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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
5
The Rolfe Promotion Club announces on its Trade Extension Days edition that on Friday and Saturday December 8-9 1933 every pound of poultry bought in Rolfe and sold to Rolfe dealers will be paid one cent per pound above the regular market price. Bring poultry to Rolfe to cash in on this offer. Will we have a Merry Christmas.
Friday and Saturday December 8 and 9 are Trade Extension Pays at Rolfe with red hot specials and bargains at every store. Read the merchants ads for expectations and plan to be in Rolfe for Christmas shopping. stores display large stock and locals promote early preparations.
A detailed schedule of upcoming social and civic gatherings from December 7 to January 6, featuring church events, bridge clubs, miscellaneous clubs, charity drives, gift exchanges, and meetings of the American Legion Auxiliary, Farm Union, DMC Bridge Club, and various women’s organizations in Rolfe and surrounding areas. Included are times, hosts, locations, and noted charitable activities for the girls’ school at Aiken Hall.
The Wynekoop case gains a local slant as Miss Enid Hennessey, a Chicago teacher who roomed in the Wynekoop home, faces connections to the family. Her sister is Mrs. J H Walker, wife of a former Rolfe M E pastor, and she helped at dinner after the murder but before discovery. Charlotte Walker, a student at Morningside College, also questions the prevailing story.
Crow roost numbers in the hundreds form nightly spectacle north of Frank Robinson's home. Birds migrate and return at dusk, creating a blackened sky as they settle for the night. Local observers note the roost's long history and its cooperative behavior against threats and hardship.
An unconfirmed rumor says Pocahontas County will receive 40 more CWA workers, raising total to 163 with 2 new hires for Rolfe and community and 2 for Plover. Work planned this week includes gutter and street tasks, dump ground cleanup, and county graveling projects though the relief committee has yet to select the men.
The Arrow clarifies that Randall Melson did not select the men for the county civil works project. A Pocahontas committee chose the workers, correcting a previous misunderstanding and preserving historical accuracy.
Ben Hurley age 61 long time Pocahontas county resident died at his Rolfe home on Sunday December 3 after a pneumonia illness. Funeral services were held at Jefferson on Tuesday with burial at Wright cemetery. The Arrow plans a full obituary next week.
Sunday School and Morning Worship announced by Rev J O Wangberg pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church. Luther League and Mid-Week Prayer Meeting on Thursday at 8 00 p m. Sunday school and Bible classes are the only services this Sunday. Choir rehearsal set for Saturday at 1 30 p m. Quote about submitting to God’s will appears.
All members and ex-members of the I C C F and Rebekah lodges with families are urged to attend a fraternal homecoming at their hall in Rolfe on Friday evening December 15. The program includes entertainment stunts social hour and oyster stew. Remember the date Three-Linkers Friday December 15.
E H Clarke and Forrest E Grant operate a Santa Claus program to provide toys for needy Rolfe children. Residents are urged to donate usable toys to the Northwestern depot for repair and distribution. Donors may include a story book or dolls, and are asked to add a book for reading.
Ticket sales have started for the Rolfe Bradtgate benefit basketball game to be held at Rolfe next Monday evening. Prices are 15 cents for children 25 cents for adults and 50 cents for the whole family. Proceeds aid the local welfare committee for winter relief.
Rolfe hosts Laurens Thursday night at 8 in the Rolfe high gymnasium for the first Twin Lakes Conference and county game. The Rolfe squad, led by Davidson and Maassen at center, faces a strong Laurens team with Brinkman Olerich and Weigart up front and guards Harmon Russell Kober Rickard developing. A charity game vs Bradgate follows Monday, Dec 11, with season tickets on sale after the charity tilt, eight double headers on the slate.
James Kelts, Civil War veteran, died at his home Monday morning December 4 after a short illness from a foot infection. Services were held at his home with Rev. T S Bassett. he received military honors from Cecil Cummings post American Legion. Interment at Clinton Garfield Cemetery. Born October 12 1845 near Platteville Wisconsin, he served in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry and later the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. He left a wife and son Philip B Kelts surviving, plus a long move through Pocahontas County to Rolfe and Dunlap before settling back in Rolfe.
The Rolfe Woman's Club gathered at Mrs. W. P. Wheeler's home for the December meeting. The music department presented a program with piano solos by Arlene Cook Phyllis Perrin and June Shelgren trombone by Donald Davidson vocal solos by Julius Stevenson and Ruth Webb and duets by Wheeler with Perrin and Bassett. The next meeting will be at the public library with the American citizenship department presenting the lesson chaired by Mrs. C. M. Patterson.
Rolfe first string defeated Palmer 43 to 19 and the second string won 33 to 4 Tuesday. Davidson Olerich and Brinkman led scoring as coaches praised early form. Rolfe’s first team lineup included Brinkman Shelgreen Olerich Weigert Davidson Mason Harmon Russell K Rickard and Kober.
Morning Worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School at 11:15 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship at 8:00 p.m. The Rev. Jones of Glidden will preach at the morning service.
Rob Roy notes a dry warm fall with progress on work. He kept weather diaries since 1875 for Smithsonian but continued privately after leaving the institute. The file covers 1879 to present though some volumes are missing. Roy offers to show the diaries to interested readers.
Corn sealing in Pocahontas county is paused due to a shortage of seals and delays in credentials for sealers from the government. Four credentialed sealers have so far handled several thousand bushels, with more to come once seals arrive likely by week’s end. Loan applicants await cash once banks receive word from the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Three linotype slugs reading G. L. Caswell as pinch hitter for The Boss on legislative news were misplaced in a last minute shuffle. Caswell, formerly in publishing, knows how such mix ups occur.
Rev L H Kjoller presents Sunday School at 10 morning worship at 11 evening service on the first and eighth Sundays at 8 oclock and Thursday prayer meeting at 8. The first Sunday service each month is in Danish. other services are in English. Rolfe community invited.
Edwin Hix of Milford visited Rolfe friends on Sunday. Thanksgiving dinners were shared with Albert City friends and Clarence visits. Farmers Union Pikertown Local plans a December 8 meeting at Wm Peterson’s home. A Christmas tea and apron sale are planned by the Presbyterian Excelsior society in Rolfe church parlors.
Santa Claus will arrive in Rolfe Saturday afternoon at 1 30 in his Ford. He will stop at the foot of the Christmas tree in the business district to greet every boy and girl. A pre Christmas candy treat awaits each child.
Cooks and housewives in Rolfe study cookbooks and buy groceries for holiday larders. Prize recipes include Mrs. Vaughn honey cookies and noted puddings from Mrs. Fisher and Miss Struthers, with detailed ingredients and steaming times. A Bowen fruit cake recipe features rich ingredients and multi-hour bake times in cans.
Local residents recount Thanksgiving gatherings with relatives in Laurens Farnhamville Swea City and nearby towns. The reports include numerous visits among the Turleys Iveys Groves Jeffries and Sandsons families plus trips to Des Moines and Chicago for caregiving and family time.
Chevrolet announces new 1934 models with radical styling and engineering changes. M. E. Coyle reports nearly normal employment at Detroit forge and Saginaw foundry, with Bay City carburetor and die casting plants back to work and other plants gradually restoring staff.
Rolfe students deserted books early last week and went home for Thanksgiving. Many from Morningside College, University of Iowa, Iowa State Teachers College and Fort Dodge Business College reunited with families for the holiday and weekend.
Rev T S Bassett of Panzer leads morning worship at 10 00 a m and Epworth League at 11 00 a m with a 7 00 p m worship service. Next Sunday features White Cross work with Rev M L Metcalf of Sioux City as speaker. Christmas programs are planned for Dec 24 with carol singing and a church bazaar supper at 6 30 tonight priced 25 cents.
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