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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
3
Schedule shows four home games and four away for Havelock's football season with matches against Fonda Graettinger Bradgate and Bode. Local notices cover community events and personal visits, including Legion Auxiliary meeting notes and several residents traveling, visiting, or returning home.
A large crowd attended the Des Moines Township faculty reception hosted by the Women's Club Friday evening. The program opened with Vaughn orchestra music and a pantomime The Doctor's Dilemma. Leaders welcomed teachers. staff expressed joy and cooperation wishes.
Sunday program highlights Rally Day in the church school with songs and exercises led by the Sunday school. John D. Wolcott ministers the service with morning worship at 11 00. Epworth League meets at 7 30 p m and a church board meeting is planned Friday evening to close the year and settle old parsonage sale and other matters.
Mr and Mrs Carl Demro and their daughter from Nashua saved four people from drowning in the Cedar river. Mr Demro performed his first rescue 30 years ago.
Eben Caldwell of near Corydon lost four horses to a lightning strike. Mrs. Chas Willey’s distressed look prompted F C Dunker of Humboldt to ask about her woes. He returned a purse she had just misplaced and helped locate its owner.
Local Humboldt residents logged film nights with the Hans Nielsen and Leslie Johnson families along with Mrs. David Henderson Mrs. Nels Nelson Mrs. Art Kilbourn and Mrs. Marie Jensen and Mads Johansen attending. A second group included the Chris Knudsen Knute Christensen families and others. Several calves tied to Orville Lawman Orval Heathman and Virgil Heathman were moved to Sioux City with sales at auction dates noted.
Tuesday brings home p and Donald Spencer attended Sunday dinner with the Henderson family. Guests included Earl Kerns and others from Pla Mads Johansen, Marie jat sen, and multiple couples from De Moines, Dallas, Blu Earth, Humboldt, Gilmore City, Emmetsburg, and Plover. A daughter was born to Nels Truelsen on Tuesday September 17 weighing 8 2 pounds.
Joseph Pearlman of Eldora planned a sales gimmick by appearing in native attire and standing by the window to showcase blankets. A large crowd gathered and several blankets were sold amid the spectacle.
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