Hundred Attend Mother-Daughter Banquet at Havelock
The Havelock Methodist Ladies aid entertained 100 guests at a mother daughter banquet in the church. Mrs. Will Smith welcomed guests while Marvella Ralle gave a fitting response and Marjorie Barth led a vocal program. The event featured a two course lunch, floral table décor, and a program with songs readings and a Hawaii trip talk by Clara Hauswirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Will Smith
Aid
Marvella Ralle
B. J. Jacobson
J. D. Wolcott
J. C. Barth
Marjorie Barth
Velma Clayton
Alice Keerles
Loryl van Horsen
Marvel Waters
Home Sweet Home
Clara Hauswirth
Hawaii
Vivian Lathrop
C. S. Barth
Jess DeVaul
Fred Kline
W. GC. Steen
W. A. Bachman
R. E. Coyle
C. Philp
Paving Plant Relocated For Highway 17 Project
The paving plant for Highway 17 has moved from Pomeroy to Pocahontas after concrete pouring on the south end finished Saturday. More than five miles of concrete had been poured by then, with work starting Tuesday on the north half of a 4 4 mile stretch toward Pocahontas, progressing from the south end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pomeroy
Marriage licenses issued to four couples in recent week
Oliver J Banks twenty four from Paul lina and Mildred Mefford twenty from Poca hontas. Howard F Worth twenty five from Des Moines and Joyce Coleman twenty four from Laurens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver J. Banks
Paullina
Mildred Mefford
Pocahontas
Howard F. Worth
Des Moines
Joyce Coleman
Laurens
Fire damages home as stove flare up causes blaze
Pocahontas fire department responded to the Fred Streit residence around 6 30 Friday evening after a gas stove flare up ignited the kitchen. The fire scorched a window shade and curtain, damaged wallpaper, and damaged linoleum near the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streit
Pocahontas
Fred Streit
Surprise Anniversary Party for Niemans Hosted by Golden Hour Club
The Golden Hour club and husbands surprised Mr and Mrs Charles Nieman on their 21st wedding anniversary June 18 at the Nieman home. Cards provided entertainment with a prize to Mrs Adolph Koebele. A gift was given to the Niemans and a group lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nieman
Golden Hour Club
Nieman
Adolph Koebele
Auxiliary Elects Officers At Local Legion Unit
Mrs Ed Frerk was elected president of the local American Legion Auxiliary with H L Yocum F M Hudson S S Davidson E R Donohoe Lily Yocum E R Stahly and Joseph Stelfing named officers. Robert Jasperson with daughter Betty and son Bob left for Glendale California after a three week visit in the home of his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary
Ed Frerk
American Legion Auxiliary
H. L. Yocum
F. M. Hudson
S. S. Davidson
E. R. Donohoe
Lily Yocum
E. R. Stahly
Joseph Stelpfing
Robert Jasperson
Betty
Bob
Glendale
Calif
Local visits span Fort Dodge and Cedar Falls
Mrs E C Nickelsen and children visited Fort Dodge on Friday for business and family. Mr and Mrs Charles Groves and nephew came from Lehigh Sunday to see N B Hersom and old friends. Mrs Mable Hallmark of Fort Dodge came Friday to visit Rev and Mrs J D Wolcott. Hubert White and son Claude of Cedar Falls stopped Saturday to visit Mrs Pete Smith's family, after a reunion in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Nickelsen
Fort Dodge
Charles Groves
Lehigh
N. B Hersom
Mable Hallmark
J. D. Wolcott
Hubert White
Claude
Cedar Falls
Pete Smith
Algona
Havelock church uses abbreviated worship during heat wave
The Havelock Methodist Church reports a shortened worship schedule with Sunday School at 10 a m and morning service at 11 a m while the Epworth League meets at 7 30 p m Pastor John Drake Wolcott notes worship will be abbreviated during the hot spell and urges regular assembly each Lord s Day A steak fry hosted by the W C C F occurs Thursday June 27 at Mrs A J Drobney s home with about 40 members present the court house park steak fry was held last week and visits from relatives and friends are noted among several entries by local families including Russell Linnan Sennett Hotovee and others The community also records births visits and travel by local residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock Methodist Church
John Drake Wolcott
Epworth
A. J. Drobney
Court House Park
Raymond Russell
Donna Mae
Billa Ann
Chicago
J. P. Russell
Russell
Rodney Noland
Des Moines
Jerry Hotovee
Pocahontas
Jim Sennett
Fonda
Cliff Watts
Guy Accles
Rolfe
Leech Lake
Minn
Fred Streit
Roy
Satuday
Tulsa
Okla
Streit
W. F. Hovey
Mary Sennett
D. C. Hood
Susan
Jimmy Linnan
Laurens
Hood
Dennis Plambeck
Mary Lou
Joan
Humoldt
Pocahontas Parish Bazaar Planned For July Fourth
Announcement notes plans for the S S Peter and Paul parish bazaar on the parish grounds in Pocahontas set for July 3 and 4. Other items mention Miss Frances Miller recovering from appendectomy at Mercy Fort Dodge, Miss Bernadine Hammes visiting, and a birth of John Gary Melcher on June 15 in Storm Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Young
Bernadine. Hammes
Mercy Hospital
Des ‘Moines
M. H. Hammes
S. S. Peter’s and Paul’s
Pocahontas
Frances Miller
Frank Miller
Fort Dodge
Joyce Callaghan
Omaha
A. Jd. Callaghan
John Gary
Porath Hospital
Storm Lake
Miss Terry Back on Job at Northwestern Bell
Miss Winona Terry, chief operator in the local Northwestern Bell office, returned to work Monday after an eleven weeks absence. She had a major operation at Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge. County agent and Mrs. E J Schmuecker and children spent last week vacationing at Lake Okoboji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Terry
Winona Terry
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
E. J. Schmuecker
Lake Okoboji
Local gatherings mark weekend visits across Algona area
Community members share greetings and visits across Algona, Fonda, Laurens, Pocahontas, and surrounding towns. Relatives and friends gathered at multiple homes including the Madden Jensen Krecji Carpenter and Nielsen households. Allen Zeman suffered a left arm break playing last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hudson
Algona
William’ Jessie
George
Allen
Zeman
Conrad Majorowicz
Fred Perkins
Laurens
Les Struthers
Chet Carpenter
Price
Joe Krecji
Pocahontas
Harry Price
Boone
Christine Kelsey
Marshalltown
Richard Sadoval
August Nielsen
Frank Nelson
Fenton
Louis Buck
Henry Westergaard
Chris Knudsen
Nels Nielsen
Mr. Nielsen
Hawkeyes Schedule 12 Conference Games for 1940 41
Iowa's 1940-41 basketball schedule lists 20 games with 12 conference contests. The Hawkeyes will also meet non conference foes including DePauw Michigan State North Dakota and Wabash. The schedule opens December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hnek
Hawkeyes
Milly DePauw
Michigan State
North Dakota
Wabash
Dee
Wall demolition saves Lohrville card players
Bricks from a tearing down wall in Lohrville crashed into a roof over a card room last week. Curious observers watching the work alerted players, whose quick evacuation spared lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lohrville
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Havelock
David Stevens
Lanyon
R. E. Grover
G. A. Grover
Ben Ebey
Plover
Frank Ralle
Marvella
Ralph Speer
Frank Johnson
Vern Waters
Harold Wright
John Sandy
Ray Reeves
Mallard
Walter Sandy
Howard Resseguie
Jon Edward
W. P. Rheinhart
Louis Browning
Ladies’ Aid
Andy Truelson, Jr
Quaker Oats Company
Charles Gruver
Emmetsburg
H. D. Gruver
Henry Buck
Lawrence Heathman
Ed Resseguie
Paul Hoemann
Wyoming
Claud Wilson
Andrew Peterson
Otto Tjebbens
H. H
John Hess
Hattie West
Dexter
Russell Morrison
Carrie Griffith
Sacred Heart, Minn
Clarence Cornwell
Donald Cornwell
Ed Kirschell
Dale Westphal
Frank DeVaul
Ames
Floyd
Walrath
Zora DeVaul
Denver
Colo
Elsie Classen
Curlew
Ed Moore
Raymond of
Dunlap
Jim Williams
Nelson McVey
Indianola
J. H. Eno
Eno
McVey
Will Hilton
Mick
Ralph Hawn
Lois
Warren
J. A. Nahnsen
Farnhamville
Shelby Glenn
Jake Wagner
Graettinger
W. P. Coons
LaDonna
G. A. Hollenbeck
Richard Forbes
W. B. McTaggart
Frank Kirschell
Marjorie
Darlene
Jake Rubel
Oscar Anderson
Edendale
Joe Lanus
George Brown
Ernest Markley
Sarah Matthews
Adrian Logan
Verndale
Eugene Waters
Clarence Pederson
Walter Levene
Ware
W. Knutson
Europe
Washington
D. C
New York
Rollie Dunn
Lavera Gruver
Maurine Spiker
Gilmore City
Joe Edge
Varina
Norma Jean
Clarence Chase
G. A
H. D
R. FE. Grover
Will Crawford
Axel Carlson
Martin Keerles
A. Patterson
Alice Quade
Earl
Margaret
L. H. Emmonds
Minneapolis
Merry
Sioux Rapids
Evelyn Carlsen
Camp Foster
Keith Parker
Spencer
Meritt Brazier
N. B. Hersom
Highway 17
South End
D.M.T. News
Jowans
Dillis Espéeld
Holland Twine
Thompson Bros
Beckord
Hudson
Jamiesway
Dr. Salsbury
Beckord’s Hatchery
Rolfe IA
Imdireet
Elpino
Mwisea Tener
Sertem
Westinghouse
Huber
Central States Electric Company
Stettler Super Service
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