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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
2
Local families spent Memorial Day with relatives in Rolfe and nearby towns. Road and golf conditions improve. clubs host gatherings and luncheons. Rolfe residents welcome visitors from Ames Emmetsburg Cherokee and Des Moines while school graduates pursue summer study and teaching posts in Rembrandt and Missouri Valley.
An ad from Hess & Son of Plover Iowa markets milking equipment and a Des Moines piano wholesale sale. It lists silos washing machines gas engines separators mills and two piano models with prices and a new piano guarantee.
Des Moines reports entries for six stop air races during the Iowa Goodwill air tour with famed flyers including Hawks Chamberlain Doolittle and Goebel. Des Moines to Emmetsburg join Marengo DeWitt Red Oak Ottumwa Oelwein as venues with pilots from Michigan Illinois and beyond. Speed records expected amid a growing field and several sponsors.
The Farm Bureau tour for northeastern county residents will begin at the DMT school at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday June 19 with stops at Harry Spencer Arthur Vaughn George Arnold and B B Hubbell farms. Dairying poultry gardening stock feeding and power farming will be discussed with demos at each stop. Bring a basket dinner and join the tour for learning and camaraderie.
Fred C. Gilchrist leads in Webster county with over 1000 votes for congress. C G James, county clerk, wins against Burt Forbes in a lively race. Abe DeVaul holds Center township and county despite not moving his family to Pocahontas. O Keefe wins southwest district by about 200. Clyde Gustlin of Ft. Dodge is nominated for Webster county sheriff.
Miss Zella Marchant and Carl Griepenburg were married at the bride’s brother’s Des Moines home on Saturday May 24 1980 Rev McCow officiated. The couple will reside in Des Moines where Griepenburg works in a drug store.
Ritchie thanks voters in Pocahontas Humboldt and Buena Vista counties for support in the Republican primaries for the state senate race. The note also references the California woodpecker feeding on acorns.
Mrs A W Ireland died at her home in Rolfe on Friday May 30 1930 after months of illness. Born April 3 1848 in Ladyburne Scotland she was 82. She married A W Ireland November 6 1878 and had seven children. Funeral services were held at the home with Rev J P Lester officiating and interment in Clinton Garfield cemetery.
Rev. J. P. Lester announces upcoming observance of the 1900th anniversary of Pentecost with a morning sermon and an evening theme What Pentecost Means to Us Today The church notes a strong Christian Endeavor showing last Sunday and plans a delegation to Storm Lake for the Young People’s Conference Later this month Children’s Day program set for next Sunday morning.
Pastor L J Kjoller outlines weekly services including morning worship at 10:00 a.m. evening service on the first and third Sundays, week day prayers at 8:00 p.m. and Thursday meetings. The note invites all to attend.
Notice of Probate of Will No 1847 in District Court Pocahontas County Iowa. Sarah A Chesterman last will dated June 16 1925 filed and read July 1 1930. Hearing at 2 PM at Pocahontas courthouse to prove and allow said will. C G James Clerk of District Court dated June 3 1930.
The church lists Sunday School and class times, morning and evening worship, and midweek prayer meetings. It urges teachers to attend, notes Epworth League attendance, and announces the Fort Dodge district Epworth League convention in Humboldt on June 12 and 13. Vacation Bible School starts Monday June 9 at 9:00 am inviting all children.
Rev J C Wangberg leads weekday prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8 00 p m Bible study follows. A basket dinner is planned after the morning service next Sunday with each family to bring sandwiches and a covered dish. One in twenty experience air sickness aboard flights.
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