Pocahontas County Fair Horse Show Monday Night
4 H and other Pocahontas youths ages 10 to 19 will compete at the county fair horse show on Monday August 2 at 7 p m The event includes 4 H halter and riding classes plus an open pleasure class Entries due by July 23 at the extension office No entry fee or prize money for some classes A potato race obedience and pole bending add variety Space in the horse barn is limited and stalls should be reserved through the county extension office Spectators are invited to enjoy an entertaining evening
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas County Fair
Local Ads Include Jobs Lost and Found and Home For Sale
Classified notices include a Fuller Brush route opportunity in Rolfe with pay up to $75 weekly, an out-of-town sales ad seeking work in Fort Dodge, a modern 3 bedroom house for sale near town with garage, a reward notice for missing horse blankets near Brownie MacVey farm, carpet cleaning and rug shampooing by Hannah's husband, and a yard work offer in Rolfe for cutting tall weeds and shrubbery with equipment.
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Rolfe
Roman A. Hemann
Fort Dodge
Batt
Elmer Leadley
Wanted Ironing Help With Weekly Cleaning
Help wanted notice from Lois Miller seeking ironing and weekly cleaning assistance with two phone numbers provided 848-3961 and 848-3657. Social thanks express condolences from the Chism and Tutt families for illness and death in the family, with names listed.
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Lois Miller
Hardin Chism
Robert Chism
Roy Lee
James Chism
Community notices and events summarized for August
The piece lists several local activities including a Jaycees meeting on Tuesday August 3 at 8 p.m. in the J C hall. A bridal shower for Edith Reese, bride elect of Lenny White, is set for Friday August 6 at 8 p.m. in the Methodist Church parlors. The Rolfe Improvement Committee meets Monday August 2 at 8 p.m. in the Town Electric Light and Power recreation room. Junior Girl Scouts campout at Brinkman’s is Friday July 30 at 4 p.m. with packing and gear requirements. The note ends with a quip about President Monroe and knee trousers.
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Edith Reese
Lenny White
Rolfe Improvement Committee
Town Electric Light and Power
Brinkmans
4-H Exhibits At Pocahontas Fair Judging Aug 2 Demonstrations Aug 4
Home furnishings exhibits fill the 4 H girls building at Pocahontas Fairgrounds as the annual judging begins Aug 2 at noon under county extension home economist Virginia Harding. Five judges will cover flower art clothing foods and more with demonstrations on Aug 4 starting at 9 am for intermediates seniors and juniors and boys.
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Pocahontas Fairgrounds
Virginia Harding
County Extension Home Economist
Paul Henderson
Garner
James Albright
Lytton
Ted Huser
Sac City
Grant
Swan Lake
Lake Lassies and Other Junior Club Events Listed
Wall plaques show junior activities with times for teams such as Lake Lassies Garfield Gleaners Swan Lake Cloveteers and Powhatan Squaws across recreation, pillows, matting, and safety topics. A separate section notes a Pocahontas County accident on Friday July 28 involving a gravel truck and a cow giving weather and safety context.
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Lake Lassies
Garfield
Swan Lake
Powhatan
Brant
Lincoln Feeders
Pocahontas County
Sheriff's Office
Robert J. Hanson
Emmetsburg
Local visits and social calls span Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska
Alice Zeman travels from Blooming ton to Will Bowen home while Mollie Brown visits Rolfe to see Mrs. Day. The Malcolm family, Hemersons, and others tour Scottsbluffs New York and Ha gle Grove areas. church piano recital in Ottosen. circles of WSGS hold meetings. Garden party meals and visits to relatives in Storden Minn and Palmer Nevis Minnesota.
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Alice Zeman
Bloomington
Ill
Will Bowen
Albert Zeman
Dakota City
Mollie Brown
Rolfe
Day
Wm, Rynkiewitz
Ferris Malcolm
Scotts Plains
N. J
Harvey la Seuer
Malcolms
Gordon Hemersons
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Pomeroy
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Singer
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Minnesota
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Carroll
Towa
E & M Finance
Woodbridge
St. Paul
Jim Young
Brownie MacVey
Hannah
Hector
Word
Gordon Mehaffey
Forrest Tutt
Eric
J.C. Hall
President Monroe
pro-Pocahontas County
Lyle Nelson
Laurens
Trade Winds
Donald Lee
Colleen Ann Koster
Manson
Chevrolet
Frank Albert Jonas
Cadillac
Wayne K. Stner
Volkswaken
Garrolyn Fulcher
Fonda
Pontiac
Orland Ernest White
Mercury
Julia A. Schmitz
Ted Charles
Helen Mary Lilly
Havelock
Wesley Wilbur
Alice Elaine Bennett
Ford
Kenneth Joseph Brabee
Plymouth
Eldon Henry Ham
Ralph F
Helen O. Virgil
John Edward
Minnie Botine
Dodge
Robert W
Judy K. Bailey
Ware
Mary Jo Wells
Dwight and
Barbara Aschenbrenner
Agnes H
Ed Carlson
Eugene T. McCartan
Ford Truck
Hanson
Silage Distributors
James Dewolf
Rolfe, Ta
Hanson Siloco
Lakeview
Iowa
Brady
Aes
Hagle Grove
Sohn Madsen
Ier An Diane
Rudy Olson
Harold Williams
Near Livermore
Chris Larsen
Storden
Minn
W.S.C.S
W.S.G.S
Francis Miller
Worster
Miller
Yoland Pall
Abbie
Mars
Willie
Future Farmers of America
Rural Electric Cooperative
Pats Food Market
Sanitar
Musselman’s Apple
DER
Strin
Betty
Iowa State University
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