Community events listed for August into September
Local notices outline meetings and activities in Des Moines Pocahontas and surrounding areas. Descriptions include Missionary Societies at Mrs Squires home, a charity meal and mite box opening, a household sale by J Holsworth, Des Moines Woman's Club at school, Farm Bureau unit at C M T school, Pocahontas W C annual convention, C M Webb day at Scenic Theatre, and a pageant from The Oregon s with Big Four Fair at Fonda Pocahontas county, plus officer elections and anniversary observances.
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Tiday
Kesbyterian Church Notes Preview Rev J P Lester
The Kesbyterian church notes invite all to Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. and 11:16 a.m. with morning worship, Sunday School, Junior Endeavor, and evening service. Next week Rev Albert Howd of Manning preaches, and Rev J Howland also speaks. Sunday school follows the life of Daniel and attendance is encouraged.
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Mostple
Ormer Rolfe
Albert. Howd
Manning
Daniel
Ain Lutheran Church Notes Schedule of Services
Rev Kjoller presides at Ain Lutheran Church with Sunday School and Bible Mass at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening Service on first and third Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Weekday Prayer Meeting Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. Services held during the test period as indicated. all are welcome.
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Woring
North Sea
Fethovist Episcopal Church Plans Two-Week Quiet Period
The Fethovist Episcopal Church led by Rev. W. A. Wilkinson schedules Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. Bible work and 11:00 a.m. morning worship with evening gathering at 7:00 p.m. The church will have no services for two weeks while the pastor vacations.
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Fethovistt Episcopal Church
W. A. Wilkinson
Wen
Trinity Lutheran Church Service Schedule Noted
Rev. J. C. Wangberg leads Trinity Lutheran Church with morning worship at 11:00 and evening service at 7:30. Sunday School and Luther League meet, while the pastor takes annual vacation.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
J. C. Wangberg
Luther League
Pocahontas County Farm Bar to Lead Large Delegation to Conference
The Pocahontas County Farm Bar plans to send a large Ames-based delegation to the American Country Life Association conference October 17-19. The event gathers members from across the nation during the extension service and farm bureau annual meeting. Frank C. Lowden leads the organization and will deliver two addresses broadcast from Station WOI. A memorial program honoring Henry A. Wallace is on the program.
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Pocahontas County
Sanrday
Merican Country Life Assorciation
Xtension Service
Farm
WOI
Henry ¢. Wallace
Rolfe Fall Festival committee lists and Sept dates
Rolfe expects a September festival on Tuesday and Wednesday the 3rd and 4th with a community pageant The Oregon Trail. Committees cover advertising agriculture band concessions dance entertainment finance home talent vaudeville and more to back the event and show local farm kitchen and club talent.
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Rolfe
Oregon Trail
R. W. Wilkin
L. R. Davidson
T. D. Jones
J. H. Brinkman
J. P. Graves
A. G. Hille
R. E. Ferguson
Geo. R. Cook
Marion Bruce
Frank H. Wheeler
J. C. Qolerich
Z. T.carroll
Geo, Ivey
G. A. Dawson
R.C. Grant
Ben Lehnus
John Hewlett
W. S. Bell
J. A. Mather
A. G. Lighter
H. F. Kirchner
F. E. Grant
L. W. Kennedy
Arthur Vaughn
Marshall
G. G. Butler
Local Shorthorn Herd Sold to Bellows Brothers
N A Lind of Beaver Creek Farm sold two carloads forty head of his finest Shorthorn breeding to Bellows Brothers of Marysville Missouri. The sale occurred early in the week with cattle shipped to the buyers Tuesday after their inspection and selections. The Bellows Brothers are noted Shorthorn breeders who have followed the Lind lineage for years.
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N. A. Lind
Beaver Creek Farm
Bellows Bros
Marysville
Bellows Brothers
Lind
Ed Wilcox Claiming Rainmaking Threshing Service
A rural notice describes Ed Wilcox offering a yearly salary for arranging threshing and grain setting to trigger rain. He cites recent events when threshing coincided with rain and claims to guarantee rain whenever he threshes.
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Ed Wilcox
Mr. Wilcox
Father Dobberstein Near Death After Grotto Builder Crash
Rev. P. M. Dobberstein of West Bend, creator of the Grotto of the Redemption, was critically injured in a collision near Centralia, Iowa. A truck carrying grotto posts and a sedan with Chicago tourists crashed. six others were seriously hurt. Dobberstein suffered a deep facial wound, fractured upper jaw and possible brain base injury. doctors held slim hope for his recovery.
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P. M. Dobberstein
West Bend
Dubuque
Mount Francis Church
Chicago
Centralia
Father Dobberstein
Brok
Donald Slaven
Rolfe
Dobberstein
Fonda Golfers Set for Sunday Challenge at Rolfe
Fonda golfers visit Rolfe on Sunday August 11 to contest club honors on Rolfe’s grounds. Play starts 1 30 p.m. and Rolfe aims to field its best lineup to oppose Fonda’s able players in a friendly match with neighbors. Notify Fred Hille to arrange specific matchups.
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Fonda
Rolfe
Fred Hille
Woman's Club to Meet and Celebrate Fifth Anniversary
The D. M. T. Woman's Club will meet at the school building on Tuesday afternoon August 15 to celebrate its fifth anniversary. All former members are invited. Roll call will feature recipes for sandwich fillings. A special program will follow the business session. Officers will be elected at the meeting.
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D. M. T. Woman's Club
Weather and Crops Report Highlights Strong Harvest
Rain delayed threshing then allowed machines to run smoothly. Weighing 24 to 30 pounds, yields range 30 to 60 bushels. The week brought two good rains and an excellent period for corn with favorable growing conditions and strong utilization of opportunities.
Fall injures Carroll man on threshing machine
Chris Boecker a 63 year old resident of Carroll suffered multiple fractures after a fall from a threshing separator north of Laurens while tending the Swan Lake Threshing Co. contact. He received casts on both arms and was hospitalized after the incident earlier this week.
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Chris Boecker
Carroll
Gus Hoerchler
Laurens
Mr. Boecker
Swan Lake
Worth-While Club Notes From August Meeting
Worth-White Club met at Evan Winter’s home on August 6 with seven members and five visitors. The agenda included parliamentary law, a lesson on dish label themes, and a demo by Lucille Weishaar on making attractive labels for canned products. Vera Madsen led the social hour. Lucille Weishaar reported.
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Worth-White Club
Evan Winter
Arlene Ham
Lucille Weishaar
Vera Madsen
Lucildle Weishaar
Bad wreck on Primary No 10 injures Madison couple
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Horner of Madison Wisconsin suffered serious injuries when their car left Primary No 10 west of Gilmore City to avoid a stopped car on a crossroad. They were taken to Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge. Their eight year old daughter was uninjured.
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Frank Horner
Madison
Wis
Horner
Gilmore City
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Mr. Horner
Worth-While Club Meeting Highlights July 30
The Worth-While Club met at Mrs. Lester Thorson’s home with nine members two leaders and two visitors. Attendance reached 100 percent for the year. Activities included a parliamentary law lesson calisthenics and demonstrations on canning corn and beets with a social lunch to finish.
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Lester Thorson
Lucille Schoenberger
Vera Madsen
Arlene Ham
Maxine George
Sandvig and Scott Tied Quietly in Rolfe Nuptials
Miss Fileen Sandvig of Rolfe and Merle A. Scott of Curlew were quietly married at the Presbyterian Manse in Rolfe on Saturday evening August 3 1929. Rev J P Lester officiated with Miss Dorothy Green and Mrs J P Lester present. After the ceremony the couple traveled to Magle Grove and the groom returned to farm duties near Milford. The bride a Rolfe High graduate is praised as a capable homemaker and praised for her talents. The groom hails from a respected Ayrshire Curlew family and is a young farmer. They will reside at Curlew after September 1 and host friends there.
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Fileen Sandvig
Rolfe
Merle A. Scott
Curlew
Dorothy Green
J. P. Lester
Magle Grove
Milford
Rolfe High
Ayrshire-Curlew
Thompson Brothers of Rolfe Branching Out In Pocahontas
Luther Thompson of Thompson Bros. implements dealers at Rolfe closed a deal with Geo. Saunders receiver of the First National Bank to acquire the Dr Moeller veterinary hospital building southwest of the Rock Island depot. They will stock in Pocahontas this week and open by week’s end with John Deere implements and farm supplies.
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Luther Thompson
Thompson Bros
Rolfe
Geo. Saunders
First National Bank
Rock Island Depot
Local resident buys a modern high end 1929 buggy
C F Majorowicz, fond of horse drawn travel, ordered a new up to date buggy from the St Louis Buggy Co. It arrived this week and features cushion tires leather cushions and other 1929 innovations. Purchase handled by Rolfe Implement Co.
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C. F. Majorowicz
St. Louis Buggy Co
C. F
Rolfe Implement Co
Pike Family Reunion honors B F Pike on sixty first birthday
More than sixty Pike relatives gathered Sunday to surprise B F Pike for his 61st birthday. Guests from Armstrong Paullina Worthington Albert City Rolfe and other towns joined in a lawn picnic at the Pike home.
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Pike
B. F. Pike
Mr. Pike
Harry Pike
Maurice Pike
John Craig
Harry Linde
Armstrong
Stonesifer
Paullina
Julia Culp
Worthington
Minn
Andrew Johnson
Elenore
Burnette
Roy Clark
Alfred Johnson
Arnold Barth
Gerald
Henry Buck
Big Times at Clerich Farm Birthday Dinners
Mrs. H F Olerich hosted a birthday dinner for Eldon marking his twenty first anniversary. Fourteen relatives attended and Byron's capacity was noted with two cakes, one from Aunt Mrs D G C Olerich.
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H. F. Olerich
Eldon
Byron
D. GC. Olerich
Olerich
Lois Brinkman
Park Kauffman
Palmer
Islea Beth Hope
W C T U Annual Convention Planned at Pocahontas
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Pocahontas county schedules its annual convention in Pocahontas on Tuesday August 20 with morning and afternoon sessions. A strong program is in preparation and The Arrow-NOW promotes subscriptions.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Ward Ferguson Defended in $14,801 Suit for Judgment
Ward Ferguson, Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, is named as defendant in a $14,801.17 judgment suit filed in federal court in Des Moines last Saturday, August 3, by Foster TK Outing for the lodge. The petition accuses Ferguson of lodge law violations over travel and clerical expenses. Ferguson denies the allegations and says the suit aims to defeat him at the Grand Lodge convention in Cedar Rapids.
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Ward Ferguson
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Des Moines
Foster TK Outing
Fergusons
Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Home Furnishings Course to Start in Pocahontas County
Work will begin in Pocahontas County the week of August 19 to 23 with Miss Nora Workman in charge. Five training schools will cover Color and Design Home Dyeing Rugs Curtains Furnishings for the Home. Seven leaders from each township may attend, Pocahontas site limited to five. Mrs. H. F. Olerich leads the effort.
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Pocahontas County
Nora Workman
Pocahontas
H. F. Olerich
Ralfe
Iowa farmers urged to add organic matter to soil
Iowa soil expert J S Boatman says at least eighty percent of the state's soils lack sufficient organic matter. He recommends adding manure or green manures, and emphasizes liming as the starting point for long term fertility. Bacterial action, moisture retention, and soil structure improve with humus.
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Iowa
J. S. Boatman
Iowa State College
Ames
Soy Bean Oil Drive Seeks Farmer Sellers
County agent reports crushers seek soy beans for processing into oil. Farmers may contact the Farm Bureau to obtain the purchaser's address. The note closes with a reminder that profitability requires investment.
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Avent Bowers
Farm Bureau
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C. M. Webb
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D. D
Corning
API
Unior Endeavor
Imerican Country Life Association Conference
Ithel Taylor
Guy Smith
Thos
Wiley
Maybelle Ryen
Aletta Grant
Geo. Oleson
J. C. Damberg
Alec Manor
W. P. MeIntire
E. Feikenberry
L. J. Holt
M W. Webb
A. V. Graeber
C. W. Siefkin
Marl Hoagland
L. M. Graham
C. B. Bowen
R. G. Hunter
G. Fred Smith
L. D. Smith
Fonda Golfers
Nh. M.T
Sandvig-Scott
Thompson Brothers OF
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