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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1969
Page
11
An 8 ton Osh Kosh snowplow was buried by a 12 foot snowdrift two miles north of Rolfe on Highway 15 as county workers fought crusty snow and high winds to free it. Officials warned of another storm, while residents compare the winter to 1936.
Rockwell City Wildcats and Cazettes overwhelmed Rolfe Rams and Rammettes as Rockwell City bolstered an 8 0 Twin Lakes Conference record. Rolfe's Don Marino 14 and Roger Allen 12 paced the Rams while Rockwell City rested stars in the second half.
Rolfe residents faced a daytime water outage due to a break in a city line with low pressure and snow coverage. Emergency pumping from Des Moines restored normal pressure by Monday night. a persistent fault remained as of Wednesday noon. The article also notes a regional study showing northwestern Iowa counties repeatedly report below state heart death averages, with emigration influencing aging and mortality trends. Eldon Ham joined Don Dickeys for Sunday dinner in Humboldt.
The Pocahontas Community Chorus teams with the Community State Band and local acts for a two night show titled A Carnival of Melody. Proceeds support Pocahontas Community Hospital physical therapy equipment fund. Admission 1 for adults 50 for children. Show at Pocahontas Community School starting 8 00 p m.
The Adult Farmers Class will meet at 7:30 Wednesday evening January 22 in the Vee Ag room at the school. A panel of farm managers including Adolph Spies Bert Hanson and Jim Wilson will offer viewpoints on farm problems.
Supt. Robert Wolverton outlines rules for snow closures at Rolfe Community School. If a snow day reduces a regular week, classes may be held Saturday. after five days, no Saturday session. Bus service will run where roads permit and parents may bring children to pickup points or the school. Radio reports from KVID KICD or WHO will announce closings.
The United Presbyterian Church held its annual Congregational Corporation meeting on Monday January 13. New session members elected LeRoy Nelson Norton Ivs and Forrest Grant. Trustees elected Jim Martin Jim Shelgren and John Cordes to another term. Other trustees include Roger Gardewine Roger Witt Dean Duitscher and Virgil Shelgren. Committee members Lester Thorson and Miss Clara Dawson were re elected. Coffee was served by a UPW committee.
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company outlines its 1969 construction budget totaling 23,002,919 dollars, up from 1968. President Duane Arnold cites nuclear plant work at Palo as a driver, with 5 million earmarked for nuclear projects in 1969 and more in 1970 and 1971. The plan covers electric distribution, transmission, generating facilities, gas distribution, maintenance, and commercial items, plus a portable 12,000 kilowatt substation cost.
Pocahontas County records list Donald Ray Christensen of Rolfe and Richard Joseph Hinners of Laurens Town as January selective service inductees. Both, aged 19, are ordered to Fort Polk Louisiana for basic training.
The 1969 Grand Jury for Pocahontas County meets February 4 at 10 a.m. Presiding judge is Richard W. Cooper. Petit jurors for Cal endar Quarter Session span February 3 to March 29. Names listed include Sidney Beckord and Paul Bass among many others from Laurens, Fonda, Rolfe, Pomeroy, Gilmore City, and Pocahontas.
Funeral services are pending for Ole Ferden 62 of Nevada Towa formerly Rolfe who died Tuesday night at Veterans Hospital Des Moines after weeks as a patient. Survivors include two sisters Mrs George Emma Brock and Mrs Lester Mabel Gustafson of Fort Dodge and four brothers Elmer West Bend Lester Rolfe Pete Nevada Maynard Des Moines. He was preceded in death by parents Mr and Mrs Ole S Ferden two brothers Art and Albert and one sister Sarah.
Rolfe Chamber of Commerce president Al Vaughn announces Saturday matinees at the local Ritz Theatre replacing evening shows while cold weather prevails. Matinees start at 2:00 PM Saturdays with a free movie this Saturday. Sunday evening shows continue.
William Holtapp of Pomeroy was elected chairman of the County Board of Supervisors at the 1969 reorganization in Pocahontas. He succeeds Roy Richardson of Laurens. Richardson was assigned to run the county farm. Alvin Johnson of Pocahontas will handle courthouse duties. Charles Kramer of Palmer and Marie Pavik were put in charge of insurance. Kramer doubles on the social welfare board. Richard Bush of Plover was sworn in as a new board member replacing Ed Shelgren of Rolfe.
Leo Schachtner of Fonda was elected Chairman of the Pocahontas Extension Council at the organization meeting in Pocahontas. Other officers named include Doug Almquist Colfax Township Vice-Chairman Mrs Byron Rude Cummins Township Secretary and Herbert Plantz Jr Grant Township Treasurer.
The ceremony was held at the college chapel of the University of Florida in Gainesville on January 3, 1969. Miss Bonna Beth Brinkman, daughter of Enid Brinkman of Sarasota and Paul Brinkman of Chillicothe, Mo, wed Allan Saperstein of Brooklyn, N.Y. Air Force radar operator stationed at King Salmon, Alaska. Bride continues college studies.
Miss Ruth Webb a former Rolfeile is honored as Volunteer of the Month for December by the Volunteer Bureau of Council Bluffs. She works in the Jenny Edmundson Hospital play room answers volunteer calls for the Red Cross Bloodmobile and aided with a tuberculosis seal mailing. For 32 years she served the Christian Home in Council Bluffs as teacher and volunteer and was named Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women's Club in 1965.
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