Local notes from Rolfe and Laurens highlight community events
Mrs Fern Pease celebrated a birthday with family at their home in Rolfe. Laurens held a county Legion meeting with Donald Ferry and others in attendance. August and Fremond Nielsen traveled to Kenosha for two new cars. Edgar D Olney will be Station Agent for Braniff Airlines in Chicago. The Presbyterian Chair enjoyed a stamp collection valued at around 18 000 stamps. Marjorie Peterson returns to the DMLT girls team after six weeks out due to injury. Roy Roy reports lifelong Rolfe newspaper subscriptions dating to 1883.
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Laurens
Plover
Donald Ferry
Frank Hanish
Eldon MacVey
Kenneth Depew
August Nielsen
Fremond Nielsen
Kenosha
Wis
Edgar D. Olney
JL. C. Olney
Rolfe
Braniff Airlines
Chicago
Presbyterian
C. J. Morrison
Morrison
Marjorie Peterson
DMLT
Iown State College Game Draws Local Attendance
Elwyn Ives Virgil Ricklefs and Glen Shelgren attended an Iown State College basketball game in Ames Saturday evening. They visited the Morris Ives home in Webster City Sunday on their return trip. A herd of 12 deer was sighted north and west of Bradgate Sunday afternoon.
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Elwyn Ives
Virgil Ricklefs
Glen Shelgren
Ait
M. Webb
Bankers
Des Moines
C. J. Cruickshank
Beverly DeWolf
Raymond Wiegert
Rolfe
Ice pond accident injures worker Jack Kober
Thirty years ago on Friday January 25 1940 Jack Kober suffered a crushed foot when a 300 pound cake of ice fell on it at Thompson's ice pond while he was on the job.
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Jack Kober
Thompson’s
Arrow Merger Keeps Local Subscriber Status
The article notes a merger with the Arrow and states a continued subscription to the Arrow since that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Arrow
Pollyanna Embroidery Club Meets For Social Hour
40 years ago the Pollyanna Embroidery Club gathered Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Earl Chambers for a pleasant social. A daughter Joan Marie arrived Jan 24 to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hauck. The piece includes updates on local families, travels, and birthdays.
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Pollyanna Embroidery Club
Wisconsin
W. P. Wheeler
Des Moines
High School Entrants and Local Events in Pocahontas County
Fifty years ago on January 29 1920 Reed Seaman Ralph Showers Carol Tubbs Darlene Smith and Vera Smith entered high school Misses Harriett Whitmore and Agnes Shimon visited Gilmore City friends midweek An American Legion dance is planned for February 2 with Hunt s Jaromaniacs of Fort Dodge providing music James Cornwell returned from Boston praising Iowa and warning against selling his Pocahontas County farm amid a long tour of Chicago to Boston notes
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Reed Seaman
Ralph Showers
Carol Tubbs
Darlene Smith
Vera Smith
Harriett Whitmore
Agnes Shimon
Gilmore City Friends
American Legion Dance
Hunt
Jaromaniacs
Fort Dodge
Jas. Cornwell
Boston
Iowa
Chicago
Pocahontas County
Rutland and Drake University Ties Highlight Local Carding
Rutland residents Mr and Mrs Wilff and family and Mr and Mrs Herb Miller were Sunday callers at Robert Truelsen’s home. Kenneth Zeman attended the graduation of her brother Paul Johnson at Drake University on Sunday.
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Paul
Alan Simonson
Des Moines
George Johnson
Joyce Lemke
Don Schmidt
Laurens
Louis Lemke
Casey
Jim Stanley
Rockford
Joe Accurso
Charles Accurso
Accurso
Mason City
Wilfred Wilff
Rutland
Herb Miller
Robert Truelsen
Kenneth Zeman
Paul Johnson
Drake University
Duane Terwillis Weekend Visit in Mankato
Mr and Mrs Duane Terwillis spent the weekend in the par ger and girls of Mankato Minnental Ray Smith home.
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Bruce Fisher
Sheila
Cedar Falls
William Fisher
Duane Terwilli
Parger and Girls of
Mankato
Minnental
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Greg Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Fern Pease
Sylvester Pease
Roy Roy
Argus
Reveille
Oma Er Oro
Powers‘Turner Funeral Home
Jerry Turner
Ralig
L. D. Wilson
Cheryl
Barb
Charles Fleege
Dick Kaiser
Dennis Poduska
Wilsons
HB. A. Kaiser
Ella Ferden
Marian
George Brock
Dennis Yabsley
Horn
Iceland
Yabsley
Omaha
Bob Sheehys
Lester Ferden
Bob Fuchs
George Lanus
Charles Gunderson
Glenn Carpenter
Lois Miller
Karen Rude
Gary Herbst
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Ray Wolfe
Bob Leighton
Steve
Spencer
George Lenus
Danny
Brenda
Presbyterian Church
Cherokee
Mr. Fisher
LeMars
Major
Mrs
Tom Clark
Chris
William Fishers
LeRoy Nelson
Starkist
Duncan Hines
Banan Supreme
Kraft Miniature
Clover Farm
War Corporation
Duster
Maverick
Buster
Cangaler Corporation
Imperial
Chrysler
Plymouth
N.C
Eevee Voaliant Duster
Oor Coupe
W. H. Goodrich
Gilmore Street
Gilmore
Ritz Theatre
Die
Showtime
Plover On
Black Top
Section 16
Powhatan Two
James W. Hudson
Wilhmina Wise Rodda
N. Main
Pocahontas, Iowa
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