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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1968
Page
6
A prose meditation on Christmas as ideal, recalling pioneers in Pocahontas County Northern Town, Sayre, and Idaho lineage. The narrator reflects on family, heritage, and old values, mentioning immigrant families Malacek and others, and hints at a continuation of memories of rural life and community faith.
About 400 attended the Bradgate Rolfe Farmers Cooperative Company annual meeting held December 14 in the Bradgate School gym. Speaker Mark Stone of Kansas City, prizes, and refreshments complemented the business session. The fiscal year ending June 30 1968 reported sales of 3 824 057 84 with 174 834 in net savings. Dividends of 57 600 were paid to members and new directors were elected across regions including Johnson Art Peter Delmarsson LeRoy Simonson Joe Reigelsberger Don Ham and Frank Schant.
Mrs Mitchell Murray of Rolfe announces the engagement of her daughter Deborah Lynn Erickson to Dean Poppen son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Poppen of Clare The couple plan a future wedding no date set Deborah is a 1968 Rolfe Community School graduate now at Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge Dean is a 1967 Manson High School and 1968 Iowa Central graduate He has enlisted in the U S Air Force and will begin basic training December 26 at Lackland AFB Texas
A rock found on the Glenn Dailey farm east of here was identified as slag, not the meteorite sought after a bright object sighting on October 21. VonDel Chamberlain of Abrams Planetarium confirmed furnace material slag, noting slag pieces often misidentified as meteorites and may come from old steam threshers. He thanked the Daileys and encouraged continued reporting of finds.
Mr and Mrs James Trimble of Plover announce the engagement of their daughter Susan Kaye Trimble to Joseph Pedersen son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Pedersen of Rolfe Both graduates of 1967 plan marriage February 28 1969 at Plover Methodist Church The couple's paths trace Des Moines and Rolfe IA venues with local school ties and bank employment.
The Cadette Girl Scouts of Rolfe sponsor a Twelfth Night Burning of the Greens on Saturday January 4, 1969 at 7 30 p.m. at the ball diamond west of the school house. All Girl Scouts will participate and each girl is responsible for a free. Details will be announced later.
Funeral services for Warrant Officer Nicholas Alexander 21 were held at the Methodist Church in Algona with military honors by the Algona National Guard. Burial followed in East Lawn Cemetery. He died in Vietnam on November 27 1968 after piloting a helicopter hit by ground fire. He married Julie A. Johnson December 22 1967. Survivors include his parents two brothers two sisters and a sister in Waterloo Fort Dodge and Clinton locations.
City officials announce collection will occur on Tuesday for the next two weeks because Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on the regular pickup Wednesday. Residents should place bins curbside by 7 am on Tuesday to avoid delays.
The Rammettes defeated the Albert City-Truesdale girls 59 to 51 to snap a six game losing streak on Friday. On Saturday the team faced Palmer in a separate GC-B final.
Rolfe’s Rams lose both weekend games dropping to 1 win and 6 losses. Albert City tops Rolfe 57-48 on the Albert City court while Rolfe’s Palmer girls beat Palmer 83-59. Laurie Brinkman leads Rolfe with 28 points while Diane Bierstedt adds 21.
The Rolfe Christmas Contest invites residents and farmers to enter for prizes totaling $20 with $10 for first and $5 for second. Entry blanks are in this issue and can be returned to Rolfe Christmas Contest Box 84. Entries accepted by postmark later December 19 and weighed at 7 to 9 p.m. on December 22.
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