Rolfe Band Queen 11 Years Ago and Local Happenings
Rolfe High School Marching Band prepares for Estherville Band Festival this week. Rolfe Rams beat Pocahontas 22 to 20 on Homecoming with Standouts Leadley Murray and Streit on defense. Local hatcheries Beckord and Trettin sponsor 25 week TV series Whirlybirds on Mason City channel Monday at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Behrendsen
Rolfe
Rolfe High School
Estherville
George Beckord
Whirlybirds
Mason City
Beckord
Hatchery
Trettin Hatchery
Rockford
Rolfe Rams
Pocahontas Indians
Leadley
Murray
Streit
Main Street
Glenn
Claude Lent
Manson
Manson Congregational Church
Record pumpkin weighs forty pounds sets county mark
A. L. Roberts of Plover produced a pumpkin of 39 pounds and 50 inches in circumference, reported as a county record. Richard Fisher of Rolfe pledged to Pi Kappa Alpha at Iowa State College. Mary Jean Hoffman of Sioux City visited the Verne Peters home. Louie and George Schonberger with Leo and John Diederich returned from a 10 day northern Canada fishing trip with good catches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Roberts
Plover
Richard Fisher
Rolfe
Pi Kappa Alpha
Iowa State College
Mary Jean Hoffman
Sioux City
Verne Peters
Louie
George Schonberger
Leo
John Diederich
Canada
War Savings Corsage Sold by 4H Girls
25 years ago 4H Club girls sold War Savings Stamp corsages on the street Saturday. Mrs. L W Ives was honored by her children at open house for her 80th birthday anniversary Sunday September 26. Don Shimon went to Des Moines to enlist in the Army Air Corps. Art DeVaul was injured Tuesday evening when he fell from a hay load breaking both bones in his right wrist. Reverend Harold Dayton was ordained an elder at the Methodist Conference in Fort Dodge. Mr and Mrs Marion Ham attended the golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Frank Cox at Des Moines Tuesday. Lieutenant Lucille Everson and other American nurses escaped a bombed hospital ship outside Salerno on September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Ives
Don Shimon
Des Moines
Army Air Corps
Art DeVaul
Harold Dayton
Fort Dodge
Marion Ham
Frank Cox
D.M.T
Lucille Everson
Gulf of Salerno
Autumn notes mix local history plans and political hints
The writer discusses Tilley log cabin work at Streit Memorial Park led by Brownie Rickard and proposes moving Hall House and Martin farm Norse Mooring Stone to the park. They envision a three-monument site to draw tourists and celebrate early history while noting autumn signals and a political prediction about Wallace and McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilley
Streit Memorial Park
Brownie Rickard
Hall House
Rolfe
Martin Farm
Local notes from Rome and nearby on crops and events
The column lists sweet corn picked by Mrs DeBois Jones planted late in July and tender white ears. It notes Corn is frost free and fields show little green. Attendees at Porcahontas cooking school include Dorothy Joens Grace Heinz and Miss Hurley with prizes won by Dorothy and Miss Hurley. Community events include a football game at BPolfe High School vs Laurens and various Local leaders attending Legion Auxiliary and district meetings. Racing dog owner Jos Krejchi plans Richmond Minn race next Saturday. Two DMt high students Marjory and Virgil Vaughn win prizes at the Big Four Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBois Jones
Dorothy Joens
Grace Heinz
Miss Hurley
Porcahontas
Dorothy
Bpolfe High School
Laurens
Het
Marvin Burroughs
E. W. Wilson
4. Simonson
Dora Simonson
Lyman George
John Marchant
County American Legion Auxiliary
Palmer
Fort Dodge Jast
Butler
Agnes Christensen
Max Jax Greenberg
L. H. Kjoller
Nain Lutheran Church
Kjoller
Canada
Rome
Jos. Krejchi
Richmond
Minn
H. C. Kauffmen
Mads Johansen
Nels C. Nielsen
Victor Hermansen
Butler Represents G G Butler in Unspecified Matter
The item notes G G Butler and attorney involvement on an unspecified case or matter as reported on a 1928 newspaper page, with no further readable context or outcome details available.
Local Social Roundup From Algona Area
Iowa Federation meeting in Des Moines September 18 and 19 included Mrs. N. Wilson as 6th District Director. Weekend visits featured Carol, Gail, and Janice from Minneapolis, various local guests, and several travelings to Ames, Cedar Falls, Nashua, Spillville, Festina, and Waterloo with family and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. 4. Wilson
Iowa Federation State Board
Des Moines
Wilson
Federation
John Lush
Carol
Gail
Janice
Minneapolis
Arthur Kilbourn
Jack Schonberger
Rockford, Ill
Jay Joel
Jill Schonberger
Cedar Falls
Roy Schonberger
Jim O'Donnell
Gilmore City
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Mall Press
eSeneTion
Manent
Iowa
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Bolfe
Edna Marchant
Joe Gunderson
Omana Sungay
Humboldt County Chorus
Ames
Omaha
FHLA
Beverly Weible
Donna Erickson
Gov. Wallace
Eugene McCarthy
Rams
Shop Rolfe Filst
Rickard
Rolfe, Iowa
G. G. Butler
Guy Kerns
T. W. Rickman
Earl Raucher
Mondher
Earl Kerns
Louis Wilson
Lawrence Hilton
Elkton, Minn
Lorraine Schott
Lisa
LeMars
Hiltons
Harry Hilton
Pocahontas Hospital
Russel Jordan
Jeanne
Jon
Gary Wolfe
Conrad Majorowicz
Mrs
Alvie Perkins
Long
Bill Johnson
Nick Alexander
Algona
Jack Johnson
Morris Webb
Bruce Palmer
Waterloo
Shirley Thornton
Wes Peterson
Harley Peterson
Bradgate
Willard Peterson
Lutheran Hospital
Rialto
Pocahontas, Iowa
Dick van Dyke
Robinson
Hammerhead
Fri
Sat
Sun
Farmers Co-operative Co
Caprice
Brinkman Auto Co
S.&h
Clover Farm
van Camp
Wisconsin
Longhorn
Margarine Clover Farm
KRAFT
Boone River
Freeman's
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