Rolfe Area Celebrates Birthday. Studebaker Prize Drawn
Mr and Mrs Manley John and family visited W J Bennett in West Bend to celebrate his 83rd birthday. W W Allen of rural Rolfe won a 1961 Studebaker from Pocahontas Stude baker garage delivered Friday. Mrs Ha Thompson Muriel Wilson and Verdie Nelson attended Farm Bureau Women’s Day at Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley Johnson
W. J. Bennett
West Bend
Mr. Bennett
W W. Allen
Rolfe
Studebaker
Pocahontas
Thompson
Muriel Wilson
Verdie Nelson
Farm Bureau
McIntire elected vice president at funeral directors meet
Northwest Funeral Directors held a meeting in Sutherland with J R McIntire chosen as vice president for the coming year. Gail Ives and son Orville visited Mrs Louise Ives in Rolfe. Andrew Pedersen Gene Chism and Gordon Tebben traveled to Chicago to meet Andrew's fiancee Betty Stanton and her mother Mrs Charles Callen of St Petersburg Fla. Train strikes prevented the trip to Rolfe by train as the group returned Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. McIntire
Northwest
Sutherland
McIntire
Gail Ives
Orville
Floyd
Louise Ives
Andrew Pedersen
Gene Chism
Gordon Tebben
Chicago
Andrew
Betty Stanton
Charles Callen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Rolfe
Rolfe High Wins County Basketball Championship
Rolfe's basketball team won the county tournament title with a 43 to 27 final score over an unnamed opponent. George Beckord was ill with influenza last week but returned to work Friday, though voice remained hoarse. Several locals traveled to Des Moines and Omaha for meetings and skating events, with social gatherings noted among residents of Rolfe and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
George Beckord
William Fisher
Des Moines
AAA
Wayne Henderson
Jay Arnold
Elton Baker
B. D. Baker
Omaha
Sonja Heine
Visitors and notices mix in Pocahontas County
Local social notes mention residents traveling from Balaton Minnesota and Des Moines to visit families in Rolfe and Plover Iowa. A Pythian Sisters meeting is noted along with a 50th wedding anniversary and several Sunday dinners. A legal notice outlines tax sale redemption rights for properties in Pocahontas County Rolfe and associated towns with a March 3 1971 sale date expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Burgardt
Florence Burgardt
Richard J. Carney
Pocahontas County
Plover
Iowa
Pocahon
Marie Pavik
O. B. Fuller
Rolfe
Local residents visit and share meals in Spencer and Des Moines
Locals Mrs. Pete Eeten Teresa and Terry of Spencer visited Albert Jensen. Sunday dinner in Dale Ferguson home included Janis Ferguson and Marlys Simpson of Des Moines, Mrs Agnes Johnson of Pocahontas and Mrs Don Ferguson and Kristine. Mrs Dean Poppen stays with Michell Murrays until joining husband overseas with the army. Mr and Mrs Don Jensen, David and Mark of Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Eeten
Teresa
Terry
Spencer
Albert Jensen
Dale Ferguson
Janis Ferguson
Marlys Simpson
Des Moines
Agnes Johnson
Pocahontas
Don Ferguson
Kristine
Dean Poppen
Debbie Erickson
Michell Murrays
Don Jensen
David
Mark
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Rolfs
Boyrars Ags
C. B. Bowen
Jefferson
Pearl Lehnus
Calligan
O. J. Cruickshank
Jim
Balaton
Minn
F. C. DeWolf
J. H. Pollock
Cora Ridenour
Marion Bruce
Anna Bower
Margaret Campbell
Art Kilbourn
Fritz Johnson
Stub’s
Wm. Thompson
Swea City
Rose Diederich
Louie Schonberger
Leo Diederich
Wednesdy
Sunset Hill
Evelyn A. Leadley
Max
Max Page
ROG
Standard Service
Rog’s
Roger Bennett
Trojan Seed Corn Company
Trojan
M. G. Kuker
Havelock
Rolfe Agricultural Center
Rolfe, Towa
Rickard
Iowa Press Association
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