Rolfe News Spars with Neighboring Towns in Busy Week
Local notes report visits by Laura, Doris, and many others across Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Laurens, and Rolfe. Attendees include Max Naylor, Lois Yoder, Fred Kerns, Maude Ives, and multiple families. farming trips, sales, and social gatherings populate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teree
Bam
Doris
Ryan
Laugens
Leo Sinek
Fort Dodge
Max ‘O. Naylor
Rolfe
Lois Yoder
Kalona
Fred Kerns
A. Kerns
Myre
L. W. Ives
G. C. Hosier
Maude Ives
Ivan Sime
Sam. Sime
Hadcliffe
Telmer Sime
Charles Howard
Hack
Livermore
Edward. Green
Erry
Pocahontas
Kephart Family Visits Blowing Rock Home
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Kephart and daughter Margaret of Blowing Rock North Carolina arrived Monday evening for a few days visit at the home of Dr. Kephart’s sister Mrs. M R Soth Their family owns Camp Yonahlessee a summer camp for girls in the mountains near Blowing Rock They have been touring Canada since the camp season and are en route to Texas for a short vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Kephart
Margaret
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Honor Roll Students Named at Iowa State Teachers College
Miss Mary Graves and Miss Beulah Dawson were among 59 students placed on the honor roll at Iowa State Teachers College during the summer quarter. Graves teaches at Roosevelt No. 7 school southwest of Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graves
Iowa State Teachers College
Miss Graves
Roosevelt No. 7
Rolfe
Beulah Dawson
Gilmore City
Trailer Vagabond: Puget Sound Ferries Shape Seattle Area
A vivid portrait of Seattle’s ferry system and Puget Sound waters. The piece notes sixty ferries moving 5,000,000 passengers and 1,000,000 cars yearly, from the Kalakala to smaller boats, linking Seattle with Bremerton Navy Yard and beyond. It highlights reliance on ferries in fog, navigation by ear, and the region’s Ever green Playground branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Dr Sherman Visits Sister in Rolfe During California Trip
Dr Ben Sherman roentgenologist from Hollywood California visited his sister Mrs O B Fuller senior and family in Rolfe Sunday. He will attend a post graduate course for roentgenologists in Cincinnati Ohio and shared films of his cancer research and the 1941 Tournament of Roses. He was joined in Rolfe by Mr Allan Percy and Mrs Percy of Dexter as dinner guests of the Fuller family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Ben Sherman
Hollywood
Calif
O. B. Fuller
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pasadena
Rolfe
Allan Percy
Dexter
Pfeiffer Predicts Higher Birth Rate in Iowa
Dr. Eric P. Pfeiffer, vital statistics director for Iowa health, forecast a continued rise in the state birth rate through 1941. He cited an 896 birth increase in the first five months of this year vs 1940, noting a long upward trend since 1937 and referencing a new statistical report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Eric P. Pfeiffer
Vital Statistics
Iowa State Department of Health
Birth rate rises in Towa mirrored by war draft effects
Dr Pfeiffer reports Towa birth rate climbing from 16.8 in 1937 to 17.9 last year with 17 403 births in first five months compared with 17 007 a year earlier. He notes totals 2 369 in 1938 rising to 43 881 then 48 942 in later years and predicts a downward trend after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfeiffer
Towa
Harvest Supper At Methodist Church Draws 200 Attendees
About 200 people attended the annual harvest home supper at the Methodist church on Wednesday night. Tables featured fall flower bouquets and the event, sponsored by the Sunday school department, proceeds benefiting the church budget.
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Methodist Church
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Lendit Paulson
C. Exinttom
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Tobin Business College
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Wm. Strickler
Idella Ballard
Bill Garner
Sutherland
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G. A. Dawson
Joe Biederman
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Bro Lansing
Keith Haynes
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Supt. Davis
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Art Hansen
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Joe Shimon
A. B. Vining
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Wyo
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Big Sale
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C. J. Morison
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Elbert Brewster
Brewster
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Pullete
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God
America
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