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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
4
Rolfe residents share Christmas visits across Iowa places. Numerous families from Duncombe Humboldt Des Moines and Minnesotan towns gathered in homes of Sime Lind Thompson and others for holiday greetings and meals. Relatives from Fairmont Minneapoli s Ottosen and Rolfe joined in the festive observances with sociable evenings and the Trinity Lutheran gathering adding a gifts and carols mood.
The E. C. VanAlstine family are the new janitors at the Presbyterian church. Robert McEwen a Pocahontas insurance man made a late week business visit to Plover. Mr and Mrs G A Parradee and likely others noted in community items.
Catherine McIntire and friend Carol Smith visit a local school in D. M. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gunderson spend Christmas with daughter Ruth Van de Steeg in Orange City. Jimmy Graham visits grandparents A. R. and Mrs. Graham from Pioneer. Several Christmas Day and post holiday gatherings occur among local families including the McEwen and Shriner households. Lucille Buchanan assists at Riches Cafe then returns home for an overnight with the W. H. Buchanan family.
Report lists numerous local business services and labor charges, naming Anderson Implement, Pocahontas Auto Co, Besey tech, Bookman Hardware, and Central States Electric among others. The document also records holiday visits, family gatherings, church events, and community notices from Rolfe, Plover, and surrounding areas.
Classified notices list multiple farm and household items for sale including Duroc Jersey boars Shorthorn bull Poland China boars and a Model T Ford truck with Warrford drive at Wherter's Garage Rolfe Iowa. Also hay baling services with two men and wife offered by Harold L Christensen and a six room modern house for sale on Tetisth Ave Rock Island Ill with possession March 1 1985.
The article recounts numerous holiday visits and gatherings around Christmas Day. Families from Rolfe, Cedar Falls, West Bend, Newell, Curlew, and nearby towns share meals and celebrate with relatives. Illness and travel mark the season as relatives converge at various parental homes for dinners and seasonal programs.
The notice outlines Sunday worship at 11 00 am and 2 00 pm with morning and mid week Bible study sessions on Tuesday at 7 80 pm. It mentions quarterly Communion, a welcoming invitation, car service details, and a call to contact via phone 647 for attendance.
Miax Dorothy Miller visiting during holiday vacation with Bradgate schools. Several relatives including C E Miller Viola Hess of Cherokee Luella Roger Charlotte George Hess J H Gembler and son Howard shared Christmas dinners at A W Hess home. Howard Pollock Ames and J H Pollock son W John also joined Jensen Christmas Day.
A two week street tree and lighting setup hosted a festive Christmas program in Plover. Santa arrived by horse drawn cutter around 2:00 pm on Saturday, distributing about 500 sacks of candy with cooperation from ministers and local merchants.
The Plover and Rolfe teams hosted a double bill with Des Moines A. J. B. and Vy docal high wheel girls. The Des Moines squad outplayed the hometown girls, winning with stronger height and scoring. Rolfe boys staged a racing intermission as the visitors appeared. Final scores show Plover losing a close game while the other match went to the local squad.
Mr and Mrs WH Cassell celebrate a belated 24th wedding anniversary with a train ride to Fort Dodge. Their daughter Betty, visiting from Cincinnati, joins as the family notes a long-awaited reunion and an evening of window shopping and light excursions.
In Pocahontas County Iowa District Court 1935 Julia Donelon as plaintiff seeks in rem judgment on a mortgage note of 400 dollars plus interest and costs against Mary S Haffele Fred Haffele and others. The petition seeks a mortgage claim priority, a receiver, and sale of Lot 12 and part of Lot 11 Block 3 Marvin now Fonda to satisfy 503 dollars plus interest and fees. Default will bring judgment if defendants fail to appear by January 28 1935 in Pocahontas Court House.
A fine Christmas cantata at the Methodist church Sunday evening featured 4% voices singing carols under Lehnus direction with Miss Lois Sroute on piano. The performance impressed attendees though no spectacular turning or cen occurred. Special trained singers rehearsed faithfully and a music fund collection was taken. Town people attended and called it a fit effort.
A local note lists attendees for a Christmas gathering at the Young Folks Home. The names include Nellie Helvig Arcadis Howard Strong Woodward Garlock Lawrence Firkin City Betty Cassell Cincinnati Ohio Warren Heathman Grant Sanders Iowa Falls Millicent Eppelsheimer Albert Strong Cedar Falls Ila Fisher Primghar Anne Fisher Laci Bucher Rolfe Frei B. Smith and sons Chicago Ill Ida Fisher Mallard Edward Garlock Curlew Myrtle Fisher Valeria Leutjen Marjorie Ye Kim Merwinger Burlouck DeWayne Henderson John Pallock Des Moines Dr J Pollock Ames A C Carlock Hardy Edna Zech Chilticathe Mo 5 low.
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