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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
7
The Rolfe page records George Marine improving after illness. Many visits are noted including Shriner and Nellie Emerson at West Bend, E. B. Hoard's family, and others in Emmerkburg. Families move into new homes, attend funerals, and travel to Fort Dodge and Manson for hospital and church events.
Humboldt residents hosted and visited over the weekend with many relatives in town. Fred Block welcomed a daughter Grace Muriel, mother and baby reportedly doing well. Guests included Langland, Block, Lehnus, Jarvis, Rittgers, Wiegert and Topliff families visiting Telmer Sime and Minnie Jarvis households in Des Moines and Pocahontas areas.
The Peterson Clothes Shop interior is being redecorated this week by A. C. Clemons. Mr and Mrs H F Knapp Jr Mr and Mrs Frank Fisher and Mr and Mrs Alvin Jolliffe spent the weekend at Sioux City. Ember Day Spencer visited her mother Mrs Emma Day and sister Mrs Flossie DeVaul and family. Berniece Rickless visited Helen Monaghan and friends in Pocahontas. Bud Lokerse son of Mr and Mrs N G Lokerse is stationed at Fort Ord California in the Engineers Battalion. R E Green Misses Annette Anne and Losabeth Mrs Lucille Learned and Alice Ann Torkelson visited Saturday in Edward Green’s Pocahontas home. Mrs J T Grant visited daughter in law Mrs J R Grant and Mrs 8 S McIntire at a bridge party in McIntire home last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Shriner traveled to Paton on Sunday to visit their daughter Miss Gyla and were guests in the O. E. Pearson home. They were joined by Mrs. D. A. Urquhart of Rodman who accompanied them.
Kelly Field Texas is upgrading to 1200 bed dorms and granite hangars as the Expansion Program progresses. Cadets, now 600 trainees plus 2700 staff, gain advanced methods to cut training from a year to 30 weeks. New flights, cross-country drills, and a growing fleet push the field toward becoming a premier source of military pilots.
The Shriner party stayed a week at the Pearson home and then traveled to Glidden to visit Rev. W. D. Ives, continuing their northern itinerary.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Peterson of Tort Dodge hosted Carmi Vaughn for a weekend visit returning from a winter stay. Vaughn has recovered from a fractured arm suffered last fall and is staying with her son Ernest Vaughn.
R B Peterson reports a card from his daughter Mrs Earl Leland of Humboldt. She and her husband are traveling through the west visiting Los Angeles Long Beach and Hollywood.
The group moves toward San Francisco and Oakland before planning to continue to Oregon.
Mrs. Emma Lighter has been weakening over the past week with her children giving constant care. Her son C G Lighter and wife of Ocheyedan visited, while another son E C Lighter and wife of Rapid City SD spent the week with the family. Safe ways are happy ways.
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