Community Calendar of Local Club Events and Football Games
A detailed list of upcoming activities across Oct dates including home furnishing projects at Snyder home, Bonridge Club meeting at Mrs King, church card party at Ingaret's, Epworth League at Hamser, Fonda High football at Fonda, Woman's Club meeting, Educational hours at Havelock, Rally Day Harvest Tea, Y M C A activities, D M T Woman's Club dues, Presbyterian meetings, Family Supper, All-School Indoor Picnic, American Legion meeting, and football games involving Albert City High, Sioux Rapids, Rolfe High, and Livermore High with venues and hosts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Ryen
Rich- Wyeland
Presbyterians Wi
Harvest Taian L
Morace
Y. M. C. Bri
Jas. Sernett
Presbyterian Church
Easington
Presbyterian
American Legion Ry
Fred Simith
Sioux Rapids
Rolfe High
Rapids
X Club
One Day at Havelock Feeds Hog Farmers Saturday
A traveling train from W. and Iowa State College visits Have lock Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 m. to educate hog raisers with demonstrations, discussions, and specimens. Senator Patterson of Roslyn will speak at 1:00 p m providing advocacy for reforms. Attendance encouraged by local farmers in Pocahontas and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Havens
Pocahontas
Havelock Saturn
Havelock
Moon
Patterson
Ros'nly
Pocahonta Farm Bureau Delegate to State Tax Meeting
Rassler of Dover township chosen by the Farm Bureau to represent Pocahonta Farm Bureau at a state tax meeting to be held in Des Moines. Farmers labor organizations have agreed to attend, focusing on taxation values.
Rolfe Wins Dental Convention for 1930
Dr. T. D. Jones of Rolfe was elected president of the Fort Dodge district dental association at Clarion. The next convention will be in Rolfe in September, with strong county enthusiasm and local golf course support noted as factors in the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Jones
C. W. Sief‘kin
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Clarion
Pocahontas County
Rolfe
Arrow People on Lark Take Oak Lake Fishing Weekend
The Arrowman confesses a like ness to President Hoover and with the Mistress travels to Camp Omaha at Otter Tail lake Minnesota for a weekend fishing trip. They endure 14 hours of rain and reach Mounts family's hospitable home. They report a fine wall-eyed pike catch and note the fall scenery and road conditions improving on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowman
Hoover
Omaha
Otter Tail Lake
Minnesota
Mounts
Jack Frost
Cade Smith Promoted to Cedar Rapids District Manager
Cade Smith, long one of Maytag Washing Machine Co. top salesmen, earns a merit promotion to district manager in Cedar Rapids. He is noted for energy and persistence and is a lively salesman known for taking in a monkey on a trade. The Rolfe family will miss his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C Smith
Maytag Washing Machine Co
Cedar Rapids
Cade
Myr. Smith
Rolfe
D. M. S Woman's Club Meeting Announced at School
The D. M. S Woman's Club will meet at the school building on Tuesday afternoon October 8. Sewing hints will be given in response to roll call. Members should come prepared to pay dues for the coming year and subscribe for The Arrow NOW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. T. Woman's Club
July Farm Sales in Pocahontas County Average per Acre
Pocahontas county farms sold in July 1929 averaging 187.50 dollars an acre. Twelve farms total 1,936 acres, 161.8 acres per farm, with cash receipts of 851,900 dollars. Several other July sales lack complete figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Rolfe
Manson
Palmer
Pocahontas
Plover
Gasoline tax sets August record in Iowa reports
State Treasurer R E Johnson releases monthly gasoline tax report showing August sales yielding 1 151 734 00, besting prior record 1 018 438 00 for July 1927. Only two months surpassed 1 million. Nine month total 1929 equals 6 500 821 00 versus 6 131 677 00 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Johnson
Dairy Cattle Reduction Sale Near Rolfe Slated
Hauck & Spencer and Geo. O Hauck and Harry Spencer announce a reducing sale on Thursday October 10 offering thirty seven head of cattle and six colts From the herd tested with the Pocahontas County Cow Testing Association twenty milk cows are Shorthorns and Holsteins with records Most are good milk cows Six young heifers and six colts also go to sale This is a chance to start or increase a dairy herd and dairying is emphasized See advertisement elsewhere.
Pocahontas Wins One In Rolfe Golf Club Meet
Jack Bouma of Pocahontas defeated Joe Meliwen 2 up with 1 to play at thirty six holes in the club or second flight final. The lengthy match required both players to finish together to settle the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bouma
Pocahontas
Joe Meliwen
Rolfe Golf Club
Bouma
Robbery at Turin Savings Bank in Iowa
Two masked men robbed the Turin Savings Bank in Turin Iowa taking between 3000 and 4000 dollars from cashier C C Johnson and president Ralph Dorward. They locked both men and a customer Walter Croy in the vault and fled in a stolen car heading east on Primary No 37. Police and county posse searched the area but no suspects found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Iowa
Ralph Dorward
C. C. Johnson
Dorward
Johnson
Walter Croy
Primary No
Fred Daniels
Aurelia
Sioux City
Daniels
Grant Center
Monona County
Deaths from Appendicitis Vary by Country
The report notes that mortality from appendicitis is more common in this country than in England, highlighting geographic differences in outcomes and health care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country
England
Rolfe Golf Club Holds Annual Handicap Contests
The Rolfe Golf Club held a Tuesday afternoon event with handicap, approaching and putting contests plus driving. Clarence L. Hogan of Gilmore City took the handicap honor, Grant Pollock won the approach contest with nine on three balls, and E. B. Colebaugh captured the driving contest. A Wienie roast and bridge follow, with Robert Kent winning the bridge prize and Milton Fisher the hot dog contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Golf Club
Clarence L. Hogan
Gilmore City
Green
Grant Pollock
Grant
Colebaugh
Robert Kent
Milton Fisher
A. G. Hille
C. J. White
Fire Prevention Week in Iowa set for October 6 12
Governor Hammill proclaims October 6 to 12 as Fire Prevention Week to promote removing rubbish from business houses factories and homes. Schools and groups will discuss fire prevention as Iowa records show 1282 fires in 1928 causing 6141522 dollars in losses and 82 deaths including 26 men 23 women and 33 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammill
John W. Strohn
Iowa
Iowa 4-H Club Radio Program Broadcast Saturday
A nationwide U S Department of Agriculture program for 4 H Club members airs Saturday October 4 from 12 00 to 12 45 pm. Esther Sietman of Marshall County Iowa Joe Boyle of Putnam County Illinois G B Farrell and R A Turner of the Agriculture Department will be heard. A professor notes youths seek expression against old fashioned ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Esther Sietman
Marshall County
Iowa
Joe Boyle
Putnam County
Ilinois
G. BE. Farrell
R. A. Turner
Department of Agriculture
Lizard Lake Preservation Struggle in Pocahontas County
The article details Lizard Lake in Lake township Iowa, a 250 acre prairie lake fed by a surrounding watershed. Tile drainage lowered water levels, a dam altered outlet levels, and in 1929 floods flooded beaches and fields. The State Board of Conservation turned the lake over to the State Fish and Game Department as a game preserve with a recommendation to maintain water levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Lizard Lake
Lake Township
Lizard Creek
Manson
State Board of Conservation
State Executive Council
Board of Conservation
State Fish and Game Department
Atwater Kent Radio Contest Held in Pocahontas
The third annual Atwater-Kent Contest for Pocahontas county will take place in Pocahontas on Oct 9 afternoon before the public school Parent Teacher meeting. Entrants must be 18 to 25 on Nov 1 1925 and must tell county chairman Mrs I H Brokaw. Contestants sing one chosen piece and may sing a second if asked. Two boys and two girls advance to the Oct 21 sectional contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater-Kent
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
I H. Brokaw
I. Tf. Brokaw
W. J. Musil
F. R. Egegspuehler
Plover
Home Furnishing Course Draws Large Participation
The Home Furnishing course is popular with Pocahontas county ladies. Training sessions expanded this month with bigger classes. Next month will cover rug dyeing and rug making. Top attendees include listed leaders from multiple townships such as Des Moines, Garfield, Powhatan, Marshall, Swan Lake, Cummins, Cedar, Dover, Colfax, Lincoln, Grant, Roosevelt, Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Zelda Snyder
John Madsen
Louise Ryen
Garfield
H. D
Alice Runneberg
Cummins
B. P. Riggs
Wm. Bolen
B. C. Boysen
Clyde Peterson
Jay Ryan
Cedar Township
G. F. Passow
Dover
Leonzard Anderson
J. M. Barnes
Frank Murray
John Rosendahl
Colfax
Dorothy Pearce to Wed Dakota Man October 10
The approaching marriage of Miss Dorothy I. Pearce of 1284 28rd St was announced at a party hosted by her mother and sister. She will wed Max D. Rutledge of Yankton South Dakota on Thursday October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Pearce
Dakota Man
Dorothy I. Pearce
Alpha Beta Phi
Des Moines Register
Petition Circulates Over Dam Spillway Change
A group circulated a petition opposing a dam cut and seeking to raise the spillway crest four inches. Officials state a petition cannot sway the State Fish and Game Department decision, and signers are urged to investigate the case facts before signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish and Game Department
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Ecial
J. P. Lester
Mrs
Clarence Jen
Livermore High Fe High
Rolfe City
Sam
York
ARROW
Cade Smith
D. M.S. Woman's Club
Garfield Farm Bureau
Garfield Township
Guy White
Russell Ives
Earl Ives
Margaret Virginia White
Ives
DeWolf
Bowers
Edgar Cornell
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