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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
5
Rolfe events span Feb 16 to Mar 2 with theater, sales, and club meetings. Notable items include Mothers Welfare at Scenic Theatre Feb 18, closing sale by John Peck Feb 19, Dolliver High basketball Feb 22, and county-wide Farm Bureau and Home Management activities led by local hostesses through Mar 2.
The East Welfare Object F foundation announces a five day conference under Iowa State University oversight. From February 18 to 22 sessions will be held in different towns daily allowing attendees to join near home. Lectures cover motherhood welfare and related family topics with 2:00 p.m. start times.
The Rolfe Community Club, largely inactive for a year, gathered at the Knights of Pythias hall with over sixty attendees despite the cold. Abe DeVaul chaired a lively program featuring Ralph Showers Lloyd Cox, Miss Ramona Nelson at the piano, and Miss Margery Vaughn who spoke about her Chicago trip for 4-H and stock show experiences. Dr. J. P. Lester spoke on faith and community welfare, urging support for club work, the golf course, and City Park. Officers were elected by acclamation: President R W Wilkin, Vice President L R Davidson, Secretary Dr T D Jones, Treasurer J H Brinkman. Lunch followed and calls for more meetings and greater membership.
The Worth-While Club of Des Moines township will meet Saturday Feb 16 at Mrs William Fisher home. All girls interested in the 4 H Canning Club project are invited. Election of officers for the ensuing year will be held. The note ends with a quip about the census not helping unless it lists bootlegger phone numbers.
Rolfe Renwick and Marathon high schools restart debate with a triangular contest on US policy in Latin America. Teams include Harriett Damborg and Mary Melson for AHS against Marathon, Norman Siefkin and Judith Wangberg against Renwick in a State Debating League first round contest.
The Arrow urges buyers to prepare for farm sales next week led by Geo W Kueck on the Barger farm near Rolfe with horses cattle hogs and machinery. John Peck follows with cattle horses and broad farm gear south of Rolfe. Milan Sharp at Have lock lists brood sows and machinery four miles east of Havelock. Arthur M Johnson advertises a Crandall farm sale near Plover.
The paper warns subscribers in Pocahontas County who are more than a year in arrears to settle promptly or face discontinuation. The notice attributes delays to forgetfulness and urges immediate payment to avoid loss of service.
Congregation gathers for The Man Who Did Not Care a Genesis based drama by Dr. J. P. Lester. Jacob Esau Rebekah and Isaac characters portrayed with pathos and clear lessons. Performers include J. C. Damborg R. W. Wilkin J. C. Hosier Mrs. C. J. Morrison and Rev. J. P. Lester directed by A. O. H. Setzeplandt with music by Daisy Holt Sarabelle Quinsland and Wille.
The Rolfe Woman's Club states the Rolfe Public Library now sits in John H. Brinkman’s office at the First National Bank building with a private room. It offers three open hours for study and seeks public or organizational support due to limited operating funds. Over 800 volumes are available though more titles are needed.
The Arrowman visited the Iowa state house in Des Moines and found representatives busy and interested. Representative B G Allen was named subcommittee chair to recodify election laws while Senator Gilchrist assisted in drafting bills. Others highlighted include elevator operator Gordon Glascock, guard W D Wallace, clerk select Miss Patrick, and Secretary of State Ed Smith.
Ada Clevenger daughter of L D Clevenger Des Moines and John Marchant son of Mr and Mrs Amos Marchant Rolfe were married Tuesday January 22 at 5 p m in the groom’s brother Geo Marchant home Des Moines Rev C C McCaw officiated A three course dinner followed hosted by Ethel Marchant and Violet Crowell The bride a Newton high school graduate later joined Northwestern Bell Telephone Co in Des Moines The groom from Rolfe learned carpentry and after serving overseas in 1919 has worked at Charlton Bros They will reside in Rolfe where Marchant is Dr Fixit for carpentry and repair work
The locality endures extreme cold with 22 below zero recorded Saturday and sub-zero days in five of the past seven. Winter has stretched six weeks of steady cold, straining pockets and nerves, with spring anticipated as a welcome relief.
Rolfe Public Library invites donations with assurance they will not be idle. The library opens Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from two to five o'clock for lending and returns, listing numerous novel titles such as Vandemark's Folly and The Hawkeye among acceptable works.
Fans filled the Havelock gym as Rolfe routed Havelock 87 to 21 in a two team basketball game. Annabelle Brinkman entertained with a marimbaphone while The Two Jacks performed between halves. County tournament games are set for Friday and Saturday with Rolfe drawing Ware and Plover facing Laurens.
Henry A Wallace will speak at the Pocahontas courthouse on Saturday March 2 at 2:00 p.m. A dinner for farmers and business men follows and local farmers can share views on the agricultural situation before the meeting resumes with Wallace addressing attendees.
Coroner A R Christensen conducted the inquest with jury members M T Blessing Gen W Majarowicz and Gerald Harland. The verdict states C C Deele died at Rolfe Town on February 1 1929 by accidental means when his home was burned and he perished inside.
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