Rolfe Community Calendar and Pocahontas County Dairy News
In Rolfe and Pocahontas County Iowa, a fall festival and football games fill the schedule with events from Sept 21 to Oct 7 including Rolfe High playing Manson and Rolfe City. County dairy notes highlight Pocahontas County leading Iowa with 27.7 pounds butterfat per cow across 430 cows. top herds include Hinrichs Gilmore City Holsteins and Allen Watson Laurens Holsteins.
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Pocahontas County
Iowa
Kantas County
Q., Hinrichs
Gilmore City
Allen & Watson
Laurens
Martin Gehrt
Havelock
W. Lee MacVey
E. B Mason
Hugh Freeburg
Gehrt
R. E. Rouse
George Kenbrenner
O. G. Watson
C. A. Julian
Rolfe Fall Festival Livestock Show Planned Next Week
The Rolfe Fall Festival and Livestock Show will run Thursday and Friday September 27 and 28. The event centers on youth stock displays from dairy calves pigs sheep and more with premium prizes, contests, races, band concerts and a large historical pageant featuring local clubs and regional participants. The schedule includes a Republican speech by Senator Smith W Brookhart, kittenball tournaments, horseshoe pitching, livestock judging by Frank Mullen, and a McNary Haugen bill talk by Frank W Murphy with a grand pageant and dances in Butler Hall.
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Smith W. Brookhart
Bede
Rutland
Pocahontas
Emmetsburg
Rolfe
Frank Mullen
Chicago Commission
Chicago Live Stock Exchange
Hattie Lehnus
Ford
Frank W. Murphy
Wheaton
Minn
Farmers
Hoover
John Smith
Chief Powhatan
John Rolfe
Pony
Butler Hall
Geers
Harris Leist Nuptials Connect Des Moines River Area Orbit
Miss Esther Harris and Kenneth Leist wed at St. Margaret's Church with Rev. G T Theobald officiating A host of Ottosen Fort Dodge Humboldt and Callender residents attended The bride wore pink satin and pink velvet hat The couple plan a northern Minnesota Black Hills honeymoon and future Chicago residence for electrical engineering studies
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Esther Harris
G. C. Harris
Kenneth Leist
Ottosen
St. Margaret's Church
G. T. Theobald
Humboldt
Walter Harris
Estella Leist
Nora Cleaver
Josie Biedermann
Adelina Sennett
Catherine Nacke
Eileen Sandvig
Harris
Leist
L. G. Rude
Frank Leist
Ottosen Bridge
Des Moines
Estella
Margaret
Roy Stover
Jacob Leist
Leon’ Struthers
Ted Struthers
James Struthers
Walter Phillips
Louie Phillips
Chas
Phillips
Callender
George Jenkle
Russell
Bernard
G. W. Harris
Ethel
Lloyd Phillips
Dale Cartey
Fort Dodge
W. H. Welch
Hartley
Walter
Ray Hanna
Susan Naber
Tony Arent
St. Paul
Minn
May Rude
Leo Rude
Jack Reader
Tewell
Rolfe
Minnesota
Black Hills
Chicago
Rolfe Teachers Moving On To Schools Across States
A list documents Rolfe community teachers now teaching in California Iowa and Arizona with roles from elementary to junior high and specialized subjects. The note mentions rural area placements and ends with a remark on crop diversification and seed sowing.
Seasonal displays mark post season fair at local venues
The event invites the public to enjoy displays in the Butler building near the post office. Home economics items including cooking, canned goods, and fancy work will be shown, with agricultural displays in the same room. Livestock will be exhibited in the old Johnson livery barn on Broad Street near the M. & St. L. depot.
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Butler
Dorarth
Johnson
Broad Street
Rolfe Livestock Club Wins Big Four Show at Fonda Fair
Rolfe and nearby communities showcase a strong livestock effort at the Big Four Fair in Fonda with about fifty baby beeves entered and seventeen shown. Local youths earned substantial payouts on steers, Duroc Jersey hogs, Chester Whites, and Polands, led by top prizes for Arlo Ives and Marjory Vaughn.
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Fonda
Karl Anderson
Karl
Poland
Lewis Hartley
Elwood Olerich
Ray Loots
Chester
Lester Applegate
Velda Stumpf
Rolfe Club
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Guernseys
Marjory Vaughn
Robert Melson
Bradgate
Beulah Herke
Dewey Hoskins
Barbara Melson
Angus
Arlo Ives
Kenneth Thornberry
Raymond Thornberry
Edward Flaherty
Virgil Vaughn
Merle Miller
Gilmore City
Shorthorns
Robert Russell
Herefords
Theodore Peterson
Laurens
Dth
Naomi Spencer
Jth
Dale Spencer
Steer
Duroc
Jack Strauss
Chester White Boar and
Palmer
Chester White
Lester
Barrows
Hampshires
China Boars
China
Mar
Straw Vote Indicates Hoover Lead in The Daily Register
The Daily Register's straw vote, done with other Iowa papers, shows Hoover leading overall. In Pocahontas County 189 votes split with 107 for Smith and 82 for Hoover, suggesting Smith may still have a fighting chance as more than 5,000 voters statewide are counted.
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Daily Register
Towa
Hoover
Pocahontas County
al Smith
Smith
P. T. A. Meeting Scheduled for September 24
A P T A meeting will be held at the school house on Monday evening September 24 at eight o clock. Teachers patrons and all interested in the school are urged to attend to start the year strong and get acquainted.
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Esther Pond
Pocahontas
Miss Pond
MING
Laurens Luth- N Chur
Frank Murray
Weday
Jonas
P.t. A
Sentencing Set for "Indian" Arnett on Sept 25
The trial of J W Arnett for the murder of C W Coffin has moved toward sentencing by Judge F C Davidson on Tuesday Sept 25. Coffin’s body was exhumed for a post mortem to confirm cause of death and shooting direction. Arnett testified of a troubled life and admitted drinking that day but claimed not to know if he shot Coffin.
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J. W. Arnett
C. W. Coffin
F. C. Davidson
Mr. Coffin
W. W. Beam
Rolfe
G. A., Everson
Plover
Pomeroy
Robert Healy
Davidson
Healy
Arnett
Pocahontas County
Missouri
Ham
Coffin
Mr. Arnett
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Abe DeVaul
Chas. Ham
J. R. McIntire
Geo. Sandy
Stebbins
Pattee
G. G. Butler
Sandy
Tracy
Sandy’s!arn
Millinery Meet Moves to September 26 at Jensen Home
Due to the Rolfe Fall Festival, the millinery training session led by Miss Aliie Mae Smith will be held at Mrs. Clarence Jensen’s residence on Wednesday September 26 at 10 00 am. Leaders will attend the festival and the change avoids scheduling conflicts. One saying notes one swallow does not make a summer but can cause a fall.
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Methodist Mis F
H. D. Brinkman
R. Ga
L. A. Rogers
Nannie Snyder
Sday
Y. M. C. Bridge F
Orvan Olerich
Iday
M. Blessing
Rollo
Nesday
Proless
Joe Jensen
Allie Mae Smith
State College
Rolfe
Aliie Mae Smith
Clarence Jensen
Des Moines Township Fair Turns Out Strong Community Support
The Des Moines township fair drew a fine crowd at the school house with neighborhood hospitality and a diverse display of local products. A parade and evening show featuring a band from D M T Rolfe and a donated moving picture by People's Savings Bank of Plover entertained attendees, while winners in numerous sports events included Raphael Weishaar, Ray Boles, Ila Mre Nielsen, Guy Smith, Melvin Thorson, Floyd Struthers, Jens Thompson, Mrs. Guy Smith, and Madse Madsen among others.
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Des Moines Township
Des Moines
D. M.T
Rolfe
People's Savings Bank of Plover
Raphael Weishaar
Ivan Smith
Jays
Ray Boles
Gene Ryen
Ila Mre Nielsen
Evelyn Weisshaar
Guy Smith
Melvin Thorson
DeWolf and
Figgins
Floyd Struthers
Ed Boles
Jens Thompson
Les Struthers
George Schoenberger
Alma Wetson
Mads Madsen
Henry Hermansen
Gilbert Wei
Ottosen Creamery
D. M. T. School
Wiegert-Simon wedding at Wiegert home near Gilmore City
Clara Wiegert married Clement Shimon in a double ring ceremony at the Wiegert home southwest of Gilmore City. Immediate relatives attended, followed by a three course breakfast and a wedding trip to Detroit. They plan to reside on the Shimon farm near Rolfe after October 1.
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Aery Pretty
H. C. Wiegert
Gilmore City
Clara
Clement Shimon
Frank Shimon
George Wiegert
Doris Donnelly
Detroit
Mich
Shimon
Relfe
Rolfe
Rolfe High
Rally Day and Harvest Home Aim for Big Attendance
Presbyterian notes report Sunday worship and Sunday school with the largest turnout in months. Rally Day on Oct 7 targets 800 attendees, urging church loyalty and attendance cards as the pastor concludes a sermon on The Problem of Pain and Evil. The C F Society will serve a public supper on Wednesday Oct 3.
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C. F Society
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Kay
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Ife
Rolfe High-Fonda
Rolfe City
Presbyterian
Ahontas County
T. A
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Rolfe Community Club
C. M
Wes
Ives
Robt
Iveg Family
Nell Rateliff
San Bernardino
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Nellie Grant
Los Angeles
Gladys Grant
Sioux City
Gladys Howe
Shenandoah
J. Rollin Grant
Marjorie Howe
Lytton
Ivyl Grant
Webb
Elaine Ivey
Rembrandt
Mary Short
Sioux Center
Martha Wangberg
Grundy Center
Charlotte Cumming
Scranton
Ruth Walker
Dorabelle Pollock
Dorothy Green
Tripoli
Elvina Peterson
Ottumwa
Clara Smith
Spencer
Mildred King
Phoenix
Arizona
Leona Gibbons
West Bend
Nellie Peterson
Thor
Eunice Ivey
Palo Alto County
Aletta Grant
Maybelle Ryen
Ina Jolliffe
Sadie Peterson
Beatrice Bruce
Hattie Rittgers
Ruth Rittgers
Mary Rittgers
Rolfe Livestock Club
the Register
P. T. A. Meeting
Wiegert — Shimon
Presbyterian Church
J. P. Lester
D. D
Ud Am
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Christian Endeavor
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