17 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
1
The piece argues teachers should balance discipline and kindness, be loyal to authorities, and engage with parents while protecting health. It champions independent living, practicality, and dedication to preparation. It concludes free public education remains a democratic cornerstone enabling an intelligent citizenry and resisting demagogic threat.
Mr. D. Anderson defends Rolfe school's music program arguing it enriches youth education beyond academics. Since 1930 music has been emphasized for many students, evidenced by four groups reaching state finals in spring and about sixty pupils participating in multiple ensembles.
A high school student editorial in the Rolfe notes praises the music program as vital to education. It argues that modern schooling blends book learning with world knowledge and extracurriculars, highlighting music’s role in taste, social growth, and sportsmanship amid contests and practice.
Monticello residents urged to avoid transient door to door sellers and itinerant photographers who take down payments without providing contact details. Local housewives were advised to support home town tradesmen who pay taxes and contribute to the town’s welfare.
The piece rebuts Hoover’s assertion that Iowa harbors criminals linking the claim to Kansas City crime cleanup. It urges strict law enforcement and citizen cooperation to remove criminals and restore Iowa’s clean image.
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers 103 awards to 4 H club members in localities along its line. Winners, selected by the state club leader's office, may use prizes to cover travel to the National 4 H Club congress in Chicago.
In Adel last week Donald Boren wrote to his parents that he would be “going fishing with the president.” Boren serves on the U.S. S. Tuskaloosa, the vessel President Roosevelt will use for a fishing expedition in Nova Scotian waters.
Iowa readers are challenged to name the tallest stalk thir teen and one-half feet tall produced by W. W. Brown in Winterset last week. The paper asks who will set the Iowa record this year and notes line forms to the left.
In West Des Moines last week 2,500 residents and farmers attended a community picnic with family friendly amusements. The prior year the festival drew 2,300 people with simpler home grown events like slipper kicking and hog calling contests.
Knoxville Sheriff Paul Applegate received a late night alert when a neighbor notified him at about 1 a.m. that his house was on fire. The tip prompted an immediate response.
Marion county chinch bugs have won the Iowa title for pure meanness. They ate the Slack brothers sorghum field early spring. The field was re seeded and recovering but the bugs descended again and ate it up. The pests threaten Iowa's sorghum and flap jacks.
A Seymour driver taking a license test was told to speed after another car ran a stop sign. Patrolman C R Kelley commandeered the vehicle, sped at 85 mph in pursuit, and ticketed the offender while the applicant continued the test at a snail's pace.
The office female staff threatened to strike over clothing rules, insisting on wearing outfits to work. Management agreed that men would have the same privilege. The women left briefly, returning to find male staff parading in abbreviated trunks and mirrors arranged for visibility. Management claimed a complete victory.
Last week the press reported John McDonald of New Hampshire had his auto taken during the birth of his second child and similar misfortune during his first. That same evening the McDonalds learned their family doctor had driven home in the McDonald car all day, unaware it was not his own.
Clarence Stone of Harlan nearly died when a dirt collapse buried him during ditch digging. Fellow worker Jim Ross freed him and summoned help to dig him out, saving his life.
William Tipling near Adair reports two albino colts from a Towa sire. The full sisters show no black hair, one with glass unpigmented eyes and the other with natural eyes. Beneath the hair their skin is pink.
Biola Kammlade longtime Matlock resident died recently near Sheldon. Friends collected 10 to buy flowers for her funeral but the money was stolen from the Farmers elevator office during the night.
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