Funeral Held For Henry C Wiegman Farmer and stockbuyer
Services were conducted Sunday at the Presbyterian church for Henry C Wiegman a Rolfe Iowa farmer and stockbuyer died Thursday morning Rev Schneck officiated the sermon quoted from 1 Corinthians 9:16 and the service featured a quartet led by W J McIntire Wiegman remembered for community leadership in Rolfe Iowa a former Rolfe council member and head of Wahontas County Stock Feed association he spent early life in Rolfe and studied at Iowa State College in Ames he was a member of the Masonic lodge and Eastern Star survived by wife Jean and two daughters Janice and Joann two sons John and Floyd and siblings plus extended family continued in Page Eight
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Henry C. Iqman
Presbyterian Church
Hay
Fy. Schneck
ST Ang
Wiegman
HA. Sinning Rudd
W. J. McIntire
Jameshire
Andrew Simonson
Car- Bones
the Garden
W. J. Mee
E. Boyce
Frank B
Des Moines
Oscar May
West Bend
N.A. Wilson
Ink E. P. Lomen
Carl Hansen
XK Shaw
Rolfe
Strahan
Humboldt
Iowa State College
Ames
Rolfe Education
Wahontas County
Presbyterian
Masonic Lodge
Order
Rochester
Minn
Jean
San Bernardino
Cali
Janice
John
F. Wiegman
Vaughn
Floyd Wiegman
Chicago
Roger Wiegman
San Bernard
California
Will Collect Waste Paper Here by Rolfe Boy Scouts
Rolfe Boy Scouts plan a community collection on Saturday November 8 to gather old newspapers and magazines. Householders are urged to save waste paper to support the defense program and aid munitions and foodstuff production while helping the troop raise funds. The Office of Price Administration Civilian Supply warns of a paper shortage impacting box and container supply.
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Rolfe Boy Scouts
Old Pa
Leon Henderson
Office of
Price Administration
Henderson
Plover Juniors Stage Running Wild Farce This Friday
The Plover Junior class presents Running Wild a three act farce by Glenn Hughes Friday night at 8. The comedy blends mistaken identity a botanist from Harvard a dangerous revolver a missing corpse and a colorful cast including Don Thomas Delbert Hubbell and Frank Stearns in an ensemble of actors and local figures.
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Plover
Glenn Hughes
Don Thomas
Delbert Hubbell
Frank Stearns
Carl Hammond
Desert Inn
Louis Wilson
Glenn Knapp
Ed Smith
Don
Calvin VanAlstine
Marian Gray
Ruth Guess
Daphne “Daffy” Hatch
Irene Thomas
Max Goodwin
Robert Page
Sherry Lee
Louise Latour
Viola Young
Nellie Wilson
Jane Finch
Joyce Meredith
Cosmo Cheever
Donald Roush
Victor Bunn
Alvin Brunn
Joe Mason
Alan Stearns
Selma Bell
Lillian de Guis
Manuel
Lowell Simonson
Girl Scouts Meet At Legion Hall For Games Night
The Girl Scouts gathered at the Legion 1 Hall on Monday November 3. Two patrols taught games to the other two while national Book Week was observed with Jane Peterson as scribe for Troop II.
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Legion 1 Hall
Jane Peterson
Scribe
Rolfe Wires Lake City 13-0 On Muddy Lake City Field
Rolfe High School defeated Lake City 13-0 on a muddy field after a weather postponement. The first half showed ragged play with blocked punts and poor blocking before Rolfe shifted tactics at halftime. G. Smith, McIntire and Hauck carried the offense in the second half as Lake City struggled to score.
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Rolfe High School
Lake City
Rolfe Boys
Rolfe
Art Evang
Eddie Anderson
Indiana
G. Smith
McIntire
Hauck
Cobb
Livermore
City Park
Livemore
Sroufe
Jr. Smith
Carlson
Chapman
Byers
Webb
Rickard
Cornwell
Mcelntire
Smith
McIintire
Red Cross Drives Family Membership for Home Defense
The Red Cross seeks to double members for the coming year with a one dollar per person fee and encourages enrolling entire families. A county roll call drive led by Morris Webb starts Wednesday November 12 at 9 am across the county. The Rolfe branch reports extensive garment production for layettes and clothing, and county president Mrs. McIntire requests completion by December, with sewing closed after November 21 until after the New Year.
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Red Cross
Morris Webb
Rolfe
Central States
Cattle Feeder Banquet Highlights Beef Economy in Havelock
About 125 county cattle feeders attended the semi annual banquet in Havelock high school auditorium amid outages in the area. Roy Simonson chaired, Irene Shimon provided prime beef from a 4-H club project, and H M Conway of the National Livestock Association predicted feeder price trends and timing for buying cattle, with market insights for 1942 and beyond.
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Havelock
Pocahontas County
Irene Shimon
Irene
Roy Simonson
Cattle Feeders Association
H. C. Wiegman
Beef Producers Organization
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Association
Conway
Jurors Drawn for November Term in Pocahontas County
The November term opened November 3 with Judge F M Hudson presiding. Petit jurors drawn for November 12 include Eldon Anderson Palmer Mrs C L Anderson Havelock Mrs M D Anderson Rolfe Harold Baker Laurens Ed Christensen Rolfe Mrs T P Comer Havelock James Cornwell Rolfe Lloyd Cox Rolfe Norman H Dahlquist Pomeroy Mrs Don Dallenbach Pocahontas Mrs M K E Davis Havelock Carl Edmonds Laurens Adolph Finnestad Laurens Lawrence Flaherty Pocahontas B C Hilton Mallard Ed Hogan Fonda C M Horsley Laurens W B Johnson Palmer Edward King Fonda Henry Erie Palmer Carl C Larson Pocahontas Edwin Larsen Pocahontas Oliver Leith Laurens Bess Lyons Laurens Rose Meehan Pocahontas Mrs Pearl Mick Havelock Loren Oleson Pocahontas Mrs Loren Pease Rolfe Archie Phillips Rolfe Marcella Schonberger Rolfe Mrs Will Shimon Pocahontas Glenn Siddall Laurens Henry Van Hoven Palmer G C White Laurens Grace Wilbur Laurens
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Pocahontas
F.M. Hudson
Eldon Anderson
Palmer
C. L. Anderson
Havelock
M. D. Anderson
Rolfe
Harold Baker
Laurens
Ed Christensen
T. P. Comer
James Cornwell
Lloyd Cox
Norman H. Dahlquist
Pomeroy
Don Dallenbach
M. KE. Davis
Carl Edmonds
Adolph Finnestad
Lawrence Flaherty
B. C. Hilton
Mallard
Ed. Hogan
Fonda
C. M. Horsley
W. B. Johnson
Edward King
Henry Erie
Carl C. Larson
Edwin Larsen
Oliver Leith
Bess Lyons
Rose Meehan
Pearl Mick
Armistice Day Program At Rolfe High School
The Cecil Cummings Post American Legion sponsors an Armistice Day program in the Rolfe high school auditorium. It opens at 10:00 a m on November 11 with a cordial invitation to the public. Beverly Grant leads the processional and recessional, Miss Kelly performs, Cleo Hansen offers the invocation, and guest speaker trio Garth Sroufe James McIntire Dale Rickard delivers the address. Taps closes the program.
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Rolfe High School
Cecil Cummings
American Legion
Beverly Grant
Miss Kelly
Cleo Hansen
Garth Sroufe
James McIntire
Dale Rickard
Taps
Esmeq
Jones Sells Cattle to Estherville Packing
Dr. T. D. Jones sold 65 head of cattle to Estherville Packing Company Monday. The cattle were delivered by truck Tuesday morning. Alfred Gadd joined Dr. Jones to witness arrival. The sale followed a purchase made a year ago during Jones’s Rochester hospital stay after his second major operation.
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Jones
T. D. Jones
Estherville Packing Company
Dr. Jones
Alfred Gadd
Estherville
Rochester
Minn
Sioux City Commission
Webb’s 11 Cent Sale Continues With Bargain Stock
Webb’s full 11 cent sale shows strong weekly gains despite National Emergency conditions. The sale offers the first package at regular price and a second for one cent. Thursday Friday and Saturday feature special values for winter drug needs.
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Webb
D M T Junior Class Play Postponed to Friday
The junior class play The Marienburg Necklace at D M T is postponed until Friday night November 7 due to lack of electric current. The first performance occurred Tuesday night. the second will be Friday night.
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Marienburg Necklace
Dr E M MacEwen Elected VP Of AAMC At Richmond Meeting
Dr E M MacEwen dean of the University of Iowa school of medicine was elected vice president of the Association of American Medical Colleges at their Richmond Virginia meeting last week. He is the son of the Rev MacEwen formerly pastor at Rolfe Presbyterian church for seven years and is well remembered locally.
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Macewen
E. M. MacEwen
University of Iowa School of Medicine
Association of American Medical Colleges
Richmond
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Evans discusses Britain's wartime food needs and U S aid
R M Evans outlines a England trip with Paul H Appleby to assess food supply and needs, noting English county AAAs mobilize farms, increase food production, and rely on continued meat and dairy flow. He cites Britain’s shifting attitudes and the 1942 farm survey push.
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Pocahontas
Spike Evans
AAA
Triple A
England
America
United States
Commonwealth
Evans
Fred Roewe
Roewe
Pocahontas County Receives $562,949 In Farm Program Checks
The 1941 agriculture conservation program paid Pocahontas County producers about two thirds of the total allotment by November 1, totaling $562,949.29.
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AAA
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
First Snows Cut Electric Service Over County
Rolfe endured its first heavy snow of the season last Friday with four inches of wet snow causing widespread electrical and telephone outages. Power was cut from 12:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. and many lines down. Homes relied on coal stoves while some used creative methods to stay warm.
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Rolfe
Des Moines
Des Moines Juniors stage The Marienburg Necklace play
The Des Moines Junior class presented The Marienburg Necklace on November 4 in the high school auditorium. The cast featured Margery Joens as Mrs Marienburg and Anna Mae Struthers as Marilyn Drake with Bob Waring Dale Hewlett and Richard Sanden delivering strong performances.
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Des Moines
Gilbert de Boer
Marlenburg
Margery Joens
Marilyn Drake
Anna Mae Struthers
Dale Hewlett
Bob Waring
Marilyn
Richard Sanden
O’mlannigan
Charlene Hronek
Maxine Drake
Dean Stover
Ronald McAdoo
Mabel Coyle
Junior Peterson
Lillie Fish
Miss Madison
Mrs. Marienburg
Meraim Ripperger
Charles Joens
Betty Lehnus
Straus
Rita Zeman
Honors to Plover Boy Gerald Arnold
Gerald Arnold of Plover was initiated into Theta Chapter Phi Theta Pi International Commerce Fraternity at the National Business Training School in Stowe City during ceremonies on October 14. Members are selected for scholarship leadership character and personality. Arnold, a Plover High School graduate, is pursuing a commerce course at the school.
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Plover
Gerald Arnold
G. E. Arnold
National Business Training School
Stowe City
Theta Chapter
Phi Theta Pi
International Commerce Fraternity
Arnold
Plover High School
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Air Associates
Roosevelt
War Department
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Air Associates, Inc
Bendix
N. J
Col
R. M. Jones
Maj
Peter Beasley
Anthony Grimaldi
C.1.0
Legion
R. M. Evans
Britain
Hotel Pocahontas
Pioneer
D. M. T. Juniors
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