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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
4
Rolfe High School hosts boys basketball games at the Rolfe school gym. Community clubs and church groups hold meetings and events from February 1 through February 27, including discussions, potlucks, sales, and a paper-flowers workshop at various local locations.
The Rolfe Golf Club met at the retiring president’s business place on Tuesday Jan 29 electing G G Butler as president F M Field as vice president Geo O Hauck as treasurer W P Wheeler as secretary J B Kent heads Grounds and Marion Bruce runs Rules C J White chairs Entertainment and others lead committees Dues for 1929 set at ten dollars with green fees one dollar per day Family playing privileges extend to wife and under fifteen children if accompanied by a parent Public support and park use rules discussed with a plan to seek Park Commission status The group urges renewed interest in golf and canvassing for members to sustain the course
The Des Moines Township Farm Bureau Unit met Monday evening January 21 at the D M T school with about seventy in attendance. The program featured music reading from the D M T Band duets piano solos and a 4-H Club Girls dialogue plus a fire Jess cooker demonstration. A fireless cooker lunch followed. The next meeting is set for February 18.
Petition for another special election on the telephone franchise is halted as signers urge legislature to legalize the current franchise. The telephone company board, after legal counsel guidance, plans to proceed to finalize stock payments within ten to twenty days and merge the Rolfe system into the Iowa Union Telephone Co covering Emmetsburg Hartley St Ansgar Forest City Swea City and more.
Joseph B. Shepard, age about 81, died at his Rolfe home after a cerebral hemorrhage. A fire nearly claimed his life weeks earlier. neighbor John F. Wiegman saved the day. Born Sept. 16, 1847, near Urbana, he lived in Muscatine area, Polk County, and owned farms before moving to Rolfe. He leaves no children. his estate benefits niece Cora Blair. Funeral held at McIntire Funeral Home with interment in Mitchellville.
The Rolfe Camp Fire Girls present a comedy titled Inlaws and Outlaws on Friday evening February 1 directed by Mrs C E Boyce. Cast includes Emma Winwood Vaughn Elaine Winwood and Arlene Winwood with Roberta Lighter Ruth Dawson Doris MacVey Annabelle Brinkman and others in a living room set across three acts detailing continued family mischief and romance.
Governor John Hammill is invited as a speaker at the Plover Institute and Short Course. The tentative event is set for Thursday and Friday February 21 22 with free programs and extra music by the Plover school inviting countywide participation.
The county college women are invited to Mrs. Fred Hudson home in Pocahontas on Saturday afternoon February 2 at 2 30 for organizing a branch of the American Association of University Women. Eligible members hold an approved degree or a year of credit from a recognized institution. The group aims to advance academic excellence and local educational interests.
Sammie Dancey of Ree Heights South Dakota advertised a horse sale in last week’s Arrow to be held in Rolfe Friday afternoon January 25 but weather delayed arrival at Hawarden until Friday night. The sale was held Saturday afternoon and despite postponement all horses were sold totaling 22 head with an average around $50 per head. Two wild horses and one in transit lowered the average. Finnegan and Fitzgerald of Fonda acted as auctioneers.
Over two hundred students faced an exam in prob lca given as arith metic in seventh and eighth grade. Fifty nine passed with only two earning a perfect score. Carc osidess cited as the cause by those in charge, blamed on carelessness and mechanical methods.
The Garfield Township Farm Bureau Unit held its first 1929 meeting at J. C. Olerichs home on Jan 24 with about forty attendees. A. W. Ives led the session. Miss Maybelle Ryen read last year’s report showing progress. 4-H Club girls served lunch. County Agent Bowers honored the unit with a Yearly Certificate, a feat for only 26 units statewide.
Ten meetings were held in Garfield township with August and December voted as vacation months. Total attendance reached 850, average eighty five per meeting. The Garfield Unit showed high activity with members taking part in programs, house committees, and hosting meetings. Notable items include the Garfield Orchestra, two sympathy letters for Nels G. Ryen and Mrs. Robert Wiegert, a McNary Haugen bill resolution, and the township pageant The Covered Wagon staged at the Rolfe Fall Festival by about fifty members, with write ups from The Laurens Sun.
Worth-While Club met at Evelyn Snook home with all but two members present. President led a business session followed by demonstrations on decorative flower ornaments by Vivian Madsen and Dorothy Howe, attractive book cases by Sylvia Howe, and cushions that add charm by Susan Struthers. Marjorie Vaughn gave a scalp massage health talk. Evelyn Snook hosted an excellent lunch. two visitors attended.
A cold week left temperatures below zero each morning and 14 below last Friday. Light snow fell with several inches by Tuesday night and Wednesday, creating a winter scene. Forecasters warn a thaw could crust roads and rails, delaying travel. February proves a brief month for many residents.
Des Moines Township Farm Bureau under chairman Howard DeWolf lays out ten programs for 1929 including music, motion pictures, recitations, plays, talks, and demonstrations. Most events will be at the township school with a lawn meeting at Arthur Vaughn’s home. The unit has earned Iowa Farm Bureau Federation recognition for active monthly meetings, programs for men and women, and clubs for boys and girls. A recent meeting drew strong attendance as Mrs. Clarence Jensen and Mrs. Wm. Fisher demonstrated a fireless cooker, a lesson from Miss Esther Pond’s Home Management course, followed by a lunch cooked in a fireless cooker.
On Sunday January 27 the Funnel Gang of eight girls invited an equal number of boys for a sleighing party. Guests assembled at Miss Leona Ives home then rode out for an hour of sleighing and returned for oyster stew. The group later joined Epworth League and finished the day with a Pocahontas show outing.
The Northwestern State Portland Cement Co. shut its Gilmore City plant on January 24 due to weak winter demand. The facility had operated since June and produced an excellent cement grade. The past year was its most profitable in fourteen years, but nearly all workers are now unemployed with no future plans announced.
About sixty employees of the North western State Portland Cement Co. attended a seven oclock banquet at the Methodist Church dining hall in Gilmore City on Thursday evening January 26. Supt H Webster was guest of honor with toastmaster Rev Finnegan. Webster and others spoke as Exynest A Freeman played piano and Rev Charles Flesher sang. Miss Elma Kohl and Rev Flesher delivered readings. The event closed with a community sing and the banquet was served by the Methodist Ladies Aid Society.
A reflection on the challenge of promoting local resources and overcoming internal blind spots. The text argues residents often misjudge their own assets and flaws, enabling outsiders to seem more appealing and complicating efforts to improve trusted internal development.
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