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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1955
Page
3
The Community Chest in our area plans a single United Way drive starting November 15 to replace multiple drives. The goal is 6125.60 with every family’s cooperation needed to avoid separate campaigns. A table shows how each penny is distributed among agencies and townships for 1956.
A town election Tuesday produced 898 votes with Carl Hansen winning the mayoral race 231 to 162 for Fred Witt. Council seats went to Lloyd Cox 346, A A Firkins 337, L A Hansen 231, W H Howland 168, H A Kaiser 245, T J Raynes 239, George Schonberger 171, and H E Wickie 1650. Park Commissioner R G Hunter earned 301 votes. Treasurer M W Webb 287 plus scattered votes. Newly elected officials will take office January 1. County events and notices follow, including Veterans Day closings and social security info sessions.
The Rolfe American Legion Post will sponsor Veterans Day activities tomorrow November 11 at 10 a.m. in the Rolfe Consolidated School auditorium with music and speakers. Legion members meet at the Legion hall at 9 a.m. Auxiliary members and the public are invited.
The church will receive candy for veterans on November 15 from 10 a.m. through packing time starting at 1 30 p.m. Mrs Hodoway will be at the church at 1 30 p.m. to assist with packing and sending boxes to veterans.
Mr and Mrs M W Webb visiting New York City were spotted on the television program Break The Bank last night by local viewers. They won three hundred dollars on the show.
All members of the W.S.C.S. and Wesleyan Guild will hold a joint meeting in the church parlors November 16 at 8 p.m. This will take the place of both groups general meetings.
The Greater Rolfe Club will hold its regular noon luncheon on November after, featuring grape jelly rolls green string beans and coconut cream pie with coffee.
The American Home Study Club will gather Friday November 18 at the home of Mrs. G G Butler with Mrs J L Moore and Mrs Chris Sorensen assisting. Roll call will be by Mrs L Pease.
The last of a 500 card party series will be held Sunday night at St Margaret's Catholic church parlors. Eddie Aden has returned home from Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge after a stay since Wednesday of last week. He has been unable to work since he fell in June.
A Rolfe event invites residents to November 16 night school to discuss beef herd care and whether to keep cattle or buy calves. The session begins at 7 PM with a film at 7 50 and light refreshments afterward. all are welcome.
The Legion Auxiliary convenes at 2 p m on November 14 in the home of Mrs Jens Thompson. The same day a county Auxiliary meeting is planned at Varina with Department officers in attendance.
A pot luck dinner will follow the services at the Methodist church next Sunday morning honoring the Elmer Bishop family.
A boxcar holding 1 582 bushels of shelled corn was dedicated in Palmer and sent to Omaha as the first stop overseas. The All Lutheran Food Appeal gathered 2 712 bushels from six Pocahontas County congregations to feed hungry people in Korea Palestine Hong Kong and Formosa. Converts will be turned into edible cereals and shipped where relief is greatest. Local ALVA leaders Victor Gutz Adolph Thompson Virgil Thorson and Reverend Alton Christiansen chaired the effort.
Four Pacahontas county girls are named state award recipients. Virgene Thorson and Eileene Mehl are recognized for leadership and achievement, with Thorson earning a 4-H top honor and Mehl highlighted for a clothing achievement scholarship and state officer roles. La Donna Knack Varina and Janice Reineking Albert City receive wrist watches as bread demonstration team members. additional delegates and scholarships noted for national Congress events.
Norman Heald earns the first FFA member of the month honor for September at Pilot Creek chapter. He chairs the community services committee and leads the Landrace pig chain while managing a strong farming program including six purebred Yorkshire sows and 48 fall pigs. He also helps organize activities, sells popcorn at games, and has won best project records from Rolfe State Bank two years running. He aims for the American Farmer Degree at the national convention in Kansas City, with potential to achieve higher honors in the future.
The homemaking group at Rolfe adult evening school hosts a cake decorating lesson led by Mrs Wesley Lehnus on Wednesday November 16 at 8 pm. Attendees should bring a frosted cake and a cake decorator to practice roses and decorating techniques in the session.
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