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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
2
The Calligan family held a Sunday reunion at the Rolfe park club house with 80 attendees. The year saw the passing of the last Calligan member Mrs. Ellen Powers of Rockwell City. A one o'clock picnic dinner followed a business meeting and social afternoon.
W F Schneck pastor announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Choir practice Thursday evening. The church extends a hearty welcome to former and new teachers of Rolfe and DMT schools joining Sunday schools and worship services.
Emery L Petersen pastor leads Sunday school and Bible class at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 1 am. Luther League meets Tuesday evening September 9 at 8 at Jerry Kilbourn home. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday September 10 at 2 30 p.m guest day at park south of town.
The Methodist Church announces church school at 10 15 a m worship service at 11 15 a m with Paul Zeman of Bradgate preaching Baptisms will be performed Official board meeting this Sunday September 7 at 7 30 p m Choir practice Thursday at 8 p m Conference reports due by Sunday All financial items must be covered by then
Pastor J. C. Wangberg leads 11 am worship with theme How Much Do You Honor God based on Luke 17 11 19. Sunday school at 10 am and Bible classes. Catechism class Saturday 1 45 pm. Junior choir at 3 pm. Bible study and prayer Thursday evening. Sunday school rally at Laurens Sunday 3 pm.
The Nielsen and Kerns families express gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during their sorrow after the death of their mother and grandmother. They thank those who sent floral offerings gifts and offered words of sympathy.
Mr and Mrs Art Erickson returned home after an August 21 trip to Thompson with Art s brother and wife They visited Thief River Falls Bemidji and Duluth exploring Indian reservation National Forests iron mines and lumber mills The party also visited Baldwin Wisconsin Crystal Cave Spring Valley Wisconsin and the Minnesota state fair The Erickson children stayed with aunt Mabel Tangen in Thompson.
George Olsen 57 died August 28 after a three month cancer illness. Funeral services were held Monday in Cherokee. Survived by wife and sons Dale and Paul and daughter Shirley. The Olsens lived in Rolfe five years then moved to Cherokee 15 years ago. He operated the south pool hall and is remembered for his many friendships. Mrs Olsen will remain on the farm with Paul. Mrs Ware, her mother, still lives with them.
Sylvia Johnson underwent an appendectomy Monday at Mercy hospital in Fort Dodge and is reported making a satisfactory recovery.
Tommy Powell four year old son of Mr and Mrs A W Powell received four enlargements of his photograph as a prize for winning a local contest Saturday. The image was taken Friday July 25.
The Rolfe group at the Fort Dodge district Methodist conference included lay leader Wesley Lehnus two local preachers Dale Hewlett and Lester Bishop and Rev H V Bartz. Dale Hewlett and Lester Bishop renewed their local preacher licenses for another year. The morning program covered Church School Advance plans.
Dr. William Baddeley of Lake View delivered an afternoon report on the religious situation in England after a three month study there this summer. The remarks came from several conferences held during the season.
Paul Zeman son of Ed and Mrs Zeman of Bradgate will preach at Rolfe and Bradgate Methodist churches this Sunday September 7. He recently graduated from Morningside college and has led Trimble Methodist in Sioux City for two years. The couple visits his parents before starting seminary at Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston Illinois.
Representatives from Smith & Son of Auburn Nebraska arrived Thursday to deliver replacement knives for Clar ence Reese’s Jeep trench digger. They flew to Rolfe in about two hours landing in a field on Noah Kipfer farm.
Mrs George Heald underwent an appendicitis operation Tuesday morning at Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge. The results of the operation are entirely satisfactory.
News reached Rolfe of the death Tuesday morning of Dr E M MacEwen long time resident and former pastor's son. He served as dean of the college of medicine at the State University in Iowa City and earlier lived in Rolfe.
The Schlinsig Brothers of Rolfe purchased a purebred Aberdeen Angus bull from M. L. Thompson of Kanawha, Iowa.
Garfield township 4-H boys won first in the township group class at the fair on August 15 for three consecutive years. They exhibited five Herefords and also won the township barn display prize for overall exhibit condition and presentation.
Officials of the State Conservation Commission warn of a reduced pheasant season in 1947 due to a shortage of young birds. Farmer interviews across pheasant territory indicate poor nesting caused by heavy rains and floods early in the season.
A news roundup notes last year 280 firms listed prefabricated homes but today only 50 remain on the job despite government support. It cites delayed shipments for cement and storm sash as winter orders rise and warns odd sizes will be scarce.
Iowa wildlife biologists warn the 1947 pheasant season may be no better than last year due to nesting failures and winterkill in many areas. Prospects hinge on larger second nesting broods and a surplus of legal cock birds that can be hunted without hurting next year’s production. Officials caution that open seasons raise risk of illegal hen shooting reducing future breeding stock.
The Brooks family reunion on August 31 featured a picnic dinner with ice cream and cake. Forty two attendees included Harold Firkins and family of Britt, Melvin Brown and family of Garner, Walter Brooks and family of Britt, Charles Brooks and family of Lehigh, John Pohlad and family of Fort Dodge, Cecil Franklin and family of Des Moines, and Roy Brooks of Rolfe.
Osceola fire department tackled a grass fire on school grounds that briefly endangered the building while neighborhood children looked on in silence.
Marvin Hammond and Wesley Merritt failed to turn, drove through a guard rail, and plunged into the Yellow River near Forest Mills. The car landed upright in about three feet of water.
Roy Brooks shipped a carload of skinned iron on Wednesday destined for Kansas.
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