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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1934
Page
2
Rolfe residents attend dances and gatherings at Pythian Hall and K of P hall. Notable events include a Twilight Serenaders dance, the wedding dance hosted by Roy Higgins, and a coast ing party for Miss Betty Foster. Local injuries, travel, obituaries, and church notices are summarized with mentions of nearby towns and institutions.
Classified ad seeking a man with possible driving route experience for a position in Freeport Illinois. Contact Rawleigh Dept ITAA-5b16-M for details.
Evelyn Hovland, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Hovland, turns 16 March 22 1935 and will graduate this spring. The article lists her participation in music glee club orchestra operetta declamatory and plays plus offices held and elimination contest results and sports and grade news across D M T activities.
A rural digest covers education for girls not in school, trichinosis from pork, oyster shell use for laying hens, ewe grain needs, cows drinking ice water, farm labor wages, Sudan grass seed, subsoil moisture, and US farm labor trends. It cites A. T. Semple on corn residue as feed and notes sugar beet grower signups and Argentina wheat crop estimates.
Plover Presbyterian Church notes Pastor Walter Rothwell invites Sunday worship and Sunday School. Mid week Bible Study class meets Tuesday at 7 50 pm. Bible study Tuesday Jan 22 is Genesis 45 Joseph Sends for His Father. Young People Day Sunday Jan 27 with program by Board of Christian Education. attendance encouraged.
Mrs. Mary Whitney improves after sickness, with several neighbors also recovering. Library board met at Mrs. Parradee’s home to discuss affairs as Ottosen teams played here with the girls 26 to 23 and the boys winning easily. Numerous social visits and travels noted, plus a library benefit tea sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.
Meantime town activity includes sick lists for Mrs A J Oppelnheimer and Mrs H C Beneke. Visitors gather at Gilmore, and several dinner guests at the Lee Fisher home. Sunday school and Methodist board meetings held at Hofert home. Roads icy after thaw and freeze with sand scattered on Plover streets. Pleasant Ridge Club held quilting bee at Mrs Clarence Pringle’s. Hoffert family shopped in Emmetsburg. Marine returned from Ft. Dodge hospital after gallstone surgery. Funeral attendance for Mrs McClure in Ft. Dodge. Birthday greetings sent to Mr Buck and Alva Buck as neighbors gathered. Measles widespread statewide. Inge children and Pikertown and Irving Wright families affected. no cases reported in Plover school.
Mr and Mrs T B Comereet Ren nersburg visitors Sat Clyde son of Mr and Mrs John Perrigo has been ill with pneumonia during the past week Edna Zech returns to business college in Chillicothe Mo Johnny Pavik 12 son of Mr and Mrs John Pavik of the Pocahontas area taken to Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge for appendicitis operation L E Thompson on sick list for weeks but improving George Ande Paul Kerns John Wax and T R Jones attend Rebekah card party at Havelock Edna Henderson birthday celebrated with dinner at son Gerald Henderson home Several family members and a neighbor with nearby birthdays invited
Members of the Order Eastern Star gathered for a seven o clock dinner at the lodge hall Monday. Officers installed for the year include W M Bernice Larson A M Coila Hahn W P Howard Mason A P John M Bush Cond Mable Arnold Secretary Jessie Hancher Treasurer C E Miller Pianist Maude Hubbell Chaplain Pauline Sanders Marshal Anna Pollock Warder Jennie Garlock Sentinel G L Sanders and points Agatha Crowell Lacey Hurley Della Sands and Fannie Mason.
The Third Ward ladies planned a surprise party for Mrs Wallace Bruner, moving it to the following day after her Sunday birthday. They gathered at her home with a large birthday cake and party provisions for the celebration.
The fragment hints at a family event described as larger and more joyful, noting a greater sense of merriment and abundance associated with the occasion.
Auxiliary Noteg notes a tea for vil R lic piteatys with a program, meal, and lunch in January inviting town and community attendance. A joint County Legion and Anton ll Laurens meeting is planned for Monday evening, January. Notify John Bush or Mrs John Pert to attend. Plover Telephone Company holds annual meeting and elects directors L E Garlock B Z Hubbell CR Henderson I M McKim E W Meredith. New board elected F W Meredith, B B Hubbell, I K Garlock, I M McKim.
The Board of Directors of the Plover Co-Operative Live Stock Shipping Association will receive sealed bids for the manager job, with right to reject any or all bids. Bids must reach the President or Secretary by 7 00 p m January 28 1935. Signed Pay Pirie Secretary.
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