Rolfe Takes Two Firsts In Sub-District Declamatory Contest
Students from Rolfe High School led the results with two first places in the Sub-District Declamatory Contest held in the Rolfe school auditorium. Pocahontas High earned a first and two seconds, Gilmore City took a second, and four schools were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Pocahontas High
Gilmore City
Rolfe High School
Donald Davidson
Barbara Melson
Virginia Hudson
Pocahontas
Veronica Cornwell
Beverly Berry
Gertrude Brokaw
Sister
Marcella Borg
Ladies
Glenn Pinkham
Plover
Laing
McMahon
Algona
Bradgate
Verna Ferden
Edna Means
Evelyn Bishop
Loraine Cavanaugh
Dawn Day
W F Pattee Seriously Ill After Severe Nosebleed Incident
W F Pattee remains critically ill at home under physician care after a severe nasal hemorrhage Monday at the Fullerton lumber yard. He collapsed during an attempt to reach the driveway, suffering a deep facial gash requiring stitches. his son Oswald summoned doctors and the patient is resting but in critical condition with shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Pattee
Josie Biederman
R. N
Mr. Pattee
Fullerton Lumber Yard
Oswald
Pattee
Card of Thanks for Family and Friends
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during our sorrow and for the floral offerings. Your thoughtfulness will be remembered by the Fisher and Truelsen families, including I. F. Fisher and the M. R. Fisher, Wm. R. Fisher, and Jas. Truelsen families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. F. Fisher
M. R. Fisher
Wm. R. Fisher
Jas. Truelsen
Rolfe High Hosts Sub-District Declam Contest
Rolfe High School will host seven schools for the Sub-District Declamatory Contest on Wednesday evening March 15 in the school auditorium. Contestants from Rolfe are Barbara Melson in the oratorical division and Veronica Cornwell in the dramatic class. Winners advance to the district contest with a path to the state declamatory competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High School
West Bend
Rodman
Laurens
Plover
Pocahontas
Livermore
Rolfe
Barbara Melson
Veronica Cornwell
Rolfe High
Bruce Seeks Second Term as Pocahontas County Representative
Petitions circulated for Marion Bruce to seek reelection as Pocahontas County representative. Local sentiment favors a second term based on his record, though Bruce will base his claim on the portion of the record that suits him. Formal candidacy announcement will come later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Bruce
Pocahontas
Bruce
Eix
Clarkson
Albia
Senate
Death Takes Peter Dall in Rolfe
Peter Dall died at his Rolfe home on March 2 1934 after a three month illness. Funeral services were held at the Rolfe Methodist church with pastors from Gilmore City and Rolfe officiating. Interment was in Clinton Garfield Cemetery. He was born June 25 1863 in Hadersleben Denmark and died at 70 years 9 months 23 days. He came to America in 188? and settled first in Cedar Falls then Rolfe. He married Nellie Jensen in 1890 and they farmed near Rolfe and Gilmore City before returning to Rolfe. Survivors include his wife three sons and two daughters twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A sister in Akron and a brother in Denmark also survive. He and wife joined the Gilmore City Baptist church in 1894. He fell ill about three months before death and remained mostly seated until near the end. The last three days were spent in a coma and he passed peacefully Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Dall
Rolfe
P. C. Larsen
Gilmore City
C. F. Hansen
T. S. Bassett
Clinton-Garfield
Mr. Dall
Hadersleben
Denmark
Dall
Annie
Edward Hansen
Chokie
Minn
Henry
Clarence
John
Akron
Ohio
C. G. Wright
Fort Dodge
Baptist Church
Bradgate
Rural drama festival eyed by Pocahontas county
Five rural communities pursued ad plays last year with a winner advancing to the Wisconsin State Drama Festival. Garfield township under J Hosier develops Seeing Things Right by Mrs Felton, who wrote three festival winners. Swan Lake township adds cast from prior prize play, and Lizard township youth stage a l ad play under Mrs Rankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Township
J. ©. Hosier
Carl Felton
Harley McLain
Elmer
Lizard Township
Elmer Rankin
Pocahontas County
P E O Chapter FR Elects New Officers
The P. E. O. Chapter FR met at Mrs. Minnie Petersons home for annual officer election and installation. New officers include President Mary Jones and Vice President Lulu White with Minnie Peterson recording secretary and Etta Grant corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Peterson
Mary Jones
Lulu White
Etta Grant
Jane Webb
Jenny Bowen
Ruth Webb
Mary McIntire
Hattie Hauck
Anna Webb
Hortense Slefkin
Beloved Husband Peter Dall Remembered in Thanks
Mrs Nellie Dall and children express gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and burial of their husband and father Peter Dall. The note assures the support will not be forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Dall
Nellie Dall
Legions Fight Card Draws Good Crowd at Butler Hall
About 300 fans attended the Cecil Cummings Post No. 25 Legion box event at Butler Hall Wednesday night. Top bouts featured Vince Stoner vs George Lorenz with no decision. other matches included Rudy Phillips, Elmer Leadly, Pat Hurley, Merlin Smith, Eddie Calligan, and Happy Hewitt. a follow-up show is planned for March 21 with similar lineup and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Cumming
American Legion
Butler Hall
Rudy Phillips
Leo Shelgren
Elmer Leadly
Plover
Rudy
Bus Buscher
Humboldt
Elmer Wilson
Pacahontas
Ernest Hubbell
Aaron Lindeman
Pocahontas
Hubbell
Pat Hurley
Rolfe
Merlin Smith
Pat
Smith
Eddie Calligan
Happy Hewitt
Livermore
Eddie
Spencer
Georgie
Red” Weench
Legionaires
Obituary of Mrs. J. F. Fisher from Des Moines Township
Ella Elizabeth Richey born June 10 1865 near Colfax Iowa married I F Fisher Mar 26 1888 settling on a Pocahontas county farm for 46 years. She and her family faced a paralytic stroke in 1933 and she died Mar 3 1938 aged 68 years 7 months 21 days. She leaves husband two sons foster daughter two granddaughters a grandson a great granddaughter brothers and many relatives with funeral at Rolfe Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Elizabeth Richey
Colfax
Franklin County
Iowa
I. F. Fisher
Des Moines Township
Pocahontas County
Milton R
Carl
William
Lucile George
James Truelsen
Milton
Shirley Fisher
Edris Leaper
Bruce Fisher
Winnigene Leaper
Clifton
Frank Richey
LeMars
Methodist
Rolfe
John A. Kettle
Pocahontas
T. S. Bassett
Grant Johnson
Art Mickaleck
Geo. A. Ivey
A. R. Graham
W. P. Wheeler
Hans Miller
O. G. Ryen
George D. Struthers
Leslie Struthers
John D. Howe
N. C. Nielsen
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
M. W. Richey
Robert Brodie
Fred Richey
Ramona
Jefferson
James Andrews
Truesdale
Fern Richey
Yale
Party at Ralph Phelps Home Draws Forty Friends
About 40 friends gathered at the Ralph Phelps home Wednesday evening for a party. The guests enjoyed baskets of food for refreshments and the evening was spent dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Phelps
Guesata Brat
Lund of Laurens Heads Corn-Hog Control Assn
Harry Lund Laurens was named president of the Pocahontas County Corn-Hog Control Association at a meeting in the Porcahontas court house. Roy Neville Laurens was elected permanent secretary and LeRoy Nelson Rolfe treasurer. An allotment committee was appointed to probe possible discrepancies in corn-hog reduction contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lund Laurens
Pocahontas County
Court House
Porcahontas
Roy Neville
Laurens
LeRoy Nelson
Rolfe
Harry Lund
Everett Tussing
J. D. Fitzgerald
Marshall Township
W. W. Poduska
Roosevelt
George de Young
Sherman
EK. P. Lewis
Colfax
John Haley
Lake
William R. Fisher
Des Moines
Gilbert Ellis
Cedar
Garfield
Andrew Simonson
Powhatan
Dover
Henry DeWall Jr
Fort Dodge Band Plans St Patrick Program Sunday
The Fort Dodge Municipal Band under Karl King presents a St Patrick’s Day concert Sunday March 11 at 3 30 pm in the high school auditorium Fort Dodge Iowa featuring Bernard O Leary singing The Rose of Tralee and a varied program of Irish marches ballads and to reader out of town visitors invited as guests of the city the concert is free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Jaampe
the Invincible Eagle
Sousa
Mrs. W. A. Grove Dies in Stillwater at 83
Mrs. W. A. Grove died at her daughter’s home in Stillwater Oklahoma on Wednesday afternoon after a paralytic stroke. Her daughters Mrs. C. P. Lathrop of Rolfe and Mrs. J. W. Arnold of Plover traveled to the south and were with her in her last hours. She had lived in Rolfe since 1880 after coming from Illinois with her husband. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Rolfe Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Grove
W. H. Wilcox
Stillwater
Okla
Grove
C. P. Lathrop
Rolfe
J. W. Arnold
Plover
South
4-H Livestock Club Forms Under Local Leadership
Melvin Thorson leads a new Boys' Livestock Club to be organized next Friday evening at the Sanden home. Roy Boles and Thorson aim to carry club work through this season after a successful past year. Arlo Ives guides Garfield township farm boys with a long-standing, perfected organization. In Pocahontas county the largest Girls' 4-H Club progresses under Mrs. Arthur M. Johnson and Miss Beulah Campney, with Powhatan 4-H boasting 24 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Thorson
Maurice Sanden
Mr. Thorson
Roy Boles
Arlo Ives
Garfield Township
Pocahontas County
Arthur M. Johnson
Beulah Campney
Masons Entertain Stars At Monday Night Party
More than 80 attended as the Masons hosted the Stars with a program planned by Leonard Smith and John H Brinkman. Readings by Gyla Shriner and Virginia Vaughn followed by vocal selections from Paul Amick and Dr Higgins. A play Silence Please directed by Mrs Leonard Smith featured Mesdames Kerns Wheeler Pollock and Ives. Guests enjoyed bridge and social entertainment after refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Leonard Smith
John H Brinkman
Gyla Shriner
Virginia Vaughn
Paul Amick
Dr. 8S
Ki. Higgins
Mesdames B. A. Kerns
W. P. Wheeler
Grant Pollock
Maude Ives
Subscription Offer Seeks Small and Large Sums
An appeal invites readers to contribute any amount from 26 cents to 26 dollars for a subscription. The notice emphasizes flexible giving and broad donor participation.
Watters to Open Gamble Stores Agency in Rolfe
Chas. K. Watters formerly of Spencer and now a Rolfe resident will open a Gamble Stores agency Monday March 12 to serve Rolfe and area. He is appointed authorized agent, with local stock purchased through Gamble Stores and sold at standard Gamble prices. Dr P V D Jones has hardware workers completing store refinishing two doors north of the post office for occupancy by the new business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. K. Watters
Spencer Boy
Rolfe
Gamble Stores
Watters
Gamble
Dorothy
Rolfe High School
Perry White and Chris Hacker In Truck Crash
While moving Perry White's chattels to Estherville Saturday the pair collided with a lumber wagon south of Emmetsburg. Hacker drove the Chevrolet pickup. both men were shaken up and White was cut slightly. The truck was badly damaged and Axel Iverson traded into a new pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry White
Estherville
Mr. White
Chris Hacker
Havelock
Axel Iversen
Hacker
Emimetsburg
School Elections Draw Few Voters In Rolfe And Surrounding Areas
Rolfe reports a quiet school election with three candidates for two director seats K R Davidson J E B Rickard and Dr L V Graham vying to replace L R Davidson and J C Brosetti Plover shows only one director position with no filings D M T plans three directors Ernest Vaughn Loren Pease and O B Lehnus compete for one and two year terms with Wm R Fisher likely to win the three year slot Election results appear unlikely to occur on time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
K. R. Davidson
J. EB. Rickard
L. V. Graham
L. R. Davidson
J. C. Brosetti
Plover
Ernest Vaughn
Loren Pease
O. B E. Lehnus
Wm. R. Fisher
D. M.T
Death brushes by Iowa representative and son-in-law in Des Moines visit
Representative Marion Bruce and his son-in-law J. D. Kent, visiting from Des Moines, spent a weekend with the Bruce and Kent families. Bruce declined to predict legislative adjournment timing, while Kent lamented a near westward trip that was not taken. Kent’s friends who perished in a Salt Lake City crash had invited him to join them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Bruce
J. D. Kent
Des Moines
Robert
James Bruce
Eki. Wilcox
J. B. Kent
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mr. Kent
Robert Kent
Texas
Kent Boys
Teachers Take Vacation Trips Across the Region
Several Rolfe teachers spend spring break visiting families in Evanson Illinois Mission Hill South Dakota Plover Forest City Goldfield Greenfield and Sioux City Edna Madison stays with relatives in Goldfield while Helen Tiedeman visits Sioux City Arthur Evans helps with R A S basketball at Plover before returning to Shelby Carroll Lane visits Newburg and Sioux City others remain in Rolfe during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Donica
Evanson
Ill
Opal Bagstad
Mission Hill
S. D
Lucile Bucher
Anne Fisher
Plover
Clara Hendrickson
Forrest City
Edna Madison
Goldfield
Mary Sulgreve
Greenfield
Helen ‘Tiedeman
Sioux City
Arthur Evans
Shelby
Carroll A. Lane
Newburg
Rolfe
Big Eastern Snowstorm Strands Hartford Residents
Eldon Olerich of Hartford Connecticut reports a monstrous eastern snowstorm with drifts 10 to 20 feet high. Traffic stopped, families snowbound in homes, and a second windstorm redeposited cleared streets back to square one. He helped his landlady’s son shovel while寻找 places to dump the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Olerich
Hartford
Conn
Altho
Iowa
Eldon
Money for Farmers Who Really Need Assistance
Emergency Corporation loans are available to farmers with real credit need who cooperate in the adjustment program. Loans range from 25 to 250 dollars at 54 percent interest. The Minneapolis committee oversees the process. applicants for 150 dollars or more go to Messer Leith in Laurens as director. A first lien on the crop secures the loan. funds are disbursed at the loan time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Chas Ki
Watts
Pocahontas
FL Young
Havelock
John Eisenhauer
Messer Leith
Laurens
Production Credit Corporation
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Sioux City
Bowers
Pecahontas
GIRES SECTIONAL AT PLOVER GIRLS TOURNAMENT
Gires sectional basketball tournament in Plover runs Thursday to Saturday with six teams including High View Mallard Bradgate Fonda Brooks Consolidated and Plover Plover draws a bye and Bradgate and Mallard are strong contenders Upsets possible Semifinals Friday and finals Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover
High View
Mallard
Bradgate
Fonda
Brooks Consolidated
Dopsters
Rye
Brooks
Rolfe Woman's Club meets with dramatic program
The Rolfe Women's Club gathered Friday at Mrs. QC J Gunderson's home for a dramatic program. A brief business session preceded the program. New member Mrs. Fred Rade was welcomed. Janice Wiegman delivered a dramatic reading Honey. Juling Stevenson sang A Perfect Day and The Last Roundup. A wordless play Silence Please was staged by several members under Mrs. Leonard Smith. Refreshments were served by a group of club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Women's Club
J. Gunderson
Fred Rade
Janice Wiegman
Juling Stevenson
Lucille Wheeler
W. P. Wheeler
B. A. Kerns
Grant Pollock
Maude Ives
Leonard Smith
C. J. Gunderson
Will HH. Howland
C. PL Lathrop
Fll. Robinson
January death toll climbs in three townships
C J Morrison registrar reports an open winter with unusually high deaths in Clinton, Garfield and Des Moines townships. He found January yielded seven deaths, more than any month in thirteen years, while some months had none and others varied from one to eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha
C. Jd. Morrison
Clinton
Garfield
Des Moines
B O T Club Hosts Ladies Dinner and Bridge
The B O T Club hosted an evening of dinner and bridge at the Otto Christensen home on Tuesday. Women dominated the prizes with Miss Inga Ryen high, Mrs Julius Hansen tow, Miss William Ben eke medium, and Mrs Veronica Harrison traveling prize. The next gathering will be at the William Beneke home hosted by Michael McCreary and Robert Wiegert in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. O.T. Club
Otto Christensen
Inga Ryen
Julius Hansen
William Beneke
Veronica Harrison
Michael McCreary
Robert Wiegert
Howard Jarshaw Dies At 34 In Ft. Dodge
Howard Jarshaw 34 proprietor of the Warden Barber Shop Ft. Dodge died at his home Tuesday after a short illness with influenza and heart complications. He is survived by his widow a brother Justin Jarshaw Thompson Iowa and a sister Mrs Oscar Moen Madison Minn. The body was taken to Madison and funeral services are held there Thursday afternoon. He was well known in Rolfe where he worked at the Moore barber shop for a year or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jarshaw
Warden
Ft. Dodge
Justin Jarshaw
Thompson
Iowa
Oscar Moen
Madison
Minn
Jarshaw
Rolfe
Moore
Hartmans Move South To Millerton Wayne County
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hartman and their family relocated from the Mrs W S Butler farm after two to three years of operation. They traveled in trucks to Millerton near the Missouri line with assistants and pilots named Foust Ferden Boles Fisher Salisbury and others. En route they stopped in Des Moines for a grass seed consignment and visits with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hartman
Mary Seaman
Des Moines
Fisher
Poultry Advice Boosts Egg Profits in Pocahontas County
A March report urges poultry men to cull nonlaying hens to cut death losses and costs as egg prices rise. It highlights Geo Wiegman of Pocahontas edge, averaging 225 eggs per hen last year, and praises Pocahontas county farming groups for leading corn hog signups and contracts in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altho
Geo. Wiegman
Pocahontas
Extension Granted for Rolfe Health Education Program
The CWA adult education program in health and physical education at Rolfe extends four weeks from mid March to mid April. Instructor H Pollock leads over 60 students with sessions at the public library for young and older men on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Women attend first aid study at the library on Friday. gym classes for younger men on Thursday and older men on Tuesday include remedial exercise and basketball or volleyball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
H. Pollock
Pollock
Rolfe High Senior Normal Girls Teach First Practice
The Rolfe high school senior normal training girls completed initial practice teaching by observing and teaching at country schools. Edna Wiegert Rosemary Taylor and Grace Thompson worked at Miss Maybelle Ryeén’s school. Gyla Shriner and Arlene Cook taught at Miss Aletta Grant’s. Marie Wheeler and Joyce Christensen at Miss Ina Jolliffe’s in Garfield. Frances McIntire Verna Ferden spent two days at Pikertown with Miss Gertrude Jennings and Marie Hoesing while Lorene Kipfer taught at Miss Nellie Donohoe’s in Lake township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High School
Edna Wiegert
Rosemary Taylor
Grace Thompson
Maybelle Ryeén
Gyla Shriner
Arlene Cook
Aletta Grant
Marie Wheeler
Joyce Christensen
Ina Jolliffe
Garfield Township
Frances McIntire
Verna Ferden
Pikertown
Gertrude Jennings
Marie Hoesing
Lorene Kipfer
Nellie Donohoe
Lake Township
Methodist Ladies Aid Meeting Featured Readings and Music
The Methodist Ladies Aid Society met in the church social rooms with Circle No 2 entertaining. Mrs C G Jolliffe and Mrs Denzil Johnson chaired. Ernest Vaughn read, others followed with readings and piano by Sheila Jolliffe. Guests dined at 12 tables themed by birth months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Circle No. 2
C. G. Jolliffe
Denzil Johnson
Ernest Vaughn
Martin Christensen
W. S. Butler
Sheila Jolliffa
Pythians Plan Big Doings for March Lodge Initiation
Silver Leaf Lodge No. 40 prepares a second rank initiation for neophyte Albert G. Stoute on Monday evening March 12. Gilmore City and Laurens lodges will attend as guests, followed by a social feed. The piece describes the event as a New Deal friendly gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annals of
Silver Leaf Lodge No
Albert G. Stoute
Leeson
Gilmore City
Laurens
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W. F. Pattee
Bolven
D. M. T. Boys’ Livestock Club
Robert Hunter
Order of
Eastern Star
Seth Parker
W. P
J. T. Grant
J. H. Brinkman
Mary Wheeler
The
Trinity Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
P. M. Peterson
Pilot Lodge
A. M
Sorosis Club
John Gunderson
Farmers’ Union
W. L. Wilson
Pollayanna Club
Rolfe Public Library
Bon Ton
M. P. Hancher
Franklin Brinkman
O. E. S. School of Instruction
Geo. O. Hauck
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Garfield Farm Bureau
J. C. Nelson
R.H.S
Death
J. F. Fisher
Lund OF
FT. Dodge Band
Irish Brigade
Casto
Miyeeras
King
Gems of
Ireland
Bernard
Monaco
Herbert
Alford Iv
Bellstedt
Roppolo
Rose of
D.M.T
Arrow
Gire
Woman's Club Meeting
B.O.T
Hfartmans
CC. R. Bowers
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iown
CWA
M. F. Ladies’ Aid Meeting
Pythians
Rob Roy
Observer
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