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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
3
The Headliner annual of Havelock high school was issued with a royal blue cover and gold trim. It highlights faculty and students from kindergarten through senior year, with sports, chorus, glee clubs, and yearlong activities, plus local advertising.
Baccalaureate services at the Methodist church featured Rev. J. D. Wolcott with the address titled A spelling Lesson. Commencement will be held Thursday with 15 graduates and Dr. J. J. Davies of Fort Dodge speaking. Veishea trip to Ames for seniors, juniors, and sophomores. Local residents visited family and friends across Laurens, Emmetsburg, and Des Moines as well as events at Pocahontas and Rolfe.
The Havelock Methodist Church led by Pastor John Drake Wolcott schedules Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. The daily vacation bible school starts Monday May 27 with primary junior and intermediate departments. Mrs Mable Hullmark of Fort Dodge visited Rev J D Wolcott and went to the lakeside camp ground.
The Herscher home hosted a Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Emory and family, Mr. and Mrs Earl Sandy and Dean, Mr. and Mrs Harry Herscher and Geraldine and Darell, Mrs and Mrs Will Nowack, Mrs Clara Keerles, J. L. Hunt of Mallard, and Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Kemmer and family, Clare, plus the Kemmer and John Ange line families.
A crowded reception list includes Mr and Mrs Noble Higby Mr and Mrs Walter Turley Mrs Dorothy Woodruff Mrs Johann Seaman Mrs Alice Gunderson and Caroline Madsen at a Gone With the Wind show in Humboldt. Other notes mention visits, hosting, and weekend trips by local families and teachers.
Sunday visits linked the Wright and Olson families with extended relatives. Turley, Sayers, and others roaded to Wyoming to visit kin and attend a graduation. Danish Lutheran ladies aid hosted guest day with about 135 attendees and a Mother’s Day program. Mary Buck returned home from a winter in Minneapolis and Fort Dodge area. Mark Dickey came home from Mercy Hospital after treatment.
Pastor W K Williams leads 10 15 Sunday school and 11 15 morning worship. No League due to Baccalaureate service. Tuesday 8 00 mid week service and 8 50 choir practice. Wednesday 10 00 missionary society at Rutland parsonage with noon potluck. Thursday 7 00 commencement at the school. Sell It With an Arrow Adlet.
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