Rolfe Local News Highlights Wide Community Life
Rolfe and nearby areas buzz with family visits church events and school ties. Reads of travel to Okoboji Lakes birthdays graduations and reunions plus local visits by friends and relatives from Des Moines Fort Dodge Ames and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ivey
J. H. Pollock
Player
Grant Pollock
L. R. Davidson
Donald
Okoboji Lakes
Mae Hill
Joy
J. E. Rickard
W. F. Ader
Chebanse
Leland Ader
Banfield
Arthur BE. Ader
Lida de Wolf
Fort Dodge
G. G. Butler
Kip Wilson
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Jim Wilson
Grinnell
Lillyan Nelson
Ruth Louise Green
Pocahontas
Lila Monk
Len
Rolfe
Ruth Webb
Elvina Peterson
Des Moines
Miss Webb
Miss Peterson
Drake University
Joan Bixler
Sally Webb
Geraldine
Lois
Maxine Johnson
Sally
Joan
Estelyn Roberts
Donald Nelson
Virgil Roberts
Ray Green
Cedar Falls
Estelyn
Teachers College
Lola Beth Green
Sutherland
Clarence Dahl
Ed Hansen
Chokie
Mina
Mr. Dahl
Nellie Dahl
Gilmore City
Wednesay
Robert B. Pollock
Fae Fisher
Wm. Matteson
Maxwell
Park
Rolfe-Manson
Dorothy Bowers
Myrtle Hartman
Spencer
Dorothy
Wilbur Allbee
Myrtle
John Olerich
Earl Fisher
Up And Coming 4-H Club Meeting Report
The Up and Coming 4-H club met at Vera and Thelma Jolliffe’s home. Thirteen members answered the rele call with motto and state slogan. Irene Shimon placed third in the county 4-H health contest and next meeting is set for Mildred Olberding’s home on Aug. 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Thelma Jolliffe
Alice Boysen
Ruth Lathrop
Vera Jolliffe
Vivian Lathrop
Irene Shimon
Alma Dunn
Mildred Olberding
Tillie the Horse to Appear at Kossuth Fair Stage Show
Tillie the Horse an act in Diana Mond Revue is set for the Kossuth Fair night grandstand attraction. The act combines two men fore and aft in a costume with Evelyn Therl wielding the whip. Dick Mayo and Jerry Mason perform the fore and aft roles in a sheet costume before refining the outfit. The act has been featured in movie shorts and the full length film Parked in Paree and appeared in Earl Carrolls Vanities and Bobby Sanford Show Boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie the Horse
Kossuth Fair
Dick Mayo
Jerry Mason
Evelyn Therl
Mayo
Mason
Paree
Earl Carroll
Talented 8-Year-Old Pianist Evelyn Perrin Gains Praise
Evelyn Perrin, eight, earns enthusiastic praise for piano skill and broad knowledge of composers. She performs pieces by Heller, Gurlitt, Schumann, and Gautier and studies with Mrs. W. P. Wheeler, a teacher of 40 years. On her birthday the Perrins gifted a baby grand piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Evelyn Pertin
Heller
Gurlitt
Schumann
Gautier
W. P. Wheeler
Evelyn
Mrs. Perrin
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Hester Parker
Family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy, flowers, and support during illness, death, and burial of their mother Mrs. Hester Parker and relatives Chas Sroufe Henry Sroufe Frank Sroufe Albert Sroufe. Boulder Dam will form a lake 400 feet deep in the deepest part and 110 miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mitchell
George
Johnnie Marchant
Stuart
George Schonberger Jr
W. W. Sigler
Gallipolis
Ohio
M. T. Blessing
Des Moines
Springfield
Jacksonville
A. G. Hille
Iowa City
H. N. Hamilton
Marshalltown
Methodist Missionary Society
Zelda Snyder
King’s Heralds
Flossie DeVaul
Grant Johnson
Joan Bixter
King's Heralds
Denzil Johnson
L. H. Watson
Rutland
Gar-Mac Lodge
Pete Johnson
A. E. Cook
Pocahontas
B. Davenport
Harry Fain
Marie Paulson
Albert Maach
Jason and
Mason
Laura Olson
Humboldt
Jenifer
Jean
Hester Parker
Chas, Sroufe
Henry Sroufe
Frank Sroufe
Albert Sroufe
Boulder Dam
Thanks for kindness during illness from Lee and Opal Ryen
Acknowledges friends who sent cards flowers fruit ice cream and tokens of sympathy while Lee and Opal Ryen were ill. Authors express gratitude for the care and thoughtful deeds from many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Opal Ryen
Evening community service and choir rehearsal announced
A community service is planned at the park in the evening followed by a choir rehearsal at the church on Friday. The quote by M G Pearse emphasizes inner beauty as shaped by virtue rather than appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Pearse
St Margarets Church Mass Schedule and Confessions
Masses are celebrated Sundays at 7 and 9 a.m. Weekday mass at 7 30 a.m. Confessions occur every Sunday before the early mass except the first Sunday. A confession is held Saturday before the first Sunday in the afternoon and evening. Confession before mass on the first Friday.
Rolfe Fire Dept Praised for Prompt Fire Dispatch
V D Hauck expresses thanks to the Rolfe fire department for their prompt and efficient work in extinguishing the fire at the Hauck home on Wednesday forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Fire Department
V. D. Hauck
Trinity Lutheran Sunday Service Notice
Rev. J. O. Wangberg, pastor leads regular preaching at Trinity Lutheran Sunday morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangberg
Epworth League Activities and Events Noted
The Epworth League held a meeting and planning notes for upcoming events. A swim and skate party is slated for Twin Lakes next Monday afternoon, with strong enthusiasm across all departments and a campaign slogan Advancements 44 summer slump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Tuttomb
Vile
Pyramids
Egypt
Epworth League
Berts
Epworth
Twin Lakes
Faith Chat Leads to Light Sermon at Presbyterian Church
The church invites members and friends to attend Sunday services at 10 a m and stay for Sunday school at 11 10. The Christian Endeavor resumes Sunday evening at 6 45 with a devotional session and social hour to follow. Young people from high school and college are especially welcome at the manse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Ndeavor
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