Birthday Celebrations Highlight Rural Community Gatherings
Mrs. Marion Ham hosted a birthday surprise with guests from Emmetsburg Rodman Rolfe and other nearby towns helping her celebrate. A social evening followed with homemade ice cream and cake provided by guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Ham
Maynard Firkins
Emmetsburg
Emil Firkins
Walker
Rodman
Louis Wilson
A. A. Firkins
Rolfe
Card of thanks from Nellie Pendixon
Mrs Nellie Pendixon expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for bards gifts and visits during her stay at Emmatsburg hospital saying everything was greatly appreciated and will always be remembered
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmatsburg Hospital
Nellie Pendixon
James Trimble Remembered by Family After Loss
The Trimble family thanks friends for cards food flowers and memorials after the death of their husband and father. Special thanks to the WSCS for the dinner and the Auxiliary for the luncheon as they express deep gratitude for the many kindnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ws.c.s
Mary
James Trimble
Rolfe Area Notes and Visits Across Iowa Farms
Rolfe and surrounding area residents share visits and illness notes from Emmetsburg to Fort Dodge. Many entries record guests, birthdays, trips, baptisms, and hospital stays involving Pedersons, Perrins, Murray, Amicks, Isaccsons, and the Weiland and Triplett families among others. Community ties stretch to Arm strong, Newton, Sioux City, Des Moines, and Lake City with updates on ships, births, and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Brinkman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Andy Murray
Formosa
Air Force
Storm Lake
Murray
Northwest Bell Telephone Co
Paul Amick and Sons
Jim
Johnnie
Pocahontas
Emma Amick
Milton Munson
Inga Monkelsen
Ray Isacson
Armstrong
Virgil Peterson
Vicky
Peterson
Isaccsons
Anna Ryen
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Joann Kirby
Gilmore City
Joyce Young
Lee Spence
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
C. E. Heathman
Rolfe
E. H. Weiland
E. D. G. Weiland
Knut Mattson
Dunnell
Minn
Walter DeWall
Don Maasen
Garth Bauer
Humboldt
Don Weishaar
Kenneth Truelsen
Mark
Mt. Union
Chester Truelsen
Kenneth
Burlington
Ernest Vaughn
John Mosbach
Whittemore
Norton Ives
Iowa City
A. W. Ives
Eldon Waters
Lake City
Mr. Ives
Ives
Mrs. Waters
C. W. Bielefeldt
Julie
Sandra Ives
Jeanie Nelson
Verla Huston
F.H.A
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Huston
Iowa
Zelma Murray
Gene Cornwell
Willard Peterson
Sioux City
Petersons
Roy Luft
Cornwell
Carleen Murray
Keith McCuddin
Mrs. Murray
Dennis Thorson Named Senior Student of the Month
In a recent Forest City Summit high school item Dennis Thorson was chosen as Senior Student of the Month. He previously led the Junior Class as president, served on the student council, played Billy in The Carousel, and remains an honor roll student who also plays on the basketball team. Dennis is the son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Thorson former Rolfe residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Shimon
Carl White
Nellie Brinkman
Clearwater
Fla
Gene Cornwell
Zelma Murray
Junior
Murray
Glenn Carpenter
Lee Fisher
Ray Isacson
Art Smith
Joan
Nevada
Jewell
Smith
Jackson Construction Co
Isacsons
Grover Shriner
Pat Thompson
Rolfe
Dan Urquhart
Harriet
Rodman
Caroline Speer
Havelock
C. E. Pearson
Jerry Neeland
Burt
Boeckholt
Schurr
Allie Severson
James Severson
Pocahontas
Park Hollenbeck
Manteno
Ill
Minnie Hollenbeck
Mary Lou
Kankakee
George Seipel
Seipel
Cheralellen Young
Barbara Wood
Gilmore City
Gene Grethen
Steven
Walter Grethen
Mallard
Verne Jarvis
Forest City
Dennis Thorson
Dennis
Billy
Virgil Thorson
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Weishaar
Anna Weishaar
Wilfred Eberle
Plover
Arthur Weishaar
Marathon
Frank Stearns, Jr
Clayton Joens
James Triplett
Joens
Stearns
Aaron Bishop
Lee Harmon
Riday
Struthers
Fremont
Paris
Hoagie
Joe Taylor
E. J. Struthers
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Charles Underwood
Nancy Post
Karen Bierstedt
Robert Pedersen
C. F. Orwig
Arnold Christensen
Melvin Thorson
Ralph Larson
Sorosis
R. D. Dixon
Donald Cleal
U.P.W
Presbyterian Church
Dean Rickless
Ruth Nelson
Vera Fisher
A. L. Firkins
Emmetsbug
Lawrence Firkins
Spencer
David van Alstine
John Walker
Cecil Pederson
Janet of
Kenneth Pederson and Sons
Ernest Slater
Ava Cox
Henry F. Olerich
Jayd Chipman
Manson
Verne Perrin
Kenton Kerns
Minneapolis
Joni Sime
Joseph Meisenbach
J. T. Triplett
Gene Anthony
Joe Triplett
Belmond
Louis Paulson
Mary Weible
Elda Simonson
William F. Allen
R. D. Higgins
Clarence Mixdorf
Waterloo
Mixdorf
George Weber
Ayrshire
Manley Johnson
Mary Jo Templeton
Delores Udstuen
Janice Otto
John Otto
George C. Onnen
Donald Onnen
Houston
Tex
T.B. Hospital
Alton Christensen
David Lee Dunn
LaVerne
Donald Clark
Pomeroy
Mercy ‘Hospital
Willard Wheeler
J. R. Maasen
Alfred
Carl Joens
Eldon
Mr. Joens
John Kauffman
Everett Bryant
Corning
David
Paul Henderson
David Henderson
Herbert Papenfuhs
Eugene Papenfuhs
Swea City
Herbert
William Papenfuhs
Bertha Cordes
Jack Cordes
Robert Wiegert
Inga Ryen
Fred Jacobsen
Albert Lea
Jacobsens
Denmark
Tom Triplett
Mercy Hospital
Gcg
L. Zeman
Triplett
Linda
Lori
Joe Grawe
Waverly
Joe Reigelsberger
Everett Shaw
Allen
Lincoln
Nebr
Earl Nielsen
Shelly Elaine
Wayne Opheim
Thornton
William Fisher
Earl Hudson
Roger Hudson
Raymond Hudson
Keith Chapman
Harris
C. B. Chapman
Keith
Daryl Wood
Pat Wood
Guy Kerns
Curtis Kerns
George Arnold
Garland Westerman
L. W. Feldman
Cleve Kerns
Hilda Nielsen
Janis Sue Wilson
Evanton, Ill
N. A
Jim) Wilson
James
Frank Walton
Bernard Phelps
Myr
Higgins
Andersons
Paul Kerns
Britt
Larry Kerns
I. W. Jorgensen
Gerald Thornley
Perry
Thornleys
G. Fred Smith
the Farmers Cooperative Company
Farmers Cooperative 60
Rolfe, Iowa
Hudson’s Grocery
Plover, Iowa
Roger and
Bernice Hudson
J. E. Hynds
Ritz Theatre
Office
H. G. Frigaard
Chiropractor
X-ray Service
Rolfe, Iown
Elmer A. Ducommun
State and Nations
Laurens
Truckers
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Rolfe Arrow
DR. L. W. Feldman
Dial
R. B. Ranney
Res
Joseph Schoofs
Pocahontas, Iowa
Carl J. White
Optometrist
McCormick System
Automobile & Property Insurance Real Estate Dial
Fuller
T. J. Raynes
Bob Gormley
Loxterkamp
M. D
Rolfe Clinic
E. P. Hansen
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