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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
4
John Drake Wolcott leads a Sunday school at 10 a.m. No preaching next Sunday or on August 1 as the pastor will be away. An emergency service is planned at Methodist camp near Syed Lake. On Sunday August 8 Revered Jy Snyder of Storm Lake will preside.
George R Ill 22 Seaman First Class U S Navy died from injuries sustained while serving on the destroyer Strong in the Kula gulf area. He was a Pocahontas native and leaves a large family including his father George Vedder and two sisters. The report notes his prior adoption after his mother's death in 1924 and a summer spent near Pocahontas aboard the Mrs Rose Olberding farm.
Adel Lieb sells the Lieb dry cleaning and tailoring business in Pocahontas to Don Pirie of Havelock who will combine it with the Snyder plant. Pirie will handle cleaning at the Lieb plant while the uptown shop handles drop offs and pickups. Pressing and finishing move to Snyder. Lieb stays on temporarily to assist.
Lieut. Virgil Carroll returns from eight months in the south Pacific to spend leave with his wife, baby, and his parents in Laurens. Miss Antonette Hammes heads to Washington D C for ten days to visit her Navy sister and a friend. Mrs. L. L. Harmon and her children visited in the Harry Green home. Grant township residents Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Carlson purchase the Edward Westell house and plan to move to town in March. Harold Green, navy, promoted to petty officer third class while still in the south Pacific, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green.
Funeral services were held at St Peters Lutheran church for Mrs Charles L Blomberg 81 who died July 10 at Skaugstad convalescent home Humboldt after five months as a patient. Burial followed in Summit Hill cemetery. Survivors include sons Emil Pocahontas and Peter Gilmore City a half sister Mary Lawson Gilmore City 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mr Blomberg died March 3 1940.
The Anna Marie club met at Mrs R Wainwright’s residence last week Wednesday afternoon to celebrate her July 18 birthday with a potluck luncheon. Non members Mrs Dale Myers Mrs Lawrence Wells and Mrs Will Rodda of Spencer attended.
Prospects of continued good demand for poultry meat in Iowa point to solid returns from farm flocks over the next six months with a caveat. If farmers market chickens evenly and at appropriate weights early hatched cockerels should be sold at 84 to 95 pounds and Leghorns at 2 to 2 pounds, while culling non layers eases feeding and disease risks.
Alex Kent purchases unused Storm Lake city hanger to repurpose as a machine shed after buying the structure from the city council. The facility had previously remained unoccupied by aircraft.
Mrs. Frank Johnson of Perola, a former resident, visited friends in town on Wednesday. Miss Marguerite Kilton of Waterloo spent Thursday with relatives, staying with her brother Will Kilton and family at Rolfe.
The American Legion Auxiliary will sell bonds and stamps at the local theatre on Mollie Pitcher Day August 7 to aid wartime efforts. The notice encourages filling the pitcher to supply men at the front and mentions Mrs. Israel Halder and others visiting relatives along with several local family updates and academic honors at Buena Vista College.
The American Legion Auxiliary held a Monday evening meeting at the Methodist church parlors where officers were installed by past county chairman Mrs. George Waters. Dues paying night raised funds for smokes for servicemen and local youth groups, with attendance noting future convention plans and a funeral service for Mrs. Frank Bohn observed in Mallard.
Mrs Ella Chase learns granddaughter Jenette Waters underwent appendicitis surgery in a Minnesota hospital. Her daughter recently had a major operation while the father lost most fingers in a corn shredder accident, marking a sequence of misfortune for the family.
Captain Ralph Hauswirth and wife with their children arrived Tuesday to visit at Joe Hauswirth’s home and to see Captain’s sisters Mrs. Isaac Roberts Mrs. George Hawk and Mrs. J A Whitman. He arrived in the U S July 4 after 19 months in a bomber squadron on leave. Captain James Foote of Los Angeles and Lt Irving Hauswirth also visited.
Orville Boysen son of Mr and Mrs Harry Boysen completed 16 weeks as a gunner's mate and earned the rating of petty officer he was one of 185 of 488 in his class to receive gunner's mate third class. Also note Sammy Johnson had his tonsils removed and local church events include Rev J D Wolcott filling the Algona Methodist pulpit. Havelock beat Nemaha 2 to 1. John Hacker family learns Allen is safe in North Africa.
Neighbors and friends gathered at Fred Hauswirths home for a birthday observance with a dainty lunch. Various relatives and visitors from Waterloo Wisconsin Humboldt Omaha Fort Dodge and Kenwick were mentioned visiting or traveling for family, farm, or health reasons, with local Red Cross activities and travel to Rochester noted.
A sprained ankle required crutches for Mr. Watkins after an incident involving Mrs. John Hacker and Mrs. Bert Smith. The Shimon family, Mrs. Henry Buck, and the Hollenbecks visited Emmetsburg for business on Saturday. Walter Ohrtmann arrived from Fort Pierce Virginia for a furlough to spend time with family including Mrs. Bentley and the Buck family plus Geraldine and Richard of Rolfe on Sunday.
The Board of Directors of the Independ ent School District of Rolfe Clinton Township Pocahontas County Iowa invites taxpayers to speak for or against the proposed expenditures for the year starting July 1 1943. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements is available for review.
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