Local Social notes from Fort Dodge and Cedar Falls
Grace Block Marilyn Eikenberry Loren Mernan and Garth Smith visited Dale Erickson at Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge Sunday evening A dinner was held Saturday May 3 at the home of Dr and Mrs T S Clark after the rehearsal for the Nelson Clark wedding The weekend of May 4 Mrs Geo Diederich attended Mother's Day activities at ISTC Cedar Falls Her daughter Inez is a student there Miss Hilda Nielsen Mrs Bill Buske Viggo and Freemond Nielsen attended the Tulip Festival Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Block
Marilyn Eikenberry
Loren Mernan
Garth Smith
Dale Erickson
The
Mercy
Fort Dodge
T. S. Clark
Nelson- Clark
Geo.’ Diederich
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Inez
Hilda Nielsen
Bill Buske
Viggo
Freemond Nielsen
Killed in Camp Granite Accident and Tea Plans
Twenty five years ago May 20 1943 Arthur Bendixon 34 died when a shell from a field gun exploded at Camp Granite California The casualty is noted alongside social news an afternoon tea for Miss Dorothy Shaefer and Corporal William Brinkman of Santa Ana and high school commencement in Rolfe Iowa with a Curtis Wright Aircraft Co oiler report from Robert Missouri comments on weather and Iowa perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bendixon
Camp Granite
Calif
Dorothy Shaefer
William Brinkman
Santa Ana
J. T. Grant
Curtis-Wright Aircraft Co
Iowa
Union
Mary Graves is Class Valedictorian of 1938 School
Mary Graves leads the 1938 graduating class as valedictorian with a 94.83 percent. A fire at Art Lighter's popcorn building Monday evening required chemicals to extinguish a gasoline flare. Hauck Nex Bixler and WiLe McIntire fished Tuesday at Van’s Park on Lost Island Lake and brought home bullheads. Senior class members enjoyed a picnic and roller skating at Twin Lakes Monday and visited Storm Lake Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graves
Hauck
Nex
Bixler
WiLe MeIntire
Van's ‘Park
Lost Island Lake
Twin
Lages
Storm
Family honors elders at Eldon Ham home dinner
A family gathering at the Eldon Ham home honored Gerrge Ham aged nine and his great grandfather Wil iam Boothroyd of Humboldt aged 92. The event marked two generations celebrated during a Sunday reunion twenty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrge
Ham
Wiliam Boothroyd
Humboldt
Eldon
School News Highlights and Weather Notes
The article lists elected captains for football basketball and track with names Edwin Hix Clare Sidmore and Edward Calligan Klein Seifert. It mentions a student who has caught twenty nine mice since the start of school. The piece notes frost and potential ice damage was limited and forecasts warmer days with rain expected Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hix
Clare
Sidmore
Edward ‘Calligan
Klein Seifert
Rolfe School bond vote set for May 23
District voters will decide two bond issues for Rolfe School: up to 40 000 for boilers and water heater upgrades and up to 8 000 for bleachers and athletic field equipment. The editorial urges passage noting aging boilers and limited hot water and seating needs for events. It also mentions a local encounter with a stranger and a fishing report about Sven Hultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe School
Rolfe
Many Local Families Honor Mothers on Mother's Day
A procession of overnighters and dinner guests from Decorah to Pocahontas gathered with relatives across Iowa for Mother s Day. Decades of names appear including Oxley Buck O Neall and Heathman clans along with Nelson Jordans and Kaisers sharing meals and picnics in Fort Dodge Pocahontas Plover and Blue Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aulden Oxley
Decorah
Richard Buck
Lou Christensen
Mountain. Lake
Minn
Donald O’neall
Grand.River
Harold O'Neal
Plover
Alva Buck
Barnum
Dale Buck
Man Familly
Player
H. J. Nielsen
Blue Earth
Janet Jordan
Linda
Wenger
Diana
Collins
ISU
Ames
Janet
Russell Jordans
Joe Martin
Anita
Hattie Chapman
Keith Chapman
Glidden
Will Hudek
Pocahontas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Baya Nantes
Soli
Wagner
Tbs
Bie
Sven Hultz
Nashua
Sven
Coin Operated
Lloyd Cox
Frank Krischel
Havelock
Stan Lowe
Bancroft
Pat Cox
J. E. Lee
Pomeroy
Verdle Nelson
Methodist Church
Lee
Gwendolyn Nelson
George Smith
Maude Heathman
Nellie Zeck
Lawrence Heathman
Fred McKim
Max Basse
Omaha
Maxine’s
Smith Home
John W. Nielsen
Kermitt Shimon
Orville Heathman
Dennis
Garland Wester
Paul Hudek
H. A. Kaiser
Paul Kaiser
West Union
Lee Kaiser
Water- Too
Glenn ‘Kaiser
Dows
Don Kauffman
Emmetsburg
Ritz Theatre
Plas Cartoon
Marine
Cou
John
Hugh Milkey Jabres O'Brian Rooney
Hitch Een
MIA Co Op
Farmers Cooperative CO
Ens
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