Rolfe Community Calendar April May Events Listed
Local notices list multiple Rolfe area events from April 27 to May 18. Sorosis Club din ner with Mrs Clifford Howe and Des Moines Township play opening night at D M T auditorium. County track meet in City Park Rolfe and Rolfe High School events including senior banquet and class plays. Various club meetings and church group gatherings scheduled with dates from May 1 to May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis Club
Rolfe High School
Rosary Society
W. A. Spence
Rolfe Auto Co
Chas
Bowen
Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian Church
Kensington
Trinity Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Rolfcare Club
C. Launderson
Rolferi
R. C. Hunter
School presents operetta The Smuggleman with grade exhibit
The elementary grades stage The Smuggleman directed by Miss Inez Archer to a full auditorium. Junior Eccles and Marsh Graham lead the boys. Robert Obrecht plays The Smuggleman while Jeanette Hauck is the Fairy Queen. The show features Mother Goose vignettes and diverse choruses. An exhibit of notebooks posters art and vocational projects follows with Home Economics baking prizes awarded by judge Mrs. Shirley Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Archer
Junior Eccles
Marsh Graham
Robert Obrecht
Jeanette Hauck
Evelyn Struthers
Rachael Wiegman
Mother Goose
Janice Wiegman
Marjorie Cornell
Charlene Sandvig
Verna Peterson
Fae Fisher
Shirley Thornton
Secretary of the Treasury See as Key First Step
The article frames the Secretary of the Treasury as the initial priority in a broader governance plan. It emphasizes optimism about early actions and outlines expectations for fiscal policy and administrative priorities connected to the new administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Rolfe High Seniors Present Class Play on May 5
Rolfe High School seniors stage Paying the Piper a wholesome comedy about a newlyweds home with an ambitious business deal and a cast including Gilbert Freeman Helen Kennedy and Julius Stevenson. The May 5 1938 performance features a wide supporting lineup and comic misadventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High School
Gilbert Freeman
Helen Kennedy
Julius Stevenson
Dorothy Mishler
Jean Pollock
Theron Graeber
Roger Bruce
James Carroll
Geo. Heard
Grace McEwen
Rolfe Prepares for County Track and Field Meet
Rolfe high school readies for the county track and field meet at Rolfe city park Friday April 28 starting 1 15 pm. Over 50 boys from Pocahontas and other towns compete with a silver plaque for top team and medals and trophies for event winners. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High School
Rolfe City Park
Pocahontas
Community temperance meeting slated at Methodist church
A large community temperance meeting will be held Sunday evening at the Methodist church with attorney W C Edson of Storm Lake as principal speaker. Edson, former Iowa state representative and house speaker, now practicing law in Storm Lake, also leads Buena Vista College trustees. The event ties to a regional plan for pre May temperance gatherings and a June 20 special election on constitutional repeal measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
Iowa General Assembly
Buena Vista College
Edson
Fort Dodge
Union Service
Pocahontas
County relief work funded by Reconstruction Finance Corp
Unemployed county men gain work through a state funded program loaned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. A relief committee led by Tony Mackovets of Pocahontas guides roles with Miss Morehouse of Des Moines as administrator. Workers, paid a dollar and a half daily, perform tasks like wood chopping and brush clearing, with family needs and eligibility assessed. The county also maintains widows' pensions and aid for nonworking residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tony Mackovets
Pocahontas
Ralph Hudek
County Board of Supervisors
W. J. Allen
Laurens
John Brinkman
Rolfe
Miss Morehouse
Des Moines
Rolfe Auto Company
Rolfe Pupils Observe Arbor Day With Tree Planting
Fifteen trees were planted at Rolfe City Park by Rolfe school students and staff for Arbor Day. Each of the thirteen grades added a tree with songs and readings while the Park Commission and faculty added two more. Local officials and the Golf Club president spoke urging park improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Rolfe City Park
Park Commission
B. Bowen
G. G. Butler
Golf Club
T. S. Bassett
J. B. Kent
Excelsiors Entertain At Presby Church Meeting
The Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian church hosts a May 3 gathering at 2:30 PM in the church parlors. The C and B divisions run the program and service, with singing, devotionals, a paper by Mrs. Pollock, a saxophone solo by Miss Ives, and a one act play Between Trains directed by Mrs. Siefkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Kensington
Ruth Webb
Minnie Jarvis
Grant’ Pollock
The
Mary LaVon Ives
C. W. Siefkin
Flaherty
Eget Se
Etta Lou Symes
Gloria
Seth
Bryson
Martha Mowbrey
G. O. Hauck
Annie
J. R. McIntire
Kittenball Fans Urged to Attend May 1 Meeting
Notice invites all kittenball enthusiasts to Rolfe Auto Co. garage Monday evening May 1 to organize schedules and select players for each team. Everyone is welcome whether or not they plan to play. Subscribe for The Arrow-Now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Auto Co
County Days Organize for Repeal Campaign Rally
A county rally at the Bucahontas Methodist church featured Edson of Storm Lake and Rev Seaman of Fort Dodge advocating for prohibition and the eighteenth amendment. County officers and township chairmen were elected, with church groups urged to hold union dry services before May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Buccahontas
Edson
Storm Lake
Seaman
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Fort Dodge
Iowa
C. Paul Carlson
John Kettle
Attorney Harris
Pocahontas
Rolfe
J. O. Wangherge
Mary Shriner
Promotion Club Revives Kitty Ball Effort at Local Meeting
The Promotion club held a noon meeting at P. J. Riches cafe with William Pattee as chair. W. D. Hauck received $20 to organize a work bee to rebuild the kittenball diamond with cinders and gravel for drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Riches Cafe
William Pattee
Bert A. Peterson
J. C. Bregotti
W. D. Hauck
Hauck
Myr. Hauck
Interesting Program at D M T Farm Bureau Meet
The Des Moines Township Farm Bureau held its regular meeting at the D M T school on Monday evening April 17 with a good crowd. Mrs. Leslie Struthers directed the program including community singing led by Merle Christensen a poultry talk by C R Bowers and music and readings by local participants. A 4 H Club number by Elva Fae Ham followed by a lunch served by Zelda Snyder Nannie Snyder and Mrs Joe Weishaar closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Township Farm Bureau
Leslie Struthers
Merle Christensen
C. R. Bowers
Arthur Weishaar
Madeline Snook
Maxine George
Chas
Ham
Elva Fae Ham
Zelda
Nannie Snyder
Joe Weishaar
Around the Corner for Prosperity in Short Outing
A speaker urges leaving familiar haunts to seek prosperity nearby. The idea is that a change of scene and stepping beyond routine could yield new opportunities and a brighter return.
Injured Drivers Hurled From Rolfe Chevrolet Crash
L. R. Davidson of Rolfe and Howard G. Gibson of Havelock were injured when a Rolfe Auto Chevrolet demonstrator collided with a rock near Humboldt. Davidson suffered rib and back injuries. Gibson, a 33 year old truck operator for Harding Co, has a crushed chest and punctured lung. Both men were hospitalized. Gibson remained serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Davidson
Rolfe
Howard G. Gibson
Havelock
Rolfe Auto Company
Chevrolet Demonstrator
Mr. Davidson
Johnson Hill
Humboldt
Davidson
Gibson
Harding Co
W. W. Beam
Beam
Watson
MetIntire
Des Moines
Wallace Beery stars in Flesh at the Ritz Theatre
Wallace Beery stars in Flesh at The Ritz with Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley Jean Hersholt and John Miljan among others. Showtimes Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday evening with no Sunday matinee. Rolfe Promotion Club sponsors the screening with good short subjects and Topaz on May 3 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Beery
Ricardo Cortez
Karen Morley
Jean Hersholt
John Miljan
Ritz Theatre
Rolfe
Beery
Ritz
John Barrymore
New Variety Store to Open in Rolfe
Merl McAninch, former Ledyard garage operator, opens a new Rolfe variety store in the F L Robinson building south of Butler's Hang-Out. Stock ranges five cents to one dollar with an entirely new assortment as redecorating finishes and displays are prepared for a soon opening.
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McAninch
Rolfe Begins Selling New Beer Under Local Licenses
Rolfe opens three Class B licensed drinking spots and two eating places serving beer for here or to go. Prices drop from 20 to 15 cents a bottle, with keg beer expected later at ten cents per stein. Reactions vary and local drys condemn the spread of alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Lawrence C. Wheeler
Olson
Butler’s
G. G. Butler
Riches Cafe
Geo. B. Roberts
Rolfe Girl Advances From Storytelling Rally
Representatives of the Methodist Epworth League in Rolfe attended a Bible storytelling contest at Gilmore City Methodist church last Saturday. Stella Mae Brinkman and Barbara Melson represented Rolfe. Stella Mae delivered a dramatic Bible reading and Barbara presented a Bible story in her own words. Stella Mae earned advancement to the district contest in Fort Dodge next June. Local pastors Rev T S Bassett and Rev John A Kettle gave talks. Epworth League members came from Pocahontas Humboldt Rutland Bradgate Gilmore City and Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Epworth League of Rolfe
Gilmore City Methodist Church
Stella Mae Brinkman
Barbara Melson
Rolfe
Stella Mae
Barbara
Fort Dodge
T. S. Bassett
John A. Kettle
Pocahontas
Epworth League
Humboldt
Rutland
Bradgate
Gilmore City
Home Project Leaders Plan New Clothing Course
Mary Gregg of the Extension Service at Iowa State College will meet Pocahontas county Home Project Work leaders on May 4 at 1 30 p m in the Pocahontas county courthouse assembly room. Miss Helen Putnam will teach the new clothing course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gregg
Iowa State College
Ames
Pocahontas County
Court House
Pocahontas
Helen Putnam
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American, Legion Auxiliary
A. A. Brinkman
Bon Ton Bridge’ Club
Thomas Jiley
Etta Symes
A. L. D. Club
C. L. Gunderson
Des Moines Township
Rolfe High
Rolfe School
Ohio
W.S. Bupils
Excelsiors
Kitty
D. M. T. Farm Bureau
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