Historical items from May events and notable sightings
Ten and twenty years ago May items note Brenda De Wall at Drake Relays in Des Moines and Gaius Ives birthday party. Dallas Ives to graduate from ISU and join NASA in Houston. Joel Heller joins Edwards & Hanley NYSE as account executive. Lois Turley linked. Rosann Stegge earns Farm Bureau scholarship. Roy Simonson attends Lutheran Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin DeWall
Des Moines
DeWalls
Brenda
Gaius Ives
Larry Bennett
Douglas Christensen
Greg Sinek
David Spencer
Bill Winkleblack
Arlo Ives
Ames
Dallas
I.S.U
Houston
Tex
NASA
Joel Heller
Booklyn
N.Y
Edwards & Hanley
New York
American Stock Exchange
Lois Turley
Rosann Stegge
Rolfe High School
Farm Burureau
Iowa
Roy Simonson
Fort Worth
South Central District Lutheran Convention
Grant
Boy in church balks at collection plate
A church scene recalls a boy telling the usher not to collect for him as he is under five. The column also lists grocery specials from Olney Market and local notes from 25 to 50 years ago including deer sighting, a new Chevelle, a Rolfe gun club event, and a fire truck delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Hershey
George Sandy
Des Moines
Jimmie Cornwell
Rolfe
L.R. Davidson
Davidson
Ocean
Powhatan Cemetery Near Pikertown Described In Detail
A detailed look at Powhatan Cemetery describes its 5 acre rural site located a mile and a half north of Pikertown and a half mile north of the buffalo kill site from August 1863. Trustees are Ed Pirie Delbert Hubbell and Eldon Hawk with Lester Goodchild as caretaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powhatan Cemetery
Pikertown Corner
Ed Pirie
Delbert Hubbell
Eldon Hawk
Lester Goodchild
Sunday Dinner Guests Fill Rolfe Area Homes
Sunday gatherings across the Rolfe area include Bradgate, Gilmore City, and Fort Dodge visitors. The record lists numerous families hosting meals, with attendees from Callender, Moorland, Altoona, Spencer, Renwick, Cedar Falls, and Geneva Minnesota, plus notes on a birthday open house for Esther Pierce and a surprise party for Millie Lanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Benjamin
Darrel Shirbroun
Callender
Ole Doeringsfeld
Gilmore City
Fred Benjamin
John Satern
Bradgate
Roger Benjamin
Emily
Brenda Hutchinson
Robert Zeman
Faith Truelsen
Tommy Dale Memorial Hospital
Sioux City
Jon
Susie
Robert Burris
Stephanie
Moorland
Roy Burris
Altoona
Virgil Burris
Gaylen Larsen
Barb
Larry
Roger
Daryl
Eldon Ham
Rolfe
Russell Hitchcock
Spencer
Tom Ham
Lucas
Morris Fuller
Mary Middleton
Eagle Grove
Rose Laverin
Fort Dodge
Bob Simmons
Marshall, Minn
Florence Naeve
Beryl Dickey
Randy Pettigrew
Cedar Falls
Winifred Jensen
Gene Madsen
Jennica Michaelson
Geoff Michaelson
Rudy Olson
Robert Wallace
Geneva
Minn
Leola Wallace
Kim Schultz
Becky Klasse
Renwick
Millie Lanning
Beryl. Dickey
Esther Pierce
Rolfe Methodist Church
Stanley Lanning
Richard Lanning
Rutland
Russell Lanning
Perry Lanning
Dakota City
Gene Lanning
Lisa Witte
Humboldt
Ronald Gardewine
Gorden Lanning
Lori
Cheryl
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Phillips 66
Paul Amick
Paul Biederman
Charles Sharp
Lowell
Allan Simonson
Ed Christensen
Lawreence Christensen
Deane Gunderson
Ually
Plover Legion
Havelock- Plover
Ueally
Pocahontas County
Henry Thomas
Ira Strong
Gec. Henderson
Samuel Booth Preyions
Hancher
Grove
Strong
Jolliffe Henderson
McKim
Anderson
Fairchild
Hanish
Ferguson
Knapp
Twigg
Kerns
Eppelsheimer
Horsman
Bush
Stowell
Westerman
Hilton
Rutgers
Garlock
Minkler
Lind
Hess
Kilbourn
McEwen
Shaw
Roberts
Forsythe
Rouse
Salk Besa
Bradgate News
Linda Larsen
Marcus Lind
Anne M. Lind
Margaret J. Lind
Maria Lind
Longhorn Steakhouse & Lounge
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Tom Shimon
FFA
Tom Se
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