Safety talks and a Lil Abner skit at local school
Ft. Dodge Iowa safety council worker Mr Ulish spoke to high and grade students on safe driving and accident figures from 1940 noting 457000 casualties and 106000 highway crashes. The week also featured a Lil Abner skit at the assembly, plus student events and a tea for homemaking mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulish
Ft. Dodge
Iowa Safety Council
Louise Neal
Schmidt
Karar
Dodge
Com-ision
D. M. T. Assem
Woman's Club
High Tool Assembly
Lester Thorson
N. Fisher
Des Moines
Wiship Assembly
Boys’ Glee Club
Loren Thompson
Sylvester Pease
Jerry Kilbourn
Nald Spencer
Dale Hew
Des Moines Team Plans Postponed School Play
D M T high school news notes a postponement of the junior class mystery play The Night Owl to November 4 and 5 due to coin picking vacation. Other items report perfect attendance lists, basketball schedules, and student activities at D M T with teachers and clubs named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
J. K. Martin
Des Moines
Laurens
Pocahontas
Third Grade Studies Homes Cowboys At School
Third grade students study Indian home types and cowboys while Marcia Jane Lehnus brings mother hen and baby chickens to kindergarten Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Jane Lehnus
Iowa man mails letter from Denmark with Swastika stamp
R. Nelson of Pocahontas received a letter from his sister in Denmark that bore a Swastika censor stamp yet nothing inside was censored. In Mitchellville Iowa preparations begin for the 1940 corn husking contest set for Friday October 25 with participants 70 years and older using the old wooden peg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Nelson
Pocahontas
Denmark
Mitchellville
Tomato stakes reach 17 feet in Dyersville test
George Ham of Dyersville uses a stacking stake method for tomatoes reaching 17 feet high. Each vine yields enough tomatoes to fill a bushel basket, proving the method's viability.
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George Ham
Dyersville
Shipment Location Corrected After Initial Uncertainty
A note states that the place of shipment was unclear at first and it took considerable time to determine the correct location. The delay is described as due to initial confusion before confirmation of the proper destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Auto Co
Wait and See colt earns ribbons and small-town praise
Dr A L Yocum of Chariton owns the colt Wait and See once doubted for training. Clarence Tobias of Des Moines saw its potential. The horse won many ribbons this year. Decorah’s 15 year old Bob McQueen has collected 69 medals and cups in two years, often the youngest contestant at meets.
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Dr. A. L. Yocum
Chariton
Clarence Tobias
Des Moines
Bob McQueen
Women at Work Finish Cement Walk at Little Sioux
When a church front walk was to be laid in Little Sioux only one man appeared but the project proceeded as women organized and completed the cement walk themselves.
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Sioux
Rural Hancock pupils miss class after intruder stormed school
A rural Hancock county school closed for a surprise one day after an unknown intruder entered the building causing disorder. In Belmond, Tom Johnson a blind man was reunited with his dog who had been run over. Dr. Coe saved the dog's life and it now aids Johnson again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lanus
Rolfe-Terris
Wirth
Hancock County
Tom Johnson
Duluth
Belmond
Johnsons
Johnson
Dr. Coe
Up and Coming 4-H Club Elects Officers at Oct Meeting
The Up and Coming 4-H club met at Alice Boysen’s home on Saturday Oct 12 with 18 members 2 leaders and 1 visitor. Marion Daniels was elected president Marvella Ralle vice president Edna Wilson secretary Thelma Jolliffe treasurer Alice Boysen historian Mildred Olberding reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Boysen
Marion Daniels
Marvella Ralle
Edna Wilson
Thelma Jolliffe
Treas
Mildred Olberding
Alice Lathrop
Miss Colgan
Evelyn Carlson
Poultry Show results continue with awards listed
The Poultry Show continues from page one detailing winners in various classes. First and second place in standard categories are noted for birds such as heavy hens and heavy pullets, with owners including Mrs. Mike Schmidt, Lloyd Perrigo, Marge Hughes, and others. Farm Breeder results list White Leghorn cocks and hens with winners like Mrs. Alva Webb and Junior Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Schmidt
Lloyd Perrigo
Marge Hughes
C. A. Christensen
Harold Budd
Alva Webb
Lenhard Holden
Junior
Andrew Ives
Mike
Runaway wagon crash injuries reported near Vail
A Everette Crane team from Vail collided with a train as horses sustained cuts and bruises and the wagon was badly wrecked though no one rode in it. In Wheatland 513 sheep were unloaded at the station with an unexplained error in the handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Crane
Vail
A. F. van Pelt
Poultry Show Results and Purchases Announced
Poultry classes list winners across White Leghorn, White Rock, Barred Rock, New Hampshire and other breeds with first and second place holders. Additional awards cover eyes dozen, corn, wheat, barley, oats, flax, soy beans, ducks, pigeons, rabbits, and bantams with names tied to owners and judges. The notice also lists people purchasing poultry grain eggs or apples at the energy Saturday night event.
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Majorowicz
Herman Buettner
Elvin Ives
Jim Turley
C. A. Christensen
Arlo Ives
Richard i Lokerse
Dozen White
Harry Kinsley
Lenhard Holden
Guy Smith
Mabel Michalek
Adam Schubacker
Alva Webb
Mike Schmidt
Junior Dean
Junior Webb
Carl Peterson
Roger DeWolf
D. W. Stover
Bob Olerich
Duncan Golden Dent
A. L. Roberts
Frank Robinson
Walter Spence
Jim Hunt
Thompson Bros
Frank Hronek
Clyde Perrigo
Beverly de Wolf
LeRoy Christensen
Earl Ives
Hans’ Nielsen
Andrew Ives
Peck Rye
Roland Ives
Peck Barley
Joe Meisenbach
Ole Ryen
Herbert Ramsay
Peck
Earl Chambers
Morris Ives
Jens Thompson
Drake
Aaron Bishop
Young Dean
Meath
Cille Hart
Afpg
Ayes
Joan and
Bote
Lee Schmidt
Dean Muscovey
Old Drake
Pease
James Cornwell
Spe
Pe Muscovey
Young Duck
George Miller
Loren Roberts
Sylvester Peasett
Sylvester Pease
Gerald Hart
Auergy
Ed Rickard
Forrest Grant
Bad Hunter
Dr. Molyneux
Frank Had
Bert Peterson
L. R. Davidson
Chipley Bowen
M. R. Soth
Peters Myket
Shirley Thornton
M. VW. Webb
Henry Wiegman
Community Ley
Beckord’s Hatchery
Edward Duty
Cliff Watts
C. B. Chapman
Bloomcamp’s Bar
Helmer Kaiser
Victor Shimon
A. R. Thomson
Loren Pease
Rolfe State Bank
Kj Sylveste
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Rolfe Public School
Lil? Abner
Tim Abner
Jeanette Hauck
Catherine McIntire
Sadie Hawkins
Betty McIntire
Lil? ‘Abner
Victory
Glyde Smith
Daisy
Mae
Rolfe
June Shelgren
Strange Gal
Rockwell City
Mammy Yocum
Marcella Howland
Pappy Yocum
Virgil Shelgren
Marryin
Sam
Allen Cook
Marie White
Patsy Hurley
M. T. School News
Mabel Coyle
Anna Mae Struthers
Ass’t
Melvin Sanden
Lillie Fish
Charlene Hronek
Margery Joens
Lawrence Hovland
James Spencer
Arnold Zeman
Betty Mae de Vaul
Evelyn Peterson
Billie Spencer
Shirley Fisher
Shirley Heathman
Auriel Lowe
Agnes Thompson
Dale Hewlett
Meriam Ripperger
Robert Koenig
Iirls
Glee Club
Marjorie Peterson
Arch Boyd
Charlene Onek
Asurer
Iowa
White Rock
Bob Fisher
New Hampshire
C. W. Stover
Russel Kauffman
Jonathon
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Pocahontas Auto Co
Pocahontas, Iowa
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