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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
5
The Arrow notes that Business People operates like other firms during peak load. Advertisers are urged to submit copy and reserve space now for proper handling of the Christmas rush. Copy should arrive by six at noon, with some space available this weekend and final deadlines by Wednesday.
In week two, women in Zelda Snyder and Madsen circles held live sewing sessions to craft hats. Meetings at homes of Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Jensen continued the project with lessons on millinery and color. Nine participants attended, and head measurements were taken for custom patterns.
Diocese of Sioux City joins Near East Welfare Association efforts this winter to boost membership and support for relief in Belgium France and Palestine. Bishop Heelan backs the campaign with clergy support while Dr. Moore notes renewed pledges and a goal of expanded contributions to fund education and famine relief in central Europe and the East.
A public reception at Rolfe Auto Co honors the new Ford offering with photographs and charts. Miss Ford, aka Alice Bent Bolt, is featured as a refined model with a sport coupe variant and improved mechanics. Locals expect the sample car soon and note Ben Rutgers and J B Kent as first buyers pending model arrival.
Roy Hamilton plans a closing out sale December 14 on the Ben Munson farm north of Rolfe offering four work horses fourteen cattle many milkers and a large mostly new machinery stock plus poultry over 800 head and supplies. John S Roberts holds December 15 on a farm six miles north of Rolfe with eleven cattle including four milk cows and farm machinery Rhode Island Red hens hay and household goods. A. A. Firkins posts December 20 closing out sale tied to Rolfe garage business. H C Edmiston sets December 21 closing out sale on Beaver Creek farm as he quits farming.
The Baby Beef Club invites youths ten to eighteen to enroll and use Aberdeen Angus Shorthorn Hereford calves born before March 1. Grades crossbreds or purebreds accepted. Enrollment and calf feeding urged. County Agent offers rules and enrollment cards. About 40 to 50 calves already on feed.
A local committee led by L. R. Davidson placed the large Christmas tree in the street as preparations begin. The twin tree is to symbolize prosperity. smaller trees will line streets and decorations rise. A community treat is planned for Saturday afternoon December 17 at two oclock, inviting all roads to Rolfe.
The Pocahontas county branch of the Associated Barbers of America met in Rolfe with delegates from Gilmore City Pocahontas Fonda Laurens Palmer and Rolfe. Representative Byron G Allen of Pocahontas spoke on how legislation and lobbying affect barber business and pricing. The group debated price setting and sanitary duties, noting pay differences with surgeons. After meetings, attendees lunched at Perrin's Cafe.
Breeders in Pocahontas County report strong interest in dairying and sales. The directory lists Laurens, Havelock, Pocahontas County Farm, Gilmore City and others with breeders ready to help farmers add cows or a herd bull. Cow Test ing Association records fuel local enthusiasm. contact County Agent C. R. Bowers or Tester C. A. Julian for details.
The pupils at Junior High School are repairing broken toys and dolls for less fortunate children in town and nearby areas. They also create new items for Christmas presents and will donate any surplus toys to charitable institutions caring for children.
The D. M. T. Woman's Club will meet at the school building Tuesday afternoon December 13 at two o'clock. Mrs. B C C Lehnus serves as secretary. The items warn against waste and stress the value of a good start and finishing well.
Walter Campney of Pocahontas county represented more than 200 club boys and 300 leaders at the National Boys and Girls Congress in Chicago last week. About 1,200 farm youths from 46 states and Ontario attended with 12,000 animals exhibited. Highlights included the Grand Champion steer California Stamp and a carload of Angus shown by Ed Hull of Illinois selling for 45.59 per hundred. Iowa youth excelled in Girls Clothing and Home Furnishings, with Fred Christensen winning the National Health Contest and Marie Antrim the Health girl title from Kansas. Walter noted farm visits to Corn Products Co and International Harvester Co, plus the Lincoln Park Zoo and Field Museum. He urged farmers to unite for fair prices through cooperative marketing.
The piece recalls a week of Iowa winter weather with a snow storm, a Alberta nor easter, and a blizzard. Temperatures fell to 15 below zero while five to six inches of snow covered fields and husking concerns rose among locals including an old bachelor who notes women talk a lot.
The December session of the Federated Clubs of Pocahontas County will be held in the Pocahontas courthouse on Saturday December 10 with three clubs hosting. Dr Effie McCullum Jones will lecture on youth and its problems to parents. Music arranged by Laurens Havelock and Pocahontas clubs.
Children push Christmas Seal sales to fund health programs in the community including clinics and school dental work. Postal advice cautions seals belong on the back of letters and outlines proper addressing, parcel handling, and overwrap guidelines. Additional notes include quips about elections and advertising morticians.
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau members convene at the courthouse on Monday December 19. Officers and delegates will be elected, with County Agent Bowers presenting a report. Howard D. Clark of Des Moines, attorney for the Farmers Union of Iowa, will give the afternoon address.
The Second Annual Older Boys and Girls Conference at Pocahontas last Saturday drew 58 attendees from Plover Havelock Pocahontas Laurens Rolfe Ware and Fonda. Organizers Mr and Mrs O G Herbrucht led activities with enthusiasm as Myrna Webster Havelock was elected president Eugene Corcoran Fonda vice president and Virginia Brokaw Pocahontas secretary for the coming year.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion elected officers for the ensuing year at a Monday afternoon meeting hosted by Mrs. B. A. Peterson with Mrs. R. W. Wilkin and Mrs. M. W. Webb assisting. Elected were President Mrs. L. A. Rogers Vice President Miss Susan Nabor Treasurer Mrs. Owen Patterson Secretary Mrs. Gus Perigal Chaplain Mrs. Chas. Pike Historian Mrs. T. D. Jones. Refreshments followed the session.
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