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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1967
Page
6
April schedule lists field trip to Des Moines and several boys and girls track meets. Events include Holstein on Tuesday, Pocahontas on the 15th, Cherokee and Belle Plaine for girls, with dates and locations noted by the school.
Roses highlight spring weather nine weeks left in school FHLA trip new cheerleaders volleyball tournaments and Honors Banquet. Thorns mention overdue make up slips tests report cards and track development.
Roving Ram notes honors banquet sponsored by Rolfe Lions Club on Tuesday March 28. In late March 1967 cheerleader tryouts involved 11 candidates with six chosen Marilyn Lehman Jeanne Jordan Cheryl Wilson Debbie Erickson Marcia Hansen Sue Wilson. The 1967 musical Check Your Worries cast announced by directors Dobrovolny and Wibben with principals Eu gene Walton Linda Helmke Jeanne Jordan Becki Ives Marc Stoufe Dennis Heathman Tom Olerich Iver Behrendsen Julie Hansen Ray Anderson Randy Buck Monte Howard Dean Pedersen Leo Shimon. Tentative performances set for April 30 and May 1. DART-
Judy Cooksey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Cooksey, stands five feet tall but active in Rolfe High School life. She participates in glee, chorus, F H A, softball, and serves as basketball manager while planning to attend Westmar College. Bob Tjaden, over six feet, excels in biology and typing, stars in glee and chorus, and has led F F A activities, aiming for a farming career as the F F A notes thanks for supporting the fundraiser.
The F F A reports finishing a pigeon hunt totaling 312 birds. The first night yielded 191 birds from nearby farms using nets ladders and flashlights. At 20 cents per bird the group earned 62.40 dollars to donate to a regional charity.
A brief school update notes March week themes magnets spelling tree spelling progress and math on tens and ones. It records 18 pupils with boys outnumbering girls and welcomes back Terry. Reading remains uneven and writing shows progress with parental encouragement praised.
First graders report spring fever and mud puddles. They started a second semester unit We Learn to Listen Speak and Write with listening exercises and past tense verbs. They practice counting by twos threes and fours and adding subtracting money. Three reading groups use More Fun With Our Friends and Fan With Our Friends. Pupils bring puppets for a small theatre and stick puppets to act out stories. Free reading favorite Dr Seuss books.
Mrs Maggie Spencer of Hastings Nebraska spent last week with sister Mrs Mary Peterson. Mr and Mrs Les Fargo of Sunrise Beach Missouri visited in the H J Nielsen home and with relatives. Mrs Sophia Hertz with the Richard Hovey family visited Dorothy Cornwell at Redwood Falls Minnesota and Hutchinson Minnesota with the Raymond Otto family. Mr and Mrs Robert Truelsen were Sunday callers in the Wilfred Wiuff home near Rutland. Everett Burns went to West Bend to help his father Jim Burns celebrate his 98th birthday. Mr and Mrs Florent Hotogee and daughter of Pocahontas visited in the home of Mrs Mary Hronek Thursday. Sunday Mr and Mrs C W Jarvis and Mrs Esther Pierce visited the Jim Fitzgerald home in Fort Dodge and helped.
Janelle Fitzgerald marks her second birthday. Mrs. Bess Graham along with Dr. and Mrs. G E Schnug visit Mrs. Henry Otto at St Ann's Hospital in Algona. Otto's sister-in-law Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Schnug report she is improving and likely to be released. Don Ferguson enrolls at Universal Trades School in Omaha for auto body work, after graduating from Rolfe Community School in 1967. Roy Simonson attends a Fort Dodge dinner meeting sponsored by the Federal Land Bank System marking its 50th anniversary. a film Providers of Plenty is shown.
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