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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1914
Page
5
Rolfe school presents a student musical program under Miss Mabel Clausen in the school auditorium. The program features songs, solos, duets, glee clubs, and a brass quartet with casts and titles listed, highlighting student talent and community interest.
Friends report the sudden death of Miss Olga Christensen born December 31 1890 in Rolfe. She taught rural schools then studied at Cornell college finishing art in 1914. Survived by her mother and two sisters Alma and Eldora. Funeral at Danish Lutheran church Rolfe May 11. Body interred Clinton cemetery.
The Rolfe high school auditorium hosts the junior class play What Happened to Jones on Friday night May 21 a three act comedy about a man who travels for a hymn book house and imitates a bishop until the real bishop arrives and arrests him.
Friday marks the final movie chautauqua night with Unto the Least of These and Just Out of College. Commencement speaker Myx Starbuck of the University of Iowa and the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Bryan are scheduled as the May 20 graduation approaches.
Next week May 17 to 22 is set aside for an American Legion push to enroll as many eligible members as possible. The notice urges young men to join and suggests membership will bring pride in later years, hoping the Rolfe post reaches full enrollment before the week ends.
Rev. John P. Lester presides as morning worship at 10 30 a m Bible School at 11 45 a m Junior Endeavor at 3 00 p m Christian Endeavor at 7 00 p m Mothers Day attendance reaches 355 with 188 in Sunday school. Young men lead in a school contest as plans for next Sunday aim to push attendance over 200. Sermons focus on The Value of a Man and Our Friends, with Christian Endeavor topic Religion Pays. Plant sale planned May 22 and visitors noted at local events.
Harvey LaSeure died at his in laws home Tuesday night after a wartime service and a poisoning incident in France that led to tuberculosis. The obituary laments war’s folly and urges peaceful dispute resolution, noting Mrs Leone Malcolm as his bride.
Mr and Mrs David Pollock and Mr and Mrs Sinclair visited from Pioneer. Mrs O P Christensen and daughters Eldora and Alma traveled from Mt Vernon to attend Olga Pollock Christensen's burial after her death from tuberculosis May 9. Community sympathy is extended.
Funeral conductor A’ Sad ACCIDENT describes the death of Katherine Welter age eleven from a shotgun accident on a teeter totter while her parents were away. The Welter family, seven boys and two girls, mourns a bright child as neighbors recall the sorrowful event and the community shares in the bereavement. Elva Lemon returns from Cornell College Mount Vernon after completing studies and is excused from final recital due to health.
Friday May 14 Mae Marsh stars in The Wharf Rat and Saturday May 15 Tom Mix leads Coming of the Law. An unusually satisfying western picture with lively action and strong performances.
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