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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1939
Page
7
Rolfe and nearby communities host a wide array of visits and gatherings with residents from Fort Dodge West Bend Humboldt and Spencer dropping in on friends and relatives. The parish of local families marks birthdays graduations and holiday preparations while trips to Pocahontas Ottosen and Council Bluffs highlight weekend travel and familial reunions.
The Pocahontas County Chapter of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis was organized at a county meeting at the courthouse on Tuesday evening October 31. Officers elected include Mrs. A B Patterson president, Mrs. L B Hakes vice president, Mrs. D C Hood secretary, and Mrs. Alta Hewlett treasurer. Executive council members were named, and plans were made for the next meeting on the first Tuesday in December to arrange the January dime campaign.
The Arrow reports that last week's feature on neighbors helping Amos Mason with corn picking omitted several worker names. It lists corn pickers Arthur Christenson Bernard Christenson Tony Christenson D Peterson LaVerne Vote B Behrendsen N Christenson Chas Hisem Dieuff Peterson J P Hansen George Diedrich Charley Raddahl Dewey Vote Frank Behrendsen and the dinner providers Mesdames Arthur Christenson Everett Christenson J P Hanson Schroeder Gec Christenson Harold Peterson Harold Bates Ben Behrendsen Mary Peterson Nis Behrendsen Frank Black Chas Raddahl J P Peterson Dewey Vate Don Behrendsen Lester Applegate Ralph Roberts.
Bernard Smith owner of Selfridge Journal buys the Sioux County Pioneer at Fort Yates North Dakota. He plans to employ an editor to publish the Fort Yates paper. Smith was born in Rolfe and learned the trade from Marion Bruce in the Arrow office. He also worked for years at the Fort Dodge Messenger.
Brownie Rickard departed Saturday at 6 10 for Lancaster Penn where he will attend a two week course at the Armstrong linoleum factory to study the manufacture and laying of linoleum.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Carlton and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gaskill hosted friends on Thursday evening November 2 in honor of Mrs. Carlton's birthday and the Gaskills wedding anniversary. The group played Five Hundred with prizes awarded to both genders.
Mrs W H Strickler and daughter Mrs Fred Ballard attended the funeral of Charles Regan in Waukon on Tuesday October 31. Regan age 86 died of heart trouble while seated. Strickler, born in Waukon, hadn't returned in 56 years.
Miss Alice Naumann age 70 died Sunday morning from a heart attack. Services were held Monday in Goldfield. Burial will be Tuesday at Blairstown Iowa where her family was prominent. She was sister of Mrs Bassett wife of Rev Bassett former Methodist pastor here.
Garfield No 1 School News describes geography classes filing daily weather reports at 11:00 am with summaries recorded on a chart through November. Kenneth Wellingham was absent due to illness while Halloween activities included games and a discussion of its history.
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