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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
6
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a 4 4 item and aviation related context but lacks clear names dates places or events to identify. The readable bits point to a partial discussion of numbers and flight or air activity without identifiable subjects.
Sunday visitors and local events fill Rolfe life. Families from Des Moines Fort Dodge Gilmore City and Ames gather for birthdays funerals and visits while new hires and moves anchor the town scene. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Frank Matthews marks the first grandson for Deane Trick.
Workers sunk test pits into a 222 acre area near Waukon and sent ore samples from a 70 foot depth to the bureau of mines for analysis. The site, abandoned 40 years ago, is believed to hold about 10 million tons of low grade ore.
Three members of Prof. and Mrs. J. Gornils of Waverly graduated within a single spring week. Margaret completed four courses at Wartburg College, Jack finished at Dubuque Theological Seminary, and Paul moved up from the eighth grade at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Waverly.
A Knoxville boy reported a fire to the fire department which arrived to find a carpenter using a blow torch in his shop. No flames spread beyond the area being worked on. The incident prompted warnings about safety and proper handling of tools.
War era jar rings use red or black rubbers with lipless designs to save rubber and food. Follow four rules to seal jars: wash boil soak rubbers wet lay flat and seal slowly with zinc caps to prevent slippage.
Advice on preserving nutrients in home canned tomatoes. Cited practices include using fresh firm fruit, washing and skinning, tight packing in hot jars, correct salting, and processing times for hot water baths. Warns against air exposure and over cooking which destroy vitamin C. Includes a joke about an untalkative parrot.
Waite Phillips a leading Oklahoma oil man and head of the Phillips petroleum firm has sold his remaining New Mexico ranch holdings. The transaction covers over 100000 acres and more than 8000 cattle and sheep. The Phillips brothers are familiar figures in Iowa where they often visit.
Nine Girl Scouts of Troop 1 hiked to Thompson’s pond for a cook-out breakfast on June 26. Attending were Mrs. M. W. Webb the Scout leader and scouts Virginia DeVaul Mary Lou Bixler Janice Ferden Rosie Brock Betty Taylor Phyllis Molyneux Darlene Dixon Jane Johnson and Dolores Ferden.
Hubert F Cox coxswain returns from overseas duty on an 18 day furlough to be with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Cox in a middle class community. The item notes civic or political discussion referencing Henry Wallace but focuses on Cox’s home leave and family scene.
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