Rolfe Lads Triumph In 7-2 Opening Win In Baseball, Sunday
The Senior baseball team from Rolfe defeated Varina 7 to 2 in their opening game Sunday afternoon. Puff, Pederson, Clark and DeVaul starred with key hits and DeVaul added a homer. Stev e and Maneman contributed as Rolfe pitchers held Varina to eight runs total. The team plans to play Livermore next and post results for Webster City and June dates.
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Stolfe
American Legion
Son
Freeman
Pederson
Clark
Puff
Varina
DeVaul
Nie
Jacobsons
DeVaul Bion G
Kaiser
Bina
Steve
Maneman
Brold Puff
Srolfe
Livermore
Webster City
FW Wins from Wallingford 6-4 in Softball Tilt
Rolfe led Rolfe VFW softball with seven hits while Willis Puff contributed in the fourth inning to drive in three runs. Wallingford took an early lead with three runs in the inning but FW tied it and pulled ahead. Rolfe pitched the complete game, limiting Wallingford to four runs as FW won 6 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
County Safety Meet to Elect Chair and Coordinate Plan
Francis J Kopriva of Pocahontas to represent county truckers at a safety meeting called by district chairman near future. Iowa Safety Congress will elect a county safety chair and organize a broad safety push across civic and professional groups as part of a statewide campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trancis J. Kopriva
Pocahontas
Cing
Pocahontas Inty
L. E. Crowley
Oines
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Wa Safety Congress
Priva
Del*8
Iowa
Vernor
William 8
Beardsley
Rush Lake Park gains custodian and park upgrades
B. B. Frye of Curlew named park custodian by Rush Lake club board. Picnic tables and stoves installed. toilet facilities to be rebuilt. Volunteers from nearby communities cleaned the south shore area. Iowa Conservation Commission agreement funds maintenance. Rush Lake club sells membership cards at 60 cents each. Lee Miller of Webb reports a 35 inch Northern weighing 10 pounds 10 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Lake State Recreation
Palo Alto
Laurens
B. B. Frye
Curlew
Rush Lake Club
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Ward Ferguson
Lee Miller
Webb
Cash Prizes To Grain Growers Nearly $3,000
Des Moines Iowa. The Iowa Mid-Century State Fair Ag ricultural Show runs August 25 to September 1 with nearly 3000 in cash prizes. Prizes include 488 for best corn entries 64 for best sweet corn and popcorn 425 for top grain hay exhibits 1868 for best collective farm product displays and 70 for agricultural art salon exhibits. A forty acre farm machinery exposition features 1950 models. Premium lists and entry blanks available from the Fair Board Statehouse Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nowa
Iowa
Fair Board
Statehouse
Change Time of Morning Service At Local Methodist Church
The Sunday school and Sunday morning service will begin a half hour earlier starting next Sunday. Sunday school is at 9:50 and the worship service at 10:50 o'clock.
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The
Methodist Church
Couple Weds at St. Margaret's in Pocahontas Ceremony
Miss Bernice Heddinger and Jerome Payer of Pocahontas wed in a 9 am double ring ceremony at St. Margaret's church. Rev. D A Tewell presided as family and friends gathered for the white slipper satin gown bride and yellow floral reception, with leaving trip and navy going away dress.
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St. Margaret’s
Corn Cultivation and 4-H Camp Report from Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County reports corn cultivation starting with rotary hoeing or cultivation begun last week about 10 percent. Hay and forage crops look good. oats strong though slow growth. pastures improving but some not yet started due to grazing. Evergreen turning yellow blamed on drought. inquiries about toxaphene for spraying continue. Eileene Mehi of the Grant Glisteners 4-H club attended the state conservation camp at Camp Mitiqua near Boone June 5 to 8, selected by the county 4-H committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Eileen Mehi
Grant Glisteners 4-H
Camp
Mitiqua
Boone
Eileene
Irene
America
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Navy Announces New Schedule for Fort Dodge Area Tours
Navy Recruiting Service unveils a revised travel schedule visiting Fort Dodge area towns. A recruiter will appear twice monthly in each large town, with Pocahontas events set for June 14 and 28. County residents may contact the Navy recruiter at the courthouse from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on those dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Recruiting Service
Fort Dodge
Pocahontas
Navy
Marie Trimble and Donald Jeffers Wed in Laurens Ceremony
Marie Trimble daughter of Mr and Mrs James Trimble Rolfe and Donald Jeffers of Laurens son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Jeffers Dix Ill were married Saturday May 27 at Laurens Methodist church. The double ring ceremony at 730 pm was performed by Rev A C Long before lilac and candle decor. The bride wore satin with lace bodice and court train, veil, and carried white carnations with blue and white corsage. Evelyn Soucek served as maid of honor. flower girls were Diana and Christine Trimble. Best man was Dale Dershem. ushers Sam Jeffers and Gene Siddall. Out-of-town guests from several states attended. The couple will reside on a farm northwest of Laurens after a wedding trip through northern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Heddinger
Jerome Payer
Pocahontas
St. Margaret’s Church
Walter Heddinger
John Payer
D. A. Tewell
Lucile, Heddinger
Geraldeen Payer
Boone
Joe Krejchi
Fort Dodge
Dale Heddinger
Vincent Krejchi
Agnes Reckard
Bob Eccles
Panis Angelicus
Mother
Charles Zeman
Lester Ferden
Catherine Johnson
Lucile Tiernan
Sue Rawson
Catherine Heddinger
Marie Trimble
James Trimble
Rolfe
Donald Jeffers
Laurens
Lyle Jeffers
Dixon, Ill
Laurens Methodist Church
A. C. Long
Evelyn Soucek
Rochester
Minn
Diana
Christine Trimble
Dale Dershem
Sam Jeffers
Gene Siddall
Bonnie Leith
Rose Marie Leith
Carol Dexter
Janice Trimble
Lloyd Leith
Less Siddall
Paul Kerns
Iowa
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Kahler School of Nursing
Rochester, Minn
Alpha Psi Omega Sorority
Iowa State College
Ames
American Legion
Jackson, Minn
Bond Marshall
Chicago Heights
Ill
Bess Ackland
Spencer
Merle Schumann
Sulfur Springs
Elmer Sundblad
Greenville
Elmer Nicol
Osgood
Forrest Ives To Take College Tour
Forrest Ives son of Mr and Mrs Earl A Ives Rolfe is among 30 Iowa State college students to tour southwestern southern and northeastern states with agronomy and animal husbandry classes during the summer. They depart Monday June 12 by chartered bus for Missouri Kansas Texas Mississippi Alabama Tennessee North Carolina Virginia DC Pennsylvania New York Michigan Illinois a Canada side trip to Guelph Ontario on July 5. Mrs Priscilla Hancher has sold her home in northeast town to Mrs Lena Vaughn with possession July 1 and leased the Vaughn apartment in Graeber Apartments. Lawns can be moved shorter in spring than in summer.
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Ames
Iowa
Forrest Ives
Earl A. Ives
Rolfe
Iowa State College
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennesee
North Carolina
Virginia
Columbia
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Ilinois
Canada
Guelph
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Hancher
Priscilla Hancher
Lena Vaughn
Vaughn
Graeber
Cadet Herschel E Chapman to graduate from West Point
Herschel E Chapman son of Mr and Mrs C B Chapman Rolfe Iowa is among cadets to graduate from the United States Military Academy in June He attended Rolfe high school the University of Wyoming and Amherst College and served 22 months in the regular army At the academy he earned monograms in basketball and baseball and held posts in the Hop Committee Skeet Club and Radio Club He was Cadet Captain in charge of Company K Second Regiment and will be commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel E. Chapman
United States Military Academy
C. B. Chapman
Rolfe
Iowa
James Dolliver
Chapman
Rolfe High School
University of Wyoming
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Hop Committee
Skeet Club
Radio Club
United States Corps of Cadets
Infantry
Rolfe Errors But Plover Wins 9-5 in Sloppy Game
The Plover softball team defeated Rolfe 9-5 at Rolfe park as Rolfe committed multiple errors. Joe Horn pitched well for Plover while Rolfe pitcher Don Sandvig surrendered few hits but was undone by miscues behind him. Willis Puff doubled but produced no runs.
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Rolfe Park
Plover
Rolfe
Joe Horn
Willis Puff
Don Sandvig
Gwen Whitmer Weds Francis B Ste phen in Parkville Missouri
Miss Gwen Whitmer daughter of Mr and Mrs C Whitmer Rolfe Iowa marries Francis B Stephen of Dublin Texas at Community church Parkville Missouri. Ceremony led by Dr J C Hollyman with attendants Delmer Whitmer and wife. Bridal party dines in Kansas City after. The bride taught at Toledo High School and studied at Iowa State Teachers College. The groom, University of Oklahoma graduate, studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. They plan residence in Dublin Texas after a Southwest honeymoon. Soil tour notice follows.
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Gwen Whitmer
Kansas City
Rolfe. High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Toledo
University of Oklahoma
American Academy of Art
Chicago
Dublin
Texas
Southwest
Conservation Tour Highlights Soil Practices In Pocahontas
Pocahontas county farmers and businessmen may join a June 13 tour during Soil Conservation Week to view contouring strip cropping terracing and other practices. The 2 pm farm tour starts at Rolfe Park with a 6:30 pm businessmen run. schedules posted for late arrivals.
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Pocahontas County
Richard Hogue
S.C.S
E. I. Rosenberger
Soil District Commissioners
Shelter House
Rolfe Park
Rosenberger
Hogue
Harry Lund
0. T. Hinrichs
Donald Behrendson
Lund
Iowa Bond Drive Progress As Independence Parade Expands
Partial reports show Iowa at 13.79 percent of its $30 million Independence drive quota after the second week with several counties yielding solid gains. Montgomery leads at 29.65 percent, Polk at 27.17 percent, followed by Marshall 26.37, Harrison 26.01, and Adams 24.68 percent. Governor Beardsley and volunteers plan to present the Liberty Bell replica as it visits 114 cities across Iowa this week.
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Iowa
Roger F. Warin
Montgomery County
Polk County
Marshall
Harrison
Adams
Treasury Department
William S. Beardsley
Monona
Woodbury
Plymouth
O’brien
Sioux
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Palo Alto Counties
Neighbors Aid Roy Luft With Farm Tasks
After Roy Luft’s hospital return neighbors assisted with plowing planting fencing and hog pasture. A long list of local residents volunteered including Vern Struthis Richard Struthers Melvin Kirchner Emil Johansen and several others. A Soil Conservation tour is planned June 13 at 2 and 6 30 p.m. starting at Rolfe Park Shelter House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Park
Roy Luft
Vern Struthis
Richard Struthers
Melvin Kirchner
Emil Johansen
Lloyd Pohl
Gene Ryen
Vick Ryen
Claude Camper
Delmar Ralph
William Fisher
Sylvester Roy
Bill Bennett
Merle Bennett
Wesley Bennett
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Ina
Fo Puff
Allingford
All Cong
Ppark
Martin J. Prehn
Presbyterian Church
Oregon
Pick
Rush Lake Park
Rolfe Arrow
Rev
Rolf Plover
Willis Puffee
Wayne Arnold
Spoering
Roger Heathman
Reckard
Herb Barrett
Jack Landvng
Roush
V. Heathman
Fowler L. Heathman
Jf P. Heathman
Bob Heathman
Horsman
Heathman
Montgomery Dietrich
Darold Puff
H Barrett, Sr
Fred Thoren
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