Farm Home of F P DeVaul Destroyed by Fire
The Floyd P DeVaul residence six miles west of Rolfe was wrecked by a blaze discovered at 3 00 am Wednesday. Harold Shimon and others returning from a County Legion meeting found it burning. The DeVauls had left Tuesday for a California trip and were alerted in Ames, returning home Wednesday morning. The modern, complete house contained stored furniture for a protracted absence, and the loss is expected to be heavy though some insurance coverage existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd P. DeVaul
Rolfe
Harold Shimon
County Legion
Floyd DeVaul
California
Ames
DeVaul
Decoration Day planned in Rolfe on May 30
Decoration Day will be observed in Rolfe next Thursday May 30 with the usual program in the afternoon. The Arrow editor notes no speaker has been announced and no program details have arrived by Wednesday evening, but the event will proceed as in prior years.
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Rolfe
Legion
Arrow
Rolfe High Class Day Exercises Date Set
Rolfe high school seniors plan their Class Day on Friday May 24 starting at 9:00 a.m. in the auditorium with a schedule including remarks, class poems, literature, history, physics skit and awards. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High School
Vernon Harmon
Marjorie Hansen
Woman’s Club
Tad Wilna DeWolf
Billy McIntire
Harold Heard
Evans
Donica
Archer
Brandes
Marcum
Community events and club meetings listed for late May and June
Local notices list upcoming events including Poppy Day Memorial Sunday and Decoration Day observances. The 4 H Club hosts Donald Shimon. Women’s Club meetings, Bible class, and Methodist Ladies Aid activities are scheduled at various homes and venues through June plus a Daily Bible School opening and a Woman's picnic at Rolfe City Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Shimon
Tthursday
C. L.s
C Iunderson
Oman
Hom
Muriel Wilson
D. Clea
Mrnday
Delty Des Evil
Witnohey
Ronani Beinning
Methodist Ladies Aiducation
Va Bible School
Woman's
Rolfe City Park
Poppy Day May 25 Urges Duty and Support
An increase in poppy production to nearly a million for Poppy Day May 25 is reported by the Cecil Cumming Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. More than 10,000,000 poppies will be worn to honor World War dead and aid the disabled and dependents, with manufacturing in 69 hospitals across 40 states. The local unit seeks strong support to refill its welfare fund, as veterans’ deaths and disabilities rise, and all poppy money funds welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Bessie Taylor
Cecil Cumming
Miss Taylor
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Legion
Povernment
American Legion and Auxiliary
County Legion Meets Here in Rolfe Gathering
Pocahontas County American Legion held a Tuesday meeting at the Legion Hall in Rolfe with about 100 Legionnaires attending. Speakers included Fred Hudson and Franz VanAlstine from Pocahontas along with Fred Gilchrist Jr of Laurens and Jens Thompson of Rolfe. The session covered county business and social time.
Sorosis Club Mother's Day Luncheon Held at Olerich Home
The Sorosis Club met last Thursday at Mrs. Orman Olerich's country home for a one o'clock Mother's Day luncheon. Thirty eight members attended with guests. Program included piano solos by Mrs. Robert Hunter and Mrs. J K E Grant, talks by Mrs. B A Peterson, vocal numbers by Mrs. Guy White Sally Webb John Wiegman and Stuart Webb, and a reading by John Wiegman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis Club
Orman Olerich
Robert Hunter
B. A.peterson
Guy White
Reading
John Wiegman
Family reunion honors 78th birthday in Des Moines
Mr and Mrs J J Struthers and family joined Mrs Bertha Hosier and others in Des Moines to celebrate the 78th birthday of Mrs C L Smith mother of Mrs Struthers and former Rolfe resident. Attendees from Des Moines Minburn Jefferson and Fort Dodge joined in the gathering and the group visited hospital patient Mrs Charles Smith in Lutheran Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Struthers
Gerald Foust
Bertha Hosier
Des Moines
C. L. Smith
Struthers
Rolfe
I. V. Smith
Barnes
Rufus Harper
Charles Smith
Virgil Smith
Minburn
Ira Smith
Delmar Barnes
Jefferson
Don Dolly
Fort Dodge
Lutheran Hospital
Secret marriage announced in Mallard for Evelynne Snook
Mrs. Wm. Snook of Mallard announces the marriage of her daughter Evelynne to Herber L. Laws of Oklahoma City. The ceremony was Sept. 29, 1934, in Sioux Falls, S. C. The couple will live on a farm north of Rolfe. A shower for Mrs. Laws was hosted by her sister Mrs. Lester Thorson this week. News items to No. 146.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Snook
Mallard
Evelynne
Herber L. Laws
Oklahoma City
Okla
Sioux Falls
S. C
Rolfe
Rolfe Students Win Three Honors at National Music Meet
Rolfe's small orchestra placed in three events at the National Music Contest in Madison Wisconsin last Friday and Saturday. Eldon Obrecht won first division in string bass, Class C and Margaret Virginia White won a flute solo in third division. The group competed with larger orchestras and soloists from across the nation and earned praise from the Wisconsin State Journal for uniformed appearance and strong performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Journal
Rolfe
Madison
Wis
Kidon Obrecht
Tracy
Iowa
Margaret Virginia White
Ssolo
Sigourney
National School Band Association
National School Orchestra Association
Music Educators National Conference
University of Wisconsin, School of Music
Board of Education
Board of Vocational Education
Ohio
Oklahoma
Masonic Temple
Eldon Obrecht
Chicago
Eldon
Billy McIntire
Janice Wiegman
Stella Shimon
Gwendo
Rolfe School Operetta The Palace of Carelessness
The Rolfe public school elementary grades staged The Palace of Carelessness an operetta set in the Lost and Found Building of London Town. Characters included Mr Clock Played by Donald Sinek and Judge by Garth Stoufe with a bustling chorus and colorful costumes. The audience enjoyed the strong acting and music directed by Miss Inez Archer with homemaking and manual arts exhibits afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Public School
London Town
Donald Sinek
Alvin Riches
Mary Thomas
Frances Phillips
Mr. Clock
Garth Stoufe
Marjorie Ann Jones
Sally Webb
Virgina Leo Calligan
Jimmy McIntire
Beryl
Janet Thompson
Beverly Grant
Fairy
Josse Hewlett
Aets
Dorothy Bruce
Inez Archer
Government Overreach Sparks Debate on Labor Autonomy
Opinion notes that broad willingness to delegate work to authorities signals rising control, warning that widespread acceptance of state-led tasks risks a shift toward serfdom. It stresses individual choice and vigilance against expansive government power.
Rolfe High School Music Record Praised by Neighbor
A Plover Iowa reader praises Rolfe high school music achievements under Superintendent M D Anderson and teacher H Spotvold. He commends planning, sacrifice, and district support that colored several years of hard work in public school music.
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Plover
Bruce
Rolfe High School
Rolfe High
M. D. Anderson
Anderson
Rolfe
H. Spotvold
Iowa
Married in Rollie at Methodist parsonage
Miss Helen I Gretchen and George J Smith from the West Bend neighborhood wed in a minor marriage at the Rolfe Methodist parsonage on Saturday evening May 18 105 Rev T S Bassett officiating. They were joined by the bride's mother and relatives. They reside in the Pocahon area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen I. Gretchen
George J. Smith
West Bend
Rolfe
Baccalaureate Services Mark Rolfe High Class of 1935
The baccalaureate rites for Rolfe High School's Class of 1935 filled the auditorium Sunday evening. Chap man Archer led the procession. a girls trio and several solos followed. Rev. H. A. Sinning delivered the sermon on Let Your Light Shine, urging moral use of knowledge. Benediction by Rev. Bassett closed the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High School
Chapman
Archer
Marjorie Hansen
Janice Wiegman
Irene Peterson
T. S. Bassett
Wanda Stoufe
Loretta Shaw
H. A
Sinning
H. A. Bassett
Patrick Joseph Calligan Obituary in Rolfe Iowa
Patrick Joseph Calligan died at his Rolfe Iowa home on May 14 1935 after nearly five years of illness. Born March 17 1887 in Lizard township Pocahontas County he was part of the pioneering Calligan family. He married Anne Buttermore in 1910 and had four children. He lived in West Bend Sioux City and Rolfe and served as Rolfe marshal under Mayor James Bruce. Funeral at St Margaret Catholic Rolfe with interment in West Bend.
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Patrick Joseph Calligan
Rolfe
Iowa
Mr. Calligan
Lizard Township
Pocahontas County
St. Patrick's Day
Edward M. Calligan
Edward
John Calligan
Lizard
Maine
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Edward M. Callgan
Fonda
Calligan
Dakota City
West Bend
Anne Buttermore
Harold
Vincent
Arl Kerns
Plover
Sioux City
Sisters of St. Anthony's
Northwestern Railway
A. J. Buttermore
James Bruce
E. T. Telfer
Nevada
Frank Sweeney
J. H. Habegar
Raimona
So. Dak
Jas. George
A. P. Ferden
Ward
Clarence
William Calligan
St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
Daniel Tewell
Corn-hog relief request frames mutual aid appeal
A citizen urges reciprocal support after receiving aid during hardship and asks for help now that conditions have improved. The appeal emphasizes gratitude and continued cooperation to share benefits.
Des Moines River Area Farm Couple Wed
A marriage near the Des Moines river, north of West Bend, tied a local farm hand to a partner from the Grében property. No future plans were announced.
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Tas County
Des Moines
West Bend
Grébens
Groom
Young Laurens Lad Killed by Auto Saturday Night
Six year old Robert Ferry died after being struck by a car driven by Lester Richardson a Laurens high school senior in the business district. Witnesses say the child hesitated then darted into the street and was fatally hit. Richardson was not arrested. Robert was the son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Ferry with a sister in the family.
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Robert Ferry
Sige
Laurens
Lester Richardson
Robert
Richardson
Clyde Ferry
Improvement Notes On Rolfe Area Farms
The Hollenbeck farm occupied by Knud Damborg shows a large double corn crib and granary being erected. The Shimon farm west of the six mile corner south of Rolfe is rebuilt with a new chicken house and barn. Maasdam farm between Rolfe and West Bend gets a new residence, formerly Robi Struthers. Joe Shimon repaints W S Watson farm buildings northeast of Rolfe and plans to move next spring.
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Hollenbeck
Knud Damsborg
Shimon
Rolfe
Joe
Home Study Club Elects Officers for Next Year
The American Home Study Club met last Friday with Mrs Victor Shimon. Officers elected: President Mrs A A Firkins, Vice President Mrs Denzil Johnson, Secretary Mrs Earl Fisher, Treasurer Mrs C J Grant. Twenty three members attended with guests Mrs Paul Pederson and Mrs Gerald Chase. June meeting duties assigned to Mrs Minnie Jarvis, Mrs R C Grant and Mrs Z T Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Home Study Club
Victor Shimon
W. H. Howland
Lover Pease
A. A. Firkins
Denzil Johnson
Earl Fisher
C. J. Grant
J. R. McIntire
T. A. Sime
H. A. Sinning
Paul Pederson
Roland
Gerald Chase
Bradgate
Minnie Jarvis
R. C. Grant
Z. T. Carroll
Faith Chapman to Wed William Christiansen in September
A wedding shower for Faith Chapman, junior high teacher, was held at Mrs. Muriel Wilson's home last Thursday. About 48 guests attended. gifts were given and the bride-to-be will wed William Christiansen of Rockwell City next September. A pantomime titled Dream Girl, written and read by Mrs. C. S. Boyce, featured performances by Lilyan Nelson and others. Colors were pink and white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Wilson
Faith Chapman
William Christensen
Rockwell City
Rolfe
Frances Donica
Mildred Taylor
Irene McKee
Betty Foster
Georgia Phares
Lilyam Nelson
Gertrude Hurley
Alice Hood
Lucille Bucher
C. S. Boyce
New Editor in County for Pocahontas Record-Democrat
The Pocahontas Record-Democrat announces Louis Elbert of Emmetsburg as the new editor. Elbert has nine years at Anna Donovan’s Palo Alto County Tribune and is described as a skilled printer, editor and manager. The paper pledges support for Elbert and the county’s good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Record-Democrat
Louis Elbert
Emmetsburg
Anna Donovan
Palo Alto County Tribune
Elbert
Whittermore
Pocahontas
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. P. DeVaul
Atchison Globe
MR. Sanders
Rollie
Young Laurens Lad
Home Study Club
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