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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
4
Plover residents recount visits from relatives and friends across Mallard Estherville Sheldon and Spencer. Local ties include ball games, shop improvements, and a Sheppard-Towner clinic with twenty four children examined. A Manifold Marine was injured in Alaska. the family awaits word as they travel and support is sought.
A note from Mrs. J. H. Pollock thanks readers for news tips and invites more items. She mentions five years since taking over the Plover department and expresses gratitude for community help to continue the work.
Several families from Plover attended the religious services held at the Methodist camp grounds on Lake Okoboji last Sunday, joining fellow worshippers for a community gathering.
The morning service will be led by Gideon volunteers from Storm Lake with Burl Houck guiding Epworth League. Rev. W. H. Lease of Algona will preach at 8 p m as quarterly conference closes. Epworth League Rally in Laurens Friday features Dr Otto Nall editor Epworth Herald as principal speaker.
The county teachers' institute will run September 3 and 4, requiring attendance by all teachers. Classes start September 5 to align with the new year. Books may be obtained September 1 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the school building. The year opens with carefully chosen staff including Ivadel Schultz, Dora belle Pollock, Clio Jones, Cleo Wallace, Evalyn Stodgell, Mrs F R Egespuehler, Ruth Walker, Violet Donaldson, Geneva Hoff, and G L Sanders serving as principal, superintendent, and coach.
Harold Hess eldest son of Mr and Mrs L P Hess died Saturday at Lindlahr Sanitarium Elmhurst Illinois after long illness from tuberculosis of the alimentary canal He was about thirty His wife parents brothers and mother in law were with him Funeral was held in Ortonville Minnesota with his wife and Mrs Brabham accompanying the body The Hess family drove from Plover and Ortonville where the family resided for many years was the home of Harold An obituary will be published next week.
Thelma Ward daughter of Rev H O Ward of Manson and Owen Coffin son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Coffin of Richland married Tuesday Aug 11 at the Ward home. They will teach in New Providence Iowa after Sept 1. The Ward family formerly lived in Plover. You see more hearses than horses nowadays.
The sentiment imagines achieving golf’s pinnacle, becoming the world champion and avoiding employment. It reflects a playful dream of wealth, leisure, and status without labor or daily duties.
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