Ideal Conditions For Good Crops Here This Season
Field work is in high gear across the locale with Roger Applegate driving the tractor on a 120 acre farm one mile north and 14 miles east of town. Telmer Sime owns the farm. Applegate is married to Judy Sime and they have one young son. Spring work proceeds at a normal pace as soil moisture stays average after April rainfall. Prospects for a good crop this season are excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Applegate
Telmer Sime
Roger
Applegate
Judy Sime
False Alarm Ties Rolfe Fire Crew to Leroy Schoon Home
Rolfe Fire Department responded to a false alarm at the Leroy Schoon residence after Wayne Montieth|local telephone manager|was installing a fire phone. The report noted that the words fire and Leroy Schoons triggered the call. Citizens are urged to drive cautiously and not block fire trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Fire Department
Leroy Schoon
Wayne Montieth
Schoon
Leroy
Clean-Up Pick-Up Drive Successful in Rolfe
The annual two day clean-up and the following garbage pickup were completed despite heavy rain and winds. City crews with two trucks and four workers kept on duty, boosting town pride and urging residents to maintain neat, litter-free streets all summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
May events fill Rolfe churches and clubs calendar
The Rolfe area hosts a series of May events across churches and clubs. Youth gather for a Spring Rally May 3, Progressive Club lunch May 5, W S C S meeting May 6 with officer installation, Rolfe Improvement Club May 4, Promenaders dance May 9, and a community shower May 5 for Judy Helmke and Darwin Sindergard.
Rolfe Man Bruce Fisher Elected 4-H County Chairman
Bruce Fisher of Rolfe was elected chairman of the newly organized 4-H county committee for the coming year at the meeting held Monday April 20 at the courthouse. Mrs Marvin Johnson of Fonda is vice chairman and Mrs John Edmonds of Laurens is secretary. Subcommittees were formed for county fair leadership interviews health clinic rally night officers training awards banquet and county party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Fisher
Rolfe
Marvin Johnson
Fonda
John Edmonds
Laurens
Crop Report from Pocahontas County Details Planting Progress
Pocahontas County reports seeding nearly finished with oats about 65 percent green as of April 27 and corn 50 percent ready. Soil moisture is normal underground with surface moisture excellent, but pastures are poor and strong winds persist. Extension director E I Rosenberger notes ornamentals especially evergreens suffer late winter injury with about 80 percent likely to recover after needle sap damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
E. I. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
ALCW Conference to convene in Man son on May 7
Rolfe will be represented at the Fort Dodge area conference of American Lutheran Church Women to be held at the Lutheran Church in Manson. The all day meeting begins at 10 a.m. with a noon dinner in the church parlors. Morning speaker Miss Anna Marie Mitchell is home on furlough from Japan where she has served five years as missionary teacher. resident of Fenton and native of Cylinder. Afternoon speaker Mrs Carroll Hinderlie is a noted theologian and former internment survivor. Roy Simonson of Rolfe serves as conference secretary of stewardship.
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Rolfe
Fort Dodge Area
American Lutheran Church Women
Manson
Anna Marie Mitchell
American Lutheran Church
Japan
Fenton
Cylinder
Fenton High School
Carroll Hinderlie
United States
Hinderlie
Bolden Village
Washington
Norway
Germany
Denmark
Roy Simonson
Fire at Percival Motors Leaves Worker Burned At Algona
Wendell Feaster, 40, hospitalized at St. Ann's in Algona with severe facial and hand burns and second degree burns on one leg after a fire at Percival Motors Friday April 24. Feaster, an employee, was repairing a car when gasoline leaking onto a hot light bulb caused an explosion. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Feaster of Mallard, formerly of Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Feaster
St. Ann’s Hospital
Algona
Percival Motors
Feaster
Wendell
Lindsey Feaster
Mallard
Rolfe
Musicians Audition At Fort Dodge For National Guild
Henry Brinkman Marilyn Lehman Jill Brinkman David Loxterkamp and Carol Rude piano students of Mrs Agnes Reckards attended the National Piano Guild Audition Sunday April 26 at Mrs Jack Hackett home Fort Dodge Adjudicator Mrs Memo Beyers of Marquette Mich well known as teacher writer lecturer Guild faculty member and Michigan Music Teachers Association member Marilyn Lehman and Henry Brinkman played ten pieces from memory while Carol Rude Jill Brinkman and David Loxterkamp performed four pieces from memory from the state listings All passed tests and received membership in the National Fraternity of Student Musicians
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brinkman
Marilyn Lehman
Jill Brinkman
David Lexterkamp
Carol Rude
Agnes Reckards
National Piano Guild
Jack Hackett
Fort Dodge
Memo Beyers
Marquette
Mich
Fort Dodge Center
National Guild of Piano Teachers
Michigan Music Teachers Association
David Loxterkamp
National Fraternity of Student Musicians
ZIP Code program touted to speed mail nationwide
Postmaster D J Spencer says ZIP Code is vital to modern postal progress and an economy move to handle rising mail volume without large increases in personnel. He cites sectional centers, mechanization, and an optical scanner as key to faster sorting, while noting small towns may await larger centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Spencer
Lion’s Club
Spencer
John A. Gronouski
Johnson
Post Office Department
Post Office
Rolfe
Wrist Injury to Clifford Cain After Tractor Starter Failure
Clifford Cain of Rolfe sustained a fracture in two right wrist bones on Saturday while attempting to crank his tractor after the starter failed. The injury was treated and set at a local doctor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Cain
Rolfe
Extension Meet On Nitrate Problem Toes
A public extension talk on nitrates in drinking water is set for Tuesday May 5 in Pocahontas County. Dr E R Duncan and Dr Ted Willrich from Iowa State University outline how nitrates enter plants and water and discuss well structure, with a 7 pm dinner at the Chow House and discussion at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pocahontas County
E. R. Duncan
Iowa State University
Ames
Ted Willrich
Chow
Pocahontas
SUI Leadership Banquet Honors 150 Student Leaders
About 150 The State University of Iowa student leaders will attend the seventh annual leadership banquet at Iowa Memorial Union. Stuart Webb, a junior law student and former Rolfe pharmacist, is among invitees. Coordinating reps Jim Cilek of Cilek Hardware and two honor groups Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board will announce new members. Outstanding Iowan and Outstanding Iowa Citizen awards will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
Retail Merchants
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
SUI
Iowa Memorial Union
Stuart Webb
Rolfe
Omicron Delta Kappa
Jim Cilek
Lenech
Cilek Hardware
Towa City
Retail Merchants Division
Ogden earns WIBC patch in Laurens bowling league
Mrs Clarence Ogden a member of Wood s Super Valu team earned a bowling award Wednesday evening April 22 at the Bonnie Bowl Laurens During the Women s League she converted the Big Four spare 4 7 6 10 pins to earn a patch from the Woman s International Bowling Congress Inc Records show this is the first time this has been accomplished in the Laurens Women s Bowling Association
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ogden
Wood
Laurens
Ogden
Woman’s International Bowling Congress, Inc
Womans Bowling Ass'n
Appointed To County Board Of Review
The Pocahontas County Conference Board met April 24 and appointed Luther Thompson of Rolfe to the Pocahontas County Board of Review to fill the vacancy caused by the death of L. R. Davidson for the term ending January 1, 1967. The board now includes Geo C Buckwalter Laurens T A Nixon Pocahontas Ed Prendergast Fonda Harold Dodd Gilmore City and Luther Thompson Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Fonda
Harold Dodd
Gilmore City
Luther Thompson
Rolfe
Tractor to Rhodesia Aid Foundation Dedication Set May 2
The Agricultural Aids Foundation formed by Christian groups raises 3000 to send a tractor to northern Rhodesia. The tractor will be dedicated at Manson Fairground indoors May 2 from 2 30 to 3 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson Church
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Northern Rhodesia
Manson Fairground
Midway Visit By Fireman Poppe Wilts In Far East Tour
Fireman Poppe Wilts son of Mr and Mrs Ben Dirks of Gilmore City visited Sasebo Japan in April 1929 aboard the attack carrier USS Midway operating in the Far East as part of the Seventh Fleet the world largest operating force patrolling over half the earth surface.
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USS
Midway
FHTNC
Poppe Wilts
USN
Ben Dirks
Gilmore City
Sasebo
Japan
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Rolfe Council Adopts Daylight Saving Time Start
Rolfe City Council in a special session adopted daylight saving time to take effect at midnight on Saturday April 25. The move aligns Rolfe with nearby towns and Iowa cities including Fort Dodge and Mason City. Local mail delivery will shift one hour later to match DST, while star routes remain on standard time.
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Rolfe
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Harold Calligan
John Brinkman
Fred McKim
Richard Schott
William Spencer
Welfare drive aims to grow Iowa Welfare Association
A May membership drive runs May 1 to May 15 for the Iowa Welfare Association the state’s sole voluntary body coordinating public and private welfare programs Its goal is to expand health and welfare services reduce duplication and inform on welfare problems and solutions Any Iowa citizen with concern for welfare can join Mrs Beatrice Johnson Pocahontas will supervise the Pocahontas County drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Welfare Association
Iowa
Beatrice Johnson
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Diocesan Award Day Honors Kuemper Students in Carroll
Diocesan Award Day at Kuemper Catholic High School Carroll honored all Catholic high schools and C Y D members for music speech and athletics. Bishop Muller of Sioux City conferred awards. Susan Schott received a speech award for Courage For Two and earlier earned a I rating. George Luft named to All Diocesan baseball team as outfielder. Attendees included Rolfe residents and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuemper School
Carroll
C.Y.D
Mueller
Sioux City
Susan Schott
St. Margaret’s
Susan
R. V. Schott
George Luft
St. Bernard’s School
Breda
George
Roy Luft
Auburn
Rolfe
Marcia Hood
Willard Peterson
Come On Day Bargains In Rolfe This Friday
A one day sale called Come On Day in Rolfe is planned for Friday May 1. Twenty one merchants including Dick's 66 Service Station Rolfe Variety Store Farmers Cooperative Co op Archie and Helen's Dry Goods Store Rolfe Cafe Taylor's Oil Co Wood's Super Valu Firkins Supply Store Brinkman Auto Freeman's Clover Farm Store The Rolfe Arrow H and W Garage Grant's Lumber Yard Sunny Brook Drive Inn Olney's Food Market Calligan's Sundries Joe Lehman Produce Robinson's Farm Equipment Wolds Hardware Don's Standard Service and Rickard's Hardware Appliances promise many other bargains too. Come early and see.
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Rolfe
Dick’s “66
Rolfe Variety Store
Farmers Cooperative Co
Archie and Helen's Dry Goods
Rolfe Cafe
Taylor’s Oil Co
Wood's Super Valu
Firkins Supply
Brinkman Auto
Freeman’s
Clover Farm
Rolfe Arrow and
Grant’s Lumber Yard
Sunny Brook Drive Inn
Olney’s Food Market
Calligan’s Sundries
Joe Lehman Produce
Robinson's Farm Equipment
Wold’s Hardware
Don’s Standard Service
Rickard’s Hardware & Appliances
Market Report for April 29 1964 Hogs and Grains
Market report lists prices for hogs No 2 yellow corn No 1 white oats No 1 yellow soybeans butterfat and top eggs. The brief item notes commodity classes without detailed figures or changes.
Conservation Queen Contest To Be Held In Iowa
Iowa farm girls aged 16 to 21 may enter a state contest to be named Queen of Conservation. The winner will reign at the September 9 and 10 Field Day and Plowing Match near Van Meter in Dallas County and receive a 250 dollar cash prize. The event is co sponsored by Farmers Grain Association of Iowa and Iowa's 100 Soil Conservation Districts with entry blanks from FGDA cooperatives and district offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Soil Conservation
van Meter
Dallas County
Farmers, Grain Association of Iowa
Cooperative
Des Moines
FGDA
Soil Conservation District
Newborns Nancy Kay Johnson and Joan Dee Rickard
Nancy Kay Johnson, daughter of Gary Johnson and Nancy of Pomeroy, born April 28 at Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge weighing 9 lb 5 oz. Grandparents Evelyn Johnson Goldie Spiker maternal, Dale Rickard Cedar Falls. Joan Dee Rickard born April 22 weighing 8 lb 3 oz, parents Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rickard Cedar Falls. Grandparents Henry Middents Kamrar J E Rickard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Johnson
Pomeroy
Nancy Kay
Lutheran Hospital, Fort Dodge
Johnsons
Debbie
Susie
Evelyn Johnson
Goldie Spiker
Carrie Spiker
Dale Rickard
Cedar Falls
Joan Dee
Kurt
Clark
Henry Middents
Kamrar
J. E. Rickard
Dawn Rae Trenary Born in Cedar Rapids with Sibling
Mr and Mrs Gene Trenary of Cedar Rapids announce the birth of their daughter Dawn Rae on Thursday April 16. The baby weighed six pounds 10.4 ounces and has a brother named David, age 3. Grandparents are Adel Schott Pocahontas and Alvin Trenary.
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Gene Trenary
Cedar Rapids
Dawn Rae
David
Adel Schott
Pocahontas
Alvin Trenary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rolfe United Presbyterian Church
Progressive Club
Fern Pease
W.S.C.S
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Rolfe Improvement Club
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Legion Hall
Bill Moller
Rolfe Methodist Church
Judy Helmke
Darwin Sindergard
Rolfe Man
ALCW
Weather Report
E. D. G. Weiland
Reading
Board of Review
Rhodesia
Agricultural Aids Foundation
Arrow
Main Street
Highway No. 44
Rolfe Council
Market Report
Nancy Kay Johnson
Joan Dee Rickard
Dawn Rae Trenary
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