Paving Project Nears Finishing Amid Concrete Delay
The Arrow paving job under J. S. Kellogg and the three Booth Olson outfits nears completion as 125 workers operate without shifts. About 383 car loads of cement and 9,000 cubic yards of gravel and sand have been used to lay 17 blocks of concrete streets. The final pours depend on weather with the last concrete to be laid by week’s end and paving opened soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 5
Kellogg
Booth & Olson Paving
Harry Haskell
Main
Bavia
Llfe
American Home Study Club meets with hostesses and shared readings
The American Home Study Club held its meeting last Friday hosted by Mrs. Casper Grant and others. Twenty members attended along with three visitors. Members read from the Literary Digest and discussed “The World’s Famous Bells” and “The Truth About Me.” The next meeting is set for Oct 15 with specific hostesses and a hobbies program planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Home Study Club
Casper Grant
A. Firkins
A. D. Clea
Tee
Anna Cook
K. P. Hunter
R. C. Grant
John Gunderson
Literary Digest
J. R. McIntire
Ed Hoard
J. C.underson
Roll Tall
J. QO. Hosier
Will Howland
H. N. Hamilton
Newspapers Change Hands In Emmetsburg Area
The Arrow reports The Palo Alto Tribune in Emmetsburg has changed hands, tying Miss Donovan's paper to Charles A. Knouse of the Lehigh Argus. Emmetsburg now has three papers as Gilmore City Enterprise shifts to new editors Mercer and Solewisch from Teene county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrow
Palo Alto Tribune
Emmetsburg
Ann Donovan
Charles A. Knouse
Lehigh Argus
Miss Donovan
Elster
Gilmore City Enterprise
Mr. Mercer
A. H. Solewisch
Teene County
Delinquent Subscriptions Linked to Plant Sale
In the sale agreement for Sutrtow the unpaid subscriptions stay with the plant and are payable to Henry L. Sawyer. The new owner must settle all delinquent bills tied to ledger accounts for job printing and advertising. Marion Bruce is listed for payments at the office in a defined time frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutrtow
Henry L. Sawyer
Marion Bruce
Home Man to Manage New Skelly Oil Station
J H McElyea owner of Poca hontas Oil Co. returned from county capital Friday to supervise construction of the new Skelly station near the M and St L depot. The brick front building will be well constructed and an ornament to town with E J Rutgers in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McElyea
Pocahontas Oil Co
Skelly
McElyea
E. J. Rutgers
B. F. Rutgers
Des Moines
Ernest
Bor
First Frost of the Season Reported Last Thursday
Jack Frost arrived Thursday morning September 16 with frost visible along creek bottoms and lower lands. Town frost showed no damage to tomatoes and beans while corn fields, though touched, appeared spared due to location. The crop outlook remains favorable with corn maturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Big Family Reunion at the Will Point Home
The Webster Colburn reunion gathered attendees Sunday September 19 at the Will Point home. Members included Ed Webster Blanche Webster Clarence Webster and three children Ed Fitzgerald Fonds Jane Morrison James Wilson and many others from Ayrshire Sioux Rapids Emmetsburg Gilmore City Ware Rolfe and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster-Colburn
Will Point
Ed Webster
Blanche Webster
Clarence Webster
E. E. Batchler
Floyd Barber
Peterson
Axel Cuthbert
Will Colburn
Pauls
Sioux Rapids
Tom Virgil
Milton Virgil
Rob McDonald
Pearl Bishop
Ayrshire
Clarence Thompson
George Thompson
Emmetsburg
Gilmore City
Milton Point
Eldon Point
George Point
Ware
Ed Fitzgerald
Fonds
Jane Morrison
James Wilson
Rolfe
Methodists to Hold Big Homecoming in Rolfe
Rolfe Methodist church invites all home folks and friends to a full day homecoming next Sunday September 26. Events include Sunday school 10 church 11 afternoon service 230 Epworth league 630 and evening service 730. Pot luck meals, social time, guest hospitality and a large chorus choir are planned with talks by former pastors and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Methodist
Epworth League
Rolfe
Man Burns From Clothes Igniting On Street After Farm Work
Tom McCullom suffered serious burns on his legs and waist when his trousers lit after he lit a pipe. While spraying Canada thistles with a sodium chloride solution on a farm, his clothing absorbed the chemical. Flames erupted as if soaked in gasoline. bystanders removed the clothing and he received medical care. He was not hospitalized and is expected to recover unless complications arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McCullom
Mr. McCullum
Rolfe Auto,Co
Inquiry of Wheeler Family Ties Spreads Across States
Mrs. Laura Best and Mrs. Lucile Bennett of Los Angeles visit Clarion relatives, joining Mrs. Harold Meyers and Mrs. W. P. Wheeler for a Sunday gathering. Bennett plans to stay a week with her brother, W. P. Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Meyers
Clarion
Laura Best
Lucile Bennett
Los Angeles
Calif
W. P. Wheeler
Bennett
Arrow changes hands in Rolfe press move
In Rolfe Iowa the Arrow is transitioning ownership from Marion Bruce to the Sawyers. The new publishers promise a strong community newspaper while inviting criticism and subscriber support. Art Lighter remains foreman and Mr Thornton handles linotype.
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The
Arrow
Marion Bruce
Sawyers
Rolfe
Art Lighter
Thornton
Rolfe Merchant Lee Holt Dies After Operation
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Presbyterian church for Lee J. Holt of Rolfe who died Friday at Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge after an operation for appendicitis and peritonitis. Holt, 51, left a furniture business and was survived by his mother wife Carrie Holt five children a sister three brothers and one grandchild. Burial was in Clinton Garfield cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Lee J. Holt
Rolfe
Lutheran
Fort Dodge
H. A. Sinning
C. J. Morrison
C. EB. Boyce
Mesdames
C. B. Bowen
Mallard
Iowa
H. C. Holt
Carrie Rasmussen
Daisie Lee
Mason City
Frank L
Rockford
Raymond
Jack
Vera Jean
Mamie
Garth
Carrie Holt
Christina Holt
Walter
Jefferson
Homer
George
Clinton- Garfield Cemetery
Morris W. Webb
Bert Peterson
A. M. Simonson
A. G. Hille
E. Eikenberry
Luther Thompson
Persian Missionary at Presbyterian Church
Mrs. T. Cuyler Young, a returned Persian missionary, will speak at the Presbyterian church on Monday evening September 27. She served in Resht from 1924, helped establish a girls school, and has continued evangelical work with women after marriage. Her son Cuyler Jr was born in Persia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Cuyler Young
Persia
Presbyterian Church
Young
Cuyler Jr
Iran
Women’s Bureau of the
Board
Iowa
Ames
Fire destroys Mark Dickey barn near Bradgate
A Tuesday noon fire three miles south of Bradgate consumed the Mark Dickey farm barn and machine shed. Gilmore City fire apparatus responded but could not control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Dickey
Bradgate
Gilmore City
Funeral Attendees From Out of Town Named
Besides his children, funeral services drew relatives and friends from several towns including Man son City Nora Springs Jefferson Janesville Plainfield Cedar Falls Sebeka Minn and the Stephenson family from Sebeka Minn with many living relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Holt
George Holt
Bertha Holt
Manson City
Clarence Beck
Nora Springs
Walter Holt
Shirley and
Russell
Jefferson
Oliver Johnson
Janesville
Iowa
Fred Nelson
Plainfield
Glenn Hennings
Emma Hennings
Cedar Falls
John Stephenson
Stanley Stephenson
Sebeka
Minn
Promotion Club Plans Town Celebration for Paying It Forward
At a regular meeting the Promotion club recalls five years of local impact. Webb chairs as the club celebrates community improvements including Christmas baskets and tree, flood relief funds, school team support, paving project, and summer band concerts. Committees form to plan the upcoming event with Dr C W Siefkin and Webb named for lead roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Promotion Club
Central States Electric Co
Morris W. Webb
Webb
Morris
Jamborg
Bert Peterson
Rolfe Promotion Club
Ed Boles
Frank Grandjanet
Addi
Lillian Nelson
State Highway Commission
J. T. Grant
C. W. Siefkin
Lester Leserman
Ed Rickard
Rolfe High Team Travels To Manson For Monday Game
Rolfe high football squad will journey to Manson next Monday September 27 to play the Manson eleven on the newly lighted gridiron. The game moved from Friday to Monday 8 oclock start to match the lighting readiness. Officials hope many Rolfe supporters attend as the team shows strength and could contend for undefeated honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe High
Manson
Rolfe
Lucile Wheeler Weds Harold Meyers in Rolfe Methodist Church
Miss Lucile Wheeler of Fort Dodge and Harold Meyers of Fort Dodge married in a Rolfe ceremony last Wednesday evening. Rev. Clarence W. Tompkins officiated. The couple will reside in Fort Dodge after a wedding dinner at the bride’s aunt’s home in Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Lucile Wheeler
Fort Dodge
W. P. Wheeler
Harold Meyers
Lohengrin
Edward van Gorkin
Gilmore City
Clarence W. Tompkins
Soda Grill
Warden
Petersons Pullers Triumph at Pilot Mound Contest
Petersons Pullers win lightweight honors at Pilot Mound plowing match as R N Peterson Rolfe team pulls 2600 pounds for the full distance. E D Moser Le Mars takes heavyweight class with 2500 pounds 27 feet 6 inches. Peterson says horses came from the Dakotas and are now a well behaved team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Peterson
Rolfe
E. D. Moser
le Mars
Peterson
Dakotas
Pocahontas
Calhoun
Kossuth
Humboldt
Cherokee
Barney
Prince
Iowa State College Extension Service
Mrs. Lizzie Ransom Dies in California at 88
John Hewlett reports his sister Mrs. Lizzie Ransom former Rolfe resident died Sunday September 19 1937 in Los Angeles California Funeral services were held there Tuesday She leaves a son and three daughters all in California and Hewlett is now the sole surviving immediate family member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hewlett
Lizzie Ransom
Rolfe
Los Angeles
Calif
Flossie Geddes
Lula Moon
California
West Bend Man Killed in Auto Accident
Herman Habeger 26 of West Bend died after his car passed a truck and struck a funeral car on Highway 169 two miles north of Fort Dodge about 9 30 p m He suffered a basal skull fracture and died at Mercy hospital En route to Fort Dodge to visit his sweetheart he was cousin of the Habeger family linked with the Calligans in Rolfe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Habeger
West Bend
Fort Dodge
Habeger
Mercy Hospital
Herman
Rolfe
Calligans
Fort Dodge Visitor Shares Sisters Support After Mercy Hospital Operation
Mrs. James Fox visits Fort Dodge this week with her sister Mrs. Owen Mullen of Fonda who recently underwent a major operation at Mercy hospital and is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fox
Fort Dodge
Owen Mullen
Fonda
Mercy Hospital
Rolfe Triumphs Over Scranton In City Park Battle
Rolfe dominates Scranton 27 7 as Taylor and Cornwell pace Rolfe with strong running and accurate passing. Rudolfson and Taylor connect for key scores while Shelgren, Cox and Graeber anchor the line and defense. Scranton battles but falls short in second half comeback bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Scranton
Tutt
Cornwell
Taylor
Rudolfsoni
Thomas
Rudolfson
Thorman
Sexton
Hanson
Cox
Ray
Robert Shelgren
Phillips
Sen
Virgil Cox
Graeber
Ferden
Smith
Place Hansen
Shelgren
Saer Graeber
Andergom Ferden
McCoy Smith
McCulley Phillips
Peeele Davis Taylor
Ray Cornwell
McCoy Utt
Ate Reest
Uwl Thomas Graeber
D. Cox
R. Cox
Sanding
Watts
V. Cox
Marine
Boles
Fo Hubbard
Hansen
Landvig
Hubbard
Substitutes
Sextom
Lenn
Paving Celebration Promises Big Community Event
The Minute Men and their committees prep for a paving celebration and urge readers to watch next week for full particulars in the upcoming arm row.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Skelly
Methodists
Pullers
Pilot Mound
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