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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1938
Page
6
On Sunday afternoon under church sponsorship the Rolfe schools will present a 2:30 PM concert in the school auditorium. The program features orchestra and vocal solos, many winners from district contests, with proceeds to the school activity fund.
Two days remain to take advantage of bargains advertised by Rexall. The sale features various products with price reductions and promos. Readers are advised to act quickly to secure items before the event ends.
Lawrence Stewart of MacLeansboro Illinois faced a ten year sentence handed down by Judge Davidson in Pocahontas. The conviction stems from an incident near Havelock last Wednesday when Stewart forced Sam Davis from a car, drove it to Remsen, wrecked it, and was arrested on Sheriff Kapach’s advice. He was moved to Pocahontas and then to Anamosa for processing.
A group from the D M T school toured the Arrow Office Friday morning. They observed how a newspaper is produced from linotype to press and saw the machines used in setting, proofing, make up and lock up. The tour included demonstrations of all machinery involved in job printing and a look at the “allous operations” of producing sheets. A white crushed rock strip along Elm Street to the alley was laid as a two space parking glace for patrons as part of the McIntire funeral scheme.
Reane Baried Glenn W. Smith of Laurans is buried alive when a ditch 29 feet deep caves in during sewer line work. Fellow workers and bystanders pull him free after frantic digging, with Smith uninjured but shaken.
Aged workers who have reached 85 since 1936 may file for cash payments under the Federal old age insurance plan. Eligibility covers those who worked in industrial and commercial jobs before age 60. Claims use government forms at the Social Security Board office in Des Moines Old Federal Building.
Mr and Mrs W P Wheeler observed their forty ninth wedding anniversary Easter Sunday. Their son and daughter in law Wesley Wheeler of Kansas City Missouri visited. Friends called at the home, gifting items commemorating the occasion. The Wheelers wed at Swaleddle Iowa on April 17 1889 and moved to Rolfe five years later.
Pocahontas county farmers and families will tour Iowa State College in late June to view high yielding crop varieties. The trip is part of a nine tour series led by Grant Chapman with about ten counties per tour. At Ames participants will tour dairy, agronomy and livestock farms and can suggest topics to the Farm Bureau office. Women will visit home economics, greenhouses, and flower gardens.
Rolfe high school baseball team hosts Havelock tonight at the city park in an experimental under lights game starting at eight. Rockwell City defeated Rolfe 8 to 2 last week. admission is small and the contest follows an after school program.
The open season for catfish begins in inland streams but not in Iowa lakes until July 1. The stream season is short, closing May 30 and remaining closed for June.
A reading explains a billion spent at one dollar per minute since Christ birth would exceed one billion dollars while stacking bills would reach 114,416 miles. Spending 100 dollars per minute would exhaust funds in 19 years. A billion one dollar bills would cover 2,930 football fields. From March 4 to April 2 1988 the U S government spent about 27 billion dollars per treasury figures.
The Fort Dodge district annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society will meet in Rolfe on Friday starting at 9:30 AM with devotions led by Mrs. J. J. Davies. Rev. James N. Smith of York Nebraska will speak, a Manson playlet performs, and a 6 PM Auxiliary and Queen Esther banquet closes the day.
Goodwill Industries of Sioux City canvasses northwest Iowa for donations of clothing and articles to be repaired by physically handicapped workers. Local secretary Evelyn Hewlett invites calls for donation and Goodwill bar. Proceeds fund repairs and provide daily wages from $150 to $2.50 a day for those aided.
Mesdames J T Grant C W Sierkin and W R Rogers hosted a large group of ladies at the Grant home on Monday afternoon in compliment to Mrs J R Lemon of Douglas Wyoming. The Lemon family formerly lived in Rolfe. The event featured visiting and fancy work with a lunch served by the hostesses.
Postmaster General Farley declared bank nights lotteries and barred any promotion mail. He ordered confiscation of newspapers carrying bank night advertisements. The piece notes a Sunday visit by Wir. and Mrs. Lee Flaherty and daughters Benny Jean and Jeanette to the Francis Hynes home near Mallard.
Buel Williamson reports 6061 Iowa social security account numbers issued in March across four offices. Iowa’s total reach is 483,487, while nationwide totals for the period stand at 88,287,877. A separate local note: Rolfe junior high kittenball meets Anita Miller’s team April 26 at the city park with no admission. Community gathering at Marion Bruce home reports high scores for Mrs. McIntire and Mrs. Cock.
Mrs N J Mayer of Mitchell South Dakota visited the Wheeler home Monday and Tuesday while returning from a fifty eight weeks trip in Europe. Several ladies dropped in Monday evening to hear her resume of the journey and view articles collected along the tour through twenty two countries.
Mrs Ellen Butler renews her subscription marking the 49th consecutive year with the Arrow or its predecessor the Reveille. The note asks if any other readers have a longer continuous subscription to Rolfe papers.
Thomas Skinner and Walter Schiff were killed when two cars collided at a country intersection near Palmer Sunday afternoon. Marvin Niemeyer, Monica Fritz, and Lennon’s car occupant were involved. Fritz and Niemeyer were injured and taken to Fort Dodge hospital. Skinner’s home was near Fort Dodge. Schiff lived at Palmer.
Mrs. Agnes Duffy of Mallard died Sunday at her home after a prolonged illness. She suffered a stroke last Wednesday that led to her death. Survived by sons Edward Basil Joseph and daughters Gordon Carpenter Marcus Maley Lynn Gibson Anna Duffy and brother Thomas Dawson. Husband preceded her in death. She was 70. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St Marys Mallard with burial in the Catholic Cemetery north of Mallard.
Sunday a large gathering of 45 relatives met at Andrew Truelsen’s home east of Havelock to honor Mrs G W Heathman of Bemidji Minnesota and Mr and Mrs Hans Osher and daughter Faith of Blackduck Minnesota. A potluck dinner followed noon.
Fishermen ask if a chub can be used as bait for catfish before May 1. Authorities explain the chub is a two inch minnow and may be legally taken only from May 25 to November 30 under the law. Henry Hermansen arrived Saturday for Easter with Anis family and friends then returned to work in Chicago Monday evening.
A reader criticizes reckless drivers who ignore courtesy and take entire stretches of road. The letter describes a driver as despicable and selfish, noting only the traffic judge can curb him with a thirty day sentence.
Contracts were tendered to all Rolfe school faculty and all but two returned them signed. Miss Rachel Tompskins has accepted a position at Hampton school next year, and the district laments losing her but supports her advancement.
Miss Charlotte De Groote of Sioux Rapids and Dwain Atherton of Rolfe wed Saturday April 16 in Fort Dodge at Riverside Methodist church with Rev D G Gilbert officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs Clarence Smoot, wore brown. groom son of Mrs Hazel Atherton, a 1929 Bradgate graduate now with Marshall Electric Co. They will reside in Rolfe with the groom's mother for the summer.
My and Mrs. Arthur C. Peterson and Mrs. Lulu Dumbaugh drove over from Storm Lake Sunday to visit at the R. G. Hunter home and with other Rolfe friends.
The Hard Town hosts the State U S Meet in Fort Dodge from April 26 to 28 with speakers including Rev W W Bentzinger Rev E T Dahlberg Rev Earle E Emme Rev R D Meengs Dr A L Lemans and others. The Fort Dodge Men s Civic Glee Club will perform and hundreds of delegates are expected from across Iowa. The Central States sign at town edge adds to main Street welcomes visitors.
The Methodist official board met Tuesday evening at T. D. Jones home. They planned observance of the Alderstate anniversary on May 24 with lunch served by Mrs. T. D. Jones and Mrs. George Ivey.
Pocahontas county will host Achievement Day on April 29 at Ridetto Ballroom with state Woman’s Committee chair Mrs Raymond Sayre as speaker. She farms near Ackworth Iowa and has led national master homemakers. Exhibits from at least ten townships focus on Child Care and Family Relationships. A county chorus directed by Mrs Wilbert Hawke will perform. Dinner is available in the Ridotto dining room with reservations through local leaders or Farm Bureau. Public invited.
About two hundred Standard Oil dealers agents and salesmen gathered at the Warden Hotel in Fort Dodge on Thursday evening April 14 to attend a sales convention. The Fort Dodge event was part of a series by the Mason City division with previous meetings in Mason City Spencer Storm Lake Sioux City and Webster City among others.
The Promotion Club meeting last Thursday featured Carl White as presiding officer. After lunch, a brief business session discussed committee reports tied to the club’s baseball event. Marion Bruce shared impressions from a winter Texas visit. Warren Stanley slated as next chairman for the April 28 meeting.
Rolfe business places will begin Wednesday evening hours on the first Wednesday in May. The date is May 4. The Promotion club reached the agreement at a recent meeting. The high school baseball team played a practice game with a town pickup squad, four innings, 8 to 1 for the town boys. David Palmer Thornton was born to Mr and Mrs Shirley Thornton Monday at 9 20 am via Caesarean route. Mother and baby are doing well.
Easter services at the Nain Lutheran church began with 7 a m worship. A confirmation class of eight was confirmed and twelve new members joined the church. Confirmed were Grace Boss Sven Behrendsen and Ernest Chatter. New members were Mr and Mrs Chris Petersen and family and Mr and Mrs Kmid Christenson and family. At 8 p m the Gobther League sponsored a banquet for the confirmands and new members.
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