Community Happenings Dot the Week in Rolfe Area
Local residents and visitors filled weekend gatherings in Rolfe and surrounding towns. Many hosted and attended Sunday dinners and anniversaries, while others traveled to Des Moines and Fort Dodge for medical, hospital, or family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Jensen
Rolfe
Edgar Showers
Pocahontas
B. F. Showers
Fort Dodge
Lutheran Hospital
Andy Metz
Wilmer Huston
Rulfe
Merlin Himrod
Gilmore City
George Green
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Food costs in work time across nations
A National Industrial Conference Board study compares how long workers must toil to buy staple foods. It shows bread costs vary, with the United States and Canada about five and a half minutes per pound while European prices range from six to sixteen minutes. The report notes U.S. earnings offset higher prices, giving stronger purchasing power despite the cost differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
West Germany
Tiaiv
United Kingdom
National Industrial Conference Board
United
United States
Thanks to friends for hospital help and good wishes
Linn Lee and Florence MacVey extend thanks to many friends for help in their home and during hospital stay. They express gratitude for hospital visits and congratulatory calls and hope to thank each person personally soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Hospital
Linn Lee
Florence MacVey
Card of Thanks for Moving Help and Hospitality
Mr and Mrs S W Brown thank friends and neighbors for helping load out on their moving car. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Harold Lawton for coffee and rolls served in the morning. Deeply appreciated and will be long remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lawton
5. W. Brown
Thanking Friends for Support During Illness
Mrs. Anne Smith expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards letters gifts and calls during her illness. She thanks church groups pastors and Amvets Auxiliary and says the kindness will be remembered and God bless you all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Anne Smith
Andersons Thank Kin for 40th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Stanley C Anderson express gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for cards gifts and well wishes received on their 40th wedding anniversary a day to be long remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley C. Anderson
Expressions of gratitude after our time of sorrow
The Sanden family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for kindness shown during our sorrow. We remember prayers flowers cards food and memorials and give special thanks to Rev Milton Schaper of the Methodist church and Rev William B Nelson of the Presbyterian church. God bless you all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Schaper
Methodist Church
William B. Nelson
Presbyterian Church
Irene Marie Sanden
Thank You for Kindness After Hospital Stay
A note from Mrs. Bertha Flinn expresses gratitude for cards gifts and prayers while in hospital and after returning home. She thanks friends for food and fruit and specifically credits the Methodist W.S.C.S. for a Bible and asks God to bless all who showed kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist W.S.C.S
Bertha Flinn
Jefferson couple marks 62nd wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Dave Johnson of Jefferson celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary recently. The couple shared a family gathering and reflected on six decades of marriage, noting longtime partnership and mutual support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Johnson
Jefferson
Mrs Emmons Hopes For pansies Despite Snow
Mrs. Ted Emmons of Burr Oak picked a bouquet of pansies near her home. The ongoing snow and cold weather threaten any further crop of flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Emmons
Burr Oak
Seymour woman receives young squirrel monkey gift
Mrs. Ray Banks of Seymour was given a young squirrel monkey named Mike as a gift. The animal has not become a pet yet and enjoys apples but rejects the peels and candy. Whiskey, mentioned in the note, will not age in a glass container.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Banks
Seymour
Mike
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