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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
7
A long list of community events fills the page with visits, church gatherings, and road trips. Notables include a Rebekah convention trip to Fonda, Miss Jarvis and Miss Grant touring western states, and many residents attending district meetings, picnics, and Bible school activities.
Prover Methodist Church announces Sunday schedule with Sunday School Morning Worship Epworth League and Evening Services. Children’s Day program replaces the regular sermon with baptism and member reception. Laurens League guests sing, sermon topic Fighting With Giants. Wednesday choir rehearsal and Thursday prayer meeting urged. Aid Society shower for Edith Shaw served by Mesdames Kerns Comer Hansen Arnold.
Alex McEwen died at his home in Plover at 4 45 a m Tuesday June 19 1928 following a six week illness He was a Presbyterian and Masonic member a devoted husband and father with many relatives and friends near and far The community mourns his loss and remembers his broad knowledge of Pocahontas County and world events
The deceased was known for political activity and voting history. An obituary will be published next, noting his June 4 absence ballot participation and civic engagement.
Notes from Rev. W H Cassell list morning service at 11 00 am and evening worship at 7 15 pm with no Sunday preaching due to travel to Ottasen. Christian Endeavor at 11 00 am. Children's Day program set for Sunday July 1 with a Saturday rehearsal for speakers at 2 00 pm and the Young People's Choir rehearsing Friday evening.
Dorothy Moorhouse and William McKim wed at the Moorhouse home in Cedar Heights Iowa on Tuesday June 18. Rev G B Shoemaker officiated. The bride, a State Teachers College Cedar Falls graduate, taught two years in Ayrshire Consolidated. The groom, a Plover High graduate, grew up locally and is regarded as reliable and ambitious. The newlyweds reside with the groom’s parents I M McKim. Friends extend best wishes to the couple.
Miss Erma Kruse and Edgar Morris, long employed at the Harvey Henderson home, wed in Fort Dodge after making a few purchases. The couple, who met and grew close while working at the Henderson farm, were joined in marriage following a church service led by Rev. Mc Quinn.
Fragmentary text notes a community group and the "friends" extending or joining efforts, hinting at a social extension or outreach activity within a local circle.
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