Funeral Services For Mrs. Hancher Friday Aug 12
Pris cilla Hanlon Hancher died August 9 1955 at Iowa City University General Hospital at age 77. Funeral services were held August 12 at Rolfe Presbyterian Church with interment at Clinton Garrett Cemetery. Surviving relatives include her son Virgil Hancher of Iowa City and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancher
Priscilla Hancher
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Martin J. Prehn
Virgil Hanlon
Madison
S. D
Dale Albright
Kenneth Woodruff
Richard Albright
Fort Dodge
Carl Ageton
Sioux Falls
Ray Barringer
Ruthven
P. F. Brennan
Mallard
Rose Johnson
Ames
Eugene Hancher
Waterloo
Everett Hancher
Lowell Hancher
Davenport
Don Mullan
Odeboldt
Lee Fisher
Racine
Minn
Dean Allin Dakin
Walter Loehwing
Alvin Bryan
Loren Hickerson
James R. Jordan
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Jensen
Iowa State College
Art Smith
Emmetsburg
What Is Vocational Agriculture
Vocational agriculture blends classroom study with hands on farming to train current and future farmers. It emphasizes a full four year program, project work, field trips, record keeping, and practical experience in crops livestock farm shop and business management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kiburz
Voc. Ag. Ins
State Department
Rolfe School
Rolfe Consolidated School Plans Big 27 Subject Offerings
The Rolfe Consolidated School will open Monday August 29 offering 27 subjects for high school students. English and mathematics span four and three year tracks with algebra geometry and trigonometry. Science includes general science biology and physics with chemistry alternating yearly. Vocational agriculture four years and vocational home economics two years are included. The commercial department offers typing shorthand bookkeeping and office practice. An Iowa Vocational Education guided program combines academics with practical farm projects and a robust speech and music schedule accompanies core classes.
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Rolfe School
State Department of Vocational Education
Iowa High School Speech Association
School Registration Opens Before Opening Day
All high school students should report to the school building on August 23 or 24 to check registration. Books will be issued to high school students at this time. Parents of elementary pupils may call at the building on these dates to pay book rental and purchase lunch tickets. Some may wait until opening day, Monday August 29, in each room by contacting the individual instructor.
Rolfe Rams Open Season September 9 at Manson
Rolfe High School announces football season opener September 9 at Manson with practice starting August 24. Players must obtain physicals and be on the insured list, as Rolfe trains in the rugged Twin Lakes Conference under coach Charles Clawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Manson
Gilmore City
Pocahontas
Albert City
Lake City
Rockwell City
Laurens
Rolfe High School
Twin Lakes
Rams
Charles Clawson
W S C S General Meeting August 24
The W S C S will hold their general meeting August 24 with Mrs Victor Shimon, secretary of supplies, in charge of the Christmas party. Members will be informed of items to bring for delivery to the Helping Hand Mission of Sioux City. all invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Victor Shimon
Sioux City
Mrs Barnes 1869 1947 Whittemore obituary
Mrs Josephine Barnes former Rolfe resident died July 30 at 2 a.m. at daughter Mrs George Elbert house in Whittemore after hip injury from a May 9 fall at Plantation ballroom. Born January 31 1869 Green Island Iowa she married Dr H C Barnes October 13 1898. Survived by daughter Bernadine French Ros ie, daughter Mrs Elbert Whittemore, son Hubert Barnes Wheeling WV, sister Mrs Archie White Coleville WA, husband died 1947. Funeral July 1947 at St Michael's Whittemore with burial in St Michael's Cemetery.
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Josephine Barnes
Rolfe
George J. Elbert
Whittemore
Barnes
Plantation Ballroom
St. Ann's Hospital
Green Island
H. C. Barnes
Elbert
H. C
Bernadine) French
Rossie
Hubert Barnes
Wheeling
W. Va
Archie White
Coleville
Wash
Mrs Struthers Attends Rites for Sister in Jefferson
Mrs Ernest Struthers attended the funeral of her sister Mrs Charles Nichols in Jefferson with her nephew Floyd Struthers of Ayrshire and accompanied by Mr and Mrs Gerald Foust Mrs Leo Shelgren of Correctionville also joined the group The service was at 2 00 pm at the Slininger Funeral Home officiated by Rev Gilbert Stout with songs Beautiful Isle of Somewhere and In the Garden Burial followed in Jefferson cemetery Mrs Nichols died August 10 in Des Moines hospital after a long illness She is survived by her husband Charles Nichols of Clarion six children from a previous marriage her sister Mrs Struthers and brother Charlie Smith of Des Moines
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Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Rolfe
Streit
Forrest Grant
William Obrecht
N. A. Wilson
Morris Webb
G. Fred Smith
Robert Wiegert
Jake Rutgers
Lawrence Turley
S. W. Brown
Jen Bowen
Martin Prehn
Inga Ryen
J. R. Melntire
Priscilla Hanlon Hancher
Manson
Patrick
Mary Ann Hodgetts Hanlon
University General Hospital
Iowa City
Hancher
Patrick Hanlon
Celia
Clyde Banks
Des Moines
Mary Ann Hodgetts
Joseph Price
Ernest Struthers
Floyd Struthers
Ayrshire
Gerald Foust
Jefferson
Struthers
Charles Nichols
Leo Shelgren
Correctionville
Slininger Funeral Home
Gilbert Stout
Isle of Somewhere
Jefferson Cemetery
Bertha Mae Smith
C. L. Smith
Mrs. Struthers
Charlie Smith
Katheryn Colee
Sadie Colee
Fort Dodge
Earl Colee
Merlin LeRoy Patterson
Fred Patteron
First Methodist Church
Rev. Patterson
Leda Everson
Della Claude
Joyce Colee
Doyle Patterson
Dewayne Allen
Lake City
Roger Travis
Don Nicholson
DeWange Allen
Delores Showers
Norman Wornke
G. O. Travis
Stanley Colee
James Anderson
Hugo Jepsen
Karen Anderson
Susann Hughes
Judy Travis
Janice Bell
Flora Murphy
Kingsport
Tenn
Harris Hughes
Mary Nicholson
Donald Colee
Pocahontas Schools
Kallen-Pederson
Laurens Chapter hosts Rolfe O E S at Templar Park
The Rolfe Chapter of O E S is invited by Laurens Chapter to Templar Park in Spirit Lake Iowa on Friday August 19 at 8 p.m. for the grand officers to exemplify the work.
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Rolfe Chapter
O.E.S
Templar
Parcel post service ending at Rolfe post office
Parcel post delivery to the city for Rolfe patrons will end on August 26. Patrons will be notified of incoming parcels and must call at the post office to collect them starting that date.
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Rolfe
High School Football Players Told to Report for Training
Notice to high school football players to report for training next Wednesday August 24 at 8 30 a m at the high school. Eligibility requires current enrollment for the coming school year and insurance blanks must be picked up from Supt Mortensen. A physical examination is required before the first practice. Signed Coach C F Clawson.
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Supt
Mortensen
Sigened
C. F. Clawson
Livestock Blue Ribbon Winners At Pocahontas 4-H Fair
Pocahontas 4 H fair announced livestock blue ribbon winners across all classes at the Attipust 8 11 event held at the fairgrounds. Winners include Don Carlson Pocahontas in Class A Angus and several top placers from Laurens Gilmore City Rolfe and Poca hontas with weights ranging from 900 to 965 pounds across Hereford Shorthorn and Angus divisions. The report lists numerous breeders and exhibitors such as Eddie Ward Jim Campbell Betty Trenary Ralph Hudek Jack DeWolf and Pat Fitzgerald among others. The M Y F car wash notice follows, set for Wednesday August 24 at 8 00.
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Pocahontas
Eddie Ward
Rolfe
Bill Plantz
Don Carlson
Don Hurtz
Laurens
Dale Larsen
Dale Ryan
Dennis Laren
Howard Higgins
Gilmore City
Gary Pearson
Palmer
Ivan Otto
Havelock
Steven Hadaway
Kim Triplett
Gary Flaherty
Skidona Krogstad
Newell
Lloyd Trupe
Jack Aden
Don Hertz
Angus
Judy Sorenson
David Martin
Kenny Sindergard
Jim Campbell
Connie Campbell
Don Flaherty
Eldona Jogstad
Larry Poppen
Clare
Bruce Linn
Betty Trenary
Gerald Sharp
David Flaherty
Darrell Sindergard
Lowell Diggs
Hereford
James Neppel
Fonda
Gary Hanson
Roger Ryan
David Hertz
Marilyn Higgins
Jack de Wolf
Ronald Wenell
Wayne Pearson
Ronald Wencell
Richard Schulz
Glenn Otto
Ronnie Ives
Jerry Otto
Junior McClurk
Tom Linn
David Ahlrich
Pat Fitzgerald
Gerald Shays
Darwin Sindergard
Jack DeWolf
Dale Wagner
Glen Otto
Betty Ann Stein
Pomeroy
Leland Samuelson
Mike Her
Dennis Thorson
David Stein
Kenneth Graff
Jon Olerich
Ronald Jones
Rachel Alerich
Eddie Bramble
Larry Ludeen
Garth Smith
Joe Plantz
Ralph Hudek
Richard Lehnus
Craig Brent
Lenny White
All Breeds
David Miller
Joe Bruch
Tommy Fulcher
Dennis Johnson
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Rebekah Lodge Meets at 1.0.C.F. Hall This Evening
The Rebekah Lodge will gather at the 1.0.C.F. hall Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Hostesses listed are Iva Harmon Arlene George Gerry Schonberger and Elizabeth Lindsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
C.F. Hall
Iva Harmon
Arlene George
Gerry Schonberger
Elizabeth Lindsey
Pocahontas County Junior Golf Tournament Planned
The Rolfe Golf Course hosts a Pocahontas County Junior Golf Tournament on Sunday August 28 starting at 10 a.m. Contestants must be Pocahontas County residents and members of the high school senior class of 1956 or younger. Awards will be given for each flight.
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Pocahontas County
Rolfe
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Maylene and
John
Rodman
Glenn Carpenter
Robert Kreici
Pewaukee, Wis
Rolfe Consolidated School
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Gerald Zensen
James B. Geelan
Lewis Duffy
Andy Elbert
Earl Elbert
F. J. Lonergan
George Lawhorn
Rolfe Boy
M.Y.F
Methodist Church
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