Cass of 940 to Get Diplomas at Tight at School
Commencement exercises at the high school auditorium tonight feature Rabbi Mannheimer of Des Moines as speaker. Graduates include Dewayne Fisher, Jack George, Marsh Graham, Ruth Lundy, Elizabeth Sheeley, Marjorie Taylor, and Beverly Wheeler among others. A. Hewlett will award diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Eugene Mnnheimer
Des Moines
Mannheimer
Masonic Installa Y Mmary
Rochester
Newark
Cincinnati
Cincinnuniversity
Taining
Hebrew Union
College Fore
Sinari
Sioux City
B’nai Jeshuru
Mann- Liner
Jewish Wel Fs Fund
Iowa State
School of Reion
University of Iowa
Iowa Mathic Service ‘Association
Des Moines Rotary Ih
Desroe University Club
bilot-Nebraska Round Table
Futsal Conference of Christians
Firm Faux
DeWayne Fisher
Evertt Géry
Jack George
Marsh Graham
Its Green
Walter Zrethhen
Rollin Hel
Clarence Lanus
Redell Long
Tt Mason
Jean Mather
Robert Nernon Shimon
James Tay
Kede “Ghapmin
Mary Gahm
Lorene George
Ruthia
Evelyn Hewlett
Arlene Jaris
Ruth Lundy
Betty McIntire
Paite Scott
Elizabeth Sheeley
Jen Struthers
Marjorie Taylor
Kite Tutt
Beverly Wheeler
Aneral shop class to exhibit work this year
The shop class displays a wide range of projects including knee hole desks tables end racks and lathe works. Students such as Ivan Burn s Freddie Buechle Elwin DeWall Everett Harris and others contributed models and designs from their Mold Master program and new lathe purchases aided in crafting the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baners
Ivan Burns
Preddie Buechle
Elwin DeWaller DeWall
Everett Harris
Gerart
James McIntire
Don Peters
Mard Phillips
Joseph Reiglesberg
Alvin Riches
Virgil Shelgren
Raymith
Junior Webb
Junior Dean
Muck
Don Sinek
Pocahontas Public School Faculty Announced for Year
The Pocahontas Kyta Public School lists its faculty for the year with names for superintendent Moravia principal TY and teachers across English social science home economics vocational agriculture commercial and junior high grades.
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Poca- Kyta
Bir Fant
Moravia
Francis Henry
Dixon
Dean Alderman
Waa
Chmucker
Eagle Grove
Geneve Kuhl
Tda Grove
Home
Miss
Towa City
Mise Dahon
Leona Frederickson
Geraldine Calla
June Ry
el- Hag Meter
Hubbard
Joe Dorothy
Lottie Clifal
Ann W Fi Brade
Emred
Office Sasistant
Anderso
Sawyer Couple to Run Newton Tourist Camp
Mr and Mrs Henry L Sawyer relocate to Newton Iowa to operate a tourist camp after purchasing an acreage there They plan to erect ten modern cottages on a main federal highway and expect a profitable enterprise The Sawyers hope for success from Rolfe friends.
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Henry L. Sawyer
Newton
Iowa
Hartley Sentinel
The
Arrow
Sawyer
Mason City Press
Sawyers
Rolfe
Poppy Day Observed To Aid Disabled Veterans
Poppy Day is set for Saturday May 25 with funds from donations placed in poppy boxes aiding disabled veterans and families of deceased or disabled servicemen in Rolfe. Legion auxiliary members will distribute the flowers and wear a poppy as a sign of honoring those who died in service.
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M. W. Webb
Rolfe
Legion Auxiliary
Extension Work Reaches 177 000 Farmers in Iowa 1939
The Iowa State College Extension Service reports that over 177,000 of Iowa’s 214,000 farmers adopted practices advised by local agents in 1939. Improvements include seed treatment, fertilizers, erosion control, livestock feeding, home grounds, windbreaks, and 4-H participation. One third of homemakers benefited and nearly 20,000 farm families had children in 4-H clubs. Also notes a Republican Women’s club meeting with Jens Thompson slated to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College Extension Service
Senator A J Shaw to Speak at Memorial Day Event
The Memorial Day program at Clinton-Garfield cemetery begins 1:30 PM Thursday May 30 with a parade at 1:15 PM from Cecil Cummings tree. Sen A J Shaw of Pocahontas will deliver the address and the program includes flag drills, grave decorations, patriotic recitations, and band music.
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American Legion
Clinton-Garfield
Cecil Cummings
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Legion Members to Report at Legion Hall in May
Notice to all American Legion members to report at the Legion hall at 12 45 p m on Thursday May 30. Commander W L McIntire announces the meeting and attendance is requested.
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Legion
American Legion
Legion Hall
W. L. McIntire
4-H Convention At Ames In June Four-H Club Girls Meet
Iowa State College hosts the annual 4-H state convention June 12 with Rev. Jack Finnegan as keynoter. Sections cover home economies nutrition and clothing. Off campus speakers include Miss Enright Mr Mitchell and Miss Pratt. Outdoor music and folk games close June 14 inviting delegates from 933 clubs.
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Towa
Iowa State College
Edith Barker
Jack Finegan
Adelaide Enright
Raymond Sayre
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Alvina Iverson
National Livestock and Meat Board
J. W. Alexander Hurt In Morning Car Collision
J. W. Alexander and his eight year old grandson Cletus Peterson were bruised when their car collided with a vehicle driven by W D Howie of Emmetsburg halfway from Rolfe to the Alexander residence. The incident sent both drivers and the boy flying as a door opened and four stitches were needed for the boy’s head wound. Both cars suffered heavy damage and Howie also sustained bruises.
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J. W. Alexander
Cletus Peterson
W. D. Howie
Emmetsburg
Here
Alexander
Howie
Standard Oil Company
Plover Auxiliary Plans County Meeting Next Month
The American Legion auxiliary of Plover met at Mrs. Fred Grove's home on Friday May 17 with assistant hostess Mrs. Guess. Plans began for the county auxiliary meeting to be held here next month. Lunch was served by the hostesses. Your Poppy on Saturday May 25 will prove you haven't forgotten.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Plover
Fred Grove
Guess
Perrigo
Poppy
Composition by Beatrice Bruner Broadcast From ISU Station
Beatrice Bruner a Plover high school graduate had a composition titled Adjustment broadcast on WOI at 3 45 pm Monday as part of a weekly program by the English department at Iowa State College Ames The announcement was issued by Pearl Hogrefe chair of the creative writing committee Beatrice is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Bruner and granddaughter of Mrs Mattie Bruner of Plover
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Iowa State College
Ames
Beatrice Bruner
Plover High School
WOI
Department of English
Pearl Hogrefe
Committee On
Creative Writing
Beatrice
Wallace Bruner
Mattie Bruner
Plover
Club Completes Plans For Midget Auto Races
The article notes plans for midget auto races as a local event. The city water tank is being repainted inside and out and water will be shut off from 10 p m to 6 a m for four or five days while water is pumped from the well into the mains by W R Jergens of West Bend.
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R. Jergens
West Bend
Garfield Township Meeting Friday Evening
Garfield township holds its regular meeting Friday evening May 24 at the J. E. DeWolf home located 14 miles south and 4 miles west of Rolfe. The 4-H club girls will supervise the program and a candy sale will follow. Bring friends.
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Garfield Township
J. E. DeWolf
Rolfe
Paving Starts Today on Highway No 17
Rough grading on the south end of the highway No 17 project is progressing well and may finish this week. Paving contractors Booth and Olson from Sioux City move equipment to begin paving today May 23 under superintendent Don Allen. Bridge work by Fred Halstead should finish in two to three weeks. the project will employ about 100 men.
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Booth and
Olson
Sioux City
Don Allen
Fred Halstead
Services Held For Lowell Thompson
Lowell Kenneth Thompson, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson of Mallard, died May 15 1940 at the parental home after being smothered by oats in a granary bin. Funeral services were held at the Mallard Methodist church with Rev. M. M. Schaper presiding. interment in Rolfe cemetery. He was an inventive, helpful child, loved flowers and birds, attended Mallard public school, later rural school, and was baptized Presbyterian. Survived by parents, two sisters Gweneth and Donna, grandparents and many aunts and uncles across Rolfe, Swea City, Cheyenne, and Everly.
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Lowell
John Thompson
Mallard
Plover
M. M. Schaper
Rolfe Cemetery
Lowell Kenneth Thompson Lowell
Kenneth Thompson
Iowa
Rolfe
Gweneth
Donna
Adel Harris
Henry Thompson
Jens Thompson
Chester Harris
Ivan Harris
Ivan Kilbourn
A. L. Firkins
Elmer Waring
Cheyenne
Midget Auto Races Planned by Rolfe Club
Preliminaries start at 2 30 P M with final preparations by the Rolfe Business Men's club for a one fifth mile dirt track. The event features $300 in prize money and racers from Sioux City and Sioux Falls, plus a crowd of 700 to 800. A match race will pit the two top-voted drivers in a nip and tuck finale.
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Rolfe Business Men’s Club
L. A. Hansen
E. B. Thompson
L. R. Davidson
Central Iowa Telephone Co
W. L. Stanley
The
Arrow
Ross Hill
Sioux Falls
Fishermen Head North for Weeklong Pike Trip
A party of Rolfe devotees traveled to Northern Minnesota near International Falls for a week long fishing trip. The group traveled in two cars led by William Fisher and Sunday morning by George Schonberger and companions. They anticipate returning with wall eyed pike.
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Rolfe
Minnesota
International Falls
William Fisher
Loren Pease
Roy, Schonberger
Walter Heald
George Schonberger
Leon Sinek
J. E. Rickard
North Woods
Teachers Head Home for Summer Vacation
Miss Margaret Virginia White returned home to Russell for the summer after a year of teaching there. Her mother drove to Russell for her. Rev and Mrs J O Wangberg traveled to Irene South Carolina for their daughter Martha a school teacher there. Other teachers arriving home include Ruth Dawson Havelock Hattie Lehnus Linn Grove Clara Dawson Everly Annette Green West Bend and Don Green Eldon.
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Margaret Virginia White
Russell
Russel
J. O. Wangberg
Irene
S. C
Martha
Ruth Dawson
Havelock
Hattie Lehnus
Linn Grove
Clara Dawson
Everly
Annette Green
West Bend
Don Green
Eldon
Rolfe High School Annual "Red and Gold" Published
The Rolfe high school annual titled Red and Gold was published last week and is read by students and community members. It covers athletics music and dramatics with photos of faculty and groups. Staff include Lorene George editor Rachel Wiegman asst editor Rollin Ives business manager Jean Mather asst business manager art editor Marsh Graham music Eloise Brinkman class pages Ruth Green Don Sinek Marcella Howland.
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Rolfe High School
L. R. Davidson
Board of Education
Lorene George
Rachel Wiegman
Rollin Ives
Jean Mather
Marsh Graham
Eloise Brinkman
Ruth Green
Don Sinek
Marcella Howland
Thhe Rolfe
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Rabbi Mannheimer
M. D. Anaut
Ala Hewlett
An of Education
Aneral
Ness Henry
Robert Obrecht
Republican Women's Club
Central States
Lincoln
Don Shimon
Flander
Mary Margaret Brinkman
F. E. Stallcup
Leaders of
Salutatorian
W. O
E. J. Plummer
Eee Girls’ Glee Club
River River
Zoltai_ “The
C. Jenkins
Franz
Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer
Mary Turner Salter
Jeanette Hauck
Vannah
M. D. Anderson
Alta Hewlett
Lowell Thompson
Mallard Methodist Church
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