Coming events list for Rolfe area communities
A sequence of local club meetings and events from late April to May includes grade school operetta at Rolfe, A L D Club at Mrs Wheeler's home, P. B O chapter FR gathering at Mrs Siekfin's, Lutheran Missionary Convention in Rolfe, Garfield Farm Bureau unit at Mr and Mrs Otto Christen sen's, Premier Bridge Club at Mrs W A Spence’s country home, Rolfe American Legion and Auxiliary joint meeting at K of P hall, 4 H Club Play Day in Pocahontas, 4 H Club Mothers Day events, and several Tuesday and Friday club meetings including Bon Ton, Tuesday Club, Sorosis breakfast, and 4 H Rally Day in Pocahontas.
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Rolfe
W.P. Wheeler
Pueadley
Pocahontas
Court House
Miss Buchanan
Anne Wiley
C. B. Bowen
Sorosis Club
W. D. Hauck
Pocket Gophers Targeted By County Bounties In Pocahontas
Roy Johnson estimates at least 500 dollars in county funds will be paid as bounties for pocket gophers this year in Pocahontas county possibly rising to 1000 dollars if trapping increases. Farmers may trap or poison gophers using steel traps or poison baits with strychnine.
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Roy Johnson
Pocahontas County
Lewis Harley
Laurens
Rolfe High School Exhibit Promises Classroom Works and Operetta
Rolfe high school hosts a Friday night exhibit with items from all departments. The event features grade level handwork, physics and typing displays, home economics and manual training projects, plus an operetta by elementary grades and a baseball drill by junior high boys. Admission is 20 cents for adults, 10 cents for students. grade 1–6 enter free. Open 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and after the program.
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Rolfe High School
Legionaires to Meet in Rolfe on April 29
Rolfe units of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will host a joint county meeting at the K of P hall on Friday evening April 29 at 7 30. The program includes a brief business session a special program games and dancing followed by refreshments with music by a local orchestra.
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Rolfe
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Legion
K. of P. Hall
4-H Club Plans Play Day and Rally Day in Pocahontas County
The Pocahontas County 4-H Club schedules Play Day for Saturday afternoon April 30 with Miss Fannie Buchanan headlining. Rally Day follows on Tuesday May 31 with Gov. Dan Turner and other notables expected. The Pocahontas band will provide music and residents from across the county are invited to join. The Governor will be initiated into the county 4-H Chapter. A planning meeting is set for Saturday afternoon to finalize details.
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Pocahontas County
Fannie Buchanan
United States
Dan Turner
Pocahontas
Des Moines Township Good Meeting Behind Farm Bureau Event
The Des Moines Township Farm Bureau held a well attended meeting in the school assembly room Monday night. Mrs. Arthur Vaughn sponsored the program and Mrs. Clarence Jensen led the event featuring music by a string quartet, a Bureau Farmer review by Oscar Snyder, a Sunbonnet Sally and Overall Jim act, a violin solo by Lucille Weishaar, a play The Auto Age by the Girls 4 H Club, and a garden seed game with prizes awarded to Mrs. Richard Hoveland and Mrs. Jennie Johnson.
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Des Moines Township Farm Bureau
Arthur Vaughn
Clarence Jensen
Lucille Weishaar
Madeline Snook
Louise
Doris Vaughn
Bureau Farmer
Oscar Snyder
Sunbonnet
Sally
Jim
Rachael Wiegman
Alvin Vaughn
4-H Club
Richard Hoveland
Jennie Johnson
Automobile drivers now more dangerous than submachine gun carriers
A quote from the Atchison Globe claims drivers are increasingly dangerous compared to men who carry sub machine guns highlighting concerns about road safety and violent crime.
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Atchison Globe
Mail service shake up as M and St L changes trains
After fifty years the M and St L reversed its train and mail flow shifts. The main southbound mail arrives 7 10 a m bringing The Daily Register and heavy letters, while the Northwestern morning mail is reduced. Des Moines Evening Tribune and Fort Dodge Messenger rely on trucks around 6 p m. Sioux City papers may arrive 6 30 p m. Fort Dodge detaches south connection. passengers wait for morning St Paul branch train. Travel north improves with a morning northbound link to Twin Cities and Watertown.
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Daily Register
Northwestern
Evening Tribune
Des Moines
Fort Dodge Messenger
Chicago
Manson
Laurens
North Western
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Watertown
S. D
Garfield Farm Bureau Meeting Set for April 28
Garfield Township Farm Bureau Unit hosts Thursday evening event on April 28 with Miss Maybelle Ryen sponsoring. H. S. VanAlstine discusses recent legislation and economic topics. Mrs. H. D. Brinkman speaks on outdoor conservation and beautification. Garfield Orchestra provides music. Miss Fern Witt sings. Miss Veronica Cornwell reads.
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C. A
Otto” Christensen
Garfield Farm Bureau Unit
Maybelle Ryen
H. S. VanAlstine
H. D. Brinkman
Garfield Orchestra
Fern Witt
Veronica Cornwell
Former Resident Mrs Cora Anderson Patton Dies
Funeral services held in Esmond South Dakota for Mrs. Cora Anderson Patton who died April 5 1982 at age 102 Born Kristiansand Norway January 20 1880 she lived in Herschel Illinois Pocahontas County Iowa and Esmond before marrying George Patton in 1907 at Esmond She left husband three children Harold Louise and Elsie and her brother Peter S Anderson of Mandan North Dakota.
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Esmond
S. D
Cora Anderson Patton
Kristiansand
Norway
Herschel, Ill
Serena Anderson
Peter
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Globe
Methodist Ladies Aid Society Holds Patchwork Program
The Kensington Methodist Ladies Aid Society met in the church parlors for a Tuesday program featuring patchwork quilts and hooked rugs. Highlighted by songs, scripture readings, solos, and musical readings, the group planned future spring events led by president Mrs. Ernest Vaughn with the next gathering set for May 4.
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Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Circle No. 1
T. S. Bassett
Guy HE
B. A. Kerns
Gwendolyn Nelson
Anne Wiley
Ernest Vaughn
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Poor Pickings Goofy Dialog in a Laughing Skit
Ethel laments financial ruin while another character notes how the stick-up man drained all funds. The exchange reveals a comic tone about poverty and crime.
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Goofy
Ethel
Mary Graves Places Fourth in County Spelling Contest
A crowded Pocahontas courthouse hears fifty four county spellers compete for a chance to represent Pocahontas county in The Des Moines Register state contest. Marie Kauffman wins first and will attend in Des Moines on May 7. Mary Graves earns fourth with a 1.00 prize.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Des Moines Register
Pocahontas Commercial Club
Marie Kauffman
Havelock Consolidated Schools
Justin Tolan
Our Lady of Good Counsel School
Fonda
Mary Sibyl Forbes
Pocahontas Public School
Mary Graves
Rolfe Public School
Edward Sauter
St. Columbsville
Varina
Des Moines
Norman Norland
Laurens
A. J. Shaw
Helen Thornton
Maybelle Ryen
Georgia Mae Pattee
J. H. McMichael
Fred A. Hudek
Women Plan Home Furnishing Course Meeting in Pocahontas
Miss Neale Knowles will lead a Pocahontas gathering at the courthouse at 1 30 p m on Wednesday April 27 with county township and publicity chairmen for the Home Furnishing Project. The group will outline the Fourth Year Home Furnishing Course to start in the fall under Miss Nora Workman who taught the First Year work. County chairman Mrs H F Olerich urges attendance to decide topics for the next phase after Home Furnishings.
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Neale
Knowles
Pocahontas
Court House
Nora Workman
H. F. Olerich
Methodist Women Present Missionary Program
United Methodist Church outlines annual missionary program to be presented during morning worship at 11:00. Rev T S Bassett leads brief address and social activities with hymns, prayer, and special songs. All members and friends urged to attend.
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United Methodist Church
T. S. Bassett
Children's Missionary Society
Congregation Women’s Missionary Societies
Sunday School Class Party at Church Parlor
Rev. GC Carlson's Sunday school class met at the church parlors for a potluck supper, business meeting, and a fellowship hour. Members enjoyed games with enthusiasm, noting the group's enduring spirit despite aging. The class credits a committee including Mr and Mrs Borch, Mr and Mrs Brinkman, Mr and Mrs Fisher, Mr and Mrs Chase, and Mr and Mrs Ferguson.
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GC. P. Carlson
Ole Borch
Glyde Brinkman
Earl Fisher
Gerald Chase
Earl Ferguson
She Would Susie Reports Mary Chooses Sam Lapleigh
In a playful parlor exchange Susie overhears that Mary will marry Sam Lapleigh. Agnes confirms Mary joined him after discovering his Christmas savings club membership.
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Susie
Mary
Sam Lapleigh
Agnes
Keep Young Pigs On Clean Ground Says Mo Grobman
John Grebman of Laurens overcame prior hog business losses by starting young pigs on clean ground. County Agent Bowers says straw sheds on clean ground suffice, avoiding mud holes and manure piles that harbor round worm larvae. Pigs stay healthier if kept off old lots until 100 pounds, with simple equipment and early medicine not solving the root problem.
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John Grebman
Laurens
Igs
Bowers
Crop loan funds arriving for Pocahontas farmers
Checks totaling sizable sums are arriving for farmers applying for government crop loans, with Mrs. Katherine Boozell, county recorder, receiving the payments. Farmers are urged to apply through the County Farm Bureau at once. the loan is a first mortgage on the crop, not livestock or machinery, with applications due by April 30.
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Katherine Boozell
County Recorder
Pocahontas County
County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Women Tour in Waterloo Draws 450 Plus
A county wide farm women’s tour in Waterloo, organized by Black Hawk County Farm Bureau, attracted more than 450 homemakers. Miss Neale S. Knowles reports the Home Economics Extension at Town State College. Participants toured a packing plant bakery and radio station in the morning and enjoyed a school lunch and community entertainment in the afternoon.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Birds Wintering in Iowa Parks Attract Many Visitors
Feeding in Iowa's 39 state parks and 3 game preserves brought many birds back early and others to stay through winter. Birds such as chickadees titmice cardinals juncos and sparrows were reported by park custodians and wardens. J R Fitzsimmons urged brush heaps and feeding to help birds and noted eliminating cats. He said homeowners will soon see abundant feathered visitors year round.
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Iowa
J. R. Fitzsimmons
Iowa State College
Arbor Day Stamp Issued by Post Office Department
The Post Office Department issues a new Arbor Day stamp honoring the holiday created by J Sterling Morton of Nebraska City in 1872. The stamp will be available soon at local post offices.
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Postoffice Department
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City
Neb
Postoffice
Oxford Rhodes Scholar Plans Easter Escape to Spain
A letter from Gordon Siefkin describes his Easter vacation from March 12 to April 22, with travel companion George Craft. The pair sail from London on the Kaiser-T Hind to Bombay area routes, visit Gibraltar, and head toward Spain, noting ship life, cuisine, and the mix of Rhodes scholars aboard.
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Gordon Siefkin
Oxford
Rhodes
Gordon
France
Italy
Capri
Malta
Sicily
Tunis
Africa
Tyrolean Alps
Venice
Spain
Fez
Morocco
Gordons
George Craft
Atlanta
Georgia
London
Tilbury
Thames
Dover
Kaiser-T-Hind
Peninsular & Orient Line
England
India
Australia
Bombay
Indian Civil Service
S. S. Aquitania
George
Gibraltar
Bay of Biscay
Paris
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Premiere Bridge Club
W. A. Spence
American Legion and Auxiliary
K of P, Hall
Nain Lutheran
L. H. Kjoller
Legionaires
Garfield Township Farm Bureau
Methodist Kensington
MO. Grobman
Gibralter
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