Rolfe Local News Highlights Sunday Visits and Football
Rolfe residents hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Bennett Sanford from Fort Dodge and the Kent family from Cherokee. Churches, local families, and neighbors gathered at various homes around Rolfe, Somers, Sioux Rapids, and nearby areas. Rev. Geo J Theobald traveled from St Joe to watch parish youths play and noted Rolfe’s 28 to 6 victory. Federal Land Bank agent Hawk C Moore visited from Palmer to close a loan for a local applicant and described two million dollars in loans previously made when the program began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Duffy
Bennett Sanford
Fort Dodge
S. S. Sanford
PD. C. Kent
Belle Bruce
J. B. Kent
Grover Harris
Walter Harris
Somers
Harris
Louis Phillips
Rolfe
Social notes from Rolfe and surrounding towns
Rolfe and nearby communities share visits and events including travelers from Sioux City Fort Dodge and Des Moines. Local clubs hold meetings and showers while upcoming library drive and Strathman Studio promotions appear, with cross-town visits and family gatherings noted throughout the period.
Dancing contest at Pla-Mor draws local interest
The Pla-Mor free-for-all dancing contest enters its third week as fans eagerly await the Halloween finale on October 31. Winners announced last Thursday include George Kirby with Mildred Kueck, N W Runge with Edna Hansen, and Bement Clarke with Mable West, signaling Gilmore City’s early edge in the competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pla-Mor
Hallowe’en
Geo. Kirby
Gilmore City
Mildred Kueck
Rolfe
N. W. Runge
Edna Hansen
Bement Clarke
Curlew
Mable
Faumersburg
J. Moen
Heay
J. White & Son Powelry
Fisher Rites for Des Moines Township Resident
J. F. Fisher a long time Des Moines township resident died Sunday night Oct 13 1935 at 76. Funeral held Oct 16 at Rolfe Methodist Church with Rev J P Lester and Rev J L Tompkins officiating. Survived by wife Elizabeth Richey daughter Milton R Karl and William. four grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Interment in Clinton Garfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe. Fisher
Des Moines
Rolfe Methodist Church
J. P. Lester
Fonda
J. L. Tompkins
Isaiah Franklin Fisher
Greencastle
Jasper County
Iowa
Adam Fisher
Northern Pacific Railway
West Coast
Pocahontas County
Rolfe
Elizabeth Richey
Colfax
Milton R
Estherville
Karl
William R
Relfe
Edris Leaper
Shirley
Bruce
Barbara Ann Fisher
Winnagean Leaper
Astherville
Lucille George
Mrs. Fisher
Hans Miller
O. G. Ryen
Niels Nielsen
George D. St
Methodist Epworth League and church notices
Rev Clarence W Thompkins leads Sunday worship at 11:00 am with sermon I Love Thy Kingdom Lord and lessons on The Will of God for Our Times Jeremiah 7 1 11 21 23. Epworth League themes include What It Means to Be a Christian with Anita Miller leading next Sunday. The league cabinet meets at the parsonage next Sunday at 4:00 pm and a church party is set for Wednesday evening Oct 25. The Northwest Iowa Conference Woman's Foreign Missionary Society convenes at First Methodist Fort Dodge Thursday and Friday. several from this church plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Anita Miller
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Northwest Iowa Conference
First Methodist Church
Fort Dodge
Unclear Classified Sale Notices Include Piano Bargain and Lost Cow
Auction style entries describe a blue roan cow with stub horn and a Waltham Piano Co bargain offer for a $700 player piano with rolls, unpaid balance $48.67, terms 40 per month. Also mentions a second piano sale tied to Edgar Q. Netnow and references, plus scattered damaged lines about other property and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham Piano Co
Sta, C
Milwaukee
Wis
Waite
Edgar Q. Netnow
Dept. of
North
Sheffield Ave
Krondde Fenish
Worster Enockson Nuptials Tie Rolfe Couples in Oct 12 Ceremony
Mrs Roy Worster of Rolfe announces the marriage of daughter Bernice to Russell Enock son of Ottosen at St Olaf s Lutheran parsonage Ft. Dodge on Oct 12. Rev Magnus Nodtvedt read the single ring ceremony at 1 30 pm. Attendants were Mildred Knockson and LeRoy Kleppe. After the ceremony a six o clock dinner was held in Rolfe with yellow and white decorations. The couple will reside on the J K Conrow farm east of Plover after Mar 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Worster
Rolfe
Bernice
Russell Enockson
Ottosen
Regina Enockson
St. Olaf's Lutheran Parsonage
Ft. Dodge
Magnus Nodtvedt
Mildred Knockson
LeRoy Kleppe
Loretta Shaw
Harland Worster
Russell Knockson
J. K. Conrow
Plover
Card of Thanks from Marguerite Witt
Marguerite Witt thanks friends for kind words cards and flowers during hospitalization. Her note expresses appreciation for the support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Witt
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Frank Robinson
Spot Nissenn
Cecelia
Wortland Cemint Association
Averies
Waller
Earl Fisher
Sioux City
Louis Paulson
Eri. Eikenberry
J. F. Donica
Evanston
Frances Donica
William P. Buck
Havelock
Wm. PR. Fisher
Cherokee
I. F. Fisher
State Hospital
John Cowan
Laurens
G. G. Butler
A. M. DeVaul
Virginia
J. T. Grant
Robert Bruce
Dorothy
Strathman Studio
Pocahontas
H. H. Gries
Helen
Betty
Donna
Irene Johnson
Kiester, Allinn
Edith Gustafs
G. C. Harris
Bo Kk
Phillips
Fred Ballard
Neva
Robert
Donald
James Reddick
Wiliam H. Strickler
F. H. Strathman
G. V. Heathman
Bemidji
Minn
Metha Peterson
Truelsen
H. C. Wiegman
Loren Jenks
Chicago
Morningside College
Kappa Zetta Chi Sorority
The
Mutual Telephone Co
Conlon
Beatrice Munson
Irvin Kirchner
T. D. Jones
Floyd Struthers
Anna Mooney Vie
Humboldt
C. L. Gunderson
W. S. Butler
Gunderson
United Forces
S. S. Whitmore
H. N
Library Drive
Marjorie
M. T. Blessing
Yal Kerns
Amy Ramsford
Eagle Grove
Cecelia Kennedy
W. H. Strickler
M. d. McCreary
A. Y. Perigal
Perigal
McCreary
Walter Siefkes
Manson
Big George” Taylor
Peter Paulson
Dakotas
Canada
Minnesota
Moorehead
Rolfe Woman’s Club
Dramatics Committee
Grant Pollock
Spain
F. L. MacVey
W. H. Howland
House Committee
Susan Bachmann
Mary McManus
Monson
Geo
Hauck
Ada Klinger
Eadin Oil
Fort Dodge, Lowa
J. F. Fisher
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clarence W. Thompkins
Beene
George Kueck
Arrow Office
C. L. Zeman
Betegeilel
Worster-Enockson
Petersons’ Clothes
George Brock
Jamil Dodge
Brock
Webb’s Drug Store
Humboldt Rendering Works Plant
Humboldt, IA
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