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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
9
Local residents and visitors are listed in a round of social activity. Families travel to Des Moines Ames and Chicago for meetings and church events. Occasional church gatherings, club sales, birthdays, and weekend visits fill the town calendar with names, places, and dates.
An urgent call seeks volunteers to knit and sew as 15 to 20 pounds of yarn remain and 128 yards of cotton fabric will finish this year’s quota for girls dresses sizes 10 and 12. Classes meet Friday afternoons. home work possible with materials provided. A countywide meeting Friday 2 p.m. at the courthouse to plan the annual drive with Mrs. M. W. Webb and Mrs. Audrey Fr Bat assisting.
The piece portrays Vancouver British Columbia as a major harbor and rail hub within a scenic landscape. It highlights Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, and nearby New Westminster, Cariboo Road and the envisioned International Highway linking Alaska to Panama City.
Demonstration plots tested in the county during the past summer will be harvested October 8 afternoon and October 9 morning. Bruce Kilpatrick will supervise. Harvest locations include George Christensen Gilmore City and Earl Ives Rolfe on October 8, and Harry Lund Laurens and Oscar E. Andersen Fonda on October 9. A Pocahontas meeting October 9 is planned to discuss results and fertilizer use, with possible presentation of state community grain trial results.
The courtroom burst into merriment as torrid letters were read, but the wife delivers the final laugh in a sensational alimony case. The American Weekly reports how she outmaneuvered her husband and kept the satisfaction long after.
Garfield Township women and district cooperators gathered at Mrs. Weigert home on September 25 to discuss making the nutrition project available to all farm women. Genevieve Colgan and Mrs. F D Schlensig led a review of the Ames state nutrition meeting and outlined chairmen duties. Lunch was served by Mrs. Wiegert and Miss Inga Ryen.
Fourteen members and two leaders gathered at Evelyn Carlson’s home on Saturday September 20 for the UP and Coming 4-H club meeting. Evelyn Carlson gave an illustrated talk on appropriate desk accessories and Ruth Lathrop offered health tips on preventing colds. Plans were set for a Farm Bureau program segment with members present including Evelyn Carlson Marion Daniels Lila Daniels Thelma Jolliffe Vera Jolliffe Alice Lathrow Ruth Lathrop Mildred Olberding Marvella Ralle Betty Shimon Helen Wilson Ana Wilson Jo Ann McCartan Fthel Mac Logan and leaders Mrs Gordon Vial and Mrs Axel Carlson.
Harold Gunderson, Extension Service entomologist at Iowa State College, warns that dry sound corn resists stored grain pests. He notes insects mostly cannot reproduce in intact kernels and damaged seed coats invite infestation.
Pocahontas county farmers urged to follow the new seed law before marketing crops. County Agent Max C. Naylor explains all seed must be labeled with the name and variety, amount of other seed if over 5 percent, and a lot number, whether sold on farm or by dealers.
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