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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
3
Local notes recount residents at Quaker Oats elevator replacement and a parade of visitors from Phoenix to Pisgah. Reports cover Legion Auxiliary activity, travel to Fort Dodge and Korea, dock work at Lake Minnewashian, new city officials, school achievements, club meetings, hospital births and discharges, and community visits across Laurens, Rolfe, and nearby towns.
Pocahontas features include Miss Elizabeth Kruel returning home to Muscoda Wisconsin after visiting Leo Keleher family and relatives. The April Band of the Sacred Heart ladies society hosted a board party at Holy Name hall with bridge and pinochle prizes. Father Cletus Keleher ordination and first mass observed as well as a Father Socialist program at Sacred Heart high school with Father attendance and breakfast. Mrs. Robert McCloy and Urbana visitors join local Brokaw family for several weeks.
Tuesday afternoon students from the school traveled to Laurens to present their numbers for the music contest. Mr and Mrs Adrian Logan and Mrs Eugene Waters returned from Des Moines after attending last rites for Lige Logan. The Helping Hand circle met at the church basement. lunch was served by Mesdames Charles and Darwin Hauswirth. Mrs Dale Spiker helped with hot lunches at the school last week due to Mrs Charles Philp’s illness. The motion picture Welcome Strangers played at the local theatre Saturday Sunday and Monday evenings. Dorothy Lathron and Richard Loran were placed on Buena Vista college honor roll at Storm Lake. Mrs Leroy Hibbs visited Bert Jacobson’s home. Amvet Auxiliary to hold meeting at the Legion hall Friday evening April 16.
The report covers a Catholic wedding with Lela Hotovee and a groom and their attendants, the reception at SS Peter and Paul parish hall, and a short wedding trip. It also records Michael W Linnan’s funeral mass at Sacred Heart church, burial in Calvary, and biographical details. Additional notes mention a pre nuptial shower for Pat Keleher and a SS Peters and Paul parish social meeting with bingo.
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