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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
9
A long list of residents and visitors from Algona and nearby towns enjoyed meals and social calls this week. Shoppers and guests traveled between Laurens, Fort Dodge, Spencer, Pocahontas, Estherville, and Ruthven to visit families, attend church events, and drop by homes of relatives and friends.
Tam a candidate for the office of county attorney subject to the will of the Republican voters at the June primary election. Your support will be appreciated. GEO. A SHORS.
In a March 6 1940 letter Mrs J H Pollock shares a sunny San Diego visit with naval drills at the harbor and a detailed trip south of the border into Mexico. She describes Ramona’s marriage Presidio park and a Theosophist service at Lomaland, views of dams Murray and El Capitan, and a border foray detailing towns markets and customs. She notes encounters with border officials and shopping in Tia Juana before returning by the same coastal route.
Pocahontas county resident John Kopriva celebrated his 90th birthday with a family pot luck dinner at his home attended by about 25 relatives. Born March 21 1850 in Czecho Slovakia he emigrated to the United States in 1870 and moved to Pocahontas County in 1917. He has nine children 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Drake University concert band gave a 2:40 pm Wednesday concert in the public school auditorium as part of its spring tour through northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.
Mrs Jane Morrison died about 10 o clock Friday morning March 22 at her daughter Mrs W D Point of Pocahontas. Complications after pneumonia caused death. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 30 at the Point home and 2 at the Methodist church with Rev A C Long officiating. Burial was in Cedar cemetery at Fonda.
Mr and Mrs Furrow and their daughter Miss Helen Furrow left last week for Hot Springs Arkansas to join Mrs Furrow and Helen who will stay extendedly there. They plan a southern and western auto trip to the Pacific coast with stops at lumber mills in the western states and expect to return home in May.
Miss Bertha Strong formerly of Pocahontas who worked in Blue Island Illinois was hospitalized at Evergreen Park Illinois with serious head face and arm injuries from a March 14 crash. Her condition improved satisfactorily and she planned to leave the hospital soon.
Mrs James Donahue and Fred Strong of Ware visited last week. Mrs Donahue is Miss Strong’s sister and Mr Strong is her brother.
Taken to Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge Monday March 18 from his Pocahontas home where visiting brother Joe Stelpflug resides. Duke Stelpflug is listed as seriously ill and a patient since the transfer.
Pupils at Sacred Heart and public schools enjoyed brief Easter breaks. Sacred Heart closed Thursday afternoon and reopens Monday morning, while the public school resumes Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were held for Michael T. Sernett 78 a former Pocahontas resident. He died Sunday morning at Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge after a heart attack following a stroke two weeks earlier. Six nephews served as pallbearers and burial was in Lizard Cemetery.
Bradgate News notes include Mrs John Nelson visiting Humboldt from near Humboldt, Roger Isaacson visiting Calender relatives, Chris Madsen attending Will Hansens funeral in Humboldt, Margaret Lokerse visiting Rolfe with Nick Lokerse, Walt Turley shopping in Ft Dodge, Gladys Sinclair hosting Rolfe dinner, Martha Wallace visiting Webster City, and Raymond Olson calling at the H Wright and Sorenson homes.
The text records a funeral attended for Mrs Sorenson's uncle in Peterson last Monday. It notes visits by Mr and Mrs John Madsen and family to Chris Madsen's home on Sunday afternoon. It also mentions Mr and Mrs Dwayne Benge visiting the Noble Hermerson home Friday evening.
The Lutheran Church schedules a 9 45 a m divine service with Sunday school and Bible class at 11 a m announcements cover the week of March 25 81. Luther League resumes Monday 8 p m in church with program and reception for new confirmants. Thursday 2 p m ladies meet Clara Hansen farm home hostesses Mrs Hansen and Mrs Christensen bake sale. Friday Bible study at Thos Kjeer home.
Advice stresses water as the cheapest yet vital part of a chick diet. Recommend multiple small waterers early on and cooling water before feeding to ensure adequate intake and digestion.
The article urges frequent cleaning and sterilizing of fountains used by chicks and recommends a double-duty antiseptic drinking water medicine for the first two weeks. It warns weaker chicks can spread virulent organisms through water and favors products that prevent germs and aid digestion, not just color the water.
John A Johnston of Eldora boasted he was grandfather to both a Christmas baby and a Leap Year baby. J H Clary then claimed he has him beat as father of a Christmas daughter and a Leap Year daughter, both grown now.
A petition will come on for hearing before the Board of Supervisors at the Court House in Pocahontas Iowa at 2 52 oclock P M on the 2d day of April 1940. All persons interested may appear and be heard. March 19 1940.
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