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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1930
Page
5
A fragmented notice page lists church services at Lutheran and Episcopal parishes with service times and prayer meetings. It mentions a Trinity Lub- Society gathering, a missionary group meeting at Mrs. J. C. PISCOPAL CHURCH, and a League delegation offering advice. An institute opening and a laymen gathering are referenced with schedule hints.
Lester, D. D., pastor, conducts services at 10:00 am and 11:15 am with evening activities at 8:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The pastor and son are on vacation in July. in case of emergency, contact Cedar Chest, Ot.
Schedule lists worship at 10 p.m. and 11 a.m. services for Sundays and a Thursday meeting. Indicates invitation and welcome to all attendees.
Mrs. C C Orneas of Chi rived Friday with ki visited Mr Ister and Mrs C L Gunderson then united with Christensen relatives in Pipestone Minn for a family reunion spanning forty three years. August six months old once saw his mother return and two brothers had not met in nineteen years. Family planned a Wisconsin visit next year and traveled to Rolfe with the Gardns for departure.
Mrs. Solomn Kipfer died Sunday near Rolfe when a car driven by W T Shuck left Primary No 10, struck a pole and toppled. wires fractured, she touched the live line while checking for injuries. Inquiries found no criminal negligence, noting her act was voluntary. Survived by husband and son, plus her parents and several siblings.
Need for farm help is rising with abundant skilled labor. contact the County Agent office at Pocahontas for prompt assistance in sourcing desirable farm help.
Carl Helgerson, a farmer in the Bode area, hosted a fireworks display on July 8. A spark reportedly landed on the roof, igniting the shingles and causing a fire that damaged the roof and second floor, extinguished by Ottosen and Bode fire brigades.
After three days of ninety degree heat Rolfe and nearby areas received light showers on Tuesday. The brief rain eased crop stress and lifted spirits as a gentle coolness lowered temperatures to more livable levels. Farmers and residents hope for more precipitation to sustain yields.
Edgar Marvin of Nemaha and Paul Holman of Sanborn pleaded guilty to robbing the Brownell oil station on Primary No 1 south of Spencer. Judge F C Davidson sentenced them to ten years in the Anamosa reformatory, noting their clean records and returned loot.
At the fiftieth anniversary service of St. Pauls Lutheran church in Manson former members now ministers Rev. Otto Dagefoerde of Toledo and Rev. August Zell of Marysville attended along with Rev. C Herrewig of Morgan who served here 1892 to 1917. The current pastor is Rev. W E F Meier under whom the new pressed brick church building was completed costing nearly $30,000.
Two Soviet representatives M. Boursky an agricultural economist and T. A. Yurkin chairman of a machine tractors station visit Buena Vista county farms to study crops and operations. They will also survey farming in North Dakota and Montana. Boursky speaks German and English while Yurkin records questions in Russian for a government report.
Iowa 4-H Club girls led by Edith Barker will expand music appreciation to the whole family this year. Since 1921 they have trained for a state-wide contest and now plan pieces for babies and grandparents, including Little Jack Horner and Down by the Old Mill Stream, with selections for siblings and parents.
Two new 4 H Pig Club contests at the Iowa State Fair were announced by C W Mac Donald Iowa State College extension animal husbandry specialist. A market barrow and carcass valuation contest will rank hogs on foot and meat value after slaughter with entries weighing 160 to 275 pounds. A market hog valuation contest will have boys judge cut out values while hogs are on the hoof in three classes of four pigs each. The hog judging on foot is set for Tuesday August 22 and the hoof valuation for Friday afternoon August 25.
Miss Regina Maye Weible and Lewis M. Paulson wed at the bride’s Gilmore City home on July 9 1930 with Rev W A Wilkinson officiating. Best man George Weible bridesmaid Pearl Steinberg. The couple will reside in Rolfe and begin their honeymoon.
Gerald Hyde, a Storm Lake teen who has been unable to use his legs since infancy, swam across Storm Lake on Sunday using the breast stroke. He completed the two hour trip with a friend in a rowboat nearby for aid.
Four Pocahontas County 4-H Club boys Arnold Schleusener Floyd Smith Robert Russell and Norton Ives attended the boys 4-H camp at Camp Foster on East Okoboji Lake July 3 6. More than 100 boys participated with lessons in forestry nature study horses beef and dairy cattle plus swimming boating and motion pictures. The camp was run by the county agents.
Harry Bolte of Newton and J. H. Allen of Des Moines visited Storm Lake last week aiming to establish an airport. Storm Lake is viewed as an ideal location and local businessmen are cooperating to promote the project.
Des Moines reports plans for an Iowa Farm Leadership Exposition at the 1930 Iowa State Fair Aug 20 29. Exhibits include grain and forage crops county farm bureau projects home improvement and rural betterment orchard and garden displays and prize farm exhibits with $4 700 and $2 610 in prizes plus $10 000 in farm leadership awards. Officials say 2 000 junior farmers will participate with 4-H clubs and daily demonstrations.
George Majorowicz and Mary Carlson were guests at the Majorowicz and Colebaugh homes Friday night and Saturday. The couple, married in Chadron Nebraska on July 2, are en route to Detroit Lakes Minnesota where the groom works for the Minnesota State Highway Commission. Twenty five Rolfe friends held an old fashioned charivari Saturday evening.
The M and St L railway crews work at the C N W crossing installing an electrical automatic signal system. The project, costing money, aims to reduce stopping and starting by allowing trains to cross without pausing when clear within 300 feet. The system will wire 3000 feet each side from the crossing and should improve safety and efficiency.
The common stalk borer, seen every summer, is unusually prevalent in Pocahontas County this year. County Agent Bowers notes many specimens, with plants attacked including oats and corn on sod or near grassland. Identification relies on a dark band near the head. control is limited to plowing weedy land.
Kenneth Wilson age 24 and Ernest Southworth age eight from Sioux City died in an aircraft accident near Ruthven while taking Vera Hughes age 16 to Ruthven. The plane struck telephone wires during landing and nose-dived. Wilson, owner and pilot, recently licensed, worked as a linotype operator at The Sioux City Journal.
Iowa State College expert H. D Hughes says shrinkage in small grain after threshing is usually under one percent but can reach two to three percent if damp or humid conditions. Drying then selling may cause slight weight gain, while excessive moisture prevents storage. Overall, weight changes are minor and do not greatly affect marketed pounds.
Mr and Mrs E A Messinger spent time at their Miller's Bay cottage on Okoboji Lake. Messinger recounted a neighbor Richarson of Perry aiding Mrs Richardson to land a pickerel weighing 143 pounds and 38 inches long. The couple will visit Saskatoon Canada and Prince Albert National Park next.
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