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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
9
The author argues that advertising molds personal and buying habits, likening officials who prompt decisions to a king's Discourager Hesitancy. It claims advertising improves choices, guides timing and pricing, helps compare values, and fosters everyday comforts. The piece endorses reading newspaper advertisements as a profitable habit.
Rally Day at the Pocahontas high school auditorium drew 300 to 350 attendees. County leaders organized performances by local clubs, with a focus on fashion demonstrations and colorful stunts, followed by Charles E Hearst addressing farmers on economic conditions and legislative needs.
Marengo Lodge No 30 Knights of Pythias prepares for a statewide initiation on June 24 in the new Marengo high school auditorium. Governor Hammill and Secretary of State Ramsay will join 225 squires as 108 Marengo members participate. The ceremony features music, a D C K K Patrol drill, and an address by B I Salinger with Hammill to respond.
Miss Mildred Goin, long time Rolfe resident and stenographer for the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias Iowa, married a Prairie City groom at St Pauls Episcopal church Des Moines. Rev Owen officiated. The couple will reside on a farm near Prairie City after a brief honeymoon.
The Garfield Township Pig Club met at Randall Melson’s home on Monday evening June 14. Arlo Ives was elected vice president to succeed Joe Biedermann and a plan to feed a carload of barrows to the International Livestock Show was discussed along with weighing the club pigs. County Agent Bowers led the discussion and Mrs. Melson served refreshments. The next day members, with Bowers, visited Garfield and Des Moines township members to weigh pigs before feeding begins. Misery loves company but company never enjoys it.
Mr Hearsh urged better marketing systems to raise farm prices and keep agriculture on equal footing with other industries. He emphasized that young people on farms will lead the nation, and that farmers must receive a square deal to fund education and a good standard of living for their families.
Grace Orcutt and Clyde B. Charlton wed Saturday June 12 at the bride’s Monroe Iowa home in a high noon ceremony. Both graduates with state ties. she Delta Gamma. he Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Phi. he practices law in Des Moines area. The couple plans to reside at The Oaks in Grand Avenue after July 1.
Miss Marie Gallery and Gail H Ives were married at the bride’s Waterloo Iowa home on June 9 1926. The bride has taught in Des Moines township and western schools including Longmont Colorado. The groom son of Mr and Mrs M N Ives is a successful farmer and they reside on his farm north of town with well wishes for a long happy life.
The District Sunday School Convention meets at Rolfe Methodist church on Sunday June 20 starting 3 00 p m with devotions by Rev J O Wangenberg and a slate of music talks and county education updates including Rev J P Lester on weekday religious education, Mrs J H Walker on county educational activities, and county secretary Mrs John G Eisenhauer. London policemen carry no guns with mortality if they held down beats in Chicago.
The W. H. L. Club met Friday June 11 at Miss Lucile Schonberger's home. Members checked themselves with Dr Hodgers score card from Doris Kauffman. Marie Ryer and Ruth Thorson reported on Pocahontas meeting. Arlene Ham spoke on Commercial Patterns. Ethel Howland recited The Blue Danube Waltz by Strauss. Ice cream and cake celebrated the hostess birthday with Evan Winters assisting. The club attended Rally Day in Pocahontas on Saturday June 12.
The Rolfe Golf Club held the bankers' doctors' and dentists' cups events last Friday. Fred Hille won the driving contest and Ted Field captured the approaching and putting event with a score of eight strokes, a likely club record.
The D. M. T. Farmers Union Local met Tuesday with about one hundred members present. A concert by the Plovers Band opened the evening followed by vocal duets by Warren Heathman and Edward Lehnus. The meeting included a business session and ice cream and cake. Horner.
The newspaper announces a new weekly serial titled Youth Rides West. It invites readers to start with chapter one, follow the story through, and notes a sketch of the author at the story's opening.
Breeding ewes at Iowa State College posted a lambing record of 170 to 175 percent this year, meaning each ewe yielded about one and three quarters lambs. The group totals around 100 ewes with unusually high prolificacy.
A Monday night blaze burned the Thompson Bros farm residence about a mile east of Rolfe. Harry Greene spotted flames, fire crews lacked water after exhausting wells, and the house, vacant for some time, burned to the foundation. valued at 3000 dollars with 1750 dollars in insurance.
A Rolfe crowd enjoyed a charming concert at the Methodist church by Jeane and Joan Halamichek aged nine and eight and Joane Lowery twelve. Their violin vocal and piano performances impressed as mature beyond their years. The young trio trains under Camille Halamichek and joins a bright future likely in Rolfe this fall.
Representatives from seven states including Minnesota Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas and the two Dakotas will meet in Omaha June 28 29 to discuss tuberculosis eradication for farmers and breeders. National authorities will present programs and attendees may ask questions visit packing houses and see tubercular animals slaughtered in the new livestock exchange building seating a thousand.
A controversial remark questions whether women with long hair are more likely to neglect their children than bald individuals. The statement links appearance to parenting behavior, reflecting dated biases in social judgments.
The Rolfe Community Club will hold a business meeting at the First National Bank offices on Friday June 18 at 8 00 p m All business men are urged to attend as a decision will be reached on closing July 5 which is a legal holiday.
Mrs J B Jolliffe born March 6 1848 in Toland Connecticut died June 24 1926 at Rolfe Iowa aged 78. She lived in Clayton County and near Plover before moving to Rolfe in 1918. Survived by husband J B Jolliffe twelve children four preceded her in death. Funeral at Rolfe Methodist Church with Rev S T Grove and Rev J H Walker officiating. interment Powhatan Township Cemetery.
Beatrice Wolcott and Charles W. Hamand of Bradgate marry June 9 at the Wolcott home north of Gilmore City. The ceremony under flowers featured Rev. J. H. Walker and a four course dinner followed by a train trip to Ames for summer study. Hamand, a Morningside College graduate, teaches in Dows. Wolcott studied at Iowa State University and taught in Alton.
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