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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
3
D M T section reports a boys tournament at Plover with a 35 25 win over Gilmore City then a 24 20 loss to Mallard in the next round. Senior guard van Smith and forward Francis Howland fouled out early. A girls supper honors the boys before their Gilmore City game.
Rev Bassett's church lists Sunday School at 10, worship at 11, Epworth League at 7. Special Palm Sunday to Easter plans include Holy Week sermons, Easter Musicale, baptisms, and a pageant. Union services with nearby churches are scheduled, including a 2 hour Friday service with Trinity and Nain Lutheran congregations.
Rev J O Wangberg leads morning worship at 10 00 a m with Sunday School Luther League at 10 45 a m and midweek prayer meeting on Thursday at 8 00 p m Regular preaching at the Sunday hour Ladies Aid meets March 14 at Mrs I A Petersons home Choir rehearsal Friday at the church The quote cautions against government spending on luxuries and the price of blood by Arthur Pierson.
Morning Worship at 10:00 a.m. Rev George Alright to deliver the sermon at Sunday services. Sunday School at 11:15 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship at 8:00 p.m. The school is making a special effort to increase attendance and all members and friends are urged to attend.
Morning worship at 11:00 a m and evening service at 8:00 p m on the first and third Sundays. The morning service on the first is noted.
Perfect spelling grades awarded last Friday to Verne Peterson Ora Belle Gehrt Arnold Zeman and Richard Phillips. Thelma Boyd Shirley Fisher Donna Carol Nielsen and Evelyn Peterson earned this week’s grades in spelling.
Advertises guaranteed broader stores chicks at 12.90 with immediate delivery. Promotes All-Mash Chick Starter at a reasonable price from Stromberg Hatchery Rolfe Iowa. Also lists curtain cleaning 10 cents, Poland China gifts for April May, rooms for rent, baled straw sale with contact numbers.
Children play in the yard as a mother warns them not to leave the premises. The youngest asks where one goes when off the premises. The oldest replies that going off the premises is not going anywhere, but staying right where you are.
A brief dialogue notes Willie asking his mother for permission to use his wish bone to obtain a birthday gift. The exchange centers on a request for a pair of skates as a desired present.
An old lady asks a wolf cub in uniform about his good deed for the day. The boy explains he gave the last dose of medicine to his sister, saying he was proud of his act.
On his first voyage, Rastus reveals he is a landlubber and jokes about how much the sea rubs him, as Sgt. John Globe recalls the moment with humor.
The Rolfe community invites attendance at Sunday services conducted in Danish each month while all other church services occur in English. Services follow the stated schedule unless an announcement changes them.
A notice from A M Simonson requests discontinuation of a pullets for sale advertisement after selling all pullets the day after The Arrow issue. He notes 8 to 10 chances to sell but ran out of pullets.
Chas E Watters announces a new Gamble Stores outlet in the Jones building two doors north of the post office set to open Monday March 12. Waters is authorized as local agent to supply merchandise at standard Gamble Store prices. The Carroll party visited Mrs J F McCreery in Fonda where she is recovering from a hip fracture with pegs and limited mobility after four months of bed rest.
A community sale will be held at the stockyards in Havelock on Wednesday March 14 at 1 30 p m The lineup includes household goods farm machinery seed corn potatoes and a large list of chickens and livestock items The sale is the last of the season in Havelock Col Floyd Grove will be on the block and Harold Shimon will push the pencil See the handbills for particulars.
Plover schedules a community sale for Saturday March 17 with property listed by T. R. Jones and J. H. Horsman. The Arrow PAY will publish the sale notice early next week.
District Judge James P. Gaffney granted a 15 day extension to attOrneys W R Hart and H J Reis to finish their ethics investigation of attorney W L Sharp. The Johnson County Bar Association sponsored the petition, noting court business delayed initial 30 day deadline set Feb 15 1934.
The Plover Patriot reports Junior Jensen spent several days in Des Moines last week. Grover S Shriner and wife of Rolfe were callers at the W J John son home Friday evening. Jack Eggspuehler, son of F R Eggspuehler, was ill early in the week and his mother stayed home from school duties to care for him. he was recovering nicely at last report.
The Willing Workers Society meets Thursday afternoon with devotionals led by Mrs. Henry Fitzgerald. Sunday sermon series on A 7 Fold Change continues with A Change of Condition. Bible Study Tuesday March 13 covers Genesis 22 The Testing of Abraham. County C E Rally at Laurens is planned for Saturday March 10 with afternoon and evening sessions. Twenty two members have paid 25 cent assembly dues.
Lent meeting at the parsonage this Thursday at 7 30. Mar 13 Men's Brotherhood meets at Laurens, bring wives. Reception of members Mar 18 baptisms Mar 25. Plan to attend Sunrise Service Easter Sunday morning.
Plover hosts district Sage basketball events with Plover, Bradgate, Curlew and Ottosen teams competing. Class B finals see Plover defeat Bradgate 48 to 21, while Albert City tops Rolfe 50 to 27 in Class A. Local notices report sales, hospital visits, family moves, and community happenings across the area.
The Plover Independent Consolidated School District plans its annual meeting Monday March 12 to elect one director replacing A L Firkins. Two weeks later the city election will choose a mayor treasurer assessor and five councilmen. A caucus was held Wednesday evening at the Plover Lumber Co office.
Four Gilmore City youths returning from a tournament failed to turn south at the Geo Heathman corner and rode through a ditch into George Heathman’s garden. One boy sustained minor injuries and the car was badly damaged. Mrs Heathman notes this is the third car to miss the corner this winter and suggests placing "Turn" signs.
The State Sectional Girls Tournament will be at Plover school gymnasium on March 8 9 10. On Thursday Fonda will face Brooks Consolidated and Mallard meets High View. Friday Bradgate meets the Fonda Brooks winner and Plover plays Mallard High View winner. Finals are Saturday evening.
Auxiliary notes no regular local unit meeting this month. The Plover Unit will entertain other county units in the near future. Watch columns for announcements on time and place of the next meeting.
Delmar Ralph and Jack Snook of Des Moines township began a weeks long job search visiting Newton relatives and the Wyman Howell family in Indiana and Ohio. They then toured Detroit and found employment in an automobile factory after a day’s work. The voyage ends with the group noting good luck and a boast of having their horse shoes right.
The J. H. Horsman and Dr. G. A. Everson families left Plover while Cherry Iseminger Leonard and Riggs families moved in during the past week. All vacant houses are now occupied except Frank Climpson's large northeast corner house which could become apartments after minor changes. Ted Clark moved to the A. H. Hancher farm and the W. H. Hendricks family to the Johnson acreage. Most moving is finished.
The Boys State Sectional Basketball Tournament last week saw Albert City take Class A honors while Plover claimed Class B. Upsets shaped the path to finals with teams including Laurens Rolfe Poca hontas in A and Bradgate D M T Curlew Gilmore City Havelock Mallard Ottogen Palmer Pioneer Plover Rodman Ware in B. D M T beat Gilmore City 35 25 and Mallard crushed Havelock 64 12 in opening games.
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