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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
2
Local items record Mrs R Henderaun sprained ankle and community news notes from Plover and surrounds. Families travel to Algona Curlew Emmetsburg and Humboldt, attend camp meetings and church events, with social visits and upcoming community kitchen talk.
Sunday services at Plover Methodist Church feature morning sermon Gods Purpose for Man and evening message A Safe Investment for Man. Annual Conference in Grace Church Sioux City in six weeks with Bishop Leete presiding marks first laymen seating. Next Sunday lay delegates to be selected.
Plover Presbyterian Church notes Rev Walter Rothwell reports Sunday services at 10 15 a m Sunday morning worship 11 30 a m and that services will be omitted August 14 and 21 due to the minister and family camping trip in Minnesota The Willing Workers Society will entertain this Thursday afternoon in honor of five of its eldest members.
Pocahontas County boards approve issuing 32 funding bonds totaling 81 500 to refinance prior indebtedness. Bonds priced at 5 percent interest dated June 1 1932 payable November 1 and semi annually with staggered maturities from 1936 to 1941. Registration rules allow transfer to bearer and ensure full faith credit pledge. The action follows public notice on June 16 1932 with no objections filed.
Mrs Mary Whitney and four other ladies are named as solicited contributors. Those unable to contribute should contact secretary Mrs Aldolph Parradee for assistance.
County treasurer validates that the bonds are duly recorded in the official book in Pocahontas County Iowa. The bonds will be signed by the board chairman and attested by the county auditor with the county seal affixed.
Havelock residents and visitors are noted in a string of local activities. Hilton drives a new Chevrolet coupe while DeVaul, Obrecht, Cole, and many others travel for business, visits, or shopping in Emmetsburg Ledyard Mallard Corwith and other nearby communities. A church event, hospital visits, and a farewell for the VanHorn family cap the week along with a repaint of the post office and an American Legion gathering in Fort Dodge.
The county authorizes bond issuance with coupons signed by the county auditor and delivered to the White-Phillips Company in Davenport in exchange for warrants. A dedicated annual tax is levied to cover interest and principal for 1932 through 1940, with excess funds kept in a Bond Fund for this purpose. The auditor will file a certified copy and record levies until bonds are paid. The board adjourned to July 5, 1932.
The weekly editor recalls a tide of blunders from a recent issue and a string of misdirections from mixed numbers to misspelled notes. Readers chat about errors in mail, phone, bread, milk and dental bills while a failing timer and a sewing machine joke surface. Exchange notes the whimsy of human error across ages.
In Memoriam for Alfred F Mick notes his passing and deep sorrow from his wife and family. The poem expresses remembrance and loss with lines about a happy home and memories that remain bright despite death.
G A Gruver and Dr K P Hunter drove to Emmetsburg Saturday with Ray Gruver, who had been in Palo Alto Hospital three weeks. An operation on Gruver’s fractured leg lasted about two hours with doctors Powers Cretz meier and Hunter placing a cast. He suffers pain but is recovering and will remain bedridden for several days with no visitors for a time.
The Havelock Methodist Church lists Rev. C L Day as pastor with Sunday School at 10:00 a m Morning Worship at 11:00 a m Junior League at 7:00 p m Epworth League at 7:00 p m Evening Worship at 8:00 p m Mid week services and choir rehearsal Thursday at 8:00 p m Sunday evening service at Mr and Mrs M Leith home near Ware Epworth League at 7 30 p m preaching service at eight o clock All week services follow the above schedule Parishioners welcome to make the church their home
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