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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1928
Page
6
A list of community events and meetings scheduled from April 6 through May 14. Activities include Woman's Club meetings, Federated Club, Y M C A gatherings, Presbyterian and Sunday meetings, Junior Class events, and local farm bureau and farm union gatherings with dates and venues noted.
The Trinity Lutheran Church under Rev. Wangberg lists services at 10:00 a.m. worship and 11:00 a.m. sermon, with evening service at 7:30 p.m. and weekday prayer meetings on Wednesdays. Good Friday service at 10:30 a.m. Catechism class meets Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal Saturday at 8:00 p.m. An Easter budget deficit offering is requested as the congregation seeks to boost its quota.
Rev J H Walker leads Sunday School Bible Class and Morning Worship at 10 00 and 11 10 with Epworth League at 6 30 and Evening Worship at 7 30 Prayer Meeting Wednesday. Easter day features music sermon baptism and reception of members. Attend sacramental service tonight and support record attendance.
Rev J P Lester invites worshippers to Easter services next Sunday with an early morning C E meeting at seven, church service, Sunday school, and an 8 p m evening sermon on immortality. Special Easter music. annual congregation meeting follows Tuesday at eight.
The First National Bank of Rolfe closed its doors on Tuesday morning April 8 and posted the notice on the door detailing the shutdown and related procedural steps.
The institution, overseen by the Comptroller of the Currency and H. A. Laird the national bank examiner, was closed by resolution of its board of directors.
Bank examiner H A Laird and receiver N W Irwin oversee the closed First National of Rolfe. They note a deflation era strain on banks and report Feb 28 figures: deposits 144,821.15, loans 148,721.09, cash 13,447.80, reserve 8,497.72. Community hopes for fair settlement. Rolfe residents pledge support as assets are collected.
Garfield township held a Thursday meeting at the Olerich home with about eighty in attendance. The group outlined a monthly program and boasted strong participation. They noted a new Rolfe public library and an upcoming road debate led by Jess Hosier. The next gathering is set for April 26 at Geo Christensen's home. Representatives announced Pocahontas County will receive 48 673 60 from Senate File No 6 in seven annual installments.
The Central States Electric Company plans a $20,000 substation in Rolfe to serve Rolfe Plover Mallard Curlew Have lock and Laurens. Construction will start soon with three to four high lines entering and leaving Rolfe carrying different voltages. The existing station is inadequate and the new facility will be built on the old site.
At a special Rolfe school board meeting on Tuesday evening the resignation of Lee Jordan was received and accepted. Jordan, for two years manual training instructor and athletic coach, left due to indiscretions that would cause discord in the school and town, prompting the board to seek his resignation.
Instruction describes using formaldehyde solution and water to treat oats for smut. Process involves mixing one pint of forty percent formaldehyde with ten gallons of water, sprinkling over forty bushels of oats, and shoveling for uniform distribution before sowing the next morning. The item notes a Junior Class Play on April 12 13.
The R H S juniors stage a four act drama A Woman's Honor with Olive Melvin and Mark Lester. The plot centers on Olive's supposed affair accusation on Santa Cruz during Mark's illness and Pedro Mendez's treachery. Cast includes Olive Sally Gilbert Hall and Pedro Mendez.
The U V A Club presented a humorous assembly in which Drs Paine and Slyceum ran a mock clinic collecting fines, with Zelma Sandvng and Lola Sroufe as doctors and Nannie Lea Smith as a detective. The cast included Amy, Henry, Al Falfa, and Mrs O Leary in comic roles. audience enjoyed a lively performance. The program also notes class activities, student notices, and poetry by the Arrowlette.
Last week F P Reed head of the Boys and Girls Club Department Iowa State Fair visited Pocahontas county. He saw about fifty beef calves including Angus Hereford Shorthorn owned by Arlo Ives Merle Miller Robert Russell Virgil Vaughn Ind ward Flaherty Marjory Vaughn Wilburt Layton Geo Pavik Edmond Siefried Kenneth Thornberry and Raymond Thornberry. In the evening Reed met nineteen club members at Rolfe Auto Co garage to discuss calf and lamb handling and form a program committee.
County Agent seeks to gauge interest in a corn yield contest with forty farmers each planting one acre. Ernest Meredith of Plover proposed seed contributions and a single farm would host the forty acres. Similar work in Woodford County Illinois produced high yields and profitable seed business results. Interested parties should contact Ernest Meredith or the County Agent.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Boyce hosted the C. J. Club at a seven o'clock dinner Saturday evening March 31 to celebrate the club's thirteenth anniversary for April 1. Plates set for thirty two with Easter favors. Games and music entertained guests until late, the Boyces praised as royal entertainers.
Ed Schnng visited Hampton and Dows. Geo Elbert and Kathleen Barnes of Algona visited the H. C. Barnes home. Rolfe stores begin Wednesday evening hours. Samuel Wallace of Gilmore City died of influenza and pneumonia at seventy seven. Pythian jubilee in Fort Dodge draws about 200 with high lodge dignitaries.
The Rolfe 1928 Chautauqua will run five days from July 16 to July 20 with no Sunday program. The Associated Chautauquas of America reports this lineup aligns with 1928 standards while preserving traditional ideals. Please reserve July 16–20 for the event.
A meeting of the Boys and Girls Livestock Club units including Gilt Litter Lamb Dairy and Baby Beef Clubs was held at the Ford garage in Rolfe on Thursday evening March 29. Frank P Reed led as adviser. Officers elected Arlo Fves president Walter Campney vice president Marjory Vaughn secretary treasurer. Thirteen members and ten visitors attended. larger turnout hoped next time. Marjory Vaughn named as newspaper reporter.
A gasoline blow torch exploded at the Guy Eccles hardware store, sending flames and smoke into the work room. Walter Taylor was summoned to the front as the blast occurred, and the fire was soon controlled by the chemical engine after the fire company arrived. The blaze damaged benches and tools. stock and tools were insured.
Leslie C. Beers, the 158-pound Iowa grappler from Pocahontas county, wins three championships in two weeks and eyes the American Olympic team. He claimed the 158 title at the Midwest A. A. U. sectional, the Western conference meet, and the national collegiate championships at Ames, with notable wins over Michigan’s Donohue. Beers has lost only twice in three years of Western conference competition, and coaches hail him as Iowa’s best wrestler. He advances to Grand Rapids for the final Olympic tryouts July 4-5.
The Poahhontas County Dental Club held its regular meeting at the courthouse in Pocahontas on Thursday March 29. They discussed dental X-ray diagnosis to save teeth and prevent infection, and planned public education on dental care amid rising dental issues from modern life and diet. Dr. C W Siefkin represented Rolfe at the meeting.
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