Ruth Walker to Give Piano Recital at Methodist Church
Miss Ruth Walker, recently graduated from the Athenaeum Conservatory of Music in Sioux City, will perform a piano recital at the Methodist Church next Sunday at eight. Program includes Beethoven and Chopin works, Saint-Saens arrangement, Handel Grainger hornpipe, Burleigh coastings, Liszt pieces, and Liszt Rhapsody No. 6 with Charlotte Walker on second piano.
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Ruth Walker
Ted
Athenervatory of Music
Sioux City
Meth Ist
Chopin
Charlotte Walker
Saint-Saens
Handel-Grainger
Cecil Burleigh
Liszt
Emmetsburg Players to Appear at Pocahontas
The Century Players of Emmetsburg will perform at Hronek Theatre Pocahontas every Tuesday starting Sept 4. The cast features well known Emmetsburg actors and opens with Mike Angelo starring Frank Meade. The show draws crowds from five counties and blends humor with a strong dramatic plot.
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The
Century Players
Emmetsburg
Hronek
Pocahontas
Rosary
Mike Angelo
New York
Frank
Buster) Meade
Off for College Young people depart for higher education
A list of students leaving for college includes State University Iowa City names Margaret Pollock Jessie Harriger Lucile Bowen Gordon Siefkin and others. Morningside College Sioux City names Jessie Brinkman Betty Melson Harvey Walker Annetta Green Ruby Wilson Paul Brinkman. also Northwestern Evans ton Illinois Ky de State Ames Frances Shrimer School Mt Carroll Illinois and many more including Des Moines Mercy Fort Dodge St. Marys Rochester Minnesota.
State Fair visitors and 4-H Club demonstrations noted
State Fair week sees John Wiegman and grandson Jean visiting. Mrs. Gen Keuck brings her daughter Mildred Pocahontas 4-H health champion to the state contest. D M T 4-H girls Misses Ham Vivian Madsen join the group. Ernest Vaughn H D Brinkman and Ming Marjory Howe travel to the fair with 4-H demonstrators. Marjorie Vaughn prepares the ice cream demonstration. The Matteson family heads to the fair with Melson Goldin and children Rich and Robert Applegate to present potting and other demos.
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John Wiegman
Jean
Gman
Gen. Keuck
Destineg
Migs Mildred
Pocahontas County
Ham
Vivian Madsen
Ernest Vaughn
H. D. Brinkman
Ming Marjory Howe
Arthur Vaughn
Wwe Marjorie
Marjorie
Wm. Matteson
Mn 'Y
Will Melson
Richday
Robert
Tuesand
Theodore Peterson Dies in Rolfe Car Crash
Theodore Peterson was killed in an automobile accident on the Rolfe Manson road on Wednesday morning August 29 1928. He was found beneath the Ford runabout after the wreck near Lizard road. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10:30 AM at the Methodist church. He leaves a mother two brothers Peter and Oscar and three sisters. The accident likely resulted from the car leaving the road and overturning.
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Theodore Peterson
Rolfe- Manson Road
R. W. Wilkin
Rolfe
Des Moines
Wilkin
Mr. Wilkin
Manson
M. T. Blessling
Rolffe
Lizard
Mr. Peterson
Theodore
Peterson
Leslie Hughes
Lars Peterson
Peter
Oscar
Chas, Knutson
Elvina Peterson
Eva Gutknecht
Ft. Dodge
Methodist Church
Park rights and funding urged for City Park golf course
The editor argues for clearer public support and taxation to sustain City Park facilities including the golf course. He cites private contributions vs public funding, proposing a municipal course with supervised access, annual memberships, and park upkeep funded by taxes to protect investors and maintain the park’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Club
Fred Hille
Park Commissioners
Park Commission
Rolfe
Fonda's Big Four Fair Promises Daily Shows and Calf Prize
The Big Four Fair returns to Fonda September 11 to 14 with baby beeves and dairy calves on display. Each baby beef exhibit receives five dollars toward exhibition expenses. Frank Murphy of Wheaton Minnesota will speak Friday afternoon. County Farm Bureau and Farmers Union plan a Grounds picnic Friday. A nightly program and daily events are promised. Joe Robinson and Charley Curtis are humorously noted as saving the country by remote control.
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Fonda
Frank Murphy
Wheaton
Minn
Joe Robinson
Charley Curtis
Pocahontas Schools Closed for Teachers Institute
All schools in Pocahontas county will close Sept 4 to Sept 8 during the Teachers Institute sessions. Teachers attend without loss of time or salary as provided by law. Grace D. McMichael, County Superintendent.
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Pocahontas County
Grace D. McMichael
Des Moines Township Fair Set For Friday September 14
The Community Club of Des Moines township schedules its annual fair for Friday September 14 with displays of products a large dinner greetings and sports. More details will come next week. The note adds a remark on corn prices versus corn flakes.
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Community Club
Des Moines Township
W C T U Convention At Gilmore City Reports Strong Program
The county W C T U convention at Gilmore City on Saturday August 18 featured an all day program with reports from local unions, re election of officers and department directors, a cafeteria lunch, and a social hour. Notable speakers included Rev Larson and Attorney Abe DeVaal, with devotions by Mrs Goodenough and Mrs Stephen Lumley. The event closed with patriotic songs, posters from rural schools, and resolutions to be published next week in The Arrow Now.
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Gilmore City
Wm. E. Campbell
W. P. Wheeler
Rolferes
E. 8. Whittlesey
A. L. Schultz
Pocahontas
Bertha VanAlstine
Rolfe
J. Townsend
F. L. MacVey
Benedict
Chas
Stebbins
Uncle San
al Smith
Randall Melson
Women’s Clubs
C. L. Gunderson
E. A. Daniels
S. J. Townsend
Francis Murphy
Neal Dow
Frances E. Willard
Stephen Lumley
Abe DeVaal
Watkins
Lumley
Ruth Webb
Ruth
Charlotte Walker
County Institute Delays R H S Opening
The R H S opening is postponed to September 5 due to the County Teachers Institute in Pocahontas on September 3 and 4. A new 520 page elementary course of study, developed by state and university educators, will be the focus of this year’s institute with sessions at the Pocahontas public school building open to the public.
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County Teachers’ Institute
Pocahontas
Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
K. E. Horm
State University of Iowa
McMichael
Pocahontas Public School
We Rolfe's Town Flower
The zinnia is Rolfe's official city flower. The Arrowman displays a varied showing of these flowers at his home. He features ordinary giants California giants dahlia flowered cactus and a new red maroon variety called the Warrior. Visitors welcome.
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Rolfe
California
Rolfe Man Named Manager of Local Halvorson Co
W W Wheeler of Rolfe was elected sales manager at a meeting where 121 shares were represented. Former Jolce resident and Corn Belt Land Co secretary plans to take up active management in Rolfe starting September. The board unanimously adopted Wheeler s plan to enlarge Halvorson Company hog trough sales. Rev L E Kleppe was elected to the board to fill the vacancy from Jack Robertson s resignation.
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Halvorson Manufacturing Co
W. W. Wheeler
Rolfe
Mr. Wheeler
Jolce
Corn Belt Land Co
Halvorson Company
Wheeler
L. E. Kleppe
Jack Robertson
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Palo Alto County Fair Seeks Exhibits for 4000 Dollar Premiums
The Palo Alto County Fair plans 4000 dollars in cash premiums for livestock grain school and home products with exhibits from county residents. Entrants are urged to prepare early for the fair dates September 11 12 13 14 and join a growing interest in the event.
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Palo Alto County
Hail Storm Ravages Rolfe Area Causing Wide Damage
A week old hail storm west of Richard Grant place near Rolfe moved northeast across the Des Moines river, tearing roofs and windows. It shattered melons and vegetables on the Hammond farm, knocked out about a thousand window lights, damaged auto tops, and caused mixed crop losses with estimates around seven hundred dollars.
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Richard Grant
Rolfe
Des Moines
FH. N. Bendixon
Henry Koher
Hammond
Mgr. Kober
Bradgate
Weather and crops show strong yields despite heat
The report notes hot threshing with near-prostrations, but oats and barley yield well, corn promises good harvests except where hail hit, and a soaking rain will finish moisture needs. It highlights August growth, upcoming fall plowing, and comparisons to last year. The piece mentions the Anti-Tobacco League and Marines in Nicaragua as side points.
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Beam
Istruck
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