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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
4
Rolfe residents head home for holidays and attend church programs. locals attend gatherings, book trips, and host family and club events. notable items include grocery sale, studio portraits, and college students returning for vacation.
Trinity Lutheran Church announces Sunday School Bible Glass Morning Worship Luther League and a Sunday evening Junior Choir program. Mid week prayer meeting Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Services next Sunday per schedule. juniors to sing selections and seek attendance. Also a note urging Republicans to reflect on past victories and urging optimism for prosperity. Subscribe for The Arrow-Now.
Mr and Mrs W R Jones celebrated their fifty year marriage at their Rolfe home with open house from 2 to 5 pm. Nearly a hundred friends called including Mrs Carrie Bourret of West Bend who attended the Wisconsin wedding fifty years ago. Daughters Mrs C B Bowen and Mrs H A Beam served light refreshments as well wishers praised the couple and hoped for many more years together.
The Henry Thompson clan gathered at his Rolfe home last Sunday to celebrate his seventy fifth birthday with a big family dinner. Sixteen grandchildren and many in laws joined in the surprise gathering, including A L Firkins Jens Thompson John Thompson A J Kilbourn Axel Ruder Hans Thompson Thorvald Thompson Mads Johansen and families, David Henderson and others. The house buzzed with relatives as Father and Mother Thompson were honored with a joyful afternoon.
About eighty five persons attended the Garfield Township Farm Bureau Unit meeting at H. C. Brinkman’s home last Friday. Dr H C Lawson spoke on Christmas in France with details of customs from different regions. The group sang carols and students from Miss Josephine Nemeck’s school performed songs and drills. J C Truelsen said the township is nearly organized for bot fly control work.
Dawson and Firkins completed a feeding test on sixty hogs using cultured oats with good results. Starting weight 12 130 pounds, finishing weight 13 960 pounds, average daily gain 3 05 pounds. Feed costs include oats and grinding with culture cost. price per pound of pork implied. Test conducted by A C Hockman. Dawson warns officials might mistake cultured oats for mash.
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau adopts resolutions at its annual meeting on December 18 1930 urging consolidation of farm organizations a stable money supply education against crime and tariffs condemning Smoot Hawley urging fair taxation opposing compulsory military training praising county efforts to aid the poor and criticizing federal policy and inheritance of wartime excesses.
The article urges parents to ensure children get regular sleep, linking sleep deprivation to dullness and illness. It notes gamblers and lottery fortunes as cautionary examples, then touches on science advances, Canadian geography, artificial silk, and varied curiosities, blending health, luck, and progress.
Experimental results from the home economies division at Town State College and doctors Blotner and Murphy show liver in the diet reduces blood sugar in diabetics. Substituting liver for insulin reportedly lowers sugar levels, could cut treatment costs, and improve quality of life for patients if confirmed.
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