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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
8
Word of the community's daily life includes visits from Laurens and Pocahontas residents, farm work like corn picking, and a farewell for Mrs. Smith. News of Mrs. Ray Eno's death follows major surgery and pneumonia, with funeral services at Rockwell City and Fort Dodge hospital ties.
Visitors at Bert Smith’s home include Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson and family. Clarence Johnson helps with fall farm work for his ailing brother Frank. Ray Hartsock shells corn. Mrs Martin Keerles attends Lutheran Ladies Aid. Law maker E H Stahly visits voters in Pocahontas country. Arch Williams and Jessie Bockma visit the Grotto at West Bend. Clyde Peterson calls at Clarence Boughey’s. Donald Kenneth and Charlotte Pirie visit West Bend to meet friends from Roland. Lavon Truelsen works near Storm Lake. B Weinhold and Martin Keerbs trade corn work with tractor and picker.
Mrs Herbert Plantz was the hon ored guest at a Methodist church shower held Wednesday evening last week. The event featured games and advice for the bride followed by unwrapping gifts and a fine lunch. Out of town guests included Miss Lenora Classen of Spencer Nebraska Miss Fern Albers of Laurens and Mrs Chris DeYoung of Ware.
Harold Dammann slipped while cutting wood on the Des Moines River and an axe struck Harold Hauswirth in the leg, leaving a deep gash. Dr. K P Hunter treated the wound with four stitches.
The ladies of the congregation plan a reception honoring Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Day in the church parlors after the morning worship service on Sunday Oct. 23. Families should bring sandwiches covered dishes and silver. coffee will be served by the Ladies' Aid Society. Everyone is invited.
The Havelock Methodist Church hosts Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening services at 8:00 p.m. Weekday choir rehearsal Thursday at 8:00 p.m. All welcome to attend as announced from the pulpit. The article ends with light anecdotes about conventions and quotes.
Pocahontas Iowa supervisors in regular session approve clerk report lease for Delle gravel pit and care payment from poor fund. Extend completion time for W B Linnan Proj 3226 3245 by sixty days. Pass resolution to reduce county supervisors from five to three with election set for November 8 1932 and notice duties assigned. Multiple county fund refunds and extensive claims audited and allowed. Public notice of real estate sale scheduled for October 22 1932 for H L Carlton and Cora F Bull property by Bankers Life Company.
Describes a four and three tenths acre land parcel in Lot One excepted from Range Thirty-one West of the Fifth P M. near the Des Moines river, marked by iron pipes, with boundaries from Section 36 and a meander line, to satisfy a writ of execution. dated Sept. 19, 1932, by Sheriff Chas Stebbins and Deputy Chas Pattee.
The notice records a sheriff sale in Pocahontas County Iowa on November 2 1932 at 2 PM. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York sues to take property of Wallace P Wheeler and Elizabeth L Wheeler. The tract is Section Five 5 Township 91 North Range 831 West of the 5th P M with specific exclusions.
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