Community events Calendar for Rolfe and vicinity
List of local meetings and social gatherings from Oct 9 to Oct 28 including Sorosis Club, Eastern Star, Premere Bridge Club, M E Woman's Missionary Society, Young People's League, American Auxiliary, Des Moines Township Woman's Club, St. Margaret's card party, Bon Ton Bridge Club, American Home Study Club, Sioux Rapids Rolfe football, Rolfe High School Homecoming, A L D Club, Tuesday Club, Y M C A gathering, and Y M C B meeting with local hosts and locations.
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M. E. Woman's Yasionary Society
Murday
Young People’s League of North
St. Margaret's Church
Bon Tong Bridge Club
H. ¢. Barnes
C. L. Gunderson
Clarence ‘Boyce
E. C
Presbyterians Celebrate Rolfe Church Fiftieth Anniversary
The Rolfe Presbyterian church marks its fifty year founding with two weeks of events. Dr. A. P. Lester and Rev. L. Myron Boozer will lead services next Sunday, with visiting delegations from nearby towns and praise for Lester's leadership.
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Rolfe
Dr. Lester
A. P. Lester
L. Myron Boozer
Ames
Boozer
Iowa State College
Walter Heald
Iowa State
Dr. Boozer
Walter
Lester
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Plover
Mother Presbyterian Church
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Bible Class
Rev. J. C. Wangberg leads Trinity Lutheran Church with Sunday School Bible class and morning worship at 10:45 a.m. Evening service at 8:00 p.m. Weekday prayer meeting Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Note of large audience last Sunday and that only Sunday School and Bible class will be held next Sunday. The Caribbean Sea remark frames a local church note.
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Normeetan
Harry Eells to Return for R. H. Homecoming
Homecoming day Friday Oct 17 features a community program with Professor Harry L. Eells former Rolfe school superintendent and rural education leader. A Rolfe Sioux Rapids football game at City Park follows a parade, then the Alumni Mix at the Methodist church parlors from 4 to 6:30 PM.
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Harry L. Eells
Rolfe
Eells
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Rolfe Homecoming Plans Highlight Alumni Gathering
State Teachers College faculty arouses interest as rosters show at least 150 Rolfe High alumni living nearby. Alumni meet at Methodist church parlors after the football game, then attend an eight o'clock program at the school auditorium. Free evening program for children. adults pay twenty cents. Cuba grants duty free cattle imports for stock improvement. Polar bear has hair on its sole pads to help grip ice.
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State Teachers’ College
Rolfe
Methodist Church
Rolfe High
Eells
Old Rolfe High
Cuba
F M Tice of Fonda Files for Clerk of Courts
Fonda resident and World War veteran F M Tice filed as an independent candidate for county clerk of courts against C G James on the last filing day. Tice has worked at the post office and run a dry cleaning business since 1911. Other independents listed include Peters for Bellville assessor and Majorowicz Lehnus Sennett and Vosecka candidates in several township races.
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Barney Bruce
F. M. Treve
Fonda
Tice
Bellville
Gerd KE. Peters
Des Moines
Conrad Majorowicz
O. E. Lehnus
W. J. Sennett
Sherman
George de- Young
Ralph Speer
A. W. Wolf
A. W. Vosecka
Central States Opens New Quarters October 18
The Central States Electric Company prepares to open its new Rolfe division quarters on Saturday October 18 in the former Peterson Clothes Shop space. Invitations have been sent to the division along with light refreshments and favors. John Damberg, local manager, notes the expanded display room serves a wide area from Marathon to St. Joe and from just south of Rolfe to Fenton. The crew will be on hand to greet attendees and be congratulated on their upgraded facilities.
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Central States Electric Company
McEwen
Peterson Clothes
Rolfe
Central States
Marathon
St. Joe
Fenton
John Damberg
Fort Dodge man robbed at gunpoint on busy highway
Richard Smith was forced to stop by two men in a car on Primary No. 16 north of Fort Dodge. A revolver and a sawed off shotgun were used to compel him to dismount and surrender six dollars and his topcoat. He was then ordered back into his car and told to drive on.
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Richard Smith
Fort Dodge
Primary No. 16
Richard
Smith
Pocahontas Prepares For Two Home Football Games
Pocahontas schedules two 8 15 pm football games at the lighted field next week. Friday hosts Livermore a strong opponent and Tuesday October 14 Pocahontas plays Laurens in a rematch after Laurens earlier beat Pocahontas 6 to 0.
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Pocahontas
Livermore
Laurens
Rolfe Golf Club Short Golf Contests Hold Interest
The Rolfe Golf Club held driving approaching and putting and tombstone handicap contests on a Thursday afternoon. R G Hunter won the driving with 474 yards three balls, J P Lester led in approaching and putting with eight strokes, and W P Wheeler took the tombstone handicap cup by two inches over L H VanAlstine after Wheeler played last. The event drew a small but engaged crowd despite the World Series radio distraction.
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Rolfe Golf Club
R. G. Hunter
G. G. Butler
J. P. Lester
Dr. Lester
W. P. Wheeler
Tombstone
L. H. VanAlstine
D. M. T. Woman's Club Meeting Scheduled
Des Moines Township Woman's Club meets Tuesday afternoon October 1 at the D M T school at two o clock. It is annual dues paying day. School children will present the program and all are invited to attend.
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Des Moines Township Woman's Club
Local radio dealer wins cup in contest
J. E. Rickard of this city won the Atwater Kent radio dealers trophy for September in the contest coordinated by the A. A. Schneiderhahn Co, Atwater Kent distributors for Central Town.
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J. E. Rickard
Atwater Kent Radio Dealers
A. A. Schneiderhahn Co
Atwater Kent Distributors
Sales Cup Honors Atwater Kent Dealers in Six Divisions
The contest began August 1 with six divisions. The dealer with the highest sales over quota in each division wins the cup for the following month. To keep permanent possession, a firm must win the cup three times. The 24 inch trophy with jade onyx decoration is on display at Mr. Rickard's radio shop.
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Atwater Kent
NAIN LUTHERAN CHURCH Schedules Services and Missions
Rev L J Kjoller leads morning worship at 10 00 a m and evening service at 11 00 a m on Sundays with 1st and 3rd Sundays. Prayer meeting at 8 00 p m Thursdays. Mission meetings Oct 10 11 12 with Rev K Nyegaard and Rev Franklin Rasmussen. Mrs Gail Ives hospitalized for minor operation. Rose Moore assists at home during convalescence.
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K. Nyegaard
Spencer
Franklin Rasmussen
Coulter
Gail Ives
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Rose Moore
Rolfe S. Em Easy Vic Over Marathon H S
Rolfe High beat Marathon 25 to 0 at Rolfe City Park giving Rolfe a third straight win. The Rolfe squad scored 25 points while allowing six all season, with H Calligan and E Calligan contributing key runs and passes in a methodical display.
Farmers' Union Service Buys Corner Lot for Oil Station
The Farmers' Union Service completed a swap for the J. H. Wilson corner lot at Broad street and Des Moines avenue near the M. & St. L. depot. Wilson receives the Hubbel lot and building plus twenty feet of the corner lot, while Kelts’ paint shop remains on the north end. The union now owns three corner lots and plans to start building their station soon.
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Farmers’ Union Service
J. H. Wilson
Broad Street
Des Moines Avenue
Rolfe
Hubbel
Jolliffe Injured Riding To Fort Dodge For Knee Surgery
Clark Jolliffe was badly hurt Saturday night when a knee cartilage slipped while lifting a tire at a bake shop. He was treated by Dr. Fuller-White and taken to Fort Dodge for surgery to remove the cartilage, with a prognosis of crutches for a time.
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Clark Jolliffe
Clifford Sandy
Mr. Jolliffe
Fuller-White
Fort Dodge
New Chiropractor Opens Rolfe Office
Dr. F A Johnson D C announces in this issue the opening of a chiropractic office in the Savage block Rolfe. He arrives from Frankfort Michigan a Palmer School Davenport graduate with two years active practice and strong recommendations.
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F. A. Johnson
D. C
Savage Block
Rolfe
Johnson
Frankfort
Mich
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Davenport
New Oil Company in Rolfe Purchases Local Gas Stations
Rolfe sees Phillips Petroleum Co. acquire Independent Gas and Oil Co. stations. Station master Louis Paulson and tank wagon driver Peter Paulson stay on, branding changes to Phillips 66. Company launches advertising in this issue, noting its reputation as a well known national oil firm.
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Rolfe
Phillips Petroleum Co
Independent Gas & Oil Co
Louis Paulson
Peter Paulson
Quality Stock Sale At Plover On October 15
Hess and Son plan a single farm operation next year and will auction a large mixed lot at the old Hess farm on the west edge of Plover on Wednesday October 15. The sale includes twenty six Holsteins eleven fresh cows twenty three Chester White boars two sows with fall litters six shoats three horses and one pony plus lambs ewes and poultry and various farm machinery. Full particulars appear on page seven.
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Hess & Son
Hess
Plover
Advertising Yeast Lifts Business in Rolfe and Beyond
The statement declares advertising as the driver that helps businesses grow, asserting it will be effective in Rolfe as it is worldwide. It emphasizes the universal role of promotion in commerce and growth.
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Rolfe
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Sorosis Club
Robert Hunter
A. L. D. Club
E. A. Messinger
H . I. F. Olerich
Y. M. C. Bri
Presbyterians
Trinity” Lutheran “Church
J. C. Wangberg
Caribbean Sea
Harry Eells
R. H
H. L. Eells
F. M. Tice OF
Homecoming
D. M.T. Womans Club
Nain Lutheran Church
L. J. Kjoller
Wangberg
H. Calligan
Hartman
Hudek
Green
Calligan
Rogers
Doss
Rickard
Shelgren
E. Calligan
Heathman
Lothian
Lokerse
Hix
E Calligan
Rolfe DeYoung
Robinson
Wanberg
Ejik
Spiker
Goethins
Lothian Erickson
Linn
Tiernan
Donelson
Squires
Graeber
C. G. Jolliffe
NEW Oil Company
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