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Decoration Day Notes From Havelock and Nearby
Local notes detail Memorial Day activities in Havelock with decoration ceremonies at the school and Washington cemetery. Community members visited from Pocahontas Humboldt Fort Dodge and Rolfe while others attended services, processions, and tributes led by the American Legion and Auxiliary. The column also records hospital visits, travel, and family movements across Iowa and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Hobson
Pocahontas
Havelock
Faye Green
Rolfe
Sherman Goodell
Ben Barth
Humboldt
A. F. Richter
Morristown
Minneapolis
N. B. Hersom
Chet Carpenter
I. S. Rankin
Oelwein
G. W. Shidler
Sioux City
G. A. Grover
Alfred Mick
Walter Hersom
Laurens
Chas. Hersom
Mallard
F. EB. Heathman
Faye Stover
Fort Dodge
L. W. Willey
W.M. Willey
Henry
Marion Gruvers
Gowrie
Guy Ahlstrom
Pomeroy
C.E. Miller
Plover
J. L. Miller
S. H. Gill
Jolley
Foster Dixon
Clyde Speer
Frank Allen
Algona
Ft. Dodge
Gowrie and
Slifer
Harry Overmire
Fred Grove
Merle Overmire
Ware
I Frank Bjorklund
Albert City
Frank Overmire
American Legion and Auxiliary
A. M. de Vaal
J. H. Walker
Rolfe M. E. Church
Joyce Clarke
Gladys Obrecht
Washington Cemetery