Rolfe Area News Highlights Local Happenings
The W C T U will meet with Mrs P Wheeler Friday at 2 30. Numerous visitors from Humboldt and Nevada attended a funeral for Miss Vera White. Snowfall measured about four inches with a mild spell following. Robert Lowell 9 months with pneumonia was treated and sent home. Rolfe Golf Club reports 119 members and $460 surplus. The school board renewed Supt M D Anderson contract for three years. Various clubs held meetings with lessons on antiques, pictures, and home furnishing. An extended feature covers community visits, church notes, and a Mesmerizing report on Mrs Eskildsen visiting Extra Iowa and sharing work in Manchuria.
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Shimon & Ivey
G. Reeves
R. G. Olson
W. ‘Blumker
Humboldt
Vera White
Harvey Peterson
Ghters
and Jennings
Beljont
Clarence Dahl
T. D. Jones
Jane Webb
Marie Wiegman
Robert Lowell
Lee Fisher
Fort Dodge
Leland Bates
Nevada
F. L. Robinson
Russell Harris
Spencer
Sarah
Vernie Jones
Pomeroy
Rebekah
C. E. Clifford
Flora Smith
Frank Whitaker
Robinson
Eland Bates
Ames
Lizard Lake Resort Co
Robert Mather
J. C. Gunderson
C. J. Club
Mather
Will Rogers
Rolfe
Supt
M. D. Anderson
G. G. Butler
R. G. Hunter
Grant Pollock
A. V. Graeber
American Home Study Club
Wm. Matteson
H. N. Hamilton
Frank Jarvis
E. C. Hoard
Walter Lortz
A. W. Ives
E. K. Eskildsen
Suihua
Manchuria
Louise Andersen
A. Isaacson
Metha Peterson
Eskildsen
Rev. Andersen
Nain Lutheran Church
University of Nebraska
Denmark
America
Miss Vera White Dies After Illness in Oakdale Sanitarium
Vera Jean White born October 15 1911 near Louisa Missouri died January 15 1931 at Oakdale state sanitarium Iowa after months fighting tuberculosis She grew up in Humboldt Town Rolfe and West Bend and graduated Rolfe High School 1929 She trained as a nurse in Omaha before illness ended her studies Survived by father E H White Kuna Idaho five brothers five sisters and grandparents Julius and Mrs White Rolfe Funeral at Rolfe Methodist Church with Rev W A Wilkinson and burial at Clinton Garfield cemetery
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Vera White
Oakdale
Iowa
Vera Jean White
Louisa
Earl H. White
Missouri
Humboldt
West Bend
Rolfe
Vera
Omaha
E. H. White
Kuna
Idaho
Julius White
Methodist Church
Epworth League
W. A. Wilkinson
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Masons Install Officers Across Eastern Star and Related Lodges
The Masonic groups announce installed officers for the year. Eastern Star held its installation on Friday Jan 9 after a banquet with the men following on Wednesday Jan 14. Names listed include W M Anne Wiley and many other officers across Ada Maxine Colebaugh Vera Olerich and Earl Ferguson with the Pilot Lodge and King David Chapter also naming respective officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
W. M
Anne Wiley
Earl Ferguson
Bessie Boyce
Leonard Smith
Mabel Morrison
Vera Olerich
Gladys Larson
Lorraine Dawson
Florence Cook
Marshal—Magnas Jolliffe
Nellie Brinkman
Sentinel
John Brinkman
Dena Gunderson
Ada—Maxine Colebaugh
Ruth—Suma Butler
Kxsther
Chrystal Anderson
Martha—Minnie Peterson
Flecta
Genevieve Brinkman
Pilot Lodge
G. G
King
W. P. Wheeler
Arthur Vaughn
C. W. Siefkin
J. H. Brinkman
P. S
Fred P. Nelson
A. V. Graeber
H. F. Olerich
C. P. Lathrop
Ernest Vaughn
W. E. Struthers
Whites Celebrate 61st Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs Julius White marked sixty one years of marriage with a family dinner in Rolfe Iowa where they were born and raised He is noted as the oldest jeweler in Iowa repairing fifty timepieces per month since beginning at age fifteen Their six sons and one daughter include five surviving sons The couple’s roots run to Lee county and Springville Iowa and their wedding took place in 1870
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Julius White
Rolfe
Iowa
Mr. White
Lee County
Springville
Altho
White
Dean of
Iowa Jewelers
Garden Short Course At Ames January 27 29
Iowa State College hosts the annual garden short course January 27 29 with displays on rock and bird gardens window boxes miniature gardens and table decorations. Events include Popular Garden Day Garden Club Program Day a Federated Garden Clubs business session and a closing lecture by F A Waugh on gardens in state and national life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Federated Garden Clubs
New Tree History Contest for Iowa 4-H Club Members
Iowa 4-H boys and girls may enter a tree planting and forestry history contest to document planted or native farm groves and their personal forestry activities. Winners receive medals and a trip to the National Club Congress in Chicago with county trophies for top scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
American Forestry Association
National Club Congress
Chicago
Highways Spent In Humboldt County In 1930
Humboldt county board of supervisors spent about $175000 on construction and maintenance of secondary roads in 1930. The report notes completion of all trunk earth roads, 388 miles still unimproved in local systems, and machinery purchases exceeding $9000. Road bonds were sold with $26000 remaining in treasury for 1931 program.
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Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
Humboldt County
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County Mutual Fire Insurance Annual Meeting
The Pocahontas County Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association held its annual meeting in Pocahontas Tuesday. Reports were given, directors elected, and total in force insurance stood at 17 273 785.00 with an increase of 1 177 367.00 for the year.
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F. K. Hawley
Fred Hauswirth
J. D. Fitzgerald
Farmers Offered Soils Management Course
The thirtieth annual Farm and Home Week short course at Iowa State College focuses on soils management from Feb 2 to 7. It will cover adapted seed, cultural practices, crop rotations, phosphates and other fertilizers, and legume cereal yield relationships, using field and lab data from ~100 soil experiment fields and about 1,000 farmer reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
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al Diddings
P. Wheeler
Margaret Smith
Cen Kauffman
Lyr
H. A. Hille
A. G. Hille
S.C
Wood
Pat Wood
Phone
N. A. Lind
Dna Henderson
Mallard
Poland
China
A. P. White
Cora Lind, Rolfe
Hess & Son
Plover
Masons
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
College Department of Horticulture
Department of Landscape Architecture
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa
Goodness
Jolliffe’s Bake Shop
County Mutual Insurance Company
L. H. Kjoller
Atchison Globe
New York City
P. J. Shaw
Rialto
Pocahontas, Iowa
Richard Arlen
Jackie Coogan
Mitze Green
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Douglas Fairbanks Junior
Billie Dove
ST. Margaret's
Butler’s Hall
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