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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
2
In Rolfe Iowa the Chet Carpenter home hosted many relatives for birthday observances and visits. Guests included H. J. Price, John Price, L. P. Spies, Frank Spies, Roy Saurs, Lawrence Harris, and Roy Coy families with others from Boone Lexington Gilmore City and O Neill. Several absences due to illness were noted.
The Assembly of God pastors invite all to the Storm Lake camp meeting July 11 to 22 with Arthur Armold as main speaker. Daily schedules include Sunday school at 10 am, worship at 11 am, prayer at 7 pm, and an 8 pm service nightly. Water baptism is planned July 22 after a closing night.
Pastor Martin J. Prehn leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with nursery services. A church corporation meeting will follow the morning service to discuss reconditioning windows and funding for the project. Services resume August 26.
Trey Jacobsen pastor leads Sunday worship at 9 a.m with Rev C M Johnson from Emmetsburg as speaker Sunday school follows at 10 a.m The Luther League meets Tuesday at 8 p.m with Helen Ann Woods as hostess Midweek fellowship is Wednesday at 7 30 p.m Choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 p.m Visitors and strangers are welcome
The Methodist Church led by Pastor Arthur G. Peterson invites all to a friendly service in the heart of Be Friendly. Sunday school begins at 9 30 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. A cordial welcome is extended to everyone.
The marriage of Tinius Budelier and Miss Budelier was solemnized in Ames with a reception for 100 at the bride’s home. Attending were brothers Lou and Joe Budelier, Dick Tinius, and Bert Buchanan among others. The couple will live at 223 North Sheldon Ames after a wedding trip to the Ozarks.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Mather Mrs. J. L. Moore and Mrs. C. E. Boyce left Saturday to visit John Jean Mather and daughter Victoria Ann in Cresco. They returned Monday and visited Rev. H. A. Sinning at Rudd. Eden church where the Hammond organ and chimes were installed earlier. They called on Pearl now Mrs. Marvin Brandeau, near Rudd.
Pocahontas County Legion schedules a meeting at Palmer on July 16. Officials plan election-related discussions and community updates.
Obituary for Grant Pollock notes his death at Rolfe Iowa after a life of quiet philosophy and Christian example. Survived by son Robert Pollock, daughter Jean Blair of Fort Dodge, and two granddaughters. several siblings and many relatives attend as out-of-town mourners. Pollock loved outdoors, flowers, and radio sports broadcasts. longtime Rolfe Presbyterian lay member and school board veteran.
The ceremony united the bride from State Center and the groom from Rolfe with ushers former Rolfe rae and John Lively. A reception for 100 followed in the parish house with yellow and white decor, a three tier cake, and guests served by relatives. The couple plans a Wisconsin Dells trip and will reside in State Center. The bride is a State Center High School graduate of 1961 working for Western Grocer Co. and the groom, a 1948 Rolfe High School graduate, works for Northwestern Railway in Marshalltown. Out of town guests included Fisher and Bennatt families from Racine and Marshalltown unless otherwise noted.
Mrs John Shimon and Leo Francisi thank everyone for the lovely cards and gifts received in the hospital and since their return home.
An 80 p.m. dinner at the Bob Heathman home honored Mrs. Cruickshank of Plover on her birthday. Guests included Alvin Tyler and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stover and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Heathman, along with the Cruickshanks and Heathman family members.
Mrs Lowell Simonson expresses gratitude to the company for gifts and flowers sent during her hospital stay and says they were greatly appreciated.
Ham Girard expresses gratitude for thoughts, cards, flowers and gifts while in Rochester hospital and after returning home. Henry I. Wickre also thanks well wishers for visits and kindness.
We gratefully acknowledge and thank all relatives neighbors and friends for expressions of sympathy during this time of bereavement for our beloved wife and mother J A Johnson and the Grant Johnson and Zimmerman families.
Classified notice offering a model spinet piano for sale and storage balance. also advertising sewing machines and vacuums repaired and sold new or rebuilt. shop lists brands Royal Universal General Electric and more with all-work guaranteed in Pocahontas Iowa.
An ad promotes Leatherwood egg coal described as large but easy to handle for overnight burning. It claims minimal chunking and suitability for unattended fires, appealing to households and mentioning a wife’s favor.
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