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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
4
A long list of visitors and local events fills Plover and surrounding towns. Residents host relatives from New Sharon Fort Dodge and Laurens while noting Labor Day gatherings, farm exchanges, and upcoming Farm Bureau entertainment with prizes and a community meal.
The Epworth League presented Mother Mine at the high school auditorium last Friday. The cast delivered well and the story about a widow who adopts a boy and helps a hungry youth to reform carried a clear lesson. Several local residents and events follow, including visits, harvest aid trips, and upcoming meetings of local groups.
Community church notes describe Sunday services with a sermon on Second Mile Christianity and an evening sermon The Light that Never Fails Epworth League meets at 7 pm Ladies Aid plans a chicken supper at nominal price to socialize before Conference and finish church work with dedication.
A twenty five cent fried chicken supper will be served in the basement of the Plover Methodist church on Saturday September 12. Menu includes fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy bread and butter, combination salad, conserve, fresh tomatoes, pie and coffee. Howard Pollock attended a dinner party in Storm Lake on Labor Day.
Notice states the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at Mrs. Susie Thompson home Friday September 16 at 2:00 pm. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected with Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Ben Perdue to serve. All members urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Lou Markley of Jefferson are visiting at the home of Mrs Markley’s sister Mrs R Ey Houck and family.
Mr and Mrs RE Houck drove daughter Ann Louise and Miss Elle Bucher to Cedar Sunday. They enrolled Byrl Houck for his fourth year at the State Teachers College.
The Horticultural Service at Iowa State University with county bureaus and local growers will test sweet clover main clover and winter vetch as cover crops in owners orchards. The Iowa Fruit Growers Union handles supply and cost. Tests occur late July to early August after cultivation of corn or potatoes, with Extension staff observing results through May 1932. Plowed under at ten inches high, these legumes aim to add nitrogen and improve soil structure.
Local residents accuse peddlers of inflating Rolfe's profile to mislead the public about town conditions. Citizens urge scrutiny of claims and demand accountability from sellers.
Readable bits suggest a quotation about America and a band but key names and provenance are missing, making identification uncertain. The fragmentary text references a parochial or parochy term, a factory or factor, and a person who spoke or acted, but no verifiable entities or context are present.
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