Rolfe High Class of 1916 Graduates Named
Rolfe High announces its Class of 1916 graduates Elva Lemon Ella Taylor Hyla h Hayward Hannah Anderson Andrea Kaiser Norma Thornton Laura Everett Clyde Charlton Bert Peterson Cecil Cumming Ruth Macvey Mabel Johnson Alta Murray Sadie Wolfe Anna Andersen Donald Cornell Leon Harris Conrad Majorowicz Lavern Miller Earl Chambers Alphonsus Mulroney as a very fine class.
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Elva Lemon
Ella Taylor
Hylah Hayward
Hannah Anderson
Andrea’ Kaiser
Norma, Thornton
Laura Everett
Clyde Charlton
Bert Peterson
Cecil Cumming
Ruth Macvey
Mabel Johnson
Alta Murray
Sadie Wolfe
Anna Andersen
Donald Cornell
Leon Harris
Conrad Majorowicz
Lavern Miller
Earl Chambers
Alphonsus Mulroney
Rolfe High Class of 1916 Graduates in Poignant Commencement
The Class of 1916 at Rolfe High School, Pocahontas County, praised for size and achievement, prepares to enter higher education or the workforce. Dr. McGagney delivered a powerful baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist church, urging strength in spirit, body, and mind. Commencement at the opera house followed despite rain reducing attendance, with Juniors decorating in class colors and the motto To thine own self be true. The Girls Glee Club performed, highlighting the class’s musical effort and success.
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Rolfe High School
Rolfe High
Pocahontas County
Methodist Church
McGagney
Misa
Class Day Program Tonight Featured By Graduates
The graduates perform the class song to close the program, with the Class Day event planned for tonight and described as worthwhile.
Miss Marcum Hosts Senior English Class Evening
Miss Marcum organized a home evening for the Senior English class with character or book-inspired representations, photos from childhood, a string maze with diplomas, and a two-course toothsome luncheon. The event followed a history contest between sections with a slim lead for winners and a post-contest picnic for losers.
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Miss Marcum
Bruce
Mesdames Lemon
Hanson, Johnson
Guy Smith
Ed Bruce
Edress
Helen, Cleaver
M.B. Haskin
James
Big Tent Meetings Set For Pikertown This Sunday
Evangelist Frank E. Lindgren will lead ten big tent meetings at Pikertown schoolhouse starting after this Sunday's primary. Lindgren, a musician and speaker, formerly worked at Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago and led youth activities at Moody Church before turning to evangelistic singing and preaching.
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Pikertown
Pikertown School
Frank E. Lindgren
East Congregational Church
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Chicago
Lindgren
Moody Church
P. P. Bilhorn
Daily Ledger
Tacoma, Wash
Decoration Day Exercises Draw Big Crowd in Rolfe
Decoration Day activities in Rolfe attracted large crowds from nearby towns. Natarée hosted a flower-filled day with lilacs and bridal wreaths, a Sweet show band played in the streets, and the opera house hosted a long program led by Ward Ferguson. Hon. Z. A. Church of Jefferson spoke on immigration and woman suffrage, earning applause for patriotic themes.
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Rolfe
Sweet Show
Relief Corps
Defenders of the Union
Ward Ferguson
Messrs
McIntire
Hollis
Holt
Thomas
Burnette
Ethel Taylor
Z. A
Grand Army
United States
Quartett Gang
Women’s Club meeting discusses town improvements and civic goals
The Woman's Club met at the K P hall and heard a delayed talk by Deborah Knox Livingston at the church. Members planned projects for cleaner alleys, better lawns, flower planting, and fly control, with a baby contest and a $30 supper proceeds to the club treasury.
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Woman's Club
K. of P. Hall
Ben Green
Political Equality Department
Deborah Knox Livingston
Allie
Des Moines Township Graduation Celebrates Class of Local Students
Des Moines Township held graduation exercises at the center school house last Friday. County Superintendent Grace Bradshaw presented diplomas with an American Book Co. rep delivering an address. Rev. Burnette gave the invocation. Graduates include Minnie Peterson Olive Moffett and Marie Nielsen. decorations featured green and white with the motto Only a Commencement.
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Des Moines
Grace
Bradshaw
American Book Co
Burnette
Minnie Peterson
Olive Moffett
Marie Nielsen
Bula Kirkpat Trick
Des Moines Township
Five Wire on Suffrage Speech in Rolfe
Mike Healy, the Ft. Dodge orator, will speak Saturday night in Rolfe on why women should vote. Crowds may gather outdoors if weather and acoustics permit. County polling suggests growing support for suffrage and empowerment of women to par with men and others.
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Mike Healy
Ft. Dodge
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Primary Ticket Promises Varied Choices In Pocahontas
The piece surveys candidates for governor and other state offices, highlighting Joseph H. Allen of Pocahontas, R. A. Hasselquist of Chariton, CC. H. Thomas of Kent, John Fletcher of Pottawattamie, H. M. Havner of Marengo, Frank P. Woods and China Ortesen for Congress, and local county contenders. It calls for equal voting rights for women and a new county courthouse, with endorsements for several state and county roles.
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Chariton
Rolfe
Hasselquist
CC. H. Thomas
Kent
Union County
John Fletcher
Pottowattamie County
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The
Man
the Woman's Club
A. R
Clinton Cemetery
Fort Dodge
Frank P. Woods
China Ortesen
Woods
Wood
Republican Congressional Committee
Howard VanAlstine
Gilmore City
Cunningham
Newell
Robert Bruce
W. E. Bollard
Pocahontas
W. C. Wood
Fonda
A. J. Shaw
John. Moody
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