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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
2
A hired man tied to the tractor to inspect a field shows an engine problem. He found a huge bull snake coiled around the engine and hissing. The snake was killed to resolve the issue and resume work.
The K S K s plan a Wednesday gathering at Mrs Elnora Hendricks home with Mrs Wm Hendricks assisting. New members welcomed at the last meeting at Mrs Mae Trimble s home. Trinity Lutheran Missionary society met at Mrs C G Ryen s home June 10 with out of town guests Queile Everson and Verma Severson.
J. O. Wangberg, pastor, leads morning worship at 3 30 a m with theme God's Love for Sinners from Luke 15 11 24. Sunday school Bible classes catechism Saturday 1 45 pm junior choir 3 pm Saturday at the church.
W FP Schneck, pastor, announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Choir practice Thursday afternoon. Services last Sunday were well attended. fathers are invited to attend with the whole family on Sunday June 21.
The Methodist Church invites all to Father’s Day worship at 11 a.m. and a social evening at 8 p.m. Friday the 19th honoring the Merrill Nicoson family. Highlights include Youth Fellowship at 6:30 and 65 plus members to be honored June 24 in Circlé No. 38.
The Hendricks family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy in the loss of their father J T Hendricks. Special gratitude to the Helping Hand Circle and the American Legion Auxiliary for serving on the funeral day.
Rolfe city park hosted a Swenson family reunion this Sunday with attendees from Bode Cedar Falls Grover Ottosen Fairbault Pleasantville Rutland and Rolfe. The group included Mr. and Mrs. 0 A Jacobson and family Mr. and Mrs. Burton Rood and family Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson and family among others.
Children's Day program at the Methodist church showcased two weeks of vacation Bible school work. Students sang, recited verses, and answered catechism questions to illustrate learning. Seventy certificates were given. teachers received pictorial booklets and a Bible-verse booklet for each day of the year.
The Presbyterian daily vacation Bible school ended Friday with a city park picnic. The event drew strong attendance and attentive participation. Mrs. Schneck led the junior department with Rachel Wiegman and Mrs. Moen assisting. Mrs. Molyneux supervised older grades, and Mrs. Fisher oversaw the primary section with a team of teachers. A Sunday demonstration showcased the completed work.
Captain G. K. Hauck of the U.S. Army and his mother Mrs. Hattie Hauck stayed in town from Saturday to Tuesday with relatives. He was stationed at Fort Chaffey Arkansas before a new foreign service appointment and will travel to Burlington Vermont where his family will reside abroad. Mr and Mrs George Murray and children from Sheldon visited Sunday and Mrs Murray stayed through Wednesday. she is Captain Hauck’s sister.
Donald Nelson leaves Monday for Omaha to begin induction into the U S Coast Guard. He then heads to Alameda California for coastal training and assignment.
The county planning committee will meet Tuesday evening June 28 to discuss Pocahontas county drainage, with Jacobson and Jacoby from the Milwaukee regional Soil Conservation Service, reviewing Webster county data to outline a future drainage improvement program. The county board of supervisors and county engineer will cooperate on the project.
A series of district anti inflation meetings is held this week inviting about 275 educational cooperators in Pocahontas County. Meetings at Rolfe Palmer Laurens Pocahontas and Fonda will cover price ceilings income taxes bonds rationing black markets and price trends with emphasis on the Presidents seven point program.
The message cites rationing of essential goods and discourages installments and debt repayment. It labels Nazis as the first foe and the Japs as the second, stating inflation is the third enemy to be fought on the home front.
County Agent Max C. Naylor announces about 140 neighborhood meetings over the next ten days to discuss inflation dangers and effects on farm families. Topics include price ceilings taxes rationing compulsory war bonds land purchases and debt vs bond buying as part of a wartime inflation education effort.
Forrest Ives son of Mr and Mrs Earl Ives enlisted in the U S Navy last week Wednesday at Fort Dodge He departed Thursday evening from Des Moines for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
The pastor at the Reformed church in Stout reported a mailed cash offering of 375 dollars with no signature. At a recent mission feast the church gathered donations totaling 1083 dollars.
An 11 month old girl Mary Ann Carey of Indianola fell 16 feet from a second story window and did not utter a sound when rescued. Doctors found no scratch or bruise on the child. The incident prompts parents to drive with care and save lives.
A narrator recalls Kearney Missouri as the James gang home, detailing local lore of Jesse and Frank James and Cole Younger. The piece mentions hotel rooms, tobacco drops, zeroed pasts, and a museum-like home tour with a 50 cent charge, plus the famous grave and a bomb fragment.
Congregation of Nain Lutheran church hosted a Sunday noon farewell dinner on the church lawn after morning services. Pastor Rev. James N. Lund spoke as guests visited in the afternoon. Freemond Nielsen departed Monday for Fort Leavenworth Kansas and Donald Nelson heads to Alameda California Monday morning.
Local salvage chairman C. B. Chapman announces the waste paper shortage has ended and urges housewives, collectors, and charities to stop collecting unless they can dispose of it locally. He notes the need to move rubber and metals and cites 1,246 pounds of rubber for a bomber gas tank.
A circulating story places Hitler making a phone call to Heaven asking for Moses. The exchange riffs on the Red Sea miracle as Hitler inquires about Moses plans and wonders about divine assistance in his cause.
The Des Moines township consolidated school invites bids to operate its school bus routes for the coming term. All bids must be delivered to the secretary by 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 22, 1942. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A garbled excerpt presents a surreal exchange with Moses and Hitler, referencing a British museum and a June Provines Colvinn in Chicago Sun, but most names and actions are unclear due to OCR damage.
A front page note announces coal price and limited stock with first come, first served emphasis. It mentions a consumer who saved for war bonds to divorce but chose stability, plus ongoing availability of residential automatic coal stokers on easy installments. Also advertised are Sisalkraft hay stack covers, e screen doors, and general hardware repair materials.
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