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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
3
Rolfe Consolidated School beat Manson 37 to 35 on November 27 in a close contest. Denny Lead Jey led Rolfe with 19 points while Gary Rolfe fouled out late. Rolfe second team also fell 20 to 14 to Manson’s reserve squad.
Mr Ploeger notes students at Junior High settled after Thanksgiving Vendom and cover new topics in vinhth grade history health English reading and literature. The class lists chapters The Beginning of the Machine Age and In Case of Accident while studying closing sentences paragraphs nouns plurals and collective nouns.
Rody Kresbach and Larry Stacy report a busy week with tests in arithmetic and geography on Canada and Alaska. Students study U S government bonds, reading workbooks, synonyms and antonyms in English, and a civics chapter Caring for the Poor. Frog parts and reptile chapters spark interest with snake reports.
The groups describe two weekly shop sessions and note Jerry Hughes leads the biggest project building a hog house. On Thursday December 6 the class will take an all day field trip to Iowa State College. Dick Hogue of the SCS has prepared a conservation plan for the pilot farm and the class plans a full farm program.
Local families from Emmetsburg Mallard Burt and surrounding towns hosted relatives and friends for Thanksgiving and weekend gatherings. Visitors included Lonnie Prochaski returning from Fort Benning and multiple dinners at the Hough Pringle Daly and Smith households with extended kin from Iowa City Rolfe Mallard and Burt.
The community calendar lists the annual Christmas party on December 18 with Hough and Mrs. Marion Ham as hosts. Residents report various weekend travels and hosting duties including visits to Long Beach Lakeland Florida Sioux City Chicago and Bode with multiple families noted.
Plover Iowa city council met December 3 1956 in Town Hall with Mayor Pollock and four council members present. Bills totaling were approved including librarian Mary Pirie street decorations and salaries for council members and officials. Transfers from street fund approved to bolster the general fund.
Rolfe area residents are featured in a string of social notes. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Woods bought the art lighter house on west Elm. Keith Horsman and wife welcomed a son Steven John on November 25 at Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge and have brought him home. Several families hosted Thanksgiving guests from Laurens Des Moines Cedar Falls Kesley and St Louis. Many relatives visited in Fort Dodge Des Moines and Ayrshire with travels to Des Moines for business and hospital care.
The council voted to transfer funds from the public safety fund and the liquor tax fund to the Trust and Agency fund. Transfers totaling 226.54 to the Trust and Agency fund were approved. Aye votes from Hosier VanAlstine Bergeson and Bush with no nays. Meeting adjourned by motion. Town Clerk J QO Cox.
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