Humboldt Stuns Rolfe in Rolfe Basketball Showdown
Humboldt dominates Rolfe as the Stamps win 35-19 after leading from the first quarter. Top scorers include Humboldt’s Henley and Christensen and Rolfe’s Smith and Rickard, with a close fourth quarter sealed by Buechle and Hart. Also notes Iowa U basketball opener and 4-H beef calf program data.
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Humboldt
Rolfe
Manasium
Glyde Smith
Ide
Humboldt—Henley
Samis
Sawyer
Volkerding
Chrissen
Campbell
Rolfe—Corall
Rickard
G. Smith
Pateson
Buechle
Hart
Humdt
BR Smith
Jarter
Des Moines High to Stage The Wooden Shoe Christmas Operetta
The Des Moines high school will present The Wooden Shoe Christmas a T grade operetta on December 20 in the assembly. Main roles include Laurel Lehnus as a Dutch girl and Beryl v8 as a Dutch boy with Billy Hender wt as father Betty Marchant as mother and DeVaul as Spirit of Christmas. Neal directs with Miss Lehnus assisting dances.
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Indy Ev ‘Ching
Laurel Lehnus
Beryl v8
Billy Henderwt
Betty Marchant
Tty DeVaul
88 Neal
Miss Lehnus
Severe winds blister Spencer site at Clay Fair grandstand
Residents cite a large hole in the steel grandstand at the Clay Fair grounds after strong winds. Local officials assess damage and safety concerns as the community surveys repairs.
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Spencer
Clay Fair Grounds
Night school to discuss soils problems at Pocahontas
A Pocahontas evening school on December 11 at 8:00 p.m. will cover alkali soil and other soil fertility and management issues. S. L. Dunn announces Bruce Kilpatrick of the Iowa State college extension service will lead, based on five years of county plots. The meeting, at the public school building, is open to all interested.
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Farmers
Pocahontas
S. L. Dunn
Bruce Kilpatrick
Iowa State College Extension Service
Kilpatrick
County Farm Bureau
Garfield Hustlers 4 H Club Elects New Officers
Garfield Hustlers 4 H Club met December 2 at Everett White home with nine members. Roger DeWolf reported finances and officers were elected: president Raymond Wiegert vice president Richard Hosier secretary treasurer Elwyn Ives news reporter Everett White historian Rollin Ives. Treasurer new this year. constitution to be rewritten. Next meeting January 6 at Phillip Brinkman home.
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Garfield Hustlers
Everett White
Roger DeWolf
Raymond Wiegert
Richard Hosier
Elwyn Ives
Rollin Ives
Phillip Brinkman
Declamatory Contest Open at Rolfe High School Tonight
The first state declamatory contest in three years will be held in Rolfe high school auditorium Thursday at 8:00. Participants from Bode Ottosen Plover and Rolfe compete. Rolfe’s Marie White will present Last Will and Testament of a Refugee in the oratorical class, Rachel Wiegmanreads Romeo and Juliet in drama, and Catherine McIntire performs My Contour ’Tis of Thee in humor.
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Rolfe High School
Bode
Ottosen
Plover
Rolfe
Marie White
Rachel Wiegman
Catherine McIntire
University of Iowa Announces Journal Annex Project
Work will start on a three story annex to Hast Hall at the University of Iowa to house the school of journalism and the Daily Iowan. The addition replaces space lost when part of the journalism building burned last January and should be ready around April 1.
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Hast
University of Iowa
School of Journalism
Daily Iowan
Iowa State Basketball Opens Season With Coe Game
Iowa State prepares for a home game against Coe College with Co-Captains Gordon Nicholas and Al Rudolfson leading the lineup. Guards listed include Dale DeKoster and Carol Schneider. Fred Gordon is a leading reserve. The Cyclones travel to Minnesota and Bradley next week, with December home games broadcast by WOT radio.
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Ames
Cyclones
Cornell College
Basketeer
Coe College
Coe
Gordon Nicholas
Lawton
al Rudolfson
Rolfe
Ed Smith
Minburn
Dale DeKoster
Spencer
Carol Schneider
Rock Island
Ill
Cyclone
Fred Gordon
Decorah
Iowa State
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Minnesota
Bradley
Town State
Grinnell College
Cagers
Drake University
WOT
Andy Woolfries
Prominent Rolfe Woman Dies in Dolliver Iowa
Elia E Bates died at her nephew Charles Moon home in Dolliver Iowa Thursday morning November 28 1940 after chest pain the service was held at Rolfe’s Methodist church with Rev E J Plummer and Dr T S Bassett presiding. She was born January 26 1868 in Antioch Illinois and leaves husband W R Rogers son Raymond of Rolfe daughter Cora Klein of Humboldt two grandchildren and one great grandchild plus many relatives and friends.
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Rolfe
W. R. Rogers
Charles Moon
Dolliver
Methodist Church
E. J. Plummer
T. S. Bassett
Goldfield
Plummer
H. D. Brinkman
C. B. Bowen
George Ivey
J. C. Gunderson
M. W. Webb
F. E. Grant
Grant Johnson
George Lehnus
Edgar Gentry
Victor Shimon
Fred Nelson
Arthur Evans
Chapter FA
Methodist Sunday School
Elia E. Bates
David and
Eunice Bates
Antioch
Ill
Iowa
Raymond of
Cora Klein
Humboldt
Rogers
Helens DeWind
Boston
Mass
Willard Klein
Marie Gimer
Renwick
Buy Seals Help Promote Health in Iowa Campaign
E A Norem president of the Iowa Tuberculosis association urged Iowans to back the Christmas seal drive. He cited a 75 percent fall in national tuberculosis deaths and outlined ongoing statewide efforts including nursing calls tuberculin tests and X rays to find and treat cases toward a tuberculosis free state.
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Mason City
E. A. Norem
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa
Telephone Cable Completed On West Elm Street
The Central Iowa Telephone Co has completed laying the cable on West Elm Street. Local manager W L Stanley took the special cable men back to Toledo Friday. The upgrade shows the company aims to give local patrons the best in telephone service.
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Central Iowa Telephone Co
West Elm St
W. L. Stanley
Toledo
Mrs. Rogers Remembered for Devotion to Family and Church
A longtime Hawkeye Rolfe resident Mrs. Rogers died after a life of teaching Sunday school for over four decades and guiding church work. She hosted youths for education, helped build the church edifice, served as Ladies' Aid president, and remained a charter member of Chapter FR PEO while prioritizing church and Sunday school.
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Hawkeye
Iowa
Rogers
Ladies’ Aid
Fergusons
Sergels Reach Tahiti Aboard 76 Foot Schooner Chance
Mr and Mrs Roger Sergel of Chicago learn by radiogram that their son Chris and his wife have arrived at Pampeete Tahiti aboard the 76 foot schooner Chance. The vessel, owned and captained by Chris Sergel, left New York about five months ago with other newlywed couples. The Sergel family connects to O B Fuller senior.
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Guatemala
Roger Sergel
Chicago
Chris Sergel
Pampeete
Tahiti
New York
Chance
Sergel
O. B. Fuller
Ernest Cox Sr In Critical Condition At Home
Ernest Cox Sr has been in critical condition at his home since Saturday after a heart attack. He had suffered a paralytic stroke and has been in ill health for months. Daughters Dale Stout Earlham and Ernest Slater Emmetsburg visit. son Earl Cox Gilmore also present. Others from Pocahontas Havelock and nearby areas visited.
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Ernest Cox
Cox
Dale Stout
Earlham
Ernest Slater
Emmetsburg
Earl Cox
Gilmore
John Sandy
Pocahontas
Tar Sandy
Havelock
Frank Cox
Delay Explained By Portraitist Health Cause
In a November 29 letter to the Arrow A A Blank explains delays in delivering portraits of Rolfe business men. He has been in an Omaha hospital with a serious illness for two weeks and will remain there a week longer. Orders will be completed immediately after his release.
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the Arrow
A. A. Blank
Rolfe
Omaha
Rally Brings About 100 At Epworth League Event
The Epworth League rally gathered about one hundred members Monday at the Methodist church. Attendees represented Fort Dodge Humboldt Rutland Bradgate Varina Gilmore Pocahontas Rolfe. Keith Johnson presided at the district meeting after devotions led by Nelva Dean Roberts and program numbers by Ruth Green Louella Roberts Anne Green Erelyn Perrin.
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Epworth League
Methodist
Fort Dodge
Humboldt
Rutland
Bradgate
Varina
Gilmore
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Nelva Dean Roberts
Anne Green
Ruth Green
Erelyn Perrin
Louella Roberts
Keith Johnson
Mothers of the
Rolfe Leaguers
University of Iowa Hospital Welcomes Holiday Gifts
At the University of Iowa Children's Hospital, gifts of toys books and games are welcomed for young patients. Towans contributions have helped brighten Christmas for ill children and support remains encouraged as the hospital plans ahead. Hospital administrator Robert Neff invites material donations.
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Children’s Hospital
University of Iowa
Robert Neff
Ottosen girl saves four children from burning house
Heroine Darlene Movik, 14, of Ottosen, rescued four children from a blaze caused by a gasoline lamp explosion. She led them to safety and used a blanket to extinguish the flames, earning credit for saving lives.
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Darlene Movik
Ottosen
Darlene
Leo MacVey Loses Fingers in Corn Picker Accident
Leo MacVey lost four fingers of his right hand in a corn picker during husking with his brother Eldon on Saturday. He was rushed to Emmetsburg hospital for medical care and his thumb was saved.
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Leo MacVey
Eldon
Emmetsburg
Girl Scout Meeting at Legion Hall Reflects November Traditions
The Girl Scouts gathered at the Legion hall on November 27. They sang Hail to the Scouts and other songs, reviewed ranks and crafts, and played games. Mrs. Webb provided apples. no troop meetings occurred due to illness and Thanksgiving travel.
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Legion Hall
Farm Bureau to Have Big Party At Court House
Pocahontas county Farm Bureau drives to boost membership reaching record numbers. A Monday courthouse meeting and oyster supper launched the effort with volunteers working unpaid. The drive ends Thursday night December 5 with a Farm Bureau Fun Nite at the courthouse featuring games and entertainment for all, with tickets for workers and signees.
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Farm Bureau
Court House
Pocahontas County
Farm ‘Bureau
Limestone payoffs from soil liming across Iowa fields
Extension agronomist E R Duncan cites Iowa State tests on 48 fields showing 16 years of lime use yields 4.3 bushels more corn per acre and 0.3 ton more oats. lime boosts legume stands and enhances phosphate fertilizer effectiveness. He notes a dollar in lime returns $2 to $3 in crop value and urges fall liming before spring phosphate applications.
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Iowa
E. R. Duncan
Iowa State College
Duncan
Meat Provides vitamins and aids weight loss says Iowa lab chief
Fred J. Beard of Iowa State College meat laboratory reports sixty ongoing meat and meat product studies reveal meat not only a protein and mineral source but also vitamins including nicotinic acid thiamin riboflavin and vitamin A. He notes meat based diets support weight loss and health, while high starch diets for underweight people hinder progress. Old myths about meat harm are fading.
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Fred J. Beard
Iowa State College Meat Laboratory
Beard
Harvey Doctor W H H Barker Dies at 100
Century honored physician Dr. W H H Barker died at his Harvey home just 28 days after his 100th birthday. The funeral and obituary notice describe his long medical career and community service.
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W. H. H. Barker
Harvey
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