Rolfe Community Notes Mixed with Social Visiting News
Rolfe residents report visits from Norma Lee Robinson and Norma Ivey while many locals attend picnics at Harrison Park Emmetsburg and Call Park Algona. The page records family reunions, travel to California and Chicago, a golf champion, local post office duties, and upcoming home project choices for 1988 with farm news and a minor car accident in Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn
Margery Wells
J. T. Grant
Pittsburgh
Berkeley
Cal
West
Storm Lake
Cherokee
Emmetsburg
Montgomery
Arah Leonard
Bobby
Chicago
Julius Hansen
Graydon Thornton
Elmer Larson
Graydon
Wisconsin
Tollersrude
Denzil Johnson
Mable Perrin
Alhambra
W. H. Livingston
Miss Perrin
Cora Lighter Ivey
Fair
Miss Mable
Rolfe
California
A. G. Hewlett
Fort Dodge
Claudina Johnson
George Ivey
Anne Wiley
Lola Cornell
Algona
Call Park
Hille’s
Unclear fragment hints at New York mayor and venue themes
Fragmentary text references a New York mayor and mentions gifts and a crowd. It alludes to a sale location not proving the crowd, along with a national bird and a rescue rope from Congress. Details are ambiguous and authorial tone unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pocahontas County Fair Scheduled as Free Event
Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Herb Purcell of Woodbine and Mrs. Jas. M. Smith. M. G. Herscher from Havelock, Leo Buck Jr. and a Fonda friend advertise for the Pocahontas fair September 18 14 15 16. Dorothy Carlson visits with cousin Fae Fisher. Presbyterian church to resume services next Sunday with Rev C Paul Carlson returning. details in church notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Bruce
Des Moines
Ben Bryson
Newell
Mrs. Bryson
Carol Smith
Manson
G. F. Smith
Will Ralph and Son
Ralph
8. Classen
Havelock
Herb Purcell
Woodbine
Jas. ‘M. Smith
M. G. Herscher
Leo Buck Jr
Fonda
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Dorothy Carlson
Pocahontas
Fae Fisher
C. Paul Carlson
Presbyterian Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diddings
Davidson
Odebolt
EUA L. Symes’ Hat Shoppe
Labor
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Jas. Fox
Norma ‘Lee Robinson
Greenfield
Geo.Ivey
Ada, Minn
Anton Lambertson of
Coulter
Ruth Webb
E. B. Thompson
Chas. Alexander
Laurens
Henry Buck
Frank Balley
John Hendricks
Hille
D. V. Ragan
Marilyn
Jas. M. Smith
G. W. Salisbury
Rhoda Lothian
Harrison’s Park
Leonard Smith
New Sharon
Maude Boos
Bess Edsall
Anna DeWolf
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Madison
Winnifred Edsall
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Rialto
Miss Mary Short
City Park
Miss Short
Waterloo
Lester Spangler
F. J. Nacke
Mary Whitney
Plover
W. H. Cassell
Conlon
Swea City
W. H. Strickler
John Ownen
Kate
Arrow
LeRoy Mellicker
Paul Lothian
Gladys Howe
Will Howe
Great Falls
Mont
Homer Marchant
P. Lathrop
Bradgate
Art Gahm
Mary Jane
Ed Wilcox
Arnold’s Park
Mr. Wilcox
Iowa
West Okoboji
Grace Wilcox
Stillwater
Okla
Alice Grove
C. P. Lathrop
Mary Spear
Canton
Ohio
Pat
Bloy Wood
Mary Elaine Ivey
I Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Miss Eunice
West Bend
Robert J. Kent
Columbus
Neb
A. M. Kent
Brownsville
Texas
Quimby
Don C. Kent
Robert
Nebraska
Fred Hille
Marvin Richmond
Bret
James Winter
Baby
Lutheran Hospital
Effie Worley
Winnifred
Jack Holmes
Winterset
T. D. Jones
Palmer
Mrs. Carlson
Marshalltown
Herman Peterson
Frank Mickaleck
Dektta Mickaleck
Peterson
Mickaleck
Jay McMahon
Chester McMahon
Minneapolis
Dallas
Farm Bureau
John S. Roberts
H.C. McCray
Guy White
Pearl McCray
Julius White
Ralph Showers
Okoboji Lakes
Herman Diedrick
Methodist Church
Joe McEwen
Mr. Showers
Kumboldt
Carl C. Hoveland
D. C
Hee Haw News
J.T.G
Grace
Grove
Wilcox
Oklahoma
Ed Weiland
Ce J.T.G
J.T. Grant
Glenn Brighton
Lucille Halstead
E. Eikenberry
Variety and Grocery
Lighthouse
ABC
Webb’s Drug Store
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