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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
7
Rolfe headlines recount visits and social events. Residents include Harnest Froh Daisy Butts and Lowell Thompson from Webster City, plus extended trips to Kentucky California and Des Moines. Meetings include Methodist Missionary society at Mrs. Grant's home.
Myr, Mrs. Lee Struthers, Lola Sroufe, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cornwell traveled to Sioux City Sunday to view the midget auto races and visit the Harold Torkelson home.
Mr and Mrs Paul Brinkman and daughter Paula Dee of Grand Rapids Michigan visited H D Brinkman and his wife this week they stayed a few days and left for Grand Rapids Monday morning
I M Hart visited in the Joe Hart home at Clare Sunday. Mrs Mary FE Gamel of Goshen Ind left for Des Moines last week after visiting friends there and will return home. Mrs Gamel had been guest of her brother A R Thornton for weeks. Mrs Raymond Henderson and Mrs Wilbur Woods hosted the ky 5 S club in Henderson home July 26 with 40 members and children. Mrs J C Damborg returned from Clarence last Wednesday visiting her mother Mrs Sarah Decker. Damborg was joined by sister Alice Decker. Mrs F E Grant Beverly and Mrs Leo Julius of Fort Dodge visited in the Grant home and spent Monday at Manson helping Mr and Mrs J B Julius who moved from Fort Dodge to Manson.
Neighbors and visitors fill Rolfe area during a busy stretch. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wilson of Chippewa Falls vacation with Mrs. Wilson's mother and relatives in Plover. Doris Remsen, to teach music in Rolfe, called on Superintendent Anderson. Families host picnics and birthday gatherings as 4-H groups and locals welcome campers and guests. Essie Luce marries E. W. Francis in Glendale California. Various Rolfe residents host relatives visiting from Pocahontas Fort Dodge and Sioux City.
Mar and Mrs FE H Clark and son Eugene host relatives in Denison. Dady and other guests from Pocahontas join the Clark home gathering. Martins family returns from Chicago and visits in Rolfe with Olerichs. Des Moines friends, Petersons, and Thompson clan attend a large picnic. Johnsons plan a western trip including the San Francisco fair.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Watters and son Reginald, with Mrs. Watters mother Mrs. GC W. Watters, visited Lake City relatives. They dined with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ives and returned home Sunday. Mrs. Ives and Reginald stayed through Sunday. An Ives party later went to Glidden for church, then visited Mrs. Ditto in Audubon, Gertrude Ives, recently released from Des Moines hospital. En route home they stopped again at Lake City for Mr. Watters birthday celebration.
A flurry of birthday festivities spans neighborhood park gatherings and home teas. Vera Jean Bradley and four guests marked a second birthday, while Atty Obrecht hosted around 20 youngsters for a fourth birthday. Mrs. Tutt hosted a Presbyterian Missionary tea as secretary of Missionary Education. Bruce and Sawyer family farewells followed by a church choir party honored Edwin and other relatives. Bobby Riches and Mary Lucille Hart hosted multiple birthday events with games, lunch, and festive cakes for dozens of friends and relatives.
A bridge event featured six tables in the afternoon with a R. G. Hunter hosted menu and hostesses. Mrs. BL D. Demirjean of Des Moines attended as a guest. This week a covered dish luncheon is planned with committee members Mrs. BL AL Peterson, Mrs. Glyde Brinkman and Mrs. Roo. Hunter.
Mr and Mrs Orvan Olevich hosted a family dinner Friday night with guests including Mr and Mrs H F Olevich Elwood Mr and Mrs Victor Martins Caro lyn and Alma Louise of North Hollywood California Mrs Douglas Hope Islean Beth and Douglas of Chicago Mr and Mrs John Nelson Mr and Mrs Leroy Nelson and Mary Lee The event celebrated Mary Le’s fourth birthday and Islean Beth Hope’s sixth anniversary.
Evelyn and Grayce Thompson welcomed Trinity Lutheran Ladies at the Thompson residence last Wednesday. Dorothy Siminson performed a reading, Mother Siminson played piano, Olive Ryen spoke, and Rev. J O Waneberg led devotions. Guests included Mrs. Sam Severson of Clear Lake and Helen Thompson. The next meeting is in two weeks with Mrs TY M Peterson.
The Noah Kipfer family entertained a group of young folks. Honored guests included Melvin Kauffman and Allen Litiviller of Minier Illinois and Laurance Springer and Art Keli of Hopedale Illinois. The boys planned a month long western vacation and fair visit. Other guests were Misses Marcella Good Dorothy Kell Berdine Birky Mr and Mrs Chris Birky and Mr and Mrs Carl Hansen and Arlen Joy.
A Roberts-Harmon reunion drew 70 members to Rolfe city park on Sunday. The event honored Mrs. C. O. Harmon of Carson North Dakota, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Petersen and other relatives in the area for the past weeks.
A nostalgic account lists numerous relatives and friends visiting from various towns including Plover and St. Pauls, with mentions of the N. Plarnien family’s historic residence now tied to Mas and Mrs. A. A. Michites. The piece names many individuals and households across multiple communities, detailing extended connections and travel.
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