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The Havelock/Havelock-Plover All-School Reunion will be held at the Expo Center in Pocahontas. A catered dinner will be served from 12:00 to 1:00 with alumni seated at tables according to classes. Following a short meeting, you may circulate and visit as long as you wish. A fee of $15 per person will be requested and must be paid in advance. Former students, faculty, staff, and their spouses are welcome. registration form

Also planned throughout the day:
Tentative schedule

8:00-9:00 - Coffee and rolls - Methodist Church & Amvets Hall
8:00-10:00 - Northwest Communications Open House
8:30am - Quilt Show, Methodist Church - registration form
8:30-1:00 - Car Show - before and after parade
9:30am - Parade - registration form
11:00-1:00 - Lunch by Powatan 4-H Club - City Hall
Noon - Pocahontas All-School Reunion (see above)
1:00pm - Tractor Ride
1:00-4:00 - Bars, Pie & Ice Cream - Methodist Church & Amvets Hall
1:30-3:00 - Free Kids Games & Dunk Tank
2:00pm - Cow Pie Bingo
2:30pm - Rubber Duck Race
4-7pm - The Fabulous Traidmarx
5-7pm - Evening Meal
8-midnight - Dance - 2-For-1 Band
10:30pm - Fireworks

Bring your lawn chairs to events!

Northwest Communications Open House - Northwest Communications (Northwest Telephone Cooperative Association) will be giving tours from 8am to 10am. Come and see the old switchboard that was used years ago. Northwest has given our community lots of support for this event with many donations. Let's all visit and give them our thanks.

Free Kids Games will be held on Main Street. Parents must accompany children.

Dunk Tank - Any volunteers? Sheriff Bob Lampe has already volunteered. Want to "sink" him?

Cow Pie Bingo - Tickets $10 each. 100 squares. Direct hit wins $300. Four adjacent squares win $50 each.

Rubber Duck Race - Ducks $1 each. Race down creek west of town. Prizes awarded for first five winners. Prize amounts dependant on number of entries.

Food & Beverage Booths will be set up around town.

Beer Garden will be at the north end of town, starting in the afternoon. IDs will be checked and wristbands will be issued.

The Fabulous Traidmarx were inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Band member Dave Lady graduated from Havelock-Plover in 1968.

Evening Meal served by the Havelock Fire Department

• Pork loin, baked beans, potato salad, pop & water
• $7.00 each
• RSVP for meal

Silent Auction - Items include:

• Hand-made quilt - Raffle tickets $2 each or 3 for $5
• Signed Havelock print
• Limited edition train bank - numbered 1 in series
• Signed 2-quart crock
• Signed 10" crock bowl
• Signed t-shirt
• Signed cookbook

Auction items will be at the Amvets Hall & Methodist Church. Need not be present to win. The top bidders will be announced in the evening.

Quasquicentennial Memorabilia - Orders may be picked up at the library starting Friday, July 28th. If you would like your order before then, just give us a call.
order form

Quasquicentennial Quilt Blocks - more info

Quilt Show
Registration will be at 7:30-8:30 am on Saturday, July 29 at the Havelock Methodist Church.  The registration form can be filled out prior to the quilt show to speed up the registration process.

Quilts can be picked up at 5:00 pm on Saturday.

For questions or other arrangements to leave quilts off or pick them up, please contact one of the following, and leave a message if no answer – your call will be returned:
          Kay Stoulil (712) 776-2662
          Karen Hauswirth (712) 776-2357
          Denise Krischel (712)776-2634

Questions? Contact:

Pam Colee - 712-358-1027
Cindy O'Neall - 712-776-2759 evenings
Judy Krips - 712-776-2348 evenings
Denise Krischel - 712-776-2634 evenings

Or write:

Havelock Quasquicentennial
c/o Pam Colee
PO Box 34
Havelock, IA 50546

Area Motels:

Park View Inn & Suites
West Bend
515-887-3611

Super 8 Motel
Humboldt
515-332-1131

Super 8 Motel
Emmetsburg
712-852-2667

The Chief Motel
Pocahontas
712-335-3395
Ask for a newly remodeled room

Wild Rose Casino & Resort
Emmetsburg
Opening in June

Camping is available at Elbert Park in Pocahontas and at Meredith Park near Plover. Meredith Park is $15 per night with hook-ups. Also has shower rooms. Very nice campground - not the same old Plover Pit.