Perfect cribbage hand thrill for Jim Wilcox in 1959
Jim Wilcox achieved a perfect cribbage hand after over 25 years of play while teamed with Glenn Gaskill. Strong winds and heavy snow cut power to Rolfe and nearby towns as Iowa Light and Power lost supply from Corn Belt Co-op. Mr and Mrs Robert Beekman and son Greg of Pocahontas visited the Jers Nielsen home. Mrs Louis Shimon Mrs Clara Shimon and Mrs G H Hartmann attended a shower for Miss Louise Stamper bride to be of Johnnie Kelley at the Lutheran Church parlors Gilmore City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wilcox
Glenn Gaskill
Rolfe
Iowa Light and Power
Corn Belt Co-op
Robert Beekman
Greg
Pocahontas
Jers Nielsen
Louis Shimon
Clara Shimon
G. H. Hart
Mann
Louise Stamper
Johnnie Kelley
Gilmore City
Pocahontas County
Schlensig
Chamber of Commerce
Sydney Beckord
Jerry Hughes
John Snow
Gene Hughes
Norbert Alig
Beckord
Dellelot
Dennis Edwards
Tom Fridolfson
Jim Hansen
Dick Bennett
Roger Allen
Jim Martin
Russell Winkleblack
Don Peterson
Brownie
Richard Jim Hansen
Syd Beckord
Midwest Lime and Cement Company
Bradgate
Dr. Harris
Earl Young
Brownie Rickard
Dale Buck
Glenn Moore
Rolfe and Area News and Notables from November 1949
Miss Bonnie Flaherty becomes Beckord Hatchery office girl in Des Moines visit. Rolfe High students stage Onions In The Stew directed by Mrs Knoll with set by Mr Farley and decorations by Mrs Jones. The Little Brown Church at Nashua inspires trip to northeast Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Flaherty
Leo Flaherty
Beckord'’s
Eldon Cox
Willis Puff
Arnold Sandvng
Iowa State Drake
Des Moines
Evelyn Perrin
Genevieve Majorowicz
Yvonne Osking
Rolfe
Morningside College
Vesper Choir
Rolfe High School
Elizabeth Knoll
Farley
Iowa
Little Brown
Nashua
Pfc Kay Whitmore Returns From Basic Training
Pfc Kay Whitmore arrived home Sunday from San Antonio Texas completing basic training in the W AF She will report to Scott Air Base Illinois for a nine month Radio Technical School course The Bradgate fire department fought a blaze near town on Leonard Lanus farm burning corn stalks that threatened buildings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Whitmore
San Antonio
Texas
W.A.F
Scott Air Base
Illinois
Radio Technical School
Bradgate
Leonard Lanus
IS T C students visit home and fur show selections
Miss Margery Thompson Gwendolyn Nelson and Roberta Kennedy IS T C Cedar Falls spent the weekend at their homes. Frances Vaughn chosen among ten girls to model for the Downies fur show in Mason City. Jim Cruickshank assisting with corn picking at Art Kilbourns. A G Heathmans birthday dinner hosted by Allen and Mrs Heathman. Elmer and Roy Simonson moved about 400 Texas Herefords into their feed lots last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery Thompson
Gwendolyn Nelson
Roberta Kennedy
Is.t.c
Cedar Falls
Frances Vaughn
Mason City
Jim Cruickshank
Art Kilbourn
A. G. Heathman
Allen Heathman
Elmer
Roy Simonson
Dr Fuller White and Miss Ethel Taylor Host Teachers
Forty years ago on a Thursday in November 1929 Dr Fuller White and Miss Ethel Taylor entertained the teaching staff and a small circle of friends in a social gathering referenced by local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Fuller White
Miss Ethel Taylor
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Last Week
Guests were entertained at a Thursday home gathering with bridge. The Johnsons and Mrs. Vaughn visited the Zimmerman home in Armstrong to see a new baby. Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Morrison attend the O E S Grand Chapter in Des Moines. Ives and Ruth Fisher traveled to Newell to visit Mrs. Bower and her sister Mrs. Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge
Grant Johnson
C. Vaughn
Armstrong
Joe Zimmerman
Earl Ferguson
C. J. Morrison
O. E.S. Grand Chapter
Des Moines
Maude Ives
Ruth Fisher
Newell
Anna Bower
Ivan Adams
Weather records bitter cold and fish stocking news
It was five below at dawn per government readings marking an unusually cold early season. Forty thousand game fish including bass crappies perch and sunfish were released into Medium Lake at Emmetsburg by the state game warden. At a Knights of Pythias meeting members voted to buy the second story of their long time home. George R. Cook sold his variety store to Eikenberry and Taylor Andy and Bill planned to complete the deal this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medium Lake
Emmetsburg
K. of P’s
Geo. R. Cook
Eikenberry and Taylor
Andy
Bill
Repairing Rolfe site and church lore in Rolfe Iowa
The article recounts preservation efforts in Rolfe including the Hall House and the Tilley log cabin restoration. It highlights a famed Congregational church built in 1855 and the song The Church In The Wildwood written in 1857. Community volunteers organize log removal and reconstruction with donations totaling about 900 dollars and plan to move the Hall House this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime and Cement Co
Ed Aden
Friedrison
Liveermore
Brownie Rickard
Tom Diggs
Lester Applegate
Ben Lehnus
Conrad Majorowicz
Ed Lavery
Ollie Lehnus
Vern Perrin
Pat Wood
Ivan Rickard
Franklin Majorowicz
Ray Helle
California
Ray Isaacson
Elmer Tubbs
Forrest Grant
Faith Schlensig
Hall-Tilley
Hall House
Jessie Fae Schon
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Jone Press,association
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Hoven
Clover Farm
Hunt
KRAFT
Wm. Pitts
Wildwood
Charles City
F.F.A
The
Rolie Community Associa
Ervice
American Cancer Society
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