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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
5
A dense list of upcoming January and February gatherings in Des Moines and surrounding areas includes meetings of the Women's clubs Y M C A and Presbyterian Missionary Society. Also noted are card parties auctions lectures and a Father and Son banquet with multiple host homes and church venues.
Robbers robbed Quimby State Trust and Savings Bank near four o clock on a Friday. They forced staff and two patrons to the floor and loaded a sack with cash while one robber remained in the getaway car. The haul nears $8,000 with about $500 in silver and pennies. No shots fired.
Talk exercises mark Victory Day observance at the Methodist church on Thursday Jan 16 at 8 pm. The program includes songs like America The World is Going Dry and America The Beautiful, prayers and scripture lessons, Sunday School flag drill, group students under Hattie Lehnus, and talks on government control in Canada. The public is invited.
The Arrow promotes a one dollar travel and funeral insurance policy through Clyde Charlton's company. It urges subscribers to insure every family member aged ten to seventy, claiming it provides essential funeral cover for accidents and unexpected losses.
The body of Mrs Alma Saunders arrived from Samuel Idaho and after services at the Presbyterian church grave by Dr J P Lester she was interred beside her husband who died about thirty years ago Grandchildren and children Frank of Sand Point Idaho Lloyd of Foss Okla and Bertha of LaHarpe Ill attended the service in Clinton Garfield Cemetery as Mother was laid to rest
Rolfe and Ware split games at Rolfe gym last Friday. The junior clash ended 20 to 8 with Rolfe taking the win while the first teams produced a close finish. Ware pulled away late to win 36 to 27 as Leith and Dexter starred for Ware.
Mrs. Ed J. Brown slipped on a rug Tuesday forenoon at her home and fractured the right leg about midway between knee and hip. Alone at first, she was found by Miss Katie and moved to Dr. W. W. Beam’s office for X rays and reduction without anesthesia. At eighty four, she faces the accident philosophically.
The town bids farewell as thirty students from Fort Dodge Business College University of Commerce Drake S. A. L. Waldorf Buena Vista and Frances Shimer depart for home after Christmas week. Iowa State College and others returned recently ahead of an expected quiet spell with many already back on campus.
Sunday January 5 marked the fifteenth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beneke. About 140 relatives friends and neighbors gathered at noon with a wedding feast. Maybelle Ryen presented a percolator and dinner set as a keepsake.
Mrs. A. V. Perigal hosted a Thursday afternoon birthday gathering for her sister Macella Quigley. Veronica Cornwell won high score in games. a lunch and a cake with thirteen candles followed. Guests presented gifts and praised the hostess.
The Cheerful Mound Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Feltner's home on Thursday Jan 2 with sixteen members present. After the business meeting a short order of fancy work was distributed to those lacking allotments. A covered dish luncheon followed hosted by the hostess with assistances. The next meeting is set for Jan 16 at Mrs. Shaw's home with a covered dish luncheon.
A school event features an oratorical contest or program on Monday evening January 13. Students present pieces including The Problem of the Unemployed and Lincoln: A Man Called of God along with musical numbers and dramatic readings by local participants.
The Des Moines Township Woman's Club will hold a meeting Tuesday afternoon January 14 at the school building. The session begins at 2:00 p.m. with roll call answered by current events.
The Christian Endeavorers at the Presbyterian church held a surprise party for Edwin Hix at the Pollocks’ home on Monday night. Hix has led the society this year and will soon leave Rolfe. Miss Helen Brinkman presided and games framed the evening before refreshments.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs set a joint installation at their hall on Thursday evening January 16 with a meal to follow. All members of both orders are urged to attend and participate in the event.
On January 1 1930 at Elmore Minnesota two Rolfe men Peter A Paulson and Glenn S Grinnell married Fort Dodge brides Etta Spauling and Ethel Lee in a 2 PM Lutheran parsonage ceremony officiated by Rev T N Vereide. Paulson a World War veteran works for Independent Oil and Gas Co and Grinnell once ran a Rolfe garage and later joined Motor Inn. The grooms are described as ambitious and industrious. brides are not named beyond their hometowns.
Pocahontas county completes first year of the Home Furnishing course led by Miss Nora Workman. The program credits county and township leaders, with sessions set Jan 13 in Havelock, Jan 14 Colfax township, Jan 15 Pocahontas, Jan 16 Palmer, and Jan 17 Garfield township. Participants are advised to bring embroidery hoops, rug rags, pins, scissors, and sewing supplies.
The Allen and Watson ranch one mile east of Laurens in Pocahontas county stores 11800 bushels of corn in a single double crib. The crop, from about 200 acres, was harvested after filling the largest silo in the county and hogging five acres. Mr Watson planted the 200 acres in four and a half days using a modern three row planter on a 10 20 tractor. He cultivated with a tractor and three row power cultivator at forty to fifty acres daily. Daily picks ranged from four to six hundred bushels with a single row power driven picker. This represents the farm’s largest corn crop since cultivation began.
Geo. Majorowicz spent New Year's week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Majorowicz. He left Sunday to resume his work in Minnesota.
Pocahontas county supervisors met in Pocahontas and organized the year electing Anton Buscher as chairman. They selected county funds depositories and fixed bond amounts. Salaries for officials and clerks were set with no changes from last year. Official papers chosen include The Pocahontas Record The Pocahontas Democrat The Fonda Times and The Rolfe Arrow with shared fees among the four.
Class debates the abolition of juries with Madsen Cox and Kauffman speaking for and Snook Hermansen and Madsen for the negative. Geometry leads by seven points in a contest. Basketball results and upcoming games at Plover and Bradgate noted. New Year party and classroom updates across grades reported.
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