Local Social News and Travel Notes from Aug 1959
The column lists multiple social visits and travels including Lawrence Henderson Allen at Holid ay on Ice in Sioux City, Amanda Cox and Edgar Cox visiting Glasgow relatives, Eldon Ham and family at a Des Moines circus, Owen Odland attending his mother’s funeral in Stavanger Norway, Iver Johnson and family dining with C E Eppelsheimer, bus trips to Chicago, birthday reminders for Mrs Boyce and Mrs A A Firkins, and a 10 day East Coast trip by the Fisher family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Henderson
Allen
Sioux City
Amanda Cox
Edgar Cox
Glasgow
Albert Peers
A. O. Jacobson
R. B. Ranney
LeRoy Miller
Jacobson
Ranney
Miller
Cora Lighter
Ethel Young
Chicago
Clarence Boyce
Boyce
A. A. Firkins
Wm. Fisher
Garry
East Coast
Sunday Get Together Hosts Honor Mrs Quigley Birthday
Mr and Mrs Howard Sandy Mr and Mrs Dale Buck and Mrs Sadie Quigley joined the WNAX Yankton South Dakota radio program Sunday to celebrate Mrs Quigley s birthday. Orlin Jacobson shot 72 for 18 holes as he played in a foursome with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sandy
Dale Buck
Sadie Quigley
WNAX
Yankton
S D
Local Social and Recreation Notes from Rolfe Area
Thirty years ago on August 17 1939 families and friends gathered for leisure. The Heathmans and Spencers plus Charles Roberts went roller skating at Twin Lakes on Sunday. Mrs W S Butler hosted a tea party and noted her son’s service in Japan. C B Chapman family returned from Leech Lake Minn with Leone catching the largest beach fish a seven pound northern pike marking a notable amateur fishing moment. Verne Jarvis appointed as night watch in Rolfe with duties to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Orville Heathman
Donald
Ronald Spencer
Charles Roberts
Twin Lakes
W. S. Butler
Japan
C. B. Chapman
Leech Lake
Minn
Leone
Verne Jarvis
Rolfe
Tillton and Guthrie Show People Tracked by Firkins
Earl Firkins conducted tracking work for Tilton and Guthrie during the previous week, gathering observations on their activities and movements as part of a broader assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Firkins
Tilton and Guthrie
Children celebrate in Rolfe as Charley Webb hosts free movie
Four friends visited Silver Lake for a dip on Sunday as 40 years pass since August 22 1929. Rolfe's Wednesday marked children's day with Charley Webb hosting a free public movie for local schoolchildren. Miss Amy Couts and Wesley Lehnus wed in Cooper Iowa on August 14. Rev Mrs Rose Peoples officiated. Clifford Wilson takes on clerk duties at Cook's Confectionery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Quinsland
Edward Rudolfson
Norman Siefkin
Lester Applegate
Silver Lake
Rolfe
Charley Webb
Amy Couts
Wesley Lehnus
Cooper
Iowa
Rose Peoples
Flushing
Ohio
Clifford Wilson
Cook
H C Kauffman Travels With Ralph and Doris to Aurora
H C Kauffman with Ralph and Doris made a flying trip to Aurora Nebraska last week to visit his mother and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Kauffman
Ralph
Doris
Aurora
Nebr
Engagement announced for Lucerne Symes and Robert Hunter
Announcement follows an informal party at Miss Symes home last Thursday. The Sept 10 1919 wedding planned, with local fundraisers including a basket social raising 75 dollars for a new furnace for the Norwegian Church. I M McKim bought a Chandler seven passenger car. James Bruce sold an Oakland touring car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne Symes
Robert Hunter
Symes
N. G. Ryen
I. M. McKim
Chandler
James Bruce
Oakland
Vern Callon
Jim
Rolfe Team Wins Cylinder Tournament Title
The Rolfe men beat Emmetsburg to claim the Cylinder tournament championship on Saturday evening. Pocahontas placed second at a recent local event and Rolfe prepares for further rounds this week with Pocahontas scheduled to play here at 7 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Viking voyage uncovers mooring stones and artifacts tour
A letter details a six day trek through Minnesota and northern Iowa to locate Viking artifacts and mooring stones. Stops include Browns Valley, Lake Itasca, Moorhead, Hawley Herald, Alexandria Museum, and Sioux Rapids, revealing runestones, a Kensington Runestone, Viking tools, and a 27 by 17 foot stone alleged as a Viking altar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Minnesota
Chokio
Minn
Marion Dahm
Browns Valley
R. Byman
Newfoundland
Rhode Island
Olaf Ohman
Kensington
Lake Venus
Marion
Erv Larson
Alexandria Museum
Hawley
Robert Brekken
Columbus
Brekken
Hawley Herald
Moorhead
Clay County Museum
Glenn E. Johnson
The
Historical Society
National Geographic
Bergen
Norway
Vinland
Johnson
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Alen
Hans Hanson
Ulen
Smithsonian Institute
Itasca State Park
Mississippi River
Detroit Lakes
Ken Prentice
Pelican Lake
Carmonth Lake
Sauk Centre
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Floun Press Association
Ni NeAber Association
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Society
Federal Depectt Lnewrance Corporation
Rolfe State Bank
IGWA
Guy Bendixon
Ludwig Ruhs
Sioux Rapids
Nancy and
Jim Martin
Jon the
Hershey
Clover Farm
Blue Bonnet Reg
Kitty Clover
U.S
Freedom
Relfe
DMT
Alumni Fund
Rolfe, Ia
N. A
Jim) Wilson
Harold G. Calligan
Forrest S. Tutt
Donald J. Spencer
Kenneth Pederson
Dean A. Pedersen
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