Rolfe Area News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Rolfe residents report many social calls and family visits including Jack Hurley of Laurens at Dr G A Everson home and Mr and Mrs Bill Garner of Sutherland at Henry Anderson home. The Grove family reunion draws 69 with attendees from multiple states. Fort Dodge and West Okoboji trips, schooling plans for Kenneth Hart, and a sudden death in Fort Dodge are noted along with weekend visitors to the Dr King home and extended family travel in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hurley
Laurens
G. A. Everson
John Pouelsen
Algona
Bill Garner
Sutherland
Henry Anderson
O. B.fuller Sr
Bradley, Malone and
Severin
West Okoboji
Orval
Pocahontas
Florian
William Rothenstein
Louise
Chicago
John Onnen
George Jeffries
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Minneapolis
Ortonville
Russell
Minn
Des Moines
Lehigh
Farnhamville
Vincent
Latimer
Estherville
Havelock
Plover
Rolfe
Mason City
Iowa
Jim
Brock
Rosie
Rodman
Donald Bollard
W. H. Strickler
G. “A. Everson
Fort Dodge
Warren Heathman
Ames
Walter Heald
Clement Shimon
Ernest Struthers
Sally Hicks
H. A. Sinning
Pearl
Dubuque
Leo Julius
Emily Hart
Robert Hart
Sides
Dr. King
Mildred
Frances
Elizabeth
Terris
Arnold Wilson
St. Paul
Frances King
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Wilson
F. E. Duroe
Mrs. Duroe
Enrollment Totals 182 At R H S Arrowlet
R H S Arrowlet reports 182 pupils this year with the junior class at 35, sophomores 33, seniors and freshmen tied at 32. New students arrive from Blair Nebraska Laurens Gilmore City and other districts. Eleven of 81 seniors plan college study at Cedar Falls Drake Morningside Ames and Chicago. Music and modernization updates accompany athletic and classroom activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Lund
Blair
Neb
Laurens High School
Lorene
Willard George
Leonard Wilson
Vivian Hinrichs
Gilmore City High
Ada George
Laurens
Cedar Falls
Helen Christenson
Estelyn Roberts
Franklin Short
Mary von Ives
Donald Nelson
Allen Lomen
Drake
Mary Jane Hunter
Gerald Graeber
Morningside
Mary Beth Brinkman
Ames
Albert Rudolfson
Lorraine Shimon
Irene Peterson
Chicago
Willard Klein
CCC
Bancroft
Margaret's Church Masses and Confessions Schedule
Rev. D. A. Tewell presides at Margaret's Church with Sunday masses at 8 and 10 a m and a 7 30 a m weekday mass. Confessions occur each Sunday before the early mass except on the first Sunday with additional Saturday confessions before the first Sunday and before the first Friday mass.
Innovations Previewed in Everyday Items and Warfare Aids
A list of novel gadgets from golf clubs with transparent heads and embedded arrows to guide strokes to a torpedo that can rebound to strike a battleship, portable soda fountain partitions on overhead rails, a gentler germicide stronger than tincture of iodine, and a home elevator car that travels along stair sides.
Arrow Adlet Column Sells Through the Market
An advertising column by Arrow adlet reports strong results from merchants who placed small ads. Local traders credit steady inquiries and quick sales to the placement. The column notes rising reader engagement and asks advertisers to broaden their campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Sunday School Rally Plans and New Endeavor Officers
The Sunday school plans a rally and calls for full pupil attendance. Christian Endeavorers elected officers Miss Lu Mae White president Marie White vice president Jeanette Hauck secretary treasurer. Installation service set for next Sunday at 6 45 PM inviting all church youths to attend. Rain paused Monday outing but group met at the church parlor and enjoyed time. Plans for monthly Young People circle meetings begin, likely on the first Monday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theour School
Christian Endeavorers
Lu Mae White
Marie ‘White
Jeanette Hauck
Methodist Church Plans September Activities and Meetings
Rev Clarence W Tompkins presides as the theme Christianity A Jubilant Religion opens Sunday service. Choir practice at the parsonage tonight at 8 pm. Missionary Society meets tomorrow at the Bixler home with mite box opening and reports. Quarterly conference September 16 invites all board members. Annual conference at Sac City. Rally and Promotion Day September 18 during Sunday school hour. The Kings Heralds meet Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Missionary Society
Bixler
L. A. Rogers
Sac City
King’s Heralds
NAIN LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday Services Schedule
Sunday school will be held next Sunday at the usual time. A week from Sunday Rev. Olsen of Rutland will occupy the pulpit at the evening service beginning at 8 o'clock. Remember the date Sunday September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nain
Trinity Lutheran Church announces weekly services and meetings
Pastor J. O. Wangberg will lead Sunday morning worship with Luther League in the evening. Brotherhood meets Thursday at Trinity church. Catechism class Saturday at 1 p.m. L D R meets Saturday 2 45 p.m. Missionary Society gathers with Mrs L W Larson on Wednesday September 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Shriner
Rochester
Minn
Maude Ives
Mary von
Hampton
Luther League
The
Brotherhood
Trinity Church
the Missionary Society
L. W. Larson
Rolfe Iowa votes on electric light plant proposal
The town of Rolfe seeks authorization to establish erect and operate a municipal electric light and power plant with a proposed expenditure not to exceed 50000 dollars funded solely from earnings. Election set at the fire station from eight in the morning to eight in the evening with voters casting ballots on August 30, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Tog
Ain
Iowa
Origina Town
J. H. Brinkman
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