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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
2
The club met with Mrs. Les Fis vert and Mrs. Gesner Gram assisting. President Jon Gunderson presided as members and guests discussed community activities and school notes. Refreshments followed the gathering with greetings to new attendees and voices from the audience.
Rambling Rams to Visit Pocahontas with the Iowa State Sheep Association and Farm Bureau cooperation. The truck will travel September 28 in Pocahontas to move quality registered mutton rams from production areas to places with fewer rams. County extension director Dale N. Goodell urges interested farmers to attend early. nearby counties are invited.
The American Cancer Society sponsors a free cancer information center in Pocahontas County. Mrs. R. L. Hudson, county chairman, announces the center open each Friday from 1 to 4 pm in the courthouse hobby room with Mrs. A. R. Peters as in charge. The program was presented to the county nurses association at Mrs. Dockal's home.
Report notes Ak-Sar-Ben stock show schedule and participants including Laurens Haider Ottober Leland and Trustees. Mentions calf displays by Lauren Gary Leith and Merse Millers Minute Men presence with outside entries and community interest in the event.
The South Iowa state nurses association will gather in Boone at Boone Hospital Wednesday October 6 at 7 45 pm. Dr Allan H Frankie of Des Moines will speak after the program “Problem Child” noting his work at the Child Guidance Clinic.
Neighbors and friends offered kindness help and sympathy at the death of wife and mother. Harry Kinsley and Imogene express gratitude for thoughtful acts and support. John Quincy Adams served in Congress after presidency. Lincoln issued the first annual Thanksgiving proclamation in 1865. Buy a Bond each month.
Sunday school at 10 am morning worship at 11 am chorus practice Thursday evening daily will be observed with a design program beginning at 7 pm. Children urged to attend practice Saturday at 3 pm. Rally Day offering supports Presbyterian education and Youth Fellowship meets this Sunday evening.
Pastor Bariz leads Sunday worship with church school at 10 15 am and service at 11 15 am Proclamation day exercises during the service Youth Fellowship at 7 pm. A chicken dinner and Word Communion Sunday are planned with messages warning about the dangers facing the younger generation.
The parish with Pastor Teyling holds Sunday service at 10 am on September 24. Sunday school meets in the parish house. Midweek prayer and workers meetings are scheduled with details for Tuesday and Friday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Methodist church outlines Promotion Day exercises on San mer 26 at 11 15 am with certificates for primary entrants to junior department and samples for entering the junior and intermediate grades. Intermediates to high school receive Methodist Youth Fellowship pins. Al DeVaul and Rev. H V Bartz preside.
Rain ended a dry spell in Pocahontas County as farmers finish plowing. Corn shows about 85 percent recovered from frost damage while soybeans are around 70 percent past frost danger and drying rapidly. Winter rye seeding is completed.
A crew of tree trimming specialists worked in town last week making improvements at multiple properties. Large trees were removed and others trimmed at Edna Marcum and H. I. Wickie homes and the new Marie Wiegman residence nearing completion. Similar work was done at Cora Lighter property occupied by Anna Ryen.
Dennis Calligan ten month old son of Mr and Mrs Harold Calligan received second and third degree burns on a knee and hand when he pulled an electric iron from the stand where his mother had just finished ironing He is now recovering aided by his mother close beside him
The Northwest Iowa Annual Conference is in session at the First Methodist church in Cherokee from September 22 to 26. It opens with a communion service and a memorial for ministers and wives who died in the past year. Dr Roy L Smith will speak at an outdoor meeting Friday evening. The conference closes Sunday with ordination and appointment readings. Rev H Bartz and lay representatives Kenneth Dayton and Wesley Lehnus attend.
The Rolfe in Des Moines gathered at Birdland Park shelter house on August 29 for a picnic dinner and business meeting. Officers elected were Wallace Wheeler president George Marchant vice president and Mrs F M Field secretary. The article notes Washington DC population 61 000 at Civil War outbreak.
Thank you notes from multiple families express gratitude for flowers cards letters and sympathy during illness and after death including Mrs Anderson J A Cordes and the Severson Graham and related families noting appreciation from Pioneer and neighboring communities for support and burial arrangements.
Mayor Fred Witt urges compliance with town ordinance Sec. 25 requiring all bicycle riders to have a white headlight and a red rear light after dark. Parents must ensure children’s bikes are equipped to avoid injury.
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