Ten years ago round up of local moves and trips
Ten years ago events include B M C Forest Tutt leaving Fort Dodge for Franfort Mich after two weeks with family. Pvt Fay H Anderson trains at Ft Bliss Texas. Miss Inga Ryen visits Burbank Calif for a month. Diane Sroufe returns home from Lutheran hospital with family updates. Several families take trips to Alexandria Minn and Lake Okoboji. Civil Service exam given at Fort Dodge for Route 1 vacancy from Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.M.C. Forest Tutt
Fort Dodge
Franfort
Mich
Pvt
Fay H. Anderson
Richard Higgins
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Inga Ryen
Burbank
Calif
Nora Mentzer
Garth Sroufe
Diane
Lutheran Hospital
Loell Streit
Methodist Camp
Harold Lawton
Kathy
Susie
R. B. Ranney
Richard
Robert
Alexandria
Minn
Dorothy Farlow
Don Depew
Connie
Gerald Lever
Jimmy
Lake Okoboji
Rolfe
Wayne Montieth
Local News Roundup From Wartime July 1944
Entries note military and civilian travel with 15 day furloughs for Sgt Raymond Wolfe Camp Shelby and Lieut Robert Obrecht visiting family. Community members attend events at the Chamberlain defense plant Pocahontas and Des Moines. Hospital and family notices include a appendectomy patient at Mercy Fort Dodge and ankle sprain recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Wolfe
Camp Shelby
Miss
Wilbur Alig
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Tedeverson
Anna Ryen
Pocahontas
O. G. Ryen
Jennie Bowen
Mayme Beam
Des Moines
Lloyd Cox
Pat
Mary
Don Behrendsen
Gilmore City
G. G. Butler
Jens Thompson
Clara Dawson
Gladys Larson
Ruth Dawson
Red Cross
Camp Howze
Texas
Summer social notes and local glimpses from 1939
Marybeth Brinkman Mary Jane Hunter and Janice Wiegman attended a Gamma Phi Beta house party by the lakes. Nelva Dean Roberts visited her sister Estelyn at ISTC in Cedar Falls. Alta Vene Baker shows injuries from a fall outside the Mercantile store. A newborn boy arrived July 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Burns. Gladys Howe Mary Short and Hattie Lehnus returned from Boulder summer school. Don Green came home from the Waterloo Y Camp on Morris Isle Cedar River. he led cabin activities and boating. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Williams of Coffeyville arrived in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marybeth Brinkman
Mary Jane Hunter
Janice Wiegman
Gamma Phi Beta
the Lakes
Nelva Dean Roberts
Cedar Falls
Estelyn
1.S.T.C
Alta Vene Baker
Everett Burns
Gladys Howe
Mary Short
Hattie Lehnus
Boulder
Colo
Don Green
Waterloo “Y
Morris Isle
Cedar River
Don
Verne Williams
Coffeyville
Kans
Athlete’s Foot Remedy Ad Sparks Quick Results
An advertisement promotes T-4-L liquid to relieve itching and burning within minutes and skin shedding within three days. It promises a 48 cent refund if not pleased in one hour and suggests using T-4-L foot powder for sweaty feet and odor at Calligan Sundries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calligan Sundries
Heat Kills Many Horses in Harvest as Record Temps Hit 108
Thirty years ago reports from country districts noted horses dying from the heat during harvest. Temperatures reached 108 in shaded areas for part of the week. Dr. Frank King marked his 78th birthday Monday. Youth groups from D.M.T. and Rolfe held a roller skating party at Twin Lakes for Dorothy Johansen’s birthday anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank King
D.M.T
Rolfe
Twin Lakes
Dorothy Johansen
New Butler Hangout Clerk Succeeds Mary Seaman
Miss Norma Rober assumes duties as clerk at the Butler Hangout replacing Miss Mary Seaman who will visit Lena and St. Mr. with her sister until school opens. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Graham and son James of Pioneer visited the A. R. Graham home last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Rober
Butler
Mary Seaman
Lena
Guy Graham
James
Pioneer
A. R. Graham
Outing and Travel Notes From Local Area
40 years ago A B Symes and Marvin Richmond left Monday for northern Minnesota for a month long fishing outing and to avoid mosquitoes. Mrs Anna Wiley headed to Des Moines for Pythian Sisters grand lodge. Sorosis members and families enjoyed a Twin Lakes picnic. Ollie Cruikshank visited from Balaton at the DeWolf home. Rolfe Golf Club travels to Eagle Grove for the Butler cup contest. J B Kent and A P White go to Des Moines to aid Republicans in nominating state officers after the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Symes
Marvin Richmond
Minnesota
Anna Wiley
Des Moines
Pythian Sisters Grand Lodge
Sorosis
Twin Lakes
Ollie Cruickshank
Balaton
Minn
F. C. DeWolf
Rolfe Golf Club
Eagle Grove
Eagle Grove Club
J. B. Kent
A. P. White
Republican Party
Church Services and Meetings Announced
Sunday services include Sunday school and Bible classes at 9 a.m. Morning worship at 10 a.m. Thursday notes list a Prayer Cella for men at 9 a.m. and women at 9:30 a.m. The Board of Trustees meets at 8 p.m. The invitation asks worship with us and urges steady faith through all seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Lake Okoboji
Iowa Methodism
James S. Thoma
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fay Wax
George Heathman
Mallard
L. L. Leonard
Eugene Alexander
George Shors
FELCO
Ritz Theatre
Murray Hamilton
Hugh Marlowe
Dick’s “66” Grant Lumber Yard
Farmer’s Co-op Elevator
Mann’s Barber Shop
Robinson’s Farm Impl
Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe Radio & TV
Rolfe Cafe
Rickard’s Hardware N. A. Wilson
Watt's Barber Shop
John Brinkman L. & M. Tavern
John
Jesus Christ
St. Margaret’s
David J. Hogan
Rosary Society
Mission Sewing Group
Dallas Johnson
Methodist
Ry Lopour
Hh. Roberts
A. Keith Hauser
St. Paul’s
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