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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1935
Page
2
Rev. H. A. Sinning, pastor, lists Sunday activities. Morning worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School at 11:10 a.m. Junior Endeavor at 3:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. Sermon titled Tarry for Power. Sunday school at 11:15 a.m. with all ages classes. Senior Endeavor at the scheduled hour and place.
Rev. J. O. Wangberg leads Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. Luther League meets Sunday evening at the parsonage. Catechism class set for Saturday Feb 23 at 1:30 p.m. Ladies Aid hosts at E. P. Lomen home Feb 27 with Mrs. Lomen and Mrs. C. A. Warner. Quote from H. F. Sayles.
Pocahontas Iowa January 2 1935 board designates chairman E A Rude approves bonds for county officers names J F Carlson Leona Kopriva Roya A Johnson etc adopts official newspapers The Fonda Times Pocahontas Record Democrat Rolfe Arrow names depositories for county funds including First National Bank Fonda and several state banks and assigns salaries for assessors janitor and county farm steward.
Pocahontas correspondent reports Chas Watts ran the bank during C E Miller's sale duties. George Bush shipped cattle to Sioux City and bought a semi-trailer. Mike Strong plans to move to a purchased farm. Clara Strong and Mabel will move to the vacated home. Businessmen prepare for a Feb 26 meeting to boost Plover.
Gehrt and Dale Christensen posted perfect spelling scores last week. A Valentine party honored Shirley Fisher with cake and ice cream. Sixth graders earned 100 in spelling for a treat. Seventh and Mighty show junior high seating reorganized diagonally. Junior high boys joined ninth graders in the basketball tournament with Jack George Glenn Majorowicz Rolland Schmidt and Roger Tsaneson listed as players.
Insurance agents advertise fire and wind insurance for farm property in Rolfe and Plover with Ernest Luth contact. Local ads list for sale items including White Rock and Bull Orpington pallets, alfalfa hay, Simmons bed, a small bungalow piano for sale, and a credit offer from Baldwin Piano Factory. Rag recycling request seeks big clean rags at Arrow office.
This notice invites men to a Brotherhood meeting at Ayrshire on Thursday February 21 and announces the Algona District Musical Festival on Sunday evening at Algona where choirs from several churches will compete. It urges attendance as a moral reminder to attend church and follow Jesus Christ.
Plover Presbyterian Church notes Rev Walter Rothwell pastor. Morning worship at 11 00 a m Sunday School 2 11 00 a m Bible Study class Tuesdays 730 p m regular services next Sunday. Washingtons Birthday Supper served by church men Friday Feb 22 9 30 p m until finished. Elders and Trustees meet Pocahontas church officers in joint session 8 00 p m Friday. Genesis ts is the Bible study lesson next Tuesday Feb 26 at 7 30 p m.
State wide notice states on March 6 1985 at 2 00 p m at the Pocahontas courthouse a public auction will sell under a special execution against Morris N Ives Hattie Ives and Glen W Ives to satisfy a New York Life Insurance Co claim The property is the NW quarter of section 32 township 92 north range 31 west containing 160 acres more or less government survey. Sheriff Hubert Kapsch deputy C W Gilchrist dated Feb 2 1935 Pocahontas Iowa
Local unit met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Free Groves home for sewing carpet rugs then held a potluck luncheon. Members report an enjoyable time and urge reaching membership quota for 8th District President Mrs Untkoffer confined in Room 421 St Marys Hospital Rochester Minn.
Visitors from Burnside Callender and Rolfe learned they were relatives of the Houck family after reading an Ohio obituary. The surprise reunion occurred during a dinner at the Houcks, highlighting how small local notices reveal long-lost connections. The Arrow item about Hand fueled a similar recovered kinship, and neighbors are thanked for sharing news.
Firemen's Benefit Ball is planned at Pla Mor in Rolfe on Thursday evening February 21 with Miller's Augmented Twilight Serenaders performing. Neighbors southeast of town hosted a farewell for Mr and Mrs Alfred Ross at their home last week as the Rosses move to a farm south of Rolfe. The American Legion Auxiliary met in the Groves home last Friday with several guests attending. Illness persists for Mrs Walter Rothwell Mrs L Horsman and Mrs Mena Mueller. No Willing Workers Society meeting Thursday afternoon due to a large public supper Friday evening with local men cooking serving and washing dishes.
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