Local notes include birthdays, hires, and community events
Community snippet lists Sally Leah Wood born to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wood, Art Erickson on furlough from Camp Gruber, plus shoppings, 4 H auction helpers, a 16th birthday party for Carol McKim, a marriage in Jackson Minnesota, and local residents’ activities from Des Moines to Audubon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Wood
Sally Leah
Art Erickson
Camp Gruber
Okla
Ordnance Department
Fourth Army
E. Clark
Duncan Grant
Owen Patterson
Oscar Freel
Fort Dodge
Dean Stover
Pennsylvania
Leyte Island
Philippines
Norrine Arnold
Donna Jean Foust
Beverly Hughes
Marian Pirie
Verlae Ferguson
Earl Kerns
Pocahontas
Carol McKim
Local Rolfe Club Lunch Highlights and Community News
Forty members of the Greater Rolfe Club attended a Monday luncheon. The Nain Lutheran church women provided a chicken dinner. A daughter weighing 64 pounds was born Monday. George Beckord recounted a Nebraska trip driving 62 miles at night across sand dunes. Lucille Everson, nursing student, is on a three month vacation with her family. Sterling Simonson and wife welcomed a 72 pound son Tuesday morning. Homemaking class demonstrated child care at Mrs. Sam Nicoson’s home. Donna Jean Miller, 5, was bitten by a dog at her grandparents’ Pocahontas home Saturday. Alice Grove, 17, died in a car crash near Plover with 14 others injured on Halloween night. Northeast town children held an annual wiener roast at the White home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Rolfe Club
Nain Lutheran Church
George Beckord
Lincoln
Nebra
Nebraska
Lucille Everson
Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago
G. A. Everson
Sterling Simonson
Chris Pedersen
Sam Nicoson
Sue Ann Nicoson
Donna Jean Miller
John Tate
Pocahontas
Alice Grove
J. E. Grove
Plover
C. J. White
Miss Vera Seaman Honored in Rolfe 1934 Announcement
A Rolfe resident, Miss Vera Seaman, is featured in a November 1 1934 notice marking a local event. The brief item highlights her connection to Rolfe and notes the date of the public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Seaman
Rolfe
Rita Jean Wood born at Mercy Fort Dodge
Thursday October 28 1954 notes announce Rita Jean Wood daughter of Mr and Mrs Daryl Wood born at Mercy hospital Fort Dodge Friday October 22 weighing just over five pounds. Other items mention home remodeling by Mr and Mrs Fred Nelson and veterans news including Virgil Peterson Jean Davis and a Fort Belvoir update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Wood
Rita Jean
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Fred Nelson
Emma Hewlett
Virgil Peterson
Des Moines
Pvt
Jean Davis
Hazel
Fort Belvoir
Rolfe
Radio Enthusiast Levels Loud Speaking Device
40 YEARS AGO Thursday October 30 1924 E E Wilcx installs a loud speaking radio and speaks on politics this fall while keeping his feet on the ground M E Hess carries a bandaged hand from a clash with a horse Ike McKims potatoes on display in White s window thirty six potatoes fill a bushel basket weighing 61 pounds Noble Higby of Bradgate visits Rolfe Tuesday with a report on local matters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E.wilcx
M. E. Hess
Ike McKim
White
Noble Higby
Bradgate
Rolfe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Greg Kaiser
Marion Bruce
Iowa
Tun K Association
Ofqing
Allen Heathman
Jackson, Minn
Paul Ferguson
Miriam Ivea
Will Brinkman
Gertrude Ditto
Audubon
Beverly Grant
John Graves
Beatrice Hurley
Frances Phillips
Mary Thomas
Janet Thompson
Bery White
Viola Young
Betty
Harriett Urquhart
Rodman
G. S. Shriner
Big Ben Fischer
Palmer
N. G. Lokerse
Bolte
P.E
Fred P. Nelson
C. B. Bowen
J. R. McIntire
Ruth Webb
Louise Betley
Dryhead
Mont
Grandma Seaman
Sunset Hill
Perry Lanning
Ford
Clare Sidmore
Kennedy School
Mildred Heald
Eldon Salisbury
Dorothy Barnt
House
Anna Anderson
Geo
Heald
Ralph
Reatheal
Edwin
Lyle Barnthouse
Ivan
Keith
Everett Rickard
Dorothy Spear
J. H. Bucher
Herbert Barret
California
Laurens
Rockets
Mac Nelson
Keith Onnen
Jasper Schurr
Tom Raynes
Earl Chambers
Andrew Simonson
Ee Eon Cou
Westinghouse
Iowa Electric
Ughts Power Company
Freeman's Clover Farm Store
Clover Farm
Libby
Rolfe, Iowa
Nestle’s
GAREN
Coin Operated
I. W. Feldman
Quik
LE Box
Oleo
KOBEY
Norman
MR “G
Morrell’s Price
Dial
G. Fred Smith
E. O. Loxterkamp
M. D
R. B. Ranney
Res
R. O. Crown
West Bend
E. P. Hansen
Optometrist
Humboldt
Joseph Schoofs
Elmer A Ducommun
Federal Deposit Ineurance Corporation
Rolfe State Bank
Percie
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