Photos & Postcards | Towns
Photo taken in 1925. Band began in 1919 and quit in 1927. Concerts quit in 1924.
Standing in back row: 1. Wendell Shoesmith; 2. Wilbur Brady; 3. Cecil Parsons; 4. Harold Foresman; 5. Ilo Yates; 6. Lou Ward (Mrs. Silva Covault's brother); 7. Emmett Stewart; 8. Elmer Marean; 9. Clair Parsons; 10. Kenneth Charter; 11. Floyd Newman (Clyde Newman's brother); 12. Burl Foresman; 13. Frank Phelps (from Bayard) 14. Hiberd Cleveland (leader-sometimes Joe Ashron led).
Seated in Front Row: 1. Oscar Foresman; 2. Helmut Larson (married Ethel Covault-Billy Covault's daughter); 3. Bruce Parsons (cousin of Claire & Fenton); 4. Mildred Sanford (taught school at North Branch); 5. Thelma Foresman (Burl Foresman's sister); 6. Theo Davis; 7. Vinton Shoesmith; 8. Aura Davis (Glen & Theo Davis' mother); 9. Ethel Shoesmith (married Willard Dayton); 10. Glen Davis; 11. Gail Shoesmith; 12. Maynard Millhollin; 13. Bert Foresman (Oscar & Harold's Dad--he sat in for picture for Wilbur Stewart as Wilbur was too timid.)
Printed in the Guthrie Center Times, Wednesday, February 9, 2005, Page. 5. Identification and Newspaper Clipping below.
![North Branch Community Band Names/Identification, North Branch, Guthrie County, Iowa](north-branch/north-branch-band-names-fc.jpg)
![North Branch Community Band, North Branch, Guthrie County, Iowa](north-branch/north-branch-newspaper-article-fc.jpg)
Contributed by Fred Campbell (201x?). Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, September 2023.
General Store Peddler
![General Store Peddler, North Branch, Guthrie County, Iowa](north-branch/general-store-peddler.jpg)
Handwritten next to the photos above: 1. Ilo, Old pup and his first North Branch Store; 2. Mike owned North Branch Store; 3. Mike Bauman, Joyese Yates; 4. Grandpa Davis used to take a wagon like this to town every 3 months; 5. North Branch Store.
Handwritten next to the photos above: 1. Flood of 1925. Davis Creek. North part of Exira. Old Creamry; 2. North Branch Store. Oct. 4, 1966; 3. North Branch School. Town of approx. 100 in background. Earle went here. "All set for the race"; 4. North Branch Store. Volley Ball was played here. Theo & Glen Davis played.
Contributed by Fred Campbell (201x?). Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, September 2023.