Laurens Hosts Joint Legion and Auxiliary Event
The Laurens American Legion and Auxiliary invite Pocahontas County Legion and Auxiliary members to the Masonic Temple on Monday evening April 27. Paul Moore and Julia Hurley lead arrangements for the program with State Commander Wy. G. Henke and district leaders addressing attendees. Meetings begin promptly at 15 dollars, followed by a dance with orchestra and intermission lunch. Pocahontas editors and wives are guests. many Rolfe members expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens American Legion and Auxiliary
Pocahontas County
Garfield Go-Getters 4 H Club Holds Meeting
The Garfield Go-Getters 4 H Club gathered at Marie Hosier’s home with eight members and one new member. Talks covered nutrition, posture, and a club poster. A lesson on keeping an expense record and Easter songs followed, with a dance under Miss Brinkman. Marie Hosier was honored with a birthday cake. The next meeting will be in LorRain Shinn’s home on Apr 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Go-Getters
Marie Hosier
Maude Ives
Lorraine Shimen
Lois Jessie Brinkman
Winnifred Brinkman
Mary Balen
Leis Dessie Brinkman
Misa Marquard
Virginia White
Hilda Whistlerow
Oa Dargre Tale
Marie Pfosier
Lorrain Shinn
Johnson Shap Otis In The Ring As Auditor Candidate
Pocahontas county returns Johnson Shap Otis as a renomination hopeful for county auditor. The article praises his long service and state reputation for knowledge and willingness to assist constituents, stressing the high stakes of accurate county management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Shap
Otis
AL Johnson
Pocahontas County
Johnson
Joitsch
Lawa
Aoman
Roy
John
Training Schools Combeng Apr 20 28 Under Hicks Direction
Training schools for Home Project Course set for April 20 to 28 led by Ruth Seaton Hicks home deterioration agent. Meetings listed for April 21 in Garfield Des Moines Powhatan Lake Township area with Mrs B J Shimon guiding on county sites. Readers urged to check the issue’s advertisement for savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessons
Mana
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Garfield
Powhatan Des Moines
Lake Twos
B.J. Shimon
Kolfe
Apr Meetings Brighten GAR County Activities
Calendar of April gatherings lists meetings for Emma home club Floyd County American Legion Auxiliaries Garfield Township Farm Bureau and Parkinson groups. Events span home visits, special sessions, bridge clubs and chapter meetings from April 20 to April 28 hosted at private residences and community centers.
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American Home Study Cluk
County Association of American Legion Auxiliaries
Laurens
OLTP
Bridge ‘Lab
Nels Q
Walne Shimon
Bon ‘Ton Bridge
Road bond election petitions circulate in Pocahontas County
Petitions to call a bond election for paving primary highways in Pocahontas County circulate with American Legion volunteers handling petition gatherings. A $450,000 bond issue was discussed, potentially up to $550,000 total, to pave Primary 5 10 and 17 with plans for a countywide program and future commitments depending on state and federal factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
American Legion
Pocahontas
Onie Ditto
The
Highway Commission
Ditto
Tacmakers
Commission
Armes Ennot
Weiter
Porattas County
Garfield Township Democratic Meeting Planned for April 17
Garfield Democrats will convene at the Center School on Friday April 17 to fill the ticket and address other matters for the meeting. The notice lists 8200 rem as a preparation reference.
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Garfield Township
Mrs Lind Funeral Service For Mrs N A Lind
Funeral services for Mrs. N A Lind who died April 6 1926 were held Thursday afternoon at home and at the Methodist church. Rev W Tompkins preached. Choir members and pallbearers are named. Relatives attended from Sioux Rapids Sioux City West Bend Closers Malbud Rutland and Clinton Garfield Cemetery burial followed.
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N. A. Lind
Methodist Church
W.tompkings
Grant Johnson
C. W. Tompkins
George Ivey
A. R. Graham
Addie Grant
Earl and
Lee Fisher
Leonard Seaman
D. PL Peterson
Day
Chester McMahon
Agnes Bruff
Jay
Minneapolis
1. Standgland
Pauline
Sioux Rapids
Gladys Stangland
Sioux Citys
Dt. Balls
Wmily Fisher
Jennie Comer
West Bends
T. PL Comer
Closers
Blanche Comer
Malbud
Albert Johnson
Richard Shelves
Rutland
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Lind unveils frost proof potato from winter harvest
N A Lind showed a pall of garden potatoes dug Monday. He described them as solid and in good condition, having wintered under snow banks. Lind plans to plant them to develop a frost proof potato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Lind
Mr. Lind
Promotion Club Discusses Highway Safety Plan
Rolfe Promotion Club heard Patrolman Herrick speak on highway safety and patrol goals. The group discussed the Highway Commission’s road improvements, careless driving, and penalties. Hopeful for voter support on road bonds and extended store hours starting May 6.
Pocahontas Church Cantata Set for Rolfe Performance
The Pocahontas M E Church choir of about 30 voices will present The Seven Last Words cantata next Sunday at 8:00 p m in Rolfe's Methodist church. The Rolfe audience praised the Pocahontas program last Sunday with Mrs J R Grant directing and Mrs J H Brokaw at the piano.
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Methodist Church of
Park Kauffman
R. J. Hudson
W. J. Musil
Paradise
Chas. Maltzahn
J. R. Grant
Miss Hjelm
R. L. Hudson
R.A. Crummer
R. A. Crummer
R. A. Hudson
Brokaw
Soc
Lester Dillemtah
Charles Maltzahn
Arnold Green
Byron Terry
Contraltas
Mis Moilanen
EF. M. Hudson
Marjorie Salsbury
Helen Runow
Elinor Brokaw
Evelyn Turner
Albert Hermansen Marries Louise Brensen in Ottosen
On April 11, 1936, Louise Brensen of Ottosen and Albert Vermansen of Rolfe wed at the Seneca Lutheran parsonage with Rev. Sande officiating. The couple is greeted by families including Henry Hermansen of Oakland and Alta Peterson of Rolfe. The bride wore a black dress with gold trim and flowers. lunch followed at the parsonage. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hermanson, is known for farm work and steadiness. the bride, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bransen, has worked at Ottosen telephone exchange and as bookkeeper for Ottosen Cooperative Creamery. They plan to live on the former Hans Miller farm.
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Louise Brensen
Ottosen
Albert Vermansen
Rolfe
Seneca
Iowa
O. Sande
Llenry Hermansen
Oakland
Cal
Alta Peterson
Ralfe
Victor Herminson
Bso
Tle
Bransen
Ottosen High School
Ottosen Telephone Exchange
theOttosen Cooperative Creamery
Hans Miller
John C. Jordan Dies After Stroke at Madeira Home
John C. Jordan died at his son Hy Lee Jordan’s Madeira Minnesota home after Sunday April 12 1936 following a stroke of paralysis about a week earlier He was Civil War veteran longtime Rolfe resident with sons Lee and Clarence Jordan A 100th birthday anniversary gathering had been held Oct 9 1988 In October he appeared well but declined next year’s celebration Funeral services were held at Madeira with interment there Attending were Mr and Mrs BE J Wilcox Jas B Wilcox Mrs B F Showers and Mrs Marion Bruce
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John C. Jordan
Hy Lee Jordan
Madeira
Minn
Mr Jordan
Jordan
Mr. Jordan
Rolfe
Lee
Clarence Jordan
Edgar Wilcox
Mr. Wilcox
BE. J. Wilcox
Jas. B. Wilcox
B. F. Showers
Marion Bruce
Public Sale Of Household Goods In Rolfe
Q O K Patterson will hold a public sale of household goods on the lawn at the Mrs Oscar Freel residence in Rolfe on Saturday April 18 starting at 2 00 p m Nick Lokerse will be the auctioneer The sale offers an electric range a Maytag washing machine and assorted furniture Mrs Jas M Smith has had the residence reshingled and other improvements made around the place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q O. K. Patterson
Oscar Freel
Rolfe
Nick Lokerse
Jas. M. Smith
Shelgren Wins First Place in Declamatory Contest
Leo Shelgren, with instructor Miss Frances Donica and Supt. Anderson, won after a district elimination in Odebolt to earn a trip to Eagle Grove for the state declamatory district contest. He performed humor in At the County Fair. Other entrants included Lake City Ida Grove Manilla Odebolt Pocahontas Sutherland Sulphur Springs Rockwell City Rolfe.
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Leo Shelgrent
Frances Donica
Anderson
Odeboldt
Eagle Grove
Leo
Lake City
Ida Grove
Manilla
Odebolt
Pocahontas
Sutherland
Sulphur Springs
Rockwell City
Rolfe
Obituary of George Henry Hudson in Rolfe
G H Hudson died at his Rolfe home Tuesday morning April 7 1956 at age 80 after a lingering illness. Born January 22 1856 in Dane County Wisconsin he endured early tragedy and physical disability yet built a life of work and family. He married Caroline Ek Metcalf October 2 1880 and celebrated a golden wedding five years ago. Survived by wife eight children twenty grandchildren and a brother A A Hudson he requested no struggle as death came and Rev C W Tompkins led funeral services at the Hudson home with six grandsons as pallbearers. Interment followed at Powhatan cemetery northwest of Rolfe.
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G. H. Hudson
Rolfe
George Henry Hudson
Dane County
Wis
Sauk County
Laurens
Caroline Ek. Metcalf
Mrs. Hudson
Olive
Edna May
Sylvia Lots
Nellie Coral Lillegarde
Buffalo, Mo
Marl H. Sudson
Goldin May Douglas
Rodman
Pearl J. Hudson
Currie, Minn
Ora
C. W. Tompkins
Hudson Home
Methodist Church
Clifford
Dale
Midon
Ernest Douglas
Roger
Raymond J Hudson
Mrade
Powhatan
25 Boys Enroll for Corn Club Work in 1936
About 25 Pocahontas county 4-H Corn Club boys will enroll this year, with enrollment by May 1. Projects include variety testing, fertilizer treatments, and corn breeding to show yields, soil management, and cost efficiency. Older boys may join a three year breeding program. Dinner guests noted in Otton and Plover communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Se. J. Sehmaecker
Corn Variety Club
Future Governor Visited Rolfe Last Week
George Ro Call of Stones City spoke with Rolfe voters Thursday. A Republican candid ate for governor, Call is a young business veteran, American Legion member, and former lieutenant who touted tax cuts and reduced state expenses. His Rolfe visit aimed to boost Northern Iowa support and his bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ro Call
Stones City
Crus
Northwestern
Iowa
American Legion
Monahan
Sioux City
Blony
Rolfe
Township committees map soil conservation payments
Sixteen township soil conservation committeemen visit neighbors this week to fill out worksheets for the new program. County Agent Schoucker explains eligibility and payment calculations based on reduced soil-depleting bases and acreages, with Class 1 and Class 2 payments for soil conserving or building crops.
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Township Soil Conservation
Parry Lund
County Soil Conservation Committee
Fson
Sehoucker
Teesship Committee
Weather and Crops Report Highlights Seeding Progress
Farmers reached fields late week and early this week with excellent seeding conditions though wind and dust hindered work. Ground is mellow and workable, with beans planted rapidly and sunny warmth aiding soil readiness.
Local Social Notes From Bradgate Algona and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Ralph Dalley hosted church friends Sunday evening at the Herbert Senge home in Bradgate. Mrs H C Barnes visits Algona with daughters Mrs Geo Elbert and Miss Bernadine Barnes. Mrs W S Hamersley and family visited Flossie DeVaul’s home. Rosary Sodden ladies held a successful Lime Market fundraiser. Mrs L R Davidson and Mrs Ob J Morrison drove to Iowa. Dente Davidson joined for the return trip, with Glenn Beneke of Pocahontas as a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Dalley
Herbert Senge
Bradgate
H. C. Barnes
Geo. Elbert
Bernadine Barnes
Algona
W. S. Hamersley
Harry Hamersley
Robert Day
Greure City
Flossie DeVaul
Ladies of the Rosary S& den
L. R. Davidson
Ob J. Morrison
Lowa
Dente Davidson
Tno
Glenn Beneke
Pocahontas
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Legion and Auxiliary
Combeng
Emma Wit
Amick
Hiteay
Mie
A. A. Brinkman
Democrat
Calces
Mrs. Lind
Hiway Safety
Rolfe Promotion Club
Trinity Lutheran Church
C. L. Gunderson
C. B. Bowen
J. T. Grant
M. & St. L. Railway
Fort Dodge
Promotion Club
Mr. Grant
J. H. Brinkman
L. O. Nelson
D. M. Brinkman
Minute Men
Herrick
Ike
Tio
Isé
Tie
Efe
Mr. Wervick
Dlether
Towa
Verrick
West
Selem
Ozzie Simmons
New Trade Extension Committee
J. Russel Smith
E. P. Duffy
Anton Nielsen
Frank H. Strathman
Pocahontas M. FE. Chotr
Albert Hermansen
John CL. Jordan
Shelgren
Louis Virkins
Earle Virkins
Mae
Marion Ham
Hank Thompson
Plover
A. L. Firkins
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