Forgotten local notices span five decades of town life
A collage of brief items from 1924 to 1964 details social events and local happenings. Highlights include a golden anniversary observance for Mr. and Mrs. Howland, a public baseball field upgrade, a slave auction at Rolfe Youth Center, civil service exam takers, orders of the Arrow initiation, a WW II veteran returning to New York, oil station openings, a Golf Club Auxiliary gathering, mayoral court actions, and a Ku Klux Klan meeting in a Bert Hilton pasture with hundreds attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Youth Center
Jerry Robinson
Spike Robinson
Wayne Montieth
Civil Service
Fort Dodge
Keith Haynes
Phillips "66
B.A. Peterson
Harold Gordon
Mirst M.W. Webb
Golf Club
Gar-Mac Lodge
Local residents visit and family updates in Rolfe area
The notice lists visitors and guests across several families including Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Cox Kathy Spir it Lake and Mrs. Jerry Topper in Sunland Calif and a Sunday dinner at Mrs. Vezek’s grandparents in Manly. It notes travels to Rochester Minnesota and Rockford and attendance at a Boone Valley Cooperative sales conference in Clear Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldoncox
Kathy
Spirit Lake
Jerry Topper
Anc
Jennifer
Sunland
Calif
Laura Anderson
Honday
Dean Vazek
Jeti
Manly Waxe
Mrs. Vezek
Lester Ferden
Aeron of
Humboldt
W.G. Taylor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nen Aber
Rolfe
Jona
Elyn Kaiser
Reg Kaiser
Debbie Pedersen
Harold Fangman
W.H. Howland
Tommy Shimon
Leo Flaherty
Ellwood Olerich
Des Moines
Olerich
Central Committee
Marvin Turley
Dick Ranney
Paul Biedermann, Jr
John Mortensen
Paul Johnson
Order of the Arrow
Prairie Gold Scout Reservation
Okoboji
Wilbur Mason
Italy
New York City
Mrs
Carl Manson
Frank King
William Tate
Tate
W.L. MacVey
Leo MacVey
Dorothy Johansen
J.B. Kent
A.P. White
Republican Party
Chas. Sroufe
Minnesota
Chas
Bert Hilton
Vivian Wax
Uchn Berryman
Craig and
Kristin
U.S
ATLAS
Rog’s
Standard Service
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company