Barney Allen explains Old Age Assistance law in detail
Barney Allen and Byron G. Allen discuss Old Age Assistance, debunking claims you must deed property to receive a pension. The act allows optional deed demands to protect state interests, but pensions depend on total income, not simply ownership. Eligibility caps: $365 annual income plus $100 gifts, totaling $465, with home ownership not excluding eligibility.
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Byron G. Allen
Old Age Assistance Commission
Allen
Mr. Allen
Union Vacation Bible School Well Attended
The Union Daily Vacation Bible School opened Monday under Rev. S Bassett and Mrs. Wm Matteson. Eighty five grade school children, ages from pre school to eighth grade, attend for two weeks of Bible study, handwork and recreation. Sessions run 9:00 am daily in the Methodist and Presbyterian church basements with a picnic at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Daily
Methodist and
Presbyterian Churches
TS. Bassett
Methodist Church
Wm. Matteson
Presbyterian Church
Matteson
Clifford Howe
Karl Hille
Helen Kennedy
Ruth Dawson
Anita Miller
Estellyn Roberts
Hattie Lehnus
Gyla Shriner
Jean Pollock
Dorothy Watters
Eleanor Junkman
Rolfe Hires New Chief Operator Edith Gustafson
Edith Gustafson of Kiester Minnesota will become chief operator and manager of the Mutual Telephone Co of Rolfe succeeding Mrs Floyd Grove. She has fourteen years in the field and will relocate with her small son and housekeeper Mrs Core to Rolfe early next week. They will reside in the Mrs Hepsy Sythe residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Gustafson
Kiester, Minn
The
Mutual Telephone Co
Rolfe
Floyd Grove
Gustafson
Core
The Coming Events Schedule for Mid June
A list of local gatherings and meetings in Pocahontas county across June 8 through July 4. Includes unit meetings for Masons, AM Legion Auxiliary, Farm Union, 4-H, Ladies Aid groups, and church events. field day at Iowa State College. various picnics and programs for children and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Lodge
Pikertown
Farm Union
Louis Wilson
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Ray KE. Green
Garfield
Jess Hosier
Iowa State College
Ames
Pocahontas County
Trinity Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Mike Budd
Presbyterian Missionary Society
J. O. Hosier
Rolfe Golfuxiliary
Gar- Mack Lodge
Pollyanna Club
J. P. Peterson
Masons and
Rolfe City Park
Methodist Church
Rains Bring Renewal to Pilot Creek Area After Drought
Drenching week rainfall transformed the locality into a greener busier place with revived vegetation. The Des Moines River and bayous rose above banks while homes and roofs faced renewed need as shingles shriveled then waterproofed. Farmers cheer corn prospects, gardeners refill seed stocks, and shops report brisk sales as the rain renews life across the community.
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Pilot Creek
Des Moines
Boone Valley Golf Tourney Opens at Clarmond County Club
Golfers from Nevada Jewell Iowa Falls Tidora Hampton Eagle Grove Rolfe Humboldt and Clarmond prepare for the Fourteenth Boone Valley Tournament at Clar mond County Club Lake Cornelia near Clarion June 17 18 19. R D Barr reports improved Clarmond course with fast greens and long holes favoring straight driving. Five flights plus consolations, $1 entry, Saturday qualifying holes, no club team play. 1933 champion Lee Wolcott of Eldora and runner-up Bob Fenton of Jewell return as contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Valley Golf Association
Clarmond County
Lake Cornelia
Clarion
Boone Valley Association
Nevada
Jewell
Iowa Falls
Tidora
Hampton
Eagle Grove
Rolfe
Humboldt
Clarmond
R. d. Barr
Association
Lee Wolcott
Eldora
Bob Fenton
Wolcott
Erling Kloster
Rolfeites at E. L. Convention
A delegation from the local M. E. church attended the district Epworth League convention held at Webster City last week. Miss Evelyn Erickson won second place in the Bible Story Telling Contest with Ruth and Naomi. Miss Ruth Cooklin could not attend due to a home call. Donald Davidson performed two trombone solos with Arlene Cook on piano. Other attendees included Rev. T. S. Bassett, Mrs. Otis U Cook, Mrs. L. R. Davidson, Audrey Russell, Anita Miller and Eleanor Junkman.
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M. Ew
Epworth League
Webster City
Evelyn Erickson
Ruth
Naomi
Ruth Cooklin
Farnhamville
Donald Davidson
Arlene Cook
T. S. Bassett
Otis U Cook
L. R. Davidson
Audrey Russell
Anita Miller
Eleanor Junkman
Pilot Lodge at Grand Lodge Des Moines This Week
Dr C W Siefkin represents Pilot Lodge A F and A M at the Grand Lodge gathering in Des Moines this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Siefkin
Pilot Lodge, A. F
A. M
Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Grand Opening Flood Lighted Softball Field in Rolfe
A grand opening is planned for the flood light illuminated Rolfe softball field on Friday night June 22. Lights will provide complete illumination for the opening game between Rutland and Gilmore City at 8:30 PM with Mayor J H Brinkman throwing the first ball. Admission will be charged to cover lighting costs, with family 50c and adult 25c, children 10c.
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Rolfe
Iowa
Rutland
Gilmore City
J. H. Brinkman
John
Plover
David Harum
Rolfe Woman's Club Luncheon Honors Past Presidents
Members of the Rolfe Woman's Club gathered at Mrs. Muriel Wilson's home for their annual luncheon marked as Past Presidents Day. Reports from several past presidents highlighted a 1916 start, with notices from absent officers read by the secretary and greetings from multiple members. Virgil Roberts was installed as president for the new fiscal year, with a slate of officers and directors announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Woman’s Club
Muriel Wilson
C. W. Siefkin
W. P. Wheeler
Wm. Matteson
E. Boyce
Hepsy Forsythe
C. L. Gunderson
Grant Pollock
E. L. Hollis
Marengo
Fred P. Nelson
Ottosen
D. W. Trick
F. J. Hoyne
Des Moines
S. L. Gunderson
F. L. Robinson
Wm. Howland
Minnie Jarvis
C. J. Boyce
DeWOLF-TYLER NUPTIALS IN POWHATAN AREA
Miss Charlotte DeWolf daughter of W S DeWolf Powhatan township and Harry Tyler son of Jasper Tyler Mountain View Mo were united in marriage in the Methodist parsonage at Pocahontas Saturday zone 1934 by Rev J A Kettle The wedding was kept secret for a few days except from immediate friends and relatives They plan no definite home yet Mr Tyler is presently employed on the Mrs Guy E White farm
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Charlotte DeWolf
W. S. DeWolf
Powhatan Township
Harry Tyler
Jasper Tyler
Mountain View
Pocahontas
J. A. Kettle
Howard Sheeley
Masonic and Star Lodges to Hold Park Picnic
The Masonic and Star lodges invite members and families to a joint picnic at Rolfe City Park on June 22 at 4 00 p m and afterward. Activities include speaking and entertainment. Bring a covered dish and own silverware and dishes.
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Masonic and
Star Lodges
Rolfe City Park
Prominent business man laid to rest in Rolfe
Funeral services for W. P. McIntire who died Sunday from uremic poisoning were held at the McIntire funeral home in Rolfe with Rev. J. P. Lester and Rev. T. S. Bassett officiating. Interment was in Clinton Garfield Cemetery. Born December 18, 1865 in Monmouth Illinois, he came to Town in 1868, worked as a teacher, merchant, and funeral director, and led Rolfe’s furniture and undertaking business with his brother S. L. McIntire. He leaves his wife Fannie Glascock, two sons J. Russell and W. Leland, five grandchildren, a brother in Pocahontas, and numerous friends and funeral directors noted for their attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. McIntire
McIntire
Rolfe
J. P. Lester
D. D
Red Oak Presbyterian Church
T. S. Bassett
Methodist
C. J. White
F. K. Grant
Clinton-Garfield
William Patton McIntire
Monmouth
Warren County
Indianola
Fannie Glascock
S. L. McIntire
Presbyterian Church
J. Russell
W. Leland
L. McIntire
Pocahontas
Lester
Will
Knights of Pythias
Odd
Woodman
G. G. Butler
L. R. Davidson
Marvin Burroughs
H. C. Wiegman
Leonard Smith
Earl Ferguson
Sadie Shawver
Grimes
William Glascock
Chester Glascock
Floyd Bishop
Norwalk
Katherine Glascock
Pomeroy
A. H. Duncan
Humboldt
Glenn Micheal
B. G. Wilder
Fort Dodge
D. W. Markham
Cirks Trueslen Wedding at St John’s Lutheran Church
Miss Daisy Cirks and Chester Truelsen united in a June 5 ceremony at St John’s Lutheran Lizard township with Rev. C. P. Ringhand officiating. Pink white roses peonies decorated the altar as the couple, attended by Marine Hinrichs and Theodore Truelsen, began life on a farm near Gilmore City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lizard Township
Daisy Cirks
Like Cirks
Chester Truelsen
Jas. C. Truelsen
Gilmore City
C. P. Ringhand
Marine Hinrichs
Theodore Truelsen
Mrs Laura Baker Honored On 100th Birthday In Sioux Rapids
Mr and Mrs George A Ivey with Mr and Mrs W S Rogers attended a garden party at the park honoring Mrs Laura Baker on her 100th birthday. The Sioux Rapids Library Association hosted the event with music readings a life sketch and a garden party. A bedside table and a shelf of books were donated to the public library and a cake with 100 candles marked the occasion.Refreshments followed and later a library benefit kitten ball game was staged by the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Ivey
W. S. Rogers
Sioux Rapids
Laura Baker
Golf Club Auxiliary Organized for Season
The Golf Club Auxiliary met at Mrs. H N Hamiltons home on Tuesday June 12 and elected officers. Plans call for women whose husbands are nonmembers to join for one dollar to be active and serve on a committee. Luncheons start Thursday June 21 at Gar Mac Lodge with a committee including Mrs. Clifford Howe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Club
H N. Hamilton
Clifford Howe
B. A. Peterson
Seey.Treas
R. G. Hunter
Gar-Mac Lodge
Shirley Thornton
Morris W. Webb
Waterloo Orchestra Members Under Police Scrutiny
Gordon Hoard, of a Waterloo based dance orchestra, reported the Dillinger gang alert after Tommy Carroll was shot. Police halted Waterloo cars, searched at Dubuque toll bridge, and noted officers with machine guns and armored gear as Carroll and Jean Crompton were moved toward Wisconsin and the reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hoard
Waterloo
Tommy Carroll
Dillinger
Gordon
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Carroll
Jean Crompton
Reformatory
West Virginia
Rolfe Golfers Schedule Six Out-Of-Town Contests
Rolfe Golf Club plans six remaining games, with two at home and four away. So far this season they beat West Bend and lost to Eagle Grove on home turf. Schedule lists Fonda and Humboldt visits and Humboldt and West Bend away, with possible additional games before season end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Golfers
Rolfe Golf Club
Rolfe
West Bend
Eagle Grove
Fonda
Humboldt
Sharp Trial in Progress in Disbarment Proceedings
Vernon L. Sharp faces 18 accusations in district court with 15 sottoevidence presented by the prosecution. The court will rest tomorrow and Monday after ten witnesses testified yesterday and six accusations were closed by Attorney Harry Garrett. Garrett said he will focus on the more serious charges to wrap the case soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon L. Sharp
Harry Garrett
Garrett
Sharp
Iowa City
Iowan
Des Moines Carrier visit to Capital City celebration
Five Des Moines Register and Tribune carriers from Rolfe attended the annual celebration in the Capital City hosted by the newspapers’ publishers. Billy McIntire James Taylor Willard Klein John McCain and Johnny Pouelsen joined by Mr and Mrs Lee Struthers and Mr and Mrs John Pouelsen enjoyed a circus a ball game and ample free ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Rolfe
Billy McIntire
James Taylor
Willard Klein
John McCain
Johnny Pouelsen
Lee Struthers
John Pouelsen
Collins Thanks Democratic Voters for Primary Support
John Collins of Fonda Iowa registers gratitude to Democratic voters for the primary vote. He corrects figures previously reported by The Fort Dodge Messenger and The Pocahontas Record Democrat, stating the valid total is 710 as confirmed by County Auditor Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge Messenger
Pocahontas Record-Democrat
Johnson
John Collins
Fonda
Iowa
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Nelson
Sincere thanks to all who remembered me with visits flowers and mail during my hospital stay. We never fully realize how anxiously patients await mail at hospitals. Mrs. Niels A Nelson.
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Niels A. Nelson
First band concert opens season at Rolfe venue
A small band performed to a large audience Saturday evening in Rolfe. Beginning this week concerts shift to Wednesday evenings and organizers hope the band will grow as performances continue. Come to Rolfe and hear the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Themusic
Flag Day History and the Birth of the Stars and Stripes
A historical overview recalls the 1777 adoption of the flag by Congress after Betsy Ross's design. It notes earlier colonial flags and the first display at Fort Stanwix, then traces the flag’s evolution through 1795 and 1818, ending with National Flag Day proclaimed by Wilson in 1915.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Independence
America
Washington
Boston
Brot
Robert Morris
George Ross
George Washington
Betsy Ross
Congress
United States
Fort Stanwix
Long Island Sound
Massachusetts Infantry
Vermont
Kentucky
Acs
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Indiana
Ohio
Wilson
Banking prospect draws promoter to Rolfe
Robt L Goethe of Omaha visited Rolfe Saturday to assess banking prospects and interview residents. He will return later when the banking committee of the Promotion Club plans to convene a meeting. The ongoing need for a solid bank in Rolfe is repeatedly stressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. L
Goethe of
Omaha
Rolfe
Promotion Club
City Park Fence Stands Pat as Resort Town Gears Up
A new steel fence along the City Park south side promises durability and safety. Pat Wood urges readers to "Take chicks now, pay when you get your corn hog check" in a local ad. Presbyterian ministers and elders from Fort Dodge Presbytery and their wives met at Twin Lakes for a Monday luncheon. Funeral services for Rev W P Webb of Gilmore City will be Friday at two. Kirk Boosters of Chicago won a 27 inning softball tilt 9 to 7 over Kane Athletic Club with Tim Doyle pitching. J C Damborg and Mr and Mrs J F Nelson traveled to Tyler Minnesota to meet Miss Harriette Damborg en route home from Badger SD. she heads to Delevan Lake Wisconsin for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sennett
Rainbows
Carroll
Vanities
Sernett
Carroll Bunch
Iil
Pat Wood
C. L. Gunderson
Presbyterian Church
Fort Dodge
Twin Lakes Monay
W. P. Webb
M. I
Gilmore City
Kirk Boosters
Chicago
Kane Athletic Club
Tim Doyle
J. C. Damborg
J. F. Nelson
Tyler
Minn
Harriette Damborg
Fred Marquhardt
Badger
S. D
Harriette
Delevan Lake
Wis
Eddie Duffy
Des Moines
Carl White
Lula May
Marie
Warren Freeman
Pikertown
Farm Union
Louis Wilson
EB. H. Clarke
Alta
Texas
Eugene Clarke
Rolfe Golf Club
GarMac Lodge
Anna DeWolf
R. N
Savannah
Ill
Mabel Imus
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau Notes
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau reports on typing corn-hog contracts, poultry culling, hog mange control, and rat poison with dry lime sulfur. later details a June 19 Field Day at Iowa State College Ames, farm mortgage talks, foreclosures, and local notices including meetings and visits.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barney Allen
Union Vacation Bible School
Kensington
M. E
Harry McFadzen
Chas. McFadzen
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Virgil M. Roberts
O. B. Fuller Jr
Boone Valley
E. L
Woman’s Club
Dewolf
Cirks—Truelsen Wedding
Collins
Iown
Experiment Station
Departments of Agriculture
Northwest
Court House
Manson
Morrill Hall
W. G. Murray
Murray
Dover Township
Swan Lake
Marshall
Dover
Cedar
Jens Thompson
George Hinn
W. A. Patrick
Jno. DeVanney
Theo McCartan
Herring
Drouth
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