Biggest Girls Track Meet Held on New Kay-Lite Track
The meet features numerous area schools including Albert City Truesdale Twin Rivers Central Fenton Ayrshire Boone Valley Renwick Clay Central Fonda Gilmore City Havelock Plover Lainens Meriden Cleghorn Mallard Marathon Palmer Pocahontas Rembrandt South Clay Terris Titonka West Bend and Rolfe. The event takes place on the Kay-lite track at Guy Bendixen Memorial Field near Rolfe School with awards for relays and top placers and top runners from Rolfe and others competing for team and individual honors.
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Albert City
Truesdale
Twin Rivers
Central
Fenton
Ayrshire
Boone’ Valley
Renwick
Clay
Fonda
Gilmore City
Havelock -Plover
Lainens
Meriden
Cleghorn
Mallard
Marathon
Palmer
Pocahontas
Guy P. ‘Bendixen
Rolfe
Gilbertson
Senior Girl Scout Conference Held At Briar Cliff
The Western Iowa Senior Girl Scout Conference met April 8 at Briar Cliff College Sioux City with about 2 7 5 attendees. Sessions covered Visual Arts Literary and Performing Arts Folk Arts and a Saturday banquet featured painting photography scripture creative writing modern dance drama folk dance and folk music. A Briar Cliff College program titled The Lonesome Train followed a Sunday church service. Miss Gerry Sloan spoke on Young Adult Opportunities and graduates were recognized. Attendees from Rolfe included Marilyn Lehman Barbara Loxterkamp Diane Sinek Janice Taylor traveling from Fort Dodge and others by charter bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briar Cliff College
Sioux City
Western Iowa
Mullen
Frank Braly
Immaculate Con
Septem ‘Parish
Sioux
Gitla
Heith
Servic
Briarcite ‘College
Gerry Sloan
Deniure
To Construct 3 Cement Ge TG 00 In
Fragmentary OCR reads like a construction item with cement and time codes. The readable portion mentions Poca and a construction plan but lacks full details for a precise summary.
Rites Pending for John B Strait 91
John B Strait of Gilmore City died Tuesday morning at Good Samaritan Center Pocahontas after a three year stay. Funeral services are pending at Lindhart Funeral Home Humboldt. Born and educated in Humboldt County he married Minnie Grimm in 1901. They farmed Gilmore City Rutland area until retiring in 1961 and moving to Rolfe then Gilmore City. Surviving: his wife four sons and four daughters in California Iowa Fort Dodge Fonda Rolfe with twenty grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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John. B. Strait
Gilmore City
Good Samaritan Center
Pocahontas
Lindhart Funeral Home
Humboldt
Humboldt County
Strait
Minnie Grimm
Rutland
Rolfe
Song
Everett
Dillion
Dayton
Henry Friar
San Bernardino
Calif
Mervel Kee
Fort Dodge
Lester Gottfried
City Man Injured in Vietnam War Notification
Mr and Mrs Russell Hoveland report their son Lance Corporal Charles R Hoveland USMC was wounded April 6 near Quang Nam Republic of Vietnam by a hostile mortar fragment to the left leg. He was treated at the First Medical Battalion evacuated and later sent home from Japan in excellent physical condition. Mail addressed to him at 08 Na 1s Hospital San Francisco.
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Russell ‘Hoveland
Charles ‘R. Hoveland
USMC
Quang Nam
Republic of Vietnam
Charles
Eur
Japan
Na 1S
San. Francisco
Vows Exchanged for Gail Rice and Larry
Linea Bendixen and Arthur Johnson officiated at a single ring ceremony in Humblink district. Mr and Mrs Gail Rice of Humboldt attended the couple. Relatives were present as the couple formed their new life together.
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Fragmentary text shows a cryptic reference to a musical or literary item with terms like pe and hor, possibly Latin or phonetic fragments. No clear people, places, dates, or events emerge. Further readable context needed for a reliable summary.
Sally Wood and Joseph Hugh I Exchanged Vows
Sally Wood and Joseph Hugh exchanged wedding vows Friday evening April 14 1967 at the Methodist Church in Rolfe. Rev A Keith Hauser officiated as organist Linda Richard played and sang with a white carnation decorated altar. The bride wore a floor length white lace gown with train long sleeves and rounded neckline carrying a bouquet of white irises and orchids.
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Sally Wood
Joseph Hugh L
Methodist' Church
Rolfe
Keith ‘Hauser
Pat Wood
Joseph A
Hugh
Deerfield
Linda
Richard
George ‘Lanus
Ian
Bride’s Sister Matron of Honor Among Wedding Attendants
Mrs Jerry Hughes served as matron of honor at the wedding. Miss Dorina Hugh and Miss Bea Wood, sisters of the couple, were bridesmaids in mint green gowns with crystal peau bodices and lace sleeves. Best man was Jerry Hughes. other attendees included Dary WH Pee and VR Sunday, April 28.
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Jerry Hughes
Dorina Hugh
Bea Wood
Garden Club Formed in Rolfe with 12 Charter Members
The Rolfe Garden Club organized on Thursday afternoon April 13 at Mrs. Fern Pease’s home. Twelve women attended, signing as charter members. Officers elected: Faith Schlensig president, Fern Pease vice president, Lillie Simonson secretary treasurer. The group aims to beautify Rolfe by planting petunia seeds and displays all summer. Next meeting May 11 at Mrs. Myrtle Ricklefs’ home. Members urge residents to join and participate in Clean-up Week April 23-29.
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Garden Club
Myrtle Ricklefs
Bernard Ricklefs
Club Algo
Rolfe Bowling Team Wins Top Award In Season Finale
A Rolfe women's bowling team claimed first place at Poky Lanes finishing the season with the top cash prize. Dick's 66 led second, followed by Rolfe Coin Laundry and three other Rolfe squads. Substitutes were listed for several lineups.
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Rolfe
Poky Lanes
Dick's 66
Berniece ‘Wolcott
Bradfate
Betty Pedersen
Tnez Loss
Alice Bierstedt
Marge Shoemaker
Joyce Eikenberry
Rosemary
Loxterkamp
Mildred Lehman
Dorothy’ Robinson
Maureen, Ranney
Deeres
Arrow
Brinkman Auto
Lth
Fierce
Two Car Crash Injures Three Near Rolfe Iowa
A Friday afternoon crash at the intersection of Highways 3 and 44 south of Rolfe injured three people. Mrs. Nelia Brinkman of Rolfe drove a 1962 Mercury into the path of Vernon Meyers of Fort Dodge in a 1962 Chevrolet. Brinkman’s left side was damaged while Meyers’s right side sustained greater damage. Passenger Mrs. Suma Butler was in Brinkman’s car. Meyers was alone.
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Rolfe
Shariff
Mercury
Mra
Nellia Brinkman
Vernon Meyers
Fort Dodge
Meyers
Brinkman
Suma" Butler
Mey
Mrs. Leon Erickson Named Bradgate Area Correspondent
Mrs Leon Erickson of Bradgate has been secured by the Rolfe Arrow as the new correspondent for the Bradgate area and will begin duties with the next issue of the paper. Her Bradgate phone is 2683 and she welcomes calls from the area. Mrs Erickson replaces Mrs Caroline Madsen who will move to Humboldt after years of faithful service.
Hartland Couple Unites In Spring 1967 Catholic Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Robert Bowe of Hartland Wisconsin announce the marriage of their daughter Shar to Mr Donald Av Savery son of Mr and Mrs Edmund Savery of Rolfe. The ceremony occurred Saturday April 8 1967 at St Charles Catholic Church Hartland with a reception at Pewaukee Country Club. Savery is a Rolfe Community School graduate employed by Coniel Welding in Menominee.
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Robert Bowe
Hartland
Wis
Sharon
Donald’Av Savery
Edmund Savery
Rolfe
St. Charles Catholic ‘Church
Pewaukee
Savery
Rolfe Community School
Coniel Welding
Menontinee Eis
Br. Savery
Luther College Dorian Music Camp Scholarships Listed
Kathleen Rickard and others received scholarships to attend the Dorian Music Camp at Luther College this summer. The camp runs June 11 to 17 on campus for grades 9 through 12 with band chorus private lessons sections rehearsals conducting theory and literature instruction. Conductors include Dr. Robert Gretchell Butler Bieli and Joe M Nobel.
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Kathleen Rickard
Luther College
Luther
Kathleen
Lois Rickard
Robert Gretchell
Luther Music Department
Butler Bi ‘el
Makalester College
Minneapolis
Joe M. Nobel
University of Town
Two Rolfe Girls Sign Teaching Contracts for Fall
Two Rolfe high school graduates from the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls signed teaching contracts for next fall. Judy Peterson will teach English at North Junior High in Fort Dodge and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C Elmer Peterson. Mary Jo Lehman will be elementary vocal music in the North Polk system serving Polk City Shedahl and Elkhart, with former Rolfe educator RB Mortensen heading the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falla
Judy Peterson
North Junior High
Ft. Dodge
Judy
C . Elmer Peterson
Mary Jo Lehman
North Polk
Polk City
Shedahl
Elkhart
RB. 0
Mortensen
Thos
Jones
Laurens Sun Publisher Wins Master Editor Publisher Award
Neil L. Maurer, publisher and editor of the Laurens Sun, was named one of three Master Editor Publisher award recipients at the 52nd annual session held last weekend. Maurer, 58, has led the Sun since buying the paper in 1941 and later acquiring the Mallard Leader in 1960. the Laurens Sun and managing editor Will Fariman were also honored.
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Neil L. Maurer
Laurens, Sun
Maurer
IPA
Sun
i+ i
Laurens’ Sun
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