This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
4
Community notices from Plover and nearby towns recount social visits, dinners, and plans for a Friday teachers meeting in the school gym. The obituary for Henry Fitzgerald of Plover notes a 72 year life with service as postmaster and community leader, interment at Mallard Catholic Church.
The Plover church led by Minister W. Rothwell will preach at 9 50 a m with Sunday school at 10 30 a m. Willing Workers meet Thursday with a picnic lunch. Promotion and rally day services Sunday. Worldwide communion on Sunday October 2. Young People district circle meets Monday October 3 at & p m.
Sunday school at 10 and morning worship follow with the Epworth League at Tym. The pastor’s message on Sunday Sept 18 titled Christus attitude Toward the Church is the second of three on The Individual and the Church. P W G Mithtemsual district superintendent to hold quarterly conference Monday Sep 20. A church choir will attend a local conference. Details via letter.
Chevrolet dealers surpassed projected August totals by about 5 000, selling 42 006 new cars and 107 502 used cars nationwide. William Holler, general sales manager, notes August demand outpaced expectations while July sales reached 31 071 against projections.
Rolfe notes show Mrs. B A Kerns visiting Plover. Mr and Mrs KE F Ransford of Eagle Grove hosted by Mr and Mrs A J Hille. L H Watson and family nearby. Rutland visitors at the Denali Johnson home. Fret Hille traveled to Alma. A. Poulsen’s funeral pallbearer duties noted. household visits by Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Spaak of Ti. Minn. plus other local and westward trips. Advertisements highlight enamelware sets free with Copper-Cid ranges and wallpaper sales at Webb’s drug store. Desa Gunderson returned from a western trip. Diobert Fisher attended TP Rarpa Alpha convention in Los Angeles with visits to Pasadena and Estes Park, Boulder Dam, Denver, and Ames before continuing studies at Iowa State College.
Regular services are planned with a sermon by Rev H A Sinning at 10 o clock Sunday and Sunday school at 11 10 with Christian Endeavor at 6 45 Winifred Brinkman presiding a discussion. The Woman s Missionary society observes a guest day on Wednesday Sept 21 with a one o clock luncheon and afternoon program.
Pastor Clarence W. Tompkins leads the service with theme Learning to Love God. Sunday school at 10 offers rally day program and a new men’s class beyond the Ashbury group. Choir meets Thursday evening. quarterly conference Friday with potluck and plans for the year. Dr and Mrs Davies attend. Conference begins Tuesday Sept 27 at Sac City.
Evangelist E L Scotvold will conduct evangelistic meetings at Trinity Lutheran Church next week and preach Sunday at 10 50 am. A catechism class is set for Saturday at 1 pm. An offering for the synodical budget will be lifted during Sunday services to fund the evangelist’s remuneration.
Nain Lutheran Church schedules Sunday school next Sunday at the usual time and a Sunday evening service at a specified hour with Rev. Olsen from Rutland delivering the message.
The article lists mass times for Margaret's Church with Sunday and weekday masses, confessions before masses, and ember days of fast and abstinence on September 21, 23, 24. It notes confession details on Sundays and Saturdays, and first Friday confessions.
Frank Preebe urges poultry raisers to focus on healthy chicks for profit, noting that experience shows the importance of healthy stock though his letter ends amid incomplete guidance on ensuring chick health.
A call for sanitation and disease control in poultry cites heavy annual losses from illness. The Institute of ... projects in eight states demonstrate financial gains from adopting disease prevention, urging Farm Bureau and local groups to participate.
A brief notice urges readers to use the Arrow adlet column for buying selling or trading. It promises surprising results and encourages participation in the local classifieds feature.
Bradgate residents, Daniels and Dan iels families, visited friends in Fort Dodge and Storm Lake while other locals attended funerals, hosted clubs, or traveled to nearby towns. Carroll Kinseth recuperates at home from recent surgery and several visitors joined relatives in Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
Sunday gatherings include Mr and Mrs Leonard Lindsey visiting the Margaret Laning home and Meo and Mrs Ed Richard calling there. Luther leagues and aids met in Humboldt and Eagle Grove with several visiting families from Pik Horn and Austin Minnesota.
Mr and Mrs M G Herscher escaped serious harm after a truck from a Mason City firm struck their stalled car on a highway near their son's home. No one involved was seriously hurt.
Tom Dawson visited friend G A Gruver from Mallard. Bernice Lindsey assists at Axel Carlson home in Laurens. Mr and Mrs Juke Wagner and children visited Fort Dodge Wednesday. Mrs Clara Keerles business visitor at Storm Lake. Mrs Fred Mier injured by a nail after recently removing a wrist cast. Will Hilton and Mrs W A Bloomer visited Edmond Blomer home in Grimes. Gruver family moved to Stifer and Gowrie for visits with relatives. Havelock American Legion elected Frank Ralley post commander. Mr and Mrs D B Jones of Lake City visited Charles Mann. Mr and Mrs Clark Tompson of Hunter Oklahoma visiting S H Gill. King's Heralds to meet at Byron Lathrop’s for officer elections. Gaskill from Farnhamville visited A R Grover. EF Grover and George Price fished at Lake Minnewashia and Lost Island. Otto Maltzahn and kk Gehrt visited Relfe. Shriner and Urquhart families dinner guests at Speer home. Dinner guests at Smiths included Nelson, Bekbore, Smoots, and Laurens residents. Rev John E Clifton preached on Trifles of Life at Methodist church. Annual conference at Sac City. Epworth league rally Sept 20 at Ayrshire. FL L services to resume soon. Claud Barth, 17, returns home after hospital treatment for injuries when cow fell on him.
Last week 219 pupils enrolled at the Havelock consolidated school with 60 in high school and 159 in grades. Two new departments opened home economies led by Ruth Dawson and manual arts led by J F Lyons. The building was cleaned and linoleum laid in hallways.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.