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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
10
The Lutheran church opens a two week Bible School for all school age children, teaching by Rev. James Lund and Mrs. Lund. Sessions run 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and attendance is open to all area youngsters.
A family dinner in Laurel honored Orlin Henderson’s birthday. Guests included Cooper and Mrs Ron ald Henderson and their daughters, Mrs Edna Henderson and Elwood of Plover, and Mr and Mrs Wesley Lehtus with Marcia Jane and Bobby.
Maxine Nielsen hosted ten children for a sixth birthday party Friday afternoon with ice cream and cake. Various neighbors and relatives visited, including the Espersen, Olsen, and Jensen families from Callender and Rolfe, and Gustal visitors joined for Sunday meals and local church activities.
Senator Guy Gillette explains his link to a bill restricting livestock sales to stockyards within three miles of processing plants. He says he introduced it to air the meat marketing issue after opposition from producers and interior packing plants. He could have acted more directly, the writer notes.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Carmichael and sons Charles and Billie returned home from a three weeks western trip visiting Texas Phoenix Boulder Dam Grand Canyon Burbank Oceanside and Albert King in San Francisco. They traveled through Reno and Salt Lake City before returning. David Grant drove to Rockwell City and was joined by his wife and baby Grace Elinor. the Schoofs families visited Charles City and stayed with Louis Schoofs.
A party headed for Milwaukee Wisconsin to visit Mrs Catherine Schoofs and other relatives, traveling Sunday to spend time with the former's mother.
Sheriff Hubert Kapsch investigated two car thefts from Friday night in Pocahontas county. A 1987 Ford was stolen from Lloyd Elston in Gilmore City and a 1940 Plymouth from Jim Shors in Pocahontas. A vehicle was found abandoned near Gilmore City after being taken from Boone.
The Rev. G. F. Wessling came home June 12 from Creighton Memorial St. Joseph's hospital in Omaha where he was a patient for nine weeks of treatment.
Auxiliary officers for the Pocahontas unit were elected Thursday night June 12 with Mrs S L McIntire as president and Mrs C P Malcolm as first vice president. About 70 members and guests attended a dinner before the meetings.
Two children, Robert Groff two and a half, and Patty Robinson eight, both sustained leg fractures over the weekend. Robert fractured his right thigh near one PM Saturday and stays at the Groff home. Patty broke her left leg between knee and ankle while jumping from a porch at her grandmother’s home and is cared for at the Robinson residence.
Sisters Mary Shelia Maxine and Maura left Friday night for the Sisters of St. Francis convent home at Mt. St. Francis in Dubuque traveling by train from Fort Dodge. They spent the afternoon in Fort Dodge with Sister Shelia visiting Mercy hospital where Sister M Olivia superintendent of nurses is located.
Camden bound Paul R Posakony son of Mrs Josephine Posakony of Pocahontas earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at Ames on June 8. His mother and aunt attended the commencement. He left June 9 for Camden New Jersey to join RCA Manufacturing Company.
Sisters Mary Adel Germaine and Marcellinda left Sunday for Briar Cliff college in Sioux City for a retreat that opened Sunday night and will continue into summer school.
Lloyd Harris and his parents recently visited and he will continue in the agricultural engineering drafting service at Iowa State College. He is taking a pilot's course, volunteered for the army corps, has passed his physical, and is waiting for his appointment.
The University of Iowa baseball team posted a 22 6 record and placed second in the conference standings with 9 wins 8 losses. Norman Hawkins named most valuable player and Clarence Dunagan led the league with a .895 batting average while Bob Stastny headed the pitching with seven wins and one loss.
A selective service registrant recalls he once had frozen feet. When asked if that should cause rejection, he replies he has two good artificial feet and is unaffected.
James Malloway was killed when his head was crushed in the mechanism of a pile driver he was helping to operate on the Missouri river near Mondamin.
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