Community Notes From Rolfe and Surroundings
Local families gather for visits and events across Rolfe Hawarden and surrounding towns. Residents travel to Plover Laurens and Mason City attend church gatherings Odd Fellows and Rebekah install officers with a luncheon. A summer picnic at the I O O F Home in Mason City is highlighted as a worthwhile outing.
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Wiemer
Manson
Theodore Ludwig
Reimer
Ludwig
Philadelphia
G. A. Gruver
Johnson
George Gruver
Amos Hartsock
Ware
Havelock
John Hendricks
Rolfe
Henry Buck
Frank Ralfe
M. W. Grover
Pocahontas
Frank Higbee
W. S. Chase
Laurens
Ella Chase
Eugene Waters
Ned Goodchild
Floyd Grove
Axel Carlson
Willis Knight
Walter Knight
O. D. VanHorsen
Mason City
Clear Lake
Small Acreages Hold Ground as Iowa Farms Grow Count
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau data show 5,487 more farms in 1930 than 1929, mostly small tracts of at least three acres. Total farmed acres drop 5,674 to 34,113,021, lowering average farm size from 163.6 to 159.4 acres, with Polk County at 118 acres, the state’s smallest. A separate note cites scientists claiming talking fatigue differs by gender, deeming talking exhilarating to women.
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Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Polk County
Havelock Methodist Church Notes Rev C L Day Pastor
Havelock Methodist Church lists Rev. C L Day as pastor with Sunday schedule: Church School at 10:00 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. July and August preserve Sunday morning services. Epworth League and evening preaching occur in the country. Epworth Institute Sunday at Lake Okoboji Camp Grounds on July 19. no Epworth League or church services that day. Delegation includes the pastor and Mrs Day Marvelle Oesterle Arlene Young Myrle Barth Dora Knight. Last Sunday evening Epworth League attendance was 28 at Mr and Mrs Youngs country home. Seventy seven attended the preaching service. League Choir with small orchestra sang. Rev Hillbert, missionary from China, spoke at the July 12 morning service.
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van Miller
Chicago
Mirs
C. W. Miller
M. Gregg
Chas És
Hawarden
C.H. Stuffer
Des Moines
J. B. Sheland
Metrist
O. F. Young
Harriss Omas
Rolfe
Farl Sandy
Legion Boys
Pocahontas
Frank Lomer
Charles
Wallace Knapp
Plover
J. B. Sheldon
C. W. Mill
Woman’s Foreign Missionry Society
Methodist Church
John
Las Odd Fellows
Clyde DeVaul
Busy Bee Lodge No
Rebekah
Hazel Stover
Ildred Hopkins
N. G
Ina Loomer
V. G
Epworth League
Epworth League Institute
Lake Okoboji
Epwort League Institute
Day
Marvelle Oesterle
Arlene Young
Myrle Barth
Dora Knight
F. Young
Gertrude Young
League
Hillbert
China
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings June 8 1981
Pocahontas Iowa board met in regular session with members Buscher Melson O Keefe Ferguson and Rude present. Bids for graveling Projects 1231 to 5031 were opened and awarded to Paul and Donnelly at bid prices. Adjourned to June 16 1981.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
A. H. Buscher
Randall Melson
Jas
L. O'Keefe
G. W. Ferguson
BE. A. Rude
Paul
Donnelly
On Motion
Jas. L. Nee G. W. Ferguson
E. A. Ude
E. W. Dirks
Lake Township
Jas. L. O’keefe
E. A. Rude
Coleman Gravel Pit
F. R. Egegspuehler
Lizard Lake Resort
Southwestern Telephone Company No. 2
Marshall Township
Swan Lake Township
Havélock
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Fort Dodge
Clayton
Harry Herscher
Thompson
Ferguson
John Jacobsen
Tom Péterson
W. M. Hersom
Ivin
J. H. Reimer
Gladys
Dorothy
Gerdt
Ee Bayer
Havelock Methodist Church
C. L. Day
Roy A. Johnson
Sess
Sess and
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J. W. Vader
Co. Lange
W. W. Anderson
Faber O’brien
Joseph Blondis
E. H. Storer
Cameron Bros
J. A. Crummer
C. G. James
Heathman & Son
W. J. Musil
H. Dreier
Brown
F. M. Becker
A. Trumbull
Mildred Allard
Guardian
Sidmore
Edward Cole
Edward Cole, care Brie ~__ Larson and Henn Wiseman
Maltzahn
L. M. Martin
Operation Breen County Fund
Sess and Comm Co
W. F. Kiefer
Rolland Collier
Harold Acheson
Bounty
Loren Richardson
Lora Weber
John O'Leary
S. L. McIntire
P. B. Thompson
Marjorie Johnson
Rolfe Arrow
D. O. Blake
Omaha School Supply Co
Carleton D. Bed
W. W. Jones
R. J. O’brien
Christ Henrichs
W. P. Wheeler
Matthew C. Grier
C. C. Kepler
Gilmore Mercantile Co
Sup- Inc
Quaker Oats Co
Bounty Star
Ton Acres Blackmar Co
W.P. Wheeler
Bookman Hardware
Cassen People’s Store
Hall & Fohner
Milk Post
Maher Bros
Jackson
Agnes Mileschik
Clark Crouse
Shank
Scanlon
Aid Larson
Hansel
Aid Schinbein
Mullen Grocery
M. C. -Buckwalter
L. A. Hansen
Rie Brokaw
Thornton
A . Adams Co
J. E Adame
Mintner
East End Foundry
Klauer Mfg. Co
Wm. Wiegert & Son
ER. H. Southworth
C. C
J. F O’brien
Bushman & Aden
Standard Tar Products Co
Willard Rude
Co. L. Vote
P. E. Winegarden
Geo. Gilleland
Orris Gadd
B. J. Stegge
Ed Gahm
Labor
Dim Tolan
S. J. Carlson
Jy. M. Fraser
Chris DeYoung
Walter E. Wennell
J. F. Worth
Cc. A. Reyman
R. D. Farlow
Vern S. Coon
Sheldon Coon
Max Hopkins
Howard L. Smith
Earl Guess
Isaac McKim
N. G Schonberger
H. E. Dickey
Ed Quinsland
H. F. Kirchner
J. W. Alexander
Joe Reisel
J. R. Cain
Wm. Cavanaugh
H. Cavanaugh
Gerd Zimmerman
T. J. Donohoe
Robert Sell
Gerhard Frerichs
Fred Eickhoff
J. J. Prendergast
Jdenzil
Mt. Fujiyama
Cornwall
England
Hampton
Zalvin Cooling
United States
Vienna
Valens
Constantinople
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Northwestern
Maytag
Washington Avenue
North
Minneapolis
Minnesota
R. G. Telephone
Hunter Rolfe
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Otel de Table Ironer
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