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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
2
After a congregational meeting at the Presbyterian church on Wednesday January 10 the U I Sunday school class surprised teacher Mrs Martin Prehn at her home with a shower of groceries. Lunch followed served by the executive board.
The V F W Auxiliary met on Wednesday night January 10 and voted to hold a bake sale Saturday January 20. A luncheon was served by Sisters Marylin Rickard Violet Higgins Kathleen Schott and Mildred Fisher.
Howard Wheeler and the Wheeler and Bardsley families thank civic groups lodges church groups and neighbors for kindness after the sudden passing of Mrs Elizabeth Wheeler. Her grandchildren thank all who contributed food flowers and gifts and helped them in an hour of need. They will fund a memorial in the Rolfe community honoring their grandmother’s musical and religious life.
The Junior High Fellowship will meet at the manse Sunday at 5 PM and the Senior High Fellowship at Janet Thorson’s home. Transportation leaves church at 4 45 PM. A week from Sunday the youth will lead the morning service, with planning by the group. You are invited to worship.
Arthur G. Peterson, pastor at the Methodist Church, announces a full week of activities including 9:30 Sunday school, 10:30 worship, 6 p.m. youth fellowship, and 7:30 p.m. Friendship Class party. Choir rehearsal Thursday and Men’s Club meets Monday at 7:30. Goodwill Truck from Sioux City arrives in Rolfe Tuesday morning January 23.
Mrs Arnold Hansen expresses gratitude for the cards and flowers received during her stay at Lutheran hospital.
John Diederich extends gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards letters gifts and calls during his hospital stay and after returning home. He notes sincere appreciation for the support received.
Mrs Minnie Sherman expresses gratitude for the hospital stay in Fort Dodge and for the cards gifts and visits received during her stay.
Several small ads and notices list FOR SALE items including a five and six room house in Rolfe with references to Mrs T L Maitland and George Miller. Community notices mention a Garfield Township project lesson on Legal Matters and Papers at 1 30 Tuesday with Dorothy Hodgskiss, plus news of Mrs Eldon Cox returning from Colorado Springs and Cpl Eldon Cox departing for overseas duty in the Pacific.
A series of social visits reveals new arrivals. Dorothy Whitmer aid for her newborn niece in Milwaukee while Gordon Mehaffey and family met the infant born to the Zeman family. A carbon monoxide incident sent eight people to the hospital after fumes escaped from a defective furnace in Greenfield.
A reader note states the shipper sent two cars of oil treated Minois stoker coal instead of one. The surplus coal will be offered to stokers needing a load or two, as fires remain unthawed and calendars are sold. A stream of quips follows about money, taxes, and a Kentucky hotel cusp.
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