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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1958
Page
2
The March meeting of the TTT Society met at Helen Lund's home. Merle Majorowicz gave a book report on The Blue Camellia, Dorothy Turley unveiled new program booklets, and a lunch was served.
The American Home Study Club met February 28 at the home of Mrs. H. G. Frigaard with assistants Mrs. Harry Thompson and Mrs. C. E. Boyce. Roll call on Easter Thoughts. readings included Prose Poem by Priscilla Wayne and You Aren’t A Day Older by Harlan Miller. Imhoff family received a white bed spread as they moved to the Palmer community.
A farewell potluck at the Boyd Imhoff home on Thursday February 20 drew friends and neighbors for a bountiful meal with homemade ice cream. Attendees included George Lehnus Art DeVaul Ray Isacson Ed Lavery Dale Lenz Dale Lenzs mother from Glenwood and Clarence Heathman.
Mrs Wilmer Huston enjoyed a Friday birthday surprise at her home with relatives and friends. Hostesses included Mrs Merlin Himrod Mrs Lawrence Davis and Betty Huston. Attendees from Gilmore City Rolfe Humboldt and nearby towns shared visiting and food.
The February Wesleyan Service Guild gathering met at Miss Eva Corsair's home with co host Mrs Flossie DeVaul. Mrs Alta Hewlett taught the lesson and Miss Allie Grant led devotions. Attendees enjoyed a nice lunch and social hour afterward.
The second sermon in the Lenten series The Year of Opposition centers on Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. Saturday communicant class and church school for all ages at 10. Sunday worship at 11 with a sermon The Feast of Thanksgiving. 5 30 Junior Hi WF at Joan Cleal s home and Senior Hi WF at the manse. Monday Regular Session meets at the manse. Communicant class meets with Session. Thursday choir practice.
The sermon notes spring renewal as farmers relocate fields and families adjust to new soil. The pastor asks whether greater crops and more possessions truly increase happiness, suggesting deeper fulfillment beyond material gains.
The church invites adults to unite with the congregation this Lenten season and attend Bible study at 10 and worship at 11 next Sunday. An adult membership study class runs Tuesday and Wednesday evenings March 11 and 12 and continues for three weeks.
The Lutheran Church Irving N Tange pastor invites all to Sunday School and Bible classes at Gibbam with morning worship at 11 a.m. The Ladies Aid meets March 12 at 2 p.m. Lenten series Words That Live continues March 12 and guest speaker Jersing Thompson. Ladies Aid hosts Circuit Women's Missionary Society March 14.
The Thompson Brothers thank friends and relatives for the many thoughts and kindnesses shown during the illness and death of their brother Louis.
Mrs. Wesley Lehnus expresses gratitude for the cards letters gifts and kindness she received during her stay at Lutheran Hospital and after returning home.
The message thanks everyone for assistance, flowers, memorials, and kindness after the illness and death of the mother and grandmother. It also notes appreciation for acts during Cindy Becke’s illness, from the Sroufe and Becke families and the Rice family.
The W M S Circuit meeting of St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Rolfe on March 14 with members from Rutland Humboldt Coulter Cedar Falls and Rolfe attending. The program begins at 10 in the morning.
The morning program will feature Pastor Foege of Pocahontas and Miss Helen Danielson a missionary from Columbia S A. An Esther and Dorcas Circles luncheon will be served at 12 o clock and good attendance is anticipated.
The O E S School of Instruction met at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday February 19 with Luella Hanson District instructor A luncheon for Star officers and Past Matrons preceded the one o clock session Luella Hanson and Pearl Harvey of Britt attended A 630 dinner for members and guests preceded inspection at eight o clock Chapters from Plover Emmetsburg West Bend Ruthven Livermore Laurens and Corwith attended Coffee was served after the meeting.
In district court Pocahontas County Iowa an instrument claiming to be the last will of Ernest Vaughn dated March 6 1940 was filed opened and read on April 1 1958. A hearing is set at 2 00 PM at the Pocahontas courthouse before the district court or clerk to prove and probate the will. All interested persons must appear to show cause why the instrument should not be probated as the deceased's last will and testament. Dated Pocahontas Iowa March 3 1958. (Seal) Katherine Boozell Clerk of District Court
George Smith and Sons and Tyler led the bull market at Sioux City last Wednesday with a Holstein that weighed 2,115 pounds and sold for 238 cents per pound.
Rolfe local items list hospital stays and surgeries for Richard Schott in Sioux City and a leg operation after February 20. Family and friends visit from across Iowa while others travel to Grand Rapids Michigan for checks and return home.
Democratic voters in Pocahontas Humboldt and Buena Vista Counties are asked to consider Dean Loos Ottoson Iowa for the Democratic nomination for State Senator. James W Hudson Pocahontas Iowa seeks Republican nomination for County Attorney. Kenneth Richardson Pocahontas County seeks Republican candidacy for Sheriff in the 1968 June Primaries.
Governor Herschel Loveless designates March 2 to 8 as Save Your Vision Week in Iowa. Dr. Caryl Hollingshead of Webster City and Dr. Charles A. Leonard of Des Moines endorse the proclamation urging clearer vision for safer driving and better speed and distance judgments on streets and highways.
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