Rolfe News Briefs Highlight Local Activities and War Aid
Rolfe and surrounding community columns report farm sales and land prospects from Munson Co. West Bend. veterans and marines promotions at Quantico. social visits among Grant family and neighbors. local cattle auctions at Northwestern yards. and fuel saving tips urging home heating conservation for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Lighter
Marines
Quantico
Eugene
Rolfe
Helen Houser
Cedar Rapids
Alma Houser
Theodore Munson
West Bend
Munson
Pocahontas County Y M C A Holds Sixth Annual Meeting
Walter Holliday secretary announces the Pocahontas County Y M C A sixth annual business meeting at three o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Pocahontas Presbyterian church. The event will set county committee policies, elect new members, hear committee reports, and feature speakers on home and war work. All contributors and interested residents are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Holliday
Pocahontas County
Presbyterian Church
Pocahontas
Iowa faces possible severe fuel shortage this winter
Charles Webster, state fuel administrator for Iowa, warns that severe winter weather could trigger a much worse fuel shortage than last year. He notes that most consumers responded loyally to the appeal despite the looming threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Webster
Iowa
Bradgate Adds Teacher Amid Enrollment Rise
Bradgate consolidated school increases staff due to heavy lower grade enrollment, hiring Miss Babbitt of Eagle Grove. Local social notes include Mrs. Hugh McCreary and Rex Gilmore City visitors, visits from Mrs. Marie Peterson West Bend, and other Bradgate residents hosting relatives and touring nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McCreary
Rex
Gilmore City
Marie Peterson
West Bend
Nels Smith
F. Bergeselker
Carroll
F. F. Caywood
O. J. Sheldon
Will Howell
Fort Dodge
W. D. Clow
Marshalltown
Bradgate Consolidated
Babbitt
Eagle Grove
John Hopkins
C. C. Knoll
Theron Kendall
Havelock Happenings and Nearby Visits Reported
Local updates note J H Loots in Pocahontas for business last Friday. Several residents including Mrs Kendall and son, Geo Helmer of Rolfe, Miss Pearl Hersom, Earl Chinn, G A Grover and wife, Frank Merry, and Andrew Peterson visit or travel in Pocahontas and surrounding towns. Martin Keerles buys a Ford truck for farm use. Cummins township Red Cross Unit meets to sew quilts for Belgian children. Elmer Heathman returns from Des Moines. Loyd Buck ill at Seay Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Gehrt
J. Hollenbeck
Rolfe
Frank Flynn
Elmer Heathman
Des Moines
Andrew Peterson
Pocahontas
Alfred Mick
Loyd Buck
Seay Pike
Community notes from Laurens area residents and visitors
Local snippets record several residents visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns. Mentions include trips by Wert Crandall, Elmer and John Albaugh, and return visits from Ray and Howard Albaugh who are training in Ames. Farm activity includes Clarence Hauswirth purchasing a Rumley tractor with a four bottom plow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
Sam Gill
Lakes
Clarence Hauswirth
Rumley
C. W. Gill
David Merry
Laurens
John Albaugh
Ankeny
John
Elmer
A. C. Prussner
Pocahontas
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Jackie
Iday
P. M
Woodworth Clamerreen
Ser
Cody, Deming
New
McCray
Edgar
Randall Melson
Lulu Brumit
Kiron
Jerome Hollen
Avid
Casper.Grant
Earl Fisher
Camp Dodge
Woodward
Grant
B. M. Brooks
F. C. DeWolf
Orville Dobbs
Spencer
J. S. Pearce
Charles Linnan of
Fonda
J. A. Carroll
John Stephenson
Sebeka
Minn
John Gunderson
Roosevelt Township
Harley Jordan
Clement Jordan
Montgomery
Munson Land Co
West Bend, Iowa
H. W. Lyon
Burns
Wyoming
Omer
Charles
Presbyterian Missionary Society
A. D. Cleal
India
Wm. Matteson
C. A. Grant
Holt Implement Company
E. B
Perry White
Mark Shaw
Lou White
Azro Shaw
Howard N. Wheeler
Lake Township
Hampshire
Mary T. Watts
Audubon
E. H. Tervill
Los Angeles
Cal
Rolfe and
Plover
Chas, Watts
McCray & Blessing
Northwestern Yards
Blessing
Fuel Administration
Suich
Georgette
Statue of Liberty
Colonial Group
Our
Trench Scene
Atston Store
Feort Dodge
Bradgate
Havelock
J. H. Loots
Mrs. Kendall and Son
Geo. Helmer of
Ean Thard
Pocshontas
Bug
United States
State OF Iowa
W. S. McEwen
James Bruce
C. H. Moon
J. B. Kent
Robert Bruce
Jos. McEwen
Berlin
Rolfe Scenic Theatre
Archduke Ferdinand
Western Front
Belgium
France
Britain
America
Germany
Kaiser
New York
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