Local Diddings Visit Fort Dodge and Surrounding Areas
Local residents from Fort Dodge and nearby towns visited family and friends over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Eccles and LeRoy Nelson were Fort Dodge callers Friday.
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
2
Local residents from Fort Dodge and nearby towns visited family and friends over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Eccles and LeRoy Nelson were Fort Dodge callers Friday.
Rolfe residents honor Mary McEwen with a shower as Mary receives home gifts and wishes. Families attend bridge games, a Mothers Day dinner, and a ward gathering. Mrs. Lars O. Larson dies after illness. funeral held at Trinity Lutheran with a large local turnout.
Mrs George Ivey and Mrs B C Rudolfson hosted a seven o clock dinner at the Ivey home Monday evening for the local school faculty. Twenty attendees enjoyed yellow currants and purple iris decorations with apple blossoms throughout. Doris Rudolfson and Mary LaVon Ives served, followed by an entertainment program featuring The Unseen Play with Mildred Taylor Frances Donica and Carroll A Lane, plus a humorous debate on whether a male school teacher should marry.
Mr and Mrs H K Larson of Fort Dodge spent Mothers Day with Mrs Minnie Jarvis in Des Moines visiting her mother Mrs Fleming. Mr and Mrs D I Young and son Russell visited Chris Oleson home in Rembrandt. Mr and Mrs Earl Chambers and family with Miss Alice Bratton and Mrs B F Chambers visited John Landing home in Ruthven last Sunday.
Next Tuesday May 23 will be observed as monument straightening day at Clinton-Garfied Cemetery in Rolfe. Trustees of the Cemetery Association and Cecil Cumming Post No 25 American Legion sponsor the work and will have parties at the grounds to direct it. Many monuments lean badly and need cement work. Volunteers are urged to attend to help make the task light.
The executive board of the M. E. Ladies' Aid Society hosted a Mother's Day event in the church parlors last Wednesday attended by about seventy-five members and guests. The program featured songs, poems, recitations, piano duets, and vocal selections by members including Mrs. T. D. Jones, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Bassett, Mrs. O. B. Fuller Jr., Miss Lois Jessie Brinkman, and others.
Miss Mary McEwen daughter of Mr and Mrs Jos McEwen and Le Roy Nelson son of Mr and Mrs J C Nelson wed Wednesday May 17 at Rolfe Presbyterian parsonage with Rev C Paul Carlson presiding. Only parents and the bride's sister attended. They plan a brief wedding trip and will reside in a duplex home southeast of Rolfe. The bride studied at Frances Shimer School and Town State College Ames with Pi Phi. the groom graduated from Iowa State College in agricultural economics and belongs to Alpha Sigma Phi. Additional visits included Agnes Bigger and Rose Meehan Pocahontas at the Wm Pattee home. Mrs George Jeffries and children visited the Harry Grove home in Farnhamville. Mrs Deane Trick of Des Moines visited her parents in Rolfe.
Rev T S Bassett presides as Sunday School 10 00 morning worship 11 00 Epworth League 7 15 evening worship 8 00 next Sunday is Young Peoples Day marking the Epworth Leagues 44th anniversary Epworth Leaguers will usher form choir and present a special program Parents and young people urged to attend Also Ladies Aid Kensington meets May 24 Union Vacation Bible School May 29 to June 10 events list May 28 Women’s Day June 2 3 Epworth League District Conference Fort Dodge and Morningside College commencement June 3 6 3 6 weekend dates listed
Morning worship at 10 00 Sunday school at 11 15 and Christian Endeavor at 7 00 p m Grace McEwen will direct the evening service with a discussion on world regions still without Christ A vacation church school is planned for the near future Parents are urged to enroll children The eye of God remains pure as the spirit of a child fresh from His hand and undefiled credited to R H Stoddard.
Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening Service on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Mid-Week Prayer Meeting Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. First Sunday morning service in Danish. others in English. Rolfe community invited to attend.
The Arrow weekly newspaper in Rolfe Pocahontas Iow a declares no bondholders or security holders. Marion Bruce sworn May 16 1933 before Notary Robt Bruce.
Rev J O Wangberg leads Sunday School at 10:00 a m and Morning Worship at 10:45 a m Luther League meets at 8:00 p m Thursday prayer at 8:00 p m Sunday morning Bible classes follow the usual hour On Sunday evening Rev Bergsaker D D financial secretary will address the Luther League Missionary Society meets next Wednesday at Mrs Ben Munson’s home May 24 Beveridge quote on heaven’s narrow path.
A reflective piece on restraint and self-control values riches in restraint. It extols calm as a defense, links beauty to kindness, and posits a divine beauty doctor guiding restraint over impulse.
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