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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
5
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In a message to Senator Clyde L. Herring democratic county airman J Raynes the Pocahontas County was allotted an additional 250000 dollars to continue rural electrification service. The Rural Electrification Administration approved a total 2600000 for Central Electric Federated Cooperative Association to extend adequate service to farm families served in the county.
The 4-H Club premium book will be about 100 pages this year up from last year and includes an advertiser index in the back. Merchants nationwide have bought roughly 400 dollars in ads, boosting fair revenue. enrollment rose about 30 percent with around 400 boys and girls expected to exhibit in August.
Five Rolfe youths escaped with minor cuts and bruises when their car overturned three miles south of town Monday evening. Occupants were Misses Margery Tay et Ruth Evelyn and Anne Green and Louis Langing, driver, returning from Plover after a movie.
Pocahontas county farms were spot checked near June 26 by Robert Loss of Alma, Kossuth AA committee member now on the state AAA compliance board, and Harry Lund, chairman of the Otahontas county agricultural conservation association. Loss left Wednesday night for Emmett county and planned to return to Mr. Lund on Saturday. Producers finished signing applications for 1940 corn parity payments in each township.
More than 60 Pocahontas County 4 H club girls attended a county club camp at Dolliver State park near Fort Dodge over three days. Leaders from each club and specialists from the college aided with tree hikes health programs and nature studies.
C F Hurley brought giant gooseberries to the Arrow office on Saturday. The berries are described as very large, rivaling a pigeon egg, with staff noting no bigger specimens seen locally.
Rolfe high school coach Arthur Evans will lead one of four western Iowa mentors training the All-Star team for the game set August 30 at Drake Stadium. Evans joins a selected group preparing the squad for the August 30 event.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beckman Jr of Pocahontas celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 26 with a family dinner at 5 p.m. about 50 relatives attended. He is 74 and she is 73, married in Germany and now longtime residents of Pocahontas County.
The other coaches selected are Les Davis of East high school Sioux City Martin Brandes Sac City high school and Gay Stuelke Thomas Jefferson high school Council Bluffs. The members of the competing squads will be chosen by popular vote from the east and west halves of the state. The dividing line will be highway 169.
Mr and Mrs J E Tutt and son Forrest traveled to Omaha to announce Forrests enlistment in the Coast Guard. He passed the examinations among 9 of 40 candidates and left Saturday evening for Spokane Washington to begin service.
The Democratic Women's club of Pocahontas County met Monday evening in the courthouse. Led by Miss Ruth Magness the program included roll call, defense points, a solo by Ted Neville, and talks on women’s roles in the party, parliamentary law, and farm tenancy by Julia L. Hurley and F. K. Hawley.
The Garfield township farm bureau met Thursday evening at Rolfe city park after a basket supper. Beverly DeWolf reported for the girls 4-H club and Roger DeWolf and Phil Lips Brinkman spoke for the boys 4-H club about their Camp Foster trip. Patrolman Lentz gave a talk on Highway Rules and Safety.
The Rolfe board of education on Monday evening July 1 completed the faculty for the coming year naming Miss Louise Flynn Sioux City as teacher and acting principal in the Junior high. The faculty size remains the same with Melvin D Anderson as superintendent and a list of 15 teachers with homes across Iowa South Dakota and Georgia.
Wanda Irene Snook youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Snook died at home in Pocahontas from a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the McIntire funeral home with Rev K J Plummer in charge. Burial at Clinton Garfield cemetery. She leaves parents four brothers three sisters and several grandparents and distant relatives attended services from Mallard Knoxville and Newton.
The Pocahontas unit of the Republican Women’s Council of Pocahontas County met at the courthouse on Friday afternoon, June 8. The program included a platform summary by Mrs. A L Thornton, vocal solo by Patricia Kopriva, bassoon solo by Lorraine Lucas, talk by F E Van Alstine, and a quiz led by Mrs. S L McIntire.
Former resident Mr and Mrs C H Ralston of Hillsboro Illinois, en route to Minnesota to visit a daughter, stopped in town Saturday to reconnect with old friends. Ralston previously served as cashier at the First National Bank from 1901 to 1904 and now works as an abstractor in Hillsboro where he grew up.
The Pocahontas county yard is under construction with a $11 422 project value. Located east of the Rock Island depot on Highway 17 the six month project uses WPA labor and sits on three acres with space for growth.
Republicans and Democrats met at the Pocahontas county courthouse to nominate delegates for state and judicial conventions. The Republican gathering, led by Arno Rassler, praised agriculture and politicians like Gov. Wilson and A. J. Shaw. Democrats backed a third Roosevelt term and agricultural legislation, naming F. P. DeVaul, Roy Neville, Michael Quinn, Chas Hawley, Ned Goodchild among nominees.
Local reader notice calls on Rolfe football supporters to cast ballots for last year’s stars Jack George at tackle on the west side, Clarence Lanus at guard, and James Taylor in the backfield. Coach Art Evans to help select west team at Drake Stadium next month.
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