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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1960
Page
1
The article extols the busiest as well organized and asks them to dedicate time weekly to community and business efforts via the local Chamber of Commerce. It also notes fall safety advice from the Iowa State Health Department with five practical steps to reduce injury.
Instructions describe technique for minimizing injury when falling from height. Steps include landing on balls of feet with bent knees, rolling sideways, and using arms to spread impact. If momentum allows, roll or stand without abrupt stops. otherwise fold arms and fall onto padded thigh or shoulder to dissipate energy.
Funeral services were held for Orlin Mason 64 a longtime Havelock resident dying February 12 at a veterans hospital in Iowa City He was World War I veteran and survived by wife Ellen Hansen two brothers two aunts two cousins and other relatives The week also saw a Sunshine Club farewell reception for Mrs Maynard Snecker and newborns under the area updates detailing local family events and housing moves around Havelock March 1 work relocations and residences.
Residents relocate farms near Dodge Center and Albert City as the Schwerings and Johnson families plan transfers. Local parsing includes funeral attendance in Mason City for Ed Jirska and a busy weekend of basketball at Rolfe with Havelock Pocahontas triumphing. Snowfall brings five inches with light drifting while church activities report a busy Martha Circle dinner and Methodist conference plans for February 29.
Tom Clausen and Mr and Mrs James Williams visited Laurens Friday and met Henry Hansen. Kenneth Meredith, son of Richard and Mrs Meredith, is in training at Lackland AFB Texas. Mrs Mary Smith and Ivalee Resseguie hosted Claude Wilsons birthday dinner, then Resseguie visited Joe Wilson’s family in Pocahontas. Viola Defor Moscow Ida and Kenneth Stevens Laverne Minn spent Monday with cousins Ray Grover and Pearl Mick in Pocahontas. They stayed with uncle Oscar Johnston and wife and visited brother Vernie Stevens in Jefferson.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Showers of Pocahontas visited Rolfe Sunday with Mr and Mrs Alvin Jensen. Lavern Bennett welcomed a seven pound one and three fourths ounce son on February 9 named Robert Burdette, joining four sisters and a brother. Nettie Prochaska of Emmetsburg stayed overnight with the Everett Burns home.
Mx and Mrs Norton Ives and family attended Presbyterian church in Ames with sons Brian and Joel then dined at Finley Hall and joined Home and Flower Show in Des Moines for the boys birthday. Lions Club Auction seeks usable articles by March 5 with pickup or delivery to Grant's Lumber Yard.
Humboldt guests Mr and Mrs James O Donnell and family join the Schonbergers for a smorgasbord. Marcus hosts Mr and Mrs L D Wilson and family for Sunday dinner. Storm Lake's Miss Janet Shelgren visits her Ed Shelgren parents before Cedar Falls interview. Rolfe and Plover relatives attend D Frank Henderson's funeral at Grace Methodist in Sioux City. Minneapolis pair Miss Charlotte Applegate and Miss Lois Christens visit Charlotte Applegate's parents Eugene and Lester in EuGene, with Christens returning to Minnesota.
Mr and Mrs Gary Smith and Geri Ann spent the weekend with the Art Erickson family at Cedar Falla. They attended local gatherings and shared hospitality during the visit.
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