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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
5
A Rolfe church service honors Union soldiers with sermons and music while rain dampens public Decoration Day observances. Rev. Buin and Rev. Grant Lewis give reflective addresses linking Civil War sacrifice to current struggles. The program includes singing, readings, and a Lincoln tribute as townsfolk recall fallen comrades.
A wartime proclamation cites the President’s May 18 1917 proclamation directing public attention to national issues. The notice signals official action and civic obedience under the laws in force during the period of the United States involvement in the Great War.
Governor Harding proclaims June 5 1917 as Registration Day for Iowa males aged 21 to 30. Registration runs 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM at local precinct sites. Officers and enlisted military personnel are exempt while in active service. Des Moines May 30 1917. W L Harding governor. W S Allen secretary of state.
The Fifth Annual Convention of the Rebekahs of the Seventy-Sixth District, Pocahontas county, meets in Rolfe on Tuesday June 5. Morning session includes welcome, prayers, state officers, reports, and minutes. Afternoon features degree and memorial work, election of officers, and introduction of members. Supper at Methodist Church. Evening program includes degree work, anniversary, and closing ode.
The notice directs US male residents aged 21 to under 31 to register on June 6 1917 with exemptions for active service personnel. It explains registration is separate from the draft, penalties for noncompliance, and procedures for sick or traveling registrants including absentee cards and mailed certificates. Registration booths run 7 am to 9 pm with local ward details in Rolfe at Ward Ferguson's office Savage Block.
The Presbytery of Fort Dodge will install R D Echlin as pastor on Thursday evening June 7 at 8:00. Rev Gilbert Voorhies of Rockwell City will preside and preach the sermon, with Rev A B Thutt of Cherokee delivering the pastor’s charge and Rev C G Butler of Sac City giving the people’s charge. The Excelsior Society will serve refreshments at a reception after the service.
The proposal suggests buying the old Rolfe school building before it is sold and wrecked, converting it into a library, and using sale proceeds to buy land for the school. It mentions possible Carnegie funding and asks for public consideration and action to push the idea forward.
Mabel Lighter daughter of Mrs J H Lighter married May 21 to Dr Everett H Field at Aberdeen South Dakota. She taught high school music in the wear and earlier in St Maries Idaho. They will reside at Turton South Dakota. The groom is a young man of good judgment. Claude Adams family visited Marshalltown for Declaration Day. The Tuesday Club was entertained by Mrs A V Everett. Mrs Mary Kidd of Minneapolis visiting relatives. Presbyterian missionary society to meet June 6. Geo Lambertson body returned from Fort Bliss and interred at Havelock.
The Baby Health Conference opens June 6 at the K. of P. Hall in Rolfe with a child welfare exhibit and Dr. Adele Kimball Groening in charge. Fifty babies aged one to three years may enter, enrolled with Mrs. Ward Ferguson. Fees are 15 cents for a three and a half day event. prizes awarded Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with exhibits and guidance for parents.
The Rolfe Racing Association schedules a meeting at the Ritchey garage office tomorrow evening to decide on purses concessions for the July 4th and 5th meeting and whether to issue more stock. Officials plan incorporation and report strong turnout from last Friday with growing entries in auto motorcycle and horse races. Concessions such as the merry go round are already booked and organizers urge members to register by June 8.
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