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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
7
A Rolfe news column lists numerous Sunday dinners and weekend visits including guests from Pocahontas Carroll Des Moines and Humboldt. Notable mentions include the Grant Lane and Kauffman families. The piece notes local changes and community activities along with a promotion of Formfit garments.
The writer reaches Limon Mexico the lowest point on the Pan American Highway halfway to Mexico City from the border. A rain drenched stop forces tire changes and a hitch with a local bus crew who spare the travelers a ride, later aided by friendly locals who refuse payment. They are hosted for breakfast in a rambling adobe settlement and receive a kind gesture of a calendar.
Des Moines guests Mr and Mrs Everett Bryant and children join Mrs O J Brownlee of Emmetsburg and Mr and Mrs Park Kauffman and family of Pocahontas in a Sunday evening supper at the Clarence Kendrick home in Emmetsburg.
Dr. G A Everson hosted the Pocahontas county medical society gathering in Rolfe Friday evening with 12 attendees. Dr. Ralph Smiley of Mason City spoke on tuberculosis.
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