Social Security Report Deadline Set for Employers
Fort Dodge district Social Security Office manager Clifford W Swedlund reminded employers to file wage reports by April 30. Report all wages for January through March on Form 941, or Form 942 for household workers earning $50 or more. IRS offices provide forms and guidance, or visit the Fort Dodge district office for details.
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Clifford W. Swedlund
Fort Dodge
Social Security Office
Social Security
Swedlund
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Farm
Office
Swedhind
Social Security District
Janet Shelgren Receives State Dept Appointment
Miss Janet Shelgren received a telegram from the State Department in Washington informing her she is appointed to go to Germany next summer to teach American children at an Army Base school. She currently teaches in Owatonna Minnesota and is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Shelgren of Rolfe.
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Janet Shelgren
State Dept
State Department
Washington, D. C
Germany
Miss Shelgren
Owatonna
Minn
Ed Shelgren
Rolfe
Saturday Cash Drawing Results and Prizes
The Saturday drawing awarded $10 to Mrs. Ray Isacson and Miss Pearl Lehnus. Mrs. Keith Rickard forfeited $5 for absence. All three prizes this Saturday will be $10 each. The whistle blows at 3 p.m. Be on hand for the drawing.
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Ray Isacson
Pearl Lehnus
Keith Rickard
Youth Fellowship Plans Saturday Meeting in Rolfe Church
The North Central Iowa Youth Fellowship jointly sponsored by Pocahontas and Rolfe Regular Baptist churches will host an 7:30 p.m. Saturday event March 18 at Rolfe Baptist Church featuring an 18 piece Calvary Baptist Forest City youth band with Rev. Mel Stadt on accordion. Free lunch follows. all area youths are invited to welcome and enjoy Christian fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central Iowa
Forest City Church
Funeral rites for Miss Carmen Lighter held in Sioux City
Miss Carmen Lighter 26 formerly of Sioux City died February 24 from burns in a San Diego residence fire. Services were held March 1 at MorningSide Presbyterian Church Sioux City with Rev. Robert Rae officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Carmen Lighter
Sioux
Floyd Gould
Clyde Kudkle
San Diego
Sioux City
Omaha
Miss Lighter
Carl
Bess Lighter
Charter Oak
Aurelia
East High School
Staite Teachers College
Cedar Falls
California
Tolerton & Warfield
Michael Leonard Seed Co
Atomics International
Los Angeles
John J. Hopkins General Atomic Laboratory
General Dynamics
Joseph
Earl Weir
Pierson
Joseph Graves
Ethel Rowley
Ellen Lighter
Deane Gunderson
Rolfe
John Gunderson
Clean Cow Shelters Boost Calf Profit and Health
County extension officials advise cattlemen to provide dry clean shelter for bred cows during calving and early pasture, noting benefits include cleaner udders fewer calf infections and higher weaning weights. Ewing of Iowa State University says the gains exceed the costs, urging veterinarians if calves still scour. Local notices recap community visits and weekend family events in Pocahontas County.
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Pocahontas County
E. I. Rosenberger
A. Ewing
Iowa State University
Midwest
Ewing
Rolfe Elementary to Hold Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences
The Rolfe elementary school schedules spring parent teacher conferences after the end of the third nine weeks. Kindergarten through grade five meet Wednesday March 22 and grades six to eight meet Thursday March 23 with some conferences possible on other days. Students do not attend on the respective conference days.
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Rolfe
Charles Underwood
Funeral services for Ervin J Wright in West Bend Iowa
Ervin James Wright born January 7 1897 on a West Bend Township farm died March 6 1961 after a week in Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge. He married May 26 1923 Edith McKim of Plover Iowa and had four children Betty Rustan James E Donna Porter and Kenneth. He leaves 11 grandchildren three sisters and many friends. Funeral Thursday March 9 at 2 p m at the West Bend Methodist Church with burial in West Bend Cemetery LO O F Lodge assisted with flowers and nephews served as casket bearers.
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Ervin James Wright
James
Mary Post Wright
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
West Bend
Edith McKim
Plover
Indianola
Robert Williams
Steven Williams
Robert Watts
Cliff Schuller
Agnes Tabor
al Brieholz
Fred Bannart
Robert Rutgers
F. Lodge
Don and
Gerald Brown
Arnold Fisher
Whittemore
Howard Chiam
Oliver Twait
Lester Johnson
Cylinder
Sunday Visitors Share Quiet Emmetsburg Home News
Sunday afternoon visitors at A. T. Heiter’s home included son Melvin Heiter and daughter-in-law from Pioneer. Mrs. Eldridge Kipfer and Mrs. Noah Kipfer called on Mrs. Kenneth Hansen of Cylinder, a patient in Emmetsburg hospital. Swen Isacson and family from Forest Park Ill. visited August Nielsen. Erl ing Johnson hosted Wayne Schoon and family from Dakota City for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Aden
Pocahontas
Aden
Edd G. Aden
Mary Grethen
Gene Grethen
Ralph Kauffman
Donald Kauffman
Emmetsburg
Arthur Wilcox
Karen Peters
Wantburg College
Waverly
Raymond Peters
Roy Simonson
Conrad Lundagaard
Aurelia
Dora Simonson
Lauren
le Roy Rude
Fort Dodge
LeRoy
Elfred Rude
James DeWolf
Robert Thompson
Hayfield
Minn
Wendell Schmitt
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jerry Freeman
Spirit Lake
Warren Freeman
Erling Johnson
James Cruickshank
Darla
Farrell Wright
Humboldt
Wright
Don Philp
Ware
Ralph Philp
A. T. Heiter
Melvin Heiter
Pioneer
Eldridge Kipfer
Noah Kipfer
Kenneth Hansen
Cylinder
Emmetsburg Hospital
Swen Isacson
Forest Park
August Nielsen
Wayne Schoon
Dakota City
Anne Johnson
Manson
Albert Peers
Roger Howland
Floyd Page
Leslie Allen
Dave Brinkman
Bennie Allen
Mr. Allen
Music Tryouts March 21 For Soloists and Groups
Vocal instructor Mrs. Ardis Boyd schedules solo and small group tryouts for Tuesday evening March 21 at 7 p.m. Twenty nine solos and eleven small groups are set. Tryouts take place in the auditorium on the Rolfe school building third floor. Public invited. no admission charge.
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Ardis Boyd Thas
Rolfe School
Sunrise Service Choir Seeks More Members for Easter
The Sun rise Service choir requests more singers for Easter practice sessions at Rolfe High School music rooms. Mixed voices needed from all ages to enrich the Sunrise service. First session 7 30 p m Saturday March 18 with repeats March 25 and April 1.
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Sunrise Service Choir
Tie i the ‘Lions
Rolfe High School
Rolfe Speech Students In State Contest
John Dobrovolny guides nine Rolfe Community school students to the State Speech Contest in Atlantic on Saturday March 18. Students enter in Public address Extemporaneous Interpretive poetry Dramatic Declamation Original oratory Oratorical Declamation with listed names and divisions.
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John Dobrovolny
Rolfe
Atlantic
Dennis Hansen
Julie Bielefeldt
Susan Schott
Viola Gadd Rites Set for Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Gadd will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Lutheran church with Rev. Irving Tange officiating. Interment follows at Clinton-Garfield Cemetery. Streit Funeral Home of Rolfe is in charge. Mrs. Gadd died after a stroke Monday afternoon.
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Viola Gadd
Irving Tange
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Fire damages kitchen at John Hopkins home
Tuesday forenoon about 9 30 Rolfe Volunteer Firemen were summoned to the John Hopkins residence when Mrs Hopkins smelled smoke and found a kitchen curtain and woodwork burning around a window. A used match left in a receptacle started the blaze near the stove. Firemen arrived quickly and limited damage to about 100 dollars.
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Rolfe
John Hopkins
Easter Seal Society marks 40th Iowa ceremony by governor
Gov Norman Erbe and Denise Moore of Des Moines cut cake in his office to celebrate the Easter Seal Society 40th anniversary and launch the 1961 Iowa Easter Seal campaign running through Easter Sunday April 2. Similar ceremonies occurred in the White House and state capitols nationwide.
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Norman Erbe
Denise Moore
Des Moines
Easter Seal Society
Iowa
White House
End of Season Basketball Tourney Receipts Listed
Supt Charles Underwood releases detailed receipts from Rolfe tournaments. Gate receipts total 8977 50 with 1795 50 share to Rolfe school. concessions add 1870 00, net profit projected near 500 00 after expenses. Girls squad attended state tournament in Des Moines with travel mishaps and loss of clothing reimbursed from tournament funds. Boys squad headed to Des Moines for state tourney with games Friday and Saturday then return home.
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Rolfe
Charles Underwood
Underwood
Erross
Des Moines
Rolfe High School
Brown
George Marine
Melvin Pedersen
Veterans Auditorium
Ethc
Des Mines
Oat Variety Prospects for 1961 Plantings in Pocahontas
County Extension Director E J Rosenberger notes top oat varieties for 1961 from Iowa State agronomist Knott including Cherokee Nemaha Bonham Newhawka Minnhafer with Minhafer leading by about 10 bushels per acre over five years. Mid season picks include Burnett Newton Goodfield Clintland 60 with Goodfield valued for strong straw. Late varieties promising are Minton and Portage. buy certified seed to ensure purity and germination. local seed producers listed by extension. Farmers urged to inform state testing lab and advertise seed for sale locally. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Claude Miller and the Joens family from Ruthven and Rolfe.
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Pocahontas County
E. J. Rosenberger
Oliver Knott
Iowa State University
Minhafer
Knott
Burnett
Newton
Goodfield
Clintland
Minton
Portage
Pocahontas
Petit Jury Named for March 1961 Term in Pocahontas County
The list of jurors for the March 1961 term of District Court in Pocahontas County is announced. Names and addresses include Aden, Robert. Palmer Alborn. Darlow Laurens Alstott. Katie Laurens Anderson. and many others. Presiding Judge Fred M. Hudson of Pocahontas will oversee the term.
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Petit Jurers
Pocahontas County
Durersa
Dat LO Am
Aden
Robert
Palmer Alborn
Darlow
Laurens Alstott
Katie
Laurens Anderson
Harry
Gilmore City
Earnhardt
Melvin
Pocahontas
Rude
Mrs. Byron
Havelock Saylor
John
Havelock Souba
Dorothy
Laurens Umbrell
Arthur
Laurens Vader
Freida
Havelock Vetter
Richard
Manson Vial
Howard
Laurens Wheeler
Frank
Rolfe
Fred M. Hudson
Rolfe FFA Team Tops in Sioux City Livestock Judging
Rolfe school's Pilot Creek Chapter FFA competed Friday March 10 in the Sioux City Livestock Judging Contest. The team scored 2899 of 3200 and finished 12th among 88 schools. James Peters led with 771 of 800 and earned high individual honors, placing first overall in sheep judging and fifth in all livestock classes.
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Rolfe School
Pilot Creek
F.F.A
Sioux City
James Peters
Dennis Calion
Dallas Ives
Steven Pedersen
Rolfe
James
Sunday visits honor 25th wedding anniversary in Havelock
Sunday guests at the Walter Levene home in Havelock included Mr and Mrs Lawrence Davis and family of Gilmore City and Mr and Mrs John Otto and family. The gathering celebrated the 25th anniversary of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Otto with extended Otto relatives from Rolfe West Bend Laurens Mallard and Ware present.
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Wilmer Huston
Lawrence Davis
Gilmore City
John Otto
Esther
Walter Levene
Havelock
Woodrow Otto
Eileen Otto
Glenn Otto
Mel. George Seipel
Harrison Roberts
Rolfe
Lewis Jergens
Cindy
West Bend
Willard Otto
Laurens
Clarence Otto
Mallard
Charles Levene
Ware
Farm Labor Hiring Clinic Set for Fort Dodge Friday
The fifth Farm Labor Hiring Clinic of the season will be held Friday March 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the office of the Iowa State Employment Service located at 605 Central Ave Fort Dodge.
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Iowa State Employment Service
Central Ave
Fort Dodge
Social Security Rep to Visit Pocahontas Courthouse
A Social Security representative will be at the Pocahontas courthouse on Tuesday March 21 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Residents may consult about benefits and eligibility at this outreach event.
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Pocahontas
Cub Scout Pack 76 Meeting Notice
Cub Scout Pack No. 76 will meet Monday March 20 at 7 30 p m at St Pauls Lutheran church. Note change of date. All Cubs and their parents are urged to attend.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Pocahontas County Legion Meeting in Havelock
The regular meeting of the Po cahontas County American Legion will be held at Havelock on March 21 at eight oclock in the Amvets hall. Lunch will be served following the business session.
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Pocahontas County American Legion
Havelock
Amvets Hall
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Rolfe Baptist Church
Carmen
Burma
Carne
Ervin J. Wright
Fire Department
J. Hopkins
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