Rolfe Narrowly Tops Everly In Weekend Hoop Tilt
Rolfe defeats Everly 33 to 24 in a hard fought home game as guard Tutt and center Hansen lead a rugged Twin Lakes conference clash. Rolfe’s junior high also wins 50 to 10. Christmas program at Presbyterian church features multi acts and a manger scene with students from Miss Marcum and Miss Nelson’s classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Everly
Fife
Tutt
Hansen
Mwell
Elfe
Spangler
Koenk
Rockwell City
Twin Lakes
Avcock
Rolfe FG
TPF
The
Presbyterian Church
C. E. Boyce
Helen Kennedy
A. A. Firkins
Sally Webb
Sinning
John Shelgren
Sammy Lawson
Mary le Nelson
Richard Stanley
Orm
Virgil Rickless
Jo Shelgren
Cleo Hansen
Bruce Fisher
James
George Stanley
Wee Ee Gwendolyn Winters
Phillips Brinkman
Bobby
Edward Struthers
Vera Jean Holt
Roger Witt
Glenn Shelgren
John Wiegman
the Shepherd Lad
Donald DeWall
Janet Thorson
Jack Rober
Stuart Webb
Geraldine Graves
Beverly Grant
Joyce Thornton
Phyllis DeWolf
Ruth Ives
Jean Graves
Fern Rober
Arlo Ives
Roberta Kennedy
Evelyn Green
Past Matrons of OES Share Christmas Party Highlights
Members of the Past Matrons Society of the OES hosted their husbands at a Christmas party held at the H. D. Brinkman home Friday evening. Seated at candlelit tables for 22, they enjoyed a two course dinner followed by program including poems, talks on fraternalism, a Christmas story, and a short business meeting. Later activities featured a brain derby, mouth organ music, gifts, and social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of the
H. D. Brinkman
C. E. Boyce
W. S. Butler
C. P. Lathrop
J. H. Brinkman
A. G. Hille
Rolfe Triumphs Over Livermore In Twin Bill Thriller
Rolfe defeated Livermore 25 to 24 on Livermore’s floor in a closely contested twin bill. A repeat of last year’s 37 to 34 game, Tuesday night produced a second team showdown with Livermore edging Rolfe 25 to 24. A full account will appear next week. Also notes on visits by Mr and Mrs W R Rogers to Cora Klein and family and on Mrs Belle Bruce’s serious illness at the Kent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Livermore
W. R. Rogers
Cora Klein
Humboldt
Marion Bruce
Methodist Missionary Society Meets in Fort Dodge Report
The ME. Society gathered Friday at George F. Smith home with 38 present. Devotions led by Mrs. Forsythe and Mrs. Lease. Emma Day reviewed the leadership training study book The American City and a Church. Zelda Snyder read a Christmas story. The meeting closed with Christmas carols led by Mrs. Grant Johnson and a two course lunch served by Mrs. Smith and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Missionary Society
George F. Smith
Hopsie Forsythe
W. H. Lease
Fort Dodge
Emma Day
Mias Zelda Snyder
Yat Sioux Citys
Grant Johnson
Smith
Tom Diggs
F. L. MacVey
Art Mickalek
Stores Will Remain Open Nights Til Christmas
Rolfe merchants continue their yuletide tradition hosting local children with Santa Claus arriving next Saturday at 2 PM. A Christmas tree with lights, garlands, and decorated windows set the festive scene while the welfare committee plans 60 grocery baskets for needy families to be handed out on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Santa Claus
Santa
Promotion Club
the Arrow
Des Moines Man Dies After Streptococci Pneumonia
W C Merckens of Des Moines, brother of Mrs J R McIntire, died Wednesday after a five day illness. He spent 20 years at the state house in various departments and planned to return to work. Funeral services were held at Caldwell McIlhon funeral home. Family members traveled to Des Moines for the funeral and to visit the ill relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Merckens
Des Moines
J. R. McIntire
State House
Caldwell-McIlhon
Billy
Curtis Jones
Gordon Glascock
McIntire
Catherine
Billy McIntire
F. E. Grant
Garfield 4-H Girls Meet at White Home
The Garfield Go Getters gathered with Beryl White on December 10, sharing a Christmas wish during roll call. Mrs. Lucille White was honored with a handkerchief shower after resigning as assistant leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Go Getters
Beryl White
Lucille White
Immunize Rolfe Students Against Diphtheria
The Rolfe community reports strong turnout for diphtheria immunizations at the Rolfe public and D. M. T. schools and nearby country schools. Physicians will continue vaccine clinics at school price for those ill or unable to receive it this month and urge precautions until protection takes effect. Special thanks go to Supt. Anderson and Supt. Martin for their cooperation.
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Rolfe
Supt. Anderson
Rolfe School
Supt
Martin
D. M. T. School
Epworth League Plans Rally for January 2
Epworth league cabinet met at the Methodist parsonage to organize a rally set for January 2. Mrs. William Strickler learned Saturday of her son-in-law Fred J. Bollard's death at Des Moines Veterans Hospital. Bollard, a former Rolfe telephone lineman and Spanish War veteran, died at 62. Mrs. Strickler traveled to Fort Dodge for funeral services at the First Presbyterian Church, with interment in Alta family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
William Strickler
Fred J. Bollard
Veteran’s Hospital
Des Moines
Central States Co Cooking School Draws Small Prizes
At the Central States Electric Co office a cooking school demonstration showed a three day meal for a four person family cooked on an electric range. Attendees guessed electricity cost with 26 cents winning two prizes and 27 cents winning third prize. Mrs. H L Sawyer won a prize and Mrs. Leslie Struthers traveled to Fort Dodge for a hospital visit related to a local accident covered elsewhere. Misses Wiegman and Thompson hosted Amy Ireland’s music pupils with attendees from Havelock Mallard Curlew Laurens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central States Electric Co
W. S. Butler
Otis Cook
H. L. Sawyer
Leslie Struthers
Fort Dodge
Melvin Kirchner
Bobby
Kirch‘hers
Rachel Wiegman
Janet Thompson
Amy Ireland
Wiegman
Evelyn Carlson
Havelock
Marion Trohling
Mallard
Grace Mattheesen
Curlew
Laurens
Christmas Program Recital at Methodist Church
A list of participants and acts for a Methodist Christmas program on Friday December 28 includes recitations by Lois Wingerson Lester Bishop Donna Jean Miller Marilyn Madsen and others, choral and vocal numbers, and various readings led by Pastor A. The program features numerous solo and duet performances, piano pieces, and group readings concluding with a prayer led by the pastor.
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Lois Wingerson
Lester Bishop
Donna Jean Miller
Marilyn Madsen
Marilyn Ragan
Happy Learned
Carl Wheeler
Donna Lee Reid
Mary
Shirley Fuller
Marjorie Ann Jones
Kathryn Bixler
Beverly Jones
Zoe Norwood
Karen Torkelson
Jo Anderson
Jerry Majorowicz
Roger Chapman
Lila Lee Wilcox
Jimmy Nelson
Beverly Majorowicz
Rachel Boles
Margaret Johnson
Mary Lou Marine
Evelyn Perrin
Genevieve Majorowicz
Harriett Marchant
Roger
Jerry Heller
Lawrence Bishop
Ray Peterson
Dick Anderson
Laurel Lehnus
Beverly Weible
Beverly Madson
Naomi Diggs
Beverly Marchant
Abe DeVaul
Frances
Elwood Chambers
Vera
Virginia DeVaul
Richard Johnson
Betty DeVaul
Mary Chambers
Donna Harmon
Shirley Marchant
Bonita Hunt
Darlene Dixon
Virginia Cox
Agnes Boles
Reading
Lou Ella Roberts
Joan, Carla
Mary Lou Bixler
Doris Harmon
Dorothy Jones
Cletus Peterson
Marilyn Wells
Ruth Guess
Robert Scott
Christibel Bregotti
Beryl White
Myrtle Booth
Phyllis Wengerson
Beryl Lehnus
Mary Lou Smith
Junior Fisher
Dennis Grandstad
Auto Accident Injures Three Local Family
The Melvin Kirchner family crashed into a bridge about three miles east of Plover on Sunday morning. Three members, including Bobby Kirchner, were injured and taken to Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge. Bobby was thrown through the windshield. Mrs. Kirchner received chest injuries and a leg cast. Mr. Kirchner had scrapes. Leslie, 5, escaped uninjured and stayed with grandparents. Cause believed to be a blowout.
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Melvin Kirchner
Plover
Charles Lehnus
Leslie Struthers
Lutheran Hospital
Gee. Struthers
Hatterburg
Ware
Kirchner
Sale of Haucke's Stock Ends Saturday
Lincoln Sales Co. to close its sale of the George C. Hauck & Co. general merchandise stock this Saturday December 17. This is the last day of the sale with remaining stock to be auctioned in bulk to bidders who had anticipated Monday.
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Lincoln Sales Co
George C. Hauck & Co
Knights of Pythias Goats and Week Ahead Events
The Knights of Pythias contained a rampaging goat after a Monday event, thirty members assisted, a midnight lunch followed. A Dec 19 American Legion county meeting in Rolfe with a speaker and big feed is announced. Births include an 8% pound girl born Dec 18 in Mercy hospital Fort Dodge to Mr and Mrs LeRoy Miller.
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Knights of
LeRoy Miller
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
American Legion
Rolfe
Harl Ives
Ruth
Maurice
Ames
Ives
Charles Crow
Iowa City
Emma O’brien
Miami, Fla
Legion Auxiliary December Meeting Held at Simonson Home
The American Legion Auxiliary met Monday afternoon at Mrs. A Simonson’s home with 25 members. They voted to send a comforter to Des Moines and a box of stamped Christmas cards to Veterans Hospitals in Knoxville and Des Moines, heard about the Pocahontas joint meeting, and noted the next county gathering in Laurens in January. Mrs. Chapman reviewed local rehabilitation work and its cheer for veterans. A Christmas gift exchange and lunch closed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
A. Simonson
Dora
E. W. Wilson
Pirl Riches
Marvin Burroughs
Des Moines
Veterans
Knoxville
Dora Simonson
C. B. Chapman
Pocahontas
Laurens
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HCE
O.es
DeVaul
A. O. Peterson
Storm Lake
R. G. Hunter
Shirley Thornton
Charles City
Dr. Salsbury
Garfield
WHITE
Farm Bureau
Sorosis Club
Orvan Olerich
B. A. Peterson
M. W. Webb
Maria Woods
Helen Anne
Wilber Woods
Central States CO
Methodists
Haucke
K. P’s
Legion Auxiliary
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