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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
4
Community notices list various meetings and events. Des Moines Ship Woman's Club July 10 at school, Y M C A Club July 10 at Mrs. Gerald pe’s home, Methodist Ladies Aid July 11 at Mrs. Julius White, American Home ly Club picnic July 18 at B A Kerns, Jos Aid Society July 12 at Trinity Church, Rolfe 1928 Chautauqua July 16 to 21, and Girls' Clubs Achievement Day August 17 at Poca.
Morning worship at 10:00 with Sunday School and Bible Class. Children's Endeavor at 3:00 and Junior Endeavor at 11:15. Evening worship at 7:00 with midweek prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Next Sunday morning service and Sunday school as usual. Evening service to be held at Gilmore City Presbyterian church. parishioners urged to attend.
Rev Wangberg leads day service at 10 a m and worship at 11. Weekday prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 30 p m. No evening services. Ladies Aid to meet Mrs Andrew Johnson on Thursday July 12 and Friday July 18 at 8 p m with a lecture on Alaska by Ray E Olson former missionary in Ketchikan Alaska. Slides will illustrate store icons. Watch windows for details.
Rev J H Walker leads Sunday School Bible class at 10:00, morning worship 11:10, Epworth League 6:30, evening worship 7:30 with midweek prayer at 7:30. Summer Christmas tree aids Foo Chow China children. Ladies Aid regular meeting next week. youth picnic planned for Friday July 18 with Leaguers from Gilmore City Pocahontas and Oel boltd attending.
Rain forced the kitten ball game for Boy Scouts and Camp Girls to be postponed from Thursday. The double header now scheduled for Friday July 6 will feature the C. and B. boys performing a goose egg skit. Tickets help local youth groups as spectators are urged to attend and support the event. Mrs. F. Kirkpatrick learned her brother had died and plans to attend the funeral in Lawster Missouri with family from Mason City and Gilmore City.
The Rolfe High School Alumni Association held its annual banquet Friday at the K of P hall. Classes of 1926 and 1927 organized the event with a Japanese garden theme, a three course dinner, and a Toast program guided by Watson Beam. Eighty six attendees included non resident members and guests. election of officers and initiation of Class of 1928 occurred during the event.
A Pocahontas kitten ball team will play a Rolfe league squad at the Rolfe back yard fence on Wednesday evening July 11. Game starts at 6 30 p m with free admission. The sociability stunt begins and the Pocahontas players are described as regular tom cats who may get tamed. You are invited.
The Central States construction crew that has spent six weeks on high line work in the area departed early Monday for Fairfield where it will perform emergency repairs.
Mrs H C Wiegman hosted about twenty guests for a post-nuptial shower with bridge prizes won by Miss Kathleen Barnes. Gifts for the bride included a range of useful items, and an orchid and gold themed two course lunch concluded the event. Guests included Kathleen Barnes Lois Cosgrove Algona Mary Gilchrist Ella Taylor Edna Winegarden Margaret Dryczynski and Mrs Mike Ruddy Ned Donohue Pocahontas. Rutland's kitten ball team defeated the local squad 8 to 3 on Sunday afternoon.
Still going strong in Rolfe the Sweets attract large crowds for three nights. George D. Sweet and wife lead an excellent cast with fine sprays and a top notch orchestra. The vaudeville acts are the best yet and locals wonder when the Sweets will quit touring. Gerald Chase moves to Wm Struthers residence. Orlando Wangberg returns from Humboldt to teach parochial school then visits home.
Dr Frank Crane argues that keeping promises defines character more than written contracts. A reliable person pays on time, meets debts, and explains failures, while a habitual evader of obligations erodes trust and weakens social fabric.
The season features a playoff between Mather and C B teams as rain disrupted the first test. Colebaugh beat A B 2 1 Monday with Showers strong in goal. Remaining week games include Theobald, Mulford, and Pocahontas matchups as crowds are urged.
A heavy rain fell in the locality from July 3 night to July 4 forenoon with wind that broke some trees but caused no major damage. The afternoon cleared to bright warm weather ideal for celebrations. Heat from Houston reached the area bringing the first real corn weather of the season and crops are reported doing fine.
For three and a half days the Smith Spraying Company occupied the Arrow office to brighten walls after seventeen years. A gas engine at work caused noise and missed phone calls for bills. They promise to leave after tomorrow and the paper apologizes for any ink or plaster misplacements. Also a barn east of town burned at three on Wednesday morning, likely from lightning or alfalfa hay combustion.
Fifteen youth from four Pocahontas area townships toured farms visiting steers sheep dairy calves and pigs. Reed of the Iowa State College Junior Department gave practical advice while Moriss Ives and Marjory Vaughn explained beef anatomy at the Morris Ives home Lunch by Rolfe Community Club preceded a kittenball game. Fonda and Pocahontas visitors planned exhibitions with larger premiums, and a pig and dairy demo team prepared for the State Fair featuring Archie Rouse Carl Hertz Marjory Vaughn Robert Melson Lester Applegate and others.
The Boss will be absent next week with the Wilcox family in northern Minnesota. Miss Margaret Pollock will act as city reporter in the interim and may be retained if she proves a capable news gatherer like her Aunt Anna.
Worth-While 4 H Club gathered at Mrs Wm Fisher home with full attendance on June 28. They planned notebooks and home furnishing items for County Achievement Day and enjoyed a noon picnic before resuming work and singing club songs.
Robert Kent leaves Tuesday for Des Moines then travels with a friend to Montreal Canada. The trip is funded by Equitable of Iowa after Kent earned a company trip through sufficient insurance. He travels by Ford and will visit New York and Philadelphia during the journey.
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