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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
4
Plover residents travel and family visits appear throughout the week. Teachers and staff are taking up posts in Rolfe, Havelock, Gren, and surrounding towns as schools begin. Local trips include Berkshire and Des Moines runs with social visits, repairs, and farm tasks noted.
The Community Library will be open Saturday September 5 from 3 00 to 5 00 pm. Librarian Mrs Verna Hoffert oversees a selection of new state library books ready for anyone in the community to read. Come and get four good books.
A reunion of schoolmates and childhood friends gathered at State Park Algona last Sunday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. B A Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. G N Jeffries of Rolfe, Merle Blue of Farnhamville, Fred Kauffman and Frances Phillips of Fort Dodge, Earl Day of Gilmore City, Wm Thompson of Swea City, Lila Lathrop of Des Moines, and many others from Algona Plover Mason City Washington D C and Des Moines.
Representatives from Piney Woods School in Mississippi presented at a Wednesday evening program at a Methodist church. Five young women performed readings and music while a student shared the school’s history and founder. Donations supported the school and its facilities, including the Wisconsin and Minnesota buildings funded by regional donors.
Last Friday Rolfe invited Plover to bring a kitten ball team for an evening game. Several Plover stars were away. Elmer Heathman, Burl Houck, and Victor Schuldt missed due to vacation and a picnic. Despite replacements, Plover had previously won 15-1 at Rolfe and 13-4 at home. The Friday game was competitive and tight down the stretch.
The Plover Consolidated Schools opened Monday with 201 pupils enrolled split 61 in high school and 140 in grades. Fifteen beginners and thirteen tuition pupils join families including Sanders Cruickshank MacVey Budd Studer Searcy DeWolf Willard and others. New janitor F B Dixon and several new teachers assume duties under Superintendent G J Sanders. Bus drivers and a five-member board of directors are listed with officers Miller and Beneke among staff.
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports dried buttermilk as an efficient supplemental feed for pigs. Replacing 100 pounds of tankage with dried buttermilk saves corn and tankage, increases gains, and lowers feed per 100 pounds gain though cost limits use. Bulletin No. 278 details profits and cautions.
The Plover Methodist Church announces a full Sunday schedule with church school morning worship Epworth League and evening worship. Baptismal service reception of members and a sermon titled The Great Sacrament are planned along with an election of a lay delegate at the morning service. Epworth League meets after the sale hour and the sermon Sunday evening is The Sea. An Epworth play titled Mother Mine will be performed Friday evening with admission set at fifteen and thirty five cents.
The readable text references a child, heredity, environment, and a project likely connected to child health or development. Mentions a college, local leaders, a jury? and a Clarion style note about juice, enzymes, and a study audience.
Plover Presbyterian Church notes Rev Walter Rothwell as pastor with Sunday worship and Sunday School and Bible class services planned for next Sunday. The Weekly Bible Study Class resumes with verse-by-verse study in Acts. The church invites visitors and faculty to worship and participate as the fall and winter programs begin.
A brief report notes about 3,000 radio patents pending at a venue and discusses synthetic drugs reimagining natural products. It highlights global independence from tropics and the potential for synthetic drugs to reduce deleterious effects compared with natural drugs.
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