Rolfe Triumphs Over Gilmore City In Friday Tilt
Rolfe High School defeated Gilmore City 18 6 in a Friday afternoon game marked by long runs and three Rolfe touchdowns. Key plays included McIntire connecting with Glyde Smith for a 30 yard TD, a 50 yard kickoff return, and strong blocking from G Smith and Hauck. Rolfe to face Lake City next Friday in Twin Lakes conference action.
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Rolfe High School
Gilmore City
Gilmore
LE Taylor
Smith
Dayapman
Gilchristeeley
Peterson
Jeffers Ickard
Shelgren
Elston Hee
Bottin
Meacham
Gist
Rolfe
Carlson
Har- Sandvig
Winthre
McIntire
Puss
G. Smith
McIintire
Glyde
Fea
Hauck
Cornwell
Juniormith
Herschel Chapman
Lake City
Lake
Twinkes
Sper Shimon High in Corn Yield
Sper Shimon of Rolfe wins the 10 acre corn yield contest sponsored by Pocahontas County Farm Bureau during summer 88. Caspar Shimon’s De Kalb field produced 998.5 pounds from 100 hills with 20.93 moisture and 102.4 bushel yield. earns eligibility for a master corn growers medal. Second place goes to William Bolen of Laurens with 86.6 acre yield from 600 ears, moisture 18.91, 736.5 pounds. Third place to Wenell of Laurens with 800.0 from 500 lis, moisture 19.01 and 84.9 bushels. fourth to Lester Shimon with 711.5 pounds from 8 acres.
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Pocahontas County
Am Bureau
Caspar Shimon
Rolfe
Kinon
Shimon
Aster Corn Growers
Town Corn
Small Grain Towers Association
William Bolen
Laurens
Bolen
Funk
Wenell
Lester Shimon
Pocahontas Men Named for Draft Calls in 1941
Three Pocahontas residents Kenneth Frendy DePew James Bunyan and Arthur Hurley listed for induction by the local selective service Nov 6 1941 at 1430 hours. They will travel to Fort Des Moines for U S Army processing and reception.
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Maree County
Pocahontas
U. S. Army
Fort Des Moines
Kenneth Frendy DePew
Po- Fihontig
James Bunyan
Laurens
Arthur ‘Hurley
Rolfe
Stores to Close Wednesday Nights Beginning November 1
Rolfe stores will cease Wednesday evening operations starting November 1 and continue until a spring 1942 date. The signatories include R. G. Hunter Beckord Hatchery Wold Hardware J. E. Rickard & Sons IGA Store G. S. Shriner J. White & Son Keith Haynes Rollie Fight M. and J. R. Hakes C. P. Lathrop V. D. Hauck B. H. Peters E. Hiken berry Rolfe Creamery.
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Rolfe
R. G. Hunter
Beckord Hatchery
Wold Hardware
J. E. Rickard & Sons
IGA’ Store
G. S. Shriner
J. White & Son
Keith Haynes
Rollie Fight
J. R. Hakes
C. P. Lathrop
V. D. Hauck
B. H. Peters
E. Hikenberry
Rolfe Creamery
Mystery play by D M T juniors features a stolen necklace
The D M T juniors present The Marlenburg Necklace a mystery play in the Des Moines Two school auditorium on November 4 and 5 under Supt Gilbert DeBoer. The plot centers on suspense with Detective O Flannigan and a cast including Bob Waring Marilyn Drake and Mrs Marlenburg.
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Des Moines
Gilbert DeBoer
O’flannigan
Bob Waring
Dale Hewlett
Marilyn Drake
Bob
Anna Mae Struthers
Junior Peterson
Marie
Mabel Coyle
Maxine Marlenburg
Marienburg
Richard Sanden
Miss West
Grace Hertz
Janet Williams
Meraim Ripperger
Rolfe Adult Evening School Plans Year
Rolfe council of adult evening school classes met to set the term start for November 24 at 7 30 PM in the homemaking rooms. Miss Mary Frances Kelley leads, with Mrs C B Fuller Jr named chairwoman. Health and Happiness in the Home will guide four pre Christmas lessons focusing on first aid and home remedies. Open to all adults with no fee. Sponsored by the state department of vocational education with Rolfe school and community under Smith Hughes and George Deen Acts.
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Rolfe
Mary Frances Kelley
C. B. Fuller Jr
State Department of Vocational Education
Rolfe School
Smith- Hughes
George Deen
Iowa State College
Citizen Kane presents psychological adventure at Ritz Theatre
Starting next Sunday at the Ritz Theatre a marked variation on screen production will be shown. Orson Welles directs and produces Citizen Kane a tale of wealth ego ambition and power. The film uses backward forward and sideways camera action to tell a story that emphasizes mood over action.
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Ritz Theatre
Motion Picture Herald
Orson Welles
Kane
Young April makes hit with audience at high school play
The junior class play Young April staged in the high school auditorium Tuesday night drew praise for its humorous take on parents with college bound children and their offspring. Under Ruth Wilson’s direction the ensemble portrayed George and Terry McIntyre and their suitors with a lively mix of romance and family dynamics.
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April
Ruth Wilson
McIntyre
Don Peters
Beryl White
George
Everett Harris
Terry
Beverly Grant
Bert Parsons
Junior Smith
Stewart Miller
Jimmy McIntire
Brian Stanley
Alvin Riches
Stanley
Lulu
Beverly DeWolf
Vivian
Elsie
Joan Graves
Frances Phillips
Dutch
Freddie Buchle
Pete
Virgil Shelgren
Miss Mann
Miss Smith
LeRoy Larson
Eloise Hewlett
Janet Thompson
Nan Peterson
Garfield Farm Bureau Meeting Discusses 4-H and Scout Ties
At the Thursday gathering at C A Christensen home Chester George Fort Dodge spoke on cooperation between Boys Scouts and 4 H clubs and opportunities for country boys in Scout work. Max O Naylor county agent outlined defense production economics and corn husking contest results near Pocahontas. Phyllis DeWolf and Phillips Brinkman gave 4-H reports.
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Garfield
Farm Bureau
C. A. Christensen
Chester George
Fort Dodge
Earl Chambers
Pocahontas
Max O. Naylor
Phyllis DeWolf
Phillips Brinkman
Grant Johnson
Lucile White
Early Bird Breakfast Drives Scout Fund Appeal
Above 300 men interested in the Boy Scout movement in Pocahontas county met for Early Bird Breakfasts on Wednesday morning. They then reached out to Friends of Scouting to raise funds to extend the program in the Prairie Gold Area. Theo McCartan and C Er Miller spoke on KVFD Fort Dage outlining campaign reasons and goals.
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Pocahontas County
Friends of Scouting
Prairie Gold
KVFD
Fort Dage
Theo. McCartan
Pocahontas
C. Er. Miller
Plover
Record Books Enter State 4-H Contest
Pocahontas county 4-H clubs submitted record books for a chance at trip awards to the National Club Congress in Chicago this December. Included are Vergene Lewis Evelyn Carlson June Hudek Mary Margaret Brinkman Beverly DeWolf and Beryl White with photos questionnaires and club histories forming a treasure chest of memories.
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Pocahontas County
Chicago
Vergene Lewis
Evelyn Carlson
June Hudek
Mary Margaret Brinkman
Beverly DeWolf
Beryl White
Iowa
Husking Contest at Mallard Draws 4000
Pocahontas Ernest Heidecker of Lakota district winner in the 1941 northwest district corn husking contest held near Mallard on Monday. He also won Hampton district last year and has topped the Kossuth county contest for four years. Eleven contestants competed at the Ray Bohn farm amid 90 bushels per acre corn blown down by a weekend wind and rain. Attendance ranged from 3,500 to 4,000. Final wet pounds show Heidecker 2 185 7, Harold Larson 2 123.0, Elmer Lawman 2 067.8, Raymond Truelson 2 062.5, Alan Show 1963.0. Prizes were $15 and $10. Events included a morning parade and band displays from Laurens, Pocahontas, Emmetsburg, Mallard, plus a horse show by Pocahontas Trail Riders and Staley horses from Rockwell City. Mark G Thornburg addressed the crowd as state secretary of agriculture. Notables F C Gilchrist, A J Shaw, and Jens Thompson attended.
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Pocahontas
Ernest Heidecker
Lakota
Kossuth
Mallard
Hampton
Ray Bohn
Kaossuth County
Harold Larson
Kanawha
Hancock County
Elmer Lawman
Rodman
Palo Alto
Raymond Truelson
Havelock
Pocahontas County
Alan Show
Humboldt
Humboldt County
Mallard Commercial Club
Laurens
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas County Farm
Truelson
Ernest Samuelson
Fonda
Samuelson
Max Hopkins
Eugene Patrick
Joe Hudek
Bill Schott
Ray Davidson
Herman Yocum
Frank Kopriva
Curtis Carlson
Edward Wolkenhauer
Pocahonas County
Plowman
Wolkenhauer
J. V. Poduska
Bert Rude
Eldon Anderson
Ray Crummer
Busk
Herman Locum
Fred Baade Rolfe
Pocahontas State Bank
Robert Lansing
Husking Mittens
R. BE. A
Record Democrat
Howard DeWolf
Gilmore City
Pattee
Cephas Keele
Bill Ford
O’brien Drug Co
Maynard Snecker
Flashlight
Pocahontas Lumber Store
Edwin Hirschberger
J. P. Beck Co
Sewing quotas and pig crop operations noted in brief
About a dozen girls dresses remain to meet a sewing quota and yarn is on hand for sweaters. Officials aim to finish sewing before Thanksgiving and complete the entire consignment before year’s end when a new assignment arrives. The Central States building sewing room opens Friday afternoons through Thanksgiving. With pork prices high, improved sanitation and care with the fall pig crop are expected to yield higher returns at market.
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Central States
Tickets to Feeders Banquet Sell Fast
Tickets for the county beef producers banquet at Havelock school Saturday evening November 1 are selling rapidly. Main speaker H M Conway of the National Livestock Marketing Association, with Herman Aaberg from Chicago, and honors for Glenn Knapp who exhibited the grand champion baby beef at the 4 H fair. Tickets from many local names or the Farm Bureau office.
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Farm Bureau
Havelock School
Producers’ Association
Irene Shimon
Roy Simonson
Cattle Feeders Association
J. B. DeWolf
Ben Magness
C. D. Wenell
Harry L. Lund
Jim DeWolf
Arlo Ives
A. A. Brinkman
E. J. Kelley
Don Trenary
Ralph Hudek
Leslie Hughes
Farm Bureau Office
Red Cross Drive Set to Expand County Membership
The annual Red Cross drive for membership under county chairman Morris Webb will be launched soon with a nearly doubled quota. Des Moines township rolls are led by Mrs. Tom Diggs of Garfield ship Mrs. Robert Wiegert and Mrs. Hortense Siefkin of Rolfe. Further roll call details will appear in the Arrow.
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Red Cross
Morris Webb
Des Moines Township
Tom Diggs
Garfieldship
Robert Wiegert
Rolfe
Hortense Siefkin
The
Arrow
Dr Maloney Dies After Lingering Illness
Dr A P Maloney age 59 a longtime Fonda physician died Friday Oct 24 at his home after a lingering illness Funeral services were held Monday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic church in Fonda He was father of Eleanor Maloney Mrs Edward Howell and is survived by his wife a daughter two sisters and a brother
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Maloney
A. P. Maloney
Eleanor Maloney
Edward Howell
Rolfe
Fonda
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church
Mrs. Howell
Iowa City
Rolfe Troop Observes Girl Scout Week Nationwide
National Girl Scout Week honors Juliette Low born Oct 31. Rolfe Girl Scouts, formed 1940 with American Legion Auxiliary support, plan flowers at Rolfe churches next Sunday and attend their own services. 386 members aged 10 to 18 participate in outdoor, homemaking, health, literature, sports, music, arts and crafts, nature study and community service. Leaders include Mrs. M W Webb and others with a troop committee of local women.
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Juliette Low
Rolfe
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion Hall
M. W. Webb
Shirley Thornton
B. A. Peterson
Cora Belle Pollock
Lu. Mae White
Mesdames Hortense Siefkin
T. D. Jones
M. R. Soth
G. A. Everson
Luther Thompson
R. B. Ranney
R. G. Hunter
Flossie de Vaul
Girl Scouts
Truelson Repeats Win In Pocahontas Corn Husking Contest
Raymond Truelson of Havelock wins the 1941 Pocahontas county corn husking contest at the county farm, marking his third consecutive victory. Ernest Samuelson of Fonda and Max Hopkins of Laurens place second and third with prize details and committee roles listed.
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Samuelson of
Fonda
Pocat Pocahontas pie contest entries fail to place
Pocahontas County pie baking winner Doris Vaughn of Rolfe and runner up Elmer Crouse of Havelock entered pies in the Humboldt district contest on Wednesday October 22 but did not place. Raspberry pie by Mrs Ray Black Calhoun county won first. second went to Hanna Hellickson Houmboldt county with apple pie. third to a cherry pie by Mrs Black. fourth to a raisin pie by Mrs Harry Warner Hardin county. Mrs Black advances to the Des Moines state contest at the Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention.
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Pocahontas County
Humboldt
Doris Vaughn
Rolfe
Elmer Crouse
Havelock
Ray Black
Calhoun County
Hanna Hellickson
Houmboldt County
Harry Warner
Hardin County
Black
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
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New Sentinel
Uncle Sam
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U. S
Bristol
U.S.8. Kearny
Chester C. Wood
Garfield Farm Bureau
Christensen Home
Scouts
Red
RED Cross Drive
Rolfe Troop
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