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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1929
Page
5
Announced schedule shows meetings and celebrations across several towns. Aug 7 Lutheran Ladies at country home borenson. Aug 19 Des Moines Farm Bureau Unit at D. M. T. school building. Aug 21 C M Webb anniversary at mic Theatre. Sept 3-4 Fall Festival pageant 10-12-18. Pocahontas county fair highlight noted.
Pastor W A Wilkinson invites parishioners to attend multiple services at the Dist Episcopal Church including morning worship at 10:00 and evening service at 7:00. Sunday school remains active and a Lake Okoboji trip is noted with plans to return in eight weeks.
The note lists worship and Bible study times at the Lutheran church under Pastor L J Kjoller. Sunday services at 10:00 and 11:00 AM plus 8:00 PM meetings, with Thursday evening activities and a Ladies' Aid gathering at Henry Sorenson's country home. All invited to attend.
The notice lists worship times at Nity Lutheran Church with services at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday and a 7:30 p.m. meeting on Wednesday, plus an 8:00 p.m. prayer gathering. It notes Sunday school and Luther services and encourages attendance, praising the high turnout.
The note outlines the Ibysterian Church schedule with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Bible Study and Endeavor activities in the afternoon, and services in the evening. The pastor, J. P. Lester, D. D., invites a large congregation and a welcoming Sunday school as the church resumes regular services after summer break. An aside mentions Iowa manufacturing statistics with focus on raw materials and employment growth.
The Peterson Clothes Shop in cooperation with John L Graves Co plans to deliver Jowell men’s furnishings by air on Saturday July 27 at 2 45 pm. The Hagle Rock plane will fly over Rolfe and drop parcels with a parachute, landing at the shop front. A returning boy will earn a necktie prize.
Notices sent to prove claimants show a twenty percent dividend from the closed First National Bank. This third payout brings total to fifty five percent with more to come. Receiver P N Peterson says the bank stays open Wednesday and Saturday evenings to distribute quickly and urges claimants to collect at once.
The week brought extreme heat with a single chapel of rain near Rolfe on Sunday night or Monday morning. The storm did not reach Plover or Havelock and pushed northeast-southwest from Rolfe. Monday was a hard day for crops and farm work with 94 F heat and lingering humidity. Late oats ripened rapidly from Friday to Monday, aiding harvest but reducing grain weight. About sixty percent of harvest completed amid crinkling and harvest complications. Tuesday rains fell north and south, with no damage to local corn. nationwide corn losses observed near Ft Dodge. Warm nights continued, but locals view them as favorable for corn. The overall week produced great growing weather.
A brief Outlook cartoon contrasts dollar swapping with two ideas exchanged leading to shared gains. The piece then critiques the modern home as a mere garage and bedroom, implying a lack of cooperative spirit at home.
A Hanford Creameries No 4 truck ran off the grade three miles east of Pocahontas on Primary No 10 at 7 15 Wednesday morning. The driver escaped injury after a 37 hour shift, the truck was freed and back on the road about three hours later. only a small amount of cream spilled.
Relatives and close friends of Mr. and Mrs. G C Harris gathered in Rolfe for a family get together. A picnic dinner was enjoyed in Lemon Park with forty six attendees including Dr G W Whitehill James Whitehill K D Carter G W Harris Ethel Harris Earl Harris H Lambert Bernard Lambert H F Harris J R Harris Geo Jondle and others from Fort Dodge Callender Plover Sac City Pocahontas and Rolfe.
Mrs. Peterson and Llewellyn Smith toured the Black Hills last week. Mr. Peterson sustained a broken left arm when signaling at a garage door about 100 miles west of Sioux City. After surgical care, they continued to Sioux City to stay with his daughter Mrs. Joe Everson.
W F Bright longtime Rolfe merchant died Wednesday at his son Dr H F Brights home in Elk Point S D after a month of illness He was seventy six He helped establish Rolfe with C F Garrison in a brick building later moved to Nora Springs Iowa where interment will occur
Rev and Mrs W A Wilkinson returned from Lake Okoboji where they served as chaperones for Rolfe youths at the Epworth League Institute. Mrs Geo Lehnus also chaperoned for two days. Several local youths joined sessions before returning home.
A five man gang robbed the First National Bank in Cherokee Iowa last Friday at 12 10 pm stole about 4000 forced staff to floor. A janitor firing a shotgun from the basement halted the raid and a street sentry with a machine gun cleared the block. Two bystanders were wounded lightly. The robbers fled by car toward the south leaving town as vigilance companies secured all main routes.
Iowa cattle feeders attend a full day program led by John Evvard at Iowa State College Ames. The morning shows 104 steers with feeding details including gains costs and selling price. Afternoon features R M Hughes address and a question box answered by Evvard and Culbertson.
Fred Holmquist and his 16 year old niece Miss Elvira Angel of Ft. Dodge escaped a car fire when a steering failure caused a ditch plunge on the way to Lake Okoboji. The car burned after the gasoline exploded. both suffered minor injuries while tourists gave them a ride back to Ft. Dodge.
Farmers report damage from a corn stalk borer in Pocahontas county. The pest tunnels in stalks affecting oats timothy potatoes and dahlias. It is identified by a dark middle band unlike the European corn borer. Control includes burning weeds and fall plowing.
A July 4 law allows rural township trustees to levy taxes to buy own or maintain fire equipment and provide service in conjunction with cities. Claude W Bourett, longtime Iowa fire prevention leader, says the measure opens a major step in reducing farm fires.
The new highway law lifting the forty mile per hour speed limit has been in effect a week with no serious defects seen yet. The Palo Alto County Reporter questions whether lifting the limit was a good idea, noting driver responsibility but concern after accidents.
A piano piece by Graydon Thornton, performed by Reneta LaChance during The Scenic Theatre showing of Red Lips, drew hearty applause Sunday and Monday. An on-screen prize will be awarded for the best name for Thornton's original composition.
The Bryant Construction Co. unloads paving equipment at Hobarton as concrete pouring begins in a few days. Four miles were laid earlier, with plans to finish six more miles to Algona and connect with paving east of Algona and west to Emmetsburg.
Philip L. Rivard died suddenly at his Pocahontas home on Sunday July 21. Born March 28, 1875 in Ashkum Illinois, he moved to Pocahontas in 1900 to run a grain elevator, later served as cashier of the First National Bank for two years. He married Clara Brazil in 1902 and is survived by his widow and six children Cecilia George Harry Florence Josephine Joseph. Funeral services were held Wednesday and burial was in Calvary Cemetery Pocahontas.
Four miles of Federal Highway No 20 east of Fort Dodge were closed Monday as grading for new paving began. Traffic detours via a parallel township road, four miles gravelled. Primary No 20 will be paved east to Fort Dodge then hard surfaced to the Duncombe corner. First mile opened by mid August if rain permits. twelve miles to Hamilton county line not finished before November 1.
Army worms are attacking grain heads in Pocahontas County, especially peat ground, with reports from Marshall Dover and Colfax townships. Advisory notes prepare poisoned bait using bran molasses water and Paris green or sodium fluoride, to be broadcast thinly by hand in late afternoon or evening.
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