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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
1
Rolfe hosts a community poultry and grain show emphasizing market value over appearance. The event urges higher egg production and quality, boosting farmers' income while serving as a patriotic defense effort.
The Iowa State Fair records record attendance and strong exhibits of hogs cattle and horses reinforcing its status as a premier event. Prominent local figures praise the fair and its role in showcasing agricultural success and advancing Iowa farming leadership in grain and livestock production.
Editorials discuss President Roosevelt’s order to shoot on sight Axis war vessels entering a designated North Atlantic zone aiding Britain. Projections warn Germany will resist, American casualties可能, and comment notes broad public support if area limits Britain’s supplies.
Emmetsburg Reporter notes new Federal Reserve Board rules tighten installment credit to curb excessive lending. Buyers face 18 month maximum terms with 15 to 20 percent down depending on item. Cars and home goods require higher down payments. trade-ins may cover part of the down payment.
The piece notes coal and oil as core US industries underpinning daily life and defense. Despite deficits and tax or labor challenges, these sectors push to avert shortages and sustain wartime needs while praising private enterprise's role in emergencies.
The Le Mars Sentinel argues that concern over army camp morale is overblown. It notes many soldiers in training prefer home life and their usual work, attributing homesickness to letters and misread reports rather than real low morale.
Pocahontas junior class selects Lucien Wood as assistant director and Miss Phyllis Barnes as director for the October 10 presentation in the school auditorium. Cast includes Eugene Sherwood Tom Sawyer Jerry Posakony John Finn Aunt Polly Ruth Watson Amy Woppinger Ethel Sherwood and others.
W C OF hosts annual pot luck supper at Sisters of St Francis home this Thursday Sept 25 at 6 pm. Members to bring a covered dish. committee includes Mrs J F Stelpflug Mrs James Donahue Florence Schoofs Mrs Carl Storr Eileen Donahue Ione Hammes.
A recent association summary reports local taxes rising 1 to 17 percent in 1942. County budgets statewide increase 17 percent, school budgets 45 percent, and cities and towns 9.7 percent. Overall state civil division totals rise by 2.6 percent to $1,819,300, erasing the one mill state levy reduction for 1942.
The Sacred Heart school Parents Teachers Association held its first meeting of the year on Tuesday night July 16. Rev. G F Wessling spoke, Pattee Mae Mitchell and Carlinda Hammes sang, and a symposium on expectations between teachers and parents followed led by Mrs. Frank Shaw. Committees for the year were announced and hot lunches resume September 22. Regular meetings are set for the second Tuesday each month. Mrs. T M Shimon is president.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met September 18 at the church parlors with large attendance. Guest speaker Mrs Fae Schon spoke on social service after devotions. The program included a piano duet and a Pocahontas high school girls’ selection. Lunch followed.
Mrs Peter Klein of Grant ties with Bonnie Bauer at the hospital in Sioux City following a national bus event tied to USMegg school activities.
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