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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
6
A school dismissed at 3:30 PM to allow pupils to view an American Legion film at the theatre. In a separate event, rooms six and five held a close figures contest with the sixth grade narrowly defeating the other by two points.
Sunday morning worship and junior Endeavor services announced. Evening service to include union high school baccalaureate at eight o clock. Weekday prayer meeting Thursday. Mr Moon to lead C E at seven with My Favorite Saying of Clhrits. Church mourns loss of Mrs G A Dawson and expresses sympathy to her family.
Rev A H Bryan leads Sunday worship and Bible School with 162 in attendance. Next Sunday evening League and preaching services are canceled for a Presbyterian church baccalaureate. Epworth League officers listed. last offering of 25 dollars aids Joy Smith in China.
Sunday offerings include Sunday School at 9:80 a.m. Love Feast at 10:30 a.m. Class Meeting follows and Evening Service at 9:30 p.m. Rev. T. O. Hill, who was to speak Tuesday, was delayed by a death in his congregation and the meeting moved to next Tuesday. All welcome. A correspondent notes businessmen’s waning commercial honor amid Harding era politics.
Delegates from fourteen schools attended the Pocahontas County Sunday School Convention held in local churches last week. The event featured talks by state leaders and workers, including Mrs. Wilson, Miss Dean, Rev. Lease, Rev. Bates, and Mrs. Hudson, with sessions on mission study, organized classes, devotions, and home training. The gathering included musical numbers by the Queen Esther Girls and performances by Johnnie Peters and Vida Richards, cited as enjoyable by all attendees.
Iowa leads in tillable land value at $200 per acre with Illinois second at $157. The 1920 census shows 213,489 farms covering 88,474,896 acres, 28,606,951 improved. Farm land value rose 127.6 percent since 1910. native and foreign-born white farmers and female farmers are detailed by ownership and role.
Joint meeting of boards from Pocahontas Buena Vista Sac and Calhoun counties convened May 10 1921 at Rockwell City Iowa at 11 am to consider Joint Drain No 181. Elections for chair and secretaries were approved bond for construction sections 4 5 approved and a hearing on cost allocations and proposed changes to tile branches and laterals was held.
The Boards of Supervisors from Pocahontas Buena Vista Sac and Calhoun counties Iowa meet in Rockwell City on May 10 1921 to resume the hearing on Joint Drainage District 181 costs and petitions to remove tile branches. They adjourn to 10:00 a m May 27 in the Fonda opera house with all members present except Elsen Pocahontas.
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