Community and Club Events in Bon T Area
Local listings show meetings and activities from Oct 16 to Oct 29. Groups include American Home Economics, American Legion Auxiliary, Tuesday Club, Circle AM B, WCTU, Sorosis Club, Y M C A. events feature speakers, picnics, towel shower, class play rehearsals, and community programs across Rolfe City Paxton and surrounding areas.
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Bon T
J. Barnes
Eecub
Li. Gunderson
Clarence We
B. C. Hoard
Sioux Rapideday
Rolfe City
Rolfe High
Sudium
Harry Eells
Tday
American Legion Auxiliary
Pax
E. A. Romiies
Hee Ich
Ednesday
ayl + D mt
Iday
Rastsursday
Sorosis Club
Poca tas County Mutual Fire & Light Association Annual Meeting
The Pocahontas county mutual fire and light association met at the courthouse on Oct 14 with most of the board present. Reports showed gains in insurance written last year and the treasurer spoke on the national convention. A one and one half million assessment was levied on policies in force before June 10. Des Moines state convention slated for Nov 18-10, officers elected and committees appointed.
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Pocatas County
Jary
P. J. Shaw
Pesta
Des Moines
C. Lerson
O. F. Delson
Fred Irth
John Griffin
Hudekkk Hawley
Fred Hauswirth
D. Fitzgerald
Iting
Northern Fort Dodge Presbytery youth convention held in Rolfe
Young people from many churches attended the Rolfe event after a long drive into town. The Friday tally banquet served 165 pounds of feast items. Attendees included Armstrong Burt Ana Estherville Fonda Grover La La Irvington Lake Park Liver im Lone Rock Luverne Maple Ottosen Poca ntas Rodman Rolfe Spirit Lake West Bend. Ruth Dawson gave the welcome. Rev W O spoke on Making the Most of Life as the altar was led by Delmar RUS of Lone Rock. Saturday featured worship led by Estherville Endeavorers and a business session with Des Moines Township Farm Bureau Unit planning a Hard Time event at D M T school. Hayseed Orchestra will perform and talks on ARC of sea corn and storage of Attables accompany the program. attendance fines for hard-time costumes are noted.
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Fort Dodge
Rolfe
Armstrong
Burt
Alna
Estherville
Fonda
Grover
Lala
Irvington
Lake Park
Liverim
Lone Rock
Luverne
Maple
Ottosen
Plover
Ringsted
Pocantas
Rodman
Spirit Lake
West
Bend
Ruth Dawson
W. O
Delmar Rus
Atge
Estherville Endeavorers
Ife
Mias
Orvis
Mary Jane 5
Lakota
Olive Munson
Weal
Gwen Clark
Vermore
Alice Bus
The
Heights
Des Moines
Reau
Mt By the
Hayseed Orchestra
A. Sherts
County Board Refunds Bonds With Substantial Savings
The board of supervisors refunded 310000 of bonds with a large interest savings. Court house bonds of 250000 sold to Carlton D Beh Co Des Moines at 43 percent interest premium 1740 while county bonds of 60000 sold to same company at 44 percent interest premium 300. These are old bonds refinanced from six percent. Net annual savings about 5425.00. Eastern capital turns to bonds after stock market slump.
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Board of Supervisors
Court House
Carlton D. Beh Co
Des Moines
Eastern Capital
Rolfe High School Homecoming Tomorrow
Rolfe High School holds Homecoming Friday October 17 with a football game against Sioux Rapids followed by a church basement gathering and evening auditorium program. Former superintendent H L Eells returns to speak while stores close for the afternoon game and a parade precedes kickoff.
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Rolfe High School
Sioux Rapids
Rolfe
M. E. Church
H. L. Eells
Mountains of beets piling up in Rolfe
Beets are stacking high at the North Western tracks near the stock yards as storage at the Belmond factory fills. Early beet trials show average yields of seven to ten tons per acre with some spots reaching fourteen tons.
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Stock Yards
Belmond
Petit Jury Call Lists Local Residents for Service
The court calls a long list of residents from Pocahontas and nearby towns to report for petit jury duty at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday November 12. Names include Barbour Bath Behrendsen Colehaulah Dickey Donahoe Ellis Houck Heathman Heathman Hovenden Hronek Janssen Kaiser Kleen Lampe Lilly Meredith Mosbach Mullen Nielsen Perkins Peterson Phelps Pringle Seaman Smith Speer Stamper Tjossem Tjossem Trippie Van Hovin Wenell Wilde Winegarden Wolfe Zeman and others from Fonda Laurens Palmer Pocahontas and surrounding communities. Rolfe High School Homecoming set for Friday October 17.
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Elmer Barbour
Rolfe
F. J. Bath
Fonda
Don Behrendsen
Gilmore City
E.S. Colehaulah
H. E. Dickey
John Donahoe
Mary Ellis
Earl Houck
Mallard
E. W. Heathman
Pocahontas
Jessie Heathman
Laurens
Jennie Hovenden
Wesley Hronek
Havelock
W. J. Janssen
Palmer
Hans Kaiser
A. J. Kleen
Rose Lampe
Lawrence Lilly
E. W. Meredith
Plover
Frank Mosbach
Margaret A. Mullen
Hilda Nielsen
N. C. Nielsen
Luther Perkins
Everett Peterson
Chas
H. N. Winegarden
Lizzie Wolfe
Wenzel Zeman
Ford Auto Show At Fort Dodge October 2022
Rolfe residents will tour Ford plants through a sound film in Fort Dodge from October 20 to 22. The free exhibit at Third Avenue North and Twelfth Street runs 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and includes Ford production details, mine to factory logistics, forest to ship processes, by products uses, cutaway chassis, and a full line of Ford cars and trucks.
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Rolfe
Ford Motor Co
Fort Dodge
L. R. Davidson
The
Rolfe Auto Co
Third Avenue North
Twelfth Street
Ford
Des Moines
Carrie Malcolm Bawden Called to Her Reward
Carrie Elnora Malcolm born in Pocahontas county Nov. 27, 1870 died Oct. 9, 1980 in Webster City after a cancer illness. She married Fred A. Mullen and had Jean Champlin and Malcolm Mullen. later married N. H. Bawden. Survived by siblings O. P. Malcolm F. A. Malcolm F. L. Malcolm Leon Malcolm Addie Beam May Jerome and two children. Funeral services were held in Webster City.
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N. H. Bawden
Webster City
Pocahontas County
Carrie Elnora Malcolm
A. H. Malcolm
Spirit Lake
Carrie
Fred A. Mullen
Mullen
Nain Lutheran Church Announces Weekly Service Schedule
Rev L J Kjoller outlines Sunday School and Bible study and evening services on first and third Sundays at 8 p m plus weekday prayer meeting Thursdays at 7 30 p m. All invited to attend and feel at home. Oyster shells dredged from San Francisco Bay used in cement making. Introduction of hardier sugar cane varieties aids Louisiana industry.
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Bible Mae Irbip
Iteam
San Francisco Bay
Louisiana
Roll Call Director and Officers Appointed
Last week Mrs. Florence Wells visited Pocahontas with C B Mc Cartan to name roll call and publicity directors. Miss Helen Linnan returns as roll call director with Miss Aileen Murray as publicity director. new chairmen named in Rolfe Plover Havelock Laurens Varina and Fonda with committees to be formed. The Pocahontas county quota is 600 dollars, allocated by town.
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Florence Wells
Emmetsburg
Red Cross
Iowa
Pocahontas
Miss Wells
C. B. McCartan
Helen Linnan
Aileen Murray
Miss Linnan
Rolfe
T. D. Jones
J. B. Kent
Plover
C. E. Miller
Havelock
K. P. Hunter
Laurens
F. C. Gilchrist Sr
L. B. Hakes
Varina
Jos. Wiewel
Legion Boys to Meet October 20 at Palmer
Pocahontas County American Legion members are invited to Palmer Post at Palmer on Monday October 20 1930 at 8 00 p m for the first county meeting of the new Legion year. The Palmer boys promise a big time and remind attendees of the time and place.
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Pocahontas County
American Legion
Palmer
The
Legion
Missionary Ladies Meet at Annual Luncheon
The Methodist Missionary Societies held their guest day luncheon in the church parlor with about seventy ladies attending. Miss Zelda Snyder led the meeting after devotions by Mrs. Murray. Talks covered Christian citizenship, Santo Domingo history, island Christianization, and storm damage effects on hospitals.
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Methodist Missionary Societies
Altho
Zelda Snyder
John Murray
Guy Smith
Nellie Smith
W. A. Wilkinson
W. P. Wheeler
Santo Domingo
Anniversary Week For Rolfe Presbyterians Arrives
Dr J P Lester leads observances for the fiftieth anniversary of the Rolfe Presbyterian church with two strong services. Boozer and Lester preached both a past fifty year message and a future outlook. Activities continue and will be reviewed next week.
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J. P. Lester
Rolfe-Presbyterian Church
Dr. Lester
Boozer
W. C. T. U. Meeting with Mrs Symes Friday
The W C T U will meet with Mrs A B Symes on Friday afternoon October 2 at 2 30. Mrs C L Gunderson will lead the lesson study. A cordial invitation is extended to the public.
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A. B. Symes
C. L. Gunderson
Iowa State Cyclones Ready for Nebraska
Ames Iowa Oct 16 Seasoned by one battle the Iowa State College football team is ready for its first home game of the season Saturday when Nebraska visits State Field to open the local 1930 sports season. Starting linemen and replacements are listed with Nolte Moen Bowen and Trauger among key players.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
University of Nebraska
State Field
Franklin Nolte
Bob Smith
Illinois
John Moen
Mason City
A. H. Johnson
Dubuque
Roger Bowen
Burlington
Cyclone
Nebraska
Swoboda
Moen
Spear
Nolte
Duesenberg
Bennett
Nagel
Bowen
Wells
Trauger
Tegland
Folk Pittman case settled in Pocahontas foreclosure
Judge F C Lovrien connected with Storm Lake and Pocahontas sessions signed orders on the Pocahontas county docket. The Folk versus Pittman foreclosure was settled out of court with J W Pittman of Lohrville transferring 640 acres in Lincoln township Section 11 to Mrs Laura Folk Day and C E Folk of Los Angeles. Possession to pass on March 1.
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F. C. Lovrien
Storm Lake
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Folk
Pocahontas Havelock Star Route Discontinued
C C Lucas of Pocahontas, driver of the Gilmore City Pocahontas Havelock star mail route, received notice Oct 4 that the Havelock segment will end Oct 31. The Gilmore City star route remains. A motor mail line between Manson and Laurens will serve Palmer Pocahontas and Ware, with Laurens trucks delivering mail from Havelock.
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C. C. Lucas
Pocahontas
Gilmore City
Palmer
Ware
Brpt
Havelock
Laurens
Yale economist to address Prohibition on national radio
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale will speak October 18 on Prohibition as Seen by an Economist. He headlines the National Grange Farm Home Hour at 11:30 a.m. Central on a major NBC station. Mrs. Frank N. Mann of Huntington, West Virginia, will discuss Womanhood's Challenge. Broadcast via WHO or WOW.
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Irving Fisher
Yale University
National Grange Farm Home Hour
Central Standard Time
National Broadcasting Co
Frank N. Mann
Huntington
W. Va
Pocahontas and Livermore Tie in Friday Football
Pocahontas and Livermore played to a 6 to 6 tie on the lighted field last Friday. Both teams relied on the forward pass after struggles with ground play. Tuesday Pocahontas met Laurens at Pocahontas, losing 12 to 0 as Laurens dominated, though fumbles and dew hindered ball handling and the crowd enjoyed the contest.
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Pocahontas and Livermore
Pocahontas
Laurens
Gilchrist Appeals for Tariff Backing in Campaign Haste
Ft. Dodge Oct 9 Republican congress candidate Fred C. Gilchrist spoke to a Tenth District gathering arguing tariffs defend American labor and wage earners. He credited Hoover with stabilizing employment and wages during the stock market crisis and highlighted debt reduction and tax cuts under the Republican administration.
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Ft. Dodge
Fred C. Gilchrist
Congress
Rock Foundation
Gilchrist
Hoover
Ieee SMITH-SEASE NUPTIALS
Liar Lothel Sease of Plover and Miss Darlene Smith of Rolfe wed at the groom’s parents home with Rev. W. H. Cassell officiating. Bride daughter of Mrs. L. H. Smith, groom son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sease. A charivari party followed. couple to establish residence on Leslie Struthers farm northeast of Rolfe.
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Liar Lothel Sease
Plover
Darlene Smith
Rolfe
D. Sease
W. H. Cassell
Plover Presbyterian Church
Fritz Johnson
L. H. Smith
Rolfe High School
Man
Iowa Reports 1929 Fire Loss Totals and Fatalities
State Fire Marshal J. W. Strohm cites 1929 fire losses at 6.776 million dollars with 5 339 incidents causing 100 deaths. The figures reflect Iowa fire records for the year 1929.
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Iowa
J. W. Strohm
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Y. M. Co. Bridge
George
Ounty Mutual
Petit Jury
Carrie Malcolm Bawden
Nain Lutheran Church
L. J. Kjoller
Rolf Presbyterians
Iowa State
Pocahontas-Havelock
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