Shirley Isacson and Arthur Smith Tie at St Pauls
Miss Shirley Isacson and Arthur L. Smith were married in a candlelight ceremony at St. Pauls Lutheran Church on July 15 at 3 p.m. The bride wore a Chantilly lace gown and carried a white Bible with white roses. Attendants included her sister as matron of honor and relatives from multiple towns. A reception followed in the church parlors with a three tier cake and garden flower corsages for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Shirley Isacson
Ray Isacson
Arthur L. Smith
Bert Smith
Pocahontas
Foege
John Wilson
Hans Isacson
Bradgate
Isacson
Chantilly
Virgil Peterson
Rolfe
Henry Truelson
Havelock
Sandra Westerman
Plover
Harold Smith
Clelland Isacson
Fort Dodge
Roger Isacson
Humboldt
Richard Smith
Webster City
Joe Johnson
August Nielsen
H. J. Nielsen
David Henderson
LuAnn Triplett
Joann Rutgers
Marcella Zeman
Katheryn Majorowicz
Jeanie Henderson
Karen Imhoff
Jeanne Lavery
DeWayne Mosebach
Fern Pease
Mary Martha Circle
Storm Lake
Nevada
Bede
Ottoson
Emmetsburg
Mallard
Gilmore City
Brad
Former Pocahontas County official E R Stahly dies at 66
Funeral services were held at 2 p m July 14 at the Presbyterian church for E R Stahly 66 who died at 9 30 p m Tuesday July 10 after a heart attack in Man son Burial was in Summit Hill cemetery He served as Pocahontas County deputy from 1943 to 1947 and as sheriff from 1947 to 1955 He was a car salesman and a member of the Iowa Peace Officers Association Elks lodge and Presbyterian church Survivors include his widow a son Darrel Vermillion S D a daughter Mrs Donald J Nolan Belmond Ia seven grandchildren two brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Presbyterian Church
E. R. Stahly
Manson
Summit Hill Cemetery
Rev
A. Ramirez
Illinois
Spencer
Darrel
Vermillion S. D
Donald J. Nolan
Belmond, Ia
Pocahontas County Amateur Golf Tournament Ahead
The Pocahontas Amateur Golf Tournament will be held at the local course on Sunday July 29. It uses medal play with four flights and requires qualifying scores by 11:00 a.m. with registration opening at 12 noon. A $2 extra fee applies. Golfers from the county are invited to participate and practice beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
sh + aoe
4 H Fair Flower and Garden Show Highlighted at County Fair
The 4 H Club Farm and Garden Show runs August 6 to 9 at the Pocahontas County Fair. Entries must be in by 10 00 a m Tuesday August 1 in the 4 H Girls Club building. Ben Vance Iowa State College extension horticulturist will judge the show with Mrs Frank Bencke Pocahontas as assistant superintendent and other garden committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bencke
Pocahontas
John Pascal
Frank Rutgers
Roy Seger
Jack White
Clarence Anderson
Laurens
Pocahontas County Fair
Final Band Concert Set for Wednesday July 25
The final summer band concert will be held Wednesday July 25 featuring selections from gate Humboldt West Bend Toledo Harmony Minn. The bride from Des Moines Township Consolidated School north of Rolfe and the groom from Plover Havelock Pocahontas and class of 1954. They will reside at Byrd's Trailer Court in Pocahontas. the groom works for Jackson Construction Co of Emmetsburg.
Pansy Lee Genius Wins Five Gaited at Mallard Show
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bond’s horse Pansy Lee Genius captured first in the five gaited class among nine entrants at the Mallard Horse Show on Sunday. The event drew 13 classes with competitors from Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa. Bond’s daughter Jerry rode a pony in a large pony class and a festive crowd attended with guests from California and New York City. Two palomino horses owned by Frank Hersom from Mallard also placed first and second in their classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Bond
Pansy Lee Genius
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Towa
Farmers Face July 20 Deadline For Soil Bank Signups
July 20 is the final date for local farmers to sign up for the Soil Bank program. Those wishing to end or amend existing agreements must act by July 20, with civil penalties possible for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Bank
Recent rains boost five acre corn yield contest outlook
The fine rains in Pocahontas county raise hope for outstanding corn yields in the five acre yield contest. The County Extension Service, Vocational Agriculture instructors, and SCS office sponsor the event. Next week is the final week for farmers to apply to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
County Extension Service
SCS
Neighbors Help Sorensen Farm oat harvest
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning neighbors gathered at the Chris Sorensen farm to combine oats. Helpers included Franklin Majorowicz Jerry Sorensen Martin Swanson Ardell Fevold Bud Thorson Denny Floyd Pullen Donald Onnen George Smiths Bob Pedersen and Hardin Chisms as mower. Ladies served meals Mrs F Majorowicz and Mrs Jerry Sorensen. The Sorensens express gratitude for all help and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Sorensen
Franklin Majorowicz
Jerry Sorensen
Martin Swanson
Ardell Fevold
Bud Thorson
Denny
Floyd Pullens
Donald Onnen
George Smiths
Bob Pedersen
Hardin Chisms
F. Majorowicz
Sorensen
Greater Rolfe Club Meets Monday at Local Recreation Room
The Greater Rolfe Club will hold a regular meeting Monday at the Town Electric Light and Power Co recreation room at 12:00 noon. The menu includes baked ham potato salad baked beans rolls and jelly angel food cake strawberries with whipped cream and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Rolfe Club
Town Electric Light and Power Co
Methodist W S C S Meeting Set in Church Parlors
A regular meeting of the Methodist W S C S is scheduled in the church parlors on Wednesday July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Vegetable Growers Meet at Muscatine July 22
The Iowa State Vegetable Growers Association and Muscatine Island Truck Growers Association plan an all day gathering around Island Methodist Church and the Town State College Fruitland station. Programs include a Sunday church service, field tours of cantaloupes watermelons and sweet potatoes, irrigation demonstrations, a Box Car Ranch fish fry, and activities at the experiment station. John H. Holliday presides Island Association with Lewis E. Peterson as secretary and station head. State association officers include James R. Kennedy president Bernard Engstler vice president and C. L. Fitch secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Vegetable Growers’ Association
Muscatine Island
John H. Holliday
Island Association
Lewis E. Peterson
Iowa
F B Y P to hold victory dance in Pocahontas
The Farm Bureau Young People will sponsor a victory dance at the Farm Bureau building in Pocahontas on Saturday July 28 at 8 p m. Free for members who join during a two week drive. guests pay a small fee. Participants include Rolfe area youths and Havelock residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Young People’s Organization
Farm Bureau
Pocahontas
Loel Diggs
Rolfe
F.B.Y.P
Diggs
Lowell Thorson
Kathy Majorowicz
Joan Rutgers
Richard Lehnus
Jeanne Lavery
Jo Elyn Whitman
Ramona Goodchild
Lou Ann Klein
Havelock
Fred Klein
County Legion Meeting At Palmer Monday
County Legion unit plans a meeting at Palmer on Monday July 23 to elect officers and set upcoming activities. Members urged to attend and participate in the local civic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Legion
Palmer
Anniversary Open House Honors George and Dorothy Smith
A July 15 open house in the Methodist church parlors celebrated Mr. and Mrs. George Smith on their 25th wedding anniversary. Relatives and friends from Rolfe Pocahontas Cherokee and beyond attended, with a double wedding noted for Dorothy Heathman and George Smith and Dorothy Spence and George Spence in Jackson Minnesota in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Gary Smith
Garth Smith
Smiths
Garland
Don Cronk
Virgil Behrendsen
Mr. Smith
Lester Ferden
Ray Wolfe
Rolfe
Wes Ott
Clifford Smith
Pocahontas
Dorothy Heathman
Jackson, Minn
Doris
George Spence
Tom Heathman
Bertha Smith
Humboldt
Out of Town
Chuck Spence
Chuck
Lee Spence
Jon
Cherokee
Nels Madsen
Doris Albrecht
Mary
Karen
Claude Farmer
Moorland
Glen Farmer
Robert Bingham
Fort Dodge
Glyde Smith
Waterloo
Gary Johnson
Jolley
Lem Stockwell
Titonka
Eddie Wilcox
Algona
Russell Winkleblack
Havelock
Lawrence Nelson
Larry
Mallard
Sterling Simonson
Rodman
Mrs Pederson Spends Weekend in Sime Home
Mrs. O. M. Pederson of Manly spent the week end in the T. G. Sime residence, visiting and staying Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. M. Pederson
Manly
T. G. Sime
F H A National Convention Recounts Des Moines Delegates
Jane Shelgren writes on the 1956 F H A National Convention in Chicago with 2010 delegates from 47 states plus Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico. Iowa sent 37 girls by bus arriving at the Conrad Hilton to participate in meetings tours fireworks and an ice show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Shelgren
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Transcontinental Trailways
Conrad Hilton
Lake Michigan
Billie Davis
Bettendorf, Jr
Soldiers Field
Boulevard
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
FLA
Girots
Miss Fox
Wax Buyers
F’.H.a
Future Homemakers of America
Federal Housing Association
Local City Golf Tourney In Progress
The local golf tournament is in progress with finalists in the Championship Flight set as R. D. Dixon and Joe Accurso. In the second flight M. L. Robinson and John Baade topped their division. Trophies for the local and County tournaments are on display in Word's Hardware window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Dixon
Joe Accurso
M. L. Robinson
John Baade
Word
Social Security Benefits Rise in Fort Dodge Area in 1955
Fort Dodge Social Security office reports 25 percent more beneficiaries by year end 1955 and a 32 percent jump in benefit amounts from December 1954. The office serves 11 counties in northwest Iowa and attributes gains to expanded farm coverage. In December 1955 8,472 area residents received 895,473 dollars in benefits, including retirees over 65, dependents, and widows. Swedlund urges qualifying residents to contact the State Bank Building office for claims at ages 65 or 72 or after a breadwinner’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
See Security Administration
Clifford W. Swedlund
Swedland
Iowa
Calhoun
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Humboldt
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Webster
Wright
Swedlund
State Bank
Neighboring towns honor former pastors
Rev J O Wangberg and Miss Martha Wangberg of Council Bluffs visited Rolfe friends Tuesday and were hosted by Rev and Mrs Harold Mountain of Ottosen at a cooperative dinner after morning services. Rev J J Share of Webster City and former Bradgate pastor will speak at the Bells Mill Old Settlers picnic in Stratford July 29. Stratford lies east of Dayton in Hamilton county. Rev Share, a 45 year Methodist veteran, has published Firelight Flashes and The Musings Of A Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Wangberg
Martha Wangberg
Council Bluffs
Rolfe
Harold Mountain
Ottosen
Wangbergs
Rev. Wangberg
Rolfe and
J. J. Share
Webster City
Bradgate
Bells Mill
Stratford
Dayton
Hamilton County
Share
Ladies Aid groups plan July 25 meetings at multiple homes
The Ladies Aid of St. Pauls Lutheran church schedules July 25 gatherings at Martha Mary in the Anna Ryen home Ruth at Dora Simonson home Rachel at Mrs Virgil Thorsons home and Dorcas at Rolfe Park for a 630 PM picnic supper with members families invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Martha Mary
Anna Ryen
Ruth
Dora Simonson
Rachel
Virgil Thorson
Dorcas
Rolfe Park
Super Valu Truck Damaged In Spill
A Super Valu truck en route to Rolfe went into the ditch on Highway 44 south of Rolfe Monday morning. Damage to the truck and its contents was about 5000 dollars and covered by insurance. The driver pulled over to the shoulder to meet a car, causing the accident. The truck was hard to remove due to its size and weight. The driver was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Highway 44
Story Hour At Library Draws Large Attendance
Story Hour draws 40 to 50 children each Saturday afternoon at the library from 3:00 to 3:30. The Story Lady presents a range from fairy tales to modern stories and will feature poetry this coming Saturday by Mrs Mamie Sime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Sime
Community Show Honoring Miss Joy Wilcox Held at Church
A community show honoring Miss Joy Wilcox is set for Thursday evening July 26 at 8 o clock in the Methodist Church basement. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Joy Wilcox
Methodist Church
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Shirley
Arthur Smith
L. P. Peterson
Elvina Peterson
Eva Gutknecht
John and
Marilyn Gutknecht
Chas, Knutson
Blue Earth
Minn
Victor Shimon
Don Shimon
Kansas City
Caroline JD
Ralegh
Muscatine
William Howard Taft
Ray Storck
Raymond
Sue Sullivan
Marengo
Iceland
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