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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
3
The Des Moines IRS orders a one cent tax per ten cents on admissions starting Oct 1 1941, not affecting preexisting season tickets. Rolfe High School announces new rates: adults 40 cents total (36 + 4 tax) and students 25 cents total (22 + 3 tax) for school events.
The Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. World Communion Day includes the sacrament of the Lord s Supper. Choir practice Thursday at 7 30 p.m. The message invites attendance to enrich lives and support the church.
James N. Lund pastor leads morning service at 11 a m with Sunday School and Bible class at 10 15. Ladies Aidwell meet Wednesday at 2 15 hosted by Mrs. Chris Knudsen. Members urged to bring gifts for Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital Gift Day.
Pastor W F Schneck invites worshipers to Sunday School at 10 and Morning Worship at 11 with choir practice Thursday. A new young ladies Sunday school class is organized with Mrs Siefkin teaching and inviting all young ladies to join. World Wide Communion Sunday falls on October 5 and the church welcomes all to worship.
J. O. Wangberg, Pastor, will lead 11:00 a.m. Sunday service. Laymen conduct service. Sunday school and Bible class begin at 10:00 a.m. Luther League at 8:00 p.m. A Bible study is planned. Missionary society meets with Mrs. C. E. Hegstrom on Wednesday October 8.
Mrs. William McIntyre, county chairman, presents the Pocahontas County Red Cross chapter report. Garments shipped include 18 men's sweaters, 2 women's, 72 children's. 4 boys or girls heavy skirts 161. 8 heavy wool dresses and 21 heavy cotton dresses. 1 women's heavy cotton dress. 11 boys shirts. 78 hospital bed shirts. 1 adult and 2 child hospital pajamas. 49 layettes. Also two skirts, one child’s dress, two cushion tops, one wool comforter, one wool crib blanket from leftovers. Expenditures for 1941 list March 1 receipts 126.85. April 25 first shipment 35.49. June 18 second shipment 22.94. August 8 third shipment 31.2. September 17 fourth shipment 10.5. balance 26.06. Additional branch and auxiliary donations totaling 39.80. Expenditures include diaper material 26.70. infant hose and shirts 11.28. tape cord pins 0.97. safety pins.
The article explains how to maximize returns on Defense Savings Bonds by holding them to maturity, noting a Series E bond may grow 38 percent over ten years. It confirms government support for broad access, with bonds and stamps sold at post offices banks savings and loan institutions or retail stores.
Mary Rita Ehrhardt announces members of the DMT School Girls and Boys Glee Clubs. The report lists names, notes prep for basketball season, and provides the DMT Double Eight conference schedule and jamboree details. Two fire drills, student spelling honors, and birthdays are noted.
Iowa State College reports 1941 Poultry Marketing Project youths sold 96 percent of birds as first grade, far above state averages. Nine thousand six hundred fifty eight birds were marketed, with 19 percent over 40 pounds in 12 weeks and 75 percent over 4 pounds in the same period. The program teaches fundamentals of poultry production without exhibit aims, preparing youths for later farming careers.
Vacationing relatives gathered for the Harmon Reunion at the Rochleay home in Whittemore. Ten dozen participants, including 12 living brothers of a 14 member family, shared a noontime basket dinner and casual visits.
A scrambled notes page details lumber and coal shipments delayed by carloads, with May Mayflower coal and other feeds. It notes rising freight costs, impending unload delays, and a mixed weathered forecast. It also mentions a suicide in Arkansas and local paint and cement price shifts affecting Emmetsburg.
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