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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1932
Page
2
The diary notes a new senior class play twist on the Adam and Eve tale. It also details class readings, grammar work on clauses, typing speed and accuracy, exhibit planning, and photo orders. Track and music contest plans are mentioned along with yearbook photos.
Rev T 3 Bassett leads Sunday School at 10:06, Morning Worship at 11, Epworth League at 7?30, Evening Worship at 7:60. Women’s Missionary Societies hold morning service. Next Sunday features youth numbers. pastor to preach an Easter follow-up sermon. Epworth League plans a 42 cent sale to raise funds for July Institute trip.
HARRISS FERD THOMAS reports a belated robbery at é station in beldt with petty loot and a pistol. Ralph Maddox resigns as Bradgate school principal. Manson Co-Operative Creamery extends hours. Eisler, longtime Dakota City marshal, resigns. Gilmore City man Alfred Dirks injured when his cranking car runs him over. W. P. Griffiths family loses home to fire near Mallard. insured. Squire Heathman bids for Casino Park lease. Lloyd Wells top bidder hesitates. Bradgate mayor H. V. Holt ill. hospital report cites enlarged heart and liver. Earl French and Peter Rasmussen run Holt service station. Road conditions near Sutherland noted with numerous potholes.
Rolfe and nearby residents are noted in a string of social visits, health updates, and community happenings. The piece lists visits by Mr and Mrs Earl Grove Mrs John Seaman Clyde Leadley Milton Meyers and others. It also mentions hat shopping health concerns and upcoming district meetings including Fort Dodge April 28 and various club gatherings in town.
Church notices show Rev. J. O. Wangberg as pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church with Sunday services and school events listed. Moody quote referenced as part of a temple or sermon context.
Rev C Paul Carlson leads morning worship and Sunday school with evening service titled The First Hour in Heaven. Public invited. orchestra accompanies singing. Aprat Fethervil program planned for Prestot Dodge meetings with a focus on popular meetings and prayer.
Rail timetable update effective April 18 introduces a new Fort Dodge to Winthrop Minnesota daytime service with connections to Twin Cities and Watertown 8. The M and St L south of Fort Dodge loses its connections. passengers should ask the agent for details at phone 65.
A British locomotive ranks as the heaviest on record weighing 298,804 pounds with massive steam power and frame strength noted in historical railway reports. The machine showcases engineering scale and industrial era ambition.
A Marshalltown man recounts a trip from Cherokee to the paving south of Manson, using ten gallons to cover seventy miles and two rescues from mudholes. After reaching the paving, he drove 113 miles to Marshalltown on about five gallons, concluding the paving pays its way.
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