Rolfe Town Council Proceedings December 1959 and January 1960
Minutes show council actions on bills, payrolls, licenses, and utility charges. Key figures include mayor Carl Hansen, council members Cox, Lehman, Wold, Keeble, Raynes, and clerk J H Brinkman. Salary and fee decisions set for $50 monthly mayor and $4 per council meeting. Also notes library water bill rate and monthly meeting schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wold Hardware
Taylor’s Oil Co
Electric Light & Power
Irs
Elmer Sandvig
Lawrence Kennedy
A. C. McClurg & Co
Lorene Hansen
James 'Landvig
T. S. Denison & Co., Inc
Pat
Edna Wood
Webb Drug
Robinson’s
St. L
Dice Chemical Co
F. E. Grant
Pat Wood
Sam Nicoson, Inc
D. M. Register & Tribune
Farm Service Co
Plieg
Phillips Petroleum
Otenewes
Cox
Lehman
Wold
Keeble
Clarence D. Ogden
Raynes
Rolfe
Iowa
Harold G. Calligan
James Keeble
Arnold Wold
Paul Biedermann
Johnnie Loss
T. J. Raynes
Stewart G. Webb
Biedermann
Library Board
D M T School News Highlights Semester Tests and Classwork
The kindergarteners practice the M sound and money names while first graders learn penny nickel and dime. Fifth graders tackle semester tests and math. art includes leaf patterns and a paper mache snowman. Junior high boasts strong spelling and reading progress as report notes roll in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daman
Holmseth
Linda
Becky
End of term notes from 6th to 8th graders bulletin
A school note lists students Susan Deborah L Becky Cheryl Geraldine Gerry Darla Barbara Patty Janet and others by grade, praising ball game effort and planning improvements. It also outlines hot lunch menus for Monday to Friday with meals and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Deborah L
Becky
Cheryl
Geraldine
Gerry
Darla
Barbara
Patty
Janet
Damon
Sixth Grade Reports and Bulletin Board Theme
Rolfe Consolidated School notes sixth grade reports on Christmas vacation activities. Martha Gunder spoke on Germany and Fayeth Walton on the history of the calendar. The class reviews for semester tests and updates the bulletin board with a theme asking what 1960 may produce. Hot lunches for January 18 to 22 are listed with daily menus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Corsair
Martha Gunderson
Germany
Fayeth Walton
Weekly school cafeteria menu excerpts
The excerpt lists meals for Wednesday through Friday featuring items like isticks, peanut butter sandwiches, mixed fruit, milk, beans, ham, cornbread, pickles, lettuce salad, chocolate banana dessert, beef stew, jelly roll, fruit jello, toasted cheese sandwich, creamed potatoes, green beans, beet pickle, and plum cobbler.
New Year Hosts and Social Visits Across Dakota City
Bradgate News notes the Bruce Lanning family hosting the New Year gathering at Dakota City with gift exchanges and rotating hosts. Will Lanning travels to Excelsior Springs for about ten days. Also reported are visits by Robert Munson and families, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wier and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Coyle, plus a coffee honoring Mrs. Charles Wright. The W.S.C.S. met at the Methodist church parlor with devotions, lessons, and yearbook notices show new memberships. Jon Paulson from Fort Dodge visited. Abbie Olson hosted dinner guests. Friendly Circle met with Will Lanning hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Lanning
Dakota City
Donald Brandhoij
Will Lanning
Excelsior Springs
Robert Munson
Dean O'Donnell
Hampton
Everett Coyle
Winston Salem
N. C
Marvin Wier
Barnum, Minn
Mike Coyle
Ottosen
Donald Brandhvij
Marguerite Bradbury
Charles Wright
Howard Rapple
Humboldt
Esther Curry
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Abbie Olson
Marie Benjamin
Bernard Jacobs
Walter Turley
Jon Paulson
Fort Dodge
Jerry Paulson
Lee Carlton
Ann
Beryl Dickey
Friendly Circle
Election Officers Named At Local Club Meeting
At the election of officers Mrs Abbie Olson was chosen president Mrs Mary Buck vice president and Mrs Will Lanning secretary treasurer The Get Together Club met Friday evening in the Harold Hemer son home with Mrs Hemerson and Mrs Leonard Lanus hostesses Winners of high score were Mrs Will Lanning and Leonard Lanus Lars Larsen and Mrs Elmer Nacre had low scores Mrs Martha Wallace returned from Fort Dodge where she spent three weeks in the Gerald Koenig home Her granddaughter Julie Koenig returned from the hospital but Mrs Koenig was in bed with flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Olson
Mary Buck
Will Lanning
Jerry Paulson
Darrell Jones
Gilmore City
Harold Hemerson
Hemerson
Leonard Lanus
Inga McCreary
Lars Larsen
Elmer Nacre
Martha Wallace
Fort Dodge
Gerald Koenig
Julie Koenig
Koenig
Hendersong Entertained Dec 20 Pre-Christmas Guests
Society notes show Hendersong entertained a crowd for a pre Christmas dinner on December 20 with guests from local clubs and social circles. The event highlighted community gathering and festive plans for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society & Clubs
Henderson Family Gathering and Home Study Club Christmas Luncheon
The David Henderson home hosted a family gathering on Sunday December 20 with many relatives from Plover Havelock Mallard Pocahontas Rippey LeRoy Hibbing Minn and others. The American Home Study Club met Friday December 18 at 12 30 for a potluck Christmas luncheon at the homes of Mrs Burt Phillips and Mrs Roger Gardewine with festive decorations and carols led by Mrs Muriel Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Henderson
Edna Henderson
Plover
Gerald Henderson
Warren
Havelock
Lowell Schutz
Mallard
Charles Kemmer
Pocahontas
Orlin Henderson
Glen
Carol
Rippey
Elwood Henderson
Ronald Henderson
LeRoy, Minn
Allen Connors
Hibbing, Minn
William Henderson
American Home Study Club
Burt Phillips
Roger Gardewine
Muriel Wilson
Minnie Jarvis
Christmas gathering honors Mount Union guests in Plover
Mrs. David Henderson entertained a group of neighbor ladies and friends at an afternoon coffee on Saturday December 26 in honor of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Truelson and Mark of Mount Union. Guests from a distance included Mrs Harley Bradburn and son of Akron Mrs Wayne Opheim and children of Thornton and others from Jewell Armstrong Peterson Peterson Kerns Bush Kerns Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
David Henderson
Kenneth Truelson
Mark
Mount Union
Harley Bradburn
Akron
Wayne Opheim
Thornton
Art Smith
Joan of
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Hansen
J. H. Brinkman
D.M. T. School News
S&h
Ibe
America
Arken
Spee
Rolfe Consolidated School News
Bradgate News
Peter Marshall
Earl Ives
Alice Dickenson
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rolfe State Bank
Chevy
Chevrolet
Fisher
Brinkman Auto Company
Dial
Rolfe, Iowa
Dinah Shore
Nbc-Tv
Pat Boone
Stanback’s S. A
Housekee
Bert Eal
Saa Ld
ACA Ee Company
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