Rolfe Marching Band Performs in Spencer Band Day
The Rolfe High School marching band joined the Spencer Band Day event on Monday September 8 as students and supporters took part in the annual activities. R O Mortensen took his son Ivan to Ames on Wednesday for study at Iowa State College. Mrs Nora Mentzer of Burbank California arrived Friday to visit her sisters. Margie Jensen and Pete Beten wed at St Margarets Church Rolfe in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony conducted by Rev D A Tewell. Mr and Mrs David Henderson hosted a dinner after the baptism of their grandson Paul Henderson at St Pauls Lutheran. Mr and Mrs Fred McKim and family visited I M McKim at Newyaud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Spencer
R O. Mortensen
Ivan
Ames
Iowa State College
Nora Mentzer
Burbank
Calif
Robert Weigert
Inga Ryen
Lester Spangler
Margie Dolores Jensen
Pete Beten
St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
D. A. Tewell
David Henderson
Paul Cleveland Henderson
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Youngster Injured In Fall At School Ground
Jimmie Young, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Earl Young, suffered a broken left arm Monday afternoon around three o clock after falling while playing on the school grounds. Grandma Freely celebrated her 87th birthday Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Nora Clarke. Don H Peters recently joined Creighton University College of Commerce after two years at the Gilmore City bank. Victor and Donald Madsen left Friday for Wheatland Kentucky to visit the Chris Madsen and G S Severson families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Young
Earl Young
Oscar Freel
Grandma
Nora Clarke
Don H. Peters
Bank
Gilmore City
College of Commerce
Creighton University
Omaha
Victor Madsen
Donald Madsen
Wheatland
N. Cak
Chris Madsen
G. S. Severson
Local residents move for studies and service in 1943
Twenty five years ago on September 9 1943 Dr and Mrs L M Graham and daughter Jean left for Chicago so Jean could enter the American School of Art Marilyn Barrett departed for Cedar Falls to attend IS T C Mrs Willis Richards began teaching at Roosevelt school township No 1 Children of Mr and Mrs Henry Kober spent Sunday with them and helped strip cane Dean Stover left for Des Moines to be inducted into the navy Sterling Simonson bought a 240 acre farm two miles west and a mile south of Whittemore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Graham
Jean
Chicago
American School of Art
Marilyn Barrett
Cedar Falls
1.S.T.C
Willis Richards
Roosevelt School
Township No 1
Henry Kober
Kober
Dean Stover
Des Moines
Navy
Sterling Simonson
Whittemore
Camp Miniwanea group on WOT broadcast in Ames
Thirty years ago on a Saturday noon Marie Hosier led a group of Camp Miniwanea attendees on the WOT broadcast in Ames. Mr and Mrs George Brock of Fort Dodge visited the parental Jim Brock home en route to Spirit Lake for Labor Day. The Norwegian Missionary society gathered at Miss Clara Eversons home for a quilting afternoon. L M Graham and son Marsh returned from a ten day trip to northern Minnesota and Canada to help Marsh with hay fever relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hosier
Camp Miniwanea
Ames
George Brock
Fort Dodge
Jim Brock
Spirit Lake
Norwegian Missionary Society
Clara Everson
L. M. Graham
Marsh
Minnesota
Canada
Rolfe Installs Natural Gas As Sunset Hill Manor Opens
Rolfe moves forward with natural gas for the 1968 69 heating season and celebrates Sunset Hill Manor’s first year. The town council earned praise for bringing gas and signups favor a municipal system. The article explains odorization safety rules and gas ignition details, notes Northern Natural Gas Company facilities, and recalls Luther Thompson’s reported hole in one at the local course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Sunset Hill Manor
Luther Thompson
Fraternity Trip Traverses Mississippi to New Orleans
A Cornell College fraternity brother recalls a voyage that lasted 28 days in a canoe from Minneapolis to New Orleans. Bob Ferguson and Larry Bowman of Duluth, his former roommate, led the expedition claiming a first in recent years to travel the river this way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bob Ferguson
Cornell College
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Larry Bowman
Duluth
Bob’s
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JasGo Cfr
Iowa
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Fred McKim
Alice
Zola
Frankie
I. M. McKim
Wyaud
Aptee
Roy
Wood
H. Green Staii
Hershey
Kellogg’s
Wagner
van Camp
Clover Farm
Pepery
C. W. Roberts
Mrs
A. A. Firkins
Atlantic
W. F. Hofert
KR. E. DuBois
Clyde Maulsby
Ware Strong
Jimmy Wilcox
Ralph Showers
Lloyd Cox
Interlaken Park
Madeira
H. L. Jordan
O.T.O. Fraternity
Ers
Eldon
Byron Olerich
J. C. Nelson
LeRoy
Orvan Olerich
Mary McEwen
Black Hills
J. P. Graves
Chas. Knutson
Luther
Good Guys
FHA
Farmers Home Administration
Arden H. Newell
Sewer and Water Association
Newell
Daryl D. Hansen
Humboldt
Pocahontas
Webster
Hansen
County Tap
TAP
Humboldt, Pocahontas
Webster Counties
1St Avenue South
Humboldt County
Federal Building
Webster County
Pocahontas Courthouse
Pocahontas County
Northern Natural Gas Company
Ceri Crna
Famey Servor
Wold Hardware
Ua Xele
Mers and Service
Brinkman Auto Co
Chevrolet
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