Rolfe School News Highlights Student Activities
The Rolfe School reports boys forming a baseball team the first in years and a May 23 scheduled opener with Plover postponed by rain. Juniors under Miss Haiting show solid play while the twelfth English class finishes a short story course and moves to modern poets. The physics class explores electricity as the Ag class debates stock versus grain farming, ending in a tie. Kite contests, high flights, and strong pulling events crown the May activities with top performers named Pollock Kauffman Kaiser and Quinsland. Grade news covers Play Day plans, May baskets, and a Rolfe float prep for Pocahontas May 18. A faculty dinner at the Olerich home precedes evening decor work, with Evens providing Edison entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Hollis
Anna Richards
Thelma Hanson
Jose Biederman
Marion Hollis
Martha Wangberg
Lester Kauffman
Dewayne Thomas
Robert Pollock
Meldon Thompson
Arthur Kaiser
Pollock
Kauffman
Will Campbell
Lawrence Quinsland
Clarence Peterson
Barker
Olerich
Taylor
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Heathman
Aletta Grant
H. F. Olerich
Alma
Evans
Edison
Night Star of Truth in a Poem by McClure Syndicate
A reflective poem contrasts day and night, ending with a steadfast star named Truth. The speaker notes a hard day, the rise of night, and a single enduring light guiding life as an unchanging truth beyond human names. Astronomers may name her differently, but truth remains universal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
What matters most is what you can do not how you trained
The passage argues that outcomes prove ability, not credentials. It notes wealth and education do not guarantee literacy or job success. It stresses private training, demonstrable skill, and practical results over diplomas and letters, concluding workers are judged by capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epietetus
Abraham Lincoln
John Blakes
Birds of a Feather Farce on a Train Meeting
A young man chats with a pretty girl on a railway journey and boasts of being married. At destination he reveals he is married, but she replies she has just left prison after a sentence for bigamy, turning the encounter into an ironic confession.
Teapu t party on the shelf ends in a fall
A tale in which Madam Teapot and her allies plot to host a private party on a shelf while the proud cups and saucers boast of their height. Their scheme triggers a clatter and crash as the others tumble to the floor, teaching a moral about pride and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Teaspoon
Madam Teapot
Mrs. Teapot
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Name Margaret Its Myth and Many Derivatives
The name Margaret traces to Persian roots with pearl symbolism and celestial connotations. It spread through Scotland Ireland France and Italy with many derivatives such as Margherita Margot Marguerite and Maisie. Historical figures and poets plus Tennyson’s verses celebrate its noble associations and meanings.
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Margaret
Cremona
Hungary
Margaret Etheling
Malcolm Ceanmdr
Scotland
Norway
Alexander III
Germany
Margarethe
Provence
St. Louis
Marguerite
Henry III
Italy
Margherita
Margherita of
Cortona
Daisy
Marjorie
Maisie
Madge
Meg
Muggle
Peggy
Muny
Margot
Margarita
Ghita
Tennyson
There's Divorce There’s Divorce
A terse dialogue shows a woman uncertain about future happiness with her partner while he cites no definite timeline for marriage. The exchange hints at relationship strain and a possible breakup or separation.
Taxation debate phrases in a senator dialogue
A senator asserts that creating new forms of taxation is a core duty. He notes the public tires of any tax once they become familiar with it, while another voice expresses support for new taxes as part of governance.
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Sennator Sorghum
Plover Notes Update Social Visits and Events
Local residents report Ft. Dodge visitors and Rolfe callers including Mrs A G Heathman and Mrs Watts. The junior senior banquet at the Presbyterian church went well with fine decorations and ample food. A Fort Dodge visitor and doctors aided Paul Ferguson after appendicitis. he is recovering. The Home Missionary exchange set for May 12 at two stores, and the M Y B Club planned a May gathering. Foxes on farms and Epworth League delegates from Laurens noted for a good meeting.
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A. G. Heathman
Rolfe
Mr. Campbell
Western _Electric Telephone. Co
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
M. J. Muerer
Howard Cook
George Roush
Brownlee
Mallard
Mena Mueller
Presbyterian Church
Earl Day
Gilmore
City
Fred Kauffman
Bt. Dodge
Plover
Paul Ferguson
L. P
Elsie Lehnus
Luella Shaver
John Gembler
Epworth League
Laurens
Plover School Notes Highlights and Upcoming Events
Viola Hanisch and Junior Gt received banners for health work. The Senior class presents "The Hoodoo" at the high school auditorium Friday and Saturday evenings. Saturday features an annual exhibit of school work from 1 to 6 pm with rooms open for parents and friends. The Sow and Litter Club reports thirteen members with presidents Howard Strong and secretary Grove. A county listing shows member responses by litter count. Plover school dismisses May 18 to allow travel to Pocahontas for day exercises. Seniors and Faculty attended a Junior Senior banquet in Copenhagen blue and gold, with roses, a tasty banquet, and a memorable program.
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Viola Hanisch
Howard ‘Strong
Grove
Howard Bryant
Spencer Crowl
Howard Strong
Earl Grove
Ronald Henderson
Tyrus Cobbs
Walter Campney
John Moffett
Laberta Langfitt
Laura Bryant
David Henderson
Byron Bryant
Evered Bryant
Pocahontas
Public Clean Up Notice for Plover Lots and Alleys
Public notice states all manure rubbish and garbage must be cleaned from Plover lots and adjacent streets and alleys by May 15. If owners fail to comply, city officials will have the work done at the property owners expense. By order of the city officials.
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Cilf
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