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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
5
Rolfe high school football defeated Gilmore City 7 to 0 at the park on Tuesday. Rolfe dominated with more first downs and ground gains while Gilmore City struggled to connect passes. The starting lineup included Peterson and Hansen, with Cavanaugh leading Gilmore City’s backfield.
A ten year old, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Peterson, sustained injuries in an incident at home. Details are unclear from the fragment but authorities are investigating. The note also mentions a businessmen club meeting set for Tuesday November 7.
Miss Darlene Moen of Des Moines student at the American Institute of Business has been elected to the International Honor Society for Business Education. She earned the honor by typing 63 words per minute with three errors. Moen a Rolfe high school graduate is daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Moen.
Miss Genevieve Colgan led a Des Moines and Garfield townships training session for project women at Mrs. Tom Diggs home. She covered fowl care and prep, discussed other fowl preparations, and demonstrated a chicken dinner. Eight Des Moines and six Garfield homemakers attended and will lead local study group lessons.
At the Joe Johnson home the Boys 4-H Club presented a varied program with Morris Ives as chair. Forrest Ives reviewed the year’s accomplishments and noted premiums at the course club show. A trombone duet by Roger DeWolf and Rollin Ives and a Fire Loss Prevention demonstration by Richard Hosier and Don Shimon highlighted the evening.
Northeast town children held their annual wiener roast Saturday evening in front of the C. J. White home. For eight to ten years the fall ritual has begun with leaf raking by neighbors during the day and a communal roast at night with participants including the Westergaard and White families and local youths.
The Corn E E The Ivey store highlights new fall and winter stock on display. It reminds shoppers that Christmas is near and that early buying is a pleasure.
The D M T Juniors presented Take It Easy a three act farce at Des Moines township school on Wednesday Nov 1 and will perform again tonight. The cast includes Mrs Imanda Highgate Nancy Highgate Tom Laurence and several others in a playful plot about love theft and mistaken charm. A large crowd attended the first show and another is expected. Donna Jean Miller 5 was bitten by a dog at Pocahontas grandparents home Saturday afternoon. The dog grabbed Donna Jean biting her ear and ripping a head gash before her grandmother intervened. She received care from a Rolfe physician and is recovering.
The Rolfe business men's club will present the first $10 award Saturday night at 9 15 in front of the old State Savings bank building. Merchants in the club or cooperating in the plan distribute coupons for each cent of sales tax. Buyers win a share in awards each Saturday night. Cooperating merchants must bring coupons to the Rolfe Variety store by 9 00.
The Rickard brothers Everett Keith and Ivan with Glenn Grinnell wire houses on Geo Clanen and Jake Gretzen farms northwest of town to bring REA electricity to these homes.
Last week the Golden Gloves tournament in Fort Dodge drew several Rolfe residents including Mr and Mrs C W Watts Bob Watts and Mrs Clarence Leadley Mrs Earnest Cox Jr Dick Cox Don Cox Guy Eccles Elmer Leadley Don Green and G S Shriner among others.
A compact note describes a trading tip or ad copy titled Buy or sell twice as well with Arrow Adlets, suggesting expanded market activity or advertising guidance. It reads like a brief item from a classifieds or business column.
The October term of district court in Pocahontas county opened on Tuesday with Judge B C Davidson of Emmetsburg presiding. The grand jury was summoned, with petit jurors to report on November 7. Twenty-nine trial notices exist, including 11 equity and 16 law cases, plus two probate matters. Nineteen new cases appear on the docket.
Neighbors gathered October 25 to husk the Masons corn with help from J P Peterson Howard and J P Hanson George Christianson Nis Clyde and Don Behrendsen who donated use of an extra elevator Ott Arthur and Lester Applegate provided a corn shelter. Others aiding included Dick Schott Dennis Wiedeman Will Meecham Johnny Dahl Ernest Doeringsfield Harold Bates Rev Schroeder and Fred Block plus Harold Peterson Ralph Roberts and family members present to assist.
Mrs Harold Bates drew the winning ticket number 1795 at Haynes grocery Saturday night and won a fine innerspring mattress. A second drawing is planned for the last Saturday in November.
A group of Iowa 4-H club boys and girls will join the National 4-H Achievement broadcast as part of the National Farm and Home Hour on Saturday November 4. Program details include R K Bliss and Wallace Lang Dorothy Goeders and Dean Neuman among participants with music by a 4-H alumni quartet led by Joe Knock.
W. E. DeMill plans a closing out sale on his farm November 16. The family will move to a two mile southwest of Twin Falls Idaho to seek milder climate for Mr. DeMill’s health. They will depart about November 20 to 25 with Roy Luft driving the household goods truck and staying through most of winter.
Rolfe residents learn Mrs Lawrence Heathman, who was in critical condition at Dodge Lutheran hospital after the birth of a son on October 22, has shown improvement following a blood transfusion given Tuesday and is on the road to recovery.
The Havelock six man football team defeated Rolfe 82 to 14 at the ball park. Havelock used a tricky lateral pass and speedy backs to outclass Rolfe, who fought back in the third quarter with better defense and a key touchdown by Cornwell. Late in the fourth, Havelock surged with three more touchdowns while Rolfe struggled with tackling and signaling.
A fire on the Clement Shimon farm five miles south of town destroyed the garage and tool shed when a gas engine ran unattended. Neighbors and Pocahontas fire department prevented spread to other buildings. Damage estimated at about 600 dollars, partly insured. no vehicle in the garage.
Lloyd Hagerman aged 17 son of Mrs Ed Hagerman of Havelock died in Emmetsburg hospital from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was hunting rabbits with his twin brother and Darius Logan on the Logan farm south of Mallard when Lyle discharged a shotgun while unloading, the blast striking his brother. The victim succumbed after severe blood loss without revival.
A delegation including Jens i'Thompson Pocahontas county representative L R Davidson Dr Butler M W Webb and J C Damberg went to Ames on Tuesday to interview the Iowa Highway Commission about paving Highway No 44 south of Rolfe to Highway No 10.
A high school party near Plover Tuesday night ends in a fatal crash that kills Alice Grove, 17, and injures 14 other students. Cars driven by Jay Arnold and Howard Hubbell collided near Clarence Pringle’s house. Eldon MacVey’s car went into a ditch further east. Doctors from Plover Mallard and Rolfe treated the injured, including Marjory Sharp with a broken rib and Margaret McKim with a leg cut.
M R Hueschen editor of the Holstein Advance and his sons Otto and Herbert visited the Arrow office last Wednesday afternoon. The Soths from Holstein and H C Grafton, former linotypist for the Advance, enjoyed visiting with their former townsmen.
The Peters Market runs a large ad in the Arrow issue promoting a special meat and grocery sale for Saturday November 4. The notice promises many bargains and a lighthearted laugh in the advertisement.
The first snow of the season blanketed the ground after Friday night around ten o'clock leaving a thin white coat that lingered in spots through the night.
The H. F. Olerich & Sons hog sale on Thursday drew many buyers. Forty two head sold at about 39 dollars each, top price 95. Out of town buyers included C. Anderson Ringsted Harold Roote Humboldt James Colpitt Collinsville Okla H. J. Albers Palmer and others, with strong interest from producers of purebred Poland China hogs.
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