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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1938
Page
6
Local club meetings, visits and travels mark a quiet week in Havelock. Clergy and families attend a Sunday school convention in Varina. Mrs. Ella Chase returns from Laurens. Miss Grace Bloomer rechecks at Iowa City. a school operetta raises funds. Also reported is a late night auto crash near Havelock with injuries and a blood transfusion.
Elijah Veazie died at his home near Havelock on March 26 1988 at age 94 years 11 months 26 days after a life that included Civil War era service attempts farming and shoemaking In 1887 he married Amber May Woodard and had five children four grandchildren survive Funeral services were held at the home with Rev J E Clifton and Rev John Clifton and burial followed at Washington cemetery Also appears a separate notice about the American Weekly reader test winners in the Chicago Herald and Examiner
A compilation from Arrow files reports deaths in Escondido and Mitchell, train derailments near Gilmore City, a broken forearm from a Ford crankback, a Dr Wm Brinkman wedding in Des Moines, Liberty loan drive success, a St Paul relocation, local deaths and births, a 1923 wagon accident in Rolfe, dynamite demand for potato planting, a hardware fire, a bank closure, Kittenball League rules, and an electric substation planned by Central States Electric in Rolfe.
A petition filed with the Pocahontas county auditor seeks formation of a gravel surfaced road district for certain sections. The board of supervisors will hear all interested parties at 10 26 a m on April 19 1938 in the courthouse. The district would include specific real estate owners such as Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Guy Barker life estate James M Linus and others.
Notice is given for a hearing on a proposed secondary road in district subdivision Sec Twp Rng SEF. The hearing before the board of supervisors will be held March 31 1938 at 10 22 a m in the courthouse Pocahontas Iowa. Roy A Johnson County Auditor indicates the matter and names Edward B Hitchcock Nels C Christensen Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Lotta Shellgren as parties related to the petition.
A county record lists subdivision details for section 30-92-31 with a one mile west boundary between sections 30 and 31. It names Edgar Shimon Henry E Randles Joseph L Randles Mary B Randles W B Nemecek Louis Nemecek and Ignace Voducka associated with the survey dated March 31 1938 and filed by the County Auditor.
Mr Pouelsen made his first churn with the day for business on Tuesday. Miss Judith Wangberg completed nurses training in a Minneapolis hospital this week. An old Dutch Bible printed in Amsterdam is owned by N G Lokerse and has been in the family for 150 years. Des Moines river residents note unprecedented high water last Thursday. Readers urged to phone or bring news for The Arrow.
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