Rolfe Rams win push in home game and church anniversary noted
The Rolfe Rams defeated Mallard 46 6 on the Ducks field as Streit and Leadley sparked the offense. St Pauls Lutheran Church marks its 10th anniversary with Rev Fred Jacobsen as guest speaker.
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Rolfe Rams
Mallard
Ducks
Streit
Leadley
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fred Jacobsen
Rolfe
Truman
Cherokee
Roy L Simonson
Sigrid
Merlin
A. M. Simonson
G. B. Lehnus
Mike Behrendsen
Rolfe Ffa
Schnugs visit Dows. Bowen and Lucille in Chicago trip
Fifty years ago Mr and Mrs J E Schnug visited their son Dr Elmer Schnug in Dows. Mr and Mrs C B Bowen and Miss Lucille traveled to Chicago on a weekend trip to attend the annual meeting of the national egg and poultry association.
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J. E. Schnug
Dows
Elmer Schnug
C. B. Bowen
Lucille
Chicago
National Egg and Poultry
Relative Visits Highlight Local Life Events
Visiting relatives in the city share social ties as Mrs. J. C. Stowell purchases an Edison for home music. Miss Helen Sothern arrives from Veroqua Wisconsin for a Pocahontas County teaching winter. Former Julie Ravnik is honored at a Lounge shower. Mrs. Earl Chambers hosts Sunday dinner for her father Peter Sandvig on his 76th birthday.
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J. C. Stowell
Edison
Helen Sothern
Veroqua
Wis
Andrew Simonson
Pocahontas County
Julie Ravnik
Earl Chambers
Peter Sandvig
Local families report events from October 1948
M. W. Webb and Shirley Thornton escorted six football players to the Iowa State Kansas game in Ames including Abe DeVaul William Phillips Charles Reckard Bernard McCreary John Shelgren and Daryl Wood. Ernest Luth Victor Freemond Hilda Nielsen and Marilyn Nielsen attended the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Carole Camper aged 15 was diagnosed with polio in Sioux City after a parental visit.
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M. W. Webb
Shirley Thornton
Ames
Abe DeVaul
William Phillips
Charles Reckard
Bernard McCreary
John Shelgren
Daryl Wood
Ernest Luth
Victor, Freemond
Hilda Nielsen
Marilyn Nielsen
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Carole Camper
Claude Camper
Sioux City
Herbert Barrett, Jr
Rolfe Notes From 1938 Fish Fry And Local Happenings
Thirty years ago on October 13 1938 Rolfe residents enjoyed a fish fry at Mrs Muriel Wilson home. Slim Davidson and Morris Webb fished by remote control with silver bait. Eloise Hewlett received a Bible at the Methodist Sunday School for near perfect attendance. Allen Lomen Donald Nelson and Franklin Short hitchhiked from Cedar Falls for a weekend at home. Casper Grant and his mother visited relatives in Boone. The Rolfe Woman's Club featured Jannet Hauck vocal and Rachel Wiegman piano solos. A school field project to improve facilities sparked pride while a lack of scoreboard and one exit drew comment. Dr Harris bragged of seven tomato plants producing over 60 pounds. The Arrow recaps a 1891 Van Amburg Shows connection and notes the historic Rolfe files remain available.
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Muriel Wilson
Slim Davidson
Morris Webb
Eloise Hewlett
Methodist
Allen Lomen
Donald Nelson
Franklin Short
Cedar Falls
Casper Grant
R. C. Grant
Boone
Rolfe Woman’s Club
Jeannette Hauck
Rachel Wiegman
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James Charlton
Jean Wiegman
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