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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
2
Republicans urged voters to support Ben J Gibson for Attorney General citing high character and unanimous endorsement by the district bar. The brief note recalls his World War I service and states his name leads the ballot for attorney general with a call to vote for him.
Rev Carl M Verle announces morning Norwegian services at eleven with Sunday school after. Evening English services at eight. Luther League meets at seven. An extra meeting Monday at eight addresses important congregation matters. Voting members urged to attend.
The Pythian Sisters district convention met in Rolfe from yesterday to last evening. Attendance was magnificent from across the district and the local group provided fine entertainment for visitors. Members expressed enjoyment of the event.
Dr. J H Lynch received a report from the government meat inspector at the Armour plant in Sioux City showing post mortem exams revealed tuberculosis in every cow rejected under the new milk ordinance in Fonda Times notes. Methodist Church schedule lists services and a June 10 Woman's Missionary Society meeting marking fortieth anniversary with Emma Lighter as hostess.
Rev. Wm. G. Taylor, pastor. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching 11:00 a.m. class meeting follows, evening service. Weekday prayer meeting Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Regular services to be held next Sunday with all invited.
Local items report Stella Hoover home visit from Spirit Lake. Attorney Fred Gilchrist from Laurens attends Des Moines river dredge hearing. J. T. Fraser leased his Mt. Ayr residence to J. R. Lutzenhiser new school superintendent. Fraser may tour west this fall and winter in Washington and California. Bert Kroesen and son accompany A. G. Bagge to the ditch hearing. A. R. Thornton family at Pocahontas for Eunice Barron funeral. Barron a nurse, military funeral, born in Pocahontas County. Shirley Thornton visits Iowa City with Charlotte and Rolfe colony. Weeks in Rolfe for Yeomen insurance work. Nels Fredrickson back from Webster City after appendectomy then phlebitis. Bouretts visit from West Bend. G W Bruce and family arrive from Des Moines for Decoration Day events. Bruce’s father and soldier son buried in Clinton cemetery.
Members gathered in the school auditorium for a year end luncheon under Miss Marie Ames. Speakers of statewide reputation addressed the group during the year including Mrs J W Cory and Mrs Bertha VanAlstine. New president Mrs W R Rogers received the gavel from retiring president Mrs W E Hoyne.
Willard Service Station No 2434 is established in Rolfe in the Carroll Building near Fox's store. Battery service is now offered as a key convenience in these self starting days. G. R. Jassen, from Manson, will run the local station and is already ready for business.
A small morning ceremony at the C. W. Lighter home in north Rolfe united Lois Lighter and Dr. H C Schrader of Gignore City with Rev A H Bryan officiating. The house was decorated in green and white and a home breakfast followed prepared by the bride’s mother and sister with help from Miss Kathleen Barnes.
A community note praises the couple's virtues and hopes for a long and happy marriage. Schrader, a practicing dentist in the neighboring city, is described as a popular young professional.
Earl Francis Kilborne and Ethelyn Christina Crawford united in marriage Tuesday May 25 at the Methodist Parsonage with Rev W J Macdonald officiating. The bride’s parents attended. The couple, popular in the Plover community, will begin housekeeping on a farm between Plover and Rolfe.
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