Rolfe and area residents figure in social visits and jobs
Local residents visit relatives in Gilmore City Cherokee and Plover. Elmer Telfer begins work as a road maintainer in Calhoun county living in Fonda. Harris family returns to Spencer to aid rebuilding after fire. Class of 1928 Rolfe students picnic at State Park Algona. Oats test weight noted by F B Charlton. Chicago and Manitowoc Sargeants visiting Rolfe with extended family at Hotel Tremont.
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G. S. Shriner
Plover
Eva Wilson
Gilmore City
Clarence Dahl
J. T. Grant
Charlotte Cumming
Bert Boothby
Cherokee East
Helen Thompson
G. A. Everson
Elmer Telfer
Calhoun County
Fonda
Russell Harris
Spencer
Harris
C. J. Morrison
Roy Demerjean
Des Moines
Bridge
J. R. McIntire
Rolfe High School
Rolfe News Roundup Highlights Visits and Local Sports
Rolfe residents share travel and family news with attendance at funerals, vacations, and gatherings. Epworth Leaguers head to Okoboji, golf club Auxiliary hosts draw 25+, Laurens baseball beats Rolfe 11 to 5 in kittenball practice.
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Robert Hunter
B. A. Peterson
Allen Bryant
Fort Dodge
Squire Heathman
Laurens
Dolliver Kent
Des Moines
Lester Burgess
I. F. Martin
Chicago
Glyde Brinkman
Martin
Bryant
Epworth
Epworth League Institute
Methodist
Okoboji Lakes
Annabelle
Stella Mae Brinkman
Lucille
Marie Wheeler
Doris MacVey
Frances Vaughn
Donald Davidson
Theron Graeber
Robert Melson
Iowa cities urged to ban all fireworks
A committee of the Iowa State Fire Prevention Association launched a campaign to eliminate fireworks in all Iowa municipalities. The plan seeks adoption of anti-fireworks ordinances and citizen and organizational cooperation. Secretary C W Barret noted Iowa law allows municipalities to regulate or prohibit fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Fire ‘Prevention Association
Iowa
C. W. Barret
Christensen Family Reunion Marks Maurice Christensen Birthday
A reunion commemorating Maurice Christensen's eightieth birthday was held at the old home place southeast of Rolfe on Sunday June 28. About thirty people attended including out of town guests Mr. and Mrs. Henry Christensen and family of Laurens, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Knudson and family of Harlan, and Rev. and Mrs. K. Thompson and family of the Next area.
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al O. Lee
Fort Dodge
Rolic
Ed Weiland
W. H. Knapp
Knapp
Geo. Knapp
Minneapolis
Frank Fitzgerald
G. A. Dawson
Ruth Dawson
Wade DeMill
Amy Turley
Margaret Smith
Rolfe
Lucille Brock
F. B. Charlton
Sac City
Marvella ‘Oesterle of
Havelock
R.L. Hauswirth
D. Mi T
F. E. Duroe
Marilyn
Frances King
Terris
Frank King
Franklyn Brinkman
Boone
Billy Brinkman
Des Moines
H. S. Wilkinson
Ames
W. A. Wilkinson
Methodist
Lakes
Ted Cooklin
Nina
Irene
Gowrie
G. A. Dawson and
Wisconsin
Madison
Racine
Milwaukee
Albert Lea
Minn
Mary McEwen
Lorraine Dawson
State Savings Bank
Guy G. Butler
B. F. Pike
Hampton
McAuliffe
Pike
Los Angeles
Cal
Andrew Mehus
Omaha
Shenandoah
Henry Fields Nursery
Laurenge
Egg House Boys
Warren Freeman
Rolte Bunch
Laurens
Maurice Christensen
Old Home Place
Perteading
Henry Christensen
Arthur Knudson
Harlan
K. Thompson
Thene
S. D
P. O. Department Not an Ally of Deadbeats
The Decorah Journal notes the post office rule from a decade earlier about arrears and argues subscribers remain legally bound to pay for papers. Courts have repeatedly held that a paper recipient must settle subscriptions, regardless of delays, and the government will enforce such debts like any other owed amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pot Office
United States
Decorah Journal
Rowan Methodist Church Hosts Miss Rietz Smith Rites
Miss Ann Rietz of Rowan married Everett E. Smith of Chicago in a July 14, 1931 ceremony at the Rowan Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Glenn M. Squires. Attendants included maid of honor Nina Mae Rietz and bridesmaids Thelma Streveler Ferne Streveler Miriam Sellers Maxine Sheldon. best man Leonard Smith.
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Rowan Methodist Church
Ann Rietz
Rowan
Everett E. Smith
Chicago
Ill
Glenn M. Squires
A. 0. Pelley
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Dempsy
Esther Fowler
Mendelssohn
A. C. Rietz
Nina Mae Rietz
Thelma
Ferne Streveler
Miriam Sellers
Maxine Sheldon
Bouteniere
Rowan High School
Simpson College
Indianola
Alpian Society
Now is a good time to battle noxious weeds
Farmers are urged to tackle weeds between fences and roads to reduce seed formation. The notice advocates spraying Canada thistle with one pound sodium chlorate per gallon of water and warns whorled milkweed found at Swan Lake and Grant townships is poisonous to stock and should be destroyed as it blooms. Creeping Jennie or European bindweed appears in Pocahontas county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Swan Lake
Grant
Pocahontas County
Rolfe Golf Club Dues Notice Seeks Prompt Payment
Annual dues for the Rolfe Golf Club are long past due. Members must mail checks to W. P. Wheeler, Secretary, or be barred from playing without a membership card or greens fee receipt beginning after publication. Rolfe Golf Club, By Board of Directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Golf Club
W. P. Wheeler
Board of
Local couple wed in Methodist ceremony in Sioux City
Miss side College teacher from Franklin and Wright counties married James M. Smith of Rolfe in a ceremony attended by about fifty guests. Groom, a Rolfe High School and Iowa State University graduate, worked as a chemical engineer with Western Electric Chicago. After a buffet, the couple honeymooned at Clear Lake Iowa before military duties and settling in Cicero Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Student Council
Scabbard and Blade
Pershing Rifles
Infantry Corps
Smith
Western Electric
Chicago
Tre
J. M. Smith
Fantry
West 24Th St
Cicero
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Stromberg Hatchery
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Alta
W. J. Johnson
Betty Ann Struthers
Melvin Kirchner
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Leslie Struthers
Newell
Anna DeWolf
Savannah
Mabel Imus
Miss DeWolf
Maggie Vetter
H. N. Hamilton
Galena
Stockton
Illinois
Freeport
Wer Christensen
P. O. Department
Rietz—Smith
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