Pocahontas Community Thanksgiving and Events
Thanksgiving in Pocahontas featured family visits from Bill Buttner Joe Buttner and many relatives from Iowa City Buena Vista College Storm Lake Humboldt Lincoln and Omaha. Local notices include hospital update on Joe Buttner at Mercy Fort Dodge after a wash machine wringer injury, praise for Sacred Heart school honor roll, and multiple family gatherings and club meetings across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Soree
Jim Buttner
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodges
Barry
Tom Gannon
Bill
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
John Gannon
Adair
Chester Larson
Dan Harrold
David Byerly
la Johnson
Max Ivey
Georgine
Denver
Colo
G. M. Cook
Bothlene
Valgene
Ayrshire
A. E. Cook
Ivey
Cook Home
Matt Donahue
Laurens
Beth Davenport
Humboldt
Albert Maach
Davenport
Maach
Cook
Henry Saathoff
Lincoln
Nebr
Ralph Saathoff
Marlene Kay
Gale Ralph
Curtis Saathoff
Wesley Stoulil
Teresa
Alice
Omaha
Lamear Sedlacek
Sedlacek
University High School
Susan Hudson
C. J. Albrecht
Ed Albrecht
Louie Athens
Palmer
Nicholas Schoofs
Milwaukee
Joseph Schoofs
R. H. Wienhold
Joseph F. Schoofs
Virgil Wienhold
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Minn
Bernard Wienhold
Bill Otto
Carroll
Robert Cook
Estherville
Loren Oleson
Jay DeLay
Joseph F. Schoots
Local residents host gatherings and travel for events
The column lists numerous Thanksgiving dinner guests and social visits across area homes. Individuals from Lake City Decatur Clarion Garner Ames Ottosen Spencer Algona Gilmore and other towns attend meals and family occasions. Ed Zeman attends a Farm Bureau meeting in Des Moines as Humboldt county voting delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Bowen
E. M. Zeman
James Briggs
Frank Hamilton
Lake City
Duane Jolliffe
Fredie Benjamin
Bede
Ed Brooks
Garvey
Calif
Esther Brooks
John Madsen
Dean Madsen
Decatur
Nebr
L. E. Cupp
Clarion
John Henderson
N. C. Madsen
Victor Madsen
Caroline Madsen
Bob Marchant
Burton Jacobson
Gilmore
Fred Benjamin
Ed Zeman
Humboldt County
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Ernie Gerber
Pearl Brooks
Garner
Glenn Allan
Adams
Minn
W. M. Gehrt
Hans Isacson
Ames
Dale Runyon
Bernard Jacobs
Lee Halt
Spencer
Floyd Halt
Algona
Margaret Holt
Ottosen
Lorraine Fevold
Badger
Theodore Benjamin
Charles Larzelere
Minneapolis
Kans
Mary Buck
Harry Pedersen
Near Ottosen
Paul Reed
Ed Kruger
Waterloo
Virgil Burris
Mr. Reed
Kruger
George Wolcott
Roy Ellis
Shellrock
James Burris
Bancroft
Karen Burris
Thanksgiving social, travel, and family notices
Thanksgiving events fill the page with visits across Iowa and neighboring states. Mrs Virgil Burris hosted a sewing class luncheon while others traveled to Epworth and Chicago to see relatives. Several families hosted dinners and welcomed newborns, with local illness updates and school recoveries noted.
4-H Officers Training School Held in Pocahontas
Saturday December 2 4 H club officers will hold their annual training at Holy Name hall Pocahontas starting 9 am The morning focus covers officer duties with singing brief talks by a home economist and youth assistant Lunch at noon served by the women’s county committee An afternoon program includes a proper technique demonstration for conducting a committee meeting information on the State Camping Center and recreation The session ends about 3 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Hall
Pocahontas
Women’s County Committee
Thanksgiving Dinner Hosts in Pocahontas Family
Mr and Mrs B F Showers entertained at Thanksgiving dinner for their children Edgar Showers of Pocahontas Alvin Jensen Ralph Showers Danny and Kay Lu of Carroll and Mrs Gussie Bruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heathman
T. W. Tuttle
Ware
Robert Zaboudil
Burlington
Leo Wienholdt
Yetter
B. F. Showers
Edgar Showers
Pocahontas
Alvin Jensen
Ralph Showers
Danny and
Kay Lu
Carroll
Gussie Bruce
Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Fight This Season
The 1960 Christmas Seal Sale runs Nov 20 to Dec 25 as the 44th annual appeal. Seals fund education, case work, rehabilitation, and research with 94 percent staying in state. National Tuberculosis Association receives six percent. Also notes Thanksgiving guests at Eikenberry home including Donald Eikenberry and Marilynn, C A Christensen, Sophia Payne, Theron Gracber, and Billie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association
National Tuberculosis Association
E. Eikenberry
Donald Eikenberry
Marilynn
C. A. Christensen
Sophia Payne
Gilmore City
Theron Gracber
Billie
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Pocahontas News
John Kopriva
St. Thomas College
St. Paul
Frank Kopriva
Glen Oatman
Happy 8 Club
Carl Storr
Josephine Stelpflug
Leo Wolken
Christina Eberle
Stelpflug
Leonard Storr
Monica Storr
Havelock
Sacred Heart
Mary Shimon
John Shors
Mary Ann Smrkowski
Frank Sinek
Kathleen Wagner
Vereonica Ryan
T. A. Nixon
Plo-Max Club
A. L. Jones
John Carlson
Francis Kopriva
Kankakee
Ill
Earl Ader
Robert Storck
Bobbie
Pam
Emmetsburg
C. W. Storck
Storck
Dubuque
Ed Hudek
Franklin Hogan
Army Air Base
Rapid City
Alan Hogan
Creighton University
F. P. Hogan
Mary Margaret Lynch
H. Foege
Pocahontas County
Melvin Larsen
Vernon Malm
Alfred Plautz
F. J. Strathman
O.N.O. Club
Strathman
Eugene Strathman
Seneca
Jean Dultmeier
A. J. Dultmei
Bradgate News
George Wallcott
Epworth
Frank Tellier
Chicago
Ivan
Roy Burris
Fort Dodge
C. A. Burris
Roy
Burris
Marjorie Wolcott
Walter Turley
Walter Heald
George Heald
Rolfe
Raymond McHone
Abbie Olson
Frank Carlton
Donald Hemerson
Inga McCreary
Albert Hemerson
Wendell Feaster
Near
Hardy
Ole Knutzon
Feasters
Knutsons
Ferris Malcolm
Adah O’bannon
Alta
T. G. Maitland
Miss Ewing of
Thompson
Dorothy Ewing
Michael
Kathy
Merlin Krischel
Margaret Wiuff
James P. Jensen
Chris Brandhoy
Grace Brandhoy
Shirley Brandnee
Oakland
Art Iverson
Ruthven
Marian Hacker
4-H Officers Training School
Alou
McCormick Farmall
McCormick
Bradburn Implement
William R. Fisher
G. Fred Smith
Leblanc Trashowson
Map
Dudley J. To
Hadacol
Sansac City
Kansas City
Alma
LeBlanc
Jay¢ Pee
LaPlads
Binyam B. Terry
Senator LeBlanc
Louisiana
General Electric
rToy
Central States Electric
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