Card of Thanks Brighten My Hospital Return
I wish to thank all those who remembered me with gifts cards flowers and visits while I was in the hospital and since my return home Your thoughtfulness helped brighten the days of my convalescence Esther Pierce A special thanks for the food brought to our home and for all the help given my family while I was in the hospital Mrs Lawrence Henderson My relatives and friends and also my children and their families for the cards gifts and best wishes on my 80th birthday Many thanks to all of you Mrs Maggie Buck It was wonderful to be remembered Esther Ferden My sincere thanks to those who remembered me with cards gifts visits and the food brought to our home Your thoughtfulness was greatly appreciated Mrs Dennis Wagner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Henderson
Maggie Buck
Father Hogan
Sunset Hill Manor
Esther Ferden
Dennis Wagner
Local Visits and Community Birthdays Highlight Ringsted Gathering
Locals report Mr and Mrs Gene Ferden of Manly visiting Mrs Lester Ferden at Mercy Hospital Ft Dodge. Bertie Anderson and Dwayne attended an open house in Ringsted Saturday honoring Mrs George W Johnson on her 73rd birthday hosted by her daughters Mrs Virgil Plathe Omaha Mrs James Johnson Ringsted and Mrs Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Ferden
Manly
Lester Ferden
Mercy Hospital
Ft. Dodge
Bertie Anderson
Dwayne
George W. Johnson
Johnson
Virgil Plathe
Omaha
James Johnson
Ringsted
Anderson
Republican Women Set Sixth District Fall Conference
Republican Women plan a Sixth District Fall Conference at Al Gona Country Club on Tuesday October 17. Registration and coffee start at 9:00 a.m. Luncheon is at 12:30 p.m. Senator David M. Stanley will be the featured speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona Country Club
David M. Stanley
West Central teachers discuss meeting in Laurens
Havelock-Plover School faculty attended a West Central District Department of Classroom Teachers meeting and shared a post-meeting dinner at Laurens Community School. Several locals visited relatives and attended services, with brief notes on travel and family gatherings around Havelock Renwick Madison Titonka Eldora Cedar Falls Des Moines Wisconsin and New Jersey connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary “Schuller
Havelock-Plover School
West Central Dist
Laurens Community
N. A. Wilson
N.A. Wilson II
Cedar Falls
Muriel Wilson
H. R. Beam
Dick Burma
Rice, Minn
John Schurr
Lloyd Cox
Havelock
Emma Sandy
Carol Biedermann
Morningside College
Paul Biedermann
Cortlyn Almquist
Madison
Wis
David Sourballe
Summit
Wisconsin U. At
Milwaukee
J. R. McIntire
E. A. Johnson
Georgia O’hara
John Harms
Eldora
Pocahontas County Society Dinner Highlights Centennial Attire
The Pocahontas County Historical Society held its annual smorgasbord on Tuesday evening October 3 with 81 attendees. Donald Siddall served as MC as Laurens and Rolfe residents joined in turn of the century songs led by Herman Rubel and L C Olney on a pump organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Mr. Applegate
Rolfe
Don Buch
The Greatest Mass Murder in Tow a History
A retired Marathon author wrote about Trumull, a horse thief of the 1860s, who lived on Trumbull Lake Island. Skeletons unearthed in 1926 by a gravel crew suggested he killed many white homesteaders, solving the disappearances of several eastern settlers. The society will meet again in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
EU Om
Towa
Hanied’ Trumull
Trumbull Lake
Trumbull
Buchan
Goodwill Deposit Box Emptied Ready for Refilling
The Goodwill box north of the Joe Lehman Produce has been emptied and is ready for donations. Acceptable items include repairable clothing toys and small electrical appliances. Help the handicapped to help themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwill Deposit
Joe Lehman
Goodwill Industries
Rolfe Iowa Town Council Proceedings Summary
The Rolfe Iowa town council met with Mayor Fred McKim presiding. Attendees included councilmen Johnnie Loss Jerry Robinson Dick Schott and W V Spencer with Paul Biedermann absent. Bills were read and approved for general municipal expenses public safety recreation and road use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McKim
Johnnie Loss
Jerry Robinson
Dick Schott
W. V. Spencer
Paul Biedermann
Bill ‘Tutt
Labor Library
Rolfe Arrow
Powers Funeral Home
Freeman’s
Clover Farm
Vernon Marine
Matt Parrott & Sons Co
Electric Light & Power Co
Rolfe Arrow Adopts Budget and Ownership Details
The Rolfe Arrow reports utilities and service charges for town operations including fuel, electricity, and street work. It lists payments to contractors and suppliers, ambulance pay policy, and a council motion to settle curb taxes, plus a 1987 ownership and circulation filing for the newspaper.
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Verle Howard
Electric Motor
Sundberg Electric
Main
Pocahontas
Iowa
Strathman’s
Mary Jo Green
Gilmore City
Kenneth Pederson
Credit Mgr
Alma’s
Clifton
Des Moines
Wold
Gordon Mehaffey
Ralph
Tim Kemnn
Harold Morey
West Bend
JHC Cornpicker
Schlensig Bros
Loxterkamp
Rams
Wayne Kaufman
Rent Electric
Calligan
Dietrich Peters
Pocahontas Auto Co
Art Boeckholt
Beck Bo
Rem
Niels Nd
Rep
aaNet Po Aren
Olney
L&ww
Paris
AAAMC
M. Stone‘ Co
Sestone
Gledé, Baker
Labor
Noel, Const. Co
Premix
Gas &Art Aj
McVay
Dale, Stover
Richard Plumbing & Heating
Mdse
Duff’s Produce & Appliance
Eas
G. Fred Smith Ins
Deitermann Construction Co
Brown Supply Co
Ind
Cargill
John C. Kupferle Foundry Central In
Telephone Co
Taylor
Conoco
Robinson
Schott
Spencer
Evelyn A. Leadley
The
Fuller-White
Garfield St
Rolfe, Pocahontas Co
Gregory D. Kaiser
Mary Joan Kaiser
Emma C. Swan
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Wolverine
Wood's Family Store
Rolfe, Iowa
Northrup
Leslie Allen A Deal
Sero “Rolle, Ia
Max’s
Rolfe, Fa
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