Local events list schedules in Rolfe and area
Community calendar items for Rolfe and surrounding towns include 4-H livestock meeting at Ford garage October 17, Bon Ton Bridge club and Lutheran Church roast October 18, football games for Rolfe High and Livermore High on October 20 and 25, plus various club meetings about town through November 1.
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Sioux Rapi
Rolfe High
Ae Rapids
Turday
Emest
Try
N. G. Ryen
Onday
St. Margaret
Casmotte Onday
Meetimes
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Vileature
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Stock Club meeting and typhoid updates at Rolfe
Boys and girls join the Stock Club meet at Ford garage in Rolfe on Thursday October 17 at eight o clock to plan a year program. The town reports several typhoid cases, with updates on Gerald Ton and others and local health precautions. A county wide Farm Bureau meeting is planned for December with new format and wide participation.
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Stock Club
Ford Garage
Rolfe
Decem Mus
Olerich
F. K. Hawley
Frank Murray
Arthur Ugh
Town urged to buy First National Building as multi-use town hall
The Arrow urges Rolfe residents and the American Legion to consider purchasing the First National Bank building from the receiver. It cites potential uses including a town hall, post office space, fire apparatus storage, library home, town records vault, and Legion meeting rooms. The price could be about one third of new construction, with needed repairs.
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Rolfe
American Legion
First National Bank
Legion Boys
Auxiliary Elects Officers at Country Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary met Monday at a country home hosted by Mrs. Fred Smith and others. After a social hour, members toured a Brown Swiss herd and other animals. Elected officers were Pres. L A Rogers, Vice-Pres. Karl Ferguson, Lecy A V Perigal, Treas. A M DeVaul, Chaplain Geo F Smith, Historian Emmett Stallcup, Membership Committee A Richmond and Chas Pike.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Smith
Cliff Watts
Emma Lighter
Elizabeth Herrold
Marjory Ann Jones
Pres
L. A. Rogers
Karl Ferguson
Lecy
A. V. Perigal
Treas
A. M. DeVaul
Geo. F. Smith
Emmett Stallcup
A. Richmond
Chas. Pike
Petit Jurors Named for 9:00 a.m. Tuesday Nov. 12
The following list of petit jurors is called to appear at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday November 12. Jay Chamberlain Fonda A. Christiansen Gilmore City A F Clabaugh Havelock Mrs Oral Cornwell Rolfe Geo Dyiig Havelock Henry Deacon Havelock P DeVaul Havelock Zoe Dreir Laurens Wallace Engh Pocahontas M R Fisher Rolfe Minnie Fitzgerald Varina Matt Flaherty Pocahontas The Flessner Fonda William Freese Manson Vincent Fuchs Fonda Squire Heathman Laurens F C Heberlein Pocahontas John Hewlett Rolfe Fred Jensen Pocahontas Alfred Johnson Pocahontas Geo Johnson Havelock Joe A Johnson Fonda Vendal Johnson Pocahontas Elsie Kent Fonda Edward Kern Laurens B A Layman Laurens O P Malcolm Pocahontas Clara A McIntyre Fonda Sybil E Norton Laurens Guy Oleson Laurens Art Omara Varina G W Rubel Laurens A L Rude Fonda L N Schall Pocahontas 3 C Sedlacek Pocahontas Harold Shelgren Gilmore City W F Smith Marathon Mrs Wm Mammen Palmer Randart Johnson Pocahontas Glenn W Smith Laurens James Smrkouski Havelock F J Stoulil Pocahontas L A Stover Havelock Henry Svejda Pocahontas Amel Swalin Pomeroy Elia Taylor Relfe A B Thompson Relfe M V Walsh Pocahontas 8 E Wright Laurens
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Jay Chamberlain
Fonda. A
Christiansen
Gilmore City
A. F. Clabaugh
Havelock
Oral Cornwell
Rolfe
Geo. Dyiig
Henry Deacon
P. DeVaul
Zoe Dreir
Laurens
Wallace Engh
Pocahontas
M. R. Fisher
Minnie
C. Sedlacek
Harold Shelgren
W. F. Smith
Marathon
Wm. Mammen
Palmer
Randart Johnson
Glenn W. Smith
James Smrkouski
F. J. Stoulil
L. A. Stover
D M T Woman's Club Opens New Year at School
The D M T Woman's Club met in the school building Tuesday afternoon October 8 with many members present marking the new club year. Officers began duties and plans for the year were discussed as committees were appointed for program books serving duties and meeting planning. A program followed with violin and vocal solos a school paper reading a radio discussion and a 4 H Girls play. Refreshments were served after adjournment.
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D. M.T. Woman's Club
Thomas Diggs
Jeane Scheffers
B. C. Lehma
Ruth Thorson
Grant Johnson
Elva Faye Ham
John Weishaar
Franklin Majorowicz
Wm. Fisher
Elvig Escapes County Jail at Pocahontas
H N Elvig a county jail inmate escaped Friday morning by forcing a corridor door and entering the basement exit. He was serving a year after pleading guilty to embezzlement while employed by McGregor Bros Lumber Co at Laurens and was believed to be heading toward Canada. Authorities continue pursuit.
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H. N. Elvig
Elvig
McGregor Bros. Lumber Co
Laurens
Elvng
Pocahontas
Canada
Stebbins
Farm help sought for Pocahontas corn harvest
Fourteen men visited the County Agent office in Pocahontas between 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Monday seeking corn picking work. The office expects more workers and instructs those needing labor to notify the Farm Bureau so help can be dispatched.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Farm Bureau
Homecoming at Iowa City Highlights Big Stadium Dedication
Next Saturday October 19 the State University of Iowa hosts homecoming in Iowa City. Iowa and Illinois universities meet in football as 40 000 tickets have already been sold for the half million dollar stadium dedication drawing attendees from campus and town.
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State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa
Illinois
Helen Haskin Weds Eugene Payne at Nashua Little Brown Church
Miss Helen Orel Haskin of Charles City daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Haskin and Mr. Eugene Payne of Charles City united in marriage Saturday Oct 12 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Haskin once lived in Rolfe and will receive congratulations from locals. The note closes with a light aside on eight hour days and livestock economics noting 1928 as a strong year for producers.
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Helen Orel Haskin
Charles City
M. B. Haskin
Eugene Payne
Little Brown
Nashua
Haskin
Rolfe
Marshall Township Man Overcomes Hog Troubles
John Grobman of Marshall Township shifted from failing hog production to success by moving pigs to clean pasture and improving sanitation. After prior losses from infected lots, he adopted a simple shed, hot water scrubbing of the hog house, and washing sows’ udders, raising 69 of 70 pigs this year and planning for four sows with 32 pigs this fall.
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John Grobman
Marshall Township
Mr. Grobman
Grobman Farm
G. Shold
Mr. Shold
Grobman
Beets Haul Boom in Ledyard as County Grows Sugar Crop
Roads into Ledyard are lined with wagons hauling thousands of acres of sugar beets destined for Mason City. Beets vary in size, with several large fields led by Lloyd Jorgenson and William Rotterman. Farmers note higher profits vs grain or corn, despite dry weather reducing beet size.
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Ledyard
Mason City
William Behse
Gladys Pingel
Walter Zielske
Alfred Buschchitin
Herbert Zielske
Lloyd Jorgenson
William Rotterman
Edward Reece
Michael Kellar
Fred
Logeman
Comty
Headlights of Motor Trip to Wisconsin
A northeastern Iowa to southern Wisconsin drive showcases fine roads and late autumn scenery. The author notes paving improvements near Hampton and Dubuque, recalls Green County dairy heritage, the Swiss Cheese Capital Monroe, and the shift to a centralized cheese market while describing milk production, co op factories, and the impact of prohibition on cheese sales.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Pocahontas County
Waverly
Hampton
Butler County
Dubuque
Chicago
Boston
State Line
Mississippi River
Green County
Monroe
United States
Albany
Wilson
DeMill and Bowers Attend Farm Bureau Meeting
Po cahontas County Farm Bureau President Wade DeMill and County Agent C R Bowers attended a district Farm Bureau meeting in Fort Dodge last Friday. Discussions covered live stock marketing taxation and the organization. The group seeks an orderly program for live stock sales and a modern tax system.
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Wade DeMill
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau
C. R. Bowers
H Club Seeks Beef Calves For Baby Beef Project
Farm youths and fathers across Pocahontas County search for Angus Hereford and Shorthorn calves to feed in the Baby Beef Club. They prefer steer calves 800 to 425 pounds and have purchased some but need more calves as carload shipments decrease. Contact the club through the County Agent if you have calves for sale.
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Pocahontas County
Hereford
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