Defeated Proposal For Municipal Light Plant
A special election in Rolfe resulted in a nine vote majority against extending the rural States Electric Co. franchise. Mayor Van de Steeg and speaker J. Brinkman led a campaign in support of the city light plant, while opponents distributed a Central States Electric Co. circular. Voters were told the plant would be built under the Simmer law to generate net profits for the town, but the measure failed as citizens debated facts versus propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Elecei
Saant
Rural States Electric Co
Opagan
Van
van Imp Oran City
Rickard
C. B. Fuller
J. Brinkman
van ‘de Steeg
Iowa
Miche
Central States Electric Co
van de ‘Steeg
Paganda
Pesday
Around Old Pocahontas County ends as Frank keeps reporting
Ray MacVey announces the Around Old series closes with the installation. The Arrow hopes Frank will continue chronicling early Rabbenings in Pocahontas County. His distinctive narrative style pleases and instructs readers with favorable feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ak L
MacVey
The
Arrow
Itcsh
Frank
Pocahontas County
BERT KENT MARRIED IN WICHITA SATURDAY
Miss Dolores Elizabeth Kurt of Wichita married Des Moines resident Bert Kent at St Marys rectory in Wichita last Saturday July 24. The wedding gathered Rolfe guests and the couple plan to reside at 8021 Woodland Avenue in Des Moines. More details are expected next week as friends extend congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Elizut
Atles R. Kurt
Wichita
Kan
Jackson Kent
Des Moines
J.B. Kent
Rolfe
St. Mary’s Rectory
Shirley Thornton
the Arrow
Ert
Rolfe to Be Manufacturing Center
A northern Iowa area expects a new manufacturing center for Rolfe Company. The project aims to create a wide range of products, including protein supplements, with facilities to support daily production and local sales. Poleson of Rolfe will oversee distribution while Mr W Jerimeean of Council supervises manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Manu
Rolfe
Turing Y
Ries
Indartey
Acturin
Poleson
W. Jerimeean
Council
Ady
Fire destroys Feaster farm buildings near Rolfe Iowa
A Friday blaze swept Lindsey H Feaster's farm eight miles north of Rolfe in Palo Alto County destroying the barn with 15 tons of hay, a corn crib, 45 bushels of oats, hog house, machine shed, harness, and a new milking machine. Neighbors helped briefly but the flames spread from building to building. Fire origin uncertain though brush burning nearby may have sparked haymow fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsey
Rolfe
Palo
Alto County
Bucher-Wilson Wedding in Plover Iowa 1937
Miss Lucile Bucher of Plover wed Clifford Wilson of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin at the Plover M E church on July 22 1937 in a ceremony led by Rev Clarence Tompkins. The event featured family of Rolfe and Dallas and a reception for about 40 guests with a pastel decorated dining room and a wedding cake topped by miniature bride and groom. The couple plans a honeymoon to Nevis Minnesota before starting their life together in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin where Wilson will work in a department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Pollock
Plover
Iowa
M. E
Lucile Bucher
Clifford Wilson
Chippewa
Falls
Wis
Prentice Shawn
Fred Smith
Edward Lehnus
Freddie
Ronnie’ Smith
Chicago
Fred B. Smith
Kathleen Bucher
Lehnus
Patricia White
J. H. Butcher
Clarence’ Tompkins
Rolfe M. I. Church
Blanche Comer
Marilyn Miller
Beatrice Br
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Rolfe
Muriel Wilson
Butler Cafe
Peterson Clothes Shop
Snelby School
Minneapolis
Chippewa Falls
Nevis
Minn
J. H. Bucher
Kathleen
Ronnie
A. J. Shaw
Flaherty
Pocahontas
George Shaw
Prentice Shaw
Des Moines
Leslie Pritchard
Jennie Lou
Doreta
Dallas
Tex
D. McFarland
Don
Aubrey N. Wilson
Lou White
Spencer
Homer Beam
New Providence
Ross Wilson
Green Bay
Clarence Tompkins
Laughing Waters Bungalow Burglary Report
Thieves entered Laughing Waters, a Thames river bungalow, consuming multiple bottles of whiskey sherry and martini. Police investigated the break in and secured the scene, with no injuries reported. The burglars fled before officers arrived, leaving few forensic clues behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laughing Waters
Thames River
Safe Driving Education Aims to Cut Teen Fatalities in Iowa
John W. Kennedy of Town Motor News notes Motor Clubs of Iowa push safe driving in public schools to reduce teen traffic deaths. Over ten years national youth fatalities in traffic rose 130 percent for high schoolers and 157 percent for college-age youths. Clubs seek school curriculum adoption with cooperation from more than 200 Iowa schools and hope for statewide regular courses in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kennedy
Town Motor News
Motor Clubs
Iowa
Bronzed Babies Return From Ozark Trip
Rolfe sisters Maybelle and Inga Ryen Mary Short Gladys Larson Béatrice Munson Clara Dawson Loraine Dawson Allie Grant Ivyl Grant returned Monday from a 10 day journey through the Ozarks. Stops included Van Meter Pine Ridge Kansas City Hot Springs and the Shepherd of the Hills country near Uncle Matt's cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Ozark Mountains
van Meter
Ark
Bob Burns
Wofford
Lem
Abner
Pine Ridge
Kansas City
Hot Springs
Uncle Matt
Harold Bell
Wright
Maybelle
Inga Ryen
Mary Short
Gladys Larson
Béatrice Munson
Clara
Loraine Dawson
Allie
Ivyl_ Grant
Maybelle Ryen
Allie Grant
Telmer Simes Return From Eastern Southern Tour
Mr and Mrs Telmer Sime returned after a two week trip through the east and southern Canada They visited Mrs Sime s sister Pearl in Chicago Washington D C and the nation s capital They found New York City interesting and then went to Canada at Sorel Telmer contacted his brother Mike who is with a baseball league there and played ball as well as visited him They saw many sights during the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Telmer Sime
Canada
Lorraine Shimon First to Finish Baking Stint
Lorraine Shimon of the Garfield Go Getters is the first 4-H girl in the county to report baking all oven products required in the county project. She will receive flour sacks for first in club and county finishes, with awards provided by the Old Fashioned Millers at St Paul and the Omaha Flour Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Shimon
Garfield’ Go-Getters
Lorraine
St. Paul
Omaha Flour Co
Omaha
Avalon to Pearl Harbor tour as island life noted
James F. Deegan writes from Avalon on Catalina Island renewing his subscription and describing three months with a blasting crew at a quarry sending rock to the mainland for harbor breakwaters. He mentions possible Pearl Harbor visits and praises Frank MacVey’s Around Oldolfe. He notes Pocahontas County ties and an average of 8,000 tourists daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalon
Catalina Island
James F. Deegan
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Frank MacVey
Oldolfe
Pocahontas County
Old Rolfe
Good Will Industries aids handicapped workers in Rolfe visit
G A Tyler of Sioux City, field secretary for Good Will Industries and Wall Street Mission, toured Rolfe to promote the Sioux City program that employs the blind and disabled. The organization collects discarded items twice yearly, restores them, and uses proceeds to meet payroll and operating costs, with 20 percent donated to the needy. Citizens are urged to search for usable castoffs as collection time nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Tyler
Sioux City
Good Will Industries
Wall Street Mission
Rolfe
Wall Street
Auto Races at Iowa State Fair Headlines
The national circuit championship dirt track races return to the Iowa State Fair in 1937 with three afternoons of events on August 27 28 and September 3. Eight races per day, fifty entries expected, headlined by Dutch Schrader Emory Collins Buddy Callaway Cotton Grable and Czar Wood among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Dutch Schrader
Emory Collins
Schrader
Des Moines
Buddy Callaway
Miami
Atlanta
Cotton Grable
Czar Wood
Collins
Pocahontas County Girls Prepare Conservation Camp at Dolliver Park
Pocahontas County girls plan a conservation camp at Dolliver State Park from July 28 to 31 with about 50 participants. Forester Guy R. Ramsey will lead nature hikes and studies, while Paul Leaverton and Ella Loughran assist with bird study and discussion groups. Leaders include O E Potee, A R Omtredt, Wesley Splittgerher, and E J Schmuecker with Ruth S Hicks supervising the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Dolliver State Park
Guy R. Ramsey
Paul Leaverton
Ella Loughran
State
4-H Club
O. E. Potee
Swan Lake
Strawberry patch nets near $1000 per acre says farmer
Coon Rapids grower Geo D Esdohr reports a three-quarter acre patch yielding 4312 quarts of berries and 875.50 dollars in sales with 100 quarts canned for winter. Extension horticulturist says the plot illustrates the 1000 per acre type and notes potential of over 1100 dollars on a full acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. D. Esdohr
Coon Rapids
C. V. Holsinger
Extension Horticulturist
Esdohr
Traffic safety council shows county gains in 1987 five months
Safety Council work reduces traffic fatalities across 31 counties with organized units. P H Sproul notes a 16 fatality drop versus last year for those counties, while statewide five month totals rise by 11. In two counties with no active program fatalities increased by 10, leaving the other 29 counties down 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Safety Council
P. H. Sproul
Around Old Rolfe in the Seventies
A memoir recalling pioneer movers near Old Rolfe in the 1870s. The author describes wagon trains crossing Pilot Creek, gear aboard wagons, a herd of cattle, and often a blind horse. He recounts encounters with thieves, a shooting accident, and contrasts between rough and orderly migrant camps near the courthouse and cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Creek
Old Rolfe
J. J. Bruce
Mr. Bruce
Bruce
Fort Dodge
Garfield Go-Getters Stage Spice Meeting
The Garfield Go-Getters 4-H club held a July 22 meeting at the A. A. Brinkman home. New members Miss Mildred Schultz and Miss Fern Koher were introduced, and the program covered club trips, county camp plans at Dolliver State Park, Camp Foster reports, and the Ames convention. Activities included demonstrations on cleanliness, a fish book review, flour making methods, sunshine cake, and a lunch hosted by Misses Winifred and Mary Brinkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Mildred Schultz
Fern Koher
Dolliver State Park
Foster
Lake Okoboji
Lorraine Shimon
Winifred Brinkman
Ames
Mary van Ives
Iowa
State Fair Bridal Beauty Contest Preliminaries
The Rolfe Promotion club sponsors a bridal beauty contest at the Ritz theater on Mon Aug 16. Two representatives and four alternates win entry to the Iowa state fair in Des Moines Aug 25–Sept 8. winner's expenses paid and contestants vie for $500 prizes in the Women and Children's Building. Entrants aged 16–25 wear wedding gowns and are judged on poise personality beauty form gown and ensemble. Voters receive ballots at the door. entries may be made at Webb's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Promotion Club
Ritz Theater
Des Moines
Rolfe
Webb
County 4 H clubs plan August achievement day display
Five Pocahontas teams led by Mrs A R Omtredt and Mrs Wesley Splittgerber join four other clubs in a demonstration contest at the E J Kelly home on August 6. Miss Helen Swinney, state nutrition specialist, provides guidance as teams prepare sugar cookies ancestral breads orange cake and whole wheat muffins with individual help given at the July 23 courthouse meeting. A general demonstration session outlined the August 19 and 20 achievement show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Helen Swinney
Dover
A. R. Omtredt
Wesley Splittgerber
E. J. Kelly
Mary Helen Davidson
Marjorie Beneke
Swan Lake Cloverleaf Club
Mary Fitzgerald
Dorothy Farrell
Mary Elaine Kelly
Hazel Ellis
Dana Calkins
Geraldine Bittner
Lyla Menkelsen
Eloise Omtredt
Grace Splittgerber
Kathryn Wells
Margaret Murphy
Miss Swinney
Court House
Rolfe Lad Thumbs His Way Home From Denver
Bernard Ferden spent summer in Denver with his sister Mrs. Erwin Obrecht and left Denver Wednesday morning via thumb hitchhiking home Friday evening. He found the ride good. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Fresch of Algona and Irvin Link of Swea City visited Merle McAninch Sunday. Fresch party returned home with Mrs. Link, her son, and Miss Peggie Fresch that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Lad
Denver
Bernard Ferden
Colo
Erwin Obrecht
Dave Fresch
Algona
Irvin Link
Swea City
Merle McAninch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tunicght Plant
Bert Kent
LL. H. Feaster Farm
Bailiwick
Telmer Simes
Frank Macveys
Iowa State Fair
Pocahontas County Conservation Camp
Strawberry Patch
Safety Council
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