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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1952
Page
3
Local families report visits and travel with many guests at the Burgard home and Comer's circle. Community meetings included Legion Auxiliary and junior unit activities plus a Winter concert by the Plover High School Band.
Fu qi at Fu qi at BT on Plover Presbyterian Church Gardner L Winn, pastor Sunday church school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Westminster Fellowship sat 7. Wednesday, January 23, Session meeting at Raymond Henders on residence. Sunday, February 3, Youth Rally at West Bend. Tuesday, February 5, the sound movie Again Pioneers, is scheduled to be shown in this church.
Plover Methodist Church invites all to attend a sermon series led by Pastor Eugene M. Rasmussen. Circles of the W S C S meet Thursday, choir practice Thursday at 7 30, Sunday school at 10, and a color sound film God of Creation shown Sunday at 7 30 with public admission.
Regular sessions in December 1951 and January 1952 cover minutes, bills, and elections. Officers named include Mayor T R Jones, councilmen Higgins Glasco Hofert Pollock Heathman and Garlock, with W J Pollock as clerk and J O Cox as town clerk. Notable items include water pipe protection, Xmas decorations, and a water tower painting bid.
Iowa conservation officers report 192 deer killed in 66 counties during 1951, down from 350 in 1950. Automobiles and trucks caused 122 deaths, 37 illegally killed, eight by dogs, and 265 in miscellaneous accidents. Polk County led with 19, followed by Woodbury 15 and Plymouth 12. Peak month was November with 61 deaths during rutting season. December 30 and October 19. Megal hunting caused 16 in December and seven in both November and January.
I thank everyone for cards gifts and acts of kindness while I was in the hospital and at home.
Conservation officials report the deer herd is expanding more than one third each year and urge swift legal control measures to manage the growing population. Unofficial estimates suggest numbers may reach as high as 16,000.
The 1952 rabbit season ends at 6 p m January 31 after a productive year noted by conservation officials as the best since 1989. Best hunting occurred in the southern and southwestern thirds with strong northern shooting and high populations in the north central area. For first time since 1939 large numbers of cottontail rabbits were sold commercially and entered local restaurants and butcher shops.
Advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief for menstrual cramps headaches backaches and related distress. Claims scientists find three of four patients improved and promotes new iron enhanced tablets trial size 59 cents urging women to try it.
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