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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
3
Pocahontas chamber of commerce will host its annual banquet March 13 with Arthur H. Brayton of Des Moines to address members. Moose meat will be served, provided by Casper Shim. The issue also notes numerous social events and club meetings around town.
R A Sanders and son Ferdinand of near Chapin report 40 hogs missing from a hired man operated farm. The hogs are Hampshire Berkshire cross from the farm of disappearance. Two weeks later the hogs are found on the Sanders home farm. Officers and owners cannot explain the incident.
Spring sown lawns must be seeded as soon as the ground can be worked to gain the benefits of spring moisture. Delays in planting reduce moisture advantages and delay establishment.
The Havelock News reports Mrs. Will Fowler Mrs. J L Hunt and Mrs E B Alabaugh recovering at home or in hospital after illness. Older resident H Gill seriously ill. Basketball team lost to Curlew 31 25 in Laurens tournament. Community meetings future dates March 18 auxiliary and March 31 council host home. Residents Stan Colee Gordon Leigh enter service.
Funeral services for Mrs Boyd Ayers 25 of Cylinder were held at the Methodist church with a pastor from Open Bible church Waterloo officiating. Born here she left a husband two young sons and her parents Mr and Mrs Will Hanson and a brother Claud of Spirit Lake. Interment followed in Washington cemetery beside two infant siblings.
Mrs Anderson takes second and third grades while Mrs John Whitman teaches kindergarten and assists with other grades. Mr Duftsman dies at Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge aged 77, funeral at Fonda. Northwest Aid served lunch after Ayers services. Ruth Lathrop at Buena Vista College weekend home. Ruth and Mary Wilson bring in waste paper with Lathrop pickup. Cpl Melvin Buck on furlough from Camp Davis visits home. Dean Sandy leaves for Camp Farragut Idaho after furlough. Eldon Buck family moves back to parental home. Lawrence Brazier on navy furlough with family.
Mr and Mrs Charles Hauswirth entertained Eastern Star lodge officers at their home Tuesday evening They played euchre with three tables Prizes went to Mrs A L Sundberg and Mrs Merle Wright high Mrs Laura Oleson and Charles Hauswirth second and Mrs J R Davidson traveling A dainty lunch followed served by Mrs Hauswirth
Mrs Laura Oleson acted as hostess for a Cummins Local meeting. Members gathered to discuss community affairs and planned upcoming activities and assignments for the group.
Ax el Carlson of Jaurens assisted at the local blacksmith shop. During the week Mrs Avery Carpenter of Rodman and Mrs Irvin Carpenter of West Bend visited to care for their ailing mother Mrs L Albaugh.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Herscher and children visited the Maney Stover home. Gordon Mehaffey and children called on the Stover home and Pocahontas visits followed by West Bend and Mallard calls. A charivari for La verne Bennett occurred Friday. Families, shoppers, and Sunday dinners are listed among local residents and hosts.
Mrs Will Boysen welcomed Havelock Woman’s Club members for the regular business meeting and lunch at her home Wednesday afternoon served by Mrs Boysen and Mrs Mary Boysen. Roland Keerles of Louisiana returns from furlough to spend time with his wife and family as relatives gather to honor him. The Keerbs family hosted a Sunday gathering, while Mrs Keerbs has been visiting near Sioux Rapids. Bonie Goodchild and family from Papillion Nebr visited for the death of Mrs Boyd Ayers, with Mr and Mrs Lester Goodchild employed at an Omaha defense plant.
Pastor John Drake Wolcott leads Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m The Father and Son banquet is Thursday with Rev Charles Buckwalter as speaker Wake Up and Live Women’s Society of Christian Service meets Friday at George Speer home Hostesses are Mrs Speer and Mrs B C Boysen Study class at parsonage 1 30 p m Third chapter of For All of Life read by Mrs Ray
Mond Hartsock urges readers to boost Red Cross blood donations, stressing the urgent need for supplies and asking the community to step up now.
Mr and Mrs Les Thorson were dinner guests in the Weal Lehnus home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Maney Stover and a family were Sunday dinner at the Lou Stover home in Laureng. Mrs Bess Cruickshank and Clarence Heathman are visiting Mrs Alphie Colburn at True Minn. Mrs John Engesser is honored at Balaton Minn.
Ronald Colston of the Doane Agricultural Service reports many Pocahont county farmers have signed to grow Waxy-Maize corn in 1944. Returning growers include R. A. Crummer W. Stoull A. H. Turner A. M. Hertz OG Oleson with new trainees Gerd Marens J. L. Lanus George Schott P Bartosh George Wagner AL Omtredt Henry Edge Arthur Cooper George Heald W W Heald Maynard Swecker and Chas Martens. The contractors have signed for 442 acres and progress is satisfactory.
Contour farming at the Clarinda Soil Conservation Experimental Farm during 1933 to 1939 reduced soil loss and water runoff by about five times. The listing notes up and down slope trials and the positive effects on crop retention and land quality.
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