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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
3
Mrs Cordes spent the afternoon visiting as her granddaughter Janet Marie and Sally Ann Cuthbertson helped open the gifts. Miss Bertha Cordes and Mrs B M Cuthbertson served ice cream angel food cake and coffee. The daughter Wisa baked the cake with 74 candles while Mrs Cordes, though not in best health, can be up in a wheelchair most of the time.
Mrs Eida Simonson and the Hovlands visited Louis Paulson for his birthday. May events include Legion and Auxiliary meeting May 13, charity bridge parties, dinners at Hotel Pocahontas, and Mother's Day observances. Various clubs host meetings, picnics, and birthday celebrations with prizes announced for bridge games.
Chapter FR PEO met at Mrs Jennie Bowens home for seven minute book reviews by Mrs Raymond Rogers and Mrs Franklin Majorowicz covering Benets America and Washington Tapestry plus Immortal Wife and Sabotage The Secret War Against America. Miss Leone Chapman to wed Paul Hudek May 16. multiple pre nuptial showers noted with guests from Pocahontas Humboldt Rolfe and Laurens.
Calvin Schneck returned home Tuesday night after a three year Navy active duty including service on Guam and the Marshall Islands. The Schnecks met him in Minneapolis and he traveled via the Panama Canal to New York. Elwyn Ives arrived Wednesday morning after a Camp Atterbury discharge, completing over three years in the Army including a year with the 187th hospital unit in England.
The DMT 4-H club Lively Lassies gathered April 27 at Laurel and Marcia Lehnus home with 15 members. Lois Carpenter led Why I Save War Bonds, Delores Hewlett and JoAnn Hanson demonstrated silverware polishing, Delores Hewlett spoke on courtesy, Marcia Lehnus covered current events, Donna Capesius spoke on citizenship. Games and lunch followed.
William J. Brinkman resumed management of the Standard Oil station on May 1 after several years with the U S Marines.
The Fort Dodge Wraywood junior senior banquet on May 3 featured a spring theme. Guests greeted at the door by Jane Peterson and others, candlelit tables, talisman roses, green program folders, a three course banquet, and a spring themed toast and musical program led by students and Miss Pine.
The government CCC approves dairy subsidy payments through May 31 at 17 cents per pound of butterfat and 60 cents per hundredweight for whole milk sold in January February and March 1946. Producers are urged to mail sales slips to the Pocahontas AAA office for calculation and issuance of signed applications.
The Iowa Development Commission selects a state essay winner to tour Des Moines on May 11 visiting industrial sites and the Capitol with Governor Robert D. Blue. District prize winners include Lyons, Heinrichs, Meredith, Hudtoff, Cruickshank, Thompson, Skerritt, Akler, Leighton, Kludas among others. The commission distributes maps and Iowa days to participating high schools as part of centennial education efforts.
Pastor J. O. Wangberg leads 9:30 a.m. worship with theme Jesus the Way the Truth and Life based on John 14 1 12. 10 30 a m Sunday school and Bible class. Catechism class Saturday 1 45 p m. Junior choir 3 p m. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday May 15 at the Lounge Mrs Arnold Wold hostess. This too is Ladies Aid birthday.
Emery L. Petersen presiding pastor announces confirmation class Saturday at 2 p.m. Sunday school and Bible class begin at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. at Nain Lutheran Church.
Rev. C. R. Buckwalter presides as Sunday school convenes at 10 15 am and morning worship at 11 15 am. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30 pm and choir practices Thursday at 8. Vacation church school runs May 27 to June 7.
A new girl Mary Larson joins the second grade this week. The class reviews number facts totaling 16 and lists spelling words memorized by students including Jack and Mary Ellen. Fourth graders have returned from a Mediterranean trip and begin a Lincoln Highway study with United States letter art and map outline work. Homemakers Party features games, speeches, riddles, and refreshments.
University of Iowa professor George R. Davies reports March gains across building permits 109 percent building contracts 91 life insurance sales 27 bank debits 15 farm product prices 22 and industrial payrolls 1 compared with February. Inflation affects land values yet some rise reflects productivity and low interest rates.
A guide stresses reducing heat exposure for growing chicks to promote healthy development. It notes that younger chicks require warmth while gradually cooling promotes stronger feathers and better thermoregulation as they mature.
Wilbur Sheeley son of Mrs Abbie Sheeley returned home after a four year navy career. He served in the Pacific including the Guam battle and several other island campaigns.
The notice says many cement hog troughs have sold yet a good stock remains. It notes troughs are hard for sows to upset and hints at possible future government directives on coal deliveries while asserting capacity to distribute fairly without orders.
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