20 Oct 1932
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
4
Rolfe and nearby towns recount social visits, church events, and civic notes. Residents travel to Des Moines, Pocahontas, and Fort Dodge for family, political, and community activities while local clubs plan meetings and fundraisers.
We thank all who assisted during the recent bereavement in the passing of Lee Grove. Mr and Mrs G F Grove Marjorie and relatives express their gratitude for support and sympathy.
Sunday services at Plover Methodist Church led by Rev. Howard A. Reyman include Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 7:30 p.m. Rally Day is next Sunday with a rally sermon and a world wide Methodist Sunday school offering. First Epworth League Rally set for Thursday evening November 3, 1932.
Rev Walter Rothwell leads services at Plover Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 10 15 a m and Morning Worship at 11 30 a m Weekly Bible Study class meets Wednesdays at 8 pm on The Virgin Birth of Christ from Matthew 1 18 25 The Willing Workers meet Thursday at 2 30 pm The Po cahontas Ladies Aid serves a supper Saturday Oct 22 from 5 pm Celebrate a one o clock luncheon for Rolfe Missionary Society at Plover with twenty five cents per plate.
The Farm Bureau offers several whitewash formulas for building protection fields and dairies as well as for use as a disinfectant. The guide notes color options and provides a detailed mixing method using salt lime and water to form a thin, workable coating.
The New York World Telegram critiques an isolationist stance urging to avoid European affairs while demanding wartime debt collection. The piece labels this as spiral thinking, highlighting contradictory positions as a historical prime example.
Hi-bred seed corn yielded about nineteen bushels per acre more than farmer seed in Pocahontas County. Tests across ten farms showed increases from seven to thirty three bushels per acre with an average gain near thirty percent. Observed stalks stood stiff and upright, with quality corn in every case. Farmers and test leaders from Chelsia Long to Krischell Bros. participated, and demonstration sites included Ross Bohn and Wm Nowack farms and Joe Malacek’s field near Pocahontas.
Figures from the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo name G. A. Schoepke of Rockwell City as owner of Iowa’s high scoring Brown Swiss herd for association years ending 1931-1932. His seven purebreds and two grades averaged 12,237 lbs milk and 478.6 lbs butterfat, with September totals showing 705 lbs milk and 27.8 lbs butterfat. Also listed are top Pocahontas County herds and milk-fat averages across the county testing association.
Des Moines Township School reports first six weeks perfect attendance for many pupils across grades one to eight and lists high scorers in spelling and arithmetic. News covers new enrollments in fifth grade, birthday celebrations, class roles, and the Junior Class Play The Wild Oats Boy set for October 21 with a detailed cast.
Pocahontas county residents seek fuel corn from old stored stocks. Farm Bureau offers to locate buyers in towns and connect farmers with markets, free of charge. A farmer shelled and hauled corn last week and earned ten cents per bushel, shells and haul cost about three cents per bushel. Call No 105 Pocahontas to buy or sell corn.
The Progress Minneapolis Journal notes growing stress around the Soviet five year plan as authorities jail seven poets in Moscow. The piece suggests possible execution or forced labor for dissenters.
The article argues that a sturdy backbone alone is insufficient without an accompanying framework. It suggests additional structure or systems are required to ensure proper operation and lasting performance.
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