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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
3
Plover community events fill the week with visits, quilting bees, library and theatre tea events, and basketball games. Families and neighbors from Rolfe Whittemore and Graettinger attend gatherings while local clubs elect leaders and plan meetings and public library fundraisers.
Ida Helen Hanisch born August 17 1903 near Ware Iowa was the third daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hanisch. She grew up near Plover educated there and taught rural schools near Gilmore City for three years before illness led to retirement. Funeral services were held at the Plover Methodist church with Rev H A Reyman officiating. Interment followed in Powhatan Cemetery east of Plover. Surviving are her father three brothers six sisters and a sister in Ware with many out of town relatives attending.
The Plover Telephone Co held its annual stockholders meeting with fifty of sixty shares represented. Directors chosen were C. R. Henderson G. A. Everson B. B. Hubbell L. E. Garlock and W. Meredith the new member. Directors afterwards elected officers: President E. W. Meredith Vice President G. A. Everson SecretaryTreasurer L. E. Garlock Manager B. B. Hubbell.
Myrtle Fisher scored 40 points as Plover girls rout Graettinger 52 to 15. Plover boys led 14 10 after a quarter, trailed 15 30 at halftime, and lost 54 to 35. Next, Graettinger meets Rolfe on Friday.
The Plover girls edged Ottosen 38 to 28 in a tight thriller with lead changes frequent and the final margin four. The Plover boys beat Ottosen 44 to 23 in a steadier contest to secure the sweep.
The Plover Masons installed officers last Thursday including W M H Henderson S W G L Sanders J W B B Hubbell S D John Bush J D C E Miller Tyler Joe Arnold Chaplain H A Reyman Secretary I D Hilton Treasurer S T Grave The Ernest Hanisch Family thanks friends for support during illness and burial of their daughter sister and notes Mrs S L Horsman improving and able to sit up briefly with Mrs Ross Jones of Rolfe assisting.
Redlands Calif Jan 5 1933 Dear Arrow Readers we received many letters from Rolfe and Plover folks praising our letters so we write again. We visited Mr and Mrs C Fr Garrison in Whit tier and stayed in Red lands. they own a brick home with built in comforts drive a Packard car and own orange groves and oil lands. They showed us around the region and explained oil profits have declined in recent years. We planned to rent in Whittier but air quality and Jim’s health led us to try Monrovia’s mountains for a few days with limited success.
The annual Thankoffering will be received next Sunday morning by the Home Missionary Society. An extra Epworth Heneth rally will be held at Laurens Wednesday evening, Jan. 25. Plans for attending this meeting will be made Sunday evening. Lucille Fisher will lead Epworth League Sunday evening. The topic is What Does It Mean to Share. Junior Choir rehearsal Thursday evening at the church.
Sunday School 10 15 a m Morning Worship 11 30 a m Mid Week Bible Study Wed 7 30 p m Services follow schedule The study this week is Matt 12 on the kings rejection Next week we cover Chapter 18 with a historical review of the present age in light of gospel attitudes Do not miss it
The text surveys sights such as a lion farm near El Monte with about 200 lions used for films and a circus in winter quarters near Al Barnes now bought by Ringlings. It notes ostrich farms and Kellog’s Arabian horse farm near Pomona, and mentions Redlands mountains, snow events, and climate contrasts as the piece shifts toward a continued report on Page Eight.
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