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August 3, 1926
HONOR SCOUTS MAKE NEW FISHING RECORD
Honor Scouts of Troop No. 2 Catch 282 Game Fish.
The honor scouts of Troop No. 2 Boy Scouts have returned home from a week’s outing at Clear Lake with their scoutmaster, Murray McMurray and assistants, Carl Gore and Earl Jacobson Mrs. C. L. Karr, who accompanied the troop on its annual camp, went with the group to be in charge of the cooking. Her daughter, Miss Eunice, also went with her.
The boys had a great time all week fishing, swimming, etc. A new fishing record for the troop was established when the boys caught 282 fish. These are said to all have been game fish. The largest catch in one day was 72.
Every boy was entered in the contest with Carl Gore catching 90 for first place. The number caught by the others is as follows: Lawrence Kayser, 56; Murray McMurray, 35; Harry Wilson, 21; Robert Mingle, 19; Earl Jacobson, 18; David Currie, 15; Bradford Mason, 11; Marvin Teget, 11; Marion Malcolm, 8; and Marcus Maxon, 5.
In a distance swimming race, Bradford Mason made a mile, and one-half.
1956
4-H boys win grand championship awards with top notch market pigs and litters
John Bosworth, Luverne Holdgrafer and Wilfred Groves, Jr. shared top honors in the county fair's swine competition yesterday.
John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Bosworth of Rural Route 3, Webster City exhibited the grand champion market pig and the grand champion pen of three market pigs. John, 15 is a member of the Cass Cardinals 4-H club.
Winner of the grand championship in the market litter competition was Luverne Holdgrafer, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Holdgrafer of Rural Route 4, Webster City. Luverne is a member of the Independence Lively Lads Club.
Wilfred Groves, Jr., 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Groves of Kamrar won the reserve championship in all three classes: individual market pig, pen of three and market litter. Wilfred is a member of the Hamilton Herder's 4-H club.
1971
History was made here last weekend
When some 275 square dancers from every corner of Iowa camped in Webster City this weekend, some noteworthy history was taking place. For instance, the largest one-state association of square dance clubs in the nation was assembled here. Iowa ranks first in the number of member units of the National Square Dance Campers (NSDC) association.
For another instance, the assembly was the first all-Iowa square dance camperee ever held.
The camperee was such a success that the association has accepted an invitation to return to Webster City next year.
2006
Bells Mill Park takes it's turn in the spotlight
Stratford – First it was Briggs Wood Park in June, then Little Wall Lake in July, so if it's August it must be time to move the celebration to the southwest part of the county and an area that was home to some of the very first settlers in all of Hamilton County.
The confluence of the Boone and Des Moines rivers in this area of the county provided the hunting, fishing and timberlands that pioneers needed to build their homes and provide for their living, hence the reason that pioneers settled here first.
That old-time pioneer feel will be the main attraction when Bells Mill Park hosts the third in a series of summer celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of conservation.
Kicking it off from 9 to 10 a.m. will be a church service in the park. Pastor Joe Lambert of the Stratford and Stanhope Lutheran parishes will be the official for this community-wide worship service.
To bring the pioneer days to life, a buckskinner encampment will be open for the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors will be able to look at trading goods from the fur trading period and peek inside a buckskinners lodge. The buckskinners will also share stories from the past as well as some stories reportedly handed down by the Indians.
Boy Scouts from Troop 17 will be preparing lunch outdoors from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. To carry on the tradition of the Old Settlers' Reunion, popular at Bells Mill for many years, visitors are naked to bring a can of vegetables or juice to add to the potluck stew being cooked up that day.
The official welcome for the day will come from Linda Scheuermann of the Hamilton County Conservation Board at noon.