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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
6
Plover residents prepare for the annual pancake day on November 9 with church societies organizing the event. Local social notes record visits and gatherings among families including Heathman, Fitzgerald, McKim, Linn, Miller, Jones, and Haskins as well as various neighbors.
The Central Iowa District Conference of the Iowa Congress of Parents Teachers met last Thursday in Pocahontas. Dr Thomas A Pak of Iowa State College Ames was main speaker on What Jerical Means to Me. Delegates from 17 towns, led by Spencer with 19 attendees, discussed programs and education topics.
J. H. Wessels who ran a Pocahontas hardware store has bought a hardware and variety stock in New Hampton from Frank Becker. The Wessels family moved to New Hampton early this week while Miss Dorothy Wessels stays in Pocahontas to work as a stenographer.
Hallowe en parties given by Dorothy Ann Shimon and Kathryn Ann Pattee and by Charles Shimon feature costumes, games, and a best outfit prize. Sacred Heart school's junior class plans a fall festival on Tuesday November 19. Local families visit Omaha and Minneapolis for football and family gatherings. A thirteen hour devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament was held at Sts Peter and Paul Church with nine priests aiding. The St Joan of Are court plans October meeting at Mrs Edward Westell’s home.
Attendees visited relatives during a Iowa State College homecoming with son Thomas before returning home Sunday. The Krug family noted appendicitis surgery for Donald at Mercy Fort Dodge and a good recovery after a hospital visit by parents. Pocahontas fire department held a poster contest for public and Sacred Heart schools with winners named to promote fire prevention.
A Fort Dodge resident was operated on last Tuesday at Lutheran hospital for appendicitis and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily. Ward Strong and Mrs. Strong visited, while many neighbors and friends made trips to see her.
A child broke a thigh bone last Tuesday after falling from a trailer tongue. A box of gifts moved from Rev Brunn’s home to a patient this week. Community members visit Rev Redmayne and attend funerals and anniversaries in Rolfe and nearby towns. Betty Pearce attended the Iowa Minnesota game in Minneapolis and visited relatives. Various residents travel, host guests, and participate in church events including a cattle feeders banquet and a Presbyterian anniversary observance.
A fire broke out in a pile of corn husks at Martin Petersons on Saturday afternoon while Gerald Foust shelling corn. Mrs. Peterson alerted the crew, the Plov er fire department arrived to find workers already forming a bucket brigade. Weekend visitors the Oaklands and help from Fort Dodge assisted in the scene.
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