Rolfe Beats Everly 40-33 In Fast High School Contest
Rolfe high school's basketball team defeated Everly 40-33 in a fast-paced game. Cornwell led Rolfe with 18 points and G Smith added 12, while Everly struggled with accuracy in the second half. Ref Bastion of Fort Dodge officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Everly High School
Everly
High School
Don ‘Cornwell
J. Smith
Cornwell
G. Smith
Rickard
Bastion
Fort Dodge
F Cornwell
Patterson
McIntire
Spes Ap
Klett
Momsen
Winterboer
Jensen
Keiffer
Gathman
Everly Seconds
Celebrate Anniversary of Mr and Mrs C B Boyce
Mr and Mrs C B Boyce marked 28 years of marriage with an anniversary gathering at their home on Thursday February 20 hosted by C B club members. The Rev W F Schneck and Mrs J L Moore attended and a vase of Roseville pottery was given. Chinese checkers provided entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. BE. Boyce
C. C. Club
W. F. Schneck
J. L. Moore
Sinek couple marks 25th wedding anniversary
About 75 relatives gathered at St. Margaret's parish to honor Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sinek as they observed their 25th anniversary. The couple, wed in the parish by Rev J M Mallinger, have lived near the farm southeast of town except for three years in Gilmore. They have four children: Mary Margaret Donald Paul and Betty Jane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret’s Church
Leon Sinek
Sinek
Harrison
Pocahontas
D. A. Tewell
J. M. Mallinger
Algona
Gilmore
Yiles
Here
Mary Margaret
Donald
Paul
Betty Jane
Adult Classes Set Mondays Amid Church Schedule
Adults will meet Monday evenings at 7:30 in the school homemaking rooms for the remaining two sessions. Next week's lesson covers Style in Grooming with hair styles that flatter faces and tips for manicure self care. The discussion includes makeup color and placement and a Consumers' interest in cosmetics for self protection.
Kent Messenger Tells Of England at War
A Kent Messenger page from Maidstone reports wartime Britain with a German plane firing on a passenger train and a face wound. It notes beef shortages in Kent, villagers raising about 125000 dollars for Spitfire fighters, and a submarine sinking by an anti submarine trawler. Maidstone council adds blitz defenses. MP A C Bossom argues Roosevelt rightly aids ally victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Messenger
Maidstone
Kent
England
Arrow Desk
A. C. Bossom
Parlliament
Roosevelt
United States
Officers to Be Chosen at Poca Pocahontas League Meeting
A Pocahontas based conservation league plans a March 19 meeting to elect officers for the coming year. Current officers include President Leo Shimon and Vice President Bob Evans with Charles J. Watts as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County Conservation League
Leo Shimon
Pocahontas
Bob Evans
Gilmore City
Charles. J. Watts
Anton Mackovets
Ted Carmody
Howard Mell
Fonda
A. M. Kuk
Bernard Buckley
Virgil Thompson
Tom Peters
Larry Shimon
Wilmer Neal
Laurens
Jim Ketchum
Clair Locke
L. J. Taylor
Havelock
Jess DeVaul
A. C. Logan
W. R. Randolph
Plover
Dick DuBois
Bill Hoffert
Orval Cherry
Rolfe
Marvin Burroughs
T. G. Sime
M. W. Webb
Varina
Eddward
Garfield Township Meeting Set for Feb 27
The Garfield Township regular meeting will be held Thursday evening February 27 at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Township
Joe Johnson
Store redecorated Peterson's Clothes Shop this week
The steel ceiling was painted and walls papered with light colored paper and green panels to serve as display backgrounds. A. C. Clemens is handling the work.
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Peterson
A. C. Clemens
Dr Cram To Address Fort Dodge Methodists
Representatives of all Fort Dodge District Methodist churches will gather at the First Methodist Church in Fort Dodge on Wednesday March 12 for a full day Missionary Institute. The event is under the Northwest Iowa annual conference Board of Missions and Church Extension and Bishop J Ralph Magee of Des Moines. Dr Willard G Cram, executive secretary of the board, will speak on missionary issues shaping the current world situation. Dr M P Arrah smith will host the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
First Methodist Church of
Ft. Dodge
Missionary Institute
Board of Missions and Church Extension of
Northwest Iowa
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
M. P. Arrasmith
Willard G. Cram
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Missionary Leader Dr Cram Career Overview
Dr Cram linked to Methodist missionary work since 1902 and Korea evangelism. He helped raise a $35 million five year fund for the church's missions, then led the Board of Missions in Nashville as general secretary. In 1940 he headed the Division of Cultivation and Promotion and moved to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cram
Methodist Church
Korea
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
America
Board of Missions
Nashville
Tenn
New York City
Wiegman Undergoes Hospital Operation in Rochester
Henry C. Wiegman was operated on at a Rochester Minnesota hospital on Monday February 24. Evening reports from his wife said the operation was successful and she remained with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heny C. Wiegman
Rochester
Minn
New Group Enrolls in Defense Training Course
A new class in metal work began as part of pre employment programs for young men linked to national defense. The group will spend four weeks welding in the Hoard blacksmith shop under Ed Hoard and then move to sheet metal work under Arnold Wold at Wold Hardware. Enrollees include Bruce Sanden Bernard Sanden Lee Carlton Frank Williams Billy McIntire Herman Dietrich Donald Howland Jack Leith Emmett De Wall Kenneth Maasen and Melvin Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense
Hoard
Ed Hoard
Arnold Wold
Wold Hardware
Bruce Sanden
Bernard Sanden
Lee Carlton
Frank Williams
Billy McIntire
Herman Dietrich
Donald Howland
Jack Leith
Emmett DeWall
Kenneth Maasen
Melvin Peterson
Music Service at Bradgate by Choral Union
A free evening singing service by the newly formed Choral Union of Bradgate will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday March 2 at 8 00 pm. The entire service will be singing and all are welcome.
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Choral Union of
Bradgate
Mrs. August Brinkman Honored at Iowa State College
Sixty three Iowa women attending at least five of the last ten Farm and Home Weeks received certificates at Iowa State College during the short course. R. K. Bliss presented the certificates. Mrs. August Brinkman of Rolfe was among those honored.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
August Brinkman
Rolfe
Red Cross Elects Officers In Rolfe Branch
Rolfe branch of Pocahontas county Red Cross met at Central States building on February 20 to elect officers for the year and organize relief work led by Mrs Grace Ashbaugh. New officers are Mrs Fae Schon chairwoman A M Simonson vice chairmen Miss Amy Ireland secretary M W Webb treasurer. Committees assign sewing cutting and knitting with reports to Mrs T D Jones and volunteers to report to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Pocahontas County Red Cross Organization
Central States Building
Grace Ashbaugh
Fae Schon
A. M. Simonson
Amy Ireland
M. W. Webb
T. D. Jones
Fred Hille
Rolfe Men to Be Inducted Into Army
Five Pocahontas county men were selected by the county draft board for induction into the U S Army. Clarence Leland Woolsey Walter Matthew Tiernan and others must report to the Pocahontas local board at 10:30 a m March 1 then proceed to Omaha Nebraska for induction. Possible replacements named include Joe P Hallman Darrow L Oleson Verle L Hudek Arnold D Williams and Albert Shaw Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Leland Woolsey
Walter Matthew Tiernan
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Omaha
Nebi
Tarence Leland Woolsey
Rolfe
Frank Gustave Klein
Havelock
Wallace Hyde Canright
Terrence Joseph Mullen
Fonda
Joe P. Hallman
Darrow L. Oleson
Verle L. Hudek
Arnold D. Williams
Albert Shaw, Jr
Sergels Return from Tahiti Voyage in Good Ship Chance
Mrs. O. B. Fuller reports a letter from Mgr and Mrs Christopher Sergel describing a 7000 mile voyage to Tahiti aboard the Good Ship Chance without mishap. They plan to return to the United States and will dock at a California port. She notes Tahiti flowers and flowering trees heavy with red or purple blossoms.
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Sergels
Tahiti
O. B. Fuller
Mgr
Christopher Sergel
United States
California
Sergei
Quality Standards in Your Home Move informs Poca county homemakers
Home project groups in Poca hontas county discussed buying plans for linens and beddings. They urged planning ahead to analyze needs and finances, study labels for value, and demand informative labeling on fiber blends, weaves, and finishes. Meetings and hosts listed for Colfax, Bellville, Garfield, Des Moines, Powhatan townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Gordon Vial
Swan Lake
Cummins
Oliver Leith
Marshall
Sherman
Colfax
Bellville
Art Welaher
Garfield
Des Moines
Powhatan
Arthur Vaughn
Board Talks Changes In School Building
A descriptive snippet from Des Moines coverage recounts a local druggist at the druggists convention posing in a soda fountain scene with a heavy weight and a blond, a photo that appeared in the Register without Webb. The caption hints at a trio becoming a duo as the adage says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Register
Webb
Who's Who in Iowa Mailed This Week
The Iowa Press Association mails Who's Who in Iowa to purchasers. Don Reid says the volume lists about 15 000 Iowans named by friends and neighbors and notes some omissions were unavoidable. The book includes an Iowa history by Prof. William H. Petersen and 99 county histories by local historians.
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Iowa Press Association
Iowa
Don Reid
Association
Des Moines
Reid
William H. Petersen
University of Iowa
Iowa State Beats Missouri 49 to 29 Behind Budolphson’s Scoring
Al Budolphson led Iowa State with seven field goals and two free throws in a 49 29 victory over Missouri. The Rolfe high school alum has been a key part of the Cyclone machine all season.
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Missouri University
Budolfson
Rolfe
Iowa State College
School board routes tentative plans for addition and bonds
The board authorized architect H C Butler to draft tentative plans for additions and alterations to the Rolfe school building. A petition calls for a bond vote, to be acted on March 3, contingent on securing WPA funds. Projections show a $25,000 bond with slight tax impact and possible eight year retirement.
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Board of Education
H. C. Butler
Sioux City
Father L. M. Graham In Critical Condition
A. R. Graham lies in an unconscious state after a paralytic stroke Saturday in Gallipolis Ohio. He was visiting his sister with sons Guy of Pioneer and Dr L. M. of Rolfe. the sons started home two hours earlier when the stroke struck their father who has since remained under care.
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A. R. Graham
Gallipolis
Ohio
Graham
Guy
Pioneer
Dr. L. M. of
Rolfe
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. Sineks
Bert A. Pyperson
Dr. Cram
W. G. Cram
H.C. Wiegman
Aug. Brinkman
RED Cross
Army
Home Project
Women
al, Budolfson
M. D Anderson
Relfe High School
Syrnasiums
L. M. Graham
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