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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
7
Rolfe residents share holiday visits and family news with neighbors and relatives. Many townsfolk attend gatherings, business trips, and hospital checkups, while plans for Christmas closing and studio portraits appear amid the holiday bustle.
The article surveys Mount Lassen in northern California as a restless volcano with a history of eruptions, notably in 1914, while noting its current quiet state. It describes Chaos Crags, Bumpass Hell, and the Lassen Volcanic National Park as dramatic landscapes of lava, mud pots, and lakes, and adds a wary nod to the wider world with world-war era context.
Gerald Graeber, with his parents, traveled to Des Moines on Tuesday to entraine for an eight months training course at Kelly Air Field near San Antonio Texas. He enlisted for three years in the Flying Cadets and received a telegram ordering him to report at Fort Des Moines by Tuesday. His December 20 birthday and Christmas were observed with a family dinner.
Bruce Higgins of Rolfe Iowa begins recruit training at U S Naval Training Station Great Lakes on December 12 joining many Ninth Naval District volunteers after the U S declaration of war on Japan. He immediately starts learning Navy basics and discipline to prepare for service on Pacific or Atlantic firing lines.
Janice Wiegman has accepted a position as sewing instructor at Cherokee High School for the coming semester. She studied home economics at Iowa State College in Ames and graduates this Saturday morning December 20. Her mother Mrs Henry Wiegman and John plan to attend the graduation, and Rachel Wiegman will return home with them.
Nineteen D. M. T. ladies met at Mrs. Loren Pease's home where Genevieve Colgan presented Phase 1 of the home project course Food for Health and National Defense. A demonstration meal was served at noon and vitamin content of foods was studied.
Bob Beckord traveled to Fort Dodge last Friday to enlist in the U S Navy as an airplane mechanic. He plans to depart December 30 for training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
The Up-and-Coming 4-H club met Saturday December 18 at Avonell Hawk's home with fifteen members two leaders and two ex leaders present. An executive committee will meet December 31 at Mrs Curt Coles home to plan the program. Gifts were given to ex leaders Mrs Gordon Vial and Mrs Alex Carlsen for service.
Girl Scouts of Troop TI met at the Legion Hall on Monday December 15. The session opened with the national anthem and included practice for a Christmas pageant to be presented next Monday evening. Jane Peterson, Scribe.
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