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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1931
Page
5
A dense report lists numerous residents visiting relatives in Fort Dodge Sioux City and Des Moines. It notes birthdays, picnics threshing ring completions, hospital visits and many local social events with names including Forsythe Douglas Narrow and Heathman families.
Loythel Parradee twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs John Parradee fractured his collar bone after falling from a horse at his grandmother Mrs Ana Hendersons farm near Plover. The Parradee family from Wichita Kansas has been visiting relatives in the Plover area for a month.
A Sunday picnic on the Des Moines River brought together many old friends. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wallace and daughter Irene of Gilmore City, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Reddick and daughter Nola of Fort Dodge, and several Shaw and Bucher families from nearby towns.
Plover team traveled to West Bend on short notice and led 5 0 through eight innings before West Bend scored four runs in the final two innings to win 5 4. A return game is planned in Plover. In another game Monday Bradgate defeated Plover 2 1 on the local diamond. Rolfe and West Bend expect a rematch soon. watch for announcements.
The Hefley family gathering at the McKim country home on Sunday August 9 brought together six Hefley brothers and one sister plus many spouses and children from Carlisle Zearing Hardy Des Moines Bea consfield Summerset Le Claire Davenport Ackley Corwith Nevada and Plover. After a noon picnic dinner the afternoon was spent visiting with several relatives unable to attend.
The Plover School undergoes grading and graveling on the road to the building and a new bus loading field on the south side. The change shields riders from north winds on cold mornings and eases access through large south hallway doors. School starts August 31 with a new janitor and several teachers, names to follow.
Mrs Addie Dobbs of Des Moines visited the W F Hefert home this week. The F A Pringle family returned Tuesday from Kansas City Missouri. Mrs Alice Grove of Rolfe and her nieces and nephews Elsie Mamie Ira and Ole Bovey of Hinton Oklahoma visited J W Arnolds home Tuesday.
A local note comments that heat from radio may occur soon while residents joke about already getting a lot of hot air. The remark frames current discussions on broadcast climate impact in a light tone.
C K Ferguson station agent at Callender raced along the tracks Tuesday afternoon to flag the evening passenger train before a burning dredge ditch bridge. Mrs Earl Ellefson reported the blaze from Gowrie eight miles away as the engine halted and the fire was quenched with water. Sixteen ties and six timbers burned but repairs were completed the same day.
Sunday services announced morning worship and Bible study. No Sunday school or preaching until August 30. Weekly Bible study resumes first week in September. Sterling Neal, son of Mr and Mrs N J Muerer, baptized at last Sunday service.
The Plover Methodist Church lists Rev C J Mekkelson as pastor with V V Schuldt in charge Church School 1100 Morning Worship 1100 Epworth leagues 700 Evening Worship 800 Midweek services Junior Choir 800 Tuesday Senior Choir 800 Thursday W V Schuldt to return from Chicago to lead Sunday services Rev Grove filled pulpit last Sunday as supply speaker and impressed parishioners
About 85 percent of gasolene tested under the new standards law effective July 4 complied with all requirements. Ten percent was slightly defective and five percent deficient. State chemist E L Redfern notes heavy distillate in deficient samples near kerosene. Three chemists inspect samples with mobile and lab teams, reporting results to companies. Secretary M G Thornburg says copies of the law and rules are available and cooperation from oil firms is strong.
Iowa State College Ext Service veterinarian Dr. Stouder warns farmers and teamsters to combat horse bot fly eggs in summer. Use a two percent coal tar dip wash on folds and hair without rubbing. treat horses every six days for effective control. Kerosene and other methods are ineffective against larvae in eggs.
Several Iowa speakers join the annual American Farm Life Association meeting at Cornell University August 17 to 20. G W Rutherford Iowa State College will deliver a principal address on American conditions in rural government. Raymond Sayre Ackworth will present the Iowa Farm Home and discuss work for state farm master guilds. The committee report on rural cultural art by Alson Secor of Successful Farming Des Moines will be read.
D R Shepherd of the U S Department of Agriculture reports 2840 common barberry bushes and 2146 seedlings eradicated up to July 20 in Linn Greene Polk Plymouth Woodbury and Baxter counties. The Busters Club in Linn County prompted destruction of 2444 bushes. students reported plants to the barberry office and earned bronze medals from the Barberry Prevention Congress.
Iowa's thirty six state parks drew 1.8 million visitors in 1930, about half the total of all U.S. national parks last year. The system covers 7,600 acres with half a million dollars in development costs since 1917. Fort Atkinson and Fort Defiance highlight historic sites within the four park classes.
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