Rolfe Area Openings and Local Happenings
Rolfe area residents C. M. Webb and chauffeur Eliott Morrow traveled to Dolliver to drop Miss Ruth Webb before school starts. Miss Webb returns to head the Dolliver Public School music department. Richard Bush and Willard Lighter vacation through northern Minnesota and Canada. Miss Annette Sheel visited Rolfe friends. 50 years ago, J. E. Lehnug, Edgar Cornell and others attended the state fair while Earl Cook and Fred Smith went to Cedar Rapids for the American Legion meeting. Rolfe Implement Co. reports tractor sales to Peterson Ferden and Harriger aiding fall plowing. E. G. Rude travels to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Dolliver
Richard Bush
Willard Lighter
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Canada
Annette Sheel
Rolfe
Fred Nelson
J. E. Lehnug
Edgar Cornell
B. J. Lehnus
Earl Cook
Fred Smith
Cedar Rapids
Amergcan Legion
Rolfe Implement Co
Louis Peterson
O. S. Ferden
J. A. Harriger
E. G. Rude
Chicago
Mrs Thora Pedersen returns from Denmark after long visit
Ten years ago Mrs Thora Pedersen came home on August 16 after a 214 month stay visiting relatives in Copenhagen Mars Aalborg and other Danish locales. Kenton Kerns and Roger Peterson spent a long fishing trip in Minnesota ending Monday. Duluth contest Miss Helen A Woods named first runner up August 12 under Miss America style rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thora Pedersen
Copenhagen
Mars
Aalborg
Denmark
Kenton Kerns
Roger Peterson
Minnesota
Plover
Port of Duluth
Helen A. Woods
Ridotto Incorporation Wins 31 to 0 Vote
A special election in Ridotto approved incorporating the town about one mile east of Havelock. The 270 by 350 foot area includes the Ridotto ballroom, a filling station and several houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Johnson
Jack Johnson
Franklin Majorowicz
W. E. Thorson
Chris
Gerald Sorenson
Sioux City
Ridotto
Havelock
Rolfe Club Elects New Officers at Friday Meeting
Rolfe Business Men's Club elected Dr. L. M. Graham as president and R. G. Hunter as vice president. F. E. Grant was named secretary with George Beckord as treasurer. Members Reed Seaman Gerald Foust and Ed Twigg were on a cattle buying trip in Nebraska and the Dakotas last week. Sunday the Rev H A Sinning married Clyde Zimmerman and Winifred Brinkman at the bride’s parents home as they honeymoon at the pastor's cabin. Eddie Wilcox, 7, broke his arm after a pony fall on Rolfe farm Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Business Men’s Club
L. M. Graham
R. G. Hunter
F. E. Grant
George Beckord
Lee Stuthers
Reed Seaman
Gerald Foust
Ed Twigg
Nebraska
Dakotas
H. A. Sinning
Rudd, Ia
Minnesota
Clyde Zimmerman
Winifred Brinkman
Rolfe
August Brinkman
Eddie Wilcox
James Wilcox
Wilcox Farm
Miss Lucille Bowen Returns to Teach in Jefferson
Miss Lucille Bowen arrived Sunday to greet home folks before joining Mr and Mrs Co B Bowen to travel to Jefferson where she will teach in a junior high assignment this year. Bowen had been away almost two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Bowen
Co. B. Bowen
Jefferson
Lucille
Wanted ads mix local hauling and driver jobs in Rolfe and Omaha
Local ads seek Gordon Me haffey in Rolfe for water gravel lime rock ag lime and fill. Also pump septic tanks with two Bode phones. Driver trainees wanted to earn over four dollars an hour with United Systems interview line and address in Omaha. Also Carpet cleaning ad for Blue Lustre at Wold Hardware. Ottosen Market Day sale notice with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Mehaffey
Rolfe
United Systems, Inc
Interstate Terminal
N. Lth
Omaha
Nebraska
Local Families Host Weeklong Guests In Area Homes
Locals Mr and Mrs Roger Arnburg of Correctionville were week tnd guests in the parental C F Orwig home. Mr and Mrs Lee Swigert and family of Albuquerque NM were Tuesday dinner guests last week in the George J Onnen home. Mr and Mrs Don Irlbeck of Coon Rapids were Sunday eve guests at the John Schurr home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Arnburg
Correctionville
C. F. Orwig
Lee Swigert
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Tesday
George J. Onnen
Don Irlbeck
Coon Rapids
John Schurr
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Meget
Europe
C. M. Webb
Eliott Morrow
Ruth Webb
Eptic
Wold Hardware
Ottosen
Kermitt Fowler
Mgr
Iowa
Jay
Jay Arnold
Mallard
SR Sa
Virgil Shelgren
Buster O’neill
George Diederich
Kerns Bros
Sunset Hill Manor
Herman Claussen
Tor Dean , Rolfc
Eat Farm
Johnson
Church World Service
Arlo Ives
O’neall
Schumacher
Ernest C. Hinners
Gilmore City
Virgil Behrendsen
Jim Lanus
A Rolfe
Regal
Manley Johnson
Syd Beckord
Dumor
Eldon Ham
Melvin Thorson
LeRoy Simonson
Leo Diederich
Mary and
Randy Martin
Richard’s Hardware
Gaius Ives
Maytag Wringer
Gilfert Nielsen
F.F.A
Clifford Jones
Darwin Kuchenreuther
Pat Samson
Weiland
Karen Christiansen
Fryers
Melvin Pedersen
Sylvester Pease
Anna Weishaar
Relfe
Geri Smith
Hope Howard
Marilyn Whitmore
Donald Wright
Humboldt
Goldie Luft
Joe Tiernan
Rolfe School
Wm. Kemna
Sect
Roosevelt
Alice Chalmers
Robinson’s Farm Equipment
John Deere Sales and Service
Steinlite
Kolfe
Bradgate
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