Rolfe High Class of 1918 Graduates in Somber Ceremony
Vernon Sharp named honor student as Rolfe High School grants diplomas to a class that includes Ione Gadd Wylie Grace Johnson Miller Klein Zoh Wood Valentine Hauck Maballe Ryen Cloranch Roberts Walter Green serves in France with the Rainbow Division after enlisting over a year ago. Commencement in the school auditorium featured Dr E L Hollis and Prof C V Green slit with Rev K S Burnette delivering the invocation and Dr J W Holland giving the keynote on The Newer Puritanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Green
France
Rainbow Division
Kaiser
Vernon Sharp
Rolfe High School
Clarance Roberts
Brisbane
N. D
Miller Klein
Uncle Sam
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
E. L. Hollis
C. V. Greenslit
J. W. Holland
M. EB. Church of
Cedar Falls
Bloom
Hollis
Greenslit
Green
Rolfe
Soe
Rolfe's War Library Opens List For Members In 1915
Rolfe's War Library announces new member intake at 200 dollars with a two week book-holding limit. A lengthy catalog of titles received and to come is presented, including The Soul of the Soldier by Tiplady and The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, among many others. Ward Ferguson and Deane Trick oversee memberships.
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Rolfe War Library
Tiplady
Dawson
Hay
Campbell
Russia
Fraser
Serbia
Fortier
Harris
Henry
White
Belgium
Gibson
K-1
Christine
Alice Cholomondley
The
Marne
Berger
Hillis
Davis
Hell
Pinkerton
Empey
Bagdad
Clark
Miss
Laird & Lee
Jastrow
Washington
O'Malley
Hall
Manion
Coyle
DeVille
Connolly
Dorr
Ward Ferguson
Deane
Dissolution of Rolfe Lumber Firm J A Grant and Son
The Rolfe based firm of J A Grant and Son dissolves with J A retiring and J T continuing the business. J T has run the lumber coal yard for years and is praised as a live wire advertiser with strong managerial skill. The article wishes success to the sole owner of the yard and notes enduring community patriotism and wartime gardening spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Grant
John
Rolfe
J. T
Iowa
Rolfe High completes first class to graduate from new palace
The class of 1918 at Rolfe High, nine members strong, received a well rounded ceremony with Prof Greenallt and Miss Ferkin closing the program in a duet. The group, praised for intelligence and morality, earns community well wishes as they begin their post graduation paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Addresses of Our Boys in the Army and Navy
A long list of service members with units and home base locations across the United States and overseas. The column invites readers to send corrections or additions for missing names and updated addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Outsider remark links Rolfe youths to world events
An accidental trench mortar explosion at Fort Worth Texas killed about a dozen. Ronald Wiewel drove an ambulance amid the scene and described the dreadful sight of men blown to pieces. He fears similar horrors if sent to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Fort Worth
Texas
Ronald Wiewel
France
Demonstration on Potatoes to Save Wheat in Rolfe
Rolfe Vida G. Norman Home Demonstration Agent will speak Monday afternoon June 3 in the domestic science rooms of the school house. The session covers Using Potatoes to Save Wheat and invites all ladies. men are in the primary battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida G. Norman
Rolfe
Decoration Day Program Amid Rain Delays In Rolfe
Decoration Day events are moved indoors if rain continues with Camp Dodge Band scheduled to perform. Exercises begin at 2:00 P M at the park or high school auditorium with music, invocations, addresses, and patriotic selections led by local ministers and the Camp Dodge Band. Stores in Rolfe will close during the ceremonies. The Kaiser is said to study Napoleon’s career, with lingering incidents near its end noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Rolfe
Obituary for Mrs Diedrich Brinkman Pioneer of Rolfe
Mrs. Diedrich Brinkman of Rolfe Iowa died in Des Moines after two years of failing health on May 22 1912. Born Anna Mary Margaret Wiegman October 31 1850 in Borstel Germany she came to the United States in 1868 and married Diedrich Brinkman February 28 1871 in Salem Michigan. She leaves a large family including seven daughters and five sons and is mourned by many relatives. Funeral services were held May 25 at the house and Rolfe Presbyterian church with Dr Bechiln and Rev Burnette officiating. Her life described as a pioneer contribution to the community and a strong Christian example. Burial at Clinton cemetery with family and friends in attendance.
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Diedrich Brinkman
Des Moines
Iowa
Borstel
Hanover
Germany
Brinkman
Anna Mary Margaret Wiegman
Salem
Washtenau County
Michigan
John Fb, Wiegman
Rolfe
Herman F. Wiegman
Pocahontas
Morris N. Ives
H. F. Olerich
Andrew W. Ives
JL. R. Wellstead
Ernest Vaughn
Missea Mae
Idella
Wellstead
Plano
Henry D
John H
William F
August A
Camp Custer
Mich
Glyde
Brinkman l
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Howke
Presbyterian Church
R. D. Echiin
Frase
Reat
Clinton Cemetery
Fred Montet
Will Brinkman
Fairgrove
Closing Proclamation for Decoration Day Observance
Mayor C H Moon issues a command to halt business in Rolfe from two o clock until cemetery return for Decoration Day fast and prayer exercises. Citizens must close shops. protest or discretion not allowed. The notice emphasizes community sentiment and ceremonial respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Rolfe
C. H. Moon
Silo and Silage Meetings Planned in Pocahontas County
County Agent W T Maakesiad announces silo and silage meetings in Pocahontas County on June 3 4 and 6 to discuss silage profits and silo building. Extension staff will discuss silage making and silo construction with local farmers and address grievances. A Home Demonstration Organization board held its first meeting May 26 to plan summer demonstrations across the county. Individual meeting sites and times are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Maakesiad
Indiana Experiment Station
Pocahontas County
J. H. Pollock
Plover
B. A Daniels
Gilmore City
Rolfe
Tueaday
King Morning Ory
Foxtall
War Service Association
The
Home Demonstration Organization
Died of Pneumonia Narrows Rolfe Resident W A Adkins
W Pleas Adkins died of pneumonia on Sunday May 26 at his Rolfe home after a brief illness. Born February 28, 1890, he leaves a wife and four young children. The family will bury him in Rantoul Kansas, with Rolfe neighbors expressing deep sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleas W. Adkins
Rolfe
Mr. Adkins
Rantoul
Kansas
Adking
Memorial Sunday Address at Methodist Church
Rev. Burnette delivered a patriotic Memorial Sunday sermon at the Methodist church with the choir providing music. He praised past soldiers from 1861 to 1865 and emphasized sacrifice and the Great Sacrifice of two thousand years ago. An exchange notes a dam site on Busday river in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Burnette
Berlin
Busday
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Rolfe High
Holland
New Business Firm
Geo. F. Smith
New York
A. A. Brinkman
Co. C
C. Custer
Battle Creek
Hershel Jackson
Glen A. Zeck
10Th Reg
Camp Ross
Great Lakes
Ben H. Hall
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
E. W. Wilson
R. W. Hoover
Aviation Signal Corps
Seaside
Oregon
J. E. DeWolf
Knots
Roy Frederickson
Coast Artillery
Fort Levett
Portland
Maine
Frank Fraser
C. Dosth
Town
Leon H. Watson
18Th Just
Galveston
Thorwald Christianson
Care Army
Madison
Wis
Pearl Young
Utsth
Clinton Miller
48Th
Ellington Field
Chester L
A. BE
Jens ‘Thompson
4Th Co. I
Fort H. G. Wright
Gail H. Ives
19Th Infantry
Serget
BE. Lighter, Co
O. T. C. Quantico
Virginia
W. S. Taylor
Eng
Wilhelm Holst
George Burl Cook
Aviation
Avenue C
San Antonio
John J. Olson
James A. Mather
Ft. Worden
Wash
T. D. Jones
A. R. Jenkins
William D. Gibbons
Holys
Dwight Gibbons
Wayne Coffin
16Th Cavalry Band
A. BE. F
Paul Graham
96Th Co
6Th Reet
A. EB. B
Sergt
Harry Coffin
41St Inft
Fort Crook
Omaha
Nebr
Emil Johansen
68Th Infantry
Camp Mills
N. Y
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Lawrence
Post Hospital
Fred Witt
U. of W
Wisconsin
Andrew Simonson
Camp McArthur
Peter Paulson
M. I. Ryan
218Th Aero Squadron
Hempstead
Long Island
Guy Million
Jacksonville
Fla
Victor J. Shimon
Camp Logat
Wr. J. Crawford
Mil
Police
Towa
Calvin W. Bonner
Florida
Foreign Service
U.S
Noble L. MacVey
N. Yds
Philadelphia
Geo
L. Pirie Jri
B. Coxswaing School
Paul Snook
U. S. Naval Uar
Hampton Roads
Frank Murray
8Th Aero Squad
Dt. All
Reo
Ale
Word London
Walter Wiliam Hoffert
J. M. Mallinger
America
Harriss Thomas
Mise Isten Olerich
Frank Chalmers McKean
D. D
Dear Land of Freedom
Napoleon
D. Brinkman
Charlie Chaplin
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