Coming Events October listings for local churches schools and clubs
Community calendar shows Presbyterian Family Supper Ladies Aid Trinity Lutheran at Mrs Richard Fand Oct 10. Albert City Rolfe football Oct 11 at Rolfe. C E S dinner Oct 11. Presbyterian Day School Indoor Picnic Oct 11. American Legion Oct 14 Home Dyeing lecture. A L D Oct 15 at Geo Cook. Pythian Convention Oct 16 at Eramersburg. M K Ladies Kensington Oct 16. Bon Ton Bridge Oct 17. Sioux Rapids vs Rolfe Oct 18. Town events include Day Club Oct 22 Y M C Bridge Oct 22 Livermore High Rate football Oct 25 D T Will presents He's Pa Oct 26 Town Pao District Meeting Oct 29-30 Rock City clubs. Rolfe Woman's Club Nov 1 meets music room. American Oit ship Dept in charge.
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Nursday
Presbyterian Church
Ureday
Ladies’ Aid Soof
Trinity Lutheran ‘Church
Richard Fand
Albert City High
Rolfe High
Ci K. Rolfe
Eeriday
Ala
American Legioniary
Fred Smith
Geo
R. Cook
Mesdames
J. C. Olerich
L. Gunderson
Ednesday
Esday
F.acke
Y. M. C. Bridge
Mr. and Co
Jeffries
Iisy
Livermore
Rolfe City
D. T
Aurium
Iday
Rolfe Woman's Club
Ram
C. L. Gunderson
Grant Pollock
E. S. Colebaugh
Wm. Matteson
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Rockwell City
Grace Sloan Overtone
Sioux City
H. D. Brinkman
C. J. Morrison
Hopsy Forsythe
Dramatic Department
Sullivan
Maggie
Domestic Science
House
Sila
School Bus Signage Law Reads For Safe Dismissals
The text outlines a school bus signage requirement mandating a front sign at least 6 by 15 inches with the words School s in four inch letters, plus front and rear entrances for contracted buses. Auto traffic must stop when two school buses are loading or unloading children.
Golf Marathon Sets Long Distance Record on Rolfe Course
Dr and Butler and E 8 Colebaugh played a golf marathon last Thursday on the Rolfe course. They began at first light and played until dark, totaling 130 holes in over fourteen rounds. They aimed to cover as many holes as possible in a single day, planning another attempt next season.
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Dr. & Butler
Colebaugh
Rolfe
Doe
Runoe C
Rockwell City School Funding Details Revealed
T G Burns reports current student enrollment slightly exceeds last year’s 105. Calhoun County townships, Center Township highlighted, with Rockwell City district funding from districts and townships. Secretary A Bled notes high school students cost 12.99 monthly or 155 yearly while grade pupils cost 7.00 monthly or 83 yearly.
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Cording
T. G. Burns
Rockwell City
Iten
Calhoun County
Tebresented
Center Township
A. ¥. Bled
Prade
Rolfe High Opens 1999 Football Season at Home
Rolfe High hosts Albert City High on Friday at 8:00 PM in City Park for the season opener. Rolfe has two road wins this season and looks to prove its fighting spirit while Albert City brings a historically strong but untested squad. A booster ad urges community support and large attendance.
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Rolfe
Rolfe High
Al‘bert City High
Manson
Fonda
Albert City
Pythian Convention Set for Emmetsburg October 16
The twenty ninth annual Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters convention for the district will be held in Emmetsburg on Wednesday October 16. An attendance of 100 to 150 is anticipated. Expected attendees include Mable Hayward Dysart Grand Chief Pythian Sisters Anne Wiley Rolfe District Deputy Grand Chief and Grand Senior Pythian Sisters Ward Ferguson Des Moines Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Knights of Pythias Frank Fiden Estherville District Deputy Grand Chancellor Knights of Pythias Clyde C yustlin Fr Dodge Grand Chancellor Knights of Pythias.
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Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters
Emmetsburg
Mable Hayward
Dysart
Pythian Sisters
Anne Wiley
Rolfe
Ward Ferguson
Des Moines
Knights of Pythias
Frank Fiden
Estherville
Clyde C. Yustlin
Fr. Dodge
Hanish Sr. Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday at Laurens Reunion
A family reunion near Laurens gathered about fifty relatives to honor E. Hanish Sr. on his 90th birthday. Attendees included Joe Grand family Nadine Reese and others from Renville Pocahontas Laurens and Plover. At 2:00 p.m. a picnic dinner followed the cake with 90 candles.
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Hanish Sr
Laurens
Joe Grand
Nadine Reese
Renville
Minn
Will J. Hanish
Ernest Hanish Jr
Plover
Anton Boyanovsky
Emma Hanish
Pocahontas
Edw. Hanisch
Lawrence Hurley
Hanisch Sr
Rassler and Hawley Attend State Tax Meeting
Arno Rassler of Varina and F K Hawley of Laurens, tax committee members for Pocahontas County Farm Bureau, went to Des Moines to represent the county at a state tax meeting. They advocate shifting the tax burden from land to larger incomes to achieve more equitable state taxation.
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Arno Rassler
Varina
F. K. Hawley
Laurens
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Pocahontas County
Dover Township Farm Bureau meeting reports poisonous weed and corn yield notes
Anno Rassler spoke on poisonous whorled milkweed at the Dover Township Farm Bureau gathering held at Mrs. Julia Wagner's home. He said the weed killed four horses, the last dying recently after a long illness, and County Agent R Bowers presented around twenty corn varieties with yield notes. The meeting had strong attendance.
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Anno Rassler
Dover Township
Rolfe Man Returns From Party Says He Cannot Use His Feet
A Rolfe man described as weary after a big party says he has washed his feet and cannot do a thing with them. The remark reflects a puzzling moment from a recent social gathering.
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Rolfe
Pocahontas County Mutual holds annual meeting and honors director
The Pocahontas County Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association met at the county courthouse on Tuesday October 8 with President C L Gunderson presiding. Officers reported policies totaling 3 496 000 written, treasury of 8 968 94, and re elected directors for 1930. A resolution paid tribute to late director Alex Peterson for his lasting contributions to the mutual.
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Pocahontas County Mutual Fire & Lightning Insurance Association
Court House
Pocahontas
C. L. Gunderson
P. J. Shaw
National Convention of Mutual Insurance Companies
Indianapolis
Ind
J. H. Bucher
F. K. Hawley
Laurens
J. A. Hudek
O. F. Oleson
L. A. van Alstine
Gilmore City
W. C. Heller
Fonda
Cleo Heller
C. J. Gunderson
O. F
C. R. Peterson
J. P. Griffen
Fred Hauswirth
Bourne
Alex Peterson
Peterson
Laurens Woman Hurt in Auto Crash with Chickens and Ducks
Mrs. Chas. Fales of Laurens was badly injured when her car overturned after weaving near Weston Moor farm. She suffered a deep cut above the left ankle with severed arteries and tendon, and a facial gash needing stitches. Her sister Mildred Holcomb and her baby were bruised but not seriously harmed.
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Chas. Fales
Laurens
Mildred Holcomb
Presbyterian Sunday School Rally Day Observed
The Presbyterian Sunday school held Rally Day with 258 in attendance last Sunday. Dozens of groups, including Junior and Primary departments, Campfire Girls, Boy Scouts, and Christian Endeavor, presented a program themed Be Ye Transformed with pledges to allegiance and mini flags as keepsakes.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
Arthur Vaughn
J. H. Brinkman
L. W. Kennedy
J. T. Grant
Red Cross
Harriett Damborg
Norman Siefkin
J. O. Hosier
Elaine Quinsland
Helen Kauffman
Karl Hille
Billy Brinkman
Fence post theft hits Pocahontas county farm
Thieves stole sixty five newly set fence posts from the James TLynch farm southwest of Pocahontas Monday night. Officials found no trace of the thieves by last reports. Earlier reports noted three hog houses stolen. Farmers urged to guard windmills and silos.
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James Tlynch
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
PIG SPECIALS DRAW BIG CROWD AT HAVELOCK
The Iowa pig crop plan aimed at boosting profits drew 1 032 visitors to the Northwestern Pig Crop Special in Havelock on Saturday morning. The Iowa State Extension Service and Chicago & North Western Railway jointly presented exhibits on feeding breeding swine disease control and farm economics.
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North Western
Havelock
Chicago & North Western Ry. Co
Iowa State College
Ames
Have
K. W. Stouder
J. O. F. Price
Iowa
J. H. Galloway
BR. F. O’donnell
Story County
F. D. Smylie
Towa State College
Northwestern
Extension Service
Towa
Country Life Conference to Convene at Ames in October
A thousand rural leaders from Iowa and neighboring states will attend the twelfth Country Life Conference at Iowa State College Ames October 17 to 20. The event features ten sectional programs on rural schools churches farm organizations economic cooperation and urban rural relations with many national speakers.
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Towa
Towa State College
Ames
Country Life
American Country Life Conference
Baltimore
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt
Country Life Conference
R. K. Bliss
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Grange
State Conference of Social Workers
Farm Journals
Iowa Department of Health
Department of Agriculture
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa State Teachers’ College
A Pair of Bills Take in Legion Convention
A lively American Legion gathering in Louisville features humor and music as members and their spouses enjoy a carefree scene. References to wartime pasts mix with orchestra bands and patriotic songs, portraying a festive, if jumbled, reunion atmosphere.
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Legion
American Legion
Louisville
Wisconsin
Old Virginny
Sarge
Fountain of Youth
Wilds
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas Hombre
Ozarks
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Ehk
Coley
AY Tutton
Pythian Convention
E. Hanish
Rassler
Hawley
County Mutual
Presbyterian
Woman’s Club Meeting
Loceyville
Nee
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