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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
6
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The Emmetsburg junior class held a Friday evening banquet at the remote hotel with L Sanders as ring master The program featured Walter Jackson Rey Minkler Wava Emery Mary Iseminger Lou McKim Helen Beneke and others in a lively event including a circ us parade and a circus themed performance The week also included baccalaureate services and spring play rehearsals with several cast members named and plans announced for a district Sunday school workers conference.
The Plover Methodist Church led by Pastor E. Redmayne lists Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m A Young People's meeting follows at 7 p m with the topic What Does Being Part of a Group Demand The pastor discusses The Religion That Helps or Is Religion a Load or a Lift in his sermon
Divine worship at 9 a m led by Pastor John Brunn with sermon theme Heroes of Faith. Cordial invitation extended for all to attend. Wilbur Beenken, before Mayor C S Macy, said he must have fallen asleep after his car crashed into three parked vehicles on Main Street in Grundy Center.
A twenty five mile Sunday trail ride from Pocahontas gathered seventy five riders and a total of 67 horses. The group met at the Harry Levene place at 10 a.m. and returned at 4 p.m. A noon lunch was held near a gravel pit ten miles west. Fort Dodge Humboldt Algona and Rockwell City observers watched the ride.
Dr. F H DeHaan of Pocahontas and Miss Dorothy Gipple of Mt. Union married Saturday afternoon May 17 at the bride’s home in Mt. Union. Rev. B J Hawkins officiated with Mrs D W Alderman and Miss June Carter as attended guests. Alderman served as best man.
The senior Sodality welcomed guests from nearby parishes at a May 12 dance at the Ridotto. Sacred Heart high school seniors enjoyed a Twin Lakes picnic on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Monaghan traveled Friday to Aberdeen South Dakota to visit her daughter Catherine Monaghan and Rt. Rev. Msgr. P. T. Monaghan.
Palmer High School beat Pocahontas High 20 to 7 on Tuesday afternoon at home. Gilmore City High then defeated Pocahontas 10 to 8 Friday afternoon here. Pocahontas town team lost 11 to 2 to Emmetsburg Sunday afternoon in town.
Fifteen children from Sacred Heart Catholic parish received their first Holy Communion at the 7 30 mass on Sunday. Names include Jeanette Alig Edward Eckerson John Fitzgerald Gerald Hamann John Hammes Rita McCartan Lu Ann McTaggart Margaret Mileschik Jenieta Miller Thomas Miller Donald Ries Veronica Ryan Janice Sinek Margaret Svejda Kathleen Wagner. They were enrolled in the scapular of Our Lady of Mt Carmel after the mass and later received communion certificates from Father Harry Dailey.
Funeral services for John Vavrika 76 longtime Pocahontas resident were held Wednesday at 9 in Sts Peter and Paul Catholic church. Burial followed at Calvary cemetery with local mourners attending.
Retired farmer Mr. Vavrika died at 5 30 o’clock Monday morning after a serious illness that began May 8. He is survived by his widow and daughter Mrs D L Sheker. The couple had been living with their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Sheker.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Sabin, 93, traced the old Military cemetery at Fort Atkinson near Decorah. Returning from Minneapolis, she located the forgotten graveyard where soldiers abandoned the fort in 1848, proving youth did not win out.
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