Birthday and social notices crowd a February weekend
A flurry of birthday celebrations and club gatherings fills the weekend in multiple households. Anna Hamilton and family mark festivities in Fenton and nearby towns. Janice Rickard Hag and Anna Simonson host parties while clubs hold luncheons and card games with Defense Stamps prizes and earnest civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hamilton
Anna _ Hamilton
Stewart Whitmore
Fenton
Leona Hamilton
Marie Ryen
Harriet Carlson
Mrs Christensen Hosts Double Six Bridge Luncheon
Mrs Soren Christensen hosted the Double Six bridge club at a 1 pm luncheon and contract in Mrs Muriel Wilson’s home on February 26. Mrs W M Obrecht won the high score prize. guests included Mrs Hortense Siefkin Mrs Jennie Bowen Mrs N A Wilson Mrs Curtis Jones and Mrs M R Seth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleal
Myron Boos
Richard Cleal
Betty Jane
West Bend
Julian Ingebritson
Dows
Ivadel Cleal
Sedar Rapids
Donald Cleal
A. D. Cleal
Donald
Dorothy Cleal Ingebritson
Ivadel
M. R. Soth
Raymond Rogers
F. H. Molyneux
Curtis Jones
Ernest Vaughn
N. J. Bixder
J. H. Brinkman
H. F. Olerich
New Brunswick
Christensen
Soren Christensen
Muriel Wilson
W. M. Obrecht
Hortense Siefkin
Jennie Bowen
N. A. Wilson
M. R. Seth
Trinity Lutheran Service and Classes Schedule
Trinity Lutheran announces regular preaching at 11 am with theme The Truth Makes Fire from John 8 31 44 Pastor Wanghe. Sunday school Bible class at 10 am Luther League 7 45 pm Shall I Carry My Cross or Leave It discussion. Catechism Saturday 1 45 pm at parsonage. Lenten service continuing Wednesday March 11 7 45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
O. Wanghe
Luther League
Methodist Church Weekly Schedule Announced
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. M Y F at 6 30 p.m. Official board meets after a basket dinner. Union Lenten service at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening March 11 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Nain Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule
James N Lund pastor leads morning service at 11 am and Bible class at 10 45 am. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday at 2 15 pm with Mrs Chris Pedersen. Lenten mid week service at 7 45 pm. Saturday Confirmation class at 1 30 pm. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nain Lutheran Church
James N. Lund
Ladies Aid
Chris Pedersen
Presbyterian Church Services Schedule
W F Sehneck presides at Sunday school 10 o clock and morning worship 11 o clock. Junior Endeavor meets at 4 45 p.m. The Excelsior Society will meet on a later date.
March moves sweep Rolfe area farms and households
A long list details many families relocating in the Rolfe region during March. The Cordes, Papenfuhs, Davis, Jones, Beam, Sandvig, Fowler, Reckord, Hodgell, Weaver, Hughes, Well ingham, Amick, Sandon, Jones, Zumach, Roberts, Otto, Hudsons, Marine, Lowe, Shimon, Ferden, Cox, Griffith, Struthers, Landmesser, Applegate, Pederson, Willet, and various others shift from farms and houses to new residences or different farm sites across Rolfe, Swea City, Pocahontas, Des Moines township, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cordes
Herbert Papenfuhs
Swea City
Cordes
Clifford Jones
Beam
Pocahontas
Lloyd Scott
George Sandvig
George Fowler
Sandvigs
B. E. Phillips
Fowlers
Carl Sandvig
Wellingham
Paul Amick
Frank Robinson
Barnes
Terwilliger
Mr. Robinson
Bruce Sandon
Baby
Herb Jones
Zumach
Plover
J. B. Lowe
Bush Place
Burns
Frank Shimon
Lowe
Lester Ferden
Leon Sinek
Rolfe
Ernest Cox, Jr
Ed .Griffith
Sioux City
Cox
Alex Struthers
Floyd Struthers
Floyd
Landmesser
Lester Applegate
Applegates
A. J. Applegate
Cecil Pederson
Guy and Lee Bendixon
Grant
Irel Willet
Hardy
Herb Dickerson
Roy Simonson
Edwin Faux
August Nielsen
C. A. Johnson
Corporal Edgar N. Gentry Advances in Air Corps Training
Corporal Edgar N. Gentry has passed an exam qualifying him for training as a flying cadet and awaits transfer from Jefferson Barracks Missouri to an army aviation school. He was advanced to corporal and enlisted October 1 1941. He was sent to the air corps replacement training center and is attached to the 565th Technical School Squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Gentry
Edgar N. Gentry
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Air Corps
Air Corps Replacement Training Center
565Th Technical School
Lenten Services Invite and Canvass Ahead
Wednesday March 11 at 12 30 PM attendees asked to bring a covered dish. Rev Plummer to deliver the message at Wednesday worship. Everyone is invited to Lenten services and March 16 is the date for the Annual Every Member canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Society
Presbyterian Excelsior Society
Plummer
Clean Up the Attic and Help Clean Up the Axis
A wartime appeal urges readers to collect and recycle metal scraps to aid the war effort. Families are asked to prepare tin, aluminum, and steel materials for local drives and ship them to designated collection points by a set deadline.
Carroll Dies and Sherman Killed in Training Flight
Carroll, 70, former Rolfe resident, dies at home in San Bernardino California after two weeks of illness with funeral and burial on February 27. Survived by wife and seven children including G V Carroll of Fort Dodge. Ben Sherman Jr., 26, son of Mr and Mrs B H Sherman, died in a Randolph Field Texas airplane training accident while airborne with a trainee. twin Beverly Sherman in Los Angeles. parents both Rolfe High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
T. Carroll
San Bernardino
Calif
G. V. Carroll
Fort ‘Dodge
West
Rolfe
Ben Sherman,Jr
B. H. Sherman
Hollywood
Randolph Field
Texas
Sherman
Aviation Corps
Beverly
Los Angeles
Rolfe High School
C. B. Fuller
Red Cross First Aid Training and Home Nursing Report
The Rolfe Red Cross plans a First Aid course led by Dr. G A Everson with textbooks at about fifty cents and certificates upon completion. A two day Home Nursing conference in Fort Dodge featured Miss Woerth and local nurses with future enrollment via the Arrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
G. A. Everson
Rolfe
Wahkonsa
Fort Dodge
Wesley de Wolf
Luther Thompson
J. Fae Schon
Miss Woerth
State Department of Public Health
Thos. Diggs
Fred Witt
Fred Smith
Schon
Miss Hollen
Des Moines
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J. M. Smith
Earl Smith
Rock Rapids
Everett Smith
Chicago
C. W.‘Jarvis
Bradgate
Esther Ragan
Maralyn
Watson Beam
Everett
New York City
Rowan
Town
E. H. Clark
C. J. Morrison
C. J. Moen
Helen O’neall
The
Needle and Thread Club
Helen O'Neall
Maggie Buck
Stella Young
E.S
Eastern Star
Janice Rickard
Dickie Ranney
Larry Fight
Paul Biederman, Jr
John
Karen Weible
Susan Jones
Marilyn Hikenberry
Sidney Beckard
Janice
Rickard
Merl McAninch
Anna Simonson
Elmer Simonson
Simon Simonson
Sterling Simonson
Wilbur Woods
A. M. Simonson
Clarence Jensen
Ruth McFadzen
K.S.K
Margaret Henderson
Zleota Hough
Golda Ham
Eastside Bridge Club
Fred Nelson
Nelson
Andy Bhikenberry
Hikenberry
P.E.O
P.E.O. Philanthropies
Marie Wiegman
J. C. Damborg
R. W. Rogers
F. E. Grant
B. A. Peterson
R. G. Hunter
J. C. Damberg
Glyde Brinkman
George Marine, Jr
Lena Vaughn
Alvin
George Schonberger
George Zeman
Clarence Heathman
Ben Lehnus
Alvin Freel
D.M.T. Woman’s Club
Wesley Lehnus
Hattie Lehnus
Frank Carlton
Albert Jensen
Marjorie Widman
C. J. Club
C. BE. Grant
Guy Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
M. W.webb
the Methodist Church
Rialto Northwosd
Lowas Most Beautiful Theatre
Wild Bill Hickok
Cons'a
Ce Bennett
Bruce Cabst
Cord Frances Langford
Johnny Downs
Tues
Wallace Berg
Marjorie Main
Lydia Merle Oberon
Alan Marshall
Iowa
Emmetsburg
Errol Flynn
Olivia DeHaviland
Chocolate Soldier
Nelson Eddy
Rise Stevens
Niagara Falls
Marjorie Woodworth
Tom Brown
Ann Shirley
Walter Huston
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnett
Ronald Reagan
James Gleason
George
Ande
Harold Calligan
Lutheran Hospital
Carrie Month
Inquire Arrow Office
Sid
Wesley
DeWolf
Hall Roberts’ Son
Postville
T. J. Raynes Rolfe
W. A Rogers
Walter Woodin
Norge
Ed Lehnus
Percival
Dayton
Hobert
C. Whitmer, Laurens
B. A. Markley
Have. Lock
Aree
Grigsby
Robert A. Grigeby
Pocahontas Rendering Works
Pocahagtas
Cahontas
Rolferty
Howard Bruce
Powder Puff
Isabel Beck
HeeHaw News
Yankees
Benny
Oan
BBC
Tof
J.T. Grant & Son
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