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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
2
A flurry of local club activities highlights social life in Algona with the Sorosis club, A L D club, Lutheran officers and wives, St. Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid, and P E O meetings. Birthdays and anniversaries are noted along with lessons on India and the life of Jesus, debates, and upcoming School of Instruction events.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship service at 11 a.m. Choir practice Thursday evening. Professor L. W. Sampson of Storm Lake will occupy the pulpit Sunday. The minister notes the warmth of pews and audience as key to a successful service.
Arthur G. Peterson leads a friendly church in the heart of the community. Sunday 10 a.m. church school and 11 a.m. worship with sermon on Doubting Castle. 6 p.m. Senior and Junior High Fellowship. 7:30 p.m. Monthly party of Friendship class. A cordial welcome is extended.
The Lutheran Church lists Sunday worship at 11 am and Sunday school at 10 am. A Sunday school workers meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the parish house. A first Lenten service is Wednesday at 7 30 pm on The Holy Christian Church. Choir practice Thursday at 7 30 pm and confirmation class Saturday at 2 30 pm. Visitors welcome.
Des Moines Iowa expands the Cerebral Palsy Center to out patient services for children with cerebral palsy. Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults executive director Dorothy Phillips says sessions will be regular and parent guided with staff therapists. The center, started in 1943 under Dr Everett M George, relies on Easter Seal Drive and Kiwanis Club football games for funding.
Ray Cassell son of Mr and Mrs W H Cassell of Plover has been elected assistant secretary in Bankers Life Co Des Moines. A Minnesota native and Plover High School alum he joined the Bankers Life in 1986 after earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. He served in World War II and returned to lead planning before his promotion to planning supervisor in 1948.
In Pocahontas County Iowa the District Court Probate No 444 names 502 B A Kerns as executor of Edna O Kerns deceased. Creditors must present claims per law and all debts paid to the executor dated February 14 1950. Franz Joseph Haydn is noted for composing over 400 major works.
Julius Hansen died after a cerebral hemorrhage on January 31 at his daughter Welms Hillside Illinois home. Survived by wife and three children Loreta Oak Park Chester Rolfe Velma Hillside ten grandchildren and many relatives. A family chosen poem frames the tribute as prayers were offered by Rev Wiegland Hillside Illinois.
A local column laments coal miners turning down fourteen dollars daily, risking layoffs in other industries and harming the coal business. It mentions a Des Moines candidate Running, jokes about knotty pine room upgrades, and a misquote comparing John L Lewis to John Lousey Lewis. The note ends with a school rhyme about Mary and her mule.
A family expresses gratitude for sympathy, floral tributes, and memorials given during the illness and passing of their husband and father with thanks to the women's association for furnishing and serving the lunch.
Rolfe Post Office will be closed Wednesday February 22 in observance of Washington's Birthday. Mail will be dispatched per regular schedule, however rural and city route deliveries will be affected.
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