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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
7
Readable text fragment hints at a local event involving names and places but details are unclear and partially garbled. Further readable specifics are not available in the fragment.
Miss Helen Brinkman, who has taught at Webb, came home to the Ir. Bell residence for summer vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs J H Brinkman and will return to Webb next year. Mr and Mrs A W Ives visited their children Rev and Mrs W D Ives and family at Glidden and Mr and Mrs Charles E Watters and family at Lake City on May 18.
Marvis and Mavis Torgerson, twin nieces of the two former, were among those graduating, Mrs. Ethel Nicoson and son. Bobby went to Armstrong Saturday and visited over Sunday in the William Beck home. Jerry Louise Nicoson accompanied them and visited her grandmother, Mrs. Sam Churchhill. Mrs. Nicoson and Jerry Louise returned home Sunday night and Bobby remained to spend the summer with his sister, Mrs. Beck.
Supper guests on Thursday evening at the T. B. Torkelson home in Bode attended the Bode high school commencement exercises where graduate Jeanette Hansen was among those honored.
Mrs Lawrence Carroll and her daughter Joan arrived in San Bernardino California for a month long visit with their parents Mr and Mrs N G Lokerse and other relatives and friends in the area.
Warren Freeman stayed Sunday night at Goldfield with his mother Mrs. Ben Freeman who has long been ill and is in a coma. The Freemans formerly lived at Rolfe.
J C Hosier drove to Arthur Saturday for his daughter Marie a teacher who will spend the summer vacation at home. Mrs Myriel Hartgraves and Miss Myrtle Burgert nurses in Spencer hospital visited Sunday in the J C Olerich home. Miss Pearl Harmon of Des Moines came last Tuesday for a two week vacation at her parents home. Vernon Harmon of Spencer visited Wednesday to Friday at home with his parents.
Mrs. Keith Haynes Louis Lansing and Mrs E B Brewster attended the commencement exercises at the Bode high school Thursday evening, marking the community’s graduation event with relatives and neighbors in attendance.
A family dinner was held Sunday at the D. E. Young home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jones and boys of Indianola, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Young and baby of Pomroy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lovig and Barbara of Ottosen, and the Gerald Foust and Earl Firkins families of Plover.
A Rolfe Park picnic Thursday honored Mr and Mrs Robert Barrow with the Rutgers family in attendance. The Barrows return to Missouri Friday and plan Bran son business ventures with Mrs Blanche Hansen visiting briefly. Dinner guests last Sunday at Willard Peterson’s included P W Peterson his sister Mrs Peter Nielsen and Don from Morgan Minnesota and Earl Ralph of Rodman.
Mr and Mrs Earl Young and several relatives travel to Morris Minnesota on Wednesday due to the death of their grandfather Tom Clark. They return to Rolfe Saturday night. In their absence Youngs children Ethel John and Jimmie stay with grandparents John and Mrs Klein at Havelock.
Mrs. R. B. Ranney and son Dickie visited Iowa City to see their mother and grandmother Mrs. N. F. Bannon. They traveled with Mr. and Mrs. G. Fred Smith who attended the inauguration of Virgil M. Hancher as president of the State University of Iowa. Mrs. Priscilla Hancher returned to Rolfe with them after five weeks with her son’s family.
A Sunday family dinner at W. E. Roberts home gathered W. H. Roberts family Mrs Addie Roberts Mr and Mrs W Otto of Halebock Charles Otto of Ware Darwin Roberts Pocahontas and Mr and Mrs Chester Williams The meal honored C W Roberts birthday anniversary and bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Williams who soon moved to Waterloo to start a home at 231 Leland Ave.
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