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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1972
Page
5
Nancy Pedersen and Dennis Heathman exchanged wedding vows at St Pauls Lutheran Church Rolfe on July 22 1972 at 7 PM. The couple are from Rolfe with parents listed, and the ceremony included organ music and songs by relatives.
Rolfe School Board adopted a student eligibility policy at the Monday August 7 meeting. The policy covers eligibility for athletic teams and organizations including interscholastic competition. It states that students with poor conduct may be deemed ineligible and excluded from interscholastic participation until reinstated by school administration.
A 1972 Twin Lakes Conference football preview tabloid will print 17 000 two color copies in Rolfe Rockwell City Pocahontas Laurens Manson and Albert City. Stories pictures and coach comments will cover teams and the season with a conference history and past champions named.
Rolfe Main Street crowds Friday for a Sidewalk Food Festival with sidewalk displays, garden and field product contests, free Sweet Corn Feed at 2 30 pm, and free swimming 3 00 to 4 30 pm. Entries judged win 5 Rolfe Lucky Bucks. 84 sections of area cropland damaged by Saturday storm with $4 million in county losses.
Herman Westberg leads a summer cleanup, painting the theater and firing hydrants yellow. He and the community contribute to a statewide Community Betterment Contest to promote town tidiness.
Mr and Mrs John B Van Deest of Grundy Center announce the engagement of their daughter Ardys to David W Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Bennett of Rolfe The couple plan an October 7 wedding Ardys works for the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association in Des Moines and David is employed by the Chicago Northwestern Railroad
The Reverend and Mrs Elmer E Baker of Dubuque announce the marriage of their daughter Carol Jean to Dennis Hansen son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hansen of Rolfe. The marriage occurred July 3 1972 in Iowa City with Carol a Oberlin College and Iowa University graduate and employed by the Department of Religion at Iowa University. Dennis expects to finish his doctoral dissertation by next spring and the couple plans to move to Maine for employment opportunities.
Rolfe Community School begins the year with workshops for teachers August 21 22 and opening day Wednesday August 23 Superintendent William Hutchinson enters his third year Principal Roger Pohlman starts his first year as Jr Sr High principal and Industrial Arts teacher Dress Right Code bans short shorts extreme skirts and shirts with non school emblems A football shoe sale is planned in Rolfe with Hogan's Sporting Goods August 11 at 2 00 pm and high school junior high physicals set for August 17 at Pocahontas with a 2 00 fee
The Rolfe Chamber of Commerce will gather for a noon luncheon at the Bon Appetite Cafe Monday August 14. Members are asked to attend as important business will be discussed.
Rev Tange and wife were honored at St. Pauls Lutheran Church as he prepares to serve a year in South America via Lutheran Missions World Brotherhood Exchange. He will oversee three congregations with plans for one more monthly assignment in Guyana. He previously served St. Pauls from 1955 to 1967 and maintains deep community ties.
August 22 is the filing deadline for school board nomination papers. Incumbents Gay Stover District 3 and Deane Gunderson District 4 expect re election bids. Miss Amy Turley seeks a two year term as district treasurer. An Area 5 director and a local measure to approve selling the D M T school building are on the ballot.
A public coffee at the Farm Bureau building basement on August 13 honors Darrell Clark County Extension Director who will return to Iowa State University for a master's in agronomy. Clark has served Pocahontas County since 1967 after work as Associate County Extension Director in Lee County Donnellson. Coffee runs from two to four.
Stage Band members must attend a school rehearsal on Sunday August 13 at 1:00 p.m. in preparation for the Iowa State Fair performance on August 20 and 21. Only attendees at the August 13 session may perform at the fair.
A youth rally titled Explo 72 is set for Rolfe on Saturday August 19. Details will be announced in next week's Arrow.
Jim Block farms 50 acres two miles south and east of Rolfe. He raises an unusual sunflower plant in two fields this year. In September the sunflowers will be harvested and taken to an elevator at Fonda.
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