Rolfe Area Hints of Snowmark and Local Events
Rolfe area reports its first snowfall with rain and flurries as temperatures dip to 35 degrees. Linden Accurse wins the City Golf Championship Flight title. local family news notes injuries and funeral attendance for Albert J. Shaw in Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gunderson
Sara Olerich
Phyllis Pedersen
Ames
Rolfe and Vicinity
Linden Accurse
Donald Buck
Cheryl Buck
Albert J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Grant
Hee Haw
Local social notes and community gatherings list
The column records a Friday home party for Corporal Andrew Pedersen with 40 relatives, Eloise Brinkman’s Wednesday dinner guests, and attendees at the 8th district American Legion conference in Ft. Dodge. It notes a scarlet fever quarantine for a family’s daughter Katie, personnel changes at Chariton & Bowen, and several neighborhood visits and a 45th wedding anniversary for the Orvan Olerichs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporal Andrew Pedersen
Eloise Brinkman
Brinkman
Arlene Jarvis
Marcella Anderson
Betty McIntire
Marjorie Taylor
Ruth Lundy
Mary Jane Gahm
Harold Carlson
C. B. Chapman
W. W. Green
G. Fred Smith
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Ft. Dodge
Wood chopping bee and local moves in Rolfe area
Forty years ago on Thursday October 27 1932 local Methodist men planned a church wood chopping bee at R B Williams farm northeast of Rolfe with hot coffee at the scene. The E S Colebaugh family will move to Des Moines mid November for the winter so Elmer can work as railway mail clerk without weekly Rolfe trips. Russell Ives a Town State College student joined the college band to play at the Iowa State Missouri game in Columbia Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Williams
Rolfe
E. S. Colebaugh
Des Moines
Elmer
Russell Ives
Town State College
Ames
Columbia
Iowa State
University of Missouri
Weekend Visits and Homecoming Festivities Highlight Decorah Trip
Mrs. Dick Bierstedt and Karen spent October 14 weekend in Decorah for Luther College homecoming. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Taylor with three daughters visited the Martin Peterson home and Braham relatives. Alice Dickinson toured Minneapolis and Rochester with relatives, while Fisher and Schade families visited in David Brinkman’s home. Willard Johnson and Fritz Krummel visited with Mildred Fisher as she traveled back to Minnesota to see her 95 year old sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bierstedt
Karen
Decorah
Luther College
Marvin Taylor
Fonda
Martin Peterson
Alice Dickinson
Braham
Herbert Dickinsons
Minneapolis
Richard
Rochester
Mrs. Fisher
Alan Schade
Pocahontas
David Brinkman
Willard Johnson
Fritz Krummel
Mildred Fisher
Minnesota
Homecoming Queen Crowned With Attendants At Carol
On Thursday October 28 1952 Carol Shimon was crowned Homecoming Queen with attendants Pauline Grady Joan Shelgren Donna Miller and Sheila Wood. Crown bearer Patricia Joan Mortensen led the entrance of the Queen and her party. John Nelson and LeRoy Nel led the procession.
Pedersen Anniversary Marked by Mr and Mrs Chris Pedersen
On Thursday October 22 1942 Mr and Mrs Chris Pedersen marked three decades of marriage with friends and family gathering at their home in a quiet celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Chris Pedersen
Corn husking and golf dominate quiet stretch in Des Moines area
Fifty years ago on Thursday October 26 1922 local life centers on corn husking and golfing with little else noted. The Ben J Peterson family of Des Moines township is mentioned among the readable fragments of this quiet regional update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben J. Peterson
Des Moines Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paes Speclarion
Nember Association
Iowa
Kreg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Dale Nicoson
Robert Schmidt
Abram and
Franklin DeVaul
Katie
Jimmy Sennett
Byron Boos
Chariton & Bowen Eye Emporium
Pat
Bloy Wood
Norfolk
Nebr
Mother Home
Helen Nielsen
Clarence Zeman
West Bend
August Nielsen
Orvan Olerich
Wm. Fisher
LeRoy Nelson
Ellwood Olerich
Arlo Ives
Orvan Olerichs
Wold Hardware
Duff
Clover Farm
Pillsbury
Freeman’ S Clover Farm
Lews
Rani
Reba
Wience
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rolfe State Bank
Lowa
Democratic
Priebe
State Capitol
Dan Fogarty
Bill Brennan
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