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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
1
A compact report notes historical openings in the Rolfe area across six months per year. It records evolving sites, projects, and local activity affecting land use and infrastructure. The piece highlights government and community engagement shaping development.
Mr and Mrs E C VanAlstine joined the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Randall Melson in Rolfe on Friday. The Birthday Club met at Mrs Francis Orwig s home with Mrs Arnold Christensen and Mrs Orwig as honored guests. The Sinek family held Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr and Mrs Leon Sinek from Gilmore City Pocahontas Pomeroy Cherokee and Iowa City. Des Moines Township and Rolfe Consolidated boards discuss reorganizing into one district for better education. The Applegates attended the Elda Moulton sale in Boone while the Perrins brought Evelyn home from Sioux City for Thanksgiving with Betty Lehnus Anna Lee Zeman Dale Hewlett and Deane Kauffman. Jane Bielefeldt, infant daughter of C W Bielefeldt, returned from Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge last Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Henderson returned from their wedding trip last Tuesday visiting Indiana Illinois and Des Moines Jimmy Nelson left Monday for Omaha to study electronics radio and television Mrs Bert Peterson left Tuesday for Mason City to report Wednesday for duty on the federal district jury
Thirty years ago Ozzie Pattee returned home Saturday evening with his mother. Colleen Pringle marked her birthday with a party for her grade’s girls. Elva Fac Ham resumed teaching at S.T.C. Arlene Ham plans several days visiting Malcolm. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Thornton drove to Fort Dodge. Des Moines river iced at Bradgate but clear at Humboldt. The Knud Christiansen home near West Bend hosted Thanksgiving guests including Leslie Johnson and Janice, with Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Johnson of Emmetsburg and two sons.
Pri mary No. 44 thru Rolfe appears on state maps over the past two weeks. Peterson's Clothes Shop front plate glass cracked soon after installation. Miss Amy Coats new operator at Nelson Hotel Beauty Parlor. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Arnold celebrate tenth wedding anniversary with oyster supper. J W Arnold, J A Arnold, and B P Baker families present. Hee Haw News: Rolfe is a tough town with blacksmiths, forgers, carpenters, and iron and steel suppliers. In 1918 items: Shirley Thornton and Robert Kent drove to Fort Dodge. Plover school near flu closure. Rolfe Auto reports Henry Ford back in business. new sedan and coupelets to be shipped with cell-starters. Influenza quarantine lifted. Grace Day first enlisted nurse from Pocahontas, escorted to train by Red Cross. Don Buchan of Marathon supplied article. debate on Martin mooring stone Norse origin. Viking history researcher Merion Dahm supports the stone as mooring, questioning holes’ purpose for vessel anchoring.
Thanksgiving brought rest after moving a heavy press at the Arrow and a note on the press’s new permanent position. A shooting in a rural area remains unsolved with police seeking information while Rolfe features in a Des Moines Register Sunday article about a mooring stone.
Visitors included Mr and Mrs Harry Prentice and Mr and Mrs Glenn Debolt of Rodman and Mrs Joe Tiernan. James Jones and family of Ames joined Earl Ives family from Wednesday to Friday morning. Paul Kaiser and family of West Union visited H A Kaiser home Thursday and Friday. Kurt Kaiser from Sioux Falls College, Glenn Kaiser and family of Dows, Gary Kaiser and Janet of Sheldon, and Greg Kaiser and family also joined. Dennis Poduska family of Laurens dropped by in the afternoon.
Family and guests gathered at the Curtis Kerns home in Belle Plaine for Thanksgiving including Mrs. Chester Truelsen Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Truelsen and Mr. and Mrs. David Henderson.
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