Local club and society meetings listed for April May
A digest of spring gatherings including 4 H club at Pocahontas Courthouse on April 28, Erson meeting April 24 at 1 pm, Garfield Unit at the Bison home April 24, Bon Ton luncheon with Mrs J, and Y M C A bridge event with Mr and Mrs Hay. Also notes a May 6-7 Woman's Missionary Society event at Rolfe and Fort Dodge venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erson
Garfield
Bau
Bison
Bon Ton
Bnation School
Havelock Milding
Easter Week Services At Odist Episcopal Church
Rev W A Wilkinson leads Easter time worship with 11:00 a.m service and 7:00 p.m meeting. Chorus to present an Easter Antata at 8 p.m. Sunday. Baptisms, catechism enrollment, and offerings planned. Junior Missionary and League activities noted. Eve communion Friday at 8, chorus practice at parsonage Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tren
Rch
Junior Missionary Society
Easter Cantata and Services Highlight Church Week
The Presbyterian Church notes Rev. J P Lester outline Easter week events. Easter services Sunday morning include baptism reception and a cantata directed by Miss Wille. A 6:30 morning Easter breakfast led by Miss Harriett Damborg is planned. Choir and orchestra helpers thanked as attendance rises and a 250 person Sunday school target is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille
C. E
Harriett Damborg
Power to farms by rural electrification crosses Rolfe lines
The Kaul Engineering & Construction Co of Fort Dodge moved into Rolfe to build a network of electrical transmission lines along the north township line, expanding service to Rolfe and Armstrong rural homes. The national policy shifts to subsidize rural lines, offering half the cost to install when two patrons per mile sign up, bringing electricity to farms and enabling milking machines and home appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaul Engineering & Construction Co
Fort Dodge
Rolfe
Eccles Hardware
Armstrong
National Association
Worth-While Club Meeting Highlights Bread Variations Posture
The Worth-While Club met Saturday March twenty second with five members two leaders and two visitors. Activities included demonstrations on bread variations yeast testing history of yeast and compressed bread posture talks and music performances by Vivian Madsen Vera Madsen Maxine George and Lucille Weishaar followed by a lunch hosted by Lucille Weishaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine George
Vivian Madsen
Garfield Club Organization Meeting Set for Apr 17
Garfield township will hold a livestock club organization meeting on Thursday evening April 17 at the Garfield center school. All farm boys and girls interested in club work are invited, and parents are welcome. Several boys have already expressed interest in joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Township
Garfield Center School
Boy Falls Twelve Feet in Haymow Tragedy
Merle Qobson nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Qobson farmers of Laurens community fell twelve feet from a haymow to a cement floor Wednesday evening last week. He suffered a fracture at the base of the skull and lay unconscious for about twelve hours with his condition listed as critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle
Frank Qobson
Laurens
Estherville Young People Visit Rolfe
The Christian Endeavor group from the Estherville Presbyterian church visited Rolfe last Sunday evening. They shared a meal served by the Rolfe society, then met led by Grace McEwen and Ruth Dawson, followed by the Estherville group singing a special anthem at the evening service. Miss Dorothy Green directs the Estherville choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Estherville Presbyterian
Rolfe Society
Grace McEwen
Ruth Dawson
Estherville
Dorothy Green
Estherville Church
Mrs. Chas. Stebbins Injured In Gilmore City Accident
Mrs. Chas. Stebbins of Pocahontas is hospitalized at Mercy in Fort Dodge after a Friday Gilmore City fall. She fractured her leg above the knee and may stay for several weeks following the curbside accident with Sheriff Chas. Stebbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Stebbins
Pocahontas
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Gilmore City
Stebbins
Training School Opens in Poca hontas for Des Moines Township
On Wednesday March 18 the Des Moines township club leaders attended a training school at Poca hontas. Lucille Weishaar was the attending club girl. The lesson covered Bread Variations and proved highly interesting and instructive to all participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Township
Pocahontas
Lucille Weishaar
D M T Local Entertained At Farm Union Meeting
A large crowd gathered at the schoolhouse last Friday for a D M T Local Farmers Union event with Laurens talent including orchestra music a three act play readings and other entertainment Fred Duthbert spoke and light refreshments were provided to end a pleasant evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
Laurens
Fred Duthbert
Unimproved 160 Acres Sold for 24250 Dollars
The Wm. Johnson quarter section west of Humboldt sold last week to Mrs. Jean Roote of Humboldt for 24250 dollars. The unimproved farm, likely the highest price for such land in the area in years, was bought as an investment and was sold by the receiver of the closed People's Savings Bank along with Humboldt business men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Johnson
Humboldt
Jean Roote
Iowa
Trinity Lutheran Church Easter Greeting and Schedule
Rev J O Wangberg invites worshippers to Sunday School at 10 and Morning Worship at 11 with weekday prayer meetings Wednesdays at 8 pm. He proclaims He is risen and urges attendance for Easter Sunday to hear more about the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of the Lord
Nain Lutheran Church Announces Weekly Schedule
Rev. L. J. Kjoller, pastor, invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Bible Class, Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening Service on the first and third Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Weekday services follow the listed schedule. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
County Music Contest at Plover Saturday
Advertising was prepared this week for the Pocahontas County Music Contest to be held in Plover Saturday afternoon and evening. Participants include Laurens Pocahontas Fonda D M T Ware Plover Havelock and Rolfe. The program features instrumental solos orchestras bands vocal solos duets trios quartets choruses and more. The afternoon show starts at one o clock and the evening program at seven. Prof Van Doren will judge instrumental music and has long directed the University band at Iowa City. Prof Bunt ley of Sheldon will judge vocal selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Plover
Laurens
Pocahontas
Fonda
D. M. T. Ware
Havelock
Rolfe
van Doren
Iowa City
Buntley
Sheldon
Pocahontas 4-H Members Prep for Fair Contests
Pocahontas county 4-H club members look to local fairs and the State Fair for contests. Beef calf clubs feed five Hereford calves, a Potted Shorthorn steer, Angus and Shorthorn calves. A Poultry Club plans an egg demonstration for the State Fair and grain judging teams train for the Iowa State Fair with Supts Moore Von Eschen Traf ton coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Leon Wiegman
Pocahontas
Konrad Younggren
Cummins
Louise
Marjory Vaughn
Des Moines
Cecil’ Rubel
Swan Lake
Vinton Howie
Colfax
Virgil Vaughn
Sherman Township
Farm Bureau
C. F. Moore
C. von Eschen
Rex Trafton
Orin Dayton
Havelock
Leonard Harrold
Clifford Swalin
Leroy Beneke
Palmer
Kenneth Rouse
August Roewe
Laurens
Arnold Schleusener
Everett Albaugh
Potted Plant Soils Need Fertilizing
E. C. Volz of Iowa State College urges replenishing soil for established potted plants after months in place. Use nitrate of soda or ammonium sulfate with caution, two teaspoons per three gallons, liquid manure acceptable if directions followed, avoid tonics like tea coffee or cigar ashes. Vigorous spring lawn raking often harms more than helps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Volz
Iowa State College
Volz
New County Road Board Plans Local and Trunk Highway Projects
The Bergman act created a County Board of Road Approval uniting 18 township representatives to manage local road development and the trunk system. Pocahontas county will allocate $36,909 in 1930 and $32,628 in 1931 for a two year program detailing gravel and grading work across Bellville Cedar Colfax Cummins Washington Des Moines Dover Garfield Grant Lake Lincoln Center Lizard Marshall Powhatan Roosevelt Center and Sherman townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Road Approval
J. M. Bush
Plover
Powhatan
Roy A. Johnson
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Approval
Pocahontas County
Bellville Township
Cedar Township
Colfax
Cummins-Washington Twps
Des Moines
Dover Township
Garfield Township
Grant Township
Lake Township
Lincoln Center
Lizard
Marshall
4-H Club Baking School Tuesday April 22
The third lesson of the 4-H bread making project for club leaders will be held at the assembly room in the courthouse Pocahontas starting at 10 00 a m on Tuesday April 22 Miss Lulu Tregoning Iowa State College extension service will demonstrate muffins health cookies and candy and leaders will score menus muffins and biscuits A discussion of topics and reference materials for 4 H team demonstrations will be held to prepare for June or July and the Fifty Questions on Bread will be answered along with other project questions This concludes the bread project for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Pocahontas
Lulu Tregoning
Iowa State College Extension Service
Uniformed Officer to Patrol Lake Shore at Arnold’s Park
The state conservation board will station a uniformed official on the waterfront at Arnold’s Park to enforce motor boat regulations. A twelve foot plank walk will replace docks and the lakefront will be cleared of stands. The state will take one third of rents from dock and bathhouse leases and a state pier is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Board
Arnold’s Park
State Board
Grant Township to Organize Livestock Club Meeting
On Friday evening April 18 at eight o'clock a meeting of farm boys and girls interested in livestock club work will be held at the Grant Center school. Farm youths from neighboring townships are invited to attend as dairy calf poultry and pig club work will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Center School
Grant Township
St Josephs Hospital Webster City to Close
St Josephs Mercy Hospital in Webster City, in operation twenty five years, will be abandoned May 1. A formal order to close was made public by Mother Superior Mary Daniel Dubuque. No postponement details for a fall reopening of the new county hospital were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Webster City
Mary Daniel
Dubuque
Free Spraying Guide Promotes Orchard Care and Alaska Timber Outlook
A bulletin on orchard spraying, detailing timing, products, and target insects, is available from the Farm Bureau at the Pocahontas court house or by mail. The notice asserts proper tree care yields sound fruit. A city survey shows peak shopping between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and southeastern Alaska’s vast pulp timber could support a major paper industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Court House
Pocahontas
Alaska
Gravel and road district expenditures listed for county townships
The article details 1931 and 1980 gravel and grading work in Swan Lake and surrounding townships with total costs of 5610.00 and 4965.00. It lists new county road board members J. M. Bush Des Moines Powhatan C E Lehnus Roosevelt Henry DeWall Garfield J C Olerich Garfield and county areas involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Lake Township
J. M. Bush
Powhatan
C. E. Lehnus
Des Moines
Henry DeWall
Roosevelt
J. C. Olerich
Garfield
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Frank
Bak‘court
Elsier Society
Ington
Odist Episcopal Church
W. A. Wilkinson
Ara Tech
Presbyterian Church Notes
J. P. Lester
D. D
Central States
Mit
Trinity Lutheran Church
J. O. Wangberg
NEW Board
Powhatan Township
Roosevelt Center
ST. Joseph’s Hospital
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