Rolfe School Notes Include Staff Absences and Awards
Miss Marie Lemon visited Cedar Rapids returning midweek. Mrs J K Lemon covered classes during absence. Miss Hanson returns after five weeks illness. Anna Ryen and Martin Alexander back after appendicitis operations. Delma Feaster and Florence Rees moved away. Miss Finn at Goodale home. Miss Twigg assisted Junior High. Mrs Russell Potter visited second grade. Parents Wisher and White visited fifth and sixth grades. April 6 athletic dinner with talks. letters awarded to Minnie Kober Avis Wotapek Marjorie Glascock Elizabeth King Catherine Hollis Earl Cox George Truelson Martin Alexander. Stripes earned by Walter Harris Earl Cox Orvan Olerich Lawrence Larson Richard Cleal James Sennett Myron Boos Kermit Symes. Next year captains named: Football Orvan Olerich. Boys Basketball Earl Cox. Girls Basketball Catherine Hollis. A Club officers elected: President Kermit Symes Vice President Catherine Hollis Secretary Martin Alexander Treasurer Orvan Olerich. Six weeks scholarship: top grades Lillian Zimmerman Marie Wiegman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kober
Avis Wotapek
Marjorie Glascock
T Elizabeth King
Catherine Hollis
Earl Cox
George Truelson
Martin Alexander
Walter Harris
Orvan Olerich
Lawrence Larson
Richard Cleal
James Sennett
Myron Boos
Kermit Symes
Senior Class Play Miss Somebody Else at High School
Gordon Siefkin notes the senior class presents Miss Somebody Else at the high school auditorium Friday evening May 6. Calendar listed includes May 5 exhibitions and play, May 12 track meet at Fonda, May 19 banquet, May 21 baccalaureate, May 25 commencement, and May 26 school closes.
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Fonda
D. M. T. School Notes Highlights And Upcoming Events
The April 18 Literary Society meeting featured Marion Hollis of Rolfe with An Inspired Dishwasher and musical numbers by Mrs. Art Vaughn Loveridge and Mrs. W. G. Byerhoff. Seniors bought class rings from J. White & Son. D. M. T. hosts Plover in baseball on April 21. The high school play The Old Oaken Bucket runs two nights April 20 and 21 with 25 and 35 cent admissions.
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Literary Society
Marion Hollis
Rolfe
Art Vaughn
Loveridge
W. G. Byerhoff
Des Moines Register Ad Offer Promotes Morning Delivery
An advertisement touts first news delivery in the Des Moines Register with a reduced annual price of five dollars. Local representative H. F. Thomas administers samples and services by phone. The tone hints at a quip about avoiding bootleg nomenclature.
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DES Moines Register
H. F. Thomas
Snowy trick backfires as fox plans hens with coon
In a woodland tale, Mr Fox pleads with Mr Coon to help disguise him as a snowman to snatch hens. The plan collapses when Timmy Goon and others snowball the disguise, exposing Fox and prompting a warning about asking for favors.
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R. Fox
Mr. Fox
Dog
Mr. Coon
Timmy
Benny
Coon
Timmy Goon
Mr. Rox
Sadie Name Origins and Etymology in History
Sadie and Sadye trace to Sarah from Hebrew meaning to fight or rule, later linked to princess. The name travels through English, Irish, and French forms with Sarah the common root, Sadie emerging from Ireland’s Sadhbh and Americanization. Malachite charms bring peace and protection, with Saturday as a lucky day and undefined number.
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Sadie
Sadye
Sarah
Sara
Abraham
Sadhbh
Larotte
Ireland
America
Webster's Book On English Sparks Frustration In Work Life
A worker questions a long ago Webster dictionary style book used to learn English. He argues the guide misdefines words like offensive and struggles with spelling and meaning. The piece notes his boss cites Webster as expert on American usage while the worker doubts its usefulness.
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Webster
Meester Webster
Uniteda State
Pietro
Leetle
Mebbe
Hundreed Dolla Mont
Local Notes From Rolfe and Nearby Towns
Plover paragraphs record visits and news from Rolfe Iowa Fort Dodge Des Moines and Des Moines Drake University. Mentions of Esther LeValley Mabel McKim Ruth Ferguson J W Phillips Dorothy Elliott and many locals include health visits new clothing lines at Petersons and a basket social by the American Legion auxiliary in the lodge hall.
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Esther “LeValley
Sheffield
Iowa
Mabel McKim
Ruth Ferguson
Fort Dodge
J. .W. Phillips
Rochester
Mian
Miss Dorothy
Lawrence
McBedwin
Petersons
Rolfe
I. M McKim
Elliott
Des Moines
A.crawford
Harry Mann
Lee Hess
Ganford Shoe Co
Minneapolis
Plover Mercantile Co
Chas. E. Watts
W. S. Chinn
E. C. Hancher
Emmetsburg
Godford Johnson
L. Miller
Earl Hughes
Woman’s Auxiliary
The
Amercan Legion
Elwood
Miller
Kaynee
Fred Nelson
Forrest Ridenour
Mallard
Rolfe Light & Power ‘Co
Ray McKim
Legion and Auxiliary Present Patriotic Program at Plover
The American Legion post and its Woman's Auxiliary offer a patriotic program at the Plover school house on Saturday evening April 22 at 8:30. Speakers include Frank P. Hogan County Advocate J A Eckenrod County Attorney Fred M. Hudson and Dr J H Lynch National Speaker. All are invited.
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American Legion
Woman’s Auxiliary
Plover
Frank P. Hogan
J. A. ‘Eckenrod
Fred M. Hudson
J. H
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Mess Bank
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Rolfe School
Miss Marie
Lemon
Cedar Rapids
J.K. Lemon
Miss Hanson
Anna Ryen
Delma Feaster
Florence Rees
Miss Finn
Goodale
Miss Twigg
Russell Potter
M. R. Wisher
A. P. White
Lillian Zimmerman
Marie Wiegman
Marie Wiegeman
Gordon Siefkinse
Tilda Munson
Marietta Spence
Marion Hollissee Ee
Kathleen Tiernan
Glenn Ives
Lilian Zimmerman
Ruby Green
Henrietta Kober
Stella Sennett Eer Nees
Darlene Smith
Helen Tiernan
Vera Nelson
Vera Smith
Beth Bryan
Tarl MacVey
Sopho Clara Peterson Ee
Walter Heald
Margaret Green
Avis
Gordon Siefkin
J. White & Son
D. M.T
Young & Field
Young & Fields Literary Readers
Holland
MR. Coons
Snow Man
Trv
Mildred Marshall
Sadi
England
Sara Beauchamp
Edward I
Sarrota de Moulton
John Kendrick Bangs
Jett Sieey
McEwen
Robert Bruce
James Bruce
Joseph McEwen
D. D. McEwen
Je. B
KENT
Robert ‘Bruce James Bruce W
Joseph. McEwen
Leslie E. Francis
U. S
Jos. Krejci
Sex
James
E. W. Kerns
Jud Mehbifey
Chicago
Legion and Auxiliary
Senate
the People’s Savings Bank
Conservative
Safe—Sound
Towa
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