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Local notices and visits span town to nearby farms
Rolfe area residents report kin visits and business trips including Mrs Ella Chase caring for mother and son Frank Crawford at the standard station. Jacobson manages the station while Sears Jacobson travels to Mason City. Various local families note travels, farm leases, hospital visits, club meetings, and the birth of Gary Roy to Supt. Roy E. Jennings. Funeral services are held for Dr. Kenneth P. Hunter with community tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alle
Rolfe
Adrian
Logan
Pigan
Ella ‘Chase
Frank Crawford
Whitmore
Othur
Ben Summers
Hindsville
Ark
Charles Mann
Nebraska
Harold Hauswirth
Montana
Henry Buck
Laurens
Spencer
Calvin Hersom
Ayrshire
Will Hulse
Jolley
Keerles
Waters
Eldon Buck
Darlene Oleson
Ray Kreul
Des Moines
Fort Des Molines
Henry Hoffert
Pocahontas
Fred Hoffert
J. H. Goodchild
Alva Buck Farm
Fred Hauswirth
Hauswirth
George Shors
Roy E. Jennings
Fort Dodge
Lutheran Hospital
Gary Roy
Jennings
Havelock Ladies’ Aid Society
B. C. Boysen
Mesdames Wi
A. Bachman
A. M. Howrey
W. R. Randolph
Fill Boysen
Arthur Ralle
Joe Hauswirth
Will Bishop
J. C. (Cade) Smith
Epworth League
Emmetsburg
H. B. Hutchinson
Sioux City
Rodman
Barney Waters
E. R
Myrle
Byrle Waters
Verndale
Minn
Eugene Waters
Carl Larson
Rush Lake
Marvella Ralle
Monica Kemmer
Robert Oortley
Alice Keerles
Earl Gaskill
Mildred Stoulil
Floyd Schleusener
Leroy Scheer
Milt
Wapello
George Shaffer
West Liberty
Grace Hunter
Grinnell College