Rolfe High School Football Season Review 1941
Rolfe’s football team finished the 1941 season with nine games, five losses and one tie, beneath wartime player shortages. Key players departed, but defense held strong, with several close contests including a 7-7 tie with Rolfe-Manson and a 13-6 loss in the Pocahontas championship bid.
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Rolfe
Victoria
Dias
Lopponents
Othe
Humboldt Boys
Rolfe-Manson
Rolfe Boys
McIntire
Hamith
Des Moines Tech Girls Triumph Over Rodman in Close Victory
Des Moines Tech high school girls edged Rodman 38 to 23 on Friday night at Rolfe gym. The victory gives D M T its second consecutive win and third straight overall, as Rodman fought to erase a late deficit before D M T stretched its lead in the final period. The Des Moines lineup featured Thelma Boyd Shirley Nes led by Fisher and Anderson on defense with strong showings from Kilbourne Lowe and Hronek. Rodman’s Charlen e Hronek and the substituted guard trio struggled to stop the late rally.
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Rolfe
Rodman
Ortly
Des
Ting Rodman
Des Moines P
Meraim Ripperger
Skow
Freshman beef judging winner named at Iowa State College
Ames Dale Newman of Martello an agricultural student won the freshman beef judging contest at Iowa State College and received the judging medal donated by Col E N Wentworth of Chicago. Robert Rogers of Sergeant Bluff and Richard Vance of Kansas City tied for second place while Roger DeWolf of Rolfe finished third.
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Ls. C. Ames
Dale Newman
Martello
Iowa State College
Col. E. N. Wentworth
Chicago
Robert Rogers
Sergeants Bluff
Richard Vance
Kansas City, Mo
Roger DeWolf
Rolfe
Local Marriage Licenses Awarded In Pocahontas District
Marriage licenses issued include Roger Oberhelman 22 of Manson and Evelyn Reiter 21 of Palmer Eugene Mullen legal Waterloo and Margaret Goodyear 24 of Pocahontas John M Quinn 40 of Pocahontas and Dorothy Gaumnitz 23 of Merrill Russel Lawin 28 of Northwood and Doris Vaughn 21 of Rolfe.
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Pocahontas
Roger Oberhelman
Manson
Evelyn Reiter
Palmer
Eugene Mullen
Legal
Waterloo
Margaret Goodyear
John M. Quinn
Dorothy L. Gaumnitz
Merrill
Russel E. Lawin
Northwood
Doris Vaughn
Rolfe
Women's Project Lesson in Garfield Township No. 4
The Garfield township district No. 4 project lesson met at John Rickless home on Tuesday November 18 presented by Mrs Earl Chambers and Miss Inga Ryen on Food and Nutrition for National Defense. Mrs Lucille White led the music hour and a lunch was prepared by the ladies. Attendees included Mrs Robert Wiegert Mrs Don Behrendsen Mrs Leroy Nelson Mrs Grant Johnson Mrs Harold Shelgren Mrs Al Sedlacek and Mrs Lucile White.
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Garfield Township
District No. 4
John Rickless
Earl Chambers
Inga Ryen
National Defense
Lucille White
Robert Wiegert
Don Behrendsen
Leroy Nelson
Grant Johnson
Harold Shelgren
al Sedlacek
Lucile White
Corn Sealing Rates Rise In Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County AAA Chairman Harry L. Lund announced a 70 cent per bushel loan rate for the 1941 farm stored corn, nine cents higher than last year. Rates vary from 70 to 76 cents in town counties, with adjustments tied to county normal farm prices over 20 years and 85 percent of corn parity at 88 cents as of September 15, 1941.
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Pocahontas County
Harry L. Lund
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Corn
Iowa
Storm Lake
Young Farm Couples Hold Potluck Dinner in Pocahontas
Twenty eight Pocahontas county young farm couples met Monday evening in the Methodist church basement to discuss farm problems under 1942 conditions. Arlo and Mrs Ives led livestock enterprise while George and Mrs Aden spoke on financial parts of farming operations. Eugene Patrick and wife covered farm equipment purchase and use. Milton and Mrs Olsen led Is My Business Flexible with entertainment by Dorothy and Milton Olsen titled Truth and Consequences, provoking laughter over fibs.
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Pocahontas County
Methodist
Pocahontas
Arlo Ives
George Aden
Eugene Patrick
Milton Olsen
Dorothy and
Powhatan Farm Bureau Meeting Planned at Plover
Powhatan Township Farm Bureau will meet at the Plover school house Friday evening November 28 at 8 00 o clock. B W Lathrop county chairman will speak and Don Trenary county organizer will also be present. A film strip on the Farm Bureau organization will be shown.
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Powhatan Farm Bureau
Powhatan Township Farm Bureau
Plover
B. W. Lathrop
Don Trenary
Farm Bureau Organization
Methodist Bazaar and Chicken Dinner
The W S C S of the Methodist church announces its annual bazaar and country style chicken dinner to be held Wednesday December 3.
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The
Methodist Church
Is 44 To Be Paved A Rolfe Highway Hope
Congressman Gilchrist writes J T Grant in Rolfe, signaling optimism that highway 44 may be paved next summer. Randall Melson of the Iowa highway commission notes engineers have prepared preliminary plans for south of Rolfe, but material shortages limit work to maintenance unless steel reinforced road construction is used to advance projects next year.
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Gilchrist
J. T. Grant
Rolfe
Randall Melson
Iowa Highway Commission
County Avoids Draftees As Call 23 Quota Empty
Pocahontas county will not furnish draftees for call number 23 issued by the Iowa Selective Service. It is the first time the county board has had no quota to fill since establishment. Indications suggest no Pocahontas county men may be drafted until after Christmas.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Iowa Selective Service
Good Attendance at Garfield Farm Bureau Meeting
At the Garfield Farm Bureau gathering, Richard Hosier led a discussion on why to join the Farm Bureau, presenting a chart on dues usage. Members highlighted legislative work, education for farm women and men, 4-H clubs, and cooperative efforts while 4-H reports and Des Moines federation notes rounded out the program. Refreshments followed.
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Farm Bureau
Earl Ives
Richard Hosier
George Heald
J. E. DeWolf
Richard Johnson
August Brinkman
H. F. Olerich
Florence Faux
Raymond Wiegert
T. J. Raynes
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Garfield Hustlers
Elwyn Ives
Philipps Brinkman
Ewlyn Ives
Bob Beckord
Turkey pickup for needy kids at Exchange club dinner
Stanley MacVey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. MacVey, and two Exchange club members select turkeys at Melvin turkey farm for the club's Thanksgiving dinner for needy children. MacVey is Exchange club president.
Miss Colgan Resigns to Become Bride
Genevieve Colgan home demonstration agent for Pocahontas and Buena Vista counties resigns at the board meeting and leaves the position January 10 to wed. A successor has not been chosen. President Virgil Hancher announces alumnae groups in Chicago and Milwaukee. He plans travel with a Chicago trip on April 12 and December 13.
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Colgan
Genevieve Colgan
Pocahontas
Buena Vista
Virci] Hancher
SN Sapere Towra
Chicago
Milwauk
Chicago Dre
Dlivotkee Deel
License Plate Turn-In Notice by County Treasurer
Because of national defense and by orders of the state department it is absolutely necessary that old license plates be turned in to the County Treasurer before new plates can be issued. Plates for years other than 1941 are acceptable. J. F. Carlson, County Treasurer.
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State Department
Insurance Anniversary Attended by Laurens Residents in Des Moines
C L Gunderson joined F K Hawley and his family from Laurens to Des Moines for the Home Mutual Insurance 40th anniversary at Hotel Fort Des Moines. About 700 attendees from Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Colorado enjoyed a company hosted turkey banquet with all travel and lodging expenses covered.
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C. L. Gunderson
F. K. Hawley
Chas. Hawley
Laurens
Des Moines
The
Home Mutual Insurance Company
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Insurance Company
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau Drives Membership in December
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau aims to invite every farmer to join during a December membership drive led by county organizer Donald Trenary. Township captains and several leaders have been recruited, with teams formed in some townships, as 4-H clubs and other projects are featured. War impact and demobilization are cited as reasons to boost organized agriculture and services.
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Pocahontas County
Donald Trenary
Melvin Thorson
County Organization Committee
Farm Bureau
B. W. Lathrop
County Farm Bureau
Europe
Bellville
Herman Behrens
George Aden
Cedar
John Anderson
John Redshaw
Colfax
Oscar Swalin
O. E. Hinrichs
Cummins
Claude Wilson
George Cole
Des Moines
Wesley Lehnus
Dover
Harold Smith
Frank Brauckman
Garfield
Earl Ives
Andrew
Ives
Grant
Chas. Olson
Eugene Patrick
Lake
O. T. Hinrichs
Lincoln
A. H. Turner
Thos. Hart
Lizard
John Vetter
Jos Krebs
Marshall
C. D. Wenell
David Peterson
Powhatan
T. R. Jones
Arthur M. Johnson
Roosevelt
F. I. Callen
J. W. Bartosh
Sherman
Oliver Leith
Louis Kopriva
Swan Lake
Wm. Bolen
Anton Beneke
Coonskills 25 Pound Raccoon on Farm North of Town
Virgil Vaughn killed a 25 pound raccoon on the Ernest Vaughn farm north of town to rescue his dog from a brutal fight. He dispatched the animal with several blows from a fence post.
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Virgil Vaughn
Ernest Vaughn
Coach Pleases Crowd At F B Banquet
Douglass Kerr of Iowa State College praised football boys at a banquet in their honor at the Presbyterian church. He told of Tom Harmon and Tommy O Boyle from Gary Indiana as examples of determination amid adversity. Both rose from humble beginnings to major football honors and careers. He urged moderation in victory and life to gain lasting training from football.
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Douglass Kerr
Iowa State College
Presbyterian Church
Gary
Indiana
Tom Harmon
Michigan University
Tommy O'Boyle
Kerr
O’boyle
Tulane University
Harmon
Pversy
Farm Bureau grew from low dues to national influence
The piece notes farmers formed a national unity after World War I to address agriculture problems. It argues that farm membership at ten dollars is cheaper than other groups and credits broader cooperation with labor and capital for raising living standards and giving farmers a stronger legislative voice.
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United States
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