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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
5
A Rolfe Iowa notices section lists numerous events and meetings from March to April. Activities include club meetings at homes and public venues, sales and auctions, religious society gatherings, school and 4-H programs, spelling contests, bridge clubs, and a county spelling contest.
An Iowa wide series of outlook meetings includes Pocahontas on Tuesday March 7 at the court house. Economists J. C. Galloway and R. C. Bently will lead a 10 am session on how the 1933 general business outlook affects agriculture with topics from credit to beef and dairy matters. Farmers are urged to fore tell market trends to avoid losses.
Fifty relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Majorowicz home in Rolfe to honor their golden anniversary with a noon family dinner. Rev. T. S. Bassett presented a purse of gold from guests. The couple wed at Reddick, Iowa, and moved to Rolfe 34 years ago. Also celebrating were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hauswirth of Havelock, 40 years, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Diggs, 5 years. Nearby guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson of Swea City.
The Rolfe Promotion Club presents the four star Grand Hotel at The Ritz Theatre Rolfe for Saturday and Sunday showings. Greta Garbo John Barrymore Joan Crawford Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore lead a strong cast with Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt in supporting roles. Prices include five cents, ten and a half dime, and a businessmen’s ticket for weekend matinees. Local communities invited to attend and welcome guests to ensure seats.
Laurens won all three first places in the preliminary declamatory contest at Rolfe auditorium Monday evening. Winning selections were Salvage The Dog Wolf and Dedicating the Craftville Gas Station. Havelock placed second in oratorical and humorous and Rolfe second in dramatic with Grace McEwen in The Unseen Witness.
The Poor Relief Committee received Red Cross donations last week and distributed them to those in need. Five dozen sweaters for men and boys, five hundred yards light colored outing flannel, a belt of muslin, men and boys pants, and children's stockings were allocated to the local committee. Needs were investigated and the most deserving received items, with muslin for pillow slips and sheets and outing flannel for pajamas.
The sun returned in splendor melting remaining snow while last week offered several warm days. Children rolled on sidewalks and boys chased marbles. some golf fever gripped others but the soaked course halted play. Miss Anna De Wolf and John P. Graves sighted robins. We face a large deficit, but it’s better than an insurmountable one.
At a Rolfe Pro-Imotion Club meeting, the Rickard plan proposes one dollar certificates issued by subscribing individuals, secured by their deposits in a clearing house fund. The aim is to allow partial use of funds without depleting clearing house reserves, effectively providing a mild inflation. A committee has begun implementing the plan, with a facsimile of the Rickard money printed elsewhere in the Arrow.
Olerich and Sons announce a sale Friday March 10 at their Rolfe farm two and one half miles south of Primary No 44. Fifty Poland China sows about 400 pounds each plus forty five spring gilts two fall gilts and a few yearling tried sows. Sows are double treated with top sires get. Henry and M T White will be fieldmen and Colonel H 8 Duncan will hammer.
At Rolfe school auditorium Friday Janice Wiegman and Ivan Peterson repeat first place in their divisions while Mable Clemons wins humorous division. Judges include Bertha McChord from D. M. T and Mrs Siefkin and Mrs White of Rolfe.
Rolfe high school basketball swept Manson on February 28 with the first team winning 82 to 25 and the second unit 24 to 16. The Rolfe attack featured smooth passing and fast breaks, outpacing the taller Manson squad. No single star emerged. all players saw ample court time and scoring was shared. Box score to follow in school notes.
The first round of the State Declamatory Contest in the Plover school auditorium drew four schools Bradgate Ottosen D M T and Plover Ottosen and Plover won most prizes with two firsts and a second for Plover Ottosen earned a first and two seconds Millard Storsund won Ottosens first in the oration Eileen Schneider placed second in humorous and Bernie Babcock earned a second in dramatic The judges were Mrs Goeders Algona Miss Arent Humboldt and M D Anderson Rolfe.
The Promotion Club gathered in Central States display room for its largest attendance this winter. Rolfe high school basketball squad with Coach Evans and Carroll Lane spoke. County Agent Bower discussed Farm Bureau plays. a plan for Richard Dollars was adopted. next meeting set for March 9 with Mrs. Cora E. Lighter Ivey in charge.
Mr and Mrs Marion Bruce came from Des Moines Monday and suffered colds after arriving in Rolfe while the legislature voted itself a ten day recess or vacation as observers note the political scene. Local chatter suggests cautious distance may be wise amid talk of rates and appearances.
Rolfe Junior High defeated Pocahontas 23 to 16 in the Pocahontas County Junior High Tournament final at Rolfe school gym. Shelgren and Rudolfson led Rolfe with key baskets as Ro lfe built an 8-6 first quarter lead and stayed ahead to win.
The Farmers' Holiday Association has called a meeting for Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Modde Hall, Emmetsburg. Speakers include Milo Reno president S. Patterson of Burt and P. H. Donlon of Emmetsburg. The note ends with proverbs and a remark about Insull’s insults being over.
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau hosted extensive February meetings with over 1200 attendees. A Rural Drama Tourney showcased Goose Money by Lake Township participants and was chosen for Iowa State Fair presentation. Discussions covered the Domestic Allotment plan and Iowa State College bulletins on the agricultural economy. 4-H Club work under Mrs. A L Jones progresses with Achievement Day planning and Home Furnishings course completion. Mrs J R Karr of Ireton to speak as district Farm Bureau committeewoman.
The Excelsior Society will serve a two bit supper at the Presbyterian church parlors on Wednesday evening March 8 starting at six o'clock. The menu includes casserole steak mashed potatoes and gravy rutabagas cabbage salad rolls butter jelly cherry pie and coffee.
C D White closes out the farm chattels on Saturday March 4 at two o clock. The sale features seven Holstein cattle two milkers eight Duroc Jersey brood sows slated to farrow in April plus farm machinery and hog equipment. Mrs James Hood conducts a closing out sale of farm chattels Monday March 6 at one o clock north of Gilmore City offering seven horses and mules eight cattle sixteen Spotted Poland brood sows farm machinery and extras like seed corn baled alfalfa hay and oil barrels.
The Ladies' Aid Society of a Methodist church started a Round Robin basket exchange. Members pass a basket containing a food item and a note with the price. the recipient buys the item, deposits the price in a toy bank, and replaces it with another item within twenty four hours. The scheme has brought pastries jams canned goods and crafts. Separately at Iowa State College two meal planning classes have 30 men enrolled this winter.
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