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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
8
Des Moines reports ex governor John Hammill congratulates two former winners of the Iowa State Fair baby health contest. More than 600 babies from across Iowa compete for the state championship during the Iowa State Fair from August 23 to September 1, aligned with the state women’s exposition featuring large facilities for women’s programs and events.
The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines will stage nightly horse racing this summer on a newly lit track. Running races appear each night from August 1 through August 18 1933, with floodlights similar to baseball and football venues. The event is billed as a Midwest first and a major fair attraction.
American dirt track champion Gua Schrader will face Canadian National champion Emory Collins in the Hawkeye Sweep Stakes at the Iowa State Fair on Friday August 26 as part of a two day auto race program August 25 and September 1. The list includes Frank Sands Buddy Calloway Sig Haugdahl Shane ltzgerald and more than fifty other pilots from the I M C A.
Havelock notes report Mr and Mrs Will Hilton and guests visiting and traveling to northern Minnesota for an outing. Local residents and visitors from Pocahontas Des Moines Estherville Fort Dodge are mentioned with various visits and short trips around G area.
Mrs A Redfield and daughter Edith of Kankakee Ill have stayed to manage farm repairs on the Lathrop property. Rose Emonds and children visit the FE R Waters home. Lelia Bass visits Jolley from Gary Ind with her uncle Mrs James Steel. Various residents travel to Marshalltown Pocahontas Rolfe and Fort Dodge for funerals family visits and summer schooling.
Mrs Ralle marked her sixty eighth birthday on Aug 3 with a gathering of eighteen neighbors and friends at her Pocahontas home. A lamb shaped cake with snow white icing and coconut highlighted lunch, while gifts honored the guest. Attendees from Laurens and nearby towns joined in the party and best wishes for many returns of the day were sent.
The Waters family head gathered in West Bend for a Sunday picnic with Mr and Mrs E R Waters Broun Barney Verne Waters George Waters Myrl and Russel Eugene Waters and Gary joining relatives from Lohrville Council Bluffs Mason City and Minnesota for a family get together and dinner.
Earl Cooksey John and Frank Ralle Remus Classen Ralph Speer and Harold Shimon drove to Dubuque Sunday to attend the state convention of the American Legion.
Havelock Methodist Church notes Pastor C L Day guiding services. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Epworth League and Intermediate League meet at 2:30 p.m. Junior League at 2:30 p.m. No evening services scheduled.
The American Legion Auxiliary of Im Eno Post nominated officers for the coming term at a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs. John Ralle. Nominations included President Margaret Ralle Vice President Olive Waters Secretary Treasurer Sadie Goodchild Chaplain Mrs J H Reimers Historian Goldie Ralle and Sergeant At Arms Alice Shimon. Members will meet at the Ralle home next Wednesday to work on a quilt.
August brings memories of a loved one gone to rest and those who loved him best miss him dearly. Dear Alfred, how we miss you as you lie in peaceful repose. Our hearts remain with you in sorrow and remembrance.
A brief memorial line marks nine years since Roy A. Johnson, the Pocahontas County auditor, with loved ones expressing that he is sadly missed. The clipped prose includes stray commentary about chronic borrowing and a caustic remark on a daughter’s helpfulness.
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