Little Tots Make Good In Operetta at School Event
A school program at the opera house featured the operetta Florinda by the little tots who impressed with musical skill and charm. Roles included Grace Marchant, Merrill Burnette, Ilene Sandvig, and Helen Wiewel, with praise for Miss Ruth as trainer. the program also showcased grade exercises and solo performances concluding with diplomas for eighth grade graduates.
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Opera House
Florinda
Peretta
Childen
Miss Ruth
Lorinda
Grace Marchant
Logal
Merrill Burnette Itunia
Ilene Sandvig LA
Helen
Ruby Green
Margaret Green
Elizabeth King Horus
Phorus
Peter
Hoye
Jiss Tove Semler
Embr Ig
Copenagen
Graeber
Camp Postponed and State Camp Dates Announced
The County Y M C A camp at Pocahontas is postponed from June 8–11 to July 2–10 due to weather. State Camp runs July 11–22 at the main site. Early enrollment advised for Pocahontas participants. contact county secretary at Presbyterian Church. Rev A Z McGagney, D D, will preach, with Barakman of Storm Lake addressing services. Sabbath school follows morning service.
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Y. M. GC
Pocahontas County
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Uncle Zeke and Hoyne Roast Midsummer Picnics in Conversation
The excerpt depicts Uncle Zeke and F. B. Hoyne debating picnics and fishing scenes. Zeke rails against summer outings describing prep, travel, crowds, insects, and discomfort, while Hoyne counters with a cautious nod to fishing as a pastime.
Bernard Cleaver Named Auburn Y M C A Physical Director
Bernard Cleaver was chosen as physical director of the Auburn Indiana Y M C A to succeed Ford Phibbenow who takes a year away for college. Cleaver, with deep study and strong experience, will train at Lake Geneva Wisconsin for a month then in Chicago before starting in Auburn September 1. His Rolfe friends forecast his continued rise in the field and expect Auburn youths to improve under his guidance.
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Bernard Cleaver
Auburn
Ind
Ford Phibbenow
Bernard
Lake Geneva
Wis
Chicago
Norwegian Lutheran Church Service and Society Notes
Regular preaching will be held next Sunday at the usual hours in the Danish Lutheran church. The Ladies Aid Society meets Saturday afternoon with Mrs. E. E. Sandvig. Sheriff M. M. Noah from Pocahontas attended to legal business. Mrs. J. D. Wallace of Plover visits Mrs. J. H. Charlton this week.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
E. E. Sandvig
J. D. Wallace
Plover
J. H. Charlton
Fishing Tales From County Men Through the Years
A first person reminiscence contrasts modern sport fishing with earlier days. Names like Joe Wiley Merritt Haskin and Uncle Zeke appear as longtime county figures who recall better catches with simple gear while lamenting gnats and changes in the craft.
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Joe Wiley
Merritt Haskin
Joe Shepherd
Frank Showers
Hube Smith
Ford Thomas
Zeke
R. B. Fish
Lem Coffin
Ole” Olson
Rolfe High School Commencement Praised Speaker Lays Out Education
Commencement exercises for Rolfe high school were held at the Methodist church in crowded conditions despite bad weather. Twenty seven graduates received diplomas as Professor John Barnes of Cedar Falls delivered a strong address on education versus scholarship and the crowd praised his performance.
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Rolfe High School
John Barnes
Cedar Falls
McGogney
Barnes
Graeber
Martha Gunderson
Mattie Wiley
Emma Majorowicz
Gungerson
F. A. Malcolm
Milking Machine Debuts in Local Area
W A Crane leads in adopting a gas powered milk extracting device that milks twenty cows per hour, with seventeen cows in forty five minutes on first trial. The system, run away from the barn, promises cleaner, more sanitary dairy work and simple adjustable parts for individual cows.
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W. A. Crane
Mrs. M. Goodmiller Passes After Illness in Rolfe
Mrs. M Goodmiller died at her Rolfe home on Friday May 28 after weeks of illness. Janet Stuart Goodwill born April 25 1855 in Glascott Canada came to Traer in 1882 and married M Goodmiller in 1883. The couple lived in Pleasant Valley Stockton and Rolfe and left a husband six children two died in infancy among surviving relatives were a brother in Wisconsin sister in Canada and Mrs Belle Dodsworth of Goldfield Colorado. The Presbyterian church here bid farewell by letter in 1964 with bilateral services. Dr McGagney spoke on hope of meeting hereafter and paid tribute. Remains shipped to Stockton Illinois for burial beside relatives.
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M. Goodmiller
Rolfe
Janet Stuart Goodwill
Glascott
Greycounty
Canada
Traer
Goodmiller
Pleasant Valley
Stockton
Nettle
Elmer
Margaret
Maude
Wisconsin
Belle Dodsworth
Goldfield
Colorado
Mrs. Goodmiller
Lfe
Presbyterian Church
J Dagt
McGagney
Northwestern
Ill
Margaret and
Dodsworth
J.C. Olerich
JJ. C. Olerich
Expression of thanks for kindnesses after loss
The family of the beloved wife and mother thanks friends for acts performed and kindnesses shown during the illness and burial. Messages of blessing are gratefully received. M. Goodmiller, Margaret and Maude Goodmiller.
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M. Goodmiller
Margaret and
Maude Goodmiller
Cathedral Choir of Chicago to Open Rolfe Chautauqua July 4
The Cathedral Choir of Chicago will perform in Rolfe on July 4, with a prelude in the afternoon and a full concert at night. The eight superb singers, a double mixed quartet, a pianist of virtuoso merit, and separate ladies and men quartets promise a varied, engaging program blending sacred and secular works. The ensemble features soloists of note and aims to deliver an unusually splendid musical opening to the season. Also notice of a stockholders meeting for the State Savings Bank of Rolfe, Iowa, set for June 3.
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Cathedral Choir
Cathedral Choir of
Chicago
State Savings Bank
Rolfe
Iowa
State Savings Bank of
Praea
Rolfe Chautauqua Adds Play Ground Feature
Rolfe Chautauqua Association expands with a Play Ground program led by Miss Grace Lamkin and Miss Dora Barker. The initiative includes lectures on education and child health, plus a nationwide Girls and Boys Play Association of America chapter.
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Rolfe Chautauqua Association
Dora Barker
Grace Lamkin
Chautaugqua
Miss Lamkin
Death of Mrs Mary Pavik at 76 in this place
Mrs Mary Pavik wife of Jno Pavik died Friday night of heart trouble aged 76. Survived by husband and two grown children John and Mrs Mary Kemmer of Havelock. Funeral services were held from St.
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Mary Pavik
Jno
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Uncle Zeke
F. B. Hoyne
White
Carl White
Mr. White
Hoyne
Bill Taylor
Frank Ritchey
Fred Hille
Doc ‘Hollis
Will Rogers
President Wilson
Wilson
Washington
San Francisco
A. Stirling Calder
Scott Street
Y.N.C.A
Norwegian Lutheran Church
C. L. Dalselde
M. M. Noah
Pocahontas
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John Pavik
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