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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1934
Page
2
Rolfe residents host and visit relatives across Iowa. Trips include Annabelle Brinkman from Chicago to Rolfe, families at Drake University and Iowa City, and a popcorn buyer touring for shortages. A Century of Progress events, 4-H activities, and a beams family reunion near Boone are noted with multiple local names and places.
Knud Damborg visited Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. Doris Vaughn had her tonsils removed in Fort Dodge. E J Struthers family visited Fort Dodge with three children. Garth Sroufe stayed with his sister in Pocahontas. Mrs W P Postin of Fort Collins Colorado remains in Rolfe to oversee Powhatan township farming. Lighter family visits Emma Lighter in Bed e Duluth Minnesota. Alice Jones helps with chicken dinners in Garfield township. Loraine and Donald visited Des Moines for relatives and State Fair. Emma Hewlett returned from Chicago with granddaughter. Reuben Wangberg will enroll at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. sister Martha also attends. Little Theatre children hosted a party at Ray Green home with play Little Black Hel trope. Ed Weiland family trip from Finlayson Minnesota. incident near Bradgate resulted in minor car damage but no injuries.
Schedule of events for Garfield Farm Bureau listing dates from Sept to Dec with host homes and program themes. Highlights include Our School program, Harvest Songs, Thanksgiving program, Christmas Songs, talks by collegians and an address by Mrs. Randall Melson.
Rev T S Bassett leads at the Methodist Episcopal Church with Harvest Home Day on September 9 and a chicken supper and sale on September 12. Evening features stereopticon views of Jason Lee, first Oregon missionary, and notices rally time for Sunday school and worship. September dates include General Rally on Sept 16 and Church Loyalty Day on Sept 23.
Sunday school and Bible classes will be the only services carried out next Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Ladies Aid Society meets at Lena Johnson's home on Thursday September 18 with Ed Pwigg assisting. Canon Wilberforce quote included.
The Sunday schedule lists morning worship at 8:00 pm and services at 10:00 am and 11:00 am with the first Sunday Danish language sermons. All Rolfe residents without another church home are invited to attend, with services in English otherwise.
Local notices report farming talk, school staffing, travel, and family events across Plover and nearby towns. Attendees include McEwen VanAlstine, Helen Gilchrist, A O Garlock, and J. Snyder. moves involve teaching posts, relocations to Williston and Des Moines, and open house celebrations.
Mr and Mrs Marion Ham and party returned from a visit with the Stover and Carlson families in St Paul. George Bush Earl Fisher and P Comer hauled livestock to the Sioux City market. Several couples toured northwest on a ten week sightseeing trip. Others were dinner guests in Pay Kerns home and Emmetsburg visitors stopped by.
The American Legion Auxiliary donated $5 to the Plover Community Library at its last meeting. The library, located in the south room of the Plover Lumber Company office, has benefited from books, donations, and rent with utilities provided by the Lumber Co. The library will reopen on Saturday September 1 from 2:30 to 4:00 PM after August closure.
Miss Muriel Moorhouse of Minneapolis and Isaac McKim united in marriage by Rev. Harold V. Bartz at the IE Parsonage in Plover on Monday evening Sept 3. The bride, a stranger to local folks, will visit with Ike in Minneapolis after the ceremony. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs I M McKim, grew up here and later worked in Davenport. They will establish a home in Minneapolis with best wishes from Plover friends.
Rev Walter Rothwell announces morning worship and Sunday school at 10 and 11 am. The Second Division of the Willing Workers serves Thursday Sept 6 in the church parlors. A shower honors Mrs Roberta Grove Klein. The committee plans a meeting with school teachers around 4 pm after the shower. A new serving schedule is hoped for the list.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet on Thursday September 13 for its annual election of officers. Three Sundays remain before the conference. On Sunday September 16 Rev. man will preach in the morning. A fellowship dinner will be served at noon followed by the quarterly service. Movies of the Home Mission in the southland will be shown during the evening service.
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