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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
5
Series of Iowa Farm Economist articles by J Allan Beagle discuss youth education social life and defense roles in democracy. The piece notes youths in Iowa are healthier better fed and better dressed but face job shortages as farm and urban opportunities shrink with migration slowing.
Humboldt County fair begins with a free grandstand show Monday evening featuring a musical revue. Children’s Day includes Humboldt vs Bancroft baseball, harness and running races, model airplane contest, and more. Four-H day Wednesday features livestock parade, games, and a pie baking contest. Barnum Brothers circus to close Thursday with livestock auction and opening.
The schedule lists 1941 football games with dates and venues for Humboldt Manson Laurens Renwick Rockwell City Pocahontas Gilmore City Lake City Livermore. Most games are at night except Gilmore City and Armistice Day, which will be in the afternoon. Gilmore City lacks field lights.
Miss Wilson, the speech teacher, will manage the event with major duties including locating preliminaries and organizing participants. The annual district contest will be held in Rolfe as part of a busy teaching year for the faculty member.
Mr. Anderson named Secretary to the Northwest District at Manning this spring, with duties including hosting the District Declamatory contest. Rolfe, chosen for the post, will stage the event in its repainted school auditorium. Pupils Catherine McIntire Margie White and Rachel Wiegman reached district finals with two earning state qualification.
The Methodist church hosted a 4 p.m. ceremony for Kathryn Anne Green and Donald Christensen. Rev. E J Plummer officiated as Eloise Hewlett played Lohengrin. Bridesmaids included Lisabeth Green and Evelyn Green, with ushers Robert Jolliffe and Gordon Christensen among others. The bride wore a white embroidered organdy gown and carried her mother's wedding handkerchief with gladioli.
The Rolfe Young People’s chorus performs Sunday at 2 30 PM in the high school auditorium with no admission charge a Red Cross collection will be taken Program list includes My Country tis of Thee Deep River The Green Cathedral and more Miss Kerr resigns from English and literature teaching post at the junior high she plans to marry this fall
Registration for ninth grade and new pupils takes place Thursday and Friday August 28–29 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Parents should accompany children to ask questions about school work and attendance. Book rental fees vary by grade, with kindergarten included, and activity cards priced at $1.00 each. Private music lessons cost half the fee with group lessons free. private vocal lessons may be free for talented pupils.
Baseball fans in Rolfe can see a hot matchup as Humboldt Cubs meet Laurens at the city park on Labor Day Monday September 1. Laurens leads the East division of the Clay County league with 11 wins and 2 losses. Humboldt sits in a second place tie in the Northeast Iowa Semi Pro league.
Mrs Carl Hertz daughter of Mrs Lena Vaughn and sister of Doris Vaughn who was the 4 H fair pie baking queen won the Story county pie baking contest at Nevada recently. Mrs Vaughn should have the blue ribbon for training pie bakers.
A dated list of school activities from September through December includes football games at Humboldt Manson Laurens Renwick Rockwell City Pocahontas Lake City and Livermore, pictures and grade cards due, homecoming events, a junior class play, state teachers convention, an operetta, basketball games, and holiday breaks with school closing on December 28. The schedule references locations such as Here There and along the Great Silk Route with multiple weeks and events throughout the fall term.
At the large Pocahontas county 4-H fair Rolfe clubs collected many prizes. Doris Vaughn won first in the 62-entry pie baking contest and was crowned county pie queen. Glenn Knapp topped the junior Hereford and senior Hereford divisions, with Roger DeWolf winning multiple championships and showmanship. Other winners include Raymond Wiegert, Lowell Simonson, Phil lips Brinkman, and Lois Omtvedt, as the county earns state fair representation through top placers and demonstration teams.
Beryl White will represent the county at the state fair in a conservation book contest tied to a trip to Camp Mitigwa. Mary Margaret Brinkman plans an exhibit of walnut furniture once owned by her great grandmother from the Civil War era at the state fair.
The Rolfe Board of Education fills five faculty positions marking low turnover. New hires include Mary Frances Kelly replacing Miss Murphy in home economics, Vinetta Dobson as science social studies and assistant principal, Maxine Mann in fourth grade, and Lois Yoder in kindergarten. Returning staff include Hendrickson Hood Phares and Schaefer with summer studies noted. Superintendent Melvin D. Anderson leads the faculty.
Edward Wolkenhauer of Havelock dominated the Pocahontas County Plowing Match at the county farm on August 15, winning the sweepstakes in the professional class with 89.50 points. Donald Trenary of Pocahontas placed second with 87. In Two Bottom plow class for men, George Anderson of Fonda won with 85.5 points, followed by C. Morris Ives of Rolfe with 81.
The Farm Bureau Pocahontas Cattle Feeders association and Pocahontas Commercial club bought the 1185 lb baby beef shown by Irene Shimon at the 4 H fair last week for 12 cents per pound. The meat is processed and stored in Lime lockers to supply high quality beef for the Cattle Feeders banquet this fall.
Arnold Wenell of the Marshall Minutemen 4-H club is selected to represent Pocahontas County in the Iowa State Fair health contest during the last week of August.
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