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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
2
The Golf Club Auxiliary kicks off summer with a potluck luncheon at the club house on Thursday June 12 at 1 pm. Members should bring a covered dish and their own table service. Afternoon activities include contract and auction bridge.
Mrs. Viola Auten and Mrs. Marcella Krischell will assist as hostesses. All members are urged to attend the meeting to plan the annual picnic and arrange Red Cross sewing. Pete Johnson claims to have first peas from his garden on June 1st, inviting contest.
J Cruickshank III remains in critical condition after a heart attack last Monday. His sister-in-law Miss Anna DeWolf R N arrived from Savannah, HI Thursday night to assist, with little hope for recovery.
Lawrence Kaiser of Lebanon Missouri stopped Friday in town with friends en route to Long Prairie to tend his farm. He described the boom around Camp Rolla where about 26,000 men are employed building the Army camp. Kaiser’s family earlier lived here some 80 years ago. he is the son of the late Fred Kaiser.
I wish to thank each and every one who remembered me while I was in the hospital. Their kindness was very much appreciated.
Garfield residents hosted and visited relatives over Memorial Day with gatherings in Coon Rapids Plover Rolfe Park and Des Moines township. A noted influx included Genevieve Stamper from Chicago and Max Whittelsey family, while rain finally arrived aiding farmers and gardeners after widespread showers.
Local notices record Dr. G. G. Butler traveling to Eldora for Pine Lake golf, a fishing trip to Nestor Falls Ontario by J. E. Rickard Leon Sinek and son, and several residents visiting Cedar Falls Havelock and nearby towns for teaching showers graduation events and summer visits. An aviator incident caused a tree power-line short near James Grove farm with linemen correcting the fault and noting an airplane first to disrupt their lines.
Robert Klein Sr. continues to improve at home after surgery. Two nurses Mrs. Fred Witt and Miss Kemp of Laurens had attended and were able to leave Wednesday. Klein recently returned from Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital where he had been a patient for four weeks.
A daughter, Mrs. Rose George, spent the past week with her parents and returned to her Sac City home on Sunday.
W F Schneck pastor leads Sunday School at 10 AM and Morning Worship at 11 AM. Choir practice is Thursday afternoon at the church.
J. O. Wangberg pastor leads Sunday School and Bible Class at Trinity Lutheran. The Ladies Aid Society gathers at the parsonage on Wednesday June 11 with Martha Wangberg and Judith Wangberg as hostesses.
The church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m and morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League meets at 7 p.m. The Daily Vacation Bible School opened with 113 attendees and more sessions start soon. Fort Dodge district Epworth League convention is set for Rockwell City on June 19.
Bradgate Church announces a two week Vacation Bible School beginning Monday at 9 a.m. No tuition, but each family is asked to send an offering. Open to pupils who completed public school grades 1 through 8 in the past year.
Be it resolved by the Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors under Chapter 246.1 1939 code all owners or possessors of lands must cut burn or destroy noxious weeds annually to prevent blooming or maturity and keep adjacent streets free from weed growth.
Frank King placed the earliest May flower Coal order for delivery as the first car arrives, with Mrs Addie Roberts close behind. Mayflower Coal remains fairly available while Bonny Blue mine is sold out until after July 1. A humorous note on a newlywed exchanging coal chunks for smaller pieces and other small town vignettes conclude the Muscatine contribution by Florence Young.
The order requires landowners to destroy primary noxious weeds by deadlines in Groups 1 through 4 from June to July 1941 and to adopt weed destruction programs under the weed commissioner. It also mandates moving other weeds on county roads by July 15 1941 and authorizes the weed commissioner to perform work with costs assessed to landowners. The county auditor is directed to publish notice in official county newspapers.
The board of directors of the Des Moines Township Consolidated School invites bids for school project work. Specifications and bidding instructions are available at the district office. Bids must be received by the stated deadline and opened publicly at the office.
Secretary Donald Carl announces bids for a school bus purchase due by 7:00 p.m. on a Monday in 1941. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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