Rolfe School News Highlights Early Basketball and Activities
Rolfe school reports strenuous basketball practices with two early lineups and plans to adjust before the first game. The article also covers a home declamatory elimination, U V R meeting notes, orchestra schedule changes, a new gym sound system, typing class speed records, and two Thanksgiving teas hosted by homemaking girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vohs
Rolfe School
Evans
Joan Graves
Audrey Peers
Frances Phillips
Marian Lund
Beverly DeWolff
Pheasant Dinner and Homemaking Club Installations
Des Moines Two members and guests attended a Thanksgiving motif pheasant dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Gilbert De Boer and Mr and Mrs Sam Nicoson on Thursday November 20. Homemaking club elected officers for 1941 42 with Grace Hertz as president Shirley Fisher as vice president and Shirley Heathman as secretary treasurer at Monday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert de Boer
Des Moines Two
Sam Nicoson
Grace Hertz
Shirley Fisher
Shirley Heathman
Plover School News Preview Operetta By Glee Clubs
The Plover consolidated school glee clubs announce an operetta titled Oh Doctor by Clark and Clark to be staged Tuesday. The article notes both boys and girls teams will play Cylinder at Cylinder as the gym floor is refinished and janitors finish the landing this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover Consolidated School
Clark and Clark
Community Play Opens December in City Gymnasium Cast List
December 2 at 8 00 in the gymnasium the cast includes Dr Drinkwater Donald Roush Mrs Weakly Grace Pirie Mrs Crossly Mary Iseminger Dr Slaughter Alan Simonson Dr Cottom Dick Fisher Dr Coffin Harlan Horsman Rainbow Junior Hendricks Bessie Carolyn Anderson Honor Nellie Wilson Madam Chere Janice Miller Glory Margie Ann Buck Pancho Jimmy Trimble Philip Delbert Hubbell Jim Glen Knapp Old Timer Lyle Firkins Bob Calvin Van Alstine Cynthia Ferne Jensen Manuel Louis Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Drinkwater
Donald Roush
Philip Delbert Hubbell
Jim
Glen Knapp
Lyle Firkins
Bob
Calvin van Alstine
Cynthia
Ferne Jensen
Manuel
Louis Wilson
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings Continued
The meeting records list numerous labor payments, repairs, and supplies from various vendors including Fort Dodge and Pocahontas suppliers. Entries cover labor, materials, and equipment costs with adjournment set for September 2, 1941, noted by County Auditor Roy A. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Eugene Griffin
E. J. Elsesser
Matt Fitzgerald
I. H. Brokaw
Employers Mutual
J. D. Adams Co
Inc
Pocahontas
Peutecelpe Sieg-Fort Dodge Co
M. Love
Robt. Williams
Virgil James
Lora Weber
Gordon Krug
Drainage Fund
Winegarden
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
Palmer Press
J. T. Grant
Axel Iverson
Walter Cook
Beneke Motor Co
C. A. Carlson
Central States Elec. Co
Elec
Clough Auto Parts
Labor & Pts
Fort Dodge Auto Wrecking Co
Fort Dodge Limestone Co
Fort Dodge Paint & Wall Paper Co
Ray O’connor
Pink Supply Co
Pocahontas Lumber
Explosive Corp
Servicised Products Corp
Thompson Bros
Scyth & Stone - Appen Ae Western Engineering Co
Drive for Better Dairy Feeding Gains Momentum in Iowa
Floyd Johnston of the Iowa State College Extension Service says a nationwide campaign to improve cow feeding for higher milk output is expanding. County meetings teach dairy feed charts, guiding farmers to inventory and plan yearly rations for 300 pounds of butterfat, including specific tonnages of legume hay and silage, corn, small grain, and high protein feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College Extension Service
The
College Extension Service
McClave soybean not recommended for Iowa
County Agent Max O. Naylor reports the McClave soybean is undesirable for Iowa. H. D. Hughes notes it is low yielding, low in oil, late maturing and prone to shatter. The variety has appeared under multiple names and cannot be distinguished from earlier Midwest lines.
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Pocahontas County
Iowa
Max O. Naylor
H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State
Prolific
Bell
Ohio
Illinois
Hughes
Midwest
Lend Lease Boosts Iowa Egg Production In 1941
Iowa poultry producers aim to market about 260 million dozen eggs under USDA targets. County Agent Max Naylor notes gains rely on balanced rations and improved feed, with eggs to be bought by the Surplus Marketing Administration for Lend Lease to England. Egg drying capacity also expands, increasing U S needs from 40 million to 165 million pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Max Naylor
Iowa Poultry Producers and National Defense Program
Naylor
Surplus Marketing Administration
USDA
England
United States
North Central States
Reference list on national defense for women groups
Iowa State College extension home economists publish a pamphlet for women’s civic groups. Genevieve Colgan says the guide covers Citizenship and Democracy, Family, Community and National Morale, Nutrition and Health, and Consumer Problems. It helps leaders find papers and program numbers for defense topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Extension
Genevieve Colgan
Pocahontas County
Banner Goose Season In Iowa Tops For Years
Iowa inland goose shooters report the best season in years with many geese taken by both seasoned hunters and a farm boy with a single barrel shotgun. Canadian honkers arrived two weeks early in the southern wintering grounds, while many geese still rest on Iowa waters and feed in cornfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rolfe Varsity Dominates Opponents In October Games
Rolfe shutout opponents 27 0 on October 8 as Renwick fell to a strong Rolfe team. The Rolfe eleven passed and ran for four touchdowns while holding the opponent scoreless. October 10 brought a 19 0 win over Rockwell City, aided by power plays and two intercepted passes, with Rolfe threatening once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Renwick
Rockwell City
Twin Lakes
Rolfe Boys Triumph In Close Homecoming Battle At Pocahontas
In the October 17 game at Pocahontas Rolfe defeated the rival 7 to 6. Peterson and Severson blocked for key scores while Hauck and G Smith ran and McIntire to Sroufe connected on a scoring pass. Gilmore City fell 9 1 to Rolfe on October 4 with two McIntire driven TDs. A Lake City Rolfe clash November 8 yielded a 13 0 Rolfe win. Armistice Day saw Rolfe lose 7 0 to Livermore in muddy conditions with a late Livermore interception. Rolfe finished the season with 80 points for and 67 against. Fourteen lettered players and fourteen seniors left after the year, including captains Smith and Hauck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Peterson
Severson
Hauck
G. Smith
McIntire
Sroufe
Gilmore City
Houck
Chapman
Lake City
Stoufe
City Park
Livermore
Humboldt
Manson
Laurens
Renwick
Fan Lake City
Rockwell City
Glyde Smith
Dale Rickard
James McIntire
Gerald Cornwell
Garth Srouse
James Hauck
Junior Smith
Junior Webb
Jack Carlson
Herschel Chapman
Kenneth Schott
Philips Brinkmat
Wilbur Sheeley
Jack Byers
Garth Sroufe
Dissolution Proceedings Endorsement for Iowa Corporation
A local corporate dissolution is recorded dated November 18 1941 at Plover Iowa. Charles E Watts serves as chairman of the special meeting authorizing dissolution and necessary steps to complete the process are to be taken under Iowa statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Plover
Iowa
Stockholders Meeting Noted at Plover Iowa Bank
Fragmentary entry records a stockholders meeting held in Plover Iowa on November 18th involving GE Secretary and Peoples Bank with unclear details. The text mentions Cedar Rapids style names and dates but the exact actions and outcomes are not legible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Bank
Plover
Tower
Iowa
Peoples ‘Bank
H. Coples
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Cornwell
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Nan Peterson
Ida Jane Roberts
Ada Marie George
America
D. M. T. School News
Plover School News
Peoples Saving Bank
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