Nostrand to Speak at Farmers Meeting in Pocahontas
Nostrand to address concerns on grain and spring issues at an open meeting Friday night in the Catholic School in Pocahontas. The session, sponsored by Farm Bureau Farmers Union and NIO, will cover changes in the program and their impact on prices and income next year. Maurice Van Nostrand, Glen Newell and Harold Stientges head the lineup with a Q and A session to follow. Farmers and interested persons are invited.
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Pocahontas
Farm Bureau
Farmers 4 Union
NIO
Maurice van
Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Glen Newell
Pocahontas County
ASCS
Harold Stientges
Farmers Cooperative
Rolfe Senior Doug Christensen finalist for Farm Bureau scholarship
Rolfe Community School honor student Doug Christensen is among 36 Iowa high school seniors named finalists for the Farm Bureau women's scholarship program. Finalists from 93 applications travel to Des Moines April 26 for interviews. 18 will win $160 for two years toward college. Christensen plans to attend Iowa State University.
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Doug Christensen
Rolfe Community School
Iowa
Ia. ‘Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Doug
Alvin Christensen
Iowa State University
Music Mothers Meeting at Rolfe School Lunchroom
Music Mothers will hold a special meeting in the Rolfe school lunchroom on Monday evening April 9 at 7 30. All mothers of high school music students and those with children in the Junior High Band should attend to discuss the potential purchase of new band uniforms.
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Rolfe
Services Held For Margie Hughes 73
Margie Hughes 73 died unexpectedly Friday in Rolfe at Sunset Hill Manor where she lived since 1971. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Rolfe United Methodist Church with Rev. Warren A. Bintz officiating. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery Manson. Surviving are a brother Harris Hughes of Rolfe and eight nieces and nephews. Her parents and four brothers preceded her in death.
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Margie Hughes
Sunset Hill Manor
Rolfe
United Methodist Church
Warren A. Bintz
Ruth Olney
Ray Smith
Russel Jordan
Old Rugged Cross
Jim Wilcox
Paul Biedermann
Leslie
Havelock
Margie
Harris Hughes
Willard
Hughie
Bruce
Daisy
Ranney couple weekend visit with Parduns in Independence
Dr and Mrs R B Ranney spent the weekend of March 24 at the Inde pendence home of Dr and Mrs Russell Pardun.
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R. B. Ranney
Russell Pardun
Independence
Rolfe Lions Honor Students Banquet Speaker William Grove
The Rolfe Lions Club will honor Rolfe Community School’s top students at the Honors Banquet on Wednesday April 11 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. William Grove assistant high school principal and Adult Education Director at Algona will speak on Education For What. Dinner by St. Pauls women, served by Junior High honor students to about 32 honorees. The Rolfe Chamber of Commerce also meets Monday April 9 for a dinner and business session.
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Rolfe Lions Club
Rolfe Community School
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Grove
Algona
Grove
Nigeria
St. Paul’s Church
Legion Birthday Party Honours Post Commander Role Clarified
In the Rolfe Arrow account of the Legion’s Annual Birthday Party, the birthday cake was presented to Rollie Mann as Post Commander, while Dr. C. W. Harris is the actual Post Commander.
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Legion
Rolfe Arrow
Rollie Mann
C. W. Harris
Engagement of Janis Ferguson to Robert Tjaden
Mr and Mrs Dale Ferguson of Havelock announce the engagement of their daughter Janis C to Robert Tjaden son of Mr and Mrs Emerson Tjaden of Gilmore City The couple plan a September 1 wedding at the United Methodist Church in Havelock Janis a 1970 Rolfe Community School graduate in nurses training at Town Methodist Hospital Des Moines set to graduate May 18 Robert is a 1967 Rolfe graduate and works in farming south of Rolfe
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Dale Ferguson
Havelock
Janis C
Robert Tjaden
Emerson Tjaden
Gilmore City
Miss Ferguson
Rolfe Community School
Town Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Rolfe
United Methodist
Market Report April 4 1973 Soybeans June Oats
Market notes list soybeans for April and June oats with price guidance. Unclear figures but indicates crop futures activity and routine daily movement in the grain pits.
Pyramids View Group Portrait in Egypt Tour
A captioned group photo shows travelers in front of the Great Sphinx and Kephren Pyramid at Giza. Included are Rev. Ella Powell of Fremont, Mohammed the guide, Mrs. Bintz’s family, Miss Fern Snyder of Lincoln, Mrs. Julius of Gilmore City, Miss Mary Wun cerlich of Martell, and Mrs. Emma Swan, with a large identifying numeral 3 in the corner.
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Giza
Egypt
Great Sphinx
Kephren Pyramid
Ella Powell
Fremont
Nebr
Bintz
Mohammed
Warren A. Bintz
Fern Snyder
Lincoln
Tena Julius
Gil
More City
Mary Wuncerlich
Martell
Emma Swan
Two Rolfe Women Return From Christian Visit To Bible Lands
Mrs. Warren A. Bintz and Mrs. Emma Swan of Rolfe return with three companions from Nebraska after a two week trip to the Holy Lands. The voyage began March 12 from New York JFK to Athens then Cairo, visiting Corinth, the Temple of Apollo, Roman ruins, the Parthenon, and the Sphinx. They stayed at the Nile Hilton and rode camels during the pyramids tour.
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Bible Lands
Warren A. Bintz
Emma Swan
Rolfe
Tena Julius
Gilmore City
Nebraska
Holy Lands
Swan
New York
J. F. Kennedy International Airport
Olympic Airways
Athens
Greece
Acropolis
Wingless
Victor
Parthenon
Mara
Gill
Jack
Alrie
Onassis
Corinth
Paul
Apollo
Kindergarten Roundup Set For April 16 at 1 PM
From the Supt s Desk the annual Kindergarten Roundup will be held Monday April 16 beginning at 1 00 p m in the kindergarten room The regular Board of Education meeting for April is postponed until April 16 due to the attendance at the National Association of School Board Convention by three local board members Gay Stover Kermit Shimon and Deane Gunderson with their wives will attend the convention in Anaheim Calif from April 5 11
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Board of Education
National Association of School Board
Gay Stover
Kermitt Shimon
Deane Gunderson
Anaheim
Calif
Equipment Auction by Loren Hubbell Public sale planned
Loren Hubbell will hold a public auction sale of his shop equipment and tools this Saturday evening April 7 beginning at 6 30. The sale takes place at the property one block east of the Standard Oil Station. The Hubbell building has been sold to Les Blair of Pocahontas who plans production this year of a patented invention. The equipment includes an adjustable drill jig or center punch intended for schools highway commissions and machine shops.
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Loren Hubbell
Standard Oil Station
Hubbell
Les Blair
Pocahontas
Highway Commission
Uniform return notice for school bands and blazers
All band uniforms must be turned in at the school by Friday April 13 for cleaning. Blazers worn by boys in vocal groups also due by that date. Graduates with blazer issues should return them to the school as soon as possible.
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Fuiday
Cleaners
Lions Club Annual Auction Nets Record $1100
The Lions Club auction last Saturday in the former Grant Lumber Yard building was a financial success despite bad weather. It netted over $1,100, the largest sale ever for the local Lions, with members thanking donors and helpers for their support.
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Lions Club
Grant Lumber Yard
Women Golf League Forms Here in Town
The Women's Golf League is organizing locally. Anyone not contacted who wishes to join a team or serve as a substitute should call golf chairman Emily Anderson by May 1. New members will be welcome.
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Emily Anderson
Telmer Sime Rites Held At St. Paul's
Funeral services for Telmer G. Sime of Rolfe were held Friday afternoon at St. Paul s Lutheran Church with Rev. Gary Olson officiating. Interment was in Clinton-Garfield Cemetery, Rolfe. Sime, born January 8 1904 at Radcliffe Town, died March 27 1973 in Fort Dodge at age 69.
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Telmer G. Sime
Rolfe
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Gary Olson
Verna Ryen
Russell Sime
Ron Danielson
Old Rugged Cross
Wm. Brinkman
Marie Ryen
Olive Ryen
James Moline
Martin Peterson
Theo
Mrs Violetha Bennett Returns From Albuquerque Winter
Mrs. Violetha Bennett has returned from Albuquerque New Mexico where she spent the winter months.
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Violetha Bennett
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Engagement Announced for Arlis Rae Benz and Leo Shimon
Mr and Mrs Gordon Benz of Bradgate announce the engagement of their daughter Arlis Rae to Leo Shimon son of Mr and Mrs John Shimon of Rolfe An August wedding is planned Miss Benz is a 1971 Gilmore City Bradgate School graduate and secretary at Hughes Plumbing and Heating in Rolfe Leo Shimon graduated Rolfe High School in 1969 and works at Point's Trucking in An August wedding is planned.
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Gordon Benz
Bradgate
Arlis Rae
Leo Shimon
John Shimon
Rolfe
Benz
Gilmore City-Bradgate
Hughes Plumbing & Heating
Rolffe High School
Point’s Trucking
Pocahontas
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Music Mothers Meeting
Community Chest
Rolfe Chamber of Commerce
Bon Appetite Cafe
Northeast Town and Country Community Chest
Iowa Electric Light and Power Building
Edwin Grove
Lawrence Turley
John W. Nielsen
Ken Bennett
Clinton
Bonnie Wolfe
E. A. Johnson
Phil Johnson
Garfield
Dennis Wagner
Powhatan
David van Alstine
LeRoy Simonson
Eddie Shelgren
Lawrence Henderson
Des Moines Township
Weather Report
Ed Weiland
Market Report
Holy Land
Supt
Telmer
St. Paul’s
Don Kauffman
Lions Sale
Dick Bennett
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