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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
Rolfe residents share war era concerns and civic updates. Mentions include draft list changes with three alternates, school band under A Hille, Daphne Malcolm teaching piano, travel by car clubs, local fires, a Milwaukee train crossing accident, and community visits from Des Moines to Laurens. Also notes on wells, county road disputes, German alien registration, and upcoming W S S drive.
Frank Flynn and family autoed to Rolfe last Sunday. The Lutheran Aid Society met with Mrs. Will Nowack last Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Riggs left Sunday by auto for Lakefield Minnesota to visit Otto Dracke. Miss Opal Holdaway from Laurens spent Sunday with the Reents family. Mr. and Mrs. D F Reents and Miss Vera accompanied Irwin Johanson to the Grover home Tuesday evening. H H Reents and family and A P Trucison and family spent Sunday at home.
Thirty four shooters competed in a registered trap tournament here. Fred Kenning of Fonda led with 147 breaks of 160 while W. F. Frazier of Palmer was second with 145 and Guy Lyman of Fonda third with 142. Des Moines shooters Russell and Geo W Kemble scored 142 and 134 for top professional honors.
Call No. 745 seeks 105 new volunteers from Iowa grammar school graduates who are physically qualified for general service and have mechanical aptitude to report to the Armour Institute of Technology Chicago on July 1 for instruction as onto tradesmen. Names must reach the Adjutant General by June 21. Local boards report qualified volunteers. allotments to focal boards handled by the Adjutant General.
The Farmers Exchange started by the Farm Bureau shows strong early interest with 33 farmers using the first issue. Listings include 16 horses, 32 head of cattle, especially short horns, plus Durhams, Angus, Guernseys, Holsteins and Poland China hogs. Millet seed and hay appear with a wanted column. A new list will appear every two weeks to add items.
Tried and tested sponge cake methods include Yellow Sponge Cake and White Sponge Cake with detailed steps. Ingredients cover egg yolks and whites, sugar, corn flour, baking powder, salt, lemon juice and zest, cream tartar, and flavoring. Techniques emphasize beating, folding, and slow oven baking for best texture.
Residents and visitors frequent Br addgate and nearby towns with church moves Red Cross events and family visits. Rev J McMasters from Vinton accepts Baptist pastorate. Ada Witts wedding planned June 6 at Belmond. Arrow subscribers and local movers noted across Humboldt Alta Rutland Paullina and Belmond.
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