Coming Events calendar lists many club meetings in late Jan and Feb
A dense schedule of community group gatherings spans Jan 28 to Feb 25. Events include Light Bearers, Mary LaVon Ve hostess duties, A. L. D. Club, Needle Club of Plover, junior high elimination oratory, Sorosis Club, B C T Club, Methodist Yous, FR P L Chapter, Presbyterian supper, Lincoln birthday observances, and 4 H Garfield Town Go-Getters, with host locations and dates in Mary LaFiIves, Mrs. J. T. Grant, Mrs. Sohnie Nelson, Mrs. Chas Hone, Mrs. Muriel, and others. The Educational Department oversees the program.
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Mary Lafi Ives
Turday
Mary LaVon
Bon Ton Brid Fa
J. T. Grant
A. L. D. Clu Gat
Chas
Sorosis Club
Nels G. Ryen
Methodist
Muriel
Study Club Discusses Pension Law and Local Government
Mrs. R. C. Grant lectured on the Mothers Pension Law including eligibility and retention. Mrs. B. C. Rudolfson read about town officers and salaries. Mrs. J. C. Hosier spoke on leisure time use and organizing work. The session at Mrs. Jos. McEwen’s home featured New Year’s roll call. next hosts named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Grant
American Home Study Club
B. C. Rudolfson
J. C. Hosier
Jos. McEwen
W. S. Butler
Lee Fisher
A. W. Ives
Marvin A Richmond Dies in Michigan City Area
Marvin A. Richmond of Michigan City and a Chicago suburb died Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia. He was the son of Mrs. A. A. Richmond and his burial will be held locally after funeral services. The death follows a recent bout of influenza in the family.
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Marvin A. Richmond
Michigan City
Chicago
A. A. Richmond
Richmond
Marvin
Knights of the Road in Rolfe Aid and Evict Hoboes
Rolfe’s Promotion Club fed 10 to 15 men weekly through winter while urging move on after meals. Some lodgers used jail lodging, but fuel and wood were tightened prompting split-your-own-wood rules. Town expects more hoboes with spring travel, and Rolfe vows to help only those who earn their keep by the city wood pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Promotion Club
Marshal Peterson
Tramp Hood
Salvation Army
United Farmers Petition Court Against Foreclosures At Pocahontas
Between 1 500 and 2 000 farmers gathered in Pocahontas to petition District Judge F C Davidson to stall mortgage foreclosures. The petition urged no foreclosure decrees as twenty foreclosure actions waited on the docket. Des Moines township buses ferried D M T and Rolfe men. Jens Thompson led United Farmers and Taxpayers League in the effort to aid debtors.
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Pocahontas
District Court
F. C. Davidson
Emmetsburg
Davidson
Rolfe
Des Moines Township
United Farmers and Taxpayers League
Jens Thompson
Court House
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dirk Janssen
Fonda
Quaife to Address Stock Feeders Next Wednesday
The Iowa Farm Bureau will hold a series of free meetings for beef cattle feeders in Pocahontas county to discuss marketing strategies and profits. KE L Quaife will cover feeding practices and feeder challenges, with two sessions set for February 1 at Bellville and Garfield townships, Rex Conne of Sioux City Stock Yard perhaps speaking on market conditions.
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Pocahontas County
Farm Bureau
KE. L. Quaife
Ay Swalin
Bellville Township
A. A. Brinkman
Garfield Township
Rex Conne
Sioux City
Heavy January Rain Floods Iowa Streams
A Des Moines Weather Bureau report shows Pocahontas County received 1.45 inches of rain as a late weekend storm drenched the state. Pilots and Beaver Creeks rose toward banks, fields flooded, and Des Moines River ice broke up under warm, thawing conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Pilot
Beaver
Bradgate
Eliza
Combination sale day hearts town with big crowd
A large Saturday turnout in town for a combination sale, movies, and Rolfe Auto Chevrolet display drew crowds along Main and Broad streets. The Promotions Club showcased The Conquerors with Ann Harding and Richard Dix, highlighting past depressions and resilience. upcoming events include Little Orphan Annie and Animal Kingdom. Coffee, cookies, and doughnuts drew many visitors to the Rolfe Auto display, while Nick Lokerse’s sale attracted a crowd but limited sales, prompting hopes for a future successful staging.
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Rolfe Auto Company
Main Street
Broad Street
Ann Harding
Richard Dix
Mitzi Green
Little Orphan Annie
Funny Paper
Animal Kingdom
Fort Dodge
Davidson
Nick Lokerse
Altho
Nick
Public Attitudes and Diamond Use Highlighted
A reflective note on public happiness easing concerns cites that most diamonds serve industrial uses. It claims weather forecasts accuracy over ninety percent and ends with a lyrical observation about fathers wishing for their sons' hair.
First of series of high school music programs staged
Pocahontas hosted the opening of three planned activities replacing the county music contest. Each school Rolfe Plover Pocahontas can enter one large group one small group two vocal solos and two instrumental solos. Performances included mixed quartet solos piano pieces cornet duets and vocal numbers by students from Rolfe Plover and Pocahontas. The program aimed to provide broad participation with no duplications and audiences expected to enjoy the event.
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Pocahontas
Rolfe, Plover
Rolfe
Deep River
Cornet
Old Kentucky
Tack Powers
Ilene Everson
Plover
Rolfe Girls’ Glee Club
Solio
Stella Mae Brinkman
Scherzo
Tarantelle
Virginia Hudson
Plover Boys
Mona
Rolfe High to Meet Livermore Monday Night
Rolfe High and Livermore will play Monday night on the local court changing from Tuesday. Rolfe previously beat Livermore 23 to 21 at Livermore with a late field goal by Stevenson securing the win.
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Rolfe High
Livermore
Rolfe-Livermore
Rolfe
Steveson
Rolfeja
County shifts to work for aid by chopping wood
Able bodied men reliant on county aid this winter are now employed to cut wood at the river for a dollar a day. Wages are credited to buy their wood and groceries, ensuring no one receives aid free. Previously men kept half their harvest. now the county keeps none.
Mrs F D Watts Mother of C W Watts Dies
Mrs. F. D. Watts mother of our townsman C. W. Watts died at her Humboldt home Thursday after eight weeks illness. She suffered two paralytic strokes and a nervous breakdown. She was seventy one. Funeral at Humboldt Methodist church. Attendants included relatives from Dallas Center Mount Morris and others. Hearty condolences sent to C. W. Watts and family.
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F. D. Watts
C. W. Watts
Humboldt
Mount Morris, Lll
Watts
Legion to Join Campaign for Highway Safety
Cecil Cumming Post of the American Legion will join a state wide highway safety observance in Iowa from Jan 29 to Feb 4. The campaign urges drivers to be traffic minded, follow laws, and reduce accidents, with a series of questions stressing right of way, speed, signals, and courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Cumming
American Legion
Iowa Department of the Legion
H. C. Lawson
Lawson
Harding Polk
Iowa
United States
Rolfe Local News Items and Death in Eldora
The Rolfe column notes a baby born Jan 24 at Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Borch. Chas Irwin and family visited Lake View, returning midweek. David McCray of Rapid City spent the weekend with his grandmother Mrs. H. C. McCray. J. P. McDonald of Eldora died at 88. he leaves twelve children and fifteen grandchildren. Leonard McDonald attended the funeral. A quip from The First Spinster asks about husband traits with a witty reply about appearance.
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Ole Borch
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Chas. Irwin
Lake View
David McCray
Rapid City
Rolfe
H. C. McCray
J. P. McDonald
Eldora
Leonard McDonald
Quotation Fragments on Irritation Tools and Car Care
A collection of aphoristic lines on nuisances and reliability. It contrasts true versus false teeth, notes history repeats without recognition, compares car care to family treatment, and mocks unresponsive interlocutors and wooden baserwood material.
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P.L
J. T. Gear
Presbyterian Church
LW. Webb
Rolfe Woman’s “Gab
Thurch
Abraham Linura
Fue Legion Auxiliary
M. W. Webb
Y. M. C. Bridge Club
Rosary Society
James Sennett
Rolfe and
Father of
Our
Garfield Town- Hi
Margaret Virginia White
the Ritz
Knights OF the Road
United Farmers
Quaife
Cliff Watts
Legion
Campaign For Highway Safety
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