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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
5
Local clubs and church groups outline June events including Rolfe Woman's Club gatherings, Farm Bureau picnic at City Park with Howard J. Clark as speaker, and Pocahontas County events. Reports cover church services, Sunday schools, leadership plans, and vacation schedules with travel and postschool plans for teachers and students.
A compiled roster of individuals including Lester Applegate Clifford Grabber Edwin Hix Stanley Macvey Lorraine Morrison Raymond Pavey Melvin Thompson Marshall Tubbs Dwaine White Ralph Wilkins Clifford Wils Fae Green Mildred Heald Velma Hansen Doris Heathma Leona Ives Miriam Ives Anna Munson Ramona Nelson Flossie Mae Smith Juanita Smith Nanna Lea Sroufe Evelyn Thomp Judith Wangbe Vera White.
Rolfe High School graduated 26 seniors eleven boys and fifteen girls at a packed auditorium. Former superintendent H L Eells of Cedar Falls returned as speaker, praising Rolfe as a home town that launched his career and noting three former students now serving on the school board.
All county 4-H clubs meet in Pocahontas on Tuesday June 21 at 10 00 a m. Awards for full attendance officers elected delegates report back from the State Convention and contests include Picture Memory Music Memory and a Food Show followed by a picnic dinner a program featuring local township activities and health and stunt segments attendance invitation extended to non members of 4 H clubs
Last Thursday evening a collision at Garfield and Maple streets damaged two Ford cars. Clifford Graeber and A F Mayer of Clear Lake drove into the intersection causing wheel and windshield damage and a rollover. Miss Nanna Lea Smith suffered facial cuts requiring stitches but no other serious injuries. Witnesses report no excessive speed. Mayer’s car contained a concession stock.
The weatherman reports seasonable temperatures and copious showers. Corn shows rapid growth and catch up with the season while oats suffered during cold weather but may recover if July heat allows. Early corn demands cultivation.
The two Michael J. McCrearys, cousins, were severely injured in a wreck on Primary No. 10 between Humboldt and Gilmore City early Wednesday. One escaped with minor injuries while the other, taken to Fort Dodge hospital, suffered concussion, broken leg and broken ribs. car, a new Ford, somersaulted and was badly damaged.
The phrase notes a presidency deemed successful while its leader avoids assuming full duties as commander in chief of the Army and Navy, reflecting a historical view of presidential neutrality in wartime command.
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau hosts a noon June 11 picnic in City Park Rolfe with an address by Hon. Howard J. Clark of Des Moines. The event includes sports and entertainment and lists multiple organizing committees with members from Rolfe Laurens and Pocahontas.
The Rolfe countryside reports an abundance of blossoms on cherries, plums, and apples signaling a likely record fruit crop. Frosts after bloom caused little or no damage, with apple trees especially lush. The Tollersrude Thornton apple orchard near town, over two hundred trees and among the county’s largest, shows heavy bloom on mostly winter varieties, giving hope for a big harvest.
The Laurens Sun editor and friend M. Ellen Oleson married Wednesday May 22 at the Christian church in Spencer. They traveled to Minneapolis and around Minnesota on a wedding motor tour. They plan to live in Laurens after June 1.
The Henry Thompson family gathered Sunday for a reunion at a city home to mark Mrs. Thompson’s 70th birthday. Four generations joined relatives from Swea City and local clans, forming a group of about forty with four great grandchildren. The day featured feasting and games as Grandmother Thompson was wished toward a century milestone.
Rural Pocahontas County schools held the eighth grade commencement at the Pocahontas public school gym on Saturday May 25 at 1 PM. Seventy one graduates received diplomas from County Superintendent Grace D. McMichael, with a large crowd present and a lengthy musical program.
Memorial Day observances are planned in Rolfe with events at 2:00 pm at the Cecil Cumming Memorial Tree and 2:30 pm at the cemetery. James I. Dolliver of Fort Dodge will give the address, joined by music from the Rolfe Community Band, readings and recitations, and graveside decorations led by the American Legion. If weather turns bad, activities move to the high school auditorium.
The American Legion will sponsor baseball for boys seventeen and under this summer in Rolfe. G G Butler was appointed to organize and oversee the activity, with a club to be formed and players listed later. The move aims to revive long dormant local baseball interest and provide proper training.
Stores and shops in Rolfe that follow the community program will close at noon on Memorial Day and stay closed for the rest of the day. Take notice and do your shopping in the forenoon.
The D. M. T. Woman's Club met at the school Tuesday afternoon May 14. The session opened with community singing led by Mrs Thos Diggs. Members discussed the June gathering on the Des Moines River with a picnic at one o'clock. Members to bring dishes sandwiches and a covered dish. The program featured Parliamentary Drill by Mrs Franklin Majorowicz readings by Clarence Madsen Francis Vaughn and grades five and six songs. Refreshments were served by Mrs Arthur Vaughn Mrs C G Ryen and Miss Snyder with Mrs L B Thorson as reporter.
Emma Jean Pollock daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant Pollock graduates Rolfe Junior High with perfect attendance in eight years never absent or tardy no non credit marks and consistently active in school activities per D M Register.
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