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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
5
Rolfe 1916 Fourth of July events faced a morning cloudburst that toppled plans, delaying attractions and dampening the parade. The Ottosen band provided music while street sports and a baby contest drew crowds, with winners announced and a judge delivering patriotic remarks from an automobile.
Ruth Webb and Amy Ireland entertained with a piano lullaby while Miss Mattie Wiley read Little Brown Baby. Mrs. F. W. Beckley outlined the Better Babies Movement and judges announced winning babies with names ages and scores. Fern Olson won sweepstakes with 97.5, Fern Ellwood Olson praised. celebration included parades and notes of thanks to medical staff and sponsors. An accidental fireworks display later caused a brief scare, with safety measures and responsibility discussed by Z. T. Carroll Fred Jarvis and Wil Pattee.
Abel Hicks Hancher born May 1 1845 in Harrison county Ohio died June 30 1916 at his Rolfe Iowa home after a long illness aged 71. He was among twelve children of John Hancher and Nancy A O Rorke with family pioneer roots in Virginia Ohio Indiana and Illinois. He married Caroline Cooper in 1867 and built a log house in Powhatan township before moving to Rolfe in 1902. Funeral services were conducted at his home with pastors from the local churches and he rests in Powhatan cemetery beside his mother.
R. B. Gibbs served as master of ceremonies and kept the day moving. Businessmen express thanks for his help in organizing the celebration, noting they were too busy to attend to it themselves. Rolfe extends gratitude to all who joined and hopes they will return next time.
The Epworth League cleared $67 at their Fourth of July stand. A Sunday evening service will be on the M E church lawn if hot. The first union meeting on the Presbyterian church lawn drew a good crowd with twenty seven automobiles. A 15 cent missionary tea will be held Friday at Mrs G W Henderson's country home southeast of Rolfe. Conveyances offered. All services next Sunday at regular hours.
Bernard McCreery an eighteen year old from Garfield township near Gilmore City drowned in the Des Moines river last Sunday afternoon. He wandered into a deep hole and drowned after slipping from a sandbar while with friends. The body was recovered by hay rake after a long search. Bernard, a St John’s high school graduate, was active in his Catholic faith and memorials were held at St John’s church Gilmore City. He is mourned by his parents Mr and Mrs James McCreery and many county friends.
The Extension Department staff who joined the farmers said the tour was the most successful so far this year and rivaled last year’s Mills County trip in numbers and interest. Speakers noted they all enjoyed the outing with the local people.
One third of factory employees are women and deserve the vote. The piece notes social concerns and shows statistics on food spending with forty five percent of income used for food, linking economic life to civic rights.
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