Old athletic games tied to rail routes in early Iowa towns
The piece recalls 60s to 70s athletic schedules in Rolfe and nearby towns driven by railroad transport. Western towns Laurens Marathon Linn Grove Paul Corrie: Behind the Hiding Place screens at Pocahontas church, while teams traveled via Northwestern lines to face Humboldt Eagle Grove Manson Fonda Rockwell City.
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Rolfe Boys
Laurens
Marathon
Linn Grove
Paul
Lina
Sutherland
Believe
Hawarden
Humboldt
Eagle Grove
Rolfe
Northwestern
Manson
Fonda
Rockwell City
Illinois Central
Great Western
Railway memories and Fort Dodge connections in Rolfe
In Rolfe the old passenger trains moved fast from Fort Dodge to Humboldt with stops for mail, passengers, papers, and milk. Football games cluttered Saturdays and afternoons challenging farm families. Trains sped east along Pilot Creek as steam whistles noted a strong iron horse era.
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Rolfe
Fort Dodge
Eagle Grove
Humboldt
Pilot Creek
Iron Horse
Rolfe High School Staff and Welcome Message
A Rolfe High School edition lists editors and reporters led by John Winkleblack with Chris Schoon as managing editor. It includes a welcome note to a new girl and mentions a recent census showing 175 students lost weight and 30 gained weight with a quip about oranges.
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John Winkleblack
Chris Schoon
Cindy Cruickshank
Jane Freeman
Jane Frerk
Heidi Holtorf
Jeff Larson
Dorine Metz
Greg Reigelsberger
Deb Robinson
Tom Shimon
Curt Lindergard
Eric Vaughn
New Semester Class Teaches Pop Machine Change
In Radom, a new course will teach students to fix and load coins into vending machines. Mr Book notes pennies fail. Mr Barrett will oversee the effort. Sophomores plan a Christmas movie lounge showing during 4th period. A 38 student lunch tally was recorded last Friday.
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Mr. Book
Menu and Laurens Basketball Schedule
December 10 to 16 meals list includes fish bun peas ice cream sandwich orange juice milk beef burgers potato chips corn pudding milk scalloped potatoes green beans jello cake cheese sandwich milk tuna and noodles fruit cup peas sandwich milk grilled cheese tomato soup ice cream cookie milk. December 10 basketball Laurens T December 13 basketball Laurens JV H School Board meeting at 7 00 PM Maat
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Laurens
Interview with Mr. Keplinger Profiles Local Educator
A feature on Mr. Keplinger who grew up near Mount Ayr and built a career in math and coaching. He earned a BA from N.W. Missouri State, taught at Fort Madison and Norwalk, earned an ISU masters and PhD, led Radcliffe Norwalk as principal, coached girls golf and basketball, and shares advice about maintaining a positive attitude. The piece notes his family at 601 Oak Street and his church and Cub Scout involvement, plus a column on Dear Rammie letters from students.
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Keplinger
Mount Ayr
N.W. Missouri State
Fort Madison
Norwalk
Iowa State University
ISU Education Association
ISU
Radcliffe
Methodist Church
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Corrie
World Wide Pictures
Pocahontas United Methodist Church
Holland
Corrie Ten Boom
Kenneth Bliss
Bliss
Carroll D. Brown
United Methodist Church
Corrie Fen
the Rolfe Arrow
Colonial, Luxaire and
Rheem Furnaces
Rickard’s Plumbing & Heating
Rolfe High School
Dart Staff
Mrs. Knoll
Calandan
Maat
Mr. Keplinger
Ata
Dart
Praders
Hek
Thorna
Wwe
D. M. T. Ballroom
Hwy
Lowa
Leonard Rosenau
Iowa
Jack Schultz
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