Beauty Contest to Crown Miss Rolfe for 1935 at Ritz
Rolfe merchants sponsor a beauty contest at the Ritz Theatre on Friday July 26 to select Miss Rolfe for 1935. Contestants represent local businesses and compete for prizes including portraits cosmetics flowers Ritz tickets and luncheon. winner receives a silver loving cup and bouquet. Judges from out of town will pick the winner. A similar event recently drew strong crowds in Laurens. Further details to follow in next week's Arrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Merchants
Ritz Theatre
Rolfe
Ritz
Laurens
Arrow
Chevrolet Sets a New Accessories Sales Record
Chevrolet Motor Co. reports a new all time May high for parts and accessories sales surpassing the 1929 Autrust peak. M J Douglas cites resumed touring and rising car ownership as drivers of demand for items from insect screens to radios. He notes buyers include owners of older cars upgrading for comfort and safety. Delta Delt Bridge Club met at Mrs. Wm Obrecht home with guests Mrs Eikenberry and Mrs J W Smith. next meeting at Mrs H C Barnes home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet Motor Co
Autrust
White Sulphur Springs
M. J. Douglas
Chevrolet Parts and Accessories
Douglas
Delta Delt Bridge Club
Wm. Obrecht
Eikenberry
J. W. Smith
Club
H.C. Barnes
July Community Meetings and Picnics Schedule
The Rolfe Golf and Auxiliary host a July 11 bridge session at GarMac Lodge. Pikertown Night Hawks gather July 12 at Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Foust's home. Missionary Society of M. church meets July 12 with venue and program to be announced. Needle and Thread Club holds July 14 picnic at Floyd Struthers home. Trinity Lutheran Missionary Society gathers July 17 at Mrs. [name unclear]. Delta Delta Bridge Club meets July 19 at Mrs. Barnes home. Needle and Thread Club meets July 31 at Chas. McFadzen home. Worth While will meet July 24 at Marion [last name unclear] home. America Legion Auxiliary plans August 12 picnic in Rolfe City Part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Golf Hb
Hinchconee Bridge
GarMac Lodge
Pikertown Night Hawks
Gerald Foust
Missionary Society of the M. Church
Floyd Struthers
Ednesday
The
Missionary Society of the Trinity Lutheran Church
Atherday
Delta Delt Bridge Club
Barnes
the Needle the Thread Club
Chas. McFadzen
Worth
Marion
How to Secure Iowa Driver License for New Applicants
Officials outline steps for first time operators in Iowa. A letter advises applicants to write to the Drivers License Division in Des Moines to express the desire to obtain an operator license, noting no prior license. Examinations follow in county seats, conducted by trainees under National Safety Council supervision, with fees due at the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Motor Vehicle Department
Des Moines
National Safety Council
L. Kt. Wallace
Motor Vehicle Dept
Shimon Family Reunion At Powhatan Farm Picnic
The Shimon families gathered July 4 at W. L. Wilson farm in Powhatan township for a reunion. Elders recalled old times while the young played ball and boxed. A generous picnic followed with no eatery limit as many relatives joined from Pocahontas Gilmore City Eagle Grove Rolfe Sioux City and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimon
W. L. Wilson
Powhatan Township
Thos. Shimon Sr
A. C. Shimon
Thomas M. Shimon
A. J. Shimon
Albert Drobney
Frances Carey
Will Shimon
Blanche Nedved
Pocahontas
Lawrence Shimon
Gilnore City
Larry Schall
Harry O'Brien
Eagle Grove
D. A. Te
Public support high for continuance of farm programs
In four agricultural referenda covering corn hog cotton tobacco and wheat, over 86 percent voted to continue the programs. Total votes 2 918 678 with 2 511 109 in favor and 407 038 opposed. Corn hog 70 percent in favor. cotton over 89 percent. tobacco over 92 percent on acreage. wheat over 86 percent.
Needle and Thread Club Holds Quilting Meeting
Mrs. Lester Burgess visits Chicago relatives as the Needle and Thread Club meets at Mrs. Wilbur Roberts’s country home north of Rolfe. Twenty three members attend a quilting session and enjoy a play by four members. A potluck lunch follows. The club’s annual picnic for husbands and families is set for Sunday July 14 at Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Struthers’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Struthers
Donkey Ball Draws Large Crowd at Rolfe Field
A Friday crowd at Rolfe City Park watched a donkeyball game pitting Havelock against Rolfe, with Havelock winning 1-0 as riders struggled to stay on the donkeys. Earlier Rutland defeated Rolfe 6-4 in a softball game. Ferris pitched well for Rutland, while Rolfe’s Carroll and Sennett matched efforts. The Rickard Radio Shop provided a loud speaker, enhancing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Rutland
Havelock
Donald Green
Land
Ferris
Carroll
Sennett
Sernett
Abrhpore
Cain Iss
Dillon
Metzger
Peterson Ib
McDonald of
Rss
Ly Duffy
Heathman If
Cormwell Rf
Carrol
Abrh Poa E
Entler Rss
Ly W. Sterns
OF Hoffman
Gregory If
Sterns
Y. Caryle
D. Caryl
G. Bunde
A. G
Pat’ Heathman
Plover
Rickard Radio Shop
Ralph Rickard
Rickards
Fort Dodge Colored Soft Ball Team to Play Here
A Fort Dodge colored softball team known as the Top and Body plays Rolfe Friday night under lights, with Wells on the mound. The program includes Bradgate and Havelock before the game, plus Rickard’s speaking system. The Rolfe league expands with D. M. J. joining and two Rose league games planned for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Rolfe
Wells
Bradgate
Havelock
Rickard
Manson All-Stars
Manson
Chevrolets
Dahl
Tae
Jimmy Sennett
Worth-White Club meeting features color study and sleeves
Des Moines Township Worth-White Club met July 10 at Mrs Arthur Vaughn's home for an all day session. Members named favorite color schemes and Ade laide Weishaar demonstrated blouses and puffed sleeves. Miss Weishaar reported as treasurer and Sylvia Howe spoke on color with a color wheel. Mrs L L Martin spoke on Girl Scout activities. A noon dinner was served. Next meeting set for July 24 at Marion Ryen's. Dorothy Cox reporter. Elliott Morrow left Monday for Idaho visiting relatives. He rode from Plover to Omaha and planned further travel by bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mones Township
Worth- White Club
Arthur Vaughn
Adelaide Weishaar
Marion Ryen
Dorothy Cox
Prompt cooling boosts high quality cream prices
Iowa State College Extension dairy specialists urge dairymen to use cooling tanks to keep cream sweet and within two tenths of one percent acidity. Three grades exist Sweet first and second with premiums for clean taste. Tips include washing flanks, clean hands, immediate cooling, and thorough utensil cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Hears July 4 1776 Talk
The local American Legion Auxiliary unit met Monday at Mrs A A Richmonds home with several hostesses assisting. Mrs A V Perigal spoke on What Really Happened July 4 1776. A brief business session followed by social hour ended with home made ice cream cake and coffee. Guests included Mrs Leonard Smith and Miss Marcella Quigley. Next meeting is a picnic August 12 at Rolfe City Park with potluck dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
A. A. Richmond
A. A. Brinkman
Allen Vickers
Ray Green
A. V. Perigal
Leonard Smith
Marcella Quigley
Rolfe City Park
4-H Club Boys Attend Lost Island State Park Camp
Twenty eight Pocahontas county 4 H Club boys spent July 6 7 at Lost Island State Park. Activities included seed study seed contest won by Merle Olson and a busy program with swimming boating fishing and kittenball. An evening campfire ended with an elephant story by Ray Cunningham. Sunrise service special talks and a field trip to the State Game Refuge followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Lost Island State Park
Arent H. (. Willett
LeRoy Nelson
Garfield Township
Melvin Thorson
Des Moines Township
Merle Olson
Laurens
Ray Cunningham
Iowa State College
Ames
Harold Templeton
Cunningham
South Dakota
Templeton
Bernard Travis
Town State College
Junior Hopkins
Wilson Bolen
Robert Bolen
Keith Oleson
Merle Oleson
Bruce Weber
Lucian Prendergast
Leland Bencke
Merrill Hopkins
Wayne Lund
Jimmie Hopkins
Lloyd Lund
Emmett Ryan
Havelock
Wayne Arnold
Wayne Henderson
Jay Arnold
Mallard
Robert Jolliffe
Palmer
Speed events at 1935 Iowa State Fair announced
Des Moines reports three days of national circuit auto races August 23 24 plus August 30 with bigger purses and a record dirt track lineup. Horse races run Aug 26 29 with six illuminated nights. payouts exceed 9000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Midwest
Nels Truelsen Dies in California
Word arrives that Nels Truelsen died last Saturday in California. His body will arrive in Rolfe Friday morning and lie in state until 1 45 p m. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m at Nains Lutheran church. Barbara Jean Feaster of Livermore visits grandmother Mrs Ed J Brown for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Truelsen
California
Rolfe
Nains Lutheran Church
Barbara Jean Feaster
Livermore
Ed J. Brown
Man Injured in Cement Mixer on No. 17 Paving Job
Milton Fain, 30, an employee of Booth & Olson hauling on No. 17 between Havelock and Mallard, suffered a crushed left foot after caught by a cement mixer. He was rushed by ambulance from Havelock to Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge, with first aid at Havelock and accompanied by J. R. McIntire and wife. Doctors in Fort Dodge had not decided on amputation. Fain, married father of four, is a son of Harry Fain and nephew of the late Mrs. Peter Johnson of Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntire
Havelock
Milton Fain
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Mr. Fain
Booth & Olson
No. 17
Mallard
Fain
Ft. Dodge
J. R. McIntire
Harry Fain
Peter Johnson
Rolfe
McIntires
Weather and Crops Report Brightens Farmers Outlook
Weather this week brings heat and moisture for corn, oats, and vegetables. Corn shows varied yields due to late spring and floods. oats are filling well though some damage from recent rains. vegetables grow vigorously and mosquitoes are noted but bite hard.
Mary Elizabeth Moore Squires Dies at 77 in Iowa
Mary Elizabeth Moore Squires born November 2 1857 in Kenton Ohio died July 2 1935 at Colo Iowa aged 77 years seven months six days after a life in Story Rolfe and Colo. She married Harry E Squires in 1881 and had children Glenn Kenneth Jessie Fay Schon. Funeral services were held in Rolfe with interment in Clinton Garfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Moore
Kenton Ohio
Kenneth Squire
Cole
Iowa
Story County
Iowa Center
Harry E Squires
Rolfe
Kenneth
Colo
Glenn M
Hornick
Jessie Fay Schon
Baltimore
Allen Leslie
Newfancy
Kenneth Squires
Jessie Fae Schon
T. S. Bassett
Mesdames
Ar. Mickaleck
Grant T. Johnie
Messrs
Geo. Ivey
J. R. Mc‘tintire
Guy White
Clinton-Garfield Ceretory
L. R. Moore
Ruthven
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Chevrolet
Ican
America Legon
Rolfe City
Worth-While Club News
Elliott Morrow
Idaho
Omaha
No. 146
Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Mary Elizabeth Moore Squires
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