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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
3
Local notices list upcoming gatherings including the Count Union American Legion ramary event at Varina on July 21 noon. Mills Aid Society hosts a tea at the church parlors on July 27 afternoon. Kensi Teens Ladies Aid Society also meets at church parlors on July 27.
Maryland and Iowa 4 H Club delegates gathered for a week of programs at Agricultural Hall and Catharine McKay Hall. Highlights included fashion shows, a costume movie, a Washington profile photo, a Music Memory Contest, and a Festival Queen coronation.
The Iowa Farm Bureau reports June claims paid by the Automobile Insurance Department reached 7737.05 dollars. The bureau backs a national auto insurance co op and is organizing the Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation to market 75000 lambs from the West for contract feeding. Storm Lake serves as a nearby livestock point. The group pushes higher farm prices and supports freight rate reform to lower costs on farm products and terminal market selling.
Rolfe business leaders organize free Wednesday evening film showings at The Ritz Theatre starting July 27. Three screenings scheduled at 7 00 pm 8 30 pm and 10 00 pm with more if needed. First film to be an up to date talkie. Tickets available from local sponsors including Rolfe Auto Co Standard Oil Brocks Cafe Fullerton Lumber Co and many others.
At a Friday meeting it was decided to bring band concerts uptown to Broad Street near Dr. T. D. Jones on Saturday nights. Traffic supervision will be arranged to avoid intering traffic on Primary No. 44. The first uptown concert will occur this coming Saturday night replacing the evening concert.
Cox's Army franchise sold to Bob Pollock redesignated as Pollock's Parrots. Kenesaw Mountain Lan dis Bell approved the transfer due to Colonel Cox's injuries. Recent week saw hot games and heated crowds with Eddie Calligan misattribution corrected. Pollock's Parrots lost 6 3 to Wilson's Sluggers and a Fort Dodge tourney game ended 8 1 to Co-Operative Grocers.
The M E Ladies Aid Society plans a Kensington at the church on Wednesday afternoon July 7. A one act playlet Sewing for the Heathen features a cast including Mrs Judd the Hostess Annabelle Brinkman Mrs Chesty the President Stella Mae Brinkman Miss Lola Sroufe Miss Luella Huggin Miss Jessie Harriger Mrs Strong a Suffragist Gwendolyn Nelson Miss Meeker the Gentle Miss Lucile Wheeler Miss Day a Bride Arlene Cook Meely the Hired Girl Barbara Melson.
A Sunday visit by the Editor and Mrs. Bruce shows Rush Lake now a state park with a bathing beach, camping shade, and new camp stores. The area, once prolific with pickerel and perch, features a dam, possible water level increases, and growing public use as visitors enjoy bathing, picnicking, and boating opportunities.
About 125 women gathered in Pocahontas at the county Farm Bureau event to learn canning methods. Miss Annette Peterson demonstrated canning fruits and vegetables, endorsing water bath for fruits and pressure canning for vegetables, with Miss Marjory Vaughn assisting. A follow up Home Furnishings demonstration is planned for August 16.
A photograph marking the first portrait in the country dates to 1840, reflecting early photographic practice and the spread of image making. This milestone highlights the emergence of portrait photography in the nation’s cultural history.
Mrs. Veronica Koster died after a tractor binder accident on the W. H. Nogele farm north of Rolfe. She and her son Joseph were harvesting when the binder’s power wheel crushed her chest. she died at 1 45 a m. She was born Feb 9 1882 and survived by her husband eight children and several siblings. Funeral services were held at St Margarets Catholic church in Rolfe with interment in Manson Catholic cemetery.
A farm holiday meeting is planned at Mallard Friday evening July 22. The local Holiday Association aims to educate residents about the proposed holiday and its purpose to support farming. All interested in agriculture are invited as speakers will discuss savings for farming.
Laurens school district reports 475 school age children and reduces expenditures by 5000 dollars for the next year. Tuition per pupil drops from 101 to 90 dollars, with 4740 dollars received last year from out of district pupils.
Gerd R. Aden 76, born in Germany, died July 12 from injuries after a collision on Rolfe Manson road nine miles north of Manson. His nephew John Kleen and Mrs Oscar Butcher's car collided at the Lake township Curley Elsen corner. Butcher's party endured injuries. Aden was taken to his Pocahontas home before passing away.
Citizens urged to attend upcoming budget hearings to press for school and local government tax cuts. Notices list meetings for Des Moines Township School, Rolfe districts, and Plover town events with dates in July and August at various venues.
The Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian church will host an 8:00 p.m. program on Tuesday July 26 in the church auditorium. The event features remarks by Mrs. C E Boyce piano solos by Miss Mary Allen and Miss Adelaide Claussen a saxophone solo by Gordon Hoard a talk by Gordon Siefkin Rhodes scholar from Oxford University and a ten cent lunch served by the A Division chaired by Mrs. Earl Ferguson and Mrs. J H Brinkman after the program.
Tuesday afternoon a group of dry agents and county officials visited Rolfe and searched premises suspected of selling wet goods but returned empty-handed. The town reports a wet spring followed by a drought since the Fourth of July.
A compact critique arguing that relentless persistence without ethics undermines responsible automobile use and safety. The line of thought suggests that aggressive or limitless drive clashes with road rules and public welfare.
Ernest C Struthers fought off Clyde Leadley during a hammer assault as he offered to aid a stranger with a tire. Struthers escaped with injuries and cash intact while Leadley fled and was later captured near Mallard awaiting hearings. Sheriff Stebbins led the chase with a posse. Struthers recovered speech and began healing.
The article muses that no statistics exist yet but guesses every ant in the country has savored at least one picnic this season. It also notes new automotive horns may reduce driver frustration when cursing slow pedestrians.
A farmer quips about past stock exchange seats and ruined pants in a terse, humorous exchange. The line underscores a broad collapse and shared embarrassment among businessmen and farmers alike.
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