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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
5
Mrs John Damborg read a paper on Belahaviem and led a town and county quiz for U S officials. Attendees learned wartime words like Mihiel and Liege and could pronounce them, marking a beneficial event. The April meeting is planned for the K of P hall with Mrs J R McIntire as secretary.
The ladies of the church provided an excellent supper and the cooperation of the women across the church was praised. Country ladies braved roads to supply items and the poster committee earned special commendation for effective advertising. The event was splendid and the church was pleased to revive the supper.
M P Hancher sold two sows to M T Blessing for 262 40 at 16 00 per hundred. weights 800 and 840 pounds with room for 160 more. The sale tops ordinary stock prices and marks one of Rolfe market's heaviest sows. State Savings Bank statements nearing three quarters of a million dollars.
City and township host the largest high school meet with about seventy five boys competing for championship honors. The schedule lists five events from 1 P M to night with fast races. Domestic science displays and school tours add to the program. Admission 60c for pupils and 75c for others, with special 86c for some dilations.
The Rolfe school election drew a tiny vote amid debate over woman suffrage and the school board. Three former directors and the secretary were re elected or elected to new terms as voters favored continuity and experience. The piece notes reaction to women candidates and hints at broader suffrage tensions.
The Presbyterian church will hold a Demobilization Service Sunday evening at 7:30 to honor returned soldiers and sailors on its Service Flag and Honor Roll. The program features a 15 minute patriotic song service, devotional, anthems, readings, and remarks by local leaders and veterans from the Rainbow Division.
Rolfe residents debate road work on Main Street as $500 worth of gravel laid last year is blamed for mud and loss. Merchants warn traffic will be disrupted while calls grow to pave Main Street, with gravel suited only for side streets.
In Rolfe Iowa the W C T U plans a million dollar fund drive running from Mat to May with allocations for Prohibition Health and Morality Child Welfare Women in Industry Education and Information Headquarters equipment and service. The drive will support hospital aid camp dodge quilts for hospitals and a jubilee district meeting in Fort Dodge. The article recalls war era efforts and urges community help and old paper drives to fund the modern effort.
Lake township school hosts a basket social Friday evening March 21. Teachers Miss Laura Landmesser and Miss Andrea Kaiser invite all to attend. Ladies bring baskets and gentlemen come prepared to bid.
Vincent Cook of Clarence Boyce's farm sustained a broken leg after an incident with a mule while tending the animal. He wore a leg cast and sought medical attention following the accident.
G M Van Ausdall of New London, current Grand Chancellor of the Knight of Pythias Iowa Domain, will visit Rolfe next Saturday evening. Silver Leaf Lodge No 40 plans a special meeting to confer third rank on candidates and celebrate the winter revival of Pythianism in the area. The lodge urges a large turnout to honor the visiting chancellor and support the event.
Elmer J. Pavey aged eleven, son of Ira Pavey, died March 10 1919 at his grandparents home after inflammatory rheumatism struck Feb 28 following a day at school. He was in fifth grade, survived by father two brothers and a sister, with funeral held at the Presbyterian church and burial at Clinton cemetery.
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