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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
8
Rolfe residents host relatives and visitors from Pocahontas Laurens and Des Moines cap off a busy week. A several-day hospital stay for Mrs. Boysen ends well. The Farmers Bank of Havelock closes for a three day holiday with plans to reopen soon.
Will Reimers son of Mr and Mrs J H Reimers of this place was killed when lightning struck near a hamburger stand by Clear Lake and part of the bolt traveled on wires to the stand. He died after hours of medical effort and was interred in Pomeroy cemetery after services in Emmetsburg. He leaves a wife and two sisters and his parents. the community offers sympathy.
About thirty members of the local Rebekah lodge met at the I C O F hall Thursday evening in regular session. Officers were elected with Ina Bloomer as N G Lottie Cone as V G Hazel Keerles as Rec Secy and Orpha Hilton as Treasurer. Gifts of remembrance were presented to two members soon to leave the community Mrs Luella Leister and Mrs Mamie Higbee. A social hour followed with lunch served by hostesses.
A Rural Letter Carriers Association gathering at Geo Wiegman home in Pocahontas featured State President John Johnson and District Organizer Harry Blue among attendees. The program included songs solos readings a sketch Uncle Sam and readings, followed by talks and a lunch before closing with God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
The Havelock and Ware Methodist churches announce weekly services led by Rev. C L Day with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening services follow at 8:00 p.m. Midweek choir rehearsal Thursday 8:00 p.m. Vacation Bible School runs daily 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. through June 21 with staff including Misses Hauswirth Dexter Allee and Rev Day.
Maj Gen John A Lejeune recalls in The Reminiscences of a Marine how French poilus taught relieving American troops their unwritten code. A German soldier sits on a parapet each morning to get air, and an American would be tempted to shoot, but a French comrade stops him stating killing him would be murder, not war.
In Greek myth the goddess Discordia, daughter of Nox and sister to Nemesis and Death, incites quarrels. Excluded from Peleus and Thetis nuptials she sends the apple of discord inscribed Let it be given to the most beautiful, setting off Trojan War and Greek woes.
A visitor watches a class where pupil Charles snaps his fingers to signal knowing the lesson. The teacher warns him she will not call on him if the habit continues. Charles explains he snaps to signal interest and hopes the teacher thinks he knows the material.
The custom likely began for practical cuff fastening and maybe to keep sleeves clean. A tradition links Frederick the Great to buttoning sleeves to prevent soil on uniforms as soldiers wiped perspiration. Initially on the upper sleeve, buttons moved to the lower side as fashion accepted them.
A man and a woman shared a quiet moment when another woman burst in and splashed tomato bisque across the man's shirt. The head waiter calmly scolded the offender, telling her the proper place for such a spat was at home.
A mother coached her daughter to say pardon me please when passing guests. The child raced before the guests, grew tired of politeness, and forgot. The mother reproached her, and the girl quipped that she would excuse herself indefinitely as mother grows displeased.
Baron Shiba develops a camera capturing 40 000 exposures a second far faster than standard slow motion. The device reveals bee wing vibration and air currents around a propeller, promising vast insights across aviation and other movements. Census data show fewer people leaving farms recently.
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