Soil Building Practice Payments Listed For 1937 Program
The county agent announces Federal soil-building practices for the 1937 agricultural conservation program in the north central region. Farmers may qualify for payments to cover part of the cost of establishing legumes grasses lime fertilizer and erosion controls on crop and non crop lands with rates per acre for alfalfa red and white clover and other approved seedings and amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Schmuecker
Manly
North Central
Alec
Evelyn Mae Sennett Selected for Old Gold Beauty Contest
Evelyn Mae Sennett a Cedar Falls freshman at Iowa State Teachers College was chosen by student vote as one of 12 coeds in the old gold beauty contest. Sponsored by the Catholic Students association she stands five feet three and a half inches tall weighs 115 pounds has blue eyes brown hair and is pursuing a two year primary curriculum. Her father is Will Sennett of Des Moines.
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Evelyn Mae Sennett
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
George Yates
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Evelyn
Catholice Students Association
Teachers College
Evelyn Mae
Will Sennett
Des Moines
Sunday Register
Rolfe Local News Recaps Events and People
Rolfe area notes include county basketball next weekend, church dedication at Gilmore City, Farm Bureau convention in Des Moines, and ice harvest reports from Lake Okabena. Obvious social visits feature Mr. and Mrs. Ragan of Chicago, Mrs. Matteson and club activities, and a Des Moines car accident with minor injuries and influenza illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Henry F. Olerich
New Lutheran Church
Gilmore City
H. F. Olerich
Farm Bureau
W. H. Howland
Lake Okabena
C. W. Tompkins
Donald Ragan
Chicago
Marylin
Swea City
Cora
A. C. Thomas
Wm. Matteson
Otis Cook
C. L. Gunderson
J. A. Johnson
C. P. Lathrop
Womans Club
Rolfe Public Library
Nain Lutheran Church Schedule Seeks Weekly Attendance
George Robertson, pastor, outlines Sunday services at 10 15 a m and Bible class. Luther League meets Thursday at 8 p m. Emphasis on bringing children each Sunday and attending regularly with all services in English.
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Nain Lutheran Church
George Robertson
Luther League
Presbyterian Church Notes Youth Day at Sunday Worship
Sunday services include morning worship and Sunday School with a special program for young people during the 10 o'clock service. Pioneer club to study another character of the Negro race in America at 2 PM. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 45 PM. Welfare committee hosts sewing bee at Mrs Ellen Mather home on Thursday Feb 4 at 10 AM with covered dish public.
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Presbyterian Young Peoples
Presbyterian Church
Pioneer Club
America
Christian Endeavor Society
Welfare Committee
Ellen Mather
Trinity Lutheran Church notices and Sunday schedule
The notice outlines worship times and Sunday School at Trinity Lutheran Church under Rev. J.O. Wangberg, cautions no preaching service next Sunday morning and no catechism class on Saturday. It also states imports of corn from Argentina for the year ending 1936 27 million bushels and notes these imports will reduce forced livestock marketings and boost meat supplies.
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Luther League
Early Colonial and State Coin Mints in America
Copper coins were struck in England for New England and Carolina during William and Mary. Maryland received silver shillings and small pence made in England. Vermont and Connecticut opened mints in 1785, New Jersey followed in 1786. Congress planned a federal mint and Jefferson's plan was adopted, starting small in 1787, with all state mints closed after 1789.
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England
New England
Carolina
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Vermont
Connecticut
New Jersey
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Origin of the word dun linked to Lincoln bailiff Joe Dun
The British Apollo of 1780 claims dun derives from Joe Dun a famed Lincoln bailiff during Henry VIII. His debt-collection prowess made his name proverbial and people asked why not run him when payment seemed impossible.
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Dun
Donner
Apollo
Joe Dun
Lincoln
Henry VIII
Pyrethrin as Insect Killer Crop in United States
Pyrethrin is used to kill insects and is imported in many tons annually from Japan. It is a strange crop to most farmers, belonging to the Compositae group with flowers resembling the field daisy.
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Japan
Dexter’s Pickle Book Teases Punctuation Challenge
The Newburyport eccentric Lord Timothy Dexter published A Pickle for the Knowing Ones without punctuation. An appendix offered pages of punctuation marks for readers to insert as they wished, inviting reader participation.
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Newburyport
Mass
Timothy Dexter
Centennial Moody sermon marks church service at Rolfe
Rev Clarence W Tompkins leads Sunday school at 11 A M with Epworth League evening sermon on The Centennial of Dwight L Moody The Ladies Aid meets Wednesday Feb 3 at the parsonage The Sunday school board gathers Tuesday Feb 9 Epworth League program Sunday night led by Jane Smith titled Farmers Without Land followed by a pot luck supper at 6 PM Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to Rolfe business places for kindness shown to Mrs Carl Sandvig William Olson and Mrs Frank Anderson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clarence W. Tompkins
Epworth League
Dwight L. Moody
Ladies' Aid Society
Thepworth League
Iane Smith
Sanford Family thanks for care and sympathy
We wish to thank all who helped in our mother’s care during her last illness and those who participated in the funeral and sent tokens of sympathy. Sanford Family.
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Sanford
Notice of Bond Sale for Rolfe Iowa Improvement Fund
Rolfe Iowa announces sealed bids due by 8 pm February 8 1987 for four thousand dollar improvement fund bonds dated November 1 1936 with 94 percent interest. Bonds mature in fixed installments through November 1 1947 payable at the Rolfe town treasurer. Council may reject any bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Iowa
Souuws
Rolfe School Students Report Cards and Bear Visit
The Rolfe school pupils received third six weeks report cards on January 20. Kindergarten notes describe two bears visiting the room and other class activities while first through fifth grades recount absences, book readings, a planned lumber-yard trip, perfect spellings, and arithmetic progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Lu Mae White
Jean Mather
Jos‘ten Manufacturing Co
Noted School Club Activities and Student Names Listed
A dense report lists students in a fit history class plan for four pictures on Dresidency administrations and current event clubs. Names include Patsy y ley Donald Sinek Lola Beth Gn James Hauck Eloise Hewlett Sroufe Genevieve Johnson Kent Janet Thompson Bonita Hansell and others with awards and certificates for first semester attendance and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonny Hansel Iying
Patsy Yley
Donald Sinek
Lola Beth
James Hauck
Eloise Hewlett
Sroufe
Genevieve Johnson
Hauck
Dale Big Arnold Landvng
Luci Brock
Jessalie Harmon
J Hauck
Marcella Howland
Yy White
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. P. Wheeler
Rolfe Local News
Trinity Lutheran Church
J.O. Wangberg
Carl Sandvig
William Olson
Frank Anderson
F. E. Grant
R. H. S. Arrowlet
Keith Chapman
Lester Guess
Virginia DeVaul
Roselyn Brock
Rodgers Helter
Dick and Jane
Byron Hunt
Harry Murray
Lester Bishop
Carla Bixler
Christibel Bregotti
Eldon Cox
Vera DeVaul
Eugene Ferden
Mary Fuller
Thomas Guess
Cleo Hansen
Doris Harmon
Richard Johnson
Marjorie Ann Jones
Harry Learned
Ruth Point
Marilyn Ragan
Mary Jane Landvng
Eugene Sennett
Paul Sinek
Billy Snook
Richard Stoner
Casper
Frankerton
W. S. Wheeler
Dan. J. A. Johnson
Fordel
Saba
J. Dolan
Box 324
Station & Shalltown
M. W. Webb
Arrow
Pocahontas County
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