Did Vikings Anchor Near Rolfe Before 1492
A Minnesota newspaper feature argues Norse contact with North America before 1492. It cites mooring stones along Lake Winnipeg and nearby lakes, Viking artifacts at Rolfe, and reports of white Indians, suggesting evidence of Norse exploration and a Viking museum exhibit dated 1100–1250 A D.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Lake Winnipeg
Canada
Hawley
Stinking Lake
Ten Mile Lake
Lake Kotoka
Lake Jessie
Lake Osakis
Sauk Lake
Nelson
Tub Lake
Pelican Lake
Barrett Lake
Rolfe
Champlain
Leujeune
Lewis and Clark
M. de la Verandrye
Viking Museum
Alexandria
Appreciation Dinner For Rolfe Music Mothers Scheduled
A dinner for all Rolfe Music Mothers will be held in the school lunch room on Monday October 14 at 7:00 p.m. Mothers with children in the Junior High band or High School vocal or instrumental groups are members and should attend. Reservations are via officers Mrs Garth Stouse president Mrs Joe Wainreb vice president and Mrs Everett Rickard secretary treasurer.
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Rolfe Music Mothers
Music Mothers
Garth Stouse
Joe Wainreb
Everett Rickard
Paul M Lothian 73 dies at Storm Lake burial there
Funeral services for Paul M. Lothian 73 a former Rolfe resident were held Saturday at Sliefert Memorial Chapel Storm Lake with burial in Storm Lake He died Thursday at Buena Vista Hospital Storm Lake after a six month illness He was born at Rolfe and educated there graduating 1914 He married Hazel Whitmore and they lived in Rolfe Palmer and finally Storm Lake where he was city building inspector until illness this year Surviving are Hazel Sydney Gilmore City three daughters in Blairstown LaHabre Calif and Whittier Calif seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren The article also notes a fall conference of the Sixth District Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs held Sept 30 in Manson with local attendees and various speakers and program details.
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Paul M. Lothian
Rolfe
Sliefert Memorial Chapel
Storm Lake
Mr. Lothian
Buena Vista Hospital
Hazel Whitmore
Palmer
Hazel
Sydney
Gilmore City
Orville Sayers
Blairstown
Leo Holliday
LaHabre
Calif
Ronald Miller
Whittier
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Manson
N. A. Wilson
J. F. Wipperman
St. Paul’s
Ralph Viner
Leon
Manson High School
Woman's Collect
Selmer Gunderson
Lake Mills
Mesdames
W. G. Taylor
Telmer Sime
Wm. Fisher
R. D. Higgins
Everett Burns
Chester Hansen
Conrad Majorowicz
Nellie Brinkman
Ed Shelgren
Esther Pierce
Flossie de Vaal
Thos. Diggs
Jergens Receives Bronze Star for Viet Nam Heroism
Private Joseph W. Jergens of the 196th Infantry earned the Bronze Star Medal for valor on May 21, 1968 near Da Nang while serving as a field medic with F Troop 11th Cavalry. He exposed himself to fire to aid wounded, carried a man to safety, and helped treat injuries despite a major explosion.
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Pfe
Joseph WH. Jergens
Viet Nam
Carol Schott
U.S
Jergens
F Troop
11Th Cavalry
DaNang
Pfc
Kampen Addresses Young Democrats Meeting
Paul Kampen democratic candidate for State Representative spoke to the Young Democrats of Pocahontas County at the Commercial State Bank on September 25. Twenty four members attended as he outlined his positions on taxes school districts voting age and related issues.
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Young Democrats
Pocahontas County
Paul Kampen
Commercial State Bank
Pocahontas
Kampen
ENT Clinic For Area Children In Pocahontas
The State Services for Crippled Children will hold an ear nose and throat clinic in Pocahontas on October 9 at the Methodist Church 2nd Avenue Northwest. Eligible are children under 21 from Pocahontas Buena Vista Calhoun Cherokee Clay Humboldt Ida Palo Alto Sac and Webster counties. Referrals must come from a physician not fee for exam.
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Iowa City
State Services For Crippled Children
SSCC
Pocahontas
Methodist Church
2Nd Avenue
N.W
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Cherokee
Clay
Humboldt
Ida
Palo Alto
Sac
Webster
John C. MacQueen
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Rolfe Golf Club Plans Final Steak Night Event
The Rolfe Golf Club will hold its last steak night stag of the season next Thursday October 10. A short business meeting will be held and trophies awarded to the winners of the club city tournament.
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Rolfe Golf Club
Twin Jerseys Born at Glime Farm Near La Porte City
For the third time twin heifers were born at the Robert Glime farm near La Porte City. Ann Glime's 4-H project for the past five years was the mother of the most recent twin Jerseys.
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Robert Glime
la Porte City
Ann Glime
Rammettes Win and Place in Rolfe Cross Country Meets
Rolfe Rammettes fielded 16 runners across two meets this week. At Rolfe on September 25 they won with 12 points behind Laur ie Brinkman first and Karen Brinkman second. Debbie Zeman third Paula Sinek sixth and Peggy Gunderson eighth. At East Greene on September 28 Rolfe took runner up with 48 points as Adel won with 39. Laur ie Brinkman was second and Karen Brinkman sixth with Zeman twelfth Sinek twenty eighth and Gunderson thirtieth.
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Rolfe
Rammettes
Cedar Valley
Havelock- Plover
Laurie Brinkman
Karen Brinkman
Debbie Zeman
Queen candidate named at Morningside College homecoming
Carol Biedermann of Rolfe was among eight senior nominees for Morningside College homecoming queen. The queen and a football king were revealed at the Eppley Auditorium talent show, with homecoming events including a Friday dance and a Saturday downtown parade at 10 00 a m.
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Carol Biedermann
Paul Biedermann
Rolfe
Morningside College
Eppley Auditorium
1891 Circus Billboard Unearthed Near Rolfe
A farm house north of Rolfe on Highway 44 yielded 1891 circus billboard fragments advertising the Van Amburgh Shows slated for June 25 1891. Pieces depict elephants trapeze acts pigmies and other acts. A New York visitor removed several boards and hopes to learn more about the tour noted in the June 11 1891 Reveille.
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van Amburgh
Rolfe
Reveille
Rolfe Arrow
Arrow
R. G. Cerasani
New York
Wilsons
Africa
Henry M. Stanley
Rites Held for Henry Fransen at St. Pauls Lutheran
Funeral services for Henry Fransen 79 were held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. G H Brase officiating. Burial followed at Clinton-Garfield Cemetery with American Legion post providing graveside rites. Fransen, born July 12 1889 in Archer Town, died September 25 1968 in Des Moines Veterans Hospital after farming with Elsie his wife then living in Hartley Rolfe and Spencer. He is survived by Elsie three sons Delbert Ronald and Irwin eight grandchildren and three brothers Chris John and Frank.
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Henry Fransen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
G. H. Brase
Verna Ryen
al Bartels
Roy Simonson
Inga Ryen
William F. Allen
E. P. Brinkman
Marlon Dorman
Louis Koopman
Paul Kuriger
Daryl Stamm
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Cecil Cumming
Lsie
Hartley
Rolfe
Elsie
Delbert
Ronald
Spencer
Irwin
Sutherland
Chris
Palisade
Minn
John
Granville
Frank
Brewster
Elks Hand Rams 19-0 In Conference Football
Laurens Elks shut out the Rolfe Rams 19-0 on Friday to end Rolfe’s home winning streak at Guy Bendixon Memorial Field. Al Dudley and Tom Crotty sparked the offense with a 12-0 halftime lead, and Dudley connected on a 38-yard TD pass to Crotty in the third.
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Rolfe Rams
Laurens Elks
Laurens
Rams
Guy Bendixon
Elks
al Dudley
Tom Crotty
Dudley
Crotty
Dick Sheets
Rolfe
1891 Circus Memorabilia Found Behind Farm House Wall
While tearing down a house on the Jim Wilson farm north of Rolfe on Highway 44, tar paper covered with pieces of a June 1891 circus billboard was uncovered. The fragments advertise a Rolfe circus dated June 25, 1891 and include acts like Van Amburgh Shows.
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Rolfe
Jim Wilsons
Highway 44
Jim Wilson
Highway
Wilsons
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