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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
2
The article advertises Super Teloh TV Bingo on KQTY Channel 21 with a Chevrolet prize, weekly cards from Super Value stores, first game July 7. It notes community reunions and church group activities in Rolfe and Humboldt, with numerous local names and gatherings described.
Kloster led the Bible study and Mrs. Royd Moe resigned as secretary as they plan to move from Plov Verna. The Old Peoples City and the Be Lome at Ames hosted the gathering. Mrs. H. Db. Coomtes directed the study with Mrs. Robert Wiegert reading on Madagascar. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Harry Trupe's with Mire Jers Nichen co hostesses Anna Ryen and Mrs. Leon. lunch followed. A birthday party for James Trimble aged 72 was held at Pocahontas park with forty six attending including multiple family pairs from Laurens Britt and Plover.
Mr and Mrs Eldon Cox and Paula Kay visited Green City Me for a family reunion and open house honoring Mrs Coxs grandparents Mr and J H Stockton on their golden wedding anniversary. About 300 guests attended with Paula Kay presenting the gift to the honorees. Attendees gathered Friday to Sunday with coverage on KQTYV Channel 21 Fort Teloh Bingo cards weekly.
The Lutheran Church Altus Christenson invites members and sister congregations to a Rally Morning Worship at the Pocahontas Courthouse grounds at 10 30 a m with an afternoon service at 2 p m A potluck picnic dinner follows bring own tableware and a hot dish Ladies Aid meets July 6 at 2 30 p m and the general officers gather July 5 at 8 p m
Pastor M. McQuary announces Holy Communion next Sunday with prayer and meditation beforehand. Congregants gather for study at 9:30 and worship at 10:30, and the public is warmly invited to all First Methodist services.
Martin J. Prehn pastor leads Sunday Church School at 10 a.m. with classes for all ages and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 p.m. Quarterly Communion on July 17. Church closes for vacation during the last two Sundays in July and first two Sundays in August.
The Roger Hudson Family expresses deep gratitude for the generous purse received last week. Words cannot express their thanks and they bless all who contributed.
Mrs David Van Alstine thanks all for the cards gifts and visits during her hospital stay. Al is greatly appreciated by the family.
Lawrence Hilton expresses gratitude to all who sent cards and flowers while a patient at Emmetsburg hospital and to neighbors for managing his home duties after returning home.
Ronald Gien napp suffered a fractured skull when he fell from a horse stall to a cement floor near Manchester. Investigating authorities reported the accident outcome and awaiting medical updates.
The nation launches its most intensive effort to curb speed as the 1955 vacation season begins. Radar detection units, prized weapon in enforcement, number nearly a thousand nationwide. FCC figures show radar sets in use grew from 568 in spring 1954 to 989 licensed now, a 74.1 percent rise.
The Walther League Camp at Okoboji will host District 4-H Camp from July 6 to 9 with forty four Pocahontas county girls attending alongside four chaperones Virginia Harding and Joyce Jarnagin. County 4-H officers Virgene Thor son Beverly Leith Janice Reinking and Joan Shaveland also attend.
Reports from Reed's Carrie and nearby Lamont describe bowfishing carp where 8 carp were skewered after a stringed shot, with witnesses backing the tale. A car rolled into a west Lamont farm pond when left parked on a slope, disappearing from sight.
A short feature imagines five Towans fretting over July Fourth travel plans. Each hints at dangerous driving and near misses, ending with the reminder that fatality spares no one, even if plans promise safe weekend journeys.
Thanking friends for rice cards gifts and visits received while in the hospital. Signed Christensen KD.
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