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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
8
Local notes report weddings visits and travel including Glenn Jones marriage to be followed by a trip to Morris Minnesota. Several residents on the sick list pass along church and school events plus a volleyball meeting and community outings.
The Farm Union met at R. F. Buck home Tuesday evening with a social hour following the business session. Mrs. A Jurgens and her son Ed visited the Forsythe home in West Bend on Sunday. Music by Iowa Blues Deluxe announced for the Christmas Dance in West Bend on Monday, December 19.
Proyer Methodist church notes cover Thursday prayer meeting 7 30 p m and sermons on Jesus as the Messiah A Life of Faith and cantata Christmas night Ep worth League led by Donald Horsman Choir rehearsal at J H Bucher home Plover Presbyterian notes list services and a new pastor elect Rev W H Cassell moving from Parker S D A Dec 24 Christmas Eve program rehearsal details and a December 13 wedding at the Young home describing Aurelia Young and Glenn Jones wed with reception A look at local stunts in Pocahontas with Plover claiming first and third prizes and community praise
A school house talent show delayed prize news until morning. Eldo and Warren Heathman won first prize of 50 dollars with their songs, a Pocahontas girl took second for a Highland fling, and the Plover Girls Quartette earned third with a Fern Christensen led act. The Sanders and Eggspuehler stunt placed fourth.
The two act operetta presented by the local high school directed by Mrs. F R Egegspuehler delighted with its orchestra and cast. The plot follows a widow with two daughters at a fashionable resort where romance arises and youth and age chase love. Members of the orchestra and chorus were praised for their performances.
Howard J. Clark of Des Moines will speak at the Farm Bureau Gala Day event next Monday. He has long served as attorney for the Farmers' Union of Iowa and is noted for his study of agricultural economics.
A detailed schedule lists the morning and afternoon programs with times, chairs, and speakers. Items include reports from secretary and treasurer, auditing and resolutions committees, election of delegates and officers, musical performances, and an address by Hon. Howard J. Clark.
Budd and Alma Buck led in rose frocks with silver trim while Prentiss Shaw Earl Kerns Leo Hanisch Archie Layton Elwood Everson Dick Bush formed a white clad chorus. Ila Fisher played Mrs Manning with credit, Donald Horsman the absent minded man, Arlene Grove and Lucile Bucher as Mrs Manning’s daughters. Edward Lehnus and Allen Heathman were the lovers. Fern Christensen Leoty Garlock and Bud Ho Scream contributed. Despite storm and advertising losses many attended Wednesday’s show, lauded as the best operetta here.
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