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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1931
Page
9
Residents report visits among families in Fort Dodge Coulter Pocahontas and Laurens. Social events include reunions at Dolliver Park and a Home Furnishing Project planning session led by town leaders with Irma Garner overseeing extension services. Community members attend funerals and hospital visits while local officials organize lessons and club meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. A W Hess and Mr. and Mrs. J H Gembler left for a Chicago trip stopping in Rockford to visit Gus Johnson family and Otto Dreeke household. They traveled via West Chicago La Grange Madison Prairie du Chien McGregor and Prairie du Chien crossing the Mississippi and ending homeward with notes on unemployment in Chicago and the Mercantile Mart in Chicago.
The Plover Women's Community Club met at the Presbyterian church to elect officers and library board members. Mrs. L. E. Garlock was re elected president and Mrs. George Arnold secretary treasurer. New library board members include Miss Luella Shaver and several local women led by Garlock Heathman and Hofert.
F B Dixon won the bid to become janitor of the Plover school and will relocate his family there soon. He served as janitor in West Bend for about twenty two years, delivering steady service. The West Bend Journal notes their departure with best wishes from many friends.
The Plover Library resumes service the first Saturday in September after August closure. A. C. Tyler of Chicago donated about 106 books, many county farms owned, and a new state library set will be ready. Donations of books may be left at Plover Lumber Co office.
Mrs. C W Miller of Havelock veteran mother of C E Miller of Plover died Friday at her home after cancer treatment. She leaves husband C W Miller six sons Rolland Royal C E Plover Luther Havelock Orin Donovan Chicago Lowell Cedar Rapids and daughter Dorothy at home. Funeral held at Havelock Methodist Church Sunday afternoon. She was a Plover Western Star member and mourners from the area express sympathy.
School starts August 31 with Supt G L Sanders of Plover and Geneva Hoff principal of Bode. Linens include Ruth Walker English and Violet Donaldson domestic science among others. staff list spans Plover Eagle Grove Wellman and Clarion. A barn 30 by 44 and a 28 by 40 corn crib granary replace fire-destroyed structures on Mrs A Simonson farm.
Lowell son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Simonson had his tonsils removed at Fort Dodge on Monday. Roy Henderson of Belmond was a Sunday visitor at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John Henderson.
Grethen farm near Plover saw a Monday afternoon blaze consume a corn crib 3000 bushels oats 600 bushels corn and farm machinery. Plover fire department aided by volunteers prevented spread to other structures. It marks a trio of fires in three weeks with unknown origins. the Butler blaze likely began from heating newly stored alfalfa.
B. B. Hubbell and E. D. Hilton were Fort Dodge visitors last Sunday in a short city stop noted by local residents.
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