Local Diddings and Notices from Rolfe Iowa Area
Community notes detail Y M C A Bridge Club gathering at the Johnson home with guests from Pocahontas and nearby towns and high score by Walter Lortz. Feb events include more bridge sessions, illness updates on Mr DeVaul and Evelyn Sandvig, and a search for information on Chr F Jensen with military past.
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Y. M. C. Bridge Club
Denzil Johnson
Martin Alexander
Pocahontas
B. S. Bryson
E. Fikenberry
Walter Lortz
Helen Kauffman
Evered Z. Bryant
Mallard
Bethany
Helen
Rolfe
Bon Ton Bridge Club
J. T. Grant
F. E. Grant
Wm. Obrecht
H. C. Barnes
Mary Wheeler
A. M. DeVaul
Iowa City
County-Wide Institute of Christian Education Program
Countywide program lists schedule for a Tuesday at Ware Methodist Church on Jan 19. W. W. Harris presides with Rev H A Reyman and Rev Walter Rothwell among presenters from Plover Des Moines Pocahontas Rolfe Laurens Gilmore City Havelock. Mensurated sessions include devotional periods, talks on Sunday school attendance and teaching religion, supervision, and a consecration period with music and group discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of ‘Christian Education
Methodist Church
Ware
W. W. Harris
H. A. Reyman
Plover
Walter Rothwell
J. A. Kettle
Pocahontas
O. G. Herbrecht
Des Moines
G DeYoung
Rolfe M. E
Laurens Christian Sunday School
C. L. Day
Havelock
Gilmore City Group
C. Paul Carlson
Rolfe
Gandhi’s early life and South Africa ties revealed
The Fort Dodge Messenger summary recounts Mahatma Gandhi as a young lawyer in London and South Africa. It notes his Natal and Transvaal years, clashes with figures like Smuts, and his ambulance and stretcher-bearer units during the Boer War and Zulu uprising. It also mentions his pacifist shift after Amritsar and his loyalty to the British Empire before 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mahatma Gandhi
Britain
the Arrow
Gandhi
Fort Dodge Messenger
India
New York Times
South Africa
London
Natal
Transvaal
General Smuts
Joseph Chamberlain
Johannesburg
Tolstoy
Lord Hardinge
Amritsar
Training Schools Advance In Pocahontas County
The third year Home Furnishings course by the Pocahontas County Farm Bureau ends next week with Miss Irma Garner teaching pillows and cushions. A fourth year will begin next fall led by Miss Nora Workman. Training sessions run Monday to Friday starting at 10:00 a.m. at various county locations including Laurens Public Library and Pocahontas courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Farm Bureau
Irma Garner
Laurens Public Library
Adolph Timan
Fonda
Court House
Pocahontas
J. H. Beneke
Palmer
B. C. Rudolfson
Rolfe
4-H Club Girls Begin Second Year Clothing Project
Pocahontas county 4-H Club girls start the second year in the Clothing Project. They study cotton dressmaking, grooming, clothes care, pressing, laundering, repairs, and how to outfit themselves and younger siblings. The program emphasizes health and home economics with two years of clothing work and leadership training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County 4-H Club
John Oleson
Pocahontas
Arthur Vaughn
Rolfe
A. L. Jones
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will hold its annual meeting in Des Moines on January 20 21 and 22. Voting director is H C Aaberg of Ware with Leith of Ware as alternate and other county delegates expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
H. C. Aaberg
Ware
Messer Leith
Eruptions Create New Island Near Java
The volcano Karatoa on Java has erupted and thrust above sea level a new volcanic island nearby. Reports note additional volcanic activity and rising land in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karatoa
Java
Gandhi abandons cooperation as passive resistance rises in India
Gandhi's faith wanes as rifle and machine gun fire wounds mount under General Dyer. He accuses Britain of failing to keep World War promises to Indian Muslims and announces non cooperation with the government. He moves toward passive resistance and salt law rebellion, then confronts the viceroy with war medals earned in South Africa and declares his aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer
Gandhi
England
Mussulmans
France
Mesopotamia
South Africa
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Elmer Sandvig
Lutheran Hospital
Hampton
W. S. Butler
Ray T. Robison
Ness City
Kansas
Arrow
John Whitmer
Curlew
Iowa
Buff Orpington Roosters
Hanes Froh
F. L. MacVey
Call Wheeler
Cora Lind
Ford
Hess & Son
County-Wide
Institute OF Christian Education
IS Mahatma Gandhi
Hille
Xou
Dad
Atn
Firestone
Fem
Makeater
Chevrole
Chevrolet
Espex
Nash
Ezeex
Olds
Buick
Buick Gardner
Marmon Oskland Peerlese
Stu
Chrysler
Viking
Franklin
Judson
Hup
Bile
la Salle
Packard
Iliac
Tin Sto
Firestone Old Geld
Dowavie
Rolfe Auto Company
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