Rolfe High Falls to Manson In Tight Basketball Tilt
Rolfe High School lost to Manson by a final 43 to 23 score in a post hour game at Manson Gym. Rolfe led 16 to 7 after the first period but faded in the second half as Manson rallied behind Adams and their tall center. McIntire and Chapman added ten for Rolfe while Adams contributed ten for Manson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hhe Rolfe
Manson
Gon
Rolfe
Adams
Searing
McIntire
Chapman Polfe
d.Adams
Manson Creless
Carl Hanson
M. D. Anon
James Cornwell
Apman
Mnwell
Smith
Declamatory Contest Held at High School Auditorium
The home declamatory contest of the high school was held in the old auditorium Wednesday after January 6 with Mrs. E. H. Olley of Humboldt as judge. Winners included Alvin Riches in Oratorical for In the Post War World, Phillips Brinkman second for A Great Nation. Joyce Peterson won Dramatic for The Moon is Down, Ann Jones and Marilyn Barrett also featured. Nan Peterson led Humorous with She Stoops to Conquer and Lady Windermere's Fan. Additional names appear in the full program listing.
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Te High School
E. H.olley
Humboldt
Alvin Riches
Windermere
Beverly Fant
Phillips Brinkman
Mary Isabelle _ Chambers
Isoner
Frances Phillips
Marilyn Barrett
Ann Jones
Joyce Peterson
Spain
Bertha Ellen George
Beverly Grant
Lady Windermere
Nan Peterson
Favre
John Wiegman
Hellal Music
Jimmy McIntire
Greetings From Africa Brightens Families at Christmas
A letter from Corporal Merle Christensen in Africa brought happiness to his parents Ty and, on Christmas day, as they received his first missive since he left the United States. A second letter followed days later and a telegram with a holiday greeting arrived weeks after. He describes a pleasant trip and expresses his enjoyment of being overseas.
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Africa
Merle’ Christensen
Nstmas
Lee Harmon Home Returns After Laryngitis Illness
Lee Harmon arrived home to Inland, Nebraska, after recovering from a bad laryngitis. His daughter Pearl joined him in Des Moines, returning to her life in the city Sunday evening. Harmon has been employed on a government project near Hastings, Nebraska, for the past three months and will resume work as soon as health permits.
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Lee Harmon
Nebr
Tom
Des Moines
Daugher Miss Pearl
Hey Iik
Har- 70
Hastings
Services Held Sunday P. M. For O. T. Olsen
Funeral services for Oscar T. Olsen, who died January 4 in Des Moines, were held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at McIntire funeral home with Rev. W. F. Schneck officiating. Pallbearers were G. C. Harris, E. B. Thompson, Clarence Ogden, E. E. Wilcox, C. J. White and J. C. Bregotti. Interment in Clinton-Garfield cemetery. Olsen, born August 1874 in Beloit Wisconsin, died at 68 years 6 months. He lived in Rolfe 35 years as a blacksmith. survived by sisters Mrs. W. H. Chesterfield of Vernon British Columbia and Mrs. Lottie Wilson of Toronto. one sister predeceased him. A cousin Mrs. William Bendixon of Gilmore attended from out of town.
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O. T. Olsen
Des Moines
McIntire
W. F. Schneck
James McIntire
the Old Rugged Cross
C. E. Boyce
G. C. Harris
E. B. Thompson
Clarence Ogden
Wisconsin
Denmark
Watertown
South Dakota
Rolfe
W. H. Chesterfield
Vernon
British Columbia
Lottie Wilson
Toronto
Canada
William Bendixon
Gilmore
Married in Maryville Navy Groom and Rolfe Bride
Miss Bernadine Pjlibsen of Bode and Leigh E. Roberts of Rolfe were married January 8 in the Presbyterian parsonage Maryville Missouri. The ceremony was at noon with a single ring service. They will travel to San Francisco for their wedding trip before he ships to Pearl Harbor.
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Bernadine Pjlibsen
Bode
Leigh E. Roberts
John Roberts
Rolfe
Maryville
Ed Christensen
Pocahontas County Historical Society Elects 1943 Officers
At the annual meeting held at the courthouse on January 5 officers were elected for 1943. President Mrs Matier Baily, vice president Mrs O P Malcolm, secretary-treasurer A W Schultz. No meeting until July 6 when Old Settlers Day plans will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County Historical Society
Matier
Baily
Malcolm
A. W. Schultz
Kinney Clinic Treats Des Moines Child for Polio
Mrs Adah Marchant of Des Moines reports her youngest daughter Judith Ann four is at Kinney Clinic with poliomyelitis. She fell ill last Saturday night and doctors only diagnosed the trouble on Tuesday.
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Adah Marchant
Des Moines
Judith Ann
Kinney Clinic
Dinner guest at Rev Buckwalter home in Alexander
George Dunn of Alexander attended a dinner guest evening last Wednesday at the home of Reverend R. Buckwalter. The brief note records the social visit by Dunn to the Buckwalter residence.
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George Dunn
Alexander
Gilchrist Reelected Iowa Republican Campaign Chair
C. Gilchrist of Laurens was reelected by Iowa’s new eight member all Republican delegation to lead the Iowa delegation in the House as chair of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee.
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Iowa
Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Congress
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
House of Representatives
Girl Scouts collect waste fats for war effort
Amid wartime drives the Girl Scouts urge housewives to save and weigh grease for explosives production. After straining, deliver fat to a Senior Scout who will collect it and turn it in to a grocer for five cents a pound. Funds go to troop war work.
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M. W. Webb
R. G
Hunter
Girl Scout
Rolfe Seeks Tin Can Collection Center
Rolfe seeks a local tin can collection center to support the war effort. Fort Dodge will serve as the county shipping hub with each town hosting a depot and rural residents urged to bring cans to nearby depots for regular pickup by Fort Dodge bottlers and beer distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tin Can Salvage
B. A. Peterson
Rolfe
Fort Dodge
Poca
Surprise Forrest Ives Visits by 4-H and Sunday Class
For Forrest Ives on furlough from the navy a group of 4-H club boys and girls and J. C. Damborg's Sunday school class gathered at his home Tuesday for a social evening. Lunch was served late.
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Forrest Ives
Navy
J. C. Damborg
Ives
Fay Wax Records Soldiers Voices Free of Charge
Fay Wax offers free recordings of soldiers and sailors voices. Parents should have sons visit Wax when home on furlough to make records.
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Fay Wax
Wax
Eastern Star Installs Officers for New Year
Mrs N J Bixler was installed as worthy matron of Rolfe Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star with her mother Mrs Myrtle Wiley Carlon of Oskaloosa past grand matron officiating. A seven o clock dinner followed and visiting officers from Pocahontas Gilmore City and other towns attended the ceremony.
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N. J. Bixler
Rolfe
Order of Eastern Star
Myrtle Wiley Carlon
Oskaloosa
O.E.S. of
Iowa
H. D. Brinkman
H. F. Olevich
Lena Vaughn
T. 5. Clark
T.S. Clark
Otis Cook
H. Brinkman
Walter Heald
George Weible
LeRoy Nelson
Gladys Larson
Mabel Lemon
Arlo Ives
Adah
G. G. Butler
Ruth
W. L. McIntire
Esther
Betty McIntire
Martha
Esther Ragan
Electa
C. FE. Boyce
Sentinel
Nellie Butler
Ives
Hortense Siefkin
Johnny Bixler
Park Kauffman
Pocahontas
T. G. Herrick
Gilmore City
Carson
Jack Bonita
A. C. Carmichael
Minnie Pascal
Rob Day
Harry Hammersly
Fern Strait
Vernon Trexel
C. C. Knoll
Leonard Smith
New Sharon
Guy Graham
Tom Ryan
Pioneer
Applications Open for WAAC Auxiliary Corps
Mrs. Fred Roewe of Lakens has received application blanks for women interested in joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The WAAC program offers opportunities for service and eligibility details.
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WAACS
Fred Roewe
Lakens
Women’s Army
Auxiliary Corps
The
WAAGS
Mail Carrier Fractures Wrist. Substitutes In
Verne Perrin, a city mail carrier, fell Sunday afternoon and broke his left wrist. Bob Mather filled in as substitute carrier while Perrin is unable to work.
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Verne Perrin
City
Bob Mather
Men Called From This County for Army Physical Exam
Sixty eight county men are summoned for a January 14 examination at Camp Daedge. Those passing may be inducted and receive a seven day furlough or proceed to the reception center. Read list of those eligible including Marlow Amos Fohner Tinnan Malm Wilbur Lindeman Smith Muehl Schossow Holland Sauter Langfitt etc. Continued on Page Four.
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Camp Daedge
Virgil Monroe Marlow
Havelock
Marvin Amos Fohner
Laurens
Michael John Tinnan
Vernon Wilbur Malm
Palmer Lyle
Adolph Gulbranson
Alva Warren Wilbur
Robert Charles Lindeman
Pocahontas
Lester Leo Smith
Poeahontas
Phil Adam Muehl
Spirit Lake
Robert Wayne Schossow
Fonda
Robert Franklin Holland
Laurens Vincent
John Sauter
William Eriest Langfitt
Indianola
Royle
Duane Ferguson
Herman Taft Smith
Alvin Donald Hacker
Donald Homer Kyle
Harold Elsworth Hovey
Rolfe
Harold Gregory Calligan
Charles Lavore Lincoln
Merle Bernell Yocum
Francis James Parvis
Henry Frank Bartosh
William Diedrick Assing
Pomeroy Everett
John Rees
Joseph Charles Cihlar
Everett
John Ernst
Robert James Reiter
Myron
LeRoy Nelson
Pomeroy
Lawrence Mathew Tiernan
Palmer
Albert Harm Post
Gilmore City
Loyd Lester Pohl
Jeanette Hauck Weds Pvt Willis Forsyth at Lake Charles Chapel
The post chapel at the Lake Charles Army Flying School in Louisiana hosted the informal wedding of Jeanette Hauck daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W D Hauck of Rolfe Iowa and Pvt Willis Fr Forsyth son of Mr and Mrs W H Forsyth of Conrad Iowa.
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Lake Charles Army Flying School
Lake Charles
Jeanette Hauck
W. D. Hauck
Rolfe
Iowa
Pvt
Willis Fr. Forsyth
W. H. Forsyth
Conrad
Marriage of Des Moines Couple Unites in December Ceremony
Chaplain Arnold A. Lyerly officiated the double ring wedding on Saturday December 26 at 8 pm. The bride wore light blue wool crepe with a gold hat and brown accessories and carried no jewelry except a gift heart locket from the groom. Both graduates of the American Institute of Business Des Moines the bride is with Interstate Transit Lines Omaha and a member of Alpha Jeta sorority while the groom, formerly with Des Moines Ordinance Plant, serves in the air corps now stationed at Lake Charles Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold A. Lyerly
Mendelssohn
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Alpha Jeta Sorority of Business
Omaha
Nebi
Phi Theta Pi Business Fraternity
Air Corps
Lake Charles
Plan to Ready Farm Machinery in Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County held a county wide machinery preparedness meeting at the courthouse on January 4 to ensure every farm machine is in top shape for spring work. Attendees included implement dealers, welders, vocational instructors, a county war board member, and USDA War Board representatives, who outlined an inventory to plan needed machines and possible sales of surplus units. A shortage of Tobin bronze welding rods emerged as a key constraint risking repair work and food production.
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Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
County War Board
Ray Mather
Trenary Implement Co
Ferguson Implement Co
Laurens
Marcelle Moritz
Pocahontuas
Usda War Board
George Stockdale
The
RELA
Harry I. Lund
AAA
Max C. Naylor
Thextension Service
TL. Dunn
Pocahantas
Harry J. Lund
War Board
L. Dunn
Donahue Implement Co
Gearold Beaty
Towa State College
Farum
Truckers Appeal For More Gas In Pocahontas County
Pocahontas county truck owners appeal certificates of war necessity for more gasoline during the week of January 11. The county farm Transportation committee and the Pocahontas USDA War board assist, with appeals set at Fonda Palmer Rolfe Laurens and the county offices. All appeals must be in by January 20, 1948.
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Pocahontas County
County Farm Transportation Committee
Pocahontas Usda War Board
Pocahontas County Farm Transportation Committee
Ray Bush
Curtis Carlson
Hugo Swalin
Gus Loots
Jamea Donahue
Carl Hansen
Virgil Thompson
Fonda
Palmer
Pocahontas
Bank
Rolfe
Laurens
Masons
Home Nursing Course Offered in Des Moines Township
Women in Des Moines township are urged to join a home nursing course by Mrs. THOS Diggs RN. The first class meets Monday January 18 at 1 30 pm at the schoolhouse with eight weekly sessions. Certificates awarded on completion. irregular attendees welcome.
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Des Moines Township
Thos. Diggs
R.N
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Lle
Victor
Winire
Chapman
Hin Riches
Merchant Service
R.A.F
Leigh Roberts
Pjlibsen
Maryville, Mo
Society
Eastern Star
Mrs. Carlon
Perrin
Willis Forsyth
Lake Charles, la
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