Speer Elected Havelock Mayor In Town Election
G A Speer was elected mayor of Havelock. Councilmen voted: Vance Wiley 93, R E Coyle 82, Joe Edge 80, D D Van Horsen 78, B L Cromwell 73. Martin Larson won treasurer with 106 votes. Ned Goodchild elected assessor with 180. Community notes cover church events and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Speer
Havelock
Vance Wiley
R.E. Coyle
Joe Edge
D. D. van Horsen
B. L. Cromwell
W. E. Knight
Ei. J. Sandy
B. A. Grover
C. C. Cole
W. A. Bachman
Martin Larson
Methodist Ladies' Aid Meets at Havelock Church Parlor
A well attended Havelock Methodist Ladies' Aid meeting gathered Thursday afternoon at the church parlors. Hostesses Mrs. M. G. Herscher Mrs. Bert Gaskill Mrs. Jess DeVaul and Mrs. Rex Coyle served a lunch following the business agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Havelock Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
M. G. Herscher
Bert Gaskill
Jess. DeVaul
Rex Coyle
Sponge Cake Personality and Family Mealtime Tips
Mary Ames extols sponge cake as light and versatile, offering methods to avoid aging in a dark cupboard and outlining variations from cupcakes to leaf sponge. She shares a favored “Washington pie” serving idea, optional lemon boosts, and a sturdy family recipe. The piece also notes methods to curb children's snacking, plus a practical tip for home floor care from USDA forest service guidance.
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Mary Ames
Sponge Cake From Old Recipe With Steps And Tips
A vintage bake guide details sifting 13 cups of cake flour with baking powder and salt, beating egg yolks with sugar, whipping egg whites to stiff peaks, then folding in vanilla and lemon rind. Boiling water is added to yolks before mixing in flour, baking at 350 F for about an hour and a bit, then cooling inverted.
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Washington
DeVaul Elected President Well Drillers' Association
Jess DeVaul was elected president of the Iowa Well Drillers' Association at a Des Moines meeting held at Hotel Chamberlain. J. H. Fouts of Rockwell City previously led the group. plans include the 1941 meeting at the Tall Corn Hotel in Marshalltown on April 7. The North Central Drillers' Association will meet in Humboldt.
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Iowa Well Drillers
Des Moines
Jess DéVaul
Hotel Chamberlain
Jess
Mr. Bush
Plover
Pocahontas County
de Vaal
J. H. Fouts
Rockwell City
Tall Corn Hotel
Marshalltown
North Central Drillers’ Association
Humboldt
Honor Roll Students Named at Emmetsburg School
Nine students from the local school, including Ice Baedke Alice Keerbs Monica Kemmer Robert Oertly Floyd Schleusner Marcille Kauffman Charles Bomgren and David McConaughey, were placed on the honor roll. Mrs Blanche Worthington resumes duties as junior high teacher after a 10 day illness absence with Mrs Richard Forbes substituting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice Baedke
Alice Keerbs
Kemmer
Robert: Oertly, Floyd
Schleusner
Marcille Kauffman
Blanche Worthington
Richard Forbes
Kill Kare Klub Hosts Pocahontas Club Party
Evening event for members of the Kill Kare Klub and spouses at the home of Mr and Mrs Gordon Leigh in Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Kill Kare Klub
Gordon Leigh
Will Make Survey Of Safety Teaching
Over 5000 Towa school teachers will survey public safety teaching efforts across the state to improve the safety education program for children. Check sheets for major subjects are sent to school superintendents to provide a survey sheet for each teacher in every district. The plan covers attitude toward safety, safety habits, and safety skills. Subjects include choosing safe routes, school-hour practices, home safety, crossing streets, safe skating skating and bicycling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Department of Public Safety
Educating a Generation Through School Safety Programs
The passage notes teachers should analyze current safety programs in their schools to improve them and identify gaps. It also mentions the check sheet as a helpful tool for teachers preparing students for statewide eighth grade testing programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schocl
Algo
Treating and Cleaning Seed Boosts the Yield
Iowa State College extension plant pathologist J Hi Standen says seed treatment for grains sorghums corn and flax reduces diseases at low cost boosting yield and quality. He cites smut bunt stripe and seedling blights as controllable and urges cleaning weed seeds before seeding. County Agent Schmuecker and the Extension Service offer treatment directions and a simple homemade processor.
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J. Hi ‘Standen
Iowa State College
Standen
Schmuecker
Extension Service
Ames
Iowa
Youthful Driver Escapes Injury After Tricycle Rollover
Freddie Parsons, age four, of Keosauqua, was unhurt when his tricycle rolled down a 20 foot embankment after he said he wanted to see how close to the edge he could ride. The boy now knows the edge is not safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Parsons
Keosauqua
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Elmer Coffeetel
Spencer
Clyde Speer
Marathon
W. W. Fowler
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Russell Kraai
Orange City
D. C
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Sadie
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Axel Carlson
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Maurice Pike
Arnold Barth
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Pearl Mick
Henry Buck
Lawrence
Roswald Hauswirth
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Walter “Ohrtmann
Laurens
Allen
Burkholder
Bert
Clouss
Arnold Williams
Fort Dodge
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Charles Hilger
Leroy ‘Miller
Lawrence Buck
Gladys Reimer
Greenville
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Ray Grover
Donald Cornwell
Rollie Dunn
Melvin Buck
Battle Creek
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Ware
Walter Levene
Rena Huseby
Betty
Sonny
Sioux Rapids
D. J. Wenck
G. A
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
W. GC. Steen
Yote
Wendell
Usda Forest Service
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DeVaul
Chamberlain Hotel
John Whitman
Clarence Chase
Varina
Hugh Beman
Beman
Mr. Chase
Evelyn Bachman
Eldora
Walter Bachman
G. A. Grover
Pete Peterson
Alton
Sterling Simonson
Baby
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Mollie Crawford
S. T. Mason
Leroy Miller
Frank Jonas
Near Laurens
Margaret Smith
Glenn Smoot
Lawrence Mell
Pomeroy
Hammes
Swea City
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Marjorie Barth
Ayrshire
Charlie Philp
Miss Bernadine
Harry Greene
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Lowealth
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