Pocahontas Area News Highlights Local Drownings and Sports
Mel Lange's stroke left him hospitalized in Fort Dodge with family visitors from Dubuque and Mt. St. Francis. Pocahontas Midget Baseball beat Pomeroy 13 to 1 behind Bob Bouma and Norman Hotovec had two hits in a 14 to 3 win over Fonda. The issue also notes community gatherings, reunions, and upcoming games, plus a somber piece on drowning dangers and summer fatalities urging supervision of children near water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Tange
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Lange
Mason
Pocahontas
Lolita
O.S.F
Mt.St. Francis
Dubuque
Robert Eckerson
Serzean
U. S. Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
N. M
Pocahontan
Thetsa
Leonie Eckerson
Wayne E. Eral
Camp Carson
Colo
Pocahontad
Far East
Korea
Japan
Eral
Pomeroy
Bob Bouma
Pacahontas
Billy
Goodrich
Charles’ Allen
Johnson
Norman Hotovec
Jerry Yocum
Fonda
McCartan
L. S. Lee
Milwaukee
Wis
A. L. Lee
Farmhamville
Lawrence Alvis
Huxley
James Edgington
Judy
Mason City
Glen Maddux
Estherville
Sac City
Raymond Miller
Carl
Bob
Madison
Walter Flaherty
Alfred Miller
W. W. Hudek
Miller
Flaherty
Hudek
Frances Carey
Dan. O’brien
Kay
Shirley Shimon
Esther, Shimon
Marquette
Mic
M. H. Hammes
Lloyd Robinson
Pasadena
Calif
Clayton Drobney
Linda
Jean
Fort Worth
Tex
Wisconsin man's burns from fireworks fuse incident
Robert Krueger of Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin suffered burns while lighting a fireworks display in Manchester on July 4. Fuses he carried in his hip pocket ignited triggering the injury.
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Manchester
Robert Krueger
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Longtime Rural Correspondent Retires From Wheatland Gazette
N. J. Edwards of the Toronto community retires after sixty years as a Wheatland Gazette rural correspondent. He began writing items in June 1892, marking a long career with the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Edwards
Toronto
Wheatland Gazette
Open Season Sets for Rabbits and Squirrels in State
The State Conservation Commission fixed open hunting seasons for rabbits and squirrels as in 1951. Grey and fox squirrel season runs September 16 to November 15 with a six per day bag limit and 12 possession after day one. Cottontail and jack rabbit season runs September 15 to January 31, 1953 with a 10 per day bag and no possession limit. Shooting hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation ‘Commission
Lake dam crack study taps several lakes in four counties
Cracks appeared in sluiceways of three new artificate lakes including Geode Lake in Henry County Rock-Greek 4 Lake in Jasper and Creston Lake in Union County. The Conservation Commission studies corrective measures while temporary repairs are made and lake levels will be kept below capacity at Creston and Geode until studies finish. Rock Creek Lake remains full until dedication then will be drained and fish moved before fall refilling.
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Henry County
Jasper County
Creston Lake
Union County
Conservation. Commission
Creston
Rock Creek
Cleaning chicken houses with lye solution
Eggleton extension poultryman at Iowa State College says a mix of one can of lye in 15 gallons of hot water makes a good solution to scrub out a chicken house before moving pallets from the range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eggleton
Extension Poultryman
Towa State College
Willow Winter Injury Claims Branches In Willows
Extension plant pathologist Arden Sherf of Iowa State College says winter injury is showing in willows as dead branches appear across trees.
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Arden Sherf
Iowa State College
Control of armyworm infestations with chemical spraying
Harold Gunderson former extension entomologist at Iowa State College says spraying with toxa phone controls armyworm infestations. Recommend one spraying by airplane using seven pounds per acre or one and one half pounds per acre for ground spraying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Death of 97-year-old Almer Stevens in Lucas County
Almer Stevens, a longtime Lucas County resident aged 97, died recently after living in the county for the past 39 years. The obituary notes his long residence and age in the local community.
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Lucas County
Almer Stevens
Board Proceedings POCAHONTAS COUNTY Wants Ads and Taxes
Summary of county board proceedings noting withholding tax fund June and town sales tax accounts. Listed are expenditures for weed eradication road work land moves fence and maintenance, with items from Olive A Neuhauer Gibbs Cook Equip. H E B Maude Rininger Sosa Nicholas Schnetter Armco Drainage Centeral Auto Supply CRI & P.R.R. Ed Edmundson Hariischfeger Hood & Eichler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion “Club
Lee Harter
Treas
Swaney Oil Co
Ross
Moon
Olive A. Neuhauer
Ft. Dodge Clean Tower
Gibbs Cook Equip., Co
Spacer
H. EB
Maude A
Armco
G. W. ‘Ayres
Bock-Bros
Central Bearings Co
Clough Auto Parts
CR & P.rar
CRI
P.R.R
Eee Lee
Ed Edmundson
Boots
Hariischfeger Corp
Hood & Eichler
County Expenditures Record List of Vendors and Payments
A ledger of county disbursements shows payments to multiple suppliers and individuals, including Town Machinery and Supply Co, Geo E Johnson, Olinger Furniture, Treas of State of Iowa, Western Auto Store, Stomac Motor Freight, and many named personnel, totaling numerous small and mid sized amounts. The document concludes with a note that County Auditor Marie Pavik presided over the board approving expenditures through July 30, 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town’ Machinery ‘& ‘Supply Co
Seaphide
Geo. E. Johnson Holmwe
Lauen
Phi Co
Olinger Furniture
McCreery Auto Co
J. F
J. F. O’brien; Shuipateriben & Vaseline Arereeeees
Papier, Calmehson & Co
Inc. Pocahontas
Buretat
Socony Vacuum Oil Con
As. & Oi
As. & Oi], No. Aisle Dh Os Hdadt ‘ Stomac Motor Freight
GAL Thompson Distributing Co
Treas
State of Iowa
Waterido Steel & Equip, Co
Ehaing
Western Auto Store
LL Wheeler, Lbr
Howard Sheeley
Garold Cassen
Dennis Naughton
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Office of Vital Statistics
H.B. Eike
Jack Breen
Margaret Ann
Micheal
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Jimmie
Winterset
Heron Lake
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Lloyd Eike
Lloyd
H. B. Eike
Breen
John. Eike
Stephen Adalac
Washington, D. C
George McCartan
Waterloo
John Knudsen
Richard “ Rastetter
Rich and
Christy
Wilmette, Jr
R. L. Hudson
F. M. Hudson
Connie Hudson
Denver
Judge Hudson
E. P. Hudson
Fritz Hudson
Jim Hudson
Catholic Order of Foresters
Sacred Heart
A. ‘J. Naughton
Paul Crotty
Vince Southworth
Laurens
Clifford. Smith
Smith
Steven
James
Bartosh
Barney Steere
Town City
George
Erie
Lehrville
Joe Stergze
Lake City
Emma, Payer
Sioux City
Steere
Missouri River
Clear Lake
Des Moines
Towa
Rivera
A. W
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Texas
Pazo
Tory
SECT
Brinkman
Standard Service
Rolfe
Humboldt Rendering. Co
Board Proceedings
Pocahontas County
Lehman Produce Rolfe
Iowa
Newton
Humboldt, IA
K. B. Hatteberg
Chet Whistler
Slr
Brock
Earnest Johnson
Wm. C. Miller
Hans Nielsen
Fresmaai
Storck
John Fitzgerald
Heim, Ammons
Tat A. Waldron
Alatn Peterson
Fred McKim
T. R. Jones
Bernard Smith
Fees
Lloyd. Auten
Ee Hatteberg
Schonberger
Ag Madi Gons
Are
vEd Schonberger
Geo. W. Johnson
Ervin ‘Luze
Joe Taylor
Milton Munson
W. “. Boles
Huey Halcomb
W. Hallberg
Alan Folkerts
Elmer Born
Lloyd McClurg
Oscar Carlson
R. Lynch
Jerry Codner
Robert "Young
Robert Hiatt
Bob Benton
Frank Hogan, Jr
Dorothy Lindeman
Arthur Engel
P.E.R.S. Fund
Board
Adji
Marie Pavik
the Grove Estate
We VW. S
Plover
Havelock
A. C. Carmichael
J. W. Arnold
B. W. Lathrop
Havelock, Iowa
John Deere
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