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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
3
Havelock news items report community activities including club gatherings hosted by Mrs Frank Kirby and others, troop and veteran updates, residents visiting Webster City, Girl Scouts tin can drive for war effort, and local family moves. Several residents return from service or furlough, and Red Cross membership drives continue as communities support war work.
Thursday the girls basketball team travels to Des Moines to face Black Rapids at 3 45 PM in the state tournament. The squad has appeared in the state tourney the last three years and this year remains unbeaten. Several local residents visit relatives and attend social events, including engagements and weddings, with communities in Pocahontas and Glen Dale noted.
Mrs W B McTaggart entertained the Havelock Women's club on a Wednesday afternoon with a lesson on Iceland. Lunch was served by Mrs McTaggart and assistant Mrs Howard Gibson. Mrs Lillian Brazier hosted the Thimble club at her Home on Wednesday afternoon.
A Wednesday blaze caused by a tractor backfire engulfed the Frank Johnson residence north of town. The building and its contents were lost, with only partial insurance coverage. Two tractors a binder a corn planter and other machines plus 180 gallons of gasoline 100 gallons of oil and grease were destroyed. The threshing machine was spared and neighbors helped save an adjoining corn crib.
Havelock Methodist Church led by Pastor John Drake Wolcott holds Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am. The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets Friday at Mrs. J. C. Barth's home with Mrs. Gordon Vial presiding. A father and son banquet is planned for March 18 with Rev. H. O. Ward as speaker. The Good Will truck will visit on March 20 and parishioners are asked to gather material for a local drive.
Guthry Center firefighters determined the Norman Steenson home fire was caused by sun rays through the Ish bowl and water. The blaze was found and extinguished before heavy damage to curtains or the house occurred.
Victor Henderson of Polk City received a letter from his brother August in Sweden, the first in 16 months. No war conditions were mentioned in Sweden. Henderson sent the letter by air mail. it took nine months to reach its destination in Sweden.
Dr. O. R. Sweener head of the chemical engineering department at Ames State College was main speaker at the Pocahontas Commercial Club banquet at Hotel Pocahontas on Tuesday. Local births, moves, club meetings, and service member updates fill community notes. Corporal Patrick Duffy wounded in North Africa is not improving. several residents join military service and relocate for work or health.
Miss Christina Lampe of Omaha registered nurse visited her parents Mr and Mrs J H W Lampe along with her brother Corporal Henry Lampe of Camp Haan California. A family gathering was held Sunday with out of town guests including Mr and Mrs John Lampe and children of Spencer and Miss Marie Lampe of Mason City among others.
The report lists numerous visits and relocations including Mr and Mrs George Peters and family visiting from Council Bluffs, sons Gerald Peters and Leo Pattee with others in the area, and service members Leo Pattee and George Donohoe stationed at Camp Roberts California. Other moves include the Heckings to Rolfe and Hodgells to a Gilmore City area farm, while Pfc Joe Blaha heads to Camp Carson after a furlough.
Duane Shimon of Des Moines visited Mrs. Ed Westell at her T M Shim home. Dale Quinn of Des Moines brought her home on Saturday and stayed until Sunday. Thomas Quinlan and Francis Hujek joined them from Pocahontas, visiting in their own homes.
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