Community event calendar and Farm Bureau notes
Town clubs and societies list upcoming meetings and events from early November in Des Moines Township. Groups include Lutheran Ladies’ Aid, Ton Bridge Club, Woman’s Club, Methodist Mission Society, and Rolfe High Homecoming with football games. Farm Bureau elects new officers and outlines plans for agriculture advocacy and home project work.
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Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Luther Thomprsday
Ton Bridge Club
Fowie
James Bruce
Gilmore City High
John Madsen
Dess Township
Orkman
Iowa State
Col- Ames
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Loyalty Song for Old Rolfe High Team
A school spirit cheer praising Old Rolfe High with lines about loyalty and backing the team. It urges scoring touchdowns and victory, tying pride to the Old Rolfe High identity.
Rolfe Homecoming Game With Pocahontas High
Rolfe High invites alumni and townspeople to the homecoming game on Wednesday November 6 when Rolfe faces Pocahontas High. The piece extols local alumni in business and civic life and calls everyone to return home for the celebration and to greet old friends.
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Rolfe
Rolfe High
Pocahontas High
Pocahontas
J. Rollin Grant
Henry van Dyke
Gilmore City Man Injured in Quarry Rock Slide
Will Bausserman of Gilmore City narrowly escaped serious harm when a quarry bank collapsed at Northwestern State cement plant where he worked. He was partially buried under rock and dirt, suffering a deep temple cut requiring stitches, a crushed hand, and multiple bruises. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon of last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Bausserman
Gilmore City
North-western State Cement Plant
Mr. Bausserman
Rolfe Treated to Regular Talking Movies at Scenic Theatre
The Obrechts announce purchase of a talking movie system for The Scenic Theatre. They have studied installations and demonstrations in other venues and will invest in acoustics before a public unveiling. Expect talkies to debut by turkey day, though opening date remains undecided.
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Obrechts
Obrecht
William A. Elliott Dies at Storm Lake at 59
William A. Elliott died Thursday morning at Storm Lake of heart failure at fifty nine. He lived in Pocahontas County thirty years and served as county farm steward for twenty two years and as county Republican central committee chairman for several years. Born in Dodgeville Wisconsin his mother still resides there. He is survived by his wife son and daughter both students at Buena Vista College. Funeral services were held at the home with Masonic orders in charge and interment in Storm Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Elliott
Storm Lake
Mr. Elliott
Pocahontas County
Republican Central Committee
Dodgeville
Wis
Harry
Helen
Buena Vista College
Fred M. Hudson
Mishna Lodge
Pocahontas
Students Present Operetta Gypsy Love At Pocahontas
The Pocahontas public school staged the operetta Gypsy Love over two back to back evenings. Written by Supt A D Draper and directed by Miss Ann Niven, the eleven cast was led by Marguerite Halder and Howard Warrington with a twenty five member chorus. Two specialties The Wedding of the Painted Doll and The Tin Pan Parade were performed by second grade pupils.
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Pocahontas
Supt
A. d. Draper
Ann Niven
Marguerite Halder
Howard Warrington
Emerson of Laurens arrested for child desertion
G B Emerson of Laurens was arrested Tuesday by Sheriff Chas Stebbins on a charge of child desertion. He was at Roy Neville farm when taken into custody. His wife died ten years ago and two children live in Minnesota, two in Fonda, with a fifth child in Pocahontas care of Mr and Mrs Ben Gilbert. He had struggled to provide for the children and was released on bond a few hours later.
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G. BH. Emerson
Laurens
Chas. Stebbins
Emerson
Roy Neville
Minnesota
Fonda
Ben Gilbert
Pocahontas
Farmers tour Belmond sugar plant
Seven automobile loads of farmers and business men from Rolfe Gilmore City and nearby towns visited Belmond to inspect the sugar beet factory as part of a push for beet inclusion in a diversified crop program.
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Rolfe
Gilmore City
Belmond
Rolfe Businesses Close For Homecoming Football Game
All business houses in Rolfe will close from 2:30 to 4:30 PM on Wednesday November 6 to observe the Homecoming Day football game between Rolfe and Pocahontas high schools at City Park.
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Earl
Edgar Cor
Mary Wheeler
Insday
Rolfe High
Ontas
Rolfe
City Parkway
Pocahontas Rolfe High
R. H.S
Pocahontas
Pocahontas High School
Big wall-eyed pike caught on Des Moines River near Bradgate
Sunday evening Miss Inga Ryen and companions fished the Des Moines river east of Bradgate. Inga hooked a ten-pound wall-eyed pike after a long fight and also landed four and a half pound nail-eyes and smaller ones. She used big minnows from the bank and lost a large pike.
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Inga
Maybelle Ryen
Gladys Larson
Frank Wheeler
Des Moines
Bradgate
Inga Ryen
Izaak Walton
Rolfe
Minnesota
Miss Ryen
County Champs Chosen for State 4-H Contest
Arlene Ham of Rolfe will represent Pocahontas County in the five year 4-H record contest. Vivian Madsen Des Moines township three year division. Marjory Vaughn best one year record in canning. Vera Madsen two year record rep. Notebooks to Ames for state scoring.
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Arlene Ham
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Vivian Madsen
Des Moines
Vivian
Marjory Vaughn
Marjory
Vera Madsen
Vera
Canning
Electric Service Station Burns at Laurens
The Hartley Electric Service Station in Laurens burned on a Wednesday forenoon last week. Mr Hartley heated an acid proof paint and when he left the back room, the paint boiled over or exploded, gutting the back room and destroying the building. Loss about 3800 with no insurance. A strong wind and adjacent structures worsened the fire but timely hose and chemical engine work limited spread.
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Hartley
Laurens
Thrilling Rolfe Livermore Grid Battle Ends In Tie
Rolfe and Livermore played a stirring high school football classic at Rolfe field. Rolfe led 18 6 at halftime, endured a disputed Livermore score, then pulled ahead 19 18 on E Calligan to Spence and a late pass surge. A final Livermore rally sent the score to 26 all before Spence interception and a last snap tied it. Rolfe’s Roland Carroll suffered a broken collarbone. Gilmore City visits Rolfe next Friday.
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Rolfe
Livermore
New Life
E. Calligan
Spence
Rolfe Rooters
Roland Carroll
Collor
Pupils to stage Peter Rabbit operetta Friday night
Rolfe Public School pupils present Peter Rabbit an operetta in three acts Friday evening at the school auditorium directed by Miss Frieda Wille assisted by Miss Hattie Lehnus piano by Catherine Nacke cast includes Peter James Chariton Flopsy Virginia Wilkin Mopsy Shirley Ann Lothian and many Garden Vegetables in acts two and three with vocal solos and specials by Junior High Girls Glee Club and violin by Billy McIntire
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Peter Rabbit
Henry P. Cross
Rolfe Public
Frieda Marie Wille
Hattie Lehnus
Catherine Nacke
Peter
James Chariton
Virgina Wilkin
Shirley Ann Lothian
Robert. Obrecht
Stella Mae Brinkman
Mr. McGregor
Marine Sandvig
Fae Fisher
Wanda Sroufe
Evalyn Sandvig
Verna Peterson
Helen Barnes
Maxine Kelsey
Bessie Peterson
Janice Wiegman
Alva Utterson
Anita Miller
Marjorie Lothian
Arnold Hansen
Willard Kennedy
Roger Isaacson
Paul Olson
Julius White
Rudy Phillips
LeRoy Feaster
James Graham
Bernard Ferden
Virgil Cox
Leo Cornwell
Richard Cox
Beans
Donald Nelson
Howard White
Harold Hoganson
Lawrence Kennedy
Robert Watts
Dale Olson
Eldon Obrecht
Klein Seifert
Billy McIntire
Gaylord Darrow
Garth Sroufe
Richard Melson
Charlene Sanding
Mable Clemmons
Lorraine Shimon
Lu May White
Mary Beth Brinkman
Mary Graves
Mary Jane Hunter
Betty Seifert
Estilyn Roberts
Catherine Green
Mairgery Thompson
Naomi Sroufe
Little Rabbits
O. K E. Barnes
Donald Sinek
Eloise Hewlett
Lola Beth Green
Everett Roberts
Keith Spiker
James Hauck
Donald Davidson
Flopsy
Chorus
Grant lands contract for 80 by 50 foot county garage
J. T. Grant appeared before the Pocahontas board of supervisors and was the low bidder to erect an 80 by 50 foot county garage in Rolfe on Broad Street west of the Davis Bros elevator. The structure will store road maintainers and trucks and be ready for use as soon as possible with Lee Harmon in charge as boss carpenter.
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J. T. Grant
Pocahontas
Board of Supervisors
Rolfe
Broad Street
Davis Bros. & Potter
Lee Harmon
New Auto Plates Arrive as County Stocked for Fall Rush
County Treasurer John F. Carlson reports stock of over 5,000 new automobile license plates received last week. Plates feature white numerals on a blue background and designate Pocahontas county as No. 76 for 1930.
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John F. Carlson
Usdall
Iyog
Pocahontas County
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