September club and meeting list from Pocahontas area notices
Sept 15 to Sept 28 community group meetings listed. American Home Club at Brinkman home. Luther League pistal at Mrs A Simonson. American auxiliary at Mrs George Olson. Chapter FR P. meeting with Mrs Glyde. Nora Orkman Home Furnishing lesson at Pocahontas courthouse assembly room. Presbyterian Missionary Society at Mrs C M Patterson. Rolfe Business Men's Club luncheon. Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid at Mrs Richard Hovland. joint D M T and Garfield Township Farm Bureau at Earl Chambers. Home Furnishing Project lesson at Mrs Grant Pollock Rov e. A L D Club at Mrs C P Lathrop. Tuesday Club at Mrs B S Bryson. Methodist Ladies' Aid Kensington at church parlors.
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Brinkman
Par Fisher
Luther League
Simonson
George Olson
George Olson, Election ‘Members Will Please Note Anger In Meeting’ Place. Wesday
Nora Orkman
Court House
Pocahontas
Presbyterian Missionary
Society
C. M. Patterson
Garfield Township Farm Bureau
Earl Chambers
Nora Workman
Grant Pollock
Rove
A. L. D. Club
C. P. Lathrop
B. S. Bryson
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Kensington
Reception for Teachers of Rolfe Public School
Members of the Rolfe school board and their spouses hosted a reception in the school gymnasium to honor the faculty. Performances featured Gordon Hoard and his octet with saxophone numbers, vocal solos by Ruth Webb and a quartet, and duets by Mr and Mrs J R McIntire with daughter Mary Frances at the piano. The evening included socializing, light refreshments, and playful get acquainted games led by Arthur Evans and Carroll Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Rolfe Public School
Gordon Hoard
Ocestra
Paradise
Gordon
Donald Davidson
Harold Heard
Oswald Pattee
Grace McEwen
Arlene Cook
J. R
Excelsior Society Meeting Highlights Program and Guests
The Excelsior Society met at the Presbyterian church parlors with a program including a Yellowstone trip talk by Mrs. C Paul Carlson two piano numbers by Miss Miriam Ives a vocal by Miss Mary Shriner and a group selection by the ladies quartet. Refreshments were served by the B Division. Twelve Rodman guests attended. The society planned hosting Fort Dodge Presbytery in late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Society
Presbyterian Church
Ark
C. Paul Carlson
Yellowstone National Ark
Miriam Ives
Missary Shriner
C. B. Bowen
C. J. White
Marion Bruce
J. R. McIntire
F. E. Grant
Presbyterian Church Notes Rev C Paul Carlson
Sunday schedule lists morning worship at 10 00 a m Sunday School 11 16 a m Christian Endeavor 7 00 p m Evening worship 8 00 p m Missionary Society meets at Mrs C M Patterson home next Wednesday afternoon Christian Endeavorers attend Hampton Conference this weekend Attendees urged to notify Miss Helen Brinkman Many attended last Sunday night and returned praise Gordon Siefkin to Oxford England quotation from Bryant and scripture references included
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
the Missionary Society
C. M
Bryant
Farmers of County Meet and Resolve to Aid Agriculture
A Pocahontas county meeting brought farmers to the courthouse with brief notice to express views before a Sioux City conference. Congressman Fred C. Gilchrist outlined federal farm measures, others spoke, and a ten member committee met Governor Turner at Manson to present resolutions including an embargo proposal, which the governor opposed. Sioux City drew a large turnout, matching Lindbergh era crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Pocahontas
Paul Revere
Sioux City
Turner
Fred K. Hawley
Qwenn
Norman Norland
Hawley
Fred C. Gilchrist
Congress
Mr. Gilchrist
F. K. Hawley
C. B. McCartan
A. B. Shaw
W. W. Harris
J. D. Fitzgerald
Roy Coulias
R. M. Evans
J. W. Loots
Fred Hauswi
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Nain Lutheran Church Notes Schedule
Rev. L. H. Kjoller leads services at Nain Lutheran Church with Danish language morning service on the first Sunday each month. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening Service at 8:00 p.m. Mid week Prayer Meeting Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. English services otherwise. Rolfe community urged to attend as scheduled unless announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Family reunion at Sioux City train station
Randall Melson and his daughter Miss Betty met their daughter and sister Miss Mary at the Sioux City train Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mary has been working for the Stanley Hotels Corporation in Estes Park Colorado all summer and will have only a few days vacation before returning to studies at Morningside College in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Melson
Miss Betty
Sioux City
Miss Mary
Mary
Stanley Hotels Corporation
Estes Park
Colo
Morningside College
Business Men of Rolfe Form Luncheon Club
Fifty five Rolfe business and professional men and women attended a meeting that formed a luncheon club independent of national organizations. Committees chose C W Siefkin as chairman and Jas Sennett as secretary, with dinners planned biweekly or monthly and a second dinner set for Thursday September 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Damborg
C. W. Siefkin
Jas. Sennett
Aurelia
E. C. Lighter
Rolfe
Children Under Thirteen Free at Clay County Fair
Clay County Fair Association executive committee agreed on price reductions for this year. Children thirteen and under will be admitted free each day, a move expected to benefit many families. Last year about 8,000 paid twenty-five cents, and in 1930 admissions exceeded 15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay County Fair Association
Leadley Sentenced Five Years For Assault With Intent
Clyde Leadley, a hammer artist, appeared before Judge DeLand Tuesday on an assault with intent to maim charge. At the last moment he changed his plea and was sentenced to not more than five years in the Anamosa penitentiary. The outcome credited to his attorney’s framing of the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Leadley
Hammer
E. J. Struthers
DeLand
Anamosa
Leadley
Harvest Home Festival Ties Strength to Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church led by Rev. T. S. Bassett reports a successful Harvest Home Festival with strong donations and volunteer effort. Upcoming events include sermons on The Church and the School and What Time Is It, the Fourth Quarterly Conference on Sept 16, and Ladies’ Aid Kensington on Sept 28. Yearly officers were re-elected: President Mrs. Ernest Vaughn, Secretary Mrs. A. A. Firkins, Treasurer Mrs. C. G. Jolliffe.
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Friends c
Herbert Clegg
Kensington
Ernest Vaughn
A. A. Firkins
C. G. Jolliffe
Richmonds Leave for Chicago Visit via Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Marvin Richmond depart for their Chicago home on Tuesday planning a stop in Des Moines to visit friends along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Richmond
Chicago
Des Moines
First Home Furnishing Lesson Starts September 19
Miss Nora Workman will lead the 1932 1933 Home Furnishing course for Pocahontas County women. Lessons include chair caning refinishing textiles and block printing with daily sessions at Laurens Library Fonda Court House Pocahontas Palmer Rolfe and more guidance on assembling materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Workman
Pocahontas County
Miss Workman
United States
C. B. McCartan
Pocahontas
Fonda Fair Grounds
Court House
Frank Hoefing
Palmer
Grant Pollock
Rolfe
D M T and Garfield Farm Bureaus to Meet Jointly
Mr and Mrs Earl Chambers host the Des Moines and Garfield township Farm Bureau gathering at the Garfield township center school. The program led by Mrs Clarence Jensen includes a musical reading by Mrs Ernest Vaughn a vocal solo by Mrs Grant Johnson a talk by John Swalin Master Farmer and other numbers. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Chambers
Garfield Township Center School
Des Moines
Garfield Township
P T A School of Instruction Sets Sessions in Emmetsburg
Mrs E C Roe national field secretary of the National Parent-Teachers Congress will lead sessions at Emmetsburg high school on September 17 with leadership and county organization discussions in the forenoon and an inspirational address Finding the Way Together in the afternoon. Five hours of lectures, certificates for full-day attendees, and no fee. Mrs M P Summers Iowa Congress president will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Roe
Denver
Colo
Emmetsburg
Trinity Lutheran Church Weekend Schedule and Socials
Rev J O Wangberg leads Sunday services at Trinity Lutheran Church with Morning Worship at 10 45 and Luther League at 8 00 pm. The Ladies Aid meets Sept 22 at Mrs Hovland’s country home, and the Luther League social is Sept 16 at Mrs A Simonson’s. a Tuesday Club meets Sept 27 at Mrs B S Bryson's. Byron Olerich departs for Ames after farewell chicken dinner for GE employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Richard Hovland
Luther League
A. Simonson
The
General Electric Co
Schenectady
New York
Gordon Siekfin Tells Of Church Life In England
Gordon Siekfin describes English church life and Sunday observance in England and abroad. He notes Oxford’s limited Sunday amenities, quiet towns, and restrained commerce and recounts experiences in Sicily Granada and Spain. He discusses church structure, appointments, tithes, and the mix of High and Low rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Siefkin
England
Cleghorn Couple to Wed at Spencer Fair
A Cleghorn Iowa couple will marry on the final Spencer Clay County Fair night, September 24, during a lavish ceremony in the Exposition with Miss Marjorie Smith and Gunner Oesterling. Rev C Roll will read the ceremony as music from Youngs Passing Parade of 1932 accompanies the wedding. The couple will honeymoon in Chicago and settle on a peony farm near Cleghorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleghorn
Clay County
Spencer
Marjorie Smith
Gunner Oesterling
C. Roll
Church of Christ
Young
Cherokee County
Chicago
Clegorn
Auto-gyro to Appear at Fonda on Sept 16
The Good News IIL auto-gyro will perform at the Pocahontas County Fair in Fonda on Friday afternoon September 16. It is due at 2:00 p m and will fly an exhibition on the fair grounds infield. Pilot Gatschoet will command the craft arriving from Waterloo after a forenoon exhibition.
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Fonda
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Gatschoet
Waterloo
Interesting East Trip Taken by Mrs Butler
Mrs. W. S. Butler returned from Courtland New York after a three week visit with her daughter Mrs Haydy Olmsted and family. She toured Syracuse Cornell College Ithaca and Virgil the 100 year old town behind David Harum. She noted a big New York fruit crop and traveled home via Niagara Falls Chicago and Canada with Mrs Earl Bausserman and Raymond Benoit accompanying.
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W. S. Butler
Courtland
N. Y
Haydy Olmsted
Butler
New York State
Iowa
Greyhound
Niagara Falls
Canada
Chicago
F. J. Goldthorpe
Earl Bausserman
Gilmore City
Bausserman
Raymond Benoit
Gilmore Cty
Rolfe Local News Items Show Social and Travel Notes
Miss Lola Srouse and Isabel Amick attended a Spencer school for telephone operators. Rolfe callers included the Comer, Snyder and Thompson families. J E Schnug visited Dows and his son Dr E J Schnug’s home. Elmhurst Illinois visitors arrived to see Mrs Metha Peterson and relatives. Sorensen and Majorowicz families traveled to Manson to visit W E Thorson. A Pocahontas wall coverings demonstration drew Rolfe attendees led by Mrs Arthur Vaughn and others. Tuesday Club hosted by Mrs Etta Symes with several hostesses and out of town guests F E Duroe and Mrs Harry Burmeister. Gordon Siefen spoke on economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Schnug
Dows
E. J. Schnug
A. R. Sorensen
Elmhurst
Ill
Sorensen
Metha Peterson
Peterson
Alta
Irene
A. A. Firkins
LeRoy Mellicker
E. H. Clarke
Zelda and
Nannie Snyder
Etta Symes
B. S. Bryson
Frank King
Geo. O. Hauck
J. C Damborg
C. B. Fuller Jr
C. Paul Carlson
F. E. Duroe
Terris
Harry Burmeister
Des Moines
Eee Economics
Gordon Siefin
Cross fragments computed to build 300 Columbus ships
The Cross pieces in all exhibits are calculated as sufficient to construct 300 ships like those Columbus used on his voyage to the New World.
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Columbus
New World
Also Mentioned on This Page
Excelsior Society Meeting
Presbyterian Church Notes
Nain Lutheran
L. H. Kjoller
Methodist Episcopal Church
T. S. Bassett
Epworth League
D. M. T. and
Garfield Farm Bureaus
P.T. A. School OF Instruction
Trinity Lutheran Church
J. O. Wangberg
Church of England
Oxford
London
College Club
Germany
France
Sicily
Granada
Spain
Altho
Archbishop of Canterbury
Prince of Wales
Rome
Austria
John the Baptist
Spencer Fair
Lola Srouse
Isabel Amick
T. P. Comer
Lola Snyder
Belle Thompson
Plover
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