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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1972
Page
5
Miss Susan Howland and Anthony Richardson exchanged wedding vows at 7:00 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church Rolfe on April 7 1972. The ceremony included Easter lily decor and music by Mendelssohn Lohengrin with Miss Patty Samson singing.
A barn on the Robert Zeman farm two miles north of Bradgate burned on Tuesday evening with no livestock inside. The nearby house suffered minor water and smoke damage as Bradgate Gilmore City Bede and West Bend fire crews responded to the incident.
The Women’s Golf League is organizing here. Call golf chairman Mrs. Charles Anderson by May 1 if you want to join a team or be a substitute.
The fourth Ram Relays are scheduled here Tuesday afternoon with field events and preliminaries starting at 4 30 p m finals at 7 00 p m Sixteen schools will attend including Sentral South Clay Ringsted Laurens Terill West Bend Clay Central Sioux Rapids Twin Rivers Ruthven Northwest Webster Lincoln Central Mallard Havelock Plover Gilmore City Rolfe Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students Team and runner up trophies will be awarded Medals for five places in all events and relays Rams compete in area meets scoring points at Pocahontas and Laurens meets through April 24 with Bill Tutt and B Hilton among top Rolfe scorers.
The Rolfe Lions Club recognized 52 honor students at the annual Honors Banquet held Wednesday April 19 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Names span seniors to freshmen and include Connie Ricklefs and Ron Henriksen who spoke on challenges facing students teachers and parents.
Rolfe Community School will be closed Friday due to an extra snow vacation day not used this winter. Classes will resume as usual on Monday per the Swap Sheet notice.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Bowen were conducted Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church in Rolfe with Rev. Dallas Johnson officiating. Organist J B Rutgers accompanied Rev. B J Swede of Spirit Lake who sang How Great Thou Art and The Lord's Prayer. Interment followed in Clinton Garfield Cemetery. Jennie Jones Bowen was born October 28 1881 in Mifflin Wisconsin, daughter of William R and Martha Ann Clayton Jones. She passed away April.
Funeral rites for Estella A. Hash were held Saturday at Furhman Funeral Home Estherville with Rev. Warren A. Bintz officiating. Mrs Norma Schmeling played and accompanied the singing Be yond the Sunset and Face to Face. Casket bearers were grandsons Harold Larry Jon James and Duane Terwilliger with Fred Wayne and Roger Hash as honorary pallbearers. Burial followed at East side Cemetery near Estherville. Estella A. Hash born September 12 1887 in Saybrook Illinois died April 19 1972 at a hospital.
Rolfe placed second to Clay Central at the Pocahontas Invitational on April 18, scoring 47 points to Pocahontas 351. Individual finishes include Shaun Feldman 3rd in long jump, Carol Wiegert 3rd in discus, and multiple relay wins and high placements for the Rolfe team.
Rolfe Area Swimming Pool opens Saturday May 27 for its third season with Marshall Farley returning as manager. Lifeguard applications are invited via Farley by Friday 6:00. Hours updated to 1:30 to 9:00 daily with possible 9:30 close in heat. Tickets go on sale May 1 at Evelyn Leadley’s office with new prices 30 dollar family season, 7.50 weekly family, 15 dollar individual, and general admission 75 cents. Pool board: Neugent Shoemaker Schoon Kaiser Winkleblack.
A Cham ber of Commerce sponsored session convenes at 8 00 Friday evening in the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company recreation room. Retail sales merchants are urged to attend as past and future promotions are reviewed and a year round program is planned.
A meeting for boys and dads to start a Rolfe Scout Troop is urged for Sunday May 7 at 4 00 p m in the Legion Hall. Attendees will decide on the active Scout Troop and promote good citizenship through scouting.
Clocks will advance one hour at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday April 30 under the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Set clocks ahead one hour before bed Saturday night April 29 to begin daylight saving time.
The Sidewalk Fair sponsored by the Rolfe Action Groups raised about 1000 dollars from sales and tickets to fund a trip for 40 Rolfe youths to Explo 72. Toy tables offered items, and prizes were awarded including a family pool ticket won by Willie Gertzman and a ski vacation donated back by Bob Dixon. Other prizes went to Mrs. Lawrence Nelson, Mrs. L. D. Wilson, Bob Sweet, and Ina Woy.
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