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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
4
Local pastors from Rolfe announce a unified Holy Week schedule. Nain and Trinity Lutherans alternate services starting Monday night, Methodists hold a Thursday communion, and Presbyterians and Methodists share a Friday union service at the Presbyterian church. Community invited to join in preparation for Easter sunrise.
Lenten midweek services are set at 8 p m at Trinity church. Confirmation class at the parsonage Saturday at 2. Palm Sunday services 11 with Sunday school 10 15 and evening service 8. Holy week union services feature Nain and Trinity churches Monday to Thursday with sermons on The Seven Words from the Cross. All are welcome.
The Trinity Lutheran program lists Sunday morning theme Leave Her in Peace from John 2 1 16 with Bible study in the evening. Catechism class meets Saturday at 1 30 pm. Lenten services are Thursday evening. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs John Severson at Pocahontas on Wednesday April 5. D L Moody quote about redemption ends.
Rev. W H Lease pastor leads a series of meetings and services at the Methodist Church. Palm Sunday next Sunday, Holy Week with Good Friday service, Easter plans, and an annual missionary offering. Choirs andEpworth League gatherings announced. baptism opportunities and church membership chances highlighted.
The Presbyterian Church invites members and friends to Palm Sunday service at 10 AM with a sermon on Christ's Triumphal Entry. Session meets after to receive new members. Sunday school at 11 10 and workers conference at 7 30. Choirs rehearse for Easter program. New officers to be elected April 4.
The church will observe Good Friday with a Friday evening service. A cordial invitation is extended to Methodist friends to join in this service. The quarterly communion service is planned for Easter Sunday morning.
Leo Cornwell and Arnold Hansen received all state and honorable mention. Normal training students held a U V R meeting with a country school setup. Junior normal training earned N Y pins and music groups performed at Bradgate P T A and county meetings. Various class activities included art exhibits, spelling prizes, history studies, Easter projects, and seventh grade fashion lessons.
The Laurens 4 H party gathers delegates from each boys club to elect five county officers. The event marks the official leadership selection for the organized clubs.
Mr and Mrs Magnus Larson and family and Mr and Mrs Will Peter son were visitors. The Lutheran young people held a bake sale Saturday at the McCreary grocery. Mr and Mrs Henry Olson entertained a group at a card party Saturday evening. The Andrew Peterson family and the Estle Andrews family of Luverne were mentioned.
The 4-H club program selects officers for the year including President Roger De Wolf Garfield Hustlers Vice President William Shold Secretary Alvin Vaughn Treasurer Robert Joliffe Historian Robert Bolen Cummins Cooperators Swan Lake The serving committee held a lunch at meeting’s end.
E E for quality chicks from blood tested flocks and a better job of custom hatching come in and see us. We are open all night. 17 years in business in Pocahontas. Head quarters for supplies feed and Cozy ready built houses. Phone 285 for the best we can give W F Lieb mgr. 1 8 ORDER YOUR BABY CHICKS NOW Can supply them from R Q O P matings dams records from 225 to 300 per year. Sexed chicks in all varieties some as low at 2 50 per 100. Try our Greenmerk Chick Star ter actual tests made last year proved it superior to other feed. Turkey poults and Pekin ducklings. STROMBERG HATCHERY Phone 266 Rolfe d
In Pocahontas county Iowa probate court Anna Barg has been appointed and qualified as administratrix of Henry Barg deceased. All creditors must pay the estate and those with claims must present them as required by law for allowance and payment. Dated March 18 1989.
Sunday dinners and weekend visits fill area homes as residents from Humboldt McIntyre Clarion and Council Bluffs gather at the homes of the Seaquist Bergam Wallace Burris Watkins and Kinseth families. Guests include Locke Sinclair Fred Smith Vaughn and others with social events noted at Clark and Wallace homes.
Plover residents share weekend visits with relatives in nearby towns and attend church and club activities. A birthday and an Easter gift display are announced, with several local residents noted visiting Pocahontas Spencer and Algona. A 500 card party and a 6:30 dinner at Hotel Pocahontas are listed among gatherings.
Mornday, 82, died at his daughter's home in a Plover area notice. many local events include skating party at Twin Lakes, a Mrs. Boles shower, and birthday gatherings. Residents visited, hosted cards, and attended teachers conferences while relatives traveled between Emmetsburg Ames and Rolfe.
In Plover school notes the third and fourth grades observe a butterfly hatching and pussy willows developing while the fourth grade memorizes the Star Spangled Banner. Absences persist across grades due to flu with Morris Foréy missing last Thursday and Friday. The subdistrict music contest occurs Thursday through Saturday at Clarion with several Plover entries.
Plover Presbyterian Church announces preaching at 10 and Sunday school at 11 with Willing Workers meeting Thursday at 2 30. Group 8 serves. committee in charge includes Mrs L E Garlock Mrs William McKim and Mrs Charles Leh nus. Easter communion drive on Sunday April 9 at 10 a m. Henry Alson of Buena Vista college Storm Lake will occupy the pulpit next Sunday at 10.
Plover Methodist Church invites for Palm Sunday with Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 Epworth league at 7 p m Pastor E Redmayne states the message The Triumphant Christ focusing on the cheering children in Jerusalem A district conference will be held at the church on Tuesday April 11 details to follow
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