Town Boys State Basketball Fever Nears State Tourney
Local residents recall Rolfe teams reaching the State in 1987 with third place honors after eliminating Centerville East Waterloo and Hast Sioux City. The 1988 season features Arnold Hansen, carrier Lawrence Kennedy, and Joe Marine among Rolfe players aiming for another strong showing.
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Rolfe
Centerville
Waterloo
Hast
Sioux
Sioux: Citys Cine Ithe ‘Stateing’ Squad’: Were’ Rolfe Men (Arnold: ‘Hansen
Carrier
Lawrence
Rolfe Area Happenings Report Several Local Births Events
News notes from Rolfe area include the birth of a Witt son March 6 at Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces. Mrs Witt and John Douglas returned home. Other items mention a luncheon for Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs Nellie Brinkman’s return from St Petersburg, plans to convert the Rolfe exchange to dial with Kellogg Cross Bar equipment, and Lee Bendixen named County Corn Growing Champion with a top yield of 119.48 bushels per acre in Pocahontas County. Also noted are Ronald Witt sailing from Bremen, Germany, Louis Feldman joining Iowa State College veterinary work, Frances Phillips cadet nurse’s visit, and Austin Brown and wife dinner at the Hemersons.
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Roger Witt
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Witt
John Douglas
Priday
Betty Alden
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ed Savery
J. E .Hynds
Nellie Brinkman
St. Petersburg
Frs
Rolfe Telephone Exchange
Lee Bendixen
Gilmore
Amés
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Port Benning
Harry Spencer
Ronald
Bremen
Germany
Louis Feldman
School of Veterinary Medicine
State College
M. Graham
Frances Phillips
Bill Phillips
Austin Brown
Harold
Seven Young Men Named in Pocahontas Move Notice
A terse extraction lists seven young men including Webb Julius White Henry Wiegman John Halleck and Brinkman Veron De Loy Marine among residents connected to a Pocahontas move this week. The notice notes the Myatt leet pea Taylor rorest Tutt and Heathman families in the background.
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Webb
Julius
White
Henry
Wiegman
John
Halleck
Brinkman
Pocahontas County figures listed in new Who’s Who in Iowa
Thumb-nail sketches of about 170 Pocahontas County residents appear in the 1 361 page Who’s Who in Iowa, released by the Iowa Press Association. Included are M. D. Anderson W W Beam John H Brinkman Guy G Butler Johannes C Damborg Gustave A Everson J T Grant Chas L Gunderson Dena Gunderson Valentine D Hauck Alta Hewlett Ellen Mather Henry F Olerich Marie B Pollock Michael R Soth Jens Thompson Morris.
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Pocahontas County
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Rolfevera
M. D.anderson
Years Ago Pvt Herschel Chapman Leaves After Visit
A brief item notes Pvt Herschel Chapman left Sunday after a week's visit at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs C B Chapman. He was on duty before and after the trip.
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Herschel— Chapman
Hig
Chapmaon
Rolfe High Netters Win Sectional at Algona
The Rolfe high school basketball team captured the sectional title at Algona by beating Algona 34 to 19 and followed with a 25 to 18 win over Emmetsburg in the finale. Miss Mabel Knappe contributed to community canning efforts and local farmers discussed soybean projects at Fort Dodge with plans for a processing plant. Pocahontas County sent two girls teams to Des Moines for the state tournament, Plover and Fonda, but they drew each other in Thursday play. Joe Hertz and family received a surprise.
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Rolfe
Algona
Emmetsburg
J. B
DeWolf
Arlo Ives
Fort Dodge
Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Plover
Fonda
Ployver
Joe Hertz
Farewell event for Hertz family neighbors and friends
Community groups say goodbye to the Hertz family with a Thursday evening gathering hosted by neighbors and friends. Local attendees described the event as a warm, shared farewell.
Pocahontas Examenes Political Barriers 40 Years Ago
A brief note recalls Pocahontas affairs from forty years past as local observers examined political divisions and fences in a Tuesday column.
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Pocahontas
Miss Mildred King Teaches at Spencer High School
A garbled local notice reports Miss Mildred King teaching at Spencer High School. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. Frank King and Dee Wolf entertaining. also notes Mrs. A. O. Setzephandt ill, with scattered fragments of names and places.
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Mildred
King
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