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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
2
Rolfe residents travel to St Paul and Fort Dodge for business and medical matters while family members visit in Pocahontas Ames and Clear Lake. Milk price hike set for Jan 1 1934. Local crimes, births and illnesses noted. community events include a recital by W P Wheeler's class and Fae Green appendectomy.
Patterson's Store returns to Rolfe as an active grocer ready Saturday morning to offer a full line of fresh groceries and other goods, welcoming the business community back to the old stand.
Mrs H D Brinkman traveled to Sioux City with her son and daughters who are Morningside College students spending the holiday. Miss Mary Sulgrove returned from Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge to Rolfe for throat treatment and resumes teaching economics. Mr and Mrs Otto Christensen hosted the B O T Club for a Christmas party with dinner, bridge, and gift exchanges plus a handkerchief shower for Miss Mary Casper's birthday.
Mr and Mrs Peter Myllenbach were bruised and shaken when their car was struck broadside by a machine driven by John Delle at the Primary No 10 Gilmore City main street intersection. The car rolled over and lost a wheel with damaged fenders. No serious injuries reported.
Germany no longer floods world markets with toys at Christmas as before the war. Germany’s global monopoly is broken, now producing about one third of world supply. The United States leads toy making with Japan as a strong competitor. Tariffs and wartime policy spurred other nations to build toy industries, while Germany lagged in adapting toy types to changing demand.
A Collier's Weekly reflection notes children appear well behaved to gain more presents but a sharper eye sees they are busy planning and crafting small gifts for others. The piece examines motives behind good behavior in children.
The 1878 Crystal Palace tree stood 120 feet tall built from 1,500 small trees on a central stem. It displayed 250,000 presents flags and bonbons hanging from its branches, marking a grand holiday display.
A note advises keeping a perpetual calendar for Christmas and passing it on after a year. It emphasizes careful preservation and usefulness for twelve months hence.
Observers expect Dora to treat Christmas seals as usual and purchase fur coats this season. Analysts note the holiday spending pattern mirrors prior years with emphasis on luxury apparel and seasonal gifts.
T. Carroll traveled to Des Moines to meet the state manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation and learn if local loan applications have progressed. He said millions of loans have already been completed nationwide and that loans will soon arrive here, with closings expected at 100 or more daily within a week. Carroll has conducted 30 appraisals in Pocahontas County and remains eager for prompt processing.
D M T high school schedules a Christmas party Friday at 11:00 am with luncheon, program, readings, plays, and games. Debuts include a declamatory contest judged by Glenn Pinkham, and an operetta Sunbonnet Sue in rehearsal after holiday break. Boys beat West Bend 23-19 in OT. girls lose 10-6 to West Bend.
Junior class thanks patrons for a footstuffs sale funding the May junior senior banquet. Ill students, including Edna Wiegert, return after hospital stay. Ice rink lauded by locals, and mournful note on Mrs. Carl Quist’s death. Christmas program invited. orderly club activities and a Santa letter snippet roundup conclude with a toy drive and gift exchange.
An auditorium program notes that Christmas should be written in full rather than as Xmas. The report covers Junior High basketball wins over Havelock 38 16 and Pocahontas 26 8, with next game vs Fonda. Grade school rounds include Christmas Seals sales, perfect papers, posters, and a Friday 2 45 p m Christmas program.
The St Louis Star and Times notes a new legal status for Wisconsin milk as a public utility. The piece playfully ponders how to classify cows, jokingly suggesting welding firms as a possible label.
Notice reads a lost item alert for a Black Scotch cap and case found near Rolfe with contact to identify at Arrow. An economic conference of Americans for the benefit of Amen is proposed. The undersigned will close Monday December 26 at 4:30 PM and remain closed for the balance of the day at Community Service Standard Oil Station W H Howland Phillips' Sixty Six.
In Base Iowa on December 11 1933 the Rolfe town council led by Mayor Brinkman approved the emergency tax levy for certification to the county auditor. Bills were authorized including fuel gas and supplies from LL P. Peterson Globe Machine and Fullerton Lumber among others. A district court receivership notice for State Savings Bank Rolfe Iowa announced a hearing set for December 27 1933 at Pocahontas Iowa with H C Wiegman debt settlement offer of 2600 08 in exchange for 100 Shell Union common shares.
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