Pocahontas County To Host Regional Conservation Dinner
Pocahontas County Soil District and County Soil Conservation Service will host the Region 2 Conservation Awards Recognition Dinner in Pocahontas Chow House on Wednesday January 6 at 7 p m. Guests include Al Moon William Granner Glenn Cunningham and Frank Mendell with reservations due by January 4.
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Pocahontas County
al Moon
Fort Dodge Area
William Granner
State Soil Conservation Committee
Glenn Cunningham
Des Moines
Farm & Home
The
Register
Frank Mendell
Soil Conservation District
Christmas Closures Hit Rolfe Businesses and Services
In Rolfe the Christmas holiday shuts most firms including a double holiday for the bank on Friday December 25 and Saturday December 26. Postmaster Donald Spencer announces no window or city carrier service on Christmas Day or Dec 26, no rural delivery on Christmas Day, but mail will be distributed to boxholders Saturday and the post office lobby remains open that day.
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Rolfe
Donald Spencer
Apprentice David L. Schott Graduates Electrician's Mate
SS IN SERVICE SS IN SERVICE Fireman Apprentice David L. Schott U S N son of Mr and Mrs Richard V Schott is scheduled to graduate January 22 from Electrician's Mate School at Naval Training Center Great Lakes IL Navy's largest training center He studies repair maintenance and operation of modern naval electrical equipment The curriculum includes electrical blueprints and wiring diagrams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Schott
U.S.N
Richard V. Schott
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Navy
Members Elected to Iowa State Historical Society
Dr William J Petersen announces 280 new members in December for the State Historical Society of Iowa. Iowa towns contributed 215 members from 115 towns in 65 counties including Des Moines 23 and Iowa City 9. Forty four members came from 24 other states and one from India. The society was established in 1857.
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William J. Petersen
The
State Historical Society
Franklin J. Majorowicz
Rolfé
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Mason City
Dubuque
India
State Historical Society of
Soloist Linda Robinson to perform Messiah in Sioux City
Linda Robinson, a Morningside College sophomore majoring in music and Mu Phi Epsilon member, was chosen as soprano soloist for a Messiah performance by the Sioux City Choral Association and Morningside College groups on December 13 in the Junior High Auditorium. Attending from Rolfe were her parents and sister.
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Linda Robinson
Sioux City Choral Association
Morningside College
Sioux City
Dr. Woods
Linda
Mu-Phi-Epsilon
Rolfe
M. L. Robinson
Lynn
Rites Held for Former Resident Marion Overmire
Marion Overmire 51 of Nevada Iowa formerly lived here died Sunday December 20 in University Hospital Iowa City after a lengthy illness Funeral services were held Wednesday at Streit Powers Funeral Home Rolfe Rev A Keith Hanser officiated burial was in Clinton Garfield cemetery Survivors include his wife Ruth Mason of Rolfe and several children
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Marion Overmire
Nevada
Iowa
University Hospital
Iowa City
Streit & Powers Funeral
Rolfe
Keith Hanser
Clinton-Garfield
Ruth Mason
Christmas Festivities Close With Drawing Rolfe Teams Lose
Rolfe Ramettes trailed Pocahontas Maidens 18 8 at quarter end then final 170 40 in Pocahontas favor. High Rolfe scorer Carol Biedermann 19. Marcia Hansen 5 free throws. Sue Trimble 2. Boys game ended Rolfe 63 Pocahontas 70 with Kaiser 20 and Brinkman 18 leading Rolfe. Next game December 30 Fonda ULGC boys.
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Rolfe Ramettes
Pocahontas
Rams
Indians
Rolfe
Ramettes
Judy Smith
Linda Heathman
Carol Schott
Deborah Johnson
Poky
Ramette
Marcia Hansen
Carol Biedermann
Jane Bielefeldt
Susan Trimble
Marsh Brinkman
Kurt Kaiser
Kaiser
Brinkman
Dave Bennett
Kurt
Paul Tange
Ram
Fonda
U.L.G.C
Children greet Santa during busy Rolfe holiday events
Marcia Hovey asked for a Barbie doll and promised milk and cookies for Santa at a Badger visit hosted by her maternal grandparents as cold winds swept Rolfe. The town saw 700 candy bags handed out on main street, houses crowded indoors, and grand prize drawings in the Legion hall ending Wednesday night with a list of winners including a television and a camera.
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Marcia Hovey
Santa
Marcia
Badger
Wayne Montieth
Nancy Miller
J. R. Miller
Jean Brinkman
Dave Brinkmans
Rolfe
Legion Hall
Lee Bendixon
Ethel O’neall
Kodak
Virgil Ricklefs
F. Allen
Dennis J. Shimon
John Shimon
Herman Westberg
Joe Accurso
Dick Bennett
Donald Eikenberry
Grace Nielsen
Mabelle Wiegert
George Lanus
Daisy Truelsen
Bill Burke
Judith Peterson
Lyle Kilbourn
GC. L. Zeman
Lyle McCullough Rites Today At Paton
Lyle McCullough 59 of Rock Island Ill former resident died Monday December 21 in St Anthony hospital Paton Iowa death due to pneumonia and complications funeral today in Paton Presbyterian church burial in Paton cemetery survivors include wife Mabel six children Harold Davis Junction Ill Mrs Merle Schade Mrs Robert Sorenson Mrs Dale Lester all Rock Island Ill Mrs Raymond Williams Pocahontas Ia and James Tokyo Japan a granddaughter Jeanie Boles and other grandchildren.
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Lyle McCullough
Rock Island
Ill
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Paton
Towa
Mabel
Harold
Davis Junction
Merle Schade
Robert Sorenson
Dale Lester
Ext. Council Dinner Meeting December 30
The Pocahontas County Extension District Council holds its annual December dinner at Verle Hudek’s home in Pocahontas on Wednesday December 30. Attending are council members extension staff and six newly elected members Harold Dodd Elvin Lindstrom Mrs Antone Clausen John Lubinus Jr Gerhard Poppen Roy Carlson Marvin G Johnson chairman. Meal served at noon in the Hudek recreation room with the monthly business meeting to follow.
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Pocahonta’ ‘County
Grant
Gerhard Poppen
Palmer
Lincoln
Roy Carlson
Albert City
Marshall Township
Marvin G. Johnson
Extension District Council
Hudek
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation At Iowa Honors 87 Sims
The University of Iowa chapter initiated 87 new Phi Beta Kappa members on December 13. Highlighted student Julie Bielefeldt, a Liberal Arts senior, joined along with others who meet top tenth percentile scholastic criteria. The chapter was founded in 1895 and is led this year by Prof. A. M. Barnes of the School of Journalism.
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University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
Julie Bielefeldt
College of Liberal Arts
Julie
C. W. Bielefeldt
Iowa
U. of I
A. M. Barnes
School of Journalism
December 31 Deadline For Wool Growers
Wool growers are reminded to complete all wool and lamb marketings by December 31, 1964 to receive payments for the current marketing year. After that date, marketings will qualify for payments in the 1965 marketing year. The wool year is calendar based, so any unsettled sale parts by December 31 will not count for 1964.
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LeRoy J. Nelson
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Ice Fishing Starts Strong in Iowa Great Lakes
The State Conservation Commission reports a fast start for ice fishing with impressive walleyes in the Iowa Great Lakes. Spirit Lake is largely frozen though only West Okoboji bays have ice, and anglers are warned not to drive on it. Other areas show solid prospects for crappies and bluegills on backwaters and open-water walleyes below dams.
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Iowa Great Lakes
State Conservation Commission
Great Lakes
Spirit Lake
West Okoboji
Commission
Mississippi River
Iowa
Early Deadline Notice for Next Week
The paper sets a larger issue deadline for next week by 5 p.m. Monday December 28 for news and ad copy. Editors thank advertisers and news contributors for cooperation on early deadlines.
Old Fashioned Christmas Through Changing Times 1965
A reflective look at how Christmas customs shifted from harsh Puritan restraint to festive modern celebration. The piece traces early complaints of worldly delights in 1827 and 1876 from bishops and The Youth's Companion, arguing nostalgia clashes with evolving culture.
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America
England
Bess
Changing Times
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