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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1931
Page
12
Santa Claus will visit Rolfe on Wednesday December 23 198 M and distribute treats on Main Street. The Arrow invites readers to prepare gifts and help dealers in Rolfe show Christmas spirit as stores stay open evenings toward the holiday.
The Des Moines Township Woman's Club gathered at the D M T school on Tuesday afternoon December 8 with a decorated Christmas tree and gift exchange. A short business session preceded a program including One Act Play My Son Josiah and a vocal solo by Mrs Grant Johnson. Discussion covered aiding those in need and volunteers were asked to report charitable cases to Mrs Arthur Mickaleck who leads relief work in the township.
The Pythian Sisters charity dance scheduled for Friday evening December 18 has been postponed due to conditions south of town. The sisters express disappointment but plan to host a future event to raise a substantial sum for the charity fund.
The Des Moines Township Farm Bureau Unit will meet at the D M T school building Monday December 21 at 8:00 p m Last meeting of the year a large crowd is hoped Christmas program by community children Everyone invited Also a note questions about women and smoking and a quip about American flour exports and porcupine mouth structure.
John P. Mullen of Fonda is elected president of the Iowa State Fair Association after Charles S. Cameron steps aside. Cameron, chosen president emeritus, and Mullen have long driven the fair community with decades of board service and leadership, reshaping the state event into its current prominence.
Reports from several papers describe an immense flight of birds killed or dying after an encroaching snow. Eyewitnesses near Rolfe report countless chirps before a drastic drop in birds. Theories include monoxide gas, snow on beaks, or collision with wires during low flight.
The article congratulates Mr. Mullen on his promotion and notes Pocahontas County’s rising status with a new congressman Fred C. Gilchrist and potential state officials. It speaks of challenges for the fair management and confidence in Mullen’s competence to cope.
A woman, about 24, entered an oil station near Rolfe asking to call her husband Melvin W. Vance of Ames. She claimed a masked bandit abducted her, took $12, and forced driving before abandoning her north of Pocahontas. Police and husband traced the case, with major regional interest.
Christmas Day opens with a midnight mass at St Margaret's Catholic Church led by Rev Daniel Tewell. The program includes special choir music directed by Miss Isabel Amick and hymns before and after mass with traditional carols and prayers.
German scientists report wind screens made from ordinary wire netting slow strong gusts to a gentle breeze. Placed on the windward side, such screens protected fruit trees, shrubs, vegetables and flowers, with protected vegetation growing about fifty percent faster and yielding larger crops. The note also mentions Europe’s population doubling in the last century.
A naped lady mentions a nine hour drive from Ames to a point north of Pocahontas and a three hour trip as bandits who are peculiar people may escape by unusual means. One report says the flight was stopped at the junction of Primary No 17 and Primary No 10 east of Havelock.
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