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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1972
Page
4
A family writes about a day and a half in the city during vacation. They describe the airport and kids earning Future Pilot and Future Stewardess wings, the zoo’s ventilation and feeding tech, and a train replica offering rides. A child’s playful mispronunciation of London Bridge adds a light note.
Dale Johnson of Rolfe Lyle Lund near Laurens and Mrs Edna Rassler of Albert City named Pocahontas County winners in the Des Moines Register and Tribune Soil Conservation Achievement Contest The three divisions are owner operator tenant operator and conservation teacher Johnson won in owner operator and tenant operator on a 400 acre Wiegman farm north of Rolfe Lund won in owner operator on a 320 acre Laurens area farm Rassler honored as outstanding conservation teacher for her 4th grade class at Fonda Community School
The article details a wedding ensemble featuring chiffon with silk floss lace trim, a transparent yoke with banding, raised waistline, and long gathered sleeves with lace cuffs. The A line skirt gathers at the sides and back to form a circular chapel train. The veil uses imported illusion with Venise banding and the bride carries a stephanotis and white rose bouquet with ivy. Diane Bierstedt of Des Moines is maid of honor and Linda Pedersen is bridesmaid in lavender gowns.
The couple had a traditional ceremony with best man Don Van Gorkom and groomsman in black attire. Guests included Larry Pedersen and Connie Henderson. A five tier purple lavender cake was served by relatives. The bride operates a Rolfe beauty shop, the groom farms, and they honeymooned in Colorado before returning home north of Rolfe.
Lyle Wallin, chairman of the Pocahontas County Extension Council, announced this week that Darrell Clark has resigned from the county extension director post. The notice notes Clark's departure and cites administrative changes within the program.
Clark, a 1962 Iowa State University graduate, has led Pocahontas County Extension since April 1967 and will resign to pursue a Master of Science in Agronomy at ISU.
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