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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
3
Ed G Dunn of Mastin Town will address a gathering of boys and men at Pocahontas with assurances of capability. The event aims to unite attendees and discuss repairs and cooperation.
Two years after its founding the Rolfe Woman's Club emerged as a major community force. It led food conservation and wheat pledge drives, aided Red Cross efforts, supported Liberty Loans with $4,500 in direct sales and $8,300 in subscriptions, backed war libraries, funded war relief and French orphans, and organized a Redpath Lyceum course with plans for 1918 1919. The group also arranged schedules for volunteers, decorated the Red Cross camp, and funded a school nurse program in Rolfe.
The seventh annual Chautauqua opened Saturday under favorable weather with high hopes for profits benefiting the Red Cross. Acts including J. Walter Wilson, Overseas Military Quartette, Dorothy Halstead, Lorenzo Zwickey, and Belgian nurse Marie van Gastel drew large crowds, while Ole Theobaldi and Hon. Leslie M. Shaw provided classical and political fare. Attendance and receipts indicated a strong start to the event and a notable war emphasis shaping the program.
The S U I band from Iowa University impressed Red Wing listeners with a varied program under Dr O E VanDoran, including a moving national anthem arrangement that drew strong applause and requests for repetition. Leslie G Minger, band manager, praised the group's national reputation as they entertained despite heavy rain.
Buena Vista College held a patriotic banquet for Fontiemen of the area at the Presbyterian church last Thursday evening. About forty attended, served by Excelsior Society ladies, with Miss Nellie Grant and Edna Marcum in charge of decor and service. Rev C S Burnette acted as toastmaster and praised Miss Dewey Deal's first honors in the state collegiate oratorical contest for her address The Policy That Failed Dr J W Parkhill gave a patriotic talk on current conditions and the role of small colleges in moral education The Sandvig family hosted a Sunday dinner on the lawn for five local boys entering service, drawing fifty to sixty relatives and friends in attendance. The gathering was deemed a success and memorable for parting moments.
Will Bell and W attended a seaside fishing gathering described as an Ike Walton annual custom. The tent was set and lines prepared. Bell attempted to catch catfish but faced misfortune and a stalled effort, with confusion and unclear outcomes.
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