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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1952
Page
1
Rolfe Consolidated School reports a busy Halloween season with costumes and a party. Students read Fun With Dick and Jane and watched the film Common Animals of the Woods. Teachers note phonics progress, new gym activities, and plans for an upcoming Halloween play by the fourth grade.
The class enjoyed Halloween games and songs while treats were distributed. Fourth graders rehearsed a play The Magic Brew and prepared stage scenery. They presented a poem A Halloween Chant and sang a Halloween song. A Friday Halloween party followed and a movie Global Concepts of the World was viewed with The Teeth film strip. Judith’s birthday brought Dixie cups as treats. Top spellers included Steven Accurso Bruce Beckord Mike Behrendsen Bobby Ranney Julie Bielefeldt Joyce Heald and Judith Jordan.
Fifth grade class held a Halloween party with costumes, games, ghost stories, and a wiener roast at Dennis Thorson’s. They studied good foods and prepared seven charts on vitamins and minerals. 100 percent spellers include Pat Calligan, Charlie Mason, Raymond Shimon, and others.
Sixth grade reports Halloween fun and study on the Louisiana Purchase and westward movement. Students wrote stories, including Jim Schott’s tale of Mag the witch. They discuss decimals, novns in language, and upcoming Thanksgiving. Junior High prepares for elections and a skating party with civic discussion and enthusiasm.
The club met last Friday to discuss current Junior High issues and adjourned after finding no problems. In Speech Class students practiced body gestures and recording their voices for formal speaking, noting surprise at how their voices sounded compared with expectations.
duck hunting safety advice warns against standing in boats on ice and pushing boats into open water. tips include carrying ammo separately, hip boots rolled down, wading upstream to recover ducks, and avoiding risky river crossings. mentions Steve Johnson recovering after a stalk cutter accident and Mrs. Chick Brown injured by a toy jet engine effect.
Iowa State College farm economists Francis Kutish Carl Malone and L G Kral report cautious optimism for 1953 with six months of active business and defense spending rising. Opinions vary on late 1953 with some predicting continued growth and others a gradual slowdown as consumer buys wane and investment peaks surface. They weigh a potential no bust scenario against a modest slide and expect overall a solid year barring world events. A new bulletin on Nitrogen Fertilizers for Corn outlines profitable responses, soil testing tips and fertilizer timing.
Advert claims Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound provides complete or striking relief from menstrual cramps headaches and backaches in doctors tests averaging three of four cases. It urges women to try the medicine to match the relief experienced by other users and avoid suffering.
In Pocahontas County Iowa Probate No 3725 the District Court provides that Lillie Simonson has been appointed and qualified as Executrix of Elmer S. Simonson deceased. All debts owed to the estate should be paid to the Executrix and all claims presented as required by law for allowance and payment. Dated October 22 1952.
On the Harvey Schoening farm near Glenwood the corn yield reached about 100 bushels per acre. The Schoening farm faced eight feet of Missouri River flood water last spring.
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