy
Madison
Wisc
R. M. Love
Louis Kopriva
A. R. Peters
Joe Peters
Don Lacey
Council Bluffs
Shelby
Jimmie
Pfe
Jack Peters
American Legion
Marvin
Roy Menke
Indianapolis
Ind
Alfred Miller
Menke
Rosemary Miller
Clear Lake
F. C. Schroeder
Mary Ann
Joan Lorge
Storm Lake
Rosemary Kelleher
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Omaha
J. J. Kelleher
Bernadine Ollinger
Denver
Colo
John Ollinger
M. Francine
Keota
M. Rosann
Clara Lorge
Sister Angelicus
Frank Groff
Fred M. Hudson
Jack Bouma
Barbara Blair
Sutherland
Eloise Julius
Ivan Schlesselman
Phil
Roma Lou
Jane Ann
Des Moines
Normandy Front Picture Captures Melvin White Atop Culvert
Melvin White from Harlan Iowa drives a jeep for news photographers during the Normandy campaign. He sits with another GI and a girl above a culvert studying a book titled French. He writes home wondering if his photo will appear in public prints.
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Normandy
Cpl
Melvin White
Harlan
Towa
Joe
Mel
Boys asked to apply for 4 H lambs in Iowa project
Pocahontas county 4 H boys must file entries with Max O Naylor by mid September for the ninth annual 4 H western lamb feeding project. Lambs arrive in October and participants raise 16 lambs for 100 days then show and sell at district lamb shows in Spencer Northwood Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Ottumwa.
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Pocahontas County
Iowa
Max O. Naylor
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
C. W. McDonald
Spencer
Northwood
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Ottumwa
War Veterans Find Jobs Through U S Employment Service
Town offices report the U S Employment Service has helped about 1,000 World War I and World War II veterans each month since last November to secure employment opportunities.
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U. S. Employment Service
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Molly Copperwell
Otho
Art Boughton
Eagle Grove
Charles Hilger
Walter Bachman
Darlene Oleson
Lloyd Oleson
Virgil Carroll
Capt. Carroll
Italy
Rome
George Obrecht
Livermore
Nels Johansen
Lillian Auten
Winifred Mason
Forrest Mason
United Service Women of America
Legion Hall
Marjorie Waters
Virginia Dyiig
John Hunter
Kenneth
Marian Hunter
Wapello
Joleen Tobbert
John
Rolfe
Byron Boysen
Oakdale
Mavis Barger
Washington, D. C
S L E
Robert Bittrich
Chicago
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Mary Jane
Lonnie Mishler
Guadalcanal
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Frank Mishler
Gordon Leigh
Edward J. Bittner
Pampa
Texas
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Central Flying Control
Uvalde
Waco Field
Brook Field
Methodist Church
Peters
C. F. Sawyer
Joan
Carroll
Charles Wolfe
Sawyer
Mrs. Wolfe
Mrs. Sawyer
L. M. Sernett
Robert Sernett
James Kemmer
Jackie
Frances Marie
Kemmer
John Alberts
Mr. Kemmer
J. P. Kemmer
Constance Hudson
Jefferson
Ruth Eike
H. B. Eike
Eike
Mercy Hospital
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Rochester
Minn
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Betty Robinson
Kasson
Loren Fergen
Norfolk
Virginia
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Leo Schools
Milwaukee
Joe Schoofs
Anna Wallace
John Lampe
Loretta Lampe
Bell Telephone Co
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Chelsea
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A. J. Drobney
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Clayton Drobney
Earl Madsen
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Mallard
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Garigliano River
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McDonald
Christian Science Monitor
the Monitor
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Cecal
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Doip
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