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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
4
Community notes from Plover Iowa detail visits by residents to Fort Ceder Fort Podge and Fort Dodge as well as weddings travels and illness. A Red Cross meeting is announced with officers to be elected and a canning demonstration by Miss Gibson at the Plover Schoolhouse with proceeds benefiting the Red Cross.
Subscriptions to the Red Cross War Fund are lagging and organizers seek a quick closure. Contributions to date total 530 dollars with A McEwen and C A Garlock named as local treasurers for the drive.
A long roster of Red Cross contributors is recorded with numerous individuals including Garlock, Leone Garlock, Jas Burton, I. M. McKim, A. M. Hofert, P. J. Shaw, J. W. Phillips and many others. The list names dozens of supporters across communities.
War Fund and local chapter dues are collected separately by the Red Cross. Half of local chapter funds stay for supplies, while War Fund supports immediate war zone work. A long list of new members is recorded for the Plover Red Cross Chapter.
The Family Store offers a wide selection for all members of the family. Groceries dry goods shoes hats and furnishings are stocked with a focus on value and variety for everyday needs.
The passage provides a long roster of individuals with their spouses or partners, naming many Mrs. titles and a few first names, organized in a single line. It reflects a social register or event guest list with numerous households including the names Conrow Lehnus Sims Gembler Hess Phillips Kilbourne Allbee Roberts Watts Garlock and others.
The Consolidated Independent School District of Plover will on Monday August 6 1917 at 1 PM sell the Truelsen school house in former district No 4 Powhatan township to the highest bidder. The sale occurs on the grounds with right to reject any and all bids reserved by the board.
Mrs F Bergeniker of Carroll arrived for a fortnight visit with daughter Mrs F Caywood. Miss Minnie Wallace returned from Fort Dodge. Esther and Nina Smith came back from Linn Grove. Herman Schiffer and family from Minneapolis visit J R Madison's home. Lulu Logan visits Montgomery. Various locals travel, attend chautauqua, and a Bradgate Red Cross meets Fridays. Also races at Rolfe and park day at West Bend. Community notes close with a pair of local quips.
A reader rails at our stand on food control and another smoke. The letter lauds the page as a strong feature while poking fun with a sample ice cream sundae. A joke about a wife feeding well follows as a subscription book shows four years in arrears.
County boards across Sac Buena Vista Pocahontas and Calhoun Iowa approve changes to Joint Drainage District No. 181 locating open ditches and extending tile lines. Committees assign investigations, bid advertising begins for sections 1 through 15 with completion target by 1919, and engineers' claims listed.
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