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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
4
Local residents visit, travel and work changes noted. Families relocate to Omaha Papillion Rolfe and Des Moines while others attend tournaments and attend meetings. A prisoner of war notice affects the Reimer family and Myrl Waters heads to foreign service.
Mrs Will Brazier opened her home Monday evening to a meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary. Plans were made for entertaining the young county meeting to be held at the Ridetto on Monday evening March 22. Those having used decks of play.
Pastor John Drake Wolcott leads Sunday school at 10 p.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. The Good Will truck collects for Sioux City handicapped, six bags already. Woman's Society circle meets Friday at Mrs. Hilger’s with Hilger, Mann, Glenn, Godfrey hosting. Father and son banquet in church parlors Thursday at 7 p.m. Rev. H Q Ward speaks on Going Backwards to Go Forward with music and features.
The item lists visits by residents including Pvt Merle Yocum now at an army school in Amarillo Texas after transfer from Miami Beach and Don Tscherter who recently left Des Moines for training at the University of Minnesota after his signal corps schooling.
PFC Frederick Buske of the U S Army infantry division is missing in action in North Africa. Parents Bir and Mrs William Buske of the Lizard area report a February 17 notice from the War Department detailing the status.
February and March are best for installing birdhouses. Bluebird and wren houses should be five to ten feet high and one and a half inches and one inch openings respectively. Many birds use hollow trees as nests, including woodpeckers and chickadees, and adding houses helps native species compete with invasive starlings.
James E. Wolfe arrived home March 11 from Camp Campbell after honorable discharge and plans to work in Alaska. Mrs. Chance Williams of Des Moines visited Pocahontas, while Howard Bushman and Paul Hynish received promotions in the army. Sergeant Lloyd Hike visited from Camp Haan and transferred to Camp Davis for officer candidate school. Pvt Robert Kemmer and Pfc Robert Harrison visited from Fort Custer on 3 day leave. Bernard Williams had an appendectomy at Mercy hospital Fort Dodge. Mrs. Russell Young and son visited from Sioux Rapids. Staff Sergeant Dale Reichert, missing in action in North Africa, is a nephew of Mrs. T. M. Shimon.
Members met last Thursday at Mrs. T. A. Nixon’s home as Mrs. C. P. Malcolm led a community service program. Serving committee members included Mrs. Nixon and Mesdames S. L. McIntire J. V. Poduska Ralph Hudek Perry Pearson and William Salasek. Dean Lynch, returning from Cheyenne Wyoming, will finish the school term locally. John Gannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gannon, was admitted to Spencer hospital for an operation Friday morning.
Since January 16, thirty carloads of soybeans have been shipped from a Clarksville elevator to government depots in Memphis Tennessee. The beans were purchased outright by the government.
Waldemar Below of Hubbard Iowa, a soldier youth stationed at Camp Elliott California, received a blanket ration from a Hubbard unit shipment. The local Service Mothers club sent 44 blankets for men in the armed forces.
Bradgate News notes the Noble Grand club meeting Tuesday with Miss Caroline Madsen and a social afternoon with refreshments. Friendly Circle club gathered Friday with Mrs. G. Chase as hostess and several families hosted or visited over the weekend.
The school board last Monday elected three new members: B. Jacobs Noble Hemerson and Fred Benjamin.
The P T A met at the schoolhouse Monday night with president Marguerite Bradbury presiding over the business session. The program highlighted a day of radio broadcasts from news to the Barn Dance Frolic.
The report lists Miss Devine in Livermore Miss Stowe in Webb Miss Johnson in Albert City Mrs Hippenstall in Pringhar Mrs Mack in Alta Mrs Shadwick in Stomm Lake and Mrs Becker in Laurens. Best results are obtained from Tama Boone or control outs from a sewing rate of 2 to 3 bushels per acre.
Passage mentions two hours dedicated to recreation and devotions. It notes a scheduled interval for personal rest and spiritual reflection within a daily routine. No additional names or locations are provided.
Bradgate Methodist Church led by Pastor C R Buckwalter holds morning worship at 1 a.m. The sermon centers on belief about God. Sunday school begins at 11 a.m. Epworth League gathers at 7 p.m.
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