Community Event Calendar Highlights Local Meetings
A dense list of Friday through Memorial Day events in Rolfe and surrounding townships includes regular IOOF and Eastern Star meetings, church ladies aid gatherings, the Farmers Union, arbor and forestry lessons, a high school play Apple Blossom Time, and the Fourteenth District Iowa Christian Endeavor annual convention. Activities span club sessions, elections on Sunday movies, Kensington socials, and Mothers Day observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Order Eastern Star
Rolfe School
Ladies’ Aid Society
Trinity Lutheran Church
Simon Simon
B. A. Kerns
Arbor Lodge
H. C. Barnes
E. A. Messinger
Roosevelt
Farmers’ Union
Ralph Manseen
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Circle No. 1
Kensington
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Wm. Matteson
C. J. Morrison
F. C. Thomas
America
R. W Wilkin
Pythian Sisters
K. of P.hall
Crome
Bon Ton Bridge Club
Frank King
Des Moines Township Consolidated School
Premiere Bridge Club
W. A. Spence
Y. M. C. Bridge Club
Richard Cleal
Garfield Township Farm Bureau Unit
Nels Ryen
Parent
Rolf Wiewit
H. D. Brinkman
Iowa Christian Endeavor Society
Rolfe
Fine entertainment coming by Edith Marshall Clarke Boston Concert Co
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church presents Edith Marshall Clarke's Boston Concert Co at the church on Tuesday April 16 at eight. Tickets are thirty five cents in Rolfe. Program includes Swiss Hand Bells Faust selections soprano solos readings cello solos vocal duets xylophone solos pianologues novelty bell selections and a medley of old songs. You can tell a movie star by the cigarette and the soap she is said to use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of
M. E. Church
Edith Marshall Clarke
Boston Concert Co
Rolfe
Faust
Verdi
Simpson
the Kingdom of Dreams
Gilmour
God
Dickson
Kipling
Watermill
Olcott
Squire
Liebesleid
Kreisler
Bronte
Smilin’ Thru
Penn
Rossini
O'Connor
Fergus
Grandma
Huerter
St. Mary’s
Lee
I. Nevin
Bond
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
P. T. A. Meeting Highlights Sky Talk by David Hadden
The P T A meeting in the school auditorium featured songs by Burdette Graeber Lorraine Morrison Mildred Fortune and Harriett Damberg with accompanist Ramona Nelson. David Hadden of Alta gave an accessible astronomy talk noting advances in photographing space the Milky Way and a future telescope larger than current ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Henry Wiegman
Burdette Graeber
Lorraine ‘Morrison
Mildred Fortune
Harriett Damberg
Ramona Nelson
David Hadden
Alta
Mr. Hadden
Frank Nacke
Frank
Hadden
Fred Hille
Milky Way
Earth
Rolfe
Joining the Golf Club in Pocahontas and Rolfe
F J Nacke returned from Pocahontas with twelve golf scalps and checks. Outsiders boost Rolfe City Park and golf course as membership drives begin in Laurens Gilmore City Plover West Bend and Palmer. Mail checks to secretary W P Wheeler to join. greens are improving though soft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Nacke
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Laurens
Gilmore City
Plover
West Bend
Palmer
W. P. Wheeler
D M T School Wins In County Spelling Contest
Des Moines Township Consolidated School took first at the County Spelling Contest in Pocahontas and will represent the county at the State Contest. Mil dred Kueck won, Donald Zader earned second, Leland Hix third, and Gordon Hoard placed ninth. Forty four participants. ten eligible did not attend. The event lasted three hours and forty minutes with top two spelling for half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Township
Pocahontas
Mildred Kueck
Donald Zader
Pocahontas Public School
Leland Hix
Rolfe School
Gordon Hoard
Rolfe
Kueck
Rolfe Mar. 1
D. M.T
Presbyterians Hold Congregational Meeting and Elections
The Presbyterian church held its annual meeting with a pot luck supper and Garfield Farm Bureau Orchestra providing music. The church reports 351 active members and $4,300 pledged for this year’s budget. J. H. Brinkman and A. W. Ives were re elected elder and trustees reelected. new deacons and deaconesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Garfield Farm Bureau
Billy
Mary Frances McIntire
Board of Deacons
J. H. Brinkman
A. W. Ives
H. C. Wiegman
C. E. Boyce
J. R. McIntire
Methodist Church Plans and Services This Week
Rev W A Wilkinson leads Sunday School morning worship and Epworth League in evening. Missionary societies hold annual Thankoffering in morning. pastor speaks. Circle No 2 hosts Boston Concert Company Tuesday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Woman’s Missionary Society
A. M. DeVaul
J. A. Johnson
Zelda Snyder
W. A. Wilkinson
Circle No
Ladies’ Aid Society
Boston Concert Company
4 H Club Notes: April meeting at Miriam Ives home
The 4 H Girls Club met on April 6 at Miss Miriam Ives’s home. Officers were elected in a short business session. Mrs Paul Lothian demonstrated cleaning and processing a chicken in a bloodless way. A light lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Ives
Paul Lothian
Eells to Address Rolfe Class of 1929 Commencement
Professor H L Eells head of Rural Education at Iowa State Teachers College will speak at Rolfe Public School commencement in the auditorium Friday evening May 24. The former Rolfe superintendent and 1912 13 14 graduates will welcome him back to his old home as he continues work to expand rural education opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
H. L. Eells
Department of Rural Education
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Eells
Iowa
Macey Campbell
Campbell
Professor Eells
Presbytery Meeting and Fourteenth District Endeavor Plan
The Rev. J. P. Lester notes morning classes and evening services at the Presbyterian Church. The Fort Dodge Presbytery meets at Carroll next Tuesday. elders J. T. Grant and C. L. Gunderson attend with the pastor. The Fourteenth District Iowa Christian Endeavor convention comes to Rolfe May 10 11 12 and the church seeks hospitality and co operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbytery
Fort Dodge
Carroll
J. T. Grant
C. L. Gunderson
Fourteenth District
Iowa
Christian Endeavor
Rolfe
Plover Town Shines In Regional Competitions
Joel Colorado team reaches national semi finals ending third in a tournament. Plover students dominate the Belmond District Music Contest winning seven events, including four against large schools Mason City. Arlene Grove wins the dramatic class at Sheldon District Declamatory Contest and advances to the state contest. Supporters praise Plover’s broader talents beyond basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel
Colo
Belmond
Plover
Mason City
Arlene Grove
Sheldon
Farmers Discuss Live Stock Market at Pocahontas Dinner
About thirty live stock men from Pocahontas County met at the Hotel Pocahontas on Thursday noon March 21 to hear discussions led by Wade DeMill and involve Farm Bureau directors and the Pocahontas County Shipping Association. C. R. Bowers noted that Chicago houses profited $33,000 last year and forty-one carloads have shipped since July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Hotel Pocahontas
Wade DeMill
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau
Pocahontas County Shipping Association
F. H. Kelley
Chicago Producers’ Live Stock Commercial Association
Shipping Association
Europe
Iowa
Chicago
Northwestern
Kelley
C. R. Bowers
Farm Bureau Picnic Planned At Rolfe City Park
The Farm Bureau Picnic for Pocahontas County will be held in June at Rolfe City Park. Dr G G Butler of Rolfe Golf Club presented the park’s advantages to the Farm Bureau Committee in Pocahontas and the invitation was accepted. Rolfe residents are urged to prepare to welcome the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Pocahontas County
Rolfe City
G. G. Butler
Rolfe Golf Club
The
Park Commission
Rolfe Community Club
Farm Bureau Committee
Pocahontas
Rolfe Park
Bureau
Rolfe
Rolfe Woman's Club Meets in April Meeting
The Rolfe Woman's Club gathered at Mrs A R Thornton's home on Friday afternoon April 5 with larger than average attendance. Mrs Thornton, Drama Department chair, led a program featuring solos by Mrs Clarence Boyce with violin accompaniment by L S Sargeant and piano by Mrs W P Wheeler. A piano duet followed and Mrs Glyde Brinkman shared the story of A Jury of Her Peers from which the one act play Triflers was drawn. author Susan Glaspell is noted as an Iowa girl and Drake University graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Woman's Club
A. R. Thornton
Thornton
Clarence Boyce
L. S. Sargeant
W. P. Wheeler
Mesdames W. P. Wheeler
C. J. Boyce
Sargeant
Glyde Brinkman
Susan Glaspell
Iowa
Drake University
Free Chest Clinic At Pocahontas Friday April 19 1929
The Pocahontas County Medical Society and the Iowa Tuberculosis Association partner to offer a chest clinic on Friday April 19 in Pocahontas. A limited number of patients will be examined by physicians trained in lung and heart diseases. Arrangements are through your family physician. early appointments are advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society of
Pocahontas County
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Unseasonable Warmth Then Snow Delays Local Seeding
Last Thursday and Friday set Apr 4 and 5 records for warmth since Weather Bureau records began. High near 90 and strong May and June like winds spurred cyclones to the north. Wednesday brought a snow mantle that blanketed the ground all day, delaying seeding and leaving fields largely untouched. Roads show slight improvement but remain poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Maxine Cole Baugh Begins Nursing Training in Portland
Miss Maxine Cole Baugh traveled to Portland Oregon aboard the Portland Limited to expand education and visit sister Helen. She entered Multnomah County Hospital January 2 as a probationer and completed the period with credit on April 1 earning a cap and night duty assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Colebaugh
Portland Limited
Portland
Ore
Helen
Educators’ Association
Maxine
Multnomah County
Multnomah County Hospital
Medical School
The
State University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church Notes
J. P. Lester
D. D
Junior Endeavor
Journal of the
Iowa State Medical Society
West
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