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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR text describes an Audit District incident near Hadys, Johnson, and a corner location. Details are unclear, with multiple garbled words and missing context.
Pocahontas county area residents share visits and celebrations. Families from Emmetsburg, Pocahontas, Rolfe and nearby towns gathered for birthdays and holidays while several residents visited Des Moines Fort Dodge and Chicago. Eldora Nichols of Stockton Mo. dies at 58 after double pneumonia. services held in Stockton with Johnson family connections noted.
The 1981 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 26 to September 4 will host the largest 4-H Club Congress in Midwest history. Every Iowa county will be represented by teams and hundreds of individual contestants across eight days of exhibits judging and demonstrations. Over 15,000 in prizes scholarships trophies and trips will be awarded. The event features record baby beef and calf shows with 600 prize animals and 3 000 calves on feed. County canning bread-making home furnishing clothing demonstrations span nine to fifty-nine counties. Over 2,000 champions will participate housed free in state fair dormitories with a boys and girls dining hall under fair supervision.
Havelock Methodist Church under Pastor C L Day lists Sunday School at 10 a m and Morning Worship at 11. During July and August services are held Sunday mornings as scheduled, with Epworth League and evening preaching in the country. Epworth League and preaching on July 12 at the Youngs’ country home at 7 and 7 30 p m. all invited. A note apologizes for a past typo confusing Heart Sisters with Hear Sisters.
Pocahontas County Iowa board approves issuance of ten road certificates for Secondary Road District No 10 totaling $50.18, dated June 1, 1931 with 6 percent interest, due by January 1, 1942, signed by the chairman and county auditor. The action follows prior resolutions on Road Districts 11 and 21 and details repayment arrangements and signatures.
A quirky note depicts a bright color craze in poultry. It imagines purple, green, and blue chickens hatched from eggs injected with serum, then humorously pictures a homeowner returning home to see such birds greeting the sun.
A petition for establishing a gravel surfaced secondary road district in Pocahontas County Iowa is filed with the county auditor. The hearing before the board of supervisors will be at the court house on July 14 1981 at 10 15 a m. All interested parties may appear. June 23 1931. Hay A Johnson county auditor.
Notice announces a hearing to establish a secondary road district starting at the northeast corner of Section 8 Township 93 Range 82 and including vicinity and parcels listed in the notice. The meeting occurs at Pocahontas Court House at 10:30 a m on June 28 1938 with named Hubbell and Tyler heirs among owners.
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