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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
12
Local items list attendees and travel as Plover progresses through June. Ray Hess to graduate, new granddaughter announced. Des Moines trips, visits to Rolfe and Rockwell City noted. Memorial service by Modern Woodmen planned for June 21 at M E church with Rev. John A. Kettle delivering address. Children’s Day program postponed to June 21 due to weather and will feature multiple recitations songs and choirs.
Wet weather delayed Children’s Day activities and the program will now take place Sunday June 21 at the church. The Modern Woodmen of America will hold memorial services at 2 30 pm with Rev J A Kettle from Rolfe delivering the address. All invited. Ladies Aid Society meets Friday in church parlors with Mesdames Webb and Hendricks serving. Epworth League social planned for June 26 with details to follow.
In Ephrata Washington on June 5 the Salome Enterprise Co sold the Salome Sanitarium at Soap Lake to Dr. C P Mikkelsen and George Chinn plus adjoining property for 85000. The new owners take possession immediately and the deal is among the county’s largest real estate closings.
The Epworth League is arranging its annual picnic to be held in the latter part of August with activities and community fellowship planned for the event.
Miss Benica Sidwell reports visits by Gladys Sexton of Laurens Genevieve Merry and others to relatives in Havelock. Cars, births, and weekend visits populate the column, with Wier Peterson’s buggy incident and Bible class gatherings at Pikertown noted along with plans for Children Day exercises.
George Obrecht and family visited relatives in Rolfe on Monday. J Rubel and daughter Martha left for Maynard Minnesota after extended visits. F DeVaul and child of Fonda visited relatives here. B Stoulls spent Sunday at C C Cole home. Mrs James DeVaul and children from Varina visited here. Miss Sadie Loughead visited sister Mrs R V Peden at Mallard. Mrs Chase and daughters Wilma and Ruth visited Linn Grove last week. Thos Philp and family hosted visitors. Misses Genevieve Merry Lula Tumbleson left for Cedar Falls for summer school. S Wirtz returned from Ohio after funeral of father Henry Wirtz in Webster City hospital. Harry Green of Rolfe visited Thos Philp. Mabel Adams returned from Craig Iowa with visit companions.
The Wyoming paper reports E. H. Heathman of Burns has improved after months bedbound and is now able to be up and about. His condition had been serious for weeks with life and death concerns, and many longtime friends in the area rejoice at his recovery.
Notice of a special meeting of the stockholders of Plover Savings Bank in Plover to be held Saturday June 27 1914 at 2 30 PM at the banking office. The meeting concerns capital stock raised to twenty five thousand dollars for the corporation.
The I O O F lodge of Havelock with visiting brethren observed Memorial Day on June 7 and decorated nine departed members. Indoor services drew a large audience at the I O O F opera house with 35 members present. A choir including Hersom Merry Coulter and F Jucas performed standard pieces. Rev William P Webb delivered the memorial address. Ruth Tumbleson presided at the piano. Cemetery services ended with the choir singing Shall We Gather At the River.
Rev. William P. Webb urges faithfulness and regular attendance as congregations prepare for Children’s Day services next Sunday evening. An offering will aid the Student’s Aid Fund which assisted 2066 students last year, including 879 preparing for ministry. Similar programs are planned in Ware next Sunday at 3 PM inviting Havelock friends to attend.
traditional recipe praised for restoring natural color and lustre to gray hair Sage Tex and Sulphur is sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy at drug stores a large bottle costs about 50 cents The method involves dampening a brush and applying strand by strand to achieve darker thicker glossy hair in a few applications.
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