December club notices list many meetings and events
Busy Bee Sewing Circle and various groups announce December events. Meetings include Ladies Aid, Lutheran luncheon, Prem tee, Rolfe Woman's Day, Cebea Club, D. L. Club, Tuesday and Wednesday gatherings, Methodist services, Missionary Societies, Bon Ton Bridge, American Legion, Y M C Bridge, and a Christmas Charity Tea at Mrs. Gunderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Jarvis
Patterson
Pe Lutheran Church
Irs
Beee
J? Obrecht
Eastern Star
Methodist Missionary Societies
Julius White
J. R. McIntire
Tesday
James Sennett
Rosary Society
Y. M. C. Bridge Club
Busy Bee Sewing Circle
C. L. Gunderson
Christmas Seal Sale Progresses With School Involvement
The Christmas Seal sale raises funds for local state and national tuberculosis work. Children distribute seals to residents, supporting associations across the United States. The program traces to Danish clerk Einar Holboell and Emily P. Bissell, with widespread club and newspaper support and mail driven fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Einar Holboell
Jacob Riis
Outlook
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Del
Addion
National Tuberculosis Association
Emma Botini Weds Lawrence Dornath at Gil hore City
The First Lutheran church in Gil hore City hosts the wedding of Emma Botini and Lawrence Dornath on Wednesday afternoon. Rev Schardt officiated with attendants Minnie Post Lorene Siefkin Emil Botini and Asper Dornath. The couple will reside on a farm west of town after a wedding dinner for about eighty guests at the Botini home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilhore City
Emma Botini
Lawrence Dornath
Schardt
Minnie Post
Lorene Siefkin
Emil Botini
Asper Dornath
Otto Botini
Jasper Dornath
Time for Boys to Wash Necks and Banutifiers
A critique notes over ten million dollars spent annually on banutifiers in the country and argues a large portion is wasted. The author humorously comments that some people act as if the missing link only dropped a few steps.
Bradgate Cage Team Wins Charity Tilt
Bradgate high school's first string basketball team beat Rolfe 49 to 32 at Rolfe School. Ellsworth scored 26, Olson 18 total. Brinkman led Bradgate with six field goals and strong rebounding. Rolfe seconds won 29-18. receipts donated to Rolfe Relief Committee totaling 45.45 after expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradgate
Rolfe
Bradgate High School
Ellsworth
Olson
Bill Brinkman
Stevenson
Tiernan
Messer
Phillips
Olerich
Harmon
Russell
Rolfe Relief Committee
Buscher to Contest Supervisor Election in Statewide Attention
Anton Buscher of the southeast district plans to contest Ben Fischer’s 197 vote win of 819 total ballots. The dispute centers on alleged bribery style actions over salary agreements and threats to field independent candidates. The case mirrors a prior ruling that such acts constitute bribing the public and could be decided by the courts rather than the contest board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Buscher
Ben Fischer
Buscher
Pocahontas
Fischer
Fisher
Methodists' Annual Supper Set by Rolfe Church
The Rolfe M E church will host its annual supper in the church dining room on Wednesday evening December 7 at the usual time. Menu includes roast chicken and dressing mashed potatoes cabbage salad rolls pickles jelly apple sauce cake with hot coffee. Price is twenty five cents. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe M. E. Church
Butcher Hogs to Feed Needy Community Effort
Iowa State College meat specialist Fred J. Beard outlines an organized hog butchering plan to aid the needy this fall. Neighbors can pool hogs and wood and use a suitable farm with windbreak and water to ease labor and produce more edible pork for storage and home use, highlighting pork’s high yield and low cost this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Beard
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Bénard
Democrats of Pocahontas County Hold Victory Banquet
About 200 Democrats gathered at the Masonic Hall in Pocahontas for a victory banquet hosted by the Pocahontas county party. J. H. McMichael led the meeting with Ray Walsh of Varina as toastmaster. Maurice Breen of Fort Dodge and local speakers praised cross party accord. The event featured vocal solos, a local male quartet, and piano performances, with attendees from Rolfe and other areas expressing unity after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Masonic Hall
Pocahontas
Eastern Star Ladies of
J. H. McMichael
Ray Walsh
Varina
Mr. Walsh
J. D. Fitzgerald
John Collins
Montague Hakes
Frank Hogan
Mike Linnan
R. M. Evans
Barney Bruce
Maurice Breen
Fort Dodge
Kelly
Tolan
Fonda
Rolfe
Geo
O. Hauck
M. W. Webb
Andrew
Dora Simonson
Ed Richard
Ralph
Marion Bruce
A A Richmond Dies After Short Illness
A A Richmond died at his home in the west part of Rolfe Tuesday morning at one o'clock after a long illness of heart disease. He was confined to bed under the care of Miss Dorothy Bower for one day. Funeral services set for Thursday at two from the home and 2 30 at McIntire's funeral home with Rev. C P Carlson officiating. Interment in Clinton Garfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Richmond
Rolfe
Dorothy Bower
R. N
McIntire
Rev
C. P. Carlson
Clinton-Garfield
Effects of continuous testing in a community
The Iowa cow testing associations report twenty two years of testing in Black Hawk county boosting average cow fat production by 103.7 pounds and income above feed cost by 30.22 dollars per cow. Pocahontas County tests show October averages of 470 pounds milk and 17.0 pounds butterfat, with notable herds led by Martin Gehrt and the Women’s Reformatory herd of Rockwell City. High cows include Bonnie from Mallard and several Reformatory Holsteins with strong milk and butterfat yields. Kenneth Littlefield, tester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Pioneer Association
Pocahontas County
Martin Gehrt
Rockwell City
Bonnie
Allen & Searcy
Mallard
Women’s Reformatory
Reformatory
R. E. Rouse
Laurens
Kenneth Littlefield
Noah Builds His Own Ship
A proverb style note describes Noah as a wise bird who constructs his own boat rather than waiting for a ship. It contrasts crossing the bridge from present to ideal self with the seasonal compliment a father gives his partner about last spring’s hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Dad
Mother
D M T High School to Present Operetta December 2
The Des Moines Township high school will stage The Toreadors operetta in the school auditorium on Tuesday evening. The cast includes Senor Dictorio, Bret et Orville Kilbourne, Benita and Juanita, and other roles with tickets priced at ten and twenty cents. Athletics note a basketball double header upcoming on December 2 on the D M T floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Township
Senor Dictorio
Bret Et
Orville Kilbourne
Benita
Juanita
Maxine George
Merle Christensen
Juan
Ails
Pats Bloc
Ae Ray Boles
Pablo
Lulu Christensen
Oecast
Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake Five Cantos Report
In a general service update teachers report progress on studies. Juniors discuss choosing topics while physics covers force and open book test given by Mr Gehrt. Physiology reviews sewage disposal methods and Ivan Smith notes a sink with only a pail. Economics studies farm loan associations and land banks. English class reads Macbeth. seniors plan commencement invitations as influenza sidelines Merle Christensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Gehrt
Ivan Smith
Farm Loan Association
Farm Land Bank
D.M.T
Merle Christensen
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Bottine—Dornath
Methodists
Auirency
Democrats OF County
D. M. T. High School
Althe
Mallard Ducks
Ottosen
Mare
Anna Mae Struthers
Donald Behrends
Jimmy Rabbit
Dorothy Ives
DelWwtta Mickaleck
Thelma Jolliffe
Donald Spencer
Loren Thompson
Dale Hewlett
Richard Struthers
Miriam Ripperger
Kenneth Zeman
Robert Harrison
Betty Jean Johnson
Ronald Spencer
Boughton
Dorothy Weaver
Doris Kauffman
Wm. Shakespeare
Lola Green
Garth Stoufe
Genevieve Johnson
Donald Sinek
Bonnie Watts
W. D. Hauck
R. E. Green
North America
Robert Obrecht
R.hs
Margery Thompson
Marjory Cornell
Leo Cornwell
Mary Jane Hunter
Naomi Sroufe
Wayne Utterson
James Chariton
Pearl Harmon
Jean Knapp
Marshall Burstad
Mary LaVon Ives
Betty Seifert
Mabel Clemons
Mary Graves
Estelyn Roberts
Mary Beth Brinkman
Janice Wiegman
Lawrence Kennedy
R.h.s.high School
Archer
Viola Boyd
Norton Ives
Jean Wiegman
Elmer Peterson
Stella Mae Brinkman
Grace McEwen
Gwendolyn Nelson
Barbara Melson
Marie Wheeler
Gyla Shriner
Veronica Cornwell
Vico Shelgren
Roger Bruce
Geo. Heald
Helen Kennedy
R.H.S
Greece
B. C
Aristides
Ionia
Aeolis
Agean
Chalcidice
Athens
Delos
Sparta
Apollo
Sparata
Delian League
League
Washington
Lincoln
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