Bradgate News Social Roundup of Visits and Reunions
Mrs. Lucile Williams of Des Moines spent the weekend with the John Madsen family and her mother at Sisson Nursing Home in Humboldt. The Bradgate High School class of 1911 had a reunion at the Sunder home with Worthington Minn. visitors. Next year they will meet at the Bussie home in Manson. Mrs. Williams is the former Miss Means home ec teacher. Numerous relatives and friends from Des Moines, Buffalo Center, Jeffers, Rutland and Ferndale joined gatherings. Lars C Larsen spoke of slides from Denmark and Europe. The W S C S sponsored a program and visitors attended from several towns.
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Lucile Williams
Des Moines
John Madsen
Mattie Henderson
Sisson
Humboldt
Bradgate High School
Edna Marchant Sunder
Floyd Ridge
Worthington
Minn
Miss Means
Bill Bussie
Manson
Mary Tilton
Wes Tilton
Bussies
Gilmore City
Born
David Hunt
San Diego
Calif
Don Rolland
Francis Miller
Hunt
Ohio
Kenneth Dayton
Paul
Cooksey
Palisade
Dayton
Sophia Sanford
John Benjamin
Buffalo Center
Lars C. Larsen
Jeffers
Theodor Benjamin
Lars
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
West Germany
Larsen
Pocahontas News Roundup of Weddings Fires and Obituaries
Pocahontas observes the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Will C. Nieman with an open house in Lennon Memorial hall. Firefighters battle a straw bale blaze on the Metford farm as a barn is threatened but spared. The Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters host a dinner for Sisters of St. Francis and Pocahontas Catholic School staff. Notices on Masses, retirements, and local condolences follow, including deaths of Pochahontas figures and various illness and accident reports involving residents and area families.
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Will C. Nieman
Lennon Memorial Hall
Nieman
Pomeroy
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Lyss Nieman
Ware
Charles Erb
Louisville
Robert Metford
Palmer Fire Department
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Sisters of St. Francis
Pocahontas Catholic
James Sinek
H. B. Kerhoff
R. H. Wienhold
Wienhold
Jennie Meade
Oxford
Infield
WCCF
Secred Heart Church
Bob Pesce
John Pises
John Pises, End Bor Anderson
Eldon
Friderwight
Sandy Frevert
Vermin Peters
Rolfe
Parry Frill ends in rollover. local officer reports crash
A gravel incident caused a car to roll over twice, demolishing it. Stoermer, alone inside, was treated by a Laurens physician. Pocahontas deputy sheriff S. S. Davidson investigated. Parish events and local improvements are noted, including bank front modernization and a house swap on Fourth Avenue North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoermer
Laurens
Pocahontas County
S. S. Davidson
SS. Peter and Pauls
Albert Viktor
Doane Payer
Leonard Stoulil
Henry Diederich
Florence Beneke
Ralph Hudek
Pocshontss State Bank
Herbert Hammer
Sheril Whitaker
Spencer
Darrell Schumaker
Forda
Sherill Hammer
Carrol
Deloris McIntyre
Fort Dodge
Bob Morfiit
Everly
Israel Halder
4Th Ave
Pocahontas
Lawrence Zech
Srd Ave
End of World War II Japan Surrenders Aboard Missouri
On September 2, 1945 Japan formalized surrender ending World War II. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay with the U S Navy fleet anchored nearby in Japan s main seaport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
U. S Navy
Tokyo Bay
U. S
Seed Corn Experiment Reaches Unusual Height in Iowa
Bill Edwards and Dick Limbaugh of Shelby planted experimental seed corn from a Panama station. The crop has grown to 16 feet, likely due to the extra daylight hours in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Edwards
Dick Limbaugh
Shelby
Panama
Towa
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Chris Peterson
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Scranton
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