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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text references distant times and supplies. Mentions a staged manufacture of items and placement in a position, with vague notes about insufficient details and ending abruptly. No clear people, places, organizations, or events identifiable in readable portions.
Prof Chas Greenslit plans a big Rolfe High School Band after ten years without a full ensemble. Students practice lips and instruments as preparations begin, renewing a Northwest Iowa music tradition once halted by aging players and horn shortages.
The film Where Are My Children will be shown at The Scenic Theatre in Rolfe on Wednesday December 27. The controversial birth control topic is promoted, with the ad promising full details inside.
Rev J P M Magnussen announces next Sunday services begin at eleven with the sermon The King in Glory. Sunday school runs at twelve. Christmas Day communion at eleven with the sermon What the Manger Told. A children's program and Christmas tree at six extend a hearty invitation to Danish worshippers.
Mr and Mrs Milan Sharp celebrated twenty five years of marriage last Wednesday December 18 with about twenty friends. The evening featured music games a two course luncheon and a silver gravy ladle and silver teaspoons as gifts accompanied by a speech from Mr Dawson.
A brief note speaks of good will and pest wishes while noting the purse is not worth having and the high cost of living remains both high and costly as the dove of peace flutters again.
Hindred men at work in the Marble Valley cement industry, and we would not be surprised to see double that number employed.
The Peter Wendell farm near Bellville township sold for 225 per acre, plus a nearby Dickinson place at 184 and a Keville farm at 250 per acre, signaling rising values for land near markets and rail lines. The Wendell farm, once 40 per acre sixteen years ago, now reflects broader demand and improvements by H Rassler and Harm C Behren ds.
The county declamatory contest at Pocahontas Friday evening December 15 featured schools Pocahontas Laurens Fonda Des Moines Township Consolidated and Rolfe Miss Ruth Smith of Rolfe won a humorous division placing while Laurens Fonda and Pocahontas earned other honors Music by the Girls Glee Club and a Japanese drill provided relief Rolfe absent despite two representatives and Laurens and Fonda showed strong school spirit. the event concluded with harsh closing humor about self reflection.
Miss Ruth Crane of the 8th Grade welcomed a visit from her mother. The 2nd Grade children finished their old Feader and are ready for a new one after the holiday as their story and activities note.
Ralph Showers led the 6th Grade on Monday as Dr Cy Barnes visited for the first time this year. The 5th Grade reports another transfer Almo Rohrman moving to Hatherville while Gladys Roush returns to the 4th Grade after illness. Pauline Wilson returns after two weeks absent due to illness.
The Arrow advertises a big Dec sale featuring 120 acre farm near Rolfe with tiling and strong crops, plus stock including nine horses, thirty cattle and thirty Poland China hogs. Auctioneers Cassie Show and H H Grove will run the auction. Other local sales include James Hersom’s newspaper driven sale and Shimon’s closing out sale near Rolfe with horses cattle hogs and machinery.
The Presbyterian and Methodist churches unite for morning worship at the Methodist church with Rev. Burnette preaching, then gather at the Presbyterian church in the evening for a Christmas program featuring choirs, recitations, solos, duets, and anthems led by local performers. Sunday school follows the morning service. A Christian Endeavor note mentions no preaching Sunday morning at the Terlan church and a union meeting instead.
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