Upcoming Local Club Meetings and Events in August
The community calendar lists events from August 11 to August 19. Trinity Lutheran Ladies' Aid hosts Mrs. Elmer Simonson at home on Aug. 11, Pocahontas 4-H Club Achievement Day at the courthouse on Aug. 16, Regular Rebekah meeting on Aug. 16, Pikertown Farm Union annual picnic at Berry White's, Booster Project meeting on Aug. 17 at Earl Chanders' home, and Home Furnishing Project Booster meeting at Zelda Snyder's on Aug. 19 at 2 PM.
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Trinity Luthe Ladies’ Aid Society
Elmer Simonson
Pocahonta
Court House
Pacepa “Quesday
Igor Rebekah
Uley Thee
Quesday
Pikertown Farm Union
Berry White
Earl Chanders
Concordia Times notes Trinity Lutheran Church services
Pastor J O Wangberg announces Saturday drive and weekly worship at Trinity Lutheran Church. Regular services Sunday morning and evening. weeknight meeting Thursday at 8 p m. Message urges churchgoing as a wise use of time and habit forming for the Lord's Day.
Nain Lutheran Church Notes Pastor Kjoller Announces Services
Rev. L. H. Kjoller leads Nain Lutheran Church with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Bening Service on the first and third Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Thursday prayer meeting at 8:00 p.m. The first Sunday service is in Danish. others in English. Rolfe community invited to attend.
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Nain Lutheran
L. H. Kjoller
Vacation plans at Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. T. S. Bassett preaches on The Mountains on Sunday morning. Epworth League at 7 pm and Evening Worship at 8 pm with a union service at the church. Special numbers include Annebelle Brinkman and Byron Friend. a Ruth drama directed by Lois Jessie Brinkman. Ice cream social Aug 17. various school and society meetings planned through September. The pastor jokes about his vacation with threshing machines.
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Union
Annebelle Brinkman
Comet
Byron Friend
Barbara Melson
Ruth
Lois Jessie Brinkman
Hattie Ehms
Suiny School Board
Ladies’ Aid Society
Kensington
Farm Bureau to Finance Member Livestock Feeders
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau board discussed financing cattle and sheep feeding for eight members this fall and winter. They noted three sources of credit besides contract feeding and approved a 7000 cash loan to help a farmer buy cattle for Sioux City market at six percent interest for nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocaontas County Farm Bureau
Sioux City
Local visitors stop for lunch after West Bend picnic
A. C. Munger and daughter Mrs. Arthur Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cobb with two children, and Edgar A. Barry of eterson and Miss Mayme Murphy of Sutherland called at the Harrison F. Thomas home Sunday for a brief visit and meal while returning from a picnic and family gathering at The Grotto Park in West Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Munger
Arthur Johnson
Hubert Cobb
Edgar A. Barry
Eterson
Mayme ‘Rphy
Sutherland
Harriso F. Thomas
Tey
Grotto Park
West Bend
Kittenball Draws Crowds and Tightens Standings
Kittensball league reports high scoring as short bases boost runs. Parrots beat Vanities 12 to 6 on Aug 4, Parrots and Sluggers tied 12 to 12 on Aug 9, with two more tie games pending. Bradgate’s Arent pitched well until a neck injury and Rolfe ran up 14 to 8. Fort Dodge trip against Sell-Rite Grocers ended in defeat under floodlights. Rolfe club scheduled games with Ft. Dodge after visitors failed to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWL & Howers
Ollock
Parrots
Carroll’s
Wilson
Vanities
Bradgate
Rolfe
Arent
Rolfe Boys
Sennett
Fort Dodge
Exposition Park
Ft. Dodge
Timely Tips for the Farmer and Farm News
News notes outline livestock winter feeding contracts between Western growers and Iowa feeders. Conservation plans, donations to Iowa State College, and a cooperative dormitory for men are described. Local travel of residents is reported alongside weather affecting corn life with showers extending prospects for late corn harvest.
Rolfe Golf Club Championship Flights Set To Start
The Rolfe Golf Club will begin qualifying rounds next Sunday for its annual championship flights. Fred Hille r notes R. G. Hunter shot 34 on Tuesday with eight of nine greens in regulation and near birdie chances. Members are encouraged to enter and compete to revive interest in golf as the season cools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Golf Club
Fred Hiller
R.G. Hunter
Greene
Hunter
Bobby
Altho
County Did Not Violate Bergman Road Fund Law
Pocahontas County did not breach the Bergman or any Iowa law by transferring 20 000 from the road fund to the general fund. A letter from Budget Director Oscar Anderson authorizes the act, described as temporary with a legislative act needed to make it permanent. The move aimed to cut 1932 tax levies for economy, with future legislative changes anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Bergman
Iowa
Johnson
Oscar Anderson
Pocahontas Record-Democrat
Rolfe Local Items Chronicle Visits and Historic Ties
Plover and Rolfe residents share hometown updates with visits to Plover, Mason City, Des Moines, and Chicago. Arthur Evans from Shelby works on Rolfe high school prep. Geraldine Cleaver earns literary recognition in The Hilltop contest. Rev L O Anderson seeks Rock Prairie history data from C H Tollersrude whose work chronicles 1839 settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Evans
Rolfe High School
Shelby
Marjorie
Buddie Carroll
Chicago
Big City
Rolfe
South Dakota
Leonard Smith
Minnesota
Jas
Anita
Geraldine Cleaver
Pal
Hilltop Magazine
W. P. McIntire
Billy
Catherine
Betty
Spring Hill
J. R. McIntire
W. C. Merckens
Des Moines
Mary Frances
W. L. McIntire
L. O. Anderson
Orfordville
Wis
C. H. Tollersrude
Anderson
Luther Valley Lutheran Church
Tollefsrude
Rock Prairie
America
Rock County
4-H Club Achievement Day in Pocahontas County
Achievement Day of the 4 H Clothing Clubs of Pocahontas county will be held in the assembly room of the courthouse Pocahontas on Tuesday Aug 16 Exhibits judged in forenoon by Mrs Josephine Arnquist Bakke a leading authority on Girls 4 H Club work in the United States Each club will display garments made by members and prizes awarded for garments and made over garments Entrants in the health contest will be examined Friday and Saturday with winners announced Tuesday Older girls winner will represent the county at the Iowa State Fair A county demonstration team will be chosen to go to the State Fair The day will close with a style show featuring school dresses informal party dresses and made over dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Court House
Pocahontas
Josephine Arnquist Bakke
United States
Iowa
Lucile Bucher
Plover
Harold Light
Margaret Peterson
Marjory Vaughn
Rolfe
Thelma Oleson
Mildred Keuck
Marcella Kopriva
Lincoln Township
Maxine Lampe
Alice Kirby
Camping Vacation at Iowa State Fair Opens Giant Camp
Preparations to host over 25 000 Midwest vacation seekers begin in Des Moines as Iowa's largest free camp ground on 110 acres beside the exposition opens August 24 through September 2. It offers water, showers, lights, markets, a government post office, and its own police and fire departments. Children under ten enter free. general admission is 50 cents with 25 cents for ages ten to fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Midwest
Garfield Bureau to Present Play at Pocahontas
Garfield Township Farm Bureau Unit under J. C. Hosier presents home talent play Back Home Again at Hronek's Opera House Pocahontas Wednesday evening Aug 17 8 15 o'clock No admission charged but a collection will defray expenses Cast includes Maybelle Witt Mary Cornwell Veronica Cornwell Theodore Truelsen Frank Cornwell Lester Applegate and Delmer Truelsen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hosier
Garfield Township
Veronica Cornwell
Theodore Truelsen
Frank Cornwell
Lester Applegate
Delmer Truelsen
The Unknown Farmer by Mrs. Charles W. Sewell
The unknown farmer lives and dies a life of service for others, unsung and unheralded. He dwells across the plains and mountains, votes his convictions, flies no flags, and feeds and clothes the world without public praise or monuments. Subscribe for The Arrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Sewell
Indiana Farm Bureau
Legion
Texas Panhandle
Kentucky Mountains
Booster Meetings For Home Project Work Next Week
Miss Mildred Wilson will hold a large home furnishings demonstration at the courthouse in Pocahontas on Monday afternoon August 15 at 1 15. About 125 ladies attended a prior meeting and similar turnout is expected. Neale Knowles of Iowa State College will lead booster sessions August 15 to August 19 at various Laurens and Pocahontas locations. This marks the final Home Furnishing course in Pocahontas county for years, covering chair caning refinishing textiles block printing and applied design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Wilson
Court House
Pocahontas
Neale
Knowles
State Home
Iowa State College
Plover Presbyterian Church
George Aschenbrenner
Marshall Township
Laurens
E. S. Christensen
Grant Center School
Earl Chambers
Garfield Center School
W. J. Allen
First National Bank
Jay Ryan
Zelda Snyder
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Rolfe Local Visitors and Social Notes Highlight Week Activities
Rolfe residents hosted and visited relatives from Des Moines Marshall Minnesota and Texas with several trips to farms in the area. Guests included Susie Thompson and family of Plover C A Manguson and F H Manguson from Marshall Minnesota O E Christeson and son Eldon from Eagle Grove and Rev Walter Aamot from Elk Point S D plus extended visits by Mac Kent J B Kent and others. The Rolfe Golf Club Auxiliary met with Mrs B S Bryson Marion Bruce and Z T Carroll hosting. high scorer was Mrs M W Webb with travel prize to Mrs Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Thompson
Plover
Otis Weaver
Des Moines Township
C. A. Manguson
F. H. Manguson
Marshall, Minn
Rolfe
A. O. H. Letzeplandt and Son
Tulsa
Okla
C. B. Bowen
Luther Thompson
Grace
Helen Thompson
Mallard
Wesley Campbell
O. E. Christeson
Eldon
Eagle Grove
Walter Aamot
Elk Point
S. D
Ralph Carlson
Marshalltown
C. H. Tollersrade
Mac Kent
J B
Brownsville
Texas
W. W. Beam
J. B. Kent
Kent
Des Moines
Hugh Jamieson
Mart Garber
Dent, Minn
A. DeMill
John Hewlett
Russell Ives
R. B. Ives
Mary LaVon
Carl Kauffman
J. O. Hosier
Richard
Big City
Betty Seifert
Greenfield
F. A. Malcolm
Margaret Ferguson
Daphne Combs
Beams
B. S. Bryson
Marion Bruce
Z. T. Carroll
Golf Club
M. W. Webb
Winegarden
California
H. A. Beam
Moline
Ill
Donna Jean Kent
Pocahontas County Board Adopts Tax Settlement and Funding Bonds
Pocahontas Iowa board approves waiving interest on suspended taxes for lots in Havelock and authorizes the treasurer to settle the tax. approves semiannual treasurer’s report and funds on hand. advances issuance of eighty one thousand five hundred dollars in funding bonds to refinance county indebtedness as of June 1 1932.
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Havelock
Pocahontas County
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
J. F. Carlson
Pocahontas
State of
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Qrinity
Methodist Episcopal Church
T. S. Bassett
Epworth League
Farm Bureau
J. N. “Ding” Darling
State Game and Fish Commission
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Maine
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Towa
Co-Operative
Joe White
Lytton
Lou White
Dickens
Muriel Wilson
Jas. M. Smith
D.V. Ragan
Chas. Jarvis
George Jeffries
G. S. Shriner
Miss Mary
Webb
Abe DeVaul
Iowa City
Garfield Bureau
Mie
Rolfe Locals
Randall Melson
Jas. L. O’keefe
G. W. Ferguson
A. H. Buscher
R. L Hudek
Buscher
Hudek
O’keefe
Ferguson
Melson
O'Keefe
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