Decoration Day Observance Planned by G A R and W R C
Decoration Day events set for Wednesday May 30 include a program at the opera house with music, readings, and speeches. A procession to Clinton Cemetery will decorate soldiers' graves with participation from Rolfe Band G A R W R C and local schoolchildren. Old soldiers urged to attend and wreaths prepared by W R C members.
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Rolfe
R. C
K. of P. Hall
Opera House
America
Boys of the Old Brigade
Rev. C
Burnette
W. A. Kelley
Green” Seys
Abe Lincoln
Vernon Sharp
Will Allen
Bulah Kirkpatrick
M. M. Joyce
Fort Dodge
Garfield Street
C. A. Green
Clinton Cemetery
First National Bank
Local officials sworn to support conscription act
From Pocahontas Mines, Steriff Wingarden and Attorney Mion arranged for and sworn in registrars to serve under the conscription act and looked at enrolling selectmen. The named registrars were Ferguson, Ang, and Boniren among others, with additional roles and actions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steriff Wingarden
Mion
Pocahontas Mines
Basket Social at N G Ryen Home Aids Church Basement
The Norwegian Lutheran Aid Society ladies sponsor a basket social at the N G Ryen home southeast of Rolfe on Friday evening June 1. Proceeds fund a church basement for social events. All invited. women bring baskets, men bring pocketbooks and good spirit.
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Norwegian Lutheran Aid Society
N. G. Ryen
Rolfe
Norsk
Army of Girls Wanted to Knit Wristlets for Troops
An appeal urges young women to knit tan or dark grey wristlets for soldiers in France. Col. Daniel E. McCarthy, Chicago, asks for names and addresses of contributors and offers guidance on sending completed wristlets to the Federal Building in Chicago.
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France
Daniel E. McCarthy
Central Department
U. S. Army
Chicago
Col. McCarthy
McCarthy
U.S. Army
Federal Bldg
Illinois
Presbyterian Church Notes Rev R D Echlin Pastor
Sunday services announced with preaching at 10 30 A M 11 45 Bible School 11 45 Businessmen's Bible Class 7 P M Christian Endeavor 8 P M Week day prayer meeting Thursday 8 P M The Union Memorial Service set for next Sunday at 10 30 A M with address The Coronation of Death Special music and appreciation for Blue uniforms veterans Mrs Abigail Morrill of West Newbury Mass is noted for long church attendance and the value of habit of churchgoing Next Sunday memorial music program includes Side by Side Brave Hearts Sleep On
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Businessmen’s
Christian ‘Endeavor
Union
Abigail Morrill
West Newbury
Mass
Sheas
Rolfe High Seniors Enjoy Ft Dodge Trip and Sioux Rapids Picnic
The Rolfe High graduating class celebrated with a Friday motor trip to Ft Dodge hosted by Mrs. Fae McEwen including dinner at Wah Kansa and theatre. Twenty two of twenty three seniors joined, followed by a stormy return race. A faculty after theatre party at Hotel Clifford Monday and a Saturday picnic at Sioux Rapids completed the weekend with chaperone Miss Marcum.
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Rolfe High
Ft. Dodge
Fae McEwen
Wah~kansa
Sioux Rapids
Little Sioux River
Marcum
Registration Day outlines 21 to 30 year olds duties
The article notes President designates June 5 as Registration Day under a new conscription act. Ward Ferguson will oversee registration in Savage block due to lack of equipment at Rolfe’s. Eligible men aged twenty one to thirty must register, answering names, birth details, citizenship, employment, dependents, marital status, race, and prior military service. It warns exemptions may apply and urges readiness.
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Ward Ferguson
Rolfe
Ferguson
Magnuss Studer and Misa Wagner Marry in Rolfe Ceremony
Happily married Magnuss Studer and Misa Gertrude Wagner were wed at St Margaret’s Catholic Church in Rolfe on Tuesday morning May 22 at 9:30 with Rev J M Mallinger officiating. The couple plans a farm home near Plover after June 15 and will begin a honeymoon.
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Magnus Studer
Misa Gertrude Wagner
St. Margaret's Catholic Church
Rolfe
J. M. Mallinger
Mary Wagoner
Martin Studer
Havelock
Gertrude
Phillip Wagner
Magnuss
August. Studer
Palo Alto
Wagner
Plover
Men Gather to Boost Army Y at Local Church Meeting
A Sunday afternoon meeting at the M E B church addressed by Pipher of the Y M C A and Joe Allen of Pochahontas urged supporting war morale work. Speakers stressed the Y M C A as moral aid for soldiers, and discussed fundraising and county canvassing to cover annual costs.
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M. EB
Pipher
Joe Allen
Pocahontas
Burnette
Echlin
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Helen Gould
Navy
Russel Sage
U.S. Navy
Allen
Luistania
Germany
Army
Iowa
Army Y. M. C. A
Marriage License Opinion Sparks Home Front Debate
Clerks remark that many young men choose domestic quarrels over overseas service and warn that if all farmers left the farms this summer, local offices for military registration would fill, though not theirs.
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Green School
Rolfe High School
Opers House
Pinéhree
F Hare High
Ligy
Aus
Fin Rolfe
Miss Bessiere
C. P. Ioolgrove
Upper Iowa University
Colgrove
Mylor
Independence
Wade
Taylor
Ruth Bur
H. L. Hollis
Hchool Board
Ang
Mar
Ig Boniren
Basket
Army OF Girls
Presbyterian Church Notes
R. D. Echlin
New York
Sherman
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