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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
3
Farmers in Rolfe share mixed views on the Corn Hog Program. Citizens like H C Wiegman Ernest Vaughn and J C Damborg praise its goals and impact while others worry about effects on hog producers and packing taxes amid new congressional action.
Mrs Arthur Vaughn of Rolfe wins first prize of 3.00 in the Iowa State College honey recipe contest. Her recipe combines sugar lard honey sour milk cinnamon soda and ginger for soft drop cookies with optional nuts and a frosting option.
Local notices list upcoming meetings and activities from January 5 to January 16. Pollyanna Club, Clothing Project, Hi-Bred Corn Co rep visit, American Legion Auxiliary, Farmers' Union, D M T clubs, M B S Young Women, and golden wedding open house are among events. Also includes Jack Snook farm sale and Pocahontas County Farmers' Union annual meeting details.
A compact review of 1933 town life in Rolfe including new county officers and deputies, delayed delinquent tax sale, church and school events, high school sports triumphs, local industry openings, weather extremes, fires and accidents, promotions, and community milestones through the year.
Jack Snook will quit farming and hold a closing out sale on the farm 7 miles northeast of Rolfe on No 44 Friday January 12 starting at 1 PM. Items include 7 work horses 20 Shorthorn cattle 7 milkers 2 bulls 20 hogs 10 brood sows 10 feeders farm machinery DeLaval separator 10 bushels Reed's Yellow Dent seed corn 6 dozen RI Red pullets and other articles.
Mrs R S Mather the first white child born in Des Moines township celebrated her 75th birthday New Year’s Day at her Rolfe home. Forty two relatives attended the New Year dinner including many Mather family members and Struthers descendants. She has 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Miss Flossie Mae Smith of Rolfe and Miss Nannie Lea Smith of Rolfe Kansas City Kansas were married in St. Louis on Christmas Day. Flossie Mae, a Chicago business graduate, wed a pastry baker and will live in Chicago. Nannie Lea, a nurse, married a Kansas City prosecuting attorney and now resides there. Both ceremonies occurred separately at a church with a joint dinner at the Jefferson Hotel.
Pocahontas County Re-Employment Committee asks all unemployed residents to re-register at the re-employment office for 1934. Those currently in public or civil works should re-register. others must renew registrations to keep an up-to-date labor list for spring work. Attend promptly.
Fred Cox 54 died Wednesday at his brother’s Des Moines township home after Bright’s disease kept him bedridden a week. C. E. Clifford 78 died Wednesday night at his Rolfe home after a paralytic stroke. Funeral plans point to Friday and Saturday services. Both men had worked together on Pocahontas County bridge projects and were close friends. Obituaries to follow in the next issue.
Chester E. Cornwell and Sylvia M. Moore of Have lock were wed at the Rolfe Methodist parsonage on January 3 1934 with Rev. T S Bassett officiating. The couple was joined by Donald Cornwell and Daphne Moore. Sylvia is described as skilled in homemaking. Chester is the eldest son of Clarence Cornwell and a farmer who prepared a home on the Milan Sharp farm for the couple. The Arrow offers best wishes for a happy marriage.
An ironic remark questions a salesman’s aim as advertising is urged as the best bet to sell. The fragment suggests a push for promotional efforts amid skepticism about the seller’s vigor.
About 45 young people attended a watchnight party at the Methodist church Sunday evening. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church and other locals joined the Leaguers. Miss Theo Gaskell led the program with readings by Miss Gina Shriner and Miss Stella Mae Brinkman.
In a Wednesday double bill at R H S gym the Rolfe first string edged Colo Iowa by a narrow margin behind Glenn Rhinehart nicknamed Shorty. Rolfe Seconds then defeated the D M T Cubs by one point to regain confidence after a prior loss.
The Pocahontas County Institute for Church School Workers will meet at the M. K. church in Pocahontas on Tuesday January 9 beginning at 9:00 a.m. O. G. Herbrecht will assist with the program as director of young people’s work. A covered dish luncheon is planned.
Pocahontas County reports a peak payroll of 307 workers under four public works divisions CWA secondary roads state projects and CWSA. Total weekly wages amount to 4691.15 with graveling the largest category at 2198.50. Fonda earns 264.00 weekly under CWA and CWSA, while payments by town include Plover Laurens Pocahontas Rolfe and Palmer among others.
Des Moines Township students return from Christmas recess January 1 as the school resumes. A late December declamatory contest crowned winners in dramatic oratory and humorous categories with sophomores taking top spots. Glenn Pinkham judged. Basketball results from Bradgate and West Bend show tight games, with the DMT teams posting a win and close losses. Jack Ives ill with pneumonia. school building renovations by CWA painters noted.
Garfield township Farm Bureau session on December 28 featured a dress making stunt led by J O Hosier and a comedy act by H F Olerich. Reading by Franklyn Brinkman and lunch were served as the group discussed corn hog adjustment with Nis Behrendsen and a committee named including Louis E Peterson Louis Nemecek Jr and Geo C Christensen.
A Hi-Bred Corn Co representative from Coon Rapids will meet at H C Wiegman’s office on Saturday January 6 to discuss seed corn options for a reliable crop. An Arrow advertisement reprinted here outlines the company visits in the county and invites interested growers to view details and consider better seed corn.
Women of the West Pottawattamie County Farm Bureau saved an estimated $121 in one month through clothing project meetings sponsored by the Extension Service of Iowa State College. October saw 1,420 patterns cut and 820 complete sets produced, with over 700 different patterns cut across three county meetings.
The first cold wave of winter hit Iowa during the Christmas holidays with record December lows in the northeast. C. D. Reed of the Iowa Department of Agriculture predicts January will likely be milder than usual based on a warm September 1933, which averaged 5.7 above normal for the state.
The Farm Bureau of Pocahontas county and Iowa State College Extension Service announce a fall to winter course for women on clothing selection and tailored clothing. Topics include Coat Clinic Tailored Finish Time and Energy Saving Gifts Reconditioned Sewing Machines Essentials of Good Dress. Nutrition may follow next year.
A report by President R. M. Hughes shows 4-H alumni are prevalent in Iowa State College. Among 584 agriculture students, 38.2 percent belonged to 4-H clubs, and of 693 home economics women, 22.4 percent were 4-H members.
Miss Faye Kelsey and Fred Johnson were quietly married in Pocahontas on Friday December 16. After a wedding dinner in Paton they reside with Mrs. Johnson's mother in Rolfe and plan to live on a farm near Mallard after March 1. Congratulations were extended.
Funeral services were held Wednesday for H. M. Peck a West Bend barber who died Monday morning of a cerebral hemorrhage. Peck operated a barber shop and billiard hall in West Bend for 27 years. He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs. W. E. Roberts of Lake Park and a stepdaughter Miss Eveline Redding.
Franklin Short Mary Short and Maybelle Ryen were guests at the Lester Christensen home near Laurens New Year’s Day. Floyd Wiegman of Chicago visited relatives, and Ed Weiland recovered from illness tied to blood poisoning. John Junge returned from Lennox, S D, after holidays with six inches of snow and a 28 degree low. Watson Beam drove to Emmetsburg to pick up Mr Junge and return him home.
Rev L H Kjoller outlines services at Nain Lutheran Church with Sunday School at 10 Morning Worship at 11 Evening Service on 1st and 8th Sundays at 8 Mid week Prayer Meeting Thursdays at 8 The first Sunday monthly service is in Danish all others in English The Rolfe community is invited to attend per schedule unless announced otherwise
Nis Behrendsen of Gilmore City and County Agent Bowers left for Ames to attend a three day school for corn hog reduction officials. Officials from all counties will gather with 80 county and township leaders to receive and relay instructions. Pocahontas plans district by district meetings to sign farmers up for the program making it first in northwest Iowa to set up the reduction campaign.
Des Moines Jan 3 The Weather and Crop Bureau of the Iowa Department of Agriculture received hundreds of inquiries from farmers about corn and hogs produced in recent years. The confidential statistics, held by township assessors, aid farmers entering the federal corn hog reduction program.
Supervisor Clarence Jensen took office Tuesday to serve a one year term after Randall Melson’s 12 years in the district. The short term follows a county vote to increase supervisors from five to eight.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Grant will hold an open house at their home on Wednesday January 10 from 2:00 to 5:00 p m to observe their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Friends neighbors and relatives are invited to call in observation of this memorial event.
Rev. T. S. Bassett invites attendance as regular weekly services and Sunday school continue through the year. Evening services suspended from now until March 1 due to extreme cold. Epworth League meets at the parsonage next Sunday at 7. Young Women hold January meeting January 10 with location to be announced.
Presbyterian church notes announce morning worship Sunday school and evening service. Rev. A R Smith of Currie Minnesota will preach Sunday morning. The following Sunday Rev. Sinning of Schaller will fill the pulpit, his second visit to Rolfe after recent sermons here.
The article lists Rev J O Wangberg as pastor and a schedule of morning worship Luther League and prayer meeting with Sunday school and Bible class to be the only services next Sunday The text quotes the church view on civilization and Christianity as foundation.
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