Fourth of July Baseball Showdown at City Park
The Rolfe community hosts a first class baseball game at City Park on July 4. Humboldt Cubs face Capital City Giants from Des Moines in a fast playing match sponsored by Rolfe business men. Kenneth Cran, Humboldt manager, was in town arranging the event and will return Friday to prepare the diamond.
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Rolfe
City Park
Humboldt “Cubs
Capital City Giants
Des Moines
Rolfe Business Men
Kenneth Cran
Humboldt
Chicago Cubs
Second registration day for training and service act procedures
The second registration under the elective training and service act will occur Tuesday July 1. Pocahontas county registers in the assembly room of the courthouse from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. All male U S citizens and male aliens reaching 21 by July 1 1941 who have not yet registered must present themselves for registration.
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Roosevelt
Pocahontas County
Court House
United States
Red Cross Appreciation for Rolfe Women and Students
The Red Cross expresses gratitude to the women of Rolfe and to junior high school age workers for sewing and knitting efforts. Appreciation is also given for education cooperation and the use of home economics rooms for the work.
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RED Cross
Rolfe
Rolfe Business Men Lunch Sets Poultry and Grain Show
The Rolfe Business Men's club with 31 members ate lunch at the Wasem building last Thursday. They planned another luncheon on Thursday July 17 and discussed a poultry and grain show this fall with prizes for top grain samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Business Men’s Club
Central States
Wasem
Children’s Day Observed at Presbyterian Church
Children’s Day will be observed Sunday June 29 at the Presbyterian church with a 10 15 a m service and organ prelude. The primary and junior department teachers have planned the program to be carried out by those departments.
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Presbyterian Church
Campaigns Close Saturday as iGtt Distribution Verified
The Arrow outlines a Friday night deadline for candidate account verification for a $1000 iGtt Distribution. After 1 p.m. Saturday the campaign ends, with sealed ballots opened by judges and totals finalized. Friends may contribute via envelope ballots at The Arrow office. checks under $10 allowed.
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Cmpaign
Arrow
Ar- Tw
Fashion Shop in Rolfe Announces Closing Sale
The Fashion Shop operated by Mrs Shirley Thornton will close after owners Palmer Kerns started the business three years ago and later sold to Thornton. A sale begins Saturday June 28 with sharp price reductions on all items as health and rising costs force liquidation.
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Winifred Thornton
The
Arrow
Shirley Thornton
G. B. Palmer
Bert Kerns
Thornton
Rolfe
Palmer
Wheat Marketing Quotas Take Effect July First 1941
Congress approved wheat quotas on May 26 1941 and producers accepted them by May 31 1941. Wheat on hand from 1940 or prior may be marketed before July 1 without penalty or a marketing card. From July 1 1941 on all shipments for use must have a Wheat Marketing Card Form 511. Eligible producers may apply at the County Agricultural Conservation Office in Pocahontas chaired by Harry L Lund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrow
Congress
County Agricultural Conservation Office
Pocahontas
Harry L. Lund
Pocahontas County
Services Held At Plover For Ellis Henderson
Funeral services for Ellis Henderson were held Thursday at 1 p m in the Presbyterian church at Plover with Rev. John Brunn preaching. Burial followed in Powhatan township cemetery. Henderson, born near Mallard November 23 1901, died June 10 1941 at University hospital Iowa City at age 39 years 7 months 7 days, never married. He served three years in the army, worked on a Nevada Iowa road crew, and spent years in hospitals after health declined. He was survived by his father George D Henderson of Prairie City two sisters Mrs Eleonor Steinbron Jesup and Mrs Agnes DeReus Prairie City and many relatives and friends. Distanced relatives included Mr and Mrs Geo Steinbron Jesup Mr and Mrs G DeReus George Henderson and Mrs Albert McFadden Prairie City Mr and Mrs Phil Barrick Mrs Ross Pendlebury Mrs C Barclay Mrs B B Frye and Mrs Ben Johnson Emmetsburg.
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Plover
Ellis Henderson
Presbyterian Church
John Brunn
Powhatan Township
Blanche
George Henderson
Mallard
Iowa
University Hospital
Iowa City
Camp Dodge
Town
Camp Lewis
Washington
Nevada
George D. Henderson
Prairie City
Eleanor Steinbron
Jesup
Agnes DeReus
Geo, Steinbron
G. DeReus
Albert McFadden
Phil Barrick
Ross Pendleberry
C. Barclay
B B. Frye
Ben Johnson
Emmetsburg
Trains Change Time on Rolfe Route
The Chicago and Northwestern timetable shows west bound service to Rolfe arriving at 9 02 a m and east bound service due at 6 07 p m changes to the daily schedule.
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Chicago and Northwestern
Rolfe
Program For Boys Camp At L Okoboji
More than Pocahontas county's quota of four boys plan to attend the district 4-H camp at Camp Okoboji from June 30 to July 2. A tentative program includes soil erosion history lessons, nature hikes, bird study, tree identification, field trips, stunt night, and wildlife conservation talks by Burson Graham Thompson Morrison and others.
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Pocahontas County
Okoboji
P. M. Burson
Queen” Lake
Lewis Graham
Clarence Thompson
E. E. Morrison
Ernest Bohn
J. S. Quist
Wild Life
James Harlan
B. H. Severson
Conservation
Burson
Graham, Thompson and
Morrison
Rolfe Boy Scouts Organize Patrols For Troop 76
Fourteen boys join the Rolfe Boy Scout group formed Tuesday night June 24 and to be known as Troop No 76. Scout Executive William R Cumerford Fort Dodge assists local leaders and committeemen with activities and guidance. Patrols include Wolf Patrol led by Bobby Riches and Flying Eagle led by John Wiegman. The Fort Dodge Prairie Gold area has 17 troops organized in four months, with an Algona assistant funded by Phillips Foundation for local expansion.
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Boy Scouts of America
William R. Cumerford
Fort Dodge
Kenneth Hagberg
William d. McIntire
Chas. B. Bowen
M. W. Webb
F. H. Molyneux
Wolf Patrol
Bobby Riches
Flying Eagle
John Wiegman
Cumerford
Prairie Gold
Algona
Phillips Foundation
Phillips Oil Company
Questionnaires Mailed to Draft Registrants 901 to 1150
The county draft board sends questionnaires to registrants with Order Numbers 901 through 1150 this week. They must return the forms within ten days from mailing. After receipt, the local board will classify them and mail notices to the registrants.
Chautauqua Tonight at Garfield Township Center
V Vaniman of the American Farm Bureau will speak at Garfield Two Chautauqua program directed by Midwest Organization Service. Garfield Township Farm Bureau presents music by Mrs Lucille White and the Gilmore City trio Three and One, plus stunts under Elwood Olerich and LeRoy Nelson. Event at John Nelson home near Rolfe tonight June 26 at 8 30 p m. Coffee and cake free, ice cream for a small charge.
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V. Vaniman
Midwest Organization Service
American Farm Bureau Federation
Garfield Two
Chautauqua
Garfield Township
Red Cross Sewing and Knitting Classes Planned at Local School
Red Cross will hold sewing classes in the homemaking rooms at the public school beginning Friday June 27. Women may come at 2 o clock with thimble needle and scissors. Tuesday afternoons are set for knitting instruction for beginners and for those who want to brush up. Mrs M W Webb leads the program and urges participation with the slogan Do your bit Knit. Knitting sessions occur in the social room of the Central States building.
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Red Cross
M. W. Webb
Central States Building
Methodist Youth Camp Attendees At Lake Okoboji
Members of the Methodist Youth division of Christian Service attend camp at Lake Okoboji this week led by Miss Hattie Lehnus. The group includes Joan and Carla Bixler Anne Jones Mary Fuller Vera De Vaul Pearl Bishop Christibel Bregotti Frances Chambers Cleo Hansen Sally Webb and three accompanying boys Richard Johnson Carl Wheeler and Lester Bishop. Rev and Mrs Plummer Mrs Webb and Dr Jones accompanied them.
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Methodist Youth’s Division of
Christian Service
Lake Okoboji
Joan
Carla Bixler
Anne Jones
Mary Fuller
Vera de Vaul
Pearl Bishop
Christibel Bregotti
Frances Chambers
Cleo Hansen
Sally Webb
Hattie Lehnus
J. Plummer
M. W. Webb
Perry Sherman Visits Rolfe on Corpus Christi Stop
Perry Sherman and his wife from Corpus Christi Texas spent several hours in Rolfe on Monday morning as he visited old friends and his boyhood scenes en route from Kankakee Illinois where he worked at the Government Ordnance plant to Denver Colorado to lead a crew of cement finishers. His father Jim Sherman once ran a hardware and implement business near Hunter's Produce and Beck ord's Hatchery locations. The family moved from Rolfe to Okmulgee Oklahoma in 1908 then to Corpus Christi. Sherman lamented many old residents were gone from Rolfe.
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Perry Sherman
Rolfe
Corpus Christi
Texas
Kankakee
Sherman
Government Ordnance Plant
Denver
Mr. Sherman
Jim” Sherman
Hunter’s Produce
Beckord’s
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
4-H Girls Club Meeting At Vaughn Home
Mrs. Arthur Vaughn of Rolfe hosted the Girls 4-H club committee and home demonstration agent Friday night. They wrote the premium list for the 4-H club fair book and discussed upcoming health examination efforts. Attendees included Mrs. Vaughn Mrs. J E DeWolf Mrs. B W Lathrop Mrs J O Hosier and Miss Genevieve Colgan the Home Demonstration agent.
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Vaughn
Arthur Vaughn of
Rolfe
J. E. DeWolf
B. W. Lathrop
J. 0. Hosier
Genevieve Colgan
Wedding of Norton Ives and Velma Gygi at Hurley
Norton Conrad Ives and Velma Thea Gygi wed in a June ceremony at the Presbyterian church in Hurley Wisconsin. The bridal party included matron of honor Mrs William Antinoja, bridesmaid Miss Phyllis Durand, and flower girls Joan and Gretchen Gygi. The couple's families and guests watched vows as Rev Warren D Ives officiated.
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Hurley
Wisc
Velma Thea Gygi
Fred Gygi
Gile
Norton Conrad Ives
Andrew W. Ives
Rolfe
Warren D. Ives
Glidden
C. L. Harris
Harvey I. Gygi
William Antinoja
Ironwood
Mich
Phyllis Durand
Joan
Gretchen Gygi
Fred Gygi, Jr
Camp Claiborne Journal Entry From Private Hansen
Private Kenneth Hansen writes from Camp Claiborne that life is fine and men are enjoying it. He notes a water shortage causes discomfort and showers are tightly restricted while saying they do not work hard but stay ready for emergencies. Most writers from Rolfe find the camp nice.
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Kenneth Hansen
Claiborne
Kenneth
Rolfe
Pocahontas County Historical Society Meet Scheduled
The Pocahontas County Historical Society will gather in the assembly room at the courthouse on Tuesday July 1 at 2 pm. This will be the last regular meeting before the annual old settlers meeting on August 18. A large attendance is desired and visitors are welcome.
Food Stamps Sold In County On Scheduled Days
A county schedule for food stamp sales lists Rolfe at the mayor's office on the first Tuesday of each month and the WPA pay day Tuesdays, with Gilmore City Fonda Laurens also selling on related Wednesdays. The Pocahontas court house accepts sales daily 8 12 and 1 430 except Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Last week’s sales totaled 411 across 44 relief cases, with purchases worth 61650 dollars.
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Rolfe
John Graves
Pocahontas County
Gilmore City
Fonda
Laurens
Pocahontas
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Humboldt Cubs
Rolfe Business
Ampaign
In the Arrow
David van Alstine
Leo Shelgren
Melvin Kirchner
Oda Reid
David Henderson
Alta Hewlett
L. Okoboji
Rolfe Boy Scouts
Nelson
Norton Ives
Velma Gygi
Hurley, Wis
St. Paul
Minnesota
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