Janis Loss and Lowell Hanson Weds in Rolfe Church
Miss Janis Loss and Lowell Hanson exchanged nuptial vows Sunday afternoon August 1 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Rolfe. The double ring ceremony featured blue and white decor with gladioli and carnations. The couple’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Loss and Arthur Hanson. They will reside on a farm near Rolfe after a wedding trip.
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Janis Loss
Lowell Hanson
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Rolfe
Trying Tange
Johnnie Loss
Arthur Hanson
Joann Loss
Irene Richter
Joe Boeckholt
Glenn Markley
Win
Kemna
Jim Hansen
Marvin Kropf
Bode
Jim Enzels
Vincent
Sydney Beckord
Shelley Peterson
Jeff Nagel
Peterson
Glenn Gaskill
Luann Johnson
Pomeroy
JoAnn Gaskill
Vivian Thorson
Armstrong
Diane Teig
West Union
Janice Stanley
Rockford, Il
Pat Schulz
Algona
Duane Engels
Allan Olson
Larry Westphal
Pocahontas
Joyce Kropf
Engel
Carol
Cathy
Rosalie
State College of Iowa
DMT
Baseball Trip Delights Summer Program Participants
Eighty two youths from the summer program traveled by bus to Bloomington to watch the Minnesota Twins defeat Baltimore 6 to 5 on a ninth inning homer. Coach Allan Gilbertson thanked chaperones and helpers Bertie Anderson, Stanley Whitmore, John Hopkins, L D Wilson, and Bill Pederson for making the trip possible and for Baseball Softball Day efforts.
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Bloomington
Minnesota Twins
Baltimore
Twins
Allan
Gilbertson
Bertie Anderson
Stanley Whitmore
John Hopkins
L .D. Wilson
Bill Pederson
Rites Held for Former Resident Ethel L. Doe
Last rites for Ethel L. Doe, a former resident, were conducted at 1 30 p m Tuesday August 8 at Streit Powers Funeral Home. Rev Dallas Johnson of the Presbyterian Church officiated. Hymns included Ivory Palaces and There is No Night There performed by Mrs Lee Bendixen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel’ L
Doe
Streit-Powers
Dallas Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Ivory Palaces
Lee
Bendixen
Taverns Change Hands In Rolfe Community
Mr and Mrs Virgil Vic Ryen have purchased the Midway tavern from Mr and Mrs W Book. The Ryens are longtime Rolfe residents and parents of four boys Tim 6 Vern 5 Van 5 and Jay 4. The Books ran the tavern for two years after buying it in August 1963. We welcome the Ryens to the Rolfe business circle.
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Virgil
Vic) Ryen
Midway Tavern
Book
Rolfe
Ryen
Tim
Vern
Van
Jay
Ryens
John Hay Fellowship Awarded to Dale Hewlett
Dale Hewlett a 1950 graduate of Morningside College receives a John Hay Fellowship at Yale University He is among 70 high school teachers nationwide to win the scholarship The Fresno California based Hoo ver High School history chair will use it for expenses tuition and travel while completing a Masters at Fresno State College He is a former community resident with a daughter Gretchen and is the son of Mr and Mrs Ted Hewlett of Hayfield Minnesota
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Dale Hewlett
Morningside College
John Hay
Yale University
Hewlett
Hoover High School
Fresno
Calif
Fresno State College
Hewletts
Gretchen
DMT
Ted
Hayfield
Minn
Tractor Pull Event Highlights at Poca Hometown Fair
Large crowds attended the first tractor pulling test staged during the Poca Hantonas County Fair. Winners included Grand Champion Ba Havelock and other top placers, with competition concluding as fair activities continued into today.
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Poca‘hontas
Rites Held For Former Rolfe Dr T R Campbell
Funeral services for former Rolfe resident Dr. T R Campbell were conducted Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Sioux Rapids with burial in Lone Tree Cemetery. Born in Rolfe December 23 1888 he married Margaret Luce in 1910 and had two children Ralph and Edith. He served in World War I and later practiced medicine in Rolfe and Sioux Rapids dying July 30 in Spencer from a heart condition. survived by wife Margaret son Ralph and daughter Edith.
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Rolfe
T. R. Campbell
First Methodist
Sioux Rapids
Elwood
Lone Tree
Thomas Roy Campbell
Jennie
James Campbell
Margaret Luce
Iowa City
Ralph
Edith
Campbell
Medical Corps
W. W. Beam
Spencer
Margaret
Indianapolis
Ind
Tallahassee
Pia
Mrs Tiernan Claims $40 Lucky Buck Award
The article notes Mrs. John Tiernan was present Saturday evening to claim the $40.00 Lucky Buck award. It adds that Saturday night the award will be $20.00 and mentions Baumont as French for beautiful hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tiernan
Mrs Cliffrd Cain Injured in Fall at Home
Mrs Cain, aged and crippled by arthritis, fell Thursday at her Fort Dodge home after stubbing her toe on linoleum. By Sunday the injury worsened and she was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital. X rays showed a fracture in her right hip and she had surgery Monday afternoon and is resting as well as can be expected.
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Cliffrd Cain
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Hodgell and Clarken Wed in Pocahontas Ceremony
Rebecca Hodgell marries Larry Clarken at a July 29 evening service at the Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. Rev Langholtz presided. maid of honor was Eller Hodgell and best man Virgil Auten Jr. Afterward, a reception at Grandma Lena Zeman’s home followed, with the newlyweds to live on a farm south of Mallard where Clarken farms.
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Lutheral
Pocaiontas
Rebecca. Hodgell
Larry Clarken
James Hodgell
Plover
Stanley Clarken
Mallard
Langholtz
Eller Hodgell
Virgil Auten, Jr
Lena Zeman
Pocahontas
Jeouple
Weekend Visit Ties Verdie Nelson to Pomeroy Guests
Saturday Mrs Verdie Nelson joined Mr and Mrs J E Lee of Pomeroy for a weekend at the James Nelson home in Ankeny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdie' Nelson
J. E. Lee
Pomeroy
Ankeny
James Nelson
Area Vocational College Study Discussed by County Leaders
County superintendents from Pocahontas Humboldt Wright Hamilton Webster Calhoun Sac and Greene gathered at Fort Dodge to plan a regional Area Vocational Community College It targets a population around 160 000 with 52000 pupils and 400 million assessed value Three junior colleges would participate Fort Dodges Fort Hayes area would host a cooperative system An advisory committee will guide planning and a first meeting is set for August 19 in Fort Dodge
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Pocahontas
Humboldt
Wright
Hamilton
Calhoun
Sac
Iti
Fort Dodge
Hayle “Grove
Tendents Barbour
Eagle Grove
John Fields
Webster City
Bud’ Phillips
Fort’Dodge
H. M.’Granner
C. W. Sankey
Edith Beverly
J. O. Mecklenberg
Webster
C. W.hamand
Cliff Evans
Greene
Rites Held For Barry Schmidt Accident Victim
Funeral services were held for Barry Lynn Schmidt four year old son of Robert and Shirley Schmidt of Rolfe. He died July 22 1965 from a car truck crash near Pulaski. Burial followed at Clinton Garfield Cemetery with Streit Powers Funeral Home in charge. The service included prayers by Rev Buckwalter and Rev Peterson and hymns sung by Mrs Ray Smith. Barry leaves parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and many relatives. The accident also claimed his grandmother and her sister. his mother was hospitalized. A long poem included reflects on loss and faith.
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Barry Lynn Schmidt
Robert Schmidt
Major City
Rolfe Methodist Church
Charles Buckwalter
Arthur Peterson
Fort Dodge
Ray Smith
Jesus
L. C. Olney
Lawrence Heathman
Larry Heathman
Jerome Klepper
John Lowe
Harold Jessen
Gerald Balasi
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Streit
Pulaski
Peter. Jessen
Barry
Davis County
Bloomfield
Mike Schmidt
Rolfe
Peter Jessen
Earth
Jane
Postal clerks retirements and hires in Rolfe office
Mrs Anne Harland retired after 23 years at the Rolfe post office on July 30. Jerry LaPour was hired as the new clerk to replace her. Emma Swan reentered postal service after Ferne Patterson's February retirement, after previously serving nine and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Harland
Ihore
Rolfe
Jerry Lapour
Harland
Emma Swan
Ferne Patterson
Rites Held For Mrs. E. J. Plummer
Funeral services for Mrs. E. J. Plummer 82 of Marcus who died Friday after a brief illness were held Monday at Grace Methodist Church Marcus. The Rev Donald Cutler and doctors officiated burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Cherokee. She was the wife of Rev E J Plummer who served the First Methodist Church here earlier and is survived by her husband and a brother Joe Cummings of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Plummer
Marcus
Grace Methodist Church
Donald Cutler
George Dunn
Charles Mason
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cherokee
Plummer
Joe Cummings
Waterloo
Graveside Rites Held for Stillborn Infant Gregory Denan Mann
Graveside services were held for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Rolland Mann at Clinton-Garfield Cemetery with Rev Irving Tange officiating. The stillborn child Gregory Denan was born July 29 at Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge. Surviving are the parents four brothers twin sister and grandparents in Germany and Iowa.
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Rolland Mann
Clinton-Garfield
Irving Tange
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Gregory Denan
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Michael
Roger
Russell
LeRoy
Dawn Rae
Hans Eich
Hanover
Germany
Charles Blankenship
Little Sioux
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Reunion Picnic at 4-H Fair Draws Local Residents
About 60 people attended the reunion picnic Tuesday afternoon at the shelterhouse park north of the 4-H fairgrounds in Sen. Don Beneke of Laurens serving as master of ceremonies. Hubert Moeller gave a history of Pocahontas county noting early survey findings contrasted with present growth. Anna Jensen Pollock, 94, of Fort Dodge, was the oldest pioneer present, with other old settlers including Fletcher Pringle and Caroline Olerich among attendees. The Historical Society reported 21 lifetime memberships. two Rolfe residents Caroline Olerich and Lynn MacVey were the oldest and youngest members. The society also ran a booth during the fair with antiques furnished by Laurens members.
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Shelterhouse Park
Don. Beneke
Laurens
Hubert Moeller
Palmer School
Pocahontas County
Anna Jensen Pollock
Fort Dodge
Plover
Fletcher Pringle
Malcolm
Gilmore City
Caroline Olerich
Lehnus
the Historical Society
Rolfe
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Elvis Presley
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Bert Blick
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