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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
3
Readers record visitors and family ties across Titonia Storm Lake Varina Rolfe Humboldt Laurens and Fort Dodge. Easter break news highlights military kinship gardening birthday gathering hospital stays and a nurse training change among town residents.
Monday evening the parent teacher club met at the school to review numbers for the music contest in Rolfe. Local men fished Rush Lake while others visited Fort Dodge and Ames during the week. Mrs. Lawrence Kemmer and son visited their grandmother Mrs. Martha Herscher in Emmetsburg, with Verta Holtorf joining from Koife en route home with her husband Cpl Carson Woltorf on 30 day leave. Easter services were held at the Methodist church with Rev Earl Burgess of Algona officiating and baptisms performed by the pastor.
Miss Alma Dunn served as a hostess at a meeting of the WCOF on Monday evening marking a social gathering for the organization and its members.
Pfe Duane Gibson of Schick hospital Clinton to receive an honorable discharge after a lengthy stay since returning from overseas. Sgt Darius Logan on travel leave from Buckley Field to Worthington Minnesota visited relatives and engineer Darwin Goodell, repatriated after 10 months as a prisoner. Dick Logan, electrician’s mate, stationed at Charleston South Carolina, called home. Harry Logan also in service. Adrian Logan WWI veteran. Weekend guests Floyd Miller home include Mrs Miller’s parents Mr and Mrs Jim Stover from Laurens and Mr and Mrs Lee Stover and Shirley of Pomeroy. Walter Knight bought the old Legion hall lot. Olerich bought the building. A residence moved to Ridotto grounds. Thomas Edge lost both ration books with Mrs Edge. Gene Eno, recently in Minneapolis area, spent weekend here and has enlisted in the navy.
Birthday Bridge Club festivities at Mrs. Donald Gibson’s home featured honored guest Mrs. Eugene Dyvig receiving a gift. High score prize went to Mrs. Dyvig, traveling prize to Mrs. Lucille Wiley, and lunch was served by Mrs. Gibson.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p.m. W S C S circle meets Thursday afternoon at Mrs Cy Perry's home. Rev McDowell of Emmetsburg will lead next Sunday's pulpit. Membership class for boys and girls at the parsonage Saturday 3 p.m. Easter offering collections accepted by J B Sheldon.
Dr. E G Zimmerer warns fear of cancer slows treatment and may keep 1944 deaths near record levels. Provisional 1944 deaths are 3612 with 1943 at 3621 and 1942 at 3629, with late reports likely raising 1944 totals. He urges early diagnosis and treatment and notes public education via the Women's Field Army cancer campaign.
Warnings about high land costs persist as prices edge upward. Observers fear a postwar spike could mirror trends seen after the last conflict, signaling a potential housing and investment squeeze.
In 1944 American factories produced 96,369 airplanes across all categories as wartime demand rose. This output reflects a heavy industrial mobilization with multiple plant facilities contributing to the total production. The figure underscores the scale of the United States war effort and industrial capacity during World War II.
Mrs. Robert J Pattee and son Robert Joseph travel from Marshalltown to Pocahontas after visiting Lt Robert Pattee stationed in the Pacific. William Mackovets returns to Chicago after a weekend with his parents. Various relatives and friends from Des Moines Waterloo Council Bluffs and Des Moines gather for Easter visits and a funeral in Laurens. Senator A J Shaw of Des Moines spends weekend at home.
Mrs. J. J. Kelleher was elected president of a newly formed Literary Study club in Mrs. Mattie L. Bailey’s home. Frances Young becomes vice president and Dorothy Wessels secretary. The group will study Pocahontas and Iowa history. Nearby visits include Nick Stelpflug and Dennis Stelpflug at Leo Wolken residence. Roy Kampfe, after a 21 day furlough, heads to Santa Ana with reassignment following 35 B-24 missions and honors.
The United Service Women of America organized in Pocahontas with sixth district president Mrs. Katherine Gilmore of Algona present. New Pocahontas officers named are Mrs. Jack George president, Mrs. Don Snyder 1st vice president, Mrs. Charles Joachims 2nd vice president, Mrs. Russell Forsythe secretary, Miss Alta Madsen treasurer, Mrs. Charles Nieman chaplain, and Mrs. Willis Pavik sergeant at arms. Elects historian parliamentarian and service records keeper next meeting. Regular meetings set for the first and third Monday evenings each month.
Advice from Iowa State College entomologist Harold Gunderson on storing woolens for the summer. Use fresh cleaned clothes and place in a 3 by 2 foot container with 4 ounces of paradichlorobenzene crystals or napthalene flakes. Regular sunning brushing and beating aid moth prevention. dry cleaning woolens before storage kills larvae.
Iowa farmers increasingly use manure loaders on tractors with several small local manufacturers. Plans for homemade loaders are available from the Extension Service Iowa State College. Cost estimates suggest loading services can be offered at about 1.50 dollars per hour, with use costs around 1.25 dollars per day, encouraging neighborhood sharing of spreaders and loaders.
Oats are recommended as an ideal starting feed for piglets. They can be hulled ground or rolled and are suitable as pigs begin eating at two weeks old.
War Bonds guide citizens on supporting military efforts and funding national defense through bond purchases. Officials urge public participation, highlighting patriotic duty and financial avenues to aid ongoing operations.
Instructions discuss turning around and starting when the load is half empty to cover the field efficiently. With the spreader in gear and hay spread progress half across the field, the load finishes near the middle, aiming to save about one fourth of the spreading time and travel.
The American Weekly reports Bozo a melancholy cow kept vigil at a Seattle doorway for over a year awaiting a master or mistress. The canine tale of loyalty mirrors the dog devotion in a tale tied to a possibly dead owner, printed in the April 8 Sundsys Chicago Herald-Amerizy edition.
Mr and Mrs David Baldner of Cresco recently marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary with an open house reception attended by about 100 relatives and friends who offered best wishes to the couple during the celebration.
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