Rolfe School News Shows Fall Activities and Plays
A Rolfe Arrotulet Carl Lanus returns to class after breaking his arm in a game versus Terrill Oc. Lily Thread Company pictures shown to homemaking classes. Music fundraisers sell light bulbs by committee. Reports describe a new card era and varied educational films including Babes in the Woods, Boy Scout Young Explorer, and Song of the Hills. A pop meeting featured South of Pocy Pocy with Cinderella inspired scenes. Huckleberry Finn planned for Nov 15 with Civil War era sets and costumes.
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Carl Lanus
Terrill
Lily Thread Company
Des Moines
Rolfe School
Hansel and Gretel
Nan Peterson
Lu Mae White
Poe
Don Sinek
Hontus
Jack Patterson
Rolfe Ella
Virgil Shelgren
Ilwyn Ives
Donald Peters
Alvin Riches
Prince Victory
James Hauck
Allen Cook
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly
Mark Twain
Lease writes to renew Arrow subscription
Rev. W. H. Lease, former pastor of Rolfe Methodist church, writes to renew his Arrow subscription calling it a letter from home. He notes Akron church work went well last year and anticipates another good year ahead.
Garfield Go Getters Elect 1941 Officers at Oct 12 Meeting
A Garfield Go-Getters regular meeting at Mrs LeRoy Nelsons home on October 12 elected officers for 1941. Beryl White became president with Mary Isabelle Chambers as vice president Beverly De Wolf as secretary treasurer Lorene George as historian Mary Margaret Brinkman as reporter Marilyn Barrett as photographer and Melba Ader as game director. Guests Marie Hosier and Evelyn Hummel of Arthur attended and lunch followed.
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Garfield
LeRoy Nelson
Beryl White
Mary Isabelle Chambers
Beverly DeWolf
Lorene George
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Marilyn Barrett
Melba Ader
Marie Hosier
Evelyn Hummel
Arthur
Visit at Jefferson Welcomes Wilson Grandchild
Mrs Muriel Wilson and guests traveled to Jefferson on Sunday October 18 to meet the new daughter Janice Sue Wilson born two weeks earlier. The visit marked the first Wilson grandchild to carry the family name. On returning, they visited Mrs Lou D Phillips in Callender and the G W Harris home in Fort Dodge.
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Jefferson
Muriel Wilson
G. C. Harris
Russell
N. A. Wilson
Janice Sue
Wilson
Pheasant and Partridge Hunting Dates Set for 1940 Season
Iowa Conservation Commission adopts an administrative order fixing the pheasant season from November 12 to 18 with daily limits of three pheasants and two Hungarian partridges. Shooting runs noon to 5 pm. Counties open for pheasants include Lyon through Marshall north of Highway 30. Missouri River counties Southwest Iowa open only in part. partridges open in listed counties. No change in trapping law. quail census pending, expected in a week.
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The
Conservation Commission
Lyon
Osceola
Hardin
Dickinson
Emmet
Winnebago
O’brien
Sioux
Clay
Palo Alto
Thossuth
Hancock
Worth
Mitchell
Floyd
Winneshiek
Cerro Gordo
Butler
Grundy
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Franklin
Wright
Humboldt
Pocahontas
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Plymouth
Woodbury
Sae
Ida
Calfioui
Howard
Chickasaw
Bremer
Fayette
Hamilton
Webster
Clayton
Delaware
Story
Marshall
Missouri River
Iowa
Monona
Harrison
Pottawattamie Mills
Fremont
O'Brien
Kossuth
Iowa Apple Crop Rated Best In Years
Iowa will produce one of its best apple crops in years while the nation falls short by about 28 million bushels from last year. R S Herrick, secretary of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, notes color size and flavor are unexcelled in Iowa Jonathan Delicious Grimes Golden Golden Delicious and other varieties. Consumers are urged to buy and store a liberal season’s supply before spring prices rise due to the nationwide shortage.
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Iowa
United States
R. S. Herrick
Iowa State! Horticultural Society
Herrick
Jonathan
Lorene George Hurt In Car Accident
Lorene George received a head cut in a collision at the junction of Highway 17 and a gravel road north of Pocahontas on a Sunday. The other vehicle carried Frank Stejskal and Stanley Kakacek of Pocahontas and collided with a car carrying Gordon Olson and Glen Carlson of Denver plus Harold Gustafson of Marathon and Miss George.
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Lorene George
Pocahontas
Frank Stejskal
Stanley Kakacek
Gordon Olson
Glen Carlson
Denver
Colo
Harold Gustafson
Marathon
Miss George
Hybrid corn dominance grows in Iowa crops
Iowa farmers now plant 88 percent of their 1940 corn acreage with hybrid seed, the highest share among states. The shift, slow to start in 1986, accelerated to 1988 and 1989, with Iowa reporting 7,758,000 acres hybrid out of 8,816,000 total. Yields for hybrid varieties have outpaced open pollinated by 15 to 17 percent. Also notes include rat control by a Reinbeck man and upcoming 1941 Farmers' Grain Dealers contest entries due November 1. FALLS Harold Shank suffered two falls in one day, injuring his head after a stick pierced his tonsil.
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Towa
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Mark G. Thornburg
Secretary of Agriculture
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ames
Corn Belt
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Iowa
E. J. Schmuecker
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Carbon Monoxide Deaths Fall in 1939 Iowa
Paul J. Houser of the Iowa state health department reports accidental carbon monoxide deaths declined to 18 in 1939 from 31 in 1938 and 26 in 1937, after peaking in 1938. He notes growing public awareness of the poison’s danger but cautions continued vigilance.
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Iowa
Paul J. Houser
Iowa State Department of Health
Houser
Carbon Monoxide Hazards Warn as Cold Weather Arrives
Officials caution that CO poisoning rises with colder weather. They urge car owners to inspect manifolds, heaters, mufflers and to ventilate garages before warming engines, plus ensure gas appliances are safe and well maintained.
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Rolfe
Rolfe Public School
Canadian Rockies
Hills
Three Rubes
Northern Counties
Henry Frier
Reinbeck
Harold Shank
Red Oak
Nielsen Bros. Service
Tony
Buster
Pope
Valentine
Johk Valentine
Owa
Senate
Leutenant
Fannberg
Kawaces
Mra
Miller
John K. Valentine
J. Galvin
Katie Miller
W. M. Shaw
la Verne Agriculture
Hlarey Fe
John Valentine
Chevrolet
Fisher
Rolfe Auto Company
Rolfe, Iowa
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