Recollections Across Decades From Ames and Rolfe
Local column revisits anniversaries and events from 1966 to 1926. Notes include Roy Simon family reunion in Ames for People to People travelers, Hermansen 60th wedding anniversary in Omaha, and regional memories of FFA, community leadership, and wartime discharges. Also mentions Rolfe music contest wins and early 20th century town developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Simonson
Ames
South America
Richard Hodaway
Nellie Brinkman
Pearl Chambers
Omaha
California
Victor Hermansen
Hermansens
America
Denmark
Nebr
Morris Peterson
Alta
Mary Han
Jerry Hughes
Harris Hughes
FFA
Pilot Creek
Arlen
Carl Hansen
Milwaukee
Wis
Wm. Fisher
Des Moines
Northeast Town and Country Community Chest
Loell Streit
Shirley Lawton
Linda
Bob Pedersen
Rolfe
Rockwell City
Robert
Bob) Schott
Dorothy Schott
Rolfe High School
J. E. Loss
Bode
Girard
Super Valu
Mr. Loss
Donald Eikenberry
Savings Bank
Don's Cafe
Weekend Socials and Local Notices in Bradgate Area
Mrs Gladys Knutson of Boone hosted weekend visitors at the Helen Hemerson home. Numerous gatherings include Fort Dodge and Gilmore City residents with weddings anniversaries and a Father-Son Banquet at the Rutland Trinity Lutheran Church. An organizational meeting for Bradgate Little Tigers League was held at the VFW Hall with several signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Knutson of
Boone
Helen Hemerson
Beryl Dickey
Thelma Kinseth
Fort Dodge
Wardle Reidt
Virginie
Vickie
Werle Rood, Sr
Waboldt
Ben Riggins
Gilmore City
Counte Kooie
Leroy
Wen
Rundéert
Mark
Rolland L Gen
Dan Bradley
Sunda
Storm Lake
Lyle Jennin
Brian and
Lynn
Jim Jennings
Sue Hansen
Bob Becky Torkelson
Dale Wagner
Leonard Jensen
Wanda Jensen
Ron Julius
Tracy
Gimore City
Iver Behrendsen
R Shimon
Pocahontas
Shimon
Bradgate Little Tigers
VFW Hall
Connie Koob
Karen Zeman
Seaquist Pruitt
Seaquist Pruitt Auxiliary Post 7083
State
Little League
Mike
Lisa Edler
Brent
Brian Paulson
Kevin
Chris Wagner
Steve
Phil Thompson
Doug
Pam Nelson
Jon Zeman
Larry
Naomi Lanus
Barb Lasen
Benny Cloud
Mitch Naeve
Lance Urich
Jenna Satern
Susie Zeman
Larry Larsen
Theil
WALLS
Oome
Tee Sinta
Ronald Warren
Duncombe
Noble Hemerson
Muriel Wright
Denise
Humboldt
Henry Olson
Leroy. Hanselman
LaVerne
Martyn Pflibsen
Bode
Eldean Olson
Harriet Olson
Marie Benjamin
Euelah Benjamin
John Christianson
Martha
Edna Christianson
Art Christianson
Fred Benjamin
Beresford
S. Dak
Mabel Swain
Benjamin
Gerald Benjamin
Urbandale
Stanley Benjamin
Gerald
Wins
Reitz
Livermore
Robertson
Dea ‘O'Donnell
Hampton
LaValle Wolcott
Kennet Lesmeister
Horicon
Wisconsin
Trinity -Lutheran Church
Rutland
Mary
Virgil William
Englehart
Bruce Wathem
Rutland Trinity Lutheran Church Board
Don George
Curtis
Jean Kline
Iowa
Local anglers spend week on fishing trip
Dr D W Duitscher Dick Bennett Kermitt Shimon and Dick Bier stedt spent from Tuesday till Sunday on a fishing outing with locals noting their outdoor pursuit and camaraderie in a quiet riverside setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Duitscher
Dick Bennett
Kermitt Shimon
Dick Bierstedt
Proud Pop Boasts Son Reaches Court Marshal Rank
A courthouse father boasts that his son in the army earned a court marshal promotion after months away. He reports the unit’s top sergeant noted his son’s nerve and initiative in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Johnny-boy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald Green
Iowa State Teachers College
Green
Warren Ives
Presbyterian Church
Linn Grove
Mable Buchanan
Eee Bradgate News
Linda Larsen
Jed
John Tiernan
Margaret Kennedy
Mee
Merlin
Rochester
Myrtle SB
al. Sedlacek
Mire
Bernard Rickleff
Myrtle Rickleff
Melvin. Thorson
Charles Morello
Charlie
Germany
U.S
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Garner, la
Britt, la
West Bend, la
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