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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
5
Reports from Havelock say Andy Eikenberry ran a free meal operation after a burglary at his back door. The midnight raid yielded cheese milk fruit and a small cash theft with fingerprints collected by Sheriff Kapsch. Police suspect an inexperienced intruder and note ongoing petty theft in the area.
Senior class of 1935 ended with a May morning breakfast at Claude White home hosted by Mrs. L. W. Kennedy and Dr. Fuller White. Tables featured lilacs, chinaware, and silver with class flowers and well dressed guests including faculty and classmates.
Local clubs and groups list upcoming meetings from June 4 to June 11. Womans Pit Rolfe Woman Club Neeilean Thread Club Trinity Tuth ran Ladies Aid Delta Deks American Air Auxiliary Land of the Beginning Again Methodist Ladies Aid Daily Vacation Bible School and a Man's Club picnic at Rolfe City Park.
The Rolfe Promotion Club met at the usual place with Trinity Lutheran Aid Society ladies serving lunch. Eldon Watters chaired. F. J. Grant acted as secretary. Reports on the town well and kittenball noted weather delays and lighting upgrades. The club authorized $20 for town team uniforms and discussed financing the high school orchestra trip to Madison. Former townsman Clyde Charlton spoke optimistically on conditions and the New Deal. Leonard Smith to chair June 6 with George Wells as substitute on June 20.
Rolfe residents share weekend visits with relatives across Pocahontas Fort Dodge and Manson as Harris and Sime family movements are noted. The Rolfe school orchestra earns an excellent rating from the National Orchestra Association and will receive a plaque with school name class rating and director.
Announcement notes the marriage of Miss Marion DeVaul to Art W Levene of Rock Rapids in Canton North Dakota on March 5 1935 with Rev H W Blackburn officiating. The couple will live in Rock Rapids with Mrs Levene continuing work at Brinkmans.
Dr G A Everson sought a weeklong vacation with partner Dr W W Beam for a northern Minnesota fishing trip. Reports say a marriage license was issued to Lucy Hurley and Gustave Everson in Jamestown. A formal notice is delayed pending interviews. wishes for happiness are extended.
The Pocahontas County 4-H Girls rally day will be held at the court house in Pocahontas on Friday June 7. Events include a morning music festival, business meeting and officer election, a noon picnic, a better groomed girls contest, the Color Review pageant by Sherman township, a Florence Forbes talk, and a Garfield Girls' Club opera dramatization. The program involves 72 active members and 10 leaders across five clubs and invites all to attend.
Family members hosted at Henry and Mrs Thompson home to honor the 76th birthday of Mother Thompson. They arrived with baskets and cheer to help with a wood project and enjoyed visits and ample food. Mrs Thompson, ill recently, rode in an automobile in the afternoon. Attending were Jens, John and Hans Thompson, Art Kilbourne and Art Firkins families, and the Will Thompson family from Swea City, with about a dozen grandchildren adding life to the gathering.
The Garfield Township Unit of the Farm Bureau met May 22 at the Shimon home on the Finn farm south of Rolfe. A. A. Brinkman chaired, with J. O. Hosier leading singing and Mrs. Hosier at the piano. The group heard reports from 4-H clubs and saw an illustrated lecture on Hibred Corn by Perry Collins of Des Moines. Howard Willett announced dates for Farm Bureau events and the next meeting set for June 27 at the Nemecek home featuring a chautauqua program.
Community records the death of Benjamin J. Lehnus born February 11 1870 in Pilot Township Illinois. He died May 22 1935 after heart trouble and low blood pressure worsened. survived by wife Katherine seven children Mable Pearl Hattie and Wesley of Rolfe two sisters Mrs John Onnen and Mrs Mary Hertz and brother Frank Lehnus with numerous relatives and friends attending the funeral.
The county's 113 eighth grade graduates held commencement at Pocahontas last Saturday. An honors list features students from Garfield Colfax Swan Lake Roosevelt Bellville Sherman Lake 2 4 8 Cedar Lincoln Grant and other districts with scores around 90 percent or higher earning the letter I for their work.
Nannie Lorena Belle Snyder died at her Rolfe area home near noon on Saturday May 25 1935. Born November 21 1878 she taught in Illinois and Iowa before settling near Jefferson and later Rolfe. Funeral services were held at the Rolfe M E Church with Rev T S Bassett officiating and a list of pallbearers.
Funeral services were held at home and at the Rolfe Methodist church at 2 30 p m for Mr Lehnus who had long resided locally. Rev P T S Bassett officiated and a large attendance paid tribute. Interment followed in Clinton Garf i s Cemetery Rolfe.
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