Rolfe Schools Chronicle Enthusiasm From Swiss Fashion to State Hoop Hopes
A Rolfe district compilation describes classroom activities from R. H. S. Arrowlet Kindergarten through high school. Highlights include Swiss theme projects, a France study by sixth grade, a poetry scansion tournament, and a pep rally with local promotions. The junior high eyes a second win over Havelock in basketball at 4 pm. Senior skating party and county-exam visitors are noted along with a student interview on the street about school spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Darrell
Valentine
France
Paris
Rolfe
Donald Sinek
Havelock
Bradley
McNee
Mr. Evans
R. B. Pollock
Garfield No. 3
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Elwyn Ives
Lake No. 4
Harold Christensen
Henry Cornath
Patrick Keleher
Elmer Ricklefs
Harlan Ricklefs
Pikertown
Dorothy DeWall
Gerald Hart
Scotland
Presbyterian Church
Miss Marcum
Ruth Green
Leone Chapman
Laurens
Robert Obrecht
Barker
Ray Boles
D M T Local News Highlights Community Life
Local notes from D. M. T. report hospital hopes for David Henderson after surgery at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge. Many visits, 4 H leaders sought, Old Gold beauty ball details, and 1988 feature photos announced. Families host dinner guests and plan events as residents assist neighbors and celebrate birthdays.
Aerial Photographs Map Iowa Counties In Soil Study
Miss Lois Vosika Esther Krug and the Ellises of Pocahontas Fonda and Fishers of Des Moines toured the state soil conservation office in Des Moines last Thursday. They viewed corn testing and air maps taken from planes at 15000 feet. Over 70 counties have been photographed. Pocahontas is slated for next year. Images cover two miles and reveal ponds drives and paths with clear detail.
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Lois Vosika
Esther Krug
Pocahontas
Gilbert Ellis
Fonda
Wm. Fisher
Des Moines
Soil Conservation Office
Airplane photography draws interest in Pocahontas county
Farmers note difficulty in recognizing fields from the air as corn beans and small grain appear distinguishable with forthcoming plane photographer work. Pochohontas county residents watch with interest for the next year’s aerial photography efforts.
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Pocahontas County
Community Activities At M E Church Include Sings and Rallies
Rev Clarence W Tompkins leads Sunday sermon God's Miracle in Us as church programs unfold. Epworth League hosts valentine party and an international tea and world comradeship fair. Rally plans target Pocahontas and future league programs with reports due. Missionary society meets Feb 11 with talks on Islam and forgotten words. Asbury Bible class potluck Feb 18 follows by business and social time. Radio hour by Bishop Oxman begins next Sunday on WOW.
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Epworth League
Pocahontas
lLet
League
the Missionary Society
W. R. Rogers
Floyd Callon
Henry Sawyer
Katie Brown
Alta Hewlett
George Majorowicz
John Roberts
N. J. Bixler
Asbury Bible Class
G. Bromley Oxman
Methodist
WOW
George Jeffries
Humboldt
Nain Lutheran Church announces services and events
George J. Robertson, pastor, leads Sunday School and Bible Class at 10 15 a m with no morning or evening services. Luther League meets Feb 10 at 8 00 p m at Hans Nielsen home. The church invites all to attend and quotes Yale’s James Rowland Angell on reviving true religion.
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Luther League
Hans Nielsen
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Angell
Presbyterian Church Service and Society Meetings
Regular church services at 10 sermon by Rev H A Sinning on Crown Him Lord of All. Sunday school at 11 10 with study classes. Christian Endeavor meets 6 45 led by Lu Mae White. Young People's circle met at Plover last Monday with 7 present. Next meeting March 7 at Ottosen. Woman's Missionary society meets Feb 16 at 2 30 at Mrs Ellen Mather's home. China lesson by Mrs J F Brinkman. Officers to be elected. Workers' Conference meets next Sunday evening at 7 30 at Mrs C W Siefkin's home.
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Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Lu Mae White
Presbyterian Young People’s Circle
Plover
Ottosen
Woman’s Missionary Society
Ellen Mather
Brinkman
China
Workers’ Conference
C. W. Siefkin
Arrow News Item Seeks Readers for Local Updates
The Arrow invites readers to phone or bring news items for coverage in a community newspaper. Reporters request timely submissions on events, celebrations, issues, and notable happenings from residents and local organizations.
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Arrow
Local notices and community updates in Plover Rolfe area
Several residents face illnesses including Elsie and Dorothy Rothwell with tonsillitis and colds. Events include Alice Hildreth buried in Powhatan township cemetery and Mrs. Fred Forsythe surgery in Emmetsburg, then home. Community activities list baptisms, meetings, visits, moves, and upcoming basketball tournament schedules.
Shriner’s Texas trip notes fruit picking and home care
The article describes G S Shriner’s stay in McAllen Texas where he helped pick oranges grapefruit and lemons. He uses tape to seal windows for dust control and breathing comfort at home. He returns with bananas as the blossom opens and mentions Rev Warren D Ives and Linn Grove connections.
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McAllen
Texas
Shriner
Jo Ann
Linn Grove
Correction to Ira Foust ad and local wedding notice
A correction rectifies Ira Foust’s ad phone number from 814 to 841. Gordon Mehaffey and Miss Irene Zeman of Pocahontas wed Jan 12 at Palmer. a front page wedding recap appeared last week. Mrs. A. McEwen grows weaker and confined to bed at her daughter’s home in Pocahontas. family visits noted. Learn a Little Study club met at R. E. Houck’s. April 23 county federation event discussed.
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Gordon Mehaffey
Irene Zeman
Pocahontas
Palmer
Fox
Gordon
Arrow
A. McEwen
Geo. L. Pirie Sr
Fred Chinn
Anita
Harry McEwen
Peterson
E. L. Wallace
Ames
E. C. VanAlstine
Plover
Joyce Chinn Wilson
Forrest Wilson
the Citadel
Fred C. Chinn
B. D. Baker
Fellowship Forum Addresses Syphilis and Public Health
The group notes six states require health certificates for marriage licenses and free city clinics with government drug support aid treatment. Dr. Leserman cites cure potential with informed physicians and cites Norway and Sweden where venereal disease controls cut prevalence. The forum, founded by Dr. C. W. Siefkin and J. C. Damborg, meets biweekly. tonight’s session is at A. R. Thornton’s home.
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Leserman
Norway
Sweden
United States
C. W. Siefkin
J. C. Damborg
M. D. Anderson
A. R. Thornton
Plover M E Church Notes Highlight Pastoral Message
Epworth League meets 6 45 p m. Morning worship at 11. Sunday school at 10. The pastor E Redmayne announces next Sundays theme The Challenge of a Lost Leader in memory of Geo Shaw. Youth invitation to Epworth League in parsonage with topic What Is Real Friendship.
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Epworth League
Shaw
Plover Presbyterian Church Schedule Announced
The Willing Workers announce a picnic lunch for the next meeting on Feb 17. Members are asked to bring sandwiches and a covered dish. Minister W. Rothwell leads services and Sunday school as scheduled.
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Plover Presbyterian Church
W. Rothwell
Lengthy Aar River spans Switzerland at 181 miles
The Aar or Aare is identified as the longest river in Switzerland with a length of 181 miles. It winds through cantons and cities, shaping landscapes and hydrology across the central basin.
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Switzerland
Aar
Obituary Funerals for Shaw Family Headlined by Iowa Ties
George Shaw, active church and school member, dies from internal injuries after a car accident near Tex., while visiting relatives. Survivors include wife Mrs. Shaw, brother Senator A J Shaw of Pocahontas, daughter Mrs Dorothy Pritchard, and other kin. He held senior posts with Reinsurance Co Grinnell Allied Mutual Auto Insurance Des Moines and Pocahontas County Mutual. Funeral held in Iowa with services in Play er area.
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Sh Minoo
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Deg Moines
St. Louis
Dorothy Pritchard
Dallas
Frank Shaw
Prentice Shaw
D. McFarland
Minneapolis
Shaw
Reinsurance Co
Grinnell
G Qj
Allied Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Des Moines
Pocahontas County Mutual Insurance Co
Ployer
District Circle Presbyterian Young People Meet at Plover
Delegates from Laverne Livermore West Bend Rolfe Pocahontas attended a Plover district circle meeting held Monday with instruction and social hour. Clergy from Rolfe West Bend LuVerne and Ottosen led sessions. refreshments were by mothers and girls. next gathering set for Ottosen on March 7.
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Laverne
Livermore
West Bend
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Girls Basketball Tourney Pairings At Plover
The girls sectional basketball tourney opens next week with Bradgate facing Curlew and D M T meeting Gilmore City. Byes go to Havelock Mallard Otho Plover. Rutland plays Silver Lake Two Thor meets Webb. Notice of probate posted for Mary E Whitney in Pocahontas County.
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Bradgate
Curlew
Gilmore City
Havelock
Mallard
Otho
Plover
Rutland
Silver Lake
Thor
Webb
Notice of Will Hearing in Pocahontas County Court
In district court Pocahontas County Iowa case No 2387 an instrument purporting to be the last will of A O Hauck deceased dated June 1933 has been filed and set for proof of will at 2 04 PM March 16 1938. Interested persons must appear to contest or admit the will. Clerk Katherine Boozelly Pocahontas January 8 1938.
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State of Iowa
Pocahontas County
Mary E. Whitney
Pocahontas
Iowa
District Court
Jss
A. O. Hauck
Pekin
Jone
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R. H. S. Arrowlet
Ronald
Jean- Marie
Mister Carrot
Bobby Eccles
Joyce Thornton
Jane Johnson
Billy Phillips
Bobby Nelson
D. M. T. Local News
David Henderson
Lutheran
Fort Dodge
Henderson
Evert White
Garfield Township
L. B. Thorson
Dean Stowell
Francis Hurley
Pearl Lehnus
Virgil Vaughn
Cedar Falls
Alice McKee Cumming
Christenson
Baedke Havelock
Ferden
Beneke
Sanden
Carlton
Brazier
Norland
Alfred Ross
Mr. Ross
Grace
Emma Hewlett Place
Jack Andrews
Joe Krejci
C. W. Carpenter
Delmer Ralph
Detroit
Roberta Finney
Sioux City
Lillyan Nelson
Decorah
Wisconsin
Jane Ralph
Roy Jennings
Newell
Roy
Larry South
Jennings
Chas, Ham
M. E. Church
Clarence W. ‘Tompkins
Nain Lutheran Church
George J. Robertson
Elsie
Dorothy
Rockwell
Fred Forsythe
Emmietsburg
Alice Hildreth
Powhatan Township
Anna Kruger
H. O. Beneke
G. ‘A. Everson
C. E. Miller
L. Ei. Garlock
C. BR. Watts
Ladies’ Aid
Krug
C. D. Sease
N. J. Meurer
Maurer
Holden
George Fowler
Alvin
Maude
Ives
Rolfe March
Fowler
Arlo Ives
Rev. E. Redmayne
Worster
Russell Enockson
Sharon Marlene
Enockson
Safety Council
People’s Mercantile
Buchanan
Bowen
LaVon
Allen Heathman
Janet
Badger
George Oakland
M. Y. B. Club
Dorothy Rothwell
Rothwell
W. F. Hofert
Hazel -Christensen
Irene Hrotiek
Elmer Thomson
Noel Anderson
Ed Christensen
Night Hawks
Harold O’neall
Gerald Foust
American Legion Auxiliary
J M. Bush
I. M. McKim
J. H. Mehaffey
Bert Oraig
Knoxville
Lutheran Hospital
L. FE. Garlock
I. W. Meredith
J. H
George L. Pirie’ Sr
McEwen
Rembrandt
Albert City
G. S. Shriner
Ira Foust
George Ss. Hay
District Circle Presbyterian
Dr. Sinning
Needing
Hancock
Luverne
Strong
Ottoseni
Katherine Boozell
Seal
Caute
Katherine Boozelly
Cour
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