Rolfe Area Chapter Elects Eastern Star Leaders
In Rolfe Area gly Rolfe Chapter No 79 Order of the Eastern Star named Mrs Mike Schmidt Worthy Matron and George Lehnus Worthy Patron at the December 13 meeting. Work began this week on a bank office addition for Rolfe State Bank extending 10 feet south and 50 feet west. Melvin Heiter and A T Heiter hosted visitors from Pioneer. Rolfe county 4H Dairy Champion Garland Smith will be honored by the Area Holstein Breeders Association at its Emmetsburg meeting Friday.
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Rolfe
Order of the Eastern Star
Mike Schmidt
George Lehnus
Rolfe State Bank
Melvin Heiter
Pioneer
A. T. Heiter
Garland Smith
Rolfe County
Area Holstein Breeders Association
Emmetsburg
Ringing call totals rise over prior year in two day period
The two day total reached 4152 calls, up 452 from the same period last year. Mrs. Alta Hewlett, Miss Eloise Hewlett, and Mrs. Esther Ragan attended the Methodist Church mass meeting at the Fort Dodge high school auditorium.
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Hewlett
Esther Ragan
Methodist Church
Fort Dodge High School
Snow storm snarls railways and highways near Rolfe
A December 19 1940 report notes a snow storm that intensified to near blizzard conditions delaying railway service into Rolfe and blocking highways. The item also mentions local residents Cletus Peterson winning a prize for a drawing, and various visits and holiday bakery promotion at Jolliffe’s Bake Shop offering a candy stick with each bread loaf.
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Rolfe
Stockmen reflect on price drops amid Chicago trip
Casey Coffin traveled to Chicago with stock news, noting a downbeat mood among stock men. Saturday is button day to promote tuberculosis fight, while Mrs. Fred Nelson heads to Chicago for a brief sight-seeing visit and plans to reunite with her husband there.
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Casey Coffin
Chicago
Fred Nelson
Nelson
City
Navy Enlists 19 Year Old Wayne P Snook
Wayne P Snook aged 19 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Snook of Rolfe enlisted in the navy December 7 for four years as a seaman recruit. Local operators of Central Iowa Telephone Co worked December 5 and 6 recording calls for the semi annual.
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Wayne P. Snook
Paul Snook
Rolfe
Navy
Wayne
Central Iowa Telephone Co
Singer Touch & Sew Guaranteed Zigzag Sewing Machine Ad
1970 advertisement for Singer Touch and Sew sews zigzag monograms buttonholes and hems. cash discount and trade options offered. write Credit Manager Box 4381 Overland Park Kansas. 44-2
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Singer Touch & Sew
Overlland Park
Kansas
Miss Vivian Pringle of Plover
Miss Vivian Pringle of Plover is featured in a brief society note dated December 18 1930. The item highlights her status or involvement in local social circles during the era.
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Vivian Pringle
Plover
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Alta Hewlett
Eloise
Cletus Peterson
Willard Peterson
Kma
Cletus
Marvin Turley
Hedrick
Mrs
Lawrence Turley
Conrad Majorowicz
Mr. Majorowicz
Earl Fisher
Sioux City
Will Brinkman
Billy
Des Moines
Loretta Ives
Jolliffe’s
Frank Watson
Sureheat
Richard Hardware and Appliances
Oberg Dairy
Fort Dodge
Richard Hardware
Harold Morey
West Bend
Gordon Menaffey, Rolfe
United Systems, Inc
Interstate Terminal
11Th Street
Omaha
Nebraska
Wold Hardware
Charles A
Gunderson
C Rolfe
Iowa
Bonnie Wolfe
Joe Vainreb
Kerns Bros
Kenneth Wright
Wolfe
Johnson
Fryers
Ronald Gardewine
Lester Applegate
Clifford Jones
Deane Gunderson
Rb.n
L.P.N
Sunset Hill Manor
Herman Claussen
Fritz Johnson
Martin DeWall
Coles_ Buster O'Neill
Allis
Stan
Snow Bucket
Howard Morey
Mallard
Hereford
Jim Martin
D. A. Lavery
Jim Trimble
E. H. Weiland
B. M. Cuthbertson
Havelock
Ford
A. A. Allen
Bradgate
Rugg
Chevrolet
Richard Marcellus
John Cordes
Roy Ellsworth
Forrester
Mitchell Murray
Dave Henderson
Bill Fisher
Cleve Kerns
H.P
Louie Dirks
Gay Stover
Bucksheey
Suffolk
Leo Diederich
Remington
Chuck Anderson
Wope Howard
Martin de Wall
David H. Brinkman
The
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John Deere
Robinson’s Farm Equipment
John Deere Sales and Service
Farmers Cooperative Coo
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