Rolfe Iowa Post Office Second Class Matter Note
Published each Thursday and entered as second class matter at the post office at Rolfe Iowa.
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1969
Page
1
Published each Thursday and entered as second class matter at the post office at Rolfe Iowa.
Marriage marks 50 years for Mr. and Mrs. Connie Sease. Capt. James W. Anderson, stationed in Alaska, spoke by short wave with Mrs. Higgins and her son on January 25. Rams beat Rockwell City 70 to 51. S/Sgt. D. G. Harmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harmon, was honorably discharged after five years in the Marines including Korea. No school in Plover due to icy roads. Shower honors Mrs. Beryl Butterfield in Presbyterian Church parlor. Friendly Circle met with Mrs. Dewey Lanning. guests included several named ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chambers and Mrs. Ethel Ragan attended the Eastern Star school of instruction at West Bend Monday evening. The Youth Center was open Friday night to entertain the snowbound youth. Mr. and Mrs.
30 years ago Wesley Lehnus broke both bones in his forearm on Monday during belt dressing while sawing wood at his farm.
Mrs. Robert Hunter used weekend excursion rates to visit Des Moines relatives. The Chas Otto eighty acre farm northwest of Rose sold to John H. DeWall near Pocahontas with A. V. Graeber arranging the deal. Neighborly Club gathering at J. R. McIntire home. Leo Rude boxed at Manson. Mail carrier Nels Nelson off duty due to illness. Peter Johnson continued route work during Nelson’s absence.
A Friday incident describes J T Grant’s shave interrupted by a carburetor spill that flooded gas and briefly set fire to a car. firefighters extinguished the blaze with no damage. The piece then shifts to local news, noting Victor Shimon’s return from overseas with Miss Marie Jones, a sale of a small Laurens farm at 730 dollars per acre, and a lively off season bullhead fishing catch reported by Bennett and others. It closes with community events, weather notes, 4 H activities, and new officer installations with Connie Ricklefs as reporter.
The Iowa Game Commission opened shallow lakes for off season fishing due to oxygen deprivation from snow cover. High Lake was opened and Rolfe anglers Dick Bennett and Bill Sandvig used seining through ice. After about ninety minutes they netted an unbelievable quantity of fish.
The Garfield Lassies met Saturday January 11 at Theo Ripperger home with 24 members answering roll call. President Kathy Ripperger led the session as Vickie Shoemaker led the pledge and Virginia Ripperger presented a talk on Values of Beautiful Homes.
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