Seed testing and labeling rules for town farmers
County Extension Director Darrell E. Clark outlines steps for testing and labeling seed before sale. Sampling from bins or bags, creating a representative mix, and submitting at least a pound for large seeds or four ounces for small seeds. Testing includes purity, noxious weed, and germination. labeling must include all results with germination within nine months of sale.
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Darrell E. Clark
Clark
Pocahontas
Iowa State University Seed Laboratory
Iowa
Tomahawk Seed Laboratory
Marion
Russell Seed Laboratory
Clarinda
Market Report February 12 1969 Soybeans
Market report notes February 12 1969 listing No 3 yellow soybeans at 2.45 making a 1.0 co. The brief entry records grain price alongside grade and unit.
Wolverton Resigns as Rolfe School Superintendent
Robert Wolverton, superintendent at Rolfe Community School, submitted his resignation to the Board of Education on Tuesday. The resignation is effective June 30 of this year and was accepted by the board. Wolverton has led the district for four years and has no immediate plans for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wolverton
Rolfe Community School
Board of Education
Mr. Wolverton
Heart Fund Drive Set To Start February Fifteenth
Miss Susan Johnson announces Rolfe area Heart Fund Drive kickoff on February 15 with Heart Sunday observed February 23. Des Moines township and Pocahontas County drives also begin February 15. Funds support cardiovascular research and fight heart disease with the slogan Give so more will live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Johnson
Heart Fund
Rolfe
Heart
Don Spencer
Des Moines
Richard Stamper
Gilmore City
J. Desmond Crotty
Pocaontas
Pocahontas County Heart Fund
Pocahontas County Heart Association
Clyde Smith
John Rhodes
Pocahontas
John Gordon
Rammettes Start Sectional Play in Rolfe With Glaucomobile
Glaucomobile screening for glaucoma will visit Rolfe February 13 14 from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 5 pm at the Legion Hall. Appointments with Iowa Electric Light and Power 8 3501. Rammettes face Palmer in Rolfe February 15 at 8 pm in sectional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Rolfe Legion Hall
Office of Iowa Electric Light and Power
Iowa Lions Light Conservation Foundation
Department of Ophalmology
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Jocal Lions Club
Classes To Be Held Saturday At Rolfe
Rolfe Community School will hold classes this Saturday February 15 to makeup a day lost to repairs on the town water system. Buses run on their usual routes and students missing religion classes will be dismissed for that period. The Ritz Theatre movie screening scheduled for Saturday evening remains unchanged.
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Rolfe Community School
Ritz Theatre
Rebekah Lodge 125 Installs Officers
Rebekah Lodge No 125 held an officer installation on Thursday evening February 6 in the lodge hall. District officers Mrs Marshall Wycoff and Mrs Charles Baker led the ceremony with staff from Fonda Rebekah Lodge. Named officers include Hattie Harris Noble Grand Frances Shaw Vice Grand Minnie Young secretary Bessie Roberts financial secretary Gretha Marine treasurer Hazel Howland warden Edna Wood conductor Anna McIntire chaplain Mary Thompson musician Elsie Lindsey instructor Lucy Firkins RSNG Elsie Lindsey LSN G Muriel Spencer RSV G Rowena Jarvis LVG Mildred Hansen inside guard Enis Sanden outside guard Bernice Jarvis Past Noble Grand. Refreshments were served by Marcella Buck Mary Thompson and Hazel Howland.
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Rolfe Rebekah Lodge No. 125
Marshall Wycoff
Charles Baker
Fonda Rebekah Lodge
Hattie Harris
Noble Grand
Frances Shaw
Minnie Young
Bessie Roberts
Gretha Marine
Hazel Howland
Edna Wood
Marcella Buck
Mary Thompson
Funeral Services for Sherman E. Wickre in Livermore
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Emmanuel Luth eran Church Livermore for Sherman E Wickre 57 who died February 1 at Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge burial followed in Union Cemetery He was a World War II veteran native of Alberta Canada moved to Laneford South Carolina as a youth later owned Livermore Feed Mill and worked six years for a Decorah construction firm Survivors include his widow three daughters two sons four brothers and two sisters
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Sherman E. Wickre
Livermore
Emmanuel Lutheran
Mason City
Decorah Construction
The Adult Farmer Class Meeting on The Chemical Review
The Adult Farmer Class will meet at 7 30 Wednesday February 19 in the Vee Ag room at the school. The topic is The Chemical Review covering insecticides and herbicides with new products and research material presented by Monsanto.
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Vee Ag
Chemical Review
Monsanto
Call From Australia Bridges Viet Nam Duty Parents Birthday Call
Captain Linden Accurso of Rolfe and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Accurso spoke by telephone from Sydney on his 25th birthday during rest and recuperation from Viet Nam service. He noted Viet Nam’s July 1968 departure and compared Town heat to 75-80 degrees with heavy rains stopping golf plans.
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Linden Accurso
Sydney
Australia
Viet Nam
Joe Accurso
Rolfe
Accurso
Mrs Lucille Hall Sustains Hip Fracture in Indianola Fall
Mrs Lucille Charlton Hall fractured her hip in a fall at the Jefferson Home in Indianola. She was taken to Town Methodist Hospital in Des Moines where the fracture was pinned.
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Lucille Charlton Hall
Jefferson Home
Indianola
Hall
Town Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Young Family Visits Sadie Sandvig in Town Falls
Mr and Mrs Jim Young and their children from Town Falls called Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs Sadie Sandvig.
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Jim Young
Town Falls
Sadie Sandvigs
Main Leak Fix Ends Disruptions Near Rolfe School
Water service was restored after a leak along the main line was fixed. The incident began when pressure dropped earlier in the year, causing temporary outages three blocks west of Rolfe school and triggering ongoing water issues in the Rolfe area.
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Rolfe
Rolfe Town
New Subscription Rates For Rolfe Arrow In 1969
The Rolfe Arrow will raise subscription prices effective March 1 1969 due to higher newsprint postage and operating costs. Iowa residents pay 4.50 per year and out of state 5.50. Two year rates are 8.00 in Iowa and 10.00 out of state. Single copy stays 10 cents. Renew or gift a subscription now.
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Rolfe. Arrow
The
Arrow
Iowa
Rolfe Arrow
Local Teams End Regular Season Play At Manson FKi
The Rams and Rammettes wrap up the regular season at Manson next Friday February 14. The Rammettes defeated Gilmore City Bradgate 102-55 and lost 77-58 to Pocahontas. Rolfe hangs 7-10 with one game left before sectional play Saturday.
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Rammettes
Palmer
Rolfe
Gilmore City
Fonda
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
Manson
Rams
Twin Rivers Pirates
Manson Eagles
Manson Fki
Bradgate
Ram
Pocahontas
Mike Pedersen
Mark Feldman
Roger Allen
High School Honor Roll Names Listed for 2nd Nine Weeks
The second grading period and first semester results name four students on the Super Honor Roll with a 3.75 GPA. Honorees include Cheryl Wilson and Mark Feldman among others, with seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen also noted for making the Honor Roll.
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Cheryl Wilson
Mark Feldman
Carol Rude
Carol Wiegert
David Baade
Iver Behrendsen
Peggy Gunderson
Joy Howard
Jeanne Jordan
Barbara Loxterkamp
Jon Shimon
Diane Sinck
Neal Vaughn
Diane Bierstedt
Dennis DeWall
Janis Ferguson
Mark Hood
Monte Howard
Joanne Kennedy
Jerry Loss
Nancy Vainreb
Laurie Brinkman
David Lexterkamp
Karen Ripperger
Bill Shimon
Robert Wiegert
Tom Winkleblack
Barbara Wolverton
Joan Behrendsen
Karen Brinkman
Shari Feldman
Kim Hovey
Susan Marino
Carol Wicegert
Regional Amateur Art Show planned for Fort Dodge area
Fort Dodge hosts a regional Amateur Art Show from February 22 to 28 at the Blanden Gallery with 700 visitors last year and about 189 works by nearly 100 artists from Pocahontas Webster Humboldt Wright and other counties. Entries accepted February 14 15 16 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Judging by Richard Heggen of Iowa State University and winners advance to the state show in Sioux City in April.
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Fort Dodge Area
Deane Gunderson
Rolfe
Clayton Peterson
Fort Dodge
Pocahontas
Webster
Humboldt
Wright
Calhoun
Hamilton
Carroll, Green
Boone
Blanden
Aveno
Richard Heggen
Iowa State University Art Faculty
Sioux City Art Center
ISU Senior Marshall Brinkman Initiated into Honor Society
Marshall A Brinkman a senior at Iowa State University was initiated into Phi Kappa Phi on February 12. The Phi Kappa Phi group includes 11 faculty members 47 graduate students and 118 undergraduates at the university. He is a Rolfe Community School graduate and the son of Mr and Mrs David Brinkman.
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Marshall A. Brinkman
Iowa State University
Universities of Science and Technology
Marshall
Rolfe Community School
David Brinkman
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Lawrence Nelson
Nelson
Feaster Place
George Lehnus
Thurs
California
Richard
Orange
Charles Wentz
Santa Cruz
Market Report
Wolverton
R.hls
Rebekah Lodge 125
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Main Street
Barbara Lexterkamp
Diane Sinek
Jim Jordan
Tom Winklehlack
Susan
Marine
Theresa
IN Honor
Weather Report
Welland
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