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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
5
The Rolfe basketball season opens tomorrow at the high school gym against Eagle Grove. Eagle Grove, with a stronger material, aims for a quick return home by seven o clock, while Rolfe shows steady improvement and hopes for early fan support to boost morale for the winter campaign.
A Pocahontas note discusses deputy appointments by Sheriff Bob Winegarden and Treasurer Bertha Bowers. Chas Pattee and Erma Pattee are named as deputies amid questions of party labels and local voting patterns. The piece questions voters’ political awareness while noting retained deputies in other offices.
A planned series of meetings begins Tuesday January 11 with Rev. Hill of Churdan assisted by Elder J. F. Mudd of Boone. Hill is described as a forceful speaker with a pleasing personality and Mudd is well known locally. Services run each evening at 7 30. All are invited.
The W T U reports a December gathering at Mrs. A B Symes home and announces a January 16 National Prohibition Day program in the school auditorium. Mrs Addie Beam paid ten dollars for a life membership to support Child Welfare Americanization Legislation and Social Morality. The Union will pack a gift box for the Prentiss Mississippi vocational Negro school and asks members to donate clothing or money before January 16 to Mrs B L Green.
The A L D Club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs F A Malcolm’s home with many members present. Mrs BE Colebaugh led a lesson on salvaging food fishes from overflowed Mississippi lands. Miss Daphne Malcolm performed a piano piece and Miss Elva Lemon played violin during a luncheon. The next meeting will be Jan 18 at Mrs A R Thorntons house with a venue change.
Willard Lighter hosted a Saturday night gathering for Boy Scouts at his home to celebrate his birthday. The scouts arrived at 7 30 and played dominos plain sight and other games before leaving at 9 30 praising the cordial hospitality of Mrs Lighter and her daughters.
Two Rolfe women Susan Harris and Lulu White were drawn as petit jurors for the January term, while Mrs T P Comer of Plover was named on the grand jury. The piece weighs in on women serving, joking that it would be an imposition to assign one woman to vast sums of business. It notes mass enlistment records and idle Canadian shipyards reflecting wartime/postwar context.
The Pocahontas county Farm Bureau reports cash returns of 154,513 from three major projects in the year 1920, against a local investment of 6,171.06, including car shortage work 136,000 in farmers profits, a 433,777 shipping volume with 18,713 profit, and wool marketing with about 4,000 profit, suggesting strong organizational soundness.
Miss Ruth Climpson of Plover and Gerhard R Janssen of Rolfe united in marriage at Pocahontas on December 30 with Rev Tiede officiating. The groom has led a Willard service station at Rolfe and the bride teaches in Plover. The couple plans a future home in Rolfe.
At a meeting last evening Rolfe Post No. 25 American Legion elected Commander Luther Thompson Vice-Commander Wm Gibbons Adjutant Byron G Boos Finance Officer Harl Fergus Chaplain G Fred Smith Historian E W Wilson Master at Arms Wm Rob. Foreigners come to this country with the popular idea that America is a land flowing with milk and honey. It is but they soon discover that it requires something besides milk and honey to fill an empty stomach.
The young people's societies of the Norwegian and Danish Lutheran churches in Rolfe held a joint New Year’s Eve service in the Danish church to welcome the coming year. The program, though long, was interesting and well rendered. Part I follows.
A fire at the E. L. Albaugh farm two miles northwest of Havelock last morning nearly consumed a 1915 residence. The family woke to smoke and escaped with only the clothes on their backs. Mr Albaugh singed his hair. Fire likely started in the furnace. insurance on the house and contents was 6400 dollars, leaving some loss but not total destruction.
Garlock and Trick sold the McEwen block and the post office to A G Bagge. The transfer includes a 200 acre farm southwest of Have rock and the Gar field street heating plant. Bagge, a Fonda hardware dealer, prefers income property to farming and may relocate to manage the property.
Subscribers outside the county are reminded of terms for The Arrow delivery. Subscriptions expire Jan 1 and remittance must reach the office soon or the paper will be discontinued. The notice requests readers to push the date ahead to keep receiving the paper.
A letter from Guy Butler, a former Rolfe boy now practicing dentistry in Bangkok, describes Bangkok Rugby team plans for a 1600 mile interport series with Penang and Negri Sembilan. He is the sole American player and notes his sixteenth football season since 1904. The message, mailed Oct 11 and arriving near Christmas, shows the distance from Siam.
Mrs. Fred Nelson hosted a birthday gathering with friends enjoying meals and games. Obituary details Lydia E. Willey born 1842 who died January 1 1921 after a lengthy illness. she was married four times, survived by son J M Boyce and two grandchildren. Also mention of Senator Heflin on cotton price impact and Canada potato yields in 1920.
Notice explains the Knights of Pythias banquet next Monday is organized by the Pythian Sisters and not hosted by the Knights. Knights are not to bring guests except Pythian Sisters. It is a treat from the Sisters to Knights, not to their kompany.
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