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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1932
Page
3
A chaotic listing of January church events and society meetings across Denison area groups. Mentions oyster suppers, officers elected, bridge meets, Legion, Y M C A activities, home gatherings, and a Des Moines Taharas Club meeting, with dates Jan 8 through Jan 19 and notes on worship, fellowship meals, and Temperance Day planning.
Pastor Rev L A Kjoller leads Sunday School and Bible Class with worship at 8:00 p m and 11:00 a m on Sundays. First Sunday monthly includes a morning service in English, others in Irish. A day school institute at Ware Methodist church Tuesday Jan 19 includes noon lunch and addresses for church school workers.
Pocahontas county board of supervisors held their organization meeting on January 2 and cut wages across multiple offices to match taxpayers' ability to pay. Deputy and clerk salaries were reduced, engineers and other staff faced cuts, and the county farm manager and courthouse janitor saw smaller pay. Only county officials set by the legislature escaped, with a note that better times are hoped for next year.
Rev. J. O. Wangberg outlines Sunday services with Sunday School Bible Class Morning Worship Luther League and mid week prayer meeting. Catechism class on Saturday January ninth. Ladies Aid meets January fourteenth at Mrs. P. M. Peterson’s home.
Billy Eikenberry of Fort Dodge visited his cousin Donald for most of the week and returned home Tuesday. Betty and Ty Malin hosted college friends at their home Wednesday evening for games and a lively gathering. The American Home Study club meets Friday at Annie Jarvis’s home with hostesses A. W. Ives and Earl Fisher assisting. program led by Grant Pollock, C. E. Boyce, and Walter Lortz. roll call Favorite Literature.
A column condemns the State Tax Commission for altering assessments that hit farm taxes while reducing railway and town property. It notes new rules to tax farm implements over 300 and laments increased levies, urging drastic action to curb farm taxation and warning of foreclosures.
December's damp gloom yielded to New Year rain and snow with power outages as freezing temps dropped to zero in Rolfe area. A foot fell by Tuesday with drifting possible. D M T closed due to icy roads. Fort Dodge records show four zeros in 1931, while summer brought unseasonable heat.
The Des Moines Township Woman's Club will gather at the D. M. T. school building on Tuesday afternoon January 12 at five o'clock. Mrs. Emma Diggs is secretary.
The Charlton Grain Co becomes Charlton Grain Co Inc as Frank B. Charlton adds his brothers Shannon and Clyde and Eddie T. Duffy to the business. Frank will stay as general manager with Duffy as local manager, while Frank undertakes new Des Moines ventures and will return to Rolfe for farm sales and ongoing community ties.
Morning worship at 10 Class at 11 15 and evening worship at 7 30 with mid week prayer service. A winter plan uses home studies for this hour. An upcoming Christian Endeavor rally in Goldfield invites volunteers and transportation notes. The board urges faith and abstention as a path to happiness and fellowship.
Mr and Mrs Donald Leadley departed the latter part of the week for their Fort Dodge home after spending several days with relatives and friends in Rolfe. Plans are under way for a union church service marking the eighteenth amendment repeal to be held at the M E church Sunday evening January 16 at 730 o clock. The program will be published next week.
A candle-lighting service directed by Rev. T. S. Bassett was held at the Methodist church last Sunday. The junior choir led a brief program on the theme Light followed by Scripture and prayer. Candles were lit by three choir boys and distributed by the church board as attendees formed a circle and sang requests before leaving through the aisles.
Charles G Krejci died January 2 1932 at Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge after an appendicitis operation. Born September 19 1902 in Rolfe he lived on the Krejer farm and leaves wife Ethel Ross and two children Kenneth and Elwood. Funeral services were held at Rolfe Presbyterian Church with interment at Powhatan cemetery.
Stanley and Miss Doris Kauffman returned Saturday to their studies in Chicago by automobile. Leonard O'Donnell and wife plus daughter from Gilmore City visited the W. P. Wheeler home Monday. Bernice Knapp came from Des Moines visiting relatives until Sunday, traveling with Joe Allen and family. Iowa State College students Misses Mabel Young Evelyn Snook and others returned to Cedar Falls and Ames by automobile.
Three Manson squads travel to Rolfe High at the Rolfe school gym Friday Jan 8 with junior high first at 7 00 pm followed by second string and high school games The local paper notes a keen Manson Rolfe rivalry and injury loss of Dalton for the Manson team.
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