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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1942
Page
4
Sonny Huseby returns from Sioux Rapids to Havelock while a watch night party at the Methodist church is held. The community reports illness, travel, school reopens, and local visits, with listings of residents’ New Year events and bystanders.
Saturday Vern Waters learned his brother Eugene of Vern Dale Minnesota lost three fingers of his left hand when caught in a corn shredding machine. Eugene was taken to a Minnesota hospital where the fingers were amputated. The little finger and thumb were saved but the middle finger was badly mangled.
Marvella Ralle left for Mason City to resume college work after visiting relatives. Bob Oertley returned to Cornell college, Thelma Joliffee and Marion Daniels to Des Moines institutions, and Helen Wilson to Waldorf college. Charles Philp underwent a hernia operation at Fort Dodge Lutheran hospital. Mrs. Philp stayed with him. A daughter was born to Sergeant and Mrs. Francis Schott at Camp Claiborne Louisiana with the mother identified as Marjorie Stoulis. The Thomas Edge family hosted New Year dinner with their children and families including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gruver.
John Drake Wolcott pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. The Woman's Society of Christian Service hosts a 1:30 p.m. dessert luncheon at Mrs. George Speer's home. Miss Jessie L Woolcott of Nanking may attend and speak if weather allows. Youth Fellowship rally slated for Plover next Monday evening.
Bradgate News records New Year dinner hosting across local families including La Voll Dailey at home in Fort Dodge and the Henry Fehry and Ferris Malcolm households in Gilmore City. Students Beverly Bradburn and Jeanette Curry travel for studies, with several residents beginning or resuming schooling in Storm Lake Blair Cedar Falls and Humboldt.
Numerous households across Des Moines area share New Year and New Years Eve dinners and visits. Adults and children from Joens Mason DeWall Joens and many others attend gatherings in homes from West Bend to Rolfe and Pocahontas while relatives travel to Camp Bowie Texas and Des Moines for holidays and travel updates.
Pocahontas county tops the State Farm Bureau quota for 1943 1948 with several townships over their limits. Powhatan Des Moines Marshall Lake and Belleville exceed quotas by 6 2 6 18 and 14 respectively yielding a total surplus of 46 members across five townships. New members list by township includes Swan Lake Cum mins Powhatan Des Moines Marshall Sherman Roosevelt Garfield Grant Lake Cedar Colfax Belleville and Lizard. The county already earned recognition for reaching state and county quota fastest and plans clean-up canvassing after January.
Farmers worry about bean meal and tankage supplies as processing capacity in Iowa rises only slightly. The Iowa Farm Bureau has asked the US Department of Agriculture for relief while Pocahontas County Farm Bureau backs Loway Farm Bureau in efforts to free up protein feeds despite criticism.
Farmers in Pocahontas county face a risk to bean oil supplies as many grind soybeans for feed. The trend could hinder government war efforts, with Farm Bureau reports highlighting limited bean stock and tighter availability for oil use.
Plover church youth plan to organize for the new year with the sub-district Youth Fellowship meeting Monday evening January 11 led by Rev. Arthur Schuldt of Emmetsburg. This week of prayer coincides with the Week of Dedication from February 28 to March 7. Russell Stowell now works at Tobin Packing in Fort Dodge and visited with his family over the weekend, with A. W. Hess also arriving from Fort Dodge.
Frank A. Horton, longtime Rock Rapids resident and retired druggist, spends his leisure painting watercolor scenes from the community he knows well.
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