Local Diddings and Small Town Gossip in Rolfe
Local notes report A W Hess from Plover seeking milking machine prospects. Mason Clemons and Ed Wieland travel to Minnesota to fetch the Clemons car. Jolly visit to parents by Shirley Thornton and Fort Dodge friend Winnifred Palmer. Box candy advertised for Mothers Day at Cook’s. Tollefsrude celebrated 84th birthday with relatives. Boxing show at Lizard Lake canceled amid complaint. Biederman family visit to Jamaica and Yale. Josie stays with ill aunt. Monument Works restoring displays. Rolfe improvements underway. Rev Vernon Miller preached in Rolfe. Miller now in Missouri with wife visiting Hendersons near Bradgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hess
Lester Mason
A. C. Clemons
Minnesota
Ed Wieland
Clemons
Shirley Thornton
Des Moines
A. R. Thornton
Winnifred Palmer
Fort Dodge
Cook’s
Wilbur Blake
Melville Hunt
Grant Township
C. H. Tollersrude
Tollefsrude
Lizard Lake Resort
Elsen Bros
Joe Biederman
Paul
Josie
Jamaica
Yale
Mr. Biederman
Vernon Miller
Pocahontas Presbyterian Church
Rolfe
Miller
Missouri
Henderson
Bradgate
D M T School Notes Highlight May Activities
D M T reports Health Club pins for top chart holders and absences. Notices cover Ray Bates trip to Kentucky, recent back to school after illness, and multiple class activities. The sophomore class works on the yearbook The Country Jake with student authorship and ads. Community praise for 4 H Arlene Ham. The annual details, projects, and class studies conclude the segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bates
Kentucky
Paul Bates
Leo Leadley
Jake
Rolfe
Roife Iowa Updates The Vocations Ordinance
An ordinance amendment repeals paragraph 15 of section 6 defining licensed activities and sets a new fee range for theatrical exhibitions moving pictures wrestling or boxing shows or feats with paid admission between two and five dollars per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roife
Iowa
Theatre license rules and charitable exemptions outlined
The notice states theatre owners must pay two licenses totaling fifty dollars per year with quarterly advance payments covering all exhibitions. Charitable or benevolent entertainments by church, school, or similar groups are exempt from the private ordinance. The ordinance appears in effect following passage and publication. James Bruce, Mayor, published May 9, 19sget in Rolfe Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Chautauqua Association
James Bruce
Iixow
Rolfe
Iowa
Northwest Iowa Pythian picnic to draw 2000 in Spencer
The Northwest Iowa Pythian Association and Silver Leaf Lodge plan their annual Spencer picnic on July 11 expecting about 2 000 visitors. Community events include a funeral service for Letitia Armstrong and local celebrations by Rev. J P Lester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Iowa Pythian Association
Silver Leaf Lodge
Spencer
John Kauffman
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Rolfe Monument Works
McIntires
D.M.T
Edna Gibbons
Dorothy Cox
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Weslie DeWolf
Gale Cooksey
Elwood Ryen
Donald Carlton
Robert Rutgers
Red Boles
Jens Jensen
Supt. McIntire
Sherman Nursery
Charles City
George
Arlene Ham
Des Moines Register
Arlene
McIntire
England
Charles Lamb
H. B. Rutgers
G. Fred Smith
Hess & Son
Plover
Town
Howland Oil Station
Frank MacVey
White Rock
G. D. Struthers
L. F. Mulford
Baker
Wesley Lehnus
Ohio
Trish
D. FE
Young
Catherine Nacke
Pasure
Louis E. Peterson
J. G. Avery
Towa
N. G. Lokerse
M. G. Herscher
A. V. Jaeber
Corand
Cora E. Sharp
Havelock
Wilcox
BE. E. Wilcox
R. W. Wilkin
Pishal Iyassage
Rolfe, Iowa
Chilkout
Klondike
White Horse
Yukon
Dawson City
Robt. W. Service
Dolores del Rio
Ralph Forbes
Karl Dane
Harry Carey
Orchestra Music Sunday
J. P. Lester
Mallard
Letitia Armstrong
State Savings Bank
Algona
Mario Cappelli
Men's Brotherhood Movement
Cappellano
Dr. Findley
Philadelphia
Cora Lighter
Nellie Smith
Mable Dickey
Violet Brown
Lola Stoufe
Mable Perrin
C. G. Jolliffe
Shila
Otis Cook
Ella Taylor
Teo
Lester
Arthur Vaughn
J. R. McIntire
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