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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
2
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid met at the Frigaard home with Mrs. Arnold Wold assisting. Delegates Clara Everson and Sarah Storesand were chosen for the W M F convention in Dows on October 17. A program followed with readings, music, Bible topics, and remarks by Lt. Lucile Everson. Rev. Wangberg led devotions and lunch was served.
NAIN LUTHERAN CHURCH and THE METHODIST CHURCH list Sunday services and times. Emery L Petersen and Rev C R Buckwalter are the pastors. New pastor to preach next Sunday. Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p m. new officers begin duties. Woman's Society meeting and luncheon Wednesday Sept 23. Annual conference scheduled midweek.
J O Wangberg pastor leads 11 a m worship with theme Jesus and the Sabbath from Mark 2 18 28. 10 a m Sunday school and Bible classes. New members will be received at the service. Catechism class Saturday at 1 45 p m. Junior choir at 3 p m.
Pastor W F Schneck leads Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m Choir practice is Wednesday at 8 30 p m Fort Dodge Presbytery meets at Carroll from Thursday through Friday with Mrs Siefkin Mrs Bowen Rev and Mrs Schneck attending World Wide Communion observed on the first Sunday in October
Keith Haynes has upgraded his residence across from the Presbyterian church by adding new shingles and now siding it with asbestos shingles, enhancing its curb appeal. A card of thanks from Mrs. Virgil Veogin expresses gratitude for cards, gifts, and flowers received during illness.
The Des Moines OPA district office announced this week that price control remains in effect on lumber and primary forest products and warns rumors of suspension are false.
Retail ceilings for packaged tobacco climbed from one half cent to 15 cents per pound in response to OPA authorized increases for manufacturers. The change affects the smallest containers and larger pound sizes alike.
Kosters describe a climb from farm labor to tenancy with their first FSA loan. They learned of the program from papers and decided to apply, noting slow progress with prior work for B. W. Lathrop. Havelock jokes about loan approvals while Beck Pocahontas and Mytice discuss GI Bill limits. Mrs. Koster serves coffee and doughnuts as the meeting ends.
In District Court Pocahontas County Iowa the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Peter Mullenbach deceased dated December 20 1944 is filed opened and read. A hearing to prove the will is set for 10 00 A M on October 2 1945 at the Pocahontas Court House before the District Court or the Clerk. All interested persons must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be probated. Dated Pocahontas September 4 1945. Katherine Boozell Clerk of District Court.
Walter D. Kline of the Des Moines district OPA says rationing frees effort for enforcing ceiling price rules. He notes persistent black market meat sales and reports poultry violations in four Iowa cities. He defends rent control amid housing shortages and warns of rising living costs if control lapses.
LeRoy Nelson N A Wilson and B W Lathrop joined County Extension Director Max O Naylor at a Spencer meeting September 10 with Northwest Iowa counties represented. Discussion centered on livestock and crop outlook and handling a soft corn crop if early frost occurs. Speakers included Carl Malone Rex Beresford and Harold Beaty. Rationing of industrial rubber footwear has ended marking the fifth commodity group freed by OPA since Japan victory.
The filing of the last will and testament of Sarah Helvig deceased dated October 2 1942 is opened for probate. The hearing is fixed for 2 00 PM on October 9 1945 at the Pocahontas County Courthouse before the District Court or its Clerk. All interested persons must appear to show cause why the will should not be probated.
The fourth annual TB survey in this county enters final stages on Wednesday September 26 with about 90 people to be X-rayed at the courthouse in Pocahontas. Only those referred by family physicians are eligible. Film interpretations and reports go to the physicians for patient follow up. The effort is sponsored by the county medical society and Christmas Seal Sale committee with the Iowa Tuberculosis Association and the state health department.
Pocahontas County Soil Conservation committee members attended a district meeting in Fort Dodge on September 12. Attendees include Harry Lund Laurens Arthur M. Johnson Havelock and T A Nixon war food assistant and Max O Naylor county extension director.
After a Call Park Algona picnic, Bancroft Foresters staged foot races for their children. The Bancroft Register editor stumbled, Erwin Heldorfer toppled him, and Walter Kockler collided Retrieved. Skinned knees and elbows were the only injuries.
The article notes ongoing coal shortages with production below last year and warns readers to stockpile before winter. It mentions limited lumber access despite eased rules, licenses to hunt for lumber, and a hopeful but uncertain spring outlook as Bere Briquets arrives within a week or ten days and trade gradually increases.
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