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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
5
The Cahontas County high schools staged a boys basketball tournament at Passon last Friday with Fonda and Pe Mity in action. Hav elock played three games without a substitute, and the cup offered one game with Fonda.
Reports from the basketball tournament describe Pocahontas and Laurens clashing in a tight game with Laurens pulling ahead in the end. Havelock and Fonda battled in a hard fought semifinal where Fonda started slow but surged late, yet could not overcome the early lead.
Northwest Iowa hosts a major public speaking contest Friday in Rolfe Auditorium with fifteen speakers. Music by Rolfe residents and Rolfe High School Girls Glee Club. Extra seats in the high school assembly room for overflow. Tickets at F S Nacke drug store.
Report notes widespread construction among farmers in Rolfe with plans to build hog houses granaries and new barns. Wil Stein, Jacob Yatter, Frank Binck, Ray Williams and A C Tyler undertake renovations and expansions. Carpenters expect a lively trade as deferred projects resume and Seattle projects claim 8700 houses this year.
Miss Janet Cation of Town State College Ames will lecture on Clothing Thrift at the Red Cross Rooms in the high school building Thursday April 8 at eleven oclock a.m. This timely topic appeals as women and girls plan summer wardrobes. Subscribe Wor The Arrow Now.
A list of dramatic class entries features Caryell Dorothy Guam The Coward Forestese Hansen Eynce pone of the South Lake View Silvia Jen The air of the Violin Hawarden York Johnson For the Love of a Man Rolfe Ruth Wilson The Night Run of the Overland Cornet and Euphonium Selection Earl Cook Rollin Grant Humorous Clase Algona Eva Bixler A Case of Fits LeMars Hazel Henry The Boy Who lo Wanted to be Spanked Sac City Ka ie Trocedi in Millinery Webster City Lois McAdow A Pleasant Half Day at the Beach Laurens Everett Peterson Plupy's Debatin Society Violin Solo Aselectrt)iveLn iss Elva Lemon In the Time of Roses Reichardt Down in the Dewey Dell Smart
Rolfe Iowa mourns a near death and celebrate the return of Private George Fred Smith, wounded in the Hindenburg drive near St Quentin. He survived shell fragments to the face and jaw after rescue by British troops and evacuation via France and England to Fort McHenry.
B Whitmore a Gar field township farmer died in Cherokee yesterday morning after traveling there for an operation on cancer of the face. He had undergone a similar surgery in February. A letter from his wife stated he was not strong enough for another operation.
A call to publish a report next week on a Jubilee campaign to mobilize one million Christian women. The effort seeks one million dollars to fund temperance education, home protection, and Americanization of foreign born mothers and children, plus global outreach to aid world progress.
The old school building is designated as the collection point for Red Cross drive donations this week. Local branch members urge residents to bring worn clothing and other contributions to support relief efforts.
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