May Meetings and Club Activities Schedule
A schedule of local club meetings and events from May 1 to May 19. Activities include 4-H Club, senior M. T. program, men’s club, Woman's society conventions, Trinity Lub-Aid, Methodist Ladies, Star at the Masonic, and Des Moines Farm Bureau unit gatherings with locations and dates in Fort Dodge Rolfe and nearby.
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Antion
The
Woman’s Fernary Society
Fort Dodge
Rolfe Meth
Methodist Ladies’ Rat
Masonic
West
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Dog
Mith Declares for Sent Highway Policy
Ed M. Smith, Republican candidate for governor, pledges to continue Iowa’s good roads program. He supports completing the primary road system, expanding state aid to secondary roads, and financing via bond curbs to save interest. He backs tax financing and maintaining current road funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnes
Ed M. Smith
Terset
Amor
Uance
Iowa
Jaryshire Postmaster and Editor Laid to Rest
Funeral services for C. H. Cookinham were held at Ayrshire Methodist Church after his death Saturday in Ayrshire. He served as postmaster for over twelve years and edited The Ayrshire Chronicle for twenty five years before selling his stake two weeks prior. He once ran motion picture shows in Ayrshire Laurens and Mallard and held roles in Odd Fellows Woman lodges and Masons. Survived by his widow and four daughters all of Ayrshire.
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C. H. Cookinsham
Ayrshire
Cookinham
Masonic
4 H Club Orchestra Rehearsal Saturday in Pocahontas
The boys and girls 4 H Club orchestra will rehearse at the public school building in Pocahontas on Saturday May 3 at 1 15 p m All members should attend Those inviting new players should bring them along on Saturday.
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W.m
Pocahontas
County Track Meet at Rolfe Saturday May 3
Pocahontas county high school track and field meet set for Rolfe on Saturday May 3 at City Park. Preliminaries at 10 30 AM with events starting 1 15 PM. Participants include Pocahontas Havelock Fonda Plover Palmer D M T Varina Ware Rolfe. Supt Roy Johnson of Gilmore City will start events.
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Pocahontas County
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Havelock
Fonda
Plover
Palmer
Varina
Ware
Laurens
Roy Johnson
Gilmore City
Dr Steiner to Deliver Commencement Address in Rolfe
Dr Edward A Steiner professor of applied Christianity at Grinnell college will deliver the commencement address at Rolfe high school exercises Friday evening May 23. Steiner is a Congregational minister and widely known.
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Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell College
Rolfe
Steiner
Lecturer and author with notable works and varied education
The subject was a lecturer and author famed for Tolstoy, the Man, On the Trail of the Immigrant, and From Alien to Citizen. Born in 1866 in Czechoslovakia, he immigrated in early manhood and studied at Oberlin College and the universities of Heidelberg Gottingen and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolstoy
Czechoslovakia
Oberlin College
Heidelberg
Gottinger
Berlin
D M T Class Play Tonight and Tomorrow Night
The D M T consolidated school senior class presents The Full House on Thursday and Friday May 1 2. An excellent cast includes Lenora Meisenbach Dorothy Howe Dougherty Edith Cox Ruth Thorsen Ottily Howell Ethel Howland Winnecker and Marjory Vaughn with a full cast of townspeople. The school exhibit accompanies the play with each grade in its room and the domestic science room exhibit on view. Patrons are urged to attend to view the class work.
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D. M. T. Consolidated School
Lenora Meisenbach
Parks
Dorothy Howe Dougherty
Pembroke
Boston
Edith Cox
Ruth Thorsen Ottily Howell
Ethel Howland
Miss Winnecker
Yonkers
Marjory Vaughn
Susie
Sioux City
Daphne Charters
Ottily
Albert Hermansen
Ned Pembroke Jr
George Howell
Wesley DeWolf
Jake Rutgers
Fleming
Fleming, Who Owns the Apartment Adress Bruce
James Jensen
Nicholas King
Gale Cooksey
Jens Nielsen
Jim Mooney
Vera Vernon
County Dentists Hold Fine Meeting in Rolfe
Dr and Mrs T D Jones hosted the Poca hontas County Dental Study club meeting in Rolfe last week. Local dentists inspected a golf course and practiced inlays then enjoyed a feast at the Jones home. The group later heard a plastic impression material demonstration by M F Patterson Dental Supply Co Des Moines presented by Morton Salmon with Mr Wood supervising. Participants included McGrath Peterson Fonda Hughes Powers Pocahontas Maast Gilmore City and Siefkin Rolfe.
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T. D. Jones
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Wood
Morton Salmon
Jones
McGrath
Peterson
Fonda
Hughes
Powers
Pocahontas
Morton
Minnich
Laurens
Maast
Gilmore City
Siefkin
Tragic double death as jealous husband kills wife in Santa Barbara
Mrs Earl Bates, a Pocahontas native and Secret Heart graduate, was shot four times by her estranged husband Earl Bates, a tire repairman, in a Santa Barbara hotel. Bates then killed himself. The couple had lived in several cities and faced marital strife.
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Earl Bates
Santa Barbara
Cal
Bates
Thos. Flaherty
Pocahontas
Charlton River
Rolfe
Mallard
Secret Heart High School
Omaha
Denver
Hog Vaccination School Held at Havelock
A hog vaccination school was held at the Havelock school building on Thursday and Friday led by Dr. L R Smith of Sioux City. About a dozen high school boys studying agriculture attended as part of their class work, with permits issued to local youths including Hansen, Saylor, Klingbeil, Martin, Loftus, Hauswirth, Ryan, Phillips, Schott, Webbink, Larsen, Moe, and Rouse.
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Havelock
L. R. Smith
Sioux City
O. F. Hansen
W. J. Saylor
Pocahontas
Henry Klingbeil
Palmer
Leo Martin
Clare
Gilbert Loftus
Gilmore City
R. L. Hauswirth
Rolfe
A. D. Ryan
Laurens
J. H. Phillips
Wm. Schott
Henry F. Webbink
Plover
J. M. Larsen
Humboldt
Albert Moe
Archie Rouse
Ledges Park Alligators Winter in Strawstack
Three alligators living at Ledges State Park near Boone spent the winter hidden in a huge strawstack. The oldest eats raw liver about once a week while the younger two prefer raw hamburger in their springtime sun.
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the Ledges State Park
Boone
Methodist Mission Conference Here May 6 7
The district Woman's Home Missionary Society conference for the Fort Dodge Northwest Iowa district will meet May 6 and 7 at the Methodist church in this city. The program includes worship, discussions, reports, a Queen Esther banquet, and a golden jubilee luncheon, with delegates from multiple towns attending.
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J. J. Share
Humboldt
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Ft. Dodge
Northwest Iowa
Methodist
R. Bryant
Gowrie
W. A. Wilkinson
Rolfe
E. C. McDade
Fort Dodge
A. M. DeVaul
C. R. Yeager
Popejoy
F. E. Okey
Dayton
Roy Cox
Manson
W. M. Jacques
Lucile Lundgren
Stratford
J. L. Peterson
Webster City
VanMeter
Abe DeVaul
A. D. Paine
Chas. Barrett
M. W. Fitz
S. H. Murdock
Sac City
Epworth League
G. B. Palmer
CG. R. Yeager
Fopejoy
Beggs
Farnhamville
A. L. Semans
R. T. Chipperfield
J. J. Johnson
B. B. Watson
F. M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Fred Froburg
Pomeroy
Price
Rockwell City
Edwin J. Swanson
Local Epworth League Attends Humboldt Rally
Nineteen Epworth League members traveled to Humboldt for a sub district rally. They reported a large turnout of young people and a very pleasant evening.
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Epworth League
Humboldt
Palmer Man Invents New Style Hay Rack
H. Erickson of Palmer has created a novel hay rack built in Manson with no nails. It rests on two 2x12 stringers, uses channel irons and bolts for a rigid platform, and can be disassembled for compact storage without loose boards.
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H. Erickson
Palmer
Erickson
Manson
Farm Bureau Happenings in Pocahontas County Iowa
Iowa State College staff visit Pocahontas to discuss landscape issues on farms of Duthbert and Pascal. County Agent helps control lice in Garfield pigs and hog mange on farms. Farmers urged to spray fruit trees, use lime sulfur for hogs, and plant better corn varieties. Martha opera studied by 4-H girls with phonographs. film of Martha to be shown May 19. Pocket gophers rise in alfalfa. traps and sweet bait recommended. Farm Bureau membership rising as state and national federations grow.
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Mr. Johnson
Iowa State College
Ames
Pocahontas County
C. R. Bowers
F. K. Duthbert Jr
Laurens
Geo. Pascal Jr
G. F. Parker
Pocahontas
Jas. E. DeWolf
Garfield Township
L. R. Smith
Martha
State Club Department
Des Moines
Farm Bureau Unit
Farm Bureau Holds Two Very Successful Meetings
The Marshall township unit hosted an evening program at Frank Schlensig's home featuring Eleanore Whannel violin solo and Miss Elsie Hulsebus class acts from Marshall district school No. 7. Peter Blaha performed accordion numbers and discussions covered fruit tree spraying a June Iowa State College tour and farm land taxation. Garfield township unit at John C. Nelson home presented music and a talk by Chas Bowen on What Is It All About with saxophone duet by Marjory Vaughn and Russell Ives and a reading by Barbara Melson.
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Marshall Township
Frank Schlensig
Eleanore Whannel
Marshall District School No. 7
Elsie Hulsebus
Peter Blaha
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
Garfield Township
John C. Nelson
Glenn Ives
Chas. Bowen
Marjory Vaughn
Russell Ives
Barbara Melson
Census figures show township shifts in population
Census supervisor Gladys Griffith reports 1930 and 1920 figures for Colfax Havelock Palmer Plover Varina and Washington Bellville townships. Havelock Plover and Palmer gained while Varina lost and Colfax dropped 160, indicating possible rural drift and hardship for country districts.
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Colfax
Havelock
Palmer
Plover
Varina
Washington
Bellville
Pike Night Seining Yields Bountiful Okoboji Spirit Catches
Night seining of pike reaches peak at Okoboji and Spirit lakes. Seiners report up to 1384 pike in one night. The fish are stripped of eggs, fertilized, and kept for favorable hatching conditions. A crew of eleven works these nocturnal duties.
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Okoboji
Spirit Lakes
Farm Bureau To Put On Windbreak Demonstrations
The Farm Bureau will conduct windbreak demonstrations in Pocahontas County townships in spring 1931. One demonstration per township, with planning starting this fall and plantings next spring, will showcase evergreen tree windbreaks.
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Farm Bureau
Pocahontas County
Bandit Gang Raids Towns Along the A Y P
Last week a bandit gang raided several towns along the A Y P line. They broke into the Milwaukee depot at Whittemore but found no loot. In Cyl inder they robbed a meat market and the Milwaukee depot, wrecking a cash register. At Ruthven they secured about $12.00. The gang is said to have visited nearly every small town from Whittemore to Parker, South Dakota.
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Milwaukee
Whittemore
Cylinder
Ruthven
Parker, S. D
Farm Bureau federations grow in membership and egg storage hits price
Growth in Farm Bureau federation memberships outpaces last year while egg storage expands nationwide. Cheaper eggs stem from heavy storage so growers are advised to cull flocks early, dip poultry in May and June, and collect eggs twice daily and sell promptly.
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Farm Bureau Federation
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Woman’s Mary Society
May
Trinity Lub- Aid Society
T. O. Thor
Mith
Jaryshire
4-H
DR. Steiner
Methodist Mission
C. P. Lathrop
Palmer Man
Iowa State
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American
Gladys Griffith
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