Des Moines Township Hit by Back-to-Back Storms
Heavy rain Friday night and wind and hail Saturday caused extensive damage in Des Moines township. Reports estimate 3–4 inches of rain Friday and about 5 inches Saturday, with barns struck by lightning, a total loss near Rolfe, and widespread corn and tree damage. Beav er Creek area suffered the heaviest impact, with telephone lines down and husking prospects dimmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frakjar Place
Mads Johansen
S. J. Christensen
Price Hill
Beaver Creek
Majorowicz
Des Moines
Ayrshire
Clay County Fair Set to Fire Spencer with Big Exhibits
The Spencer fair opens soon with Secretary Dailey predicting the finest exhibits yet. Hundreds of entries are arriving in auto and harness racing livestock and women's work. Parking is expanded with a new fourteen acre lot and a graveled road. Kids Day offers free admission for children while families save on rides and shows.
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Spencer
Dailey
Clay County
Coming Events in Ines Town and Rolfe Area
Community notices list meetings and gatherings from September 8 to 19. Des Moines Farm Bureau at D M T School building, OES at Masonic Hall, Field Day near Rolfe, Rolfe Methodist rally, All Legion Auxiliary with Mrs Richmond, luncheon at Mrs Blessing’s, Anne Will at Mrs O A Coo’s home, Lodge No 407 A F and A M, Trinitarian Ladies Society, Ruth W Brown clothing course, Home Study Club with Lan Gunderson, Garfield Township Farm Bureau, Chapter FR 1 MO gathering, and other local group activities with dates and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines Town
Des Moines Ship Farm Bureau
Masonic Hall
J. W. Heald
Rolfe
Rolfe Methodist Church
All - Legion Auxiliary
A. Richmond
M. T
Anne
Sisy
O. A. Coo
A. FL
A. M
Simonson
Ruth W. Brown
Hom
Olerich
Ed Home Study Club
Witi Lan Gunderson
Garfield Pihigil ‘Hip Farm Bureau
Jas. E. Olf
Glyde Brinkman
Frank Charlton and James Visit Rolfe for Labor Day
Frank Charlton and James traveled from Des Moines to Rolfe for Labor Day. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wheeler and family, who drove from Kansas City to the Wheeler and Miller homes for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Charlton
James
Rolfe
Charlon
Des Moines
Wesley Wheeler
Kansas City
Rolfe High elects Robert Lokerse captain of 1933 team
Robert Lokerse, veteran half back, is elected captain for Rolfe High School's 1933 football squad. He will lead by running ends and tossing passes. Three lettermen back join him: Bill Brinkman and Robert Russell, forming the nucleus of the team with strong backfield and lineman depth. Season tickets are available for $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lokerse
Rolfe
Robert
Bill Brinkman
Robert Russell
Lokerse
Brinkman
Bill
Russell
Rolfe Announces 1933 Football Schedule and Season Tickets
Rolfe outlines county championship plans in Pocahontas county with Laurens Pocahontas and Rolfe as contenders. Season tickets cost $1 with games at Rolfe City Park starting Sept 15 and a list of upcoming Friday home matches against Manson Albert City Livermore Pocahontas Gilmore City and Laurens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kober
Keith Rickard
Elwood Olerich
Bernard Wiegert
Eldon Stein
Harold Hoard
Jean Wiegman
Leo Shelgren
Pocahontas County
Laurens
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Twin Lakes
Twins Lakes
Manson
Rockwell City
Albert City
Livermore
Gilmore City
Humboldt
Humboldt and Rolfe
Rolfe City Park
Pocahontas County Gardener Sells Big Potato Harvest
Dan Felsing and Sons in Pocahontas County grow vegetables on 32 acres near Laurens. They expect 5 000 to 6 000 dollars in sales from potatoes and cabbage. The family won 22 first prizes at the Fonda fair and 17 first prizes at Humboldt for Cobblers Ohips Russets Carmen and Green Mountain potatoes. G Fred Smith injured at the D M T schoolhouse reception. back and two vertebrae affected, no heavy work for now.
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Pocahontas County
Dan Felsing & Sons
Swan Lake
Laurens
Dan Felsing
Hollandale
Minnesota
Felsing
Fonda
Humboldt Fair
Humboldt
Red River Valley
Chicago
Kansas City
Fred Smith
D. M.T
Laurens Wins County Kittenball Tournament Title
Laurens captured the Pocahontas County Kittenball tournament at Rolfe City Park, finishing with the top percentage. Despite soggy fields from weekend rain, Laurens defeated Pocahontas 7-0 in the opening game, then rolled to the tournament win as teams like Rolfe and Plover competed. notable incidents included a player ejection and a ground rule allowing three bases for hits into a lake in left field.
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Pocahontas County Kittenball Ague
Rolfe City Park
Laurens
Plover
Havelock
Rolfe
Championship Flights At Rolfe Golf Club Planned
The Rolfe Golf Club announces championship flights with first round matches set to finish by Sunday September 10. Pairings include Casey Heathman versus G G Butler and B A Peterson versus C G White among others. Prizes include a cup and trophies plus multiple golf balls and pens. The club notes financial strain and asks the community to consider its park upkeep role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Golf Club
Casey Heathman
Plover
G. G. Butler
Rolfe
B. A. Peterson
J. White
Pat Heathman
L. H. VanAlstine
Gilmore City
Frank Neel
Geo. Shors
Pocahontas
Lawrence Ppatnsland
G. L. Sanders
Dr. Herrick
Roy Johnston
J. Will Berry
W. P. Wheeler
Roger Heathman
Will Goodyear
Jack Hunter
F. E. Grant
Oswald Pattee
Clifford Howe
C. W. Siefkin
Carroll A. Lane
C. E. Miller
Arthur D. Evans
Walter Nystram
Havelock
J. B. Sheldon
Morris Webb
Bye
Will Pattee
Hovey
M. D. Anderson
Rolfe Flight
R. G. Hunter
T. G. Sime
Rolfe Auto Co
M. W. Webb
C. J. White
Central States Electric Co
Golf Club
1933 34 Home Project Leaders List by Township
A detailed roster of home project leaders for 1933-34 across Rolfe Des Moines and Garfield townships. Includes township chairs, publicity chairs, and district leaders with names and towns such as Rolfe Plover Havelock Bradgate Gilmore City and Pocahontas.
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H. F. Olerich
Rolfe
Powhatan Township
Thos. R. Jones
J. H. Pollock
Plover
Cecil Twigg
Ernest W. Meredith
Edna Henderson
Mallard
A. Zeck
Havelock
L. EB. Garlock
Milton E. Hess
Harvey
A Minkler
P. L. Strong
W. H. Hendricks
Ralph Phelp
J. Cruickshank
Jas. George
Leslie Struthers
F. Carlton
George Schonberger Jr
Chester Harris
John E. Rickless
Gilmore City
C. A. Christensen
Arthman Christensen
Richard Cleal
Julia Ramsey
Pocahontas
Free Boxing Bout Promised in Rolfe Square
Manager Mike Stoner announces a free boxing event for Friday evening September 8 in Rolfe. Bouts will be held outdoors on the south end of Garfield Street with no admission charge. Come on, fellers, lets go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Stoner
Garfield Street
Rolfe
Fellers
Janice Howe Wins Sweepstakes at Iowa State Fair
Janice Howe, 29 months old and child of Mr and Mrs Clifford Howe, won grand sweepstakes health baby at the Iowa State Fair. She scored 98.98 in a field of 407 children aged 12 to 86 months, receiving a large silver loving cup a gold medal and a silver drinking cup. Dentists scored her teeth mouth and feet perfect with minor deductions for a reddened throat rough skin from a cold and insect bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice
Clifford Howe
Janice Howe Wins Health Award At Des Moines Fair
Janice Howe, a small framed girl with blue eyes and blonde curls, earned a health honor after a Des Moines examination and Friday award ceremony. Her family traveled for the evaluation, she posed for photographs, and she will be featured in Sunday’s rotogravure section of the Des Moines Sunday Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice
Ittle
Des Moines ‘Sunday Register
Mildred Seaman Weds Willis H. Cable Jr in Chicago
Announcement from Rolfe reports the marriage of Mildred Seaman daughter of Mrs. George Ham and Willis H. Cable Jr of Chicago on August 9. The groom is son of Rev. and Mrs. Willis H. Cable Sr of Indianola and vice president of Simpson College. They plan to live in Chicago where he completes dental college and she continues nursing at Cook County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Mildred Seaman
George Ham
Willis H. Cable Jr
Chicago
Willis H. Cable Sr
Indianola
Cable
Simpson College
Friends
Cable Jr
Dental
Cook County Hospital
Farm Bureau Unit Meetings and Upcoming Football
Des Moines Township meets at D M T school September 8. Marshall Township meets September 22 at Ben Weeks home. Garfield Township meets September 28 at Jas J DeWolf home. Clothing School sessions run September 11 to 15 in Laurens, Fonda, Pocahontas, and Rolfe areas. Football game scheduled next Friday at City Park.
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Des Moines
Marshall Township
Ben Weeks
Garfield Township
Jas. J. DeWolf
Clothing School
Laurens Library
Fonda
Court House
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Rolfe Public Schools Opened Week Of Sept 4
Rolfe Public Schools officially opened Monday Sept 4 with short sessions for organization and assignments. Regular work began Tuesday as enrollment reached 322, slightly below last year, with senior high numbers down due to a large graduating class. Extracurriculars start next week. football practice began Monday for the Humboldt game on Sept 15 at City Park.
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Rolfe School
Rolfe
Corporation
Humboldt
Rolfe man named HOLOC appraiser for Pocahontas county
Zack T. Carroll of Rolfe appointed appraiser for the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Pocahontas county. The agency saves homes at risk and provides loans through district manager M. J. Haire of Fort Dodge. Carroll will assess property value. LOAN terms include bonds up to 80 percent appraised value and roughly 50 percent in cash.
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Zack T. Carroll
Rolfe
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Pocahontas County
Carroll
M. J. Haire
Ft. Dodge
Haire
Fort Dodge
Public Reception Held For Faculty Of D M T School
Des Moines Township Woman's Club hosted a public reception at the school Friday with 175 attendees. The program, directed by Mrs. William Fisher and colleagues, aired as a radio broadcast featuring impersonations of faculty, musical numbers, dances, and a Children's Hour followed by light refreshments.
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Des Moines
Doris Vaughn
Henry Harmsen
Gehrt
Marjorie Howe
Gertrude Hurley
Beulah Christensen
Jeane Scheffers
Yessie Ralph
Irene Geisbecker
Frances Vaughn
Mary Casper
Charlotte DeWolf
Martha Otto
Marie McKinnon
Nellie Peterson
Shirley Fisher
Donna Nielsen
Agnes Thompson
Dale Hewlett
Dorothy Ives
Betty Johnson
Loren Thompson
Roger Ives
Ronnie Roy
Arthur Weishaar
Guy Smith
Albert Howland
Albert Hermansen
Hicky Hayseed
Ernest
Arthur Vaughn
Ernest Vaughn
Duncan Sisters
Rudy Valee
Morton Downey
Henry Hermansen
Russell Kauffman
Mary DeWall
Merle Christensen
Mesdames
Loren Pease
Fred Smith
Art Mickaleck
George Struthers
Franklin Majorowicz
Local social notes from Rolfe and Humboldt
Miss Mourine Bruce and her Des Moines boyfriend called briefly on Rolfe relatives Labor Day. Golda Robinson moved her beauty parlor to rooms over the State Bank Building formerly occupied by Abe DeVaul. Mrs. Theresa Meisenbach visits her sister, Mrs. Morris Fluery, at Humboldt this week to help care for her ailing health.
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Mourine Bruce
Des Moines
Rolfe
Golda Robinson
State Bank
Abe DeVaul
Theresa Meisenbach
Morris Fluery
Humboldt
Fluery
Meisenbach
Burglars Strike Four Venues in Rolfe Monday Night
Rolfe faced a wave of burglaries Monday evening at four sites including Fullerton Lumber Co and Davis Bros. & Potter. Entries were gained by broken doors and windows. valuables were mostly untouched though some papers, a desk set, and insurance records were taken. Authorities pursued a possible suspect after a local man was taken to Pocahontas for questioning.
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Rolfe
Fullerton Lumber Co
Will Parcee
M. & J. R. Hakes
Jimmy Sennett
Davis Bros. & Potter
Ben Bryson
Community Service Oil Station
Nielsen
Community Service Station
Kapsch
Gilchrist
Pocahontas
Certification changes for rural teachers in 1935 notice
County Superintendent Mrs. J. H. McMichael outlines certification rules effective July 1, 1935. First time rural certificates after Sept. 1, 1935 require twelve weeks of approved training. two years of college not required. Uniform county and high school normal certificates renewals continue. State certificates stop after July 1, 1985, with exchanges possible before July 1, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. J. H. McMichael
J. H. McMichael
Schoola
Rolfe Woman's Club Begins Year Adds Three New Members
The Rolfe Woman's Club held its first meeting of the fiscal year at Mrs. C. L. Gunderson's home. Three new members were welcomed: Mrs G. B. Palmer, formerly of Ft. Dodge, Mrs. John Pouelsen, formerly of Titanka, and Mrs. A. A. Richmond. A program featured Harriett Damberg piano, Donald Davidson trombone, Annabelle Brinkman vocal solos, Mary Pollock reading, and Billy McIntire violin. Talks covered a trip to A Century of Progress and antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Woman’s Club
C. L. Gunderson
G. B. Palmer
Ft. Dodge
John Pouelsen
Titanka
A. A. Richmond
Hopsy Forsythe
Wm. Matteson
C. E. Boyce
Harriett Damberg
Donald Davidson
Annabelle Brinkman
Mary Pollock
Billy McIntire
T. S. Bagsett
W. S. Butler
P. E. O. LUNCHEON HELD AT MRS ROGERS HOME
P. E. O. LUNCHEON Chapter FR held a Tuesday lunch at Mrs. W. R. Rogers home with hostesses Mrs. C. B. Bowen Mrs. Glyde Brinkman Mrs. C. M. Webb and Miss Loraine Dawson. Nora Cleaver of Anita sent asters used as decorations.
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W. R. Rogers
C. B. Bowen
Glyde Brinkman
C. M. Webb
Loraine Dawson
Nora Cleaver
Anita
A. A. Brinkman
Mexico
Naomi Gunderson
Frances Perkins
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Iowa Institution
R. H
Robert “Bud” Lokerse
Mackie
Showers
Andy
Raymond Truelsen
Ditch
Peterson
Truelsen
Rhe Havelock
Ware
McGee
Poca
Berry
Lieb
Allen
Heinrichs
Johnson
Nell
Levene
Mitchell
Waterman
Rhe Ware
McDonald
DuBois
Knight
Heathman
Milton Hess
Ralph, Christensen
Howland
Cobb
Hancher
Pollock
Barrick
Pollock Iss
Stevenson
Rss
Christensen
Johnston
Sime
Miller Cf
Graves
Freeman Iss
Sandvig
Abrhpoaeller
Hofert
Hancher c
Ralph
Barrick of
Laurens Blanks
Wedgberry and
Parks
Wedgeberry
Janice Howe
Iowa
Farm Bureau
City Park
Rolfe Public
Loan Corporation
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