Rolfe Consolidated School News Highlights
Second Grade reports 14 girls and 12 boys with 100s in numbers and spelling honors for many students including Wanda Knapp. Class rivals Miss Fahlin’s beat by 9 to 7 with a long list of participants. Fifth and Sixth grades describe semester prep, weather calendars, health topics, birthday treats, and arithmetic progress.
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Gesme
Wanda Knapp
Wayne Erickson
Wayne Hopkins
Tom
Roger
John
Garry
Wayne H
Ronald
Montieth
Dan
David
Ronnie Schoon
David Schultz
Dennis
Joan
Therese
Janice
Kathleen
Janis
Carolyn
Carol
Elaine
Lois
Patricia
Linda
Wanda
Miss Bennett
Miss Fahlin
Larry Lee
LeRoy
Donald
Linda Joan
Jeanette
Tommy
Helen
Joe
Linda Lee
Judy
James
Linda Kay
Danny
Eugene
Janet
Mrs. Watson
Santa
Julie
Stanback Promises Relief for Cold Discomforts
Advertising copy urges readers to test STANBACK for cold symptoms head aches neuralgic pain and muscular pain. Claims include relief for common discomforts and promotes tablets or powders as superior to any prior preparation.
Hutchinson class notes and school week roundup
A classroom diary from Miss Hutchinson’s group details reading activities from Silver Chief Dog of the North and Cheerleader. Students celebrate Joyce Johnson and Billy Johnson birthdays, welcome new pupil Wallace Knapp, and refer to tests and moveable desks.
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Miss Hutchinson
Joyce Johnson
Joyce
Ann Wood
Wallace Knapp
Eagles
Hawks
Lauren Simonson
Gary Larson
Pat Calligan
Roger van Gorkom
Sharon Wickie
Marla Hodgell
Shirley Schmidt
Wilma Tiernan
Beatrice Haynes
Janet Pederson
Marvin Dornath
Pamela Jordan
Sandra Montieth
Jane Ranger
Barbara Wood
Billy Johnson
Appointment of Executor for Guy Barker Estate in Iowa
Roger G. Barker named and qualified as Executor of the Guy Barker estate in Pocahontas County Iowa. Creditors and claimants must present their claims as required by law for allowance and payment. Deted this 29th day of December 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Guy Barker
Roger G. Barker
Rolfe Social Columns Mention Local Visits and Events
Rolfe residents hosted and visited across towns including Bradgate Lynwood and Des Moines January events highlighted. Beverly Anderson program invites Rolfe girls Sally Ives Janis Wilson Judy Nielsen for Musical Sketchbook on KQTV with Mrs. N A Wilson. Rolfe Music Mothers plan Adult Night Class Banquet February 3 and rehearse for January 15 concert.
Long illness update and winter plans for Ruby
Mrs. Muriel Wilson staying in Rochester with her daughter says Ruby is slowly improving from a long illness. Wilson plans to spend the winter with her daughter. In Ottosen, Johnnie Nielsen's home hosted Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kerns and sons and Nielsen children with Marilyn of Spencer and Kermit Shimon as guests. Fremond Nielsen was honored at a Tuesday birthday dinner with several Nielsen, Johnson, and Sorenson family members. Rolfe note: B. H. Peters, drawn in Rolfe Lucky Day, was absent. two names will appear on next week's roster.
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Chris Sorenson
Jerry Sorenson
Doyle Dailey
Bradgate
Rolfe
Sally Ives
Janis Sue Wilson
Judy Nielsen
Beverly Anderson
KQTV
N. A. Wilson
Robert EB. Thompson
Guy H. Hall
John C. MacDonald
Dallas Center
Thompson
Attorney Hall
Mary Weible
California
George Weible
Lynwood
Gilmore City
J. H. Gembler
Plover
Birt Osking
Harold McCullough
Lial
Danny
Fort Dodge
Lee Harmon
Floyd Minkler
Nellie Brinkman
Herbert Barrett
John Gunderson
Harry Thompson
Edward von Bank
Edward Zinnel
Leslie Ann
Roy Telford
Larry
LeRoy Worby
Laurence Telford
Louis Jacobson
Tommy
Patty
Ottosen
Deanne Telford
Gary
Humboldt
Eugene VonBank
Leslie Ann Zinnel
John Wiegman
Sherry
Marie Wi
Muriel Wilson
Rochester
Minn
Homer Beam
Iowa Falls
Ruby
Nielsen
Fremond
August Nielsen
Anton Nielsen
Leslie Johnson
Guy Kerns
Franklin Majorowicz
B. H. Peters
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U. S. Senate
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AMANA
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Best
Bob Johnson Furniture
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