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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
3
Emery Ly Petersen, pastor announces Sunday service at Nain Lutheran and Daily Vacation Bible School to begin Tuesday June 8 at D.M.T. location with sessions at 10 15 am for children and attendees.
Trinity Lutheran Church announces 9:30 a.m. morning worship with the theme The Water That Quenches the Thirst of the Soul based on John 7 37 39. 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. 8:00 p.m. Luther League. Catechism class Saturday 1 45 p.m. Junior choir 3 00 p.m. Bring envelopes for Lutheran World Action.
W F Schneck pastor leads Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 Christian Endeavor at 6 45 pm choir practice at 830 pm Wednesday Our daily vacation Bible school begins Monday morning May 31. Please speak to us if transportation is a problem. We have good teachers and a strong program.
Bradgate Methodist Church led by Pastor C R Buckwalter lists morning worship at 10 o clock with the sermon Victim or Victor and Sunday school at 11. Youth Fellowship meets 7 to 9 p.m. The Woman's Society of Christian Service holds a May 24 meeting with Miss Harvey. Daily vacation Bible school begins May 25 at 2 p.m.
Rev. C R Buckwalter leads Sunday school at 10 15 morning worship at 11 15 with sermon Victim or Victor There is an Asbury class meeting and potluck at noon The Rolfe church women are invited to a missionary meeting at Bradgate Monday at 2 30 with Miss Harvey the returned missionary The service meets Wednesday May 26 Circle No 2 serves
Pvt Leone H Chapman of Rolfe finished five weeks of recruit training at Hunter College in New York City and has been assigned to active duty with the U S Marine Corps Women s Reserve. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Chapman of Rolfe.
Major Ellis Eno of Fort Dodge has been made commanding officer of the Army Air Base at Rapid City South Dakota He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs John Onnen of Rolfe His parents were living in Havelock at the time of his birth He entered service in 1941 with the Iowa National Guard observation squadron and is a 1941 class graduate of the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth He served as plane and training officer at Wendover Field Utah and was promoted to major after commanding the Fremont Nebraska base for a short period
PFC Elden H. Willard 28 son of Mr and Mrs Harry H Willard of Gilmore City completed an intensive course in air force clerical duties at the Training Detachment of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command on the campus of Colorado State College of Education. He received a diploma at graduation and is now stationed at Key Field Air Base Mississippi.
Cedar Falls Iowa Mary Graves of Rolfe was honored for scholarship and leadership at the eleventh Recognition Day at Iowa State Teachers College. She received special recognition for membership in Purple Arrow and was among 79 students awarded the honor in the Wednesday morning ceremony.
In Roife unit 18 women answered last Monday's appeal for surgical dressings. They have produced 27,000 dressings over 27 meetings, showing the busiest town volunteers. The drive continues despite a shortage of recruits as May brings gardening and housecleaning duties. Ninety percent of battlefield and hospital dressings are sent.
The community gathers for surgical dressings at the Red Cross center as wounded soldiers arrive home for care. Cora-Lighter Ivey gives a $5 gift to aid local Red Cross expenses, and Mrs Diggs completes a Home Nursing course with 24 women finishing the class.
Mrs. Denzil Johnson expresses gratitude for flowers and cards received during hospitalization, noting sincere appreciation for the kindness shown.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huffman of Laurens spent the week end in the A. J. Kilbourn home. Mrs. Fay Wax and Mrs. Gerald O'Donnel spent Sunday afternoon at the Nd O'Donnel home in Bradgate. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Nielsen and family were dinner guests in the Leslie Fargo home Sunday.
Des Moines county Farm Bureau will hold a meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Georges Lehnus. Miss Erna Rn County nurse will give a talk and a dramatic play will be performed. Various musical selections are planned and all members and friends are invited.
John Lewis seeks two more weeks for mining decisions delaying a verdict on who is bigger Uncle Sam or Lewis. Aiming for Mayflower and Bonny Blue cars by June 1. Coal in the bin beats money in the bank next winter. Food Conference in Hot Springs starts with 2 400 pints of liquor as discussion stimulators. No rationing on cement tile drainage. Vincent’s drain tile praised. Life-Time Red Cedar shingles unload finished. Bed room slippers joke about Dobbin. Hog and poultry self feeders and hog bungalows orders rising. P S may you live to eat the hen that scratches on your grave.
Farragut Idaho May 9 Welby Charles Boles begins recruit training this week at Parragut Naval Training Station He is the son of Mr and Mrs Welby E Boles Rolfe Iowa and is entering the naval program to begin service obligations support from family noted in a brief society notice
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