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Rolfe Arrow in Rolfe, Iowa

30 Nov 1939

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Rolfe Arrow

Location

Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1939

Page

3

Plover High Declamatory Contest Winners Named

The Plover high school declamatory contest held Saturday evening awarded first place to Margaret McKim in oratory for They Tip Their Hats and Harvey Minkler Jr in oration Youth and World Peace. Dorothy DuBois won dramatic with White Lilies, Betty Sharp second with Wheels of Time. Louis Wilson Jr led humorous with Open Wider Please, Helen Beneke second with Hannibal’s Wedding Bell. Doris Rothwell earned International Honor Society for Business Education membership after typing 75 wpm without error, her second such honor. a 1938 Plover HS graduate and daughter of Rev and Mrs Walter Rothwell.

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Margaret McKim Harvey Minkler, Jr Dorothy DuBois Betty Sharp Louis Wilson, Jr Helen Beneke Hannibals Doris Rothwell American Institute of Business International Honor Society For Business Education Miss Rothwell Plover High School Walter Rothwell Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Algona Mallard Presbyterian Church Dorothy Driftmeyer Anacortes, Wash Charles. Giles Anacortes Seattle B. Driftmeyer Driftmeyer Lucille’ ‘Shaw P. J. Shaw Glenn Page Britt Johnny Perrigo Sabeka Minn Henry Fitzgerald Fort Dodge Leopold Wills Wills Alvin Fowler Lohrville Boy Scouts Howard Strong Sun Rise Wyoming W. S.strong Orville Cherry A. M. Hofert Bert Osking M. I. Helvig Pocahontas F. B. Dixon Raymond Minnie Jarvis Rolfe Charles Lehnus Plover Telephone Company E. C.hancher Shenandoah Casey” Heathman Baby Ames Casey West Bend McEwen Sturdee van Alstine Davenport Ward van Alstine Earl Firkins Emil Firkins Rodman Maynard Firkins Emmetsburg Louis Wilson Fred Groves Joe Marine George Fowler Elizabeth Ferguson Wright M. E. Aid Society Prentice Shaw Des Moines George Shaw
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Plover church notes and town news worded in brief

Plover community sections cover Methodist church activities with Dec 3 sermon on Why The Church Does Not Succeed and a gift service for the Goodwill Mission at Sioux City. The piece lists local visits, funerals, anniversaries, and upcoming events including a 50th Presbyterian dedication, 8 percent telephone dividend, and various social meetings.

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Plover Methodist Church Redmayne Epworth League The C Heart Beeiday Dée Sioux City
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Christmas Fruit Cake Party and Recipes From 1940s Magazine

The piece urges making fruit cake for the holidays, sharing ideas for a fruit cake party with neighbors and two old fashioned recipes. It notes prep steps, ingredients, and methods for a dark cake and a farm homemaker butter and eggs cake, plus storage tips and wrapping methods for aging fruit cake.

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Nylon fabrics and electric franchise notice in county paper

Readers discuss nylon as a new synthetic fiber promising elasticity and fewer runs in stockings while awaiting general market availability by spring. The issue also prints an official notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission about Central States Electric seeking a franchise to build an electric transmission line across Pocahontas County with a hearing set for December 12, 1939.

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DuPont Iowa State Commerce Commission Pocahontas County Central States Electric Company Cedar Rapids Iowa Des Moines
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Assessment for Surfacing Districts 228 and 404

Notice that Pocahontas County Iowa files a board of apportionment schedule showing special assessments to be levied on parcels within Secondary Road District Nos 228 and 404. The notice names all persons listed in the schedule and directs attention to the county auditor’s office for details on the proposed assessments.

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Pocahontas County Palo Alto County Iowa Board of Apportionmen
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Notice of Hearing on County Assessments in Emmetsburg Iowa

The Joint Board of Supervisors will hear the description of tract at their office in Emmetsburg Iowa on December 18 1939 at 10 00 A M Any apportionments may be increased or adopted without further notice If you object in writing by noon that day the report will be deemed waived November 27 1939 Roy A So is County Avil

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Joint Board of Supervisors Emmetsburg Towa Roy A. So County Avil
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