Sweet Corn Festival Highlights Storm Lake Event
At the Chamber of Commerce Food Festival Day in Rolfe hearty crowds watched Mrs. Sylvester Pease enjoy corn while Sylvester locks on. Storm Lake produced corn trucked to Rolfe for judging with winners named for tallest stalk 11 feet Jim Block bean stalk 133 pods Bill Buske cucumbers tie Lona Bailey Bernice Eberle cabbage Gene Collins carrots Thora Pedersen apples Lona Bailey sweet corn Steve Hulgan potatoes Jerry Lopour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Pease
Chamber of Commerce
Sylvester
Storm Lake
Rolfe
Jim Block
Bill Buske
Lona Bailey
Bernice Eberle
Gene Collins
Thora Pedersen
Steve Hulgan
Jerry Lopour
Youth Rally Here Saturday with Warners as Speakers
Rolfe youth sponsor a Youth Rally at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday August 19 at 2 30 PM with John and Sharri Warder of Campus Crusade for Christ California as principal speakers. Potluck supper follows at 5 PM in the church basement and a post event gathering at the Phil Brinkman home. The Warders lead Bible study Sunday at 9 AM and provide music and message at the 10 AM worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolse
Presbyterian Church
John
Sharri Warder
Crusade For Christ
U.S.C
California
By Rolfe
Phil Brinkman
Sharri
Rolfe 4-H Members Compete at Iowa State Fair
Four Pocahontas county 4-H members including two from Rolfe Community School will contest in the 1972 Iowa State Fair livestock judging event. John Witt Kevin Wainreb Phil Koster and Mike Koster will judge beef cattle swine and sheep with team score based on top three individuals. The high scoring team may represent Iowa at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago in late November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Rolfe Community School
John Witt
Kevin Wainreb
Rolfe
Phil
Mike Koster
Fonda
al Henderson
Herb Karcher
Pocahontas County 4-H
Karcher
Iowa
Chicago
Pocahontas Athletics Physicals and Friday Practice
Physicals for all high school and junior high athletes take place today at Pocahontas, cost 2.00, for both boys and girls. Buses depart the school at 12:00 noon. Head football coach Steve Engelking says first football practice is Friday the 18th, and the initial session will be without a pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Steve Engelking
Rolfe
Steven Engelking
Allen Gilbertson
Forest City
Engelking
Kathleen Frush
Linda Solheim
Annette Kouba
Rolfe Women Golfers Host Nine Hole Event
Rolfe women golfers will host a nine hole tournament on Wednesday afternoon August 30 with Armstrong golfers invited to join. Tee off at 3 00 p m. A steak dinner and cards follow the tournament. Cost is 2 00 dollars and reservations should be made with Mrs Kenneth Pederson by Friday the 25th.
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Rolfe
Armstrong
Kenneth Pederson
Construction Begins on Rolfe-Plex Row-Rent Apartments
The foundation for a new row-rent apartment complex by Rolfe-Plex Inc is completed with John Schultz of Bradgate as contractor. The $49,950 contract covers an L shaped building east of the existing complex with three two bedroom and two one bedroom units and a shared middle court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe-Plex, Inc
John Schultz
Bradgate
Rolfe School readies routes for 1972-73 year
Rolfe Community School announces five bus routes for the 1972-73 year with first pickups around 7 20 a m. Students must be on time as drivers will not wait more than 60 seconds. Registration for Tuesday runs 1 00 to 4 00 p m with a split last name schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hutchinson
Rolfe Community School
Department of Public Safety
James Cruickshank
Don Howland
Dean Johnson
Richard Hovey
Harrison Roberts
Phil Johnson
Curtis Kerns
Don Rutgers
Ray Hoppingarner
John Nielsen
Dale
Funds Seeded For Kidney Transplant in West Bend
A collection is taken for Mrs. Jerry Christensen of West Bend who will have a kidney transplant in Rochester Minnesota on August 28. Christensen aged 25 has two young sons. Her brother will donate a kidney. Donations may be sent to Christensen Kidney Fund care of The Iowa State Bank West Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Christensen
West Bend
Rochester
Minn
Christensen
Janice
Christensen Kidney Fund
Iowa State Bank
Town Policeman Harold Peterson Contact Information
Residents are directed to call the Rolfe police number 848-3467 for all police calls and to reach Harold Peterson whom has recently moved and has no private phone yet. The department instructs using this number for future contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Peterson
Rolfe
Peterson
Rolfe High School Stage Band at 1972 Iowa State Fair
The Rolfe Community High School Stage Band will perform at the 1972 Iowa State Fair on August 21 with two shows at 1:00 p.m. on the Grand Concourse and 4:30 p.m. at the Plaza Bandstand Stage. The fair runs August 18-27 featuring over 65 high school musical groups in swing choirs bands and marching ensembles in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Community High School
Grand Concourse
Des Moines
Retired teacher Miss Edna Marcum hospitalized after fall
Injured Rolfe school principal Miss Edna Marcum is at Bethesda General Hospital Fort Dodge with a fractured left hip from a morning fall at home. Neighbors and Rev Olson family aided her. she was moved from Pocahontas hospital to Fort Dodge and underwent surgery, now in Room 239 in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Marcum
Rolfe School
Bethesda General Hospital
Fort Dodge
Miss Marcum
Rev
Olson
Rolfe
Pocahontas Hospital
Memorial Gifts Exceed Last Year For Heart Unit
James Slattery, MD, president of Pocahontas County Heart Unit, Iowa Heart Association, announced memorial giving for 1971-72 totaled 190.50, exceeding last year. Gifts fund heart research and acknowledgments go to the honoree’s family with tax exempt receipts. Memorial chairmen listed: Don Shoemaker Rolfe Walter Stegge Fonda John Gordon Pocahontas James Thacker Gilmore City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Slattery
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
The
Heart Association
Heart Fund
Iowa Heart Association
Don Shoemaker
Rolfe
Walter Stegge
Fonda
John Gordon
James Thacker
Gilmore City
Little Leaguers Urged to Bring Uniforms First Day
Reminder to students to bring uniforms to school on the first day. Mr and Mrs Ralph Hanson of Stuart visited at the George Schonberger home for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hanson
Stuart
George Schonberger
Readers Party Tuesday for Freddy Frog Honor Roll
A library party will be held Tuesday August 22 at 10:00 A.M. for 49 children who read at least five books in the Freddy Frog summer program. The Rolfe Public Library lists 34 children on the Freddy Frog Honor Roll for ten or more books.
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Freddy Frog
Rolfe Public Library
Justine Baker
Jayne Brinkman
Karilyn Diederich
Mary Diederich
Kim Farley
Melinda Gardewine
Melissa Gardewine
Connie Guerttman
Kathy Guerttman
Sherry Guerttman
Tricia Hanson
Mary Beth Howland
Laura Hruska
Brad Hutchinson
Jill Hutchinson
Brad Kerns
Tony Lanus
Cheryl Larson
Shawn Nielsen
John Olson
Tim Olson
Joan Roberts
Nancy Roberts
Debbie Sennett
Brad Shelgren
Jill Simonson
Dan Sweet
David Sweet
Diane Sweet
Greg van Houten
Lori Wilson
Tom Witt
Joan Young
Julie Young
Lazy Days Of Summer At Rolfe Pool
Lynn Robinson, a Rolfe Community School senior, cools off at the Rolfe pool on a 97 degree day. The pool has drawn about 10 000 swimmers this summer and will likely stay open until Labor Day September 4 weather permitting. Lynn is the daughter of Mr and Mrs M L Robinson.
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Lynn Robinson
Rolfe Community School
Rolfe
Lynn
Mer
Vir
Mirs. M. L. Robinson
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Roger Ives
Mitch Murray
Kermitt Shimon
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Harold Fangman
Virgil Shelgren
Alvin Vaughn
Enid Richter
Lowell Hanson
Jim Lanus
Bennie Hilton
Dick Higgins
Mac Nelson
James Moline
Dennis Wagner
Roger Witt
Joe Vainreb
Virgil Behrendsen
Ernest Miller
James Shelgren
Eddie Shelgren
Fred Post
Virgil Ricklefs
James Block
Jack Stover
Lyle Seward
Ralph Johnson
George Lanus
Theo Ripperper
Dean Duitscher
Perkins
Eccles
Joe Reigelsberger
Deane Gunderson
Les Allen
Martin DeWall
Hilda Nielsen
Jers Nielsen
Chrystel Barrett
Guy Kerns
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