Rammettes Rise Past Gilmore City for First Conference Win
Rolfe Rammettes defeated Gilmore City Bradgate 83 44 to earn their first Twin Lakes Conference victory this season. Diane Bierstedt led scoring as Rammettes dominated from the start, with halftime 72 38 and final 83 44 stopping Gilmore City Bradgate’s bid. Farley’s Rams were dropped 63 48 by Rockets as conference play continued.
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Rammettes
Gilmore City
Bradgate Girls
Rams
Bradgate
van Houten
Twin Lakes
Havelock-Plover
Palmers
Farley
B-ross
Palmer
Emmetsburg
Bode
Twin Rivers
van Houwten
Rolfe Girls
Diane Bierstedt
Rammeettes
Rockets
Rolfe
One of Those Things: Pocahontas Chorus Variety Show
The Pocahontas Community Chorus presents its fourth annual musical variety show One of Those Things on Saturday and Sunday January 17 and 18 at 8 00 p m. The 55 member chorus and 15 piece band perform a mix of standards pop hits spirituals and choral styles under Gary Currie with Sherry Gregerson costume design and Darlene Hudek choreography. Acts include a girls tap line barber shop harmony madrigal singers Hungry 5 and country and western selections.
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Pocahontas Community Chorus
Gary Currie
Pocahontas Community School
Sherry Gregerson
Darlene Hudek
Mary Lee Zeman Crowned Queen At Scout Ceremony
A Twelfth Night Burning of the Greens ceremony was held Wednesday at the ball diamond west of the school house. Cadette Girl Scouts led with Brownies and Juniors assisting, crowning Mary Lee Zeman queen as Jean Brinkman delivered the message on Burning of the Greens. The program closed with Christmas carols. Mr and Mrs Don Stowell and children visited Spencer and Plover households over the weekend.
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Mary Lee Zeman
Kenneth Zeman
Brownies
Jean Brinkman
David Brinkman
Don Stowell
Spencer
LeRoy Nelson
Mac Nelsons
Mrs
Dorothy Stowell
Plover
Rolfe Amends Traffic Ordinance No 41
Rolfe Town Council passed an amendment to Traffic Ordinance No 41 on January 5. Mayor Pat Wood approved the measure. The change states that failure to follow Iowa motor vehicle laws remains a violation within town limits.
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Rolfe
State of
Iowa
Pat Wood
Irene Russell 72 Interred Here After Humboldt Death
Graveside services were held at Clinton Garfield Cemetery for Irene Russell 72 following a funeral at the Humboldt Methodist Church. Russell a Rolfe native and longtime farmer's wife died Saturday in Humboldt from a heart attack. She is survived by a son Robert Ankeny three daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Irene Russell
Clinton- Garfield
Humboldt
Robert
Ankeny
Roy Stevenson
Millville
Minn
Lioyd Jensen
Minnetonka
Leo Dych
Peoria
Elmer Barbour
Des Moines
Elmer Tubbs
Rolfe
Marshall Tubbs
Rapid City
S. Oak
Pool Campaign Fund Nears Halfway Mark
Joel Ives 27 died unexpectedly Friday en route to Pocahontas hospital after ill health. Services were held Monday at the Presbyterian Church with church choir and organist. The Rolfe area pool drive seeks $40 000 with 40 percent contacted and pledges near $19 000. donations urged through township chairmen and Bill Spencer Rolfe State Bank.
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Rolfe
Rolfe Area
Bill Spencer
Rolfe State Bank
Powhatan
Ed Pirie
LeRoy Simonson
Garth Smith
Des Moines
Curtis Kerns
John W. Nielsen
Roosevelt
Phil Brinkman
Charles Gunderson
Garfield
Dennis Wagner
Roger Witt
Dick Bennett
Jerry Robinson
Leroy Schoon
Don Shoemaker
Russell Winkleblack
Spangler Rites Held At St Pauls Church
Mrs. Lester Spangler aged 65 of Rolfe died Sunday en route to Fort Dodge hospital from a heart attack. Funeral Wednesday at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev G H Brase officiating. Verna Ryen organist. floral arrangers named. casket bearers listed. Surviving are her husband and three sisters. a son and several siblings preceded her in death.
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Lester Spangler
Rolfe
Fort Dodge Hospital
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
G. H. Brase
Verna Ryen
Arnold Wold
Roy Simonson
God
Savior
L. W. Feldman
Martin Peterson
Robert Benjamin
Robert Pedersen
Levy Rude
Raymond Wiegert
Virgil Shelgren
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Anna Ryen
Nels
Anna Kjellberg Ryen
Iowa
Garfield Township
Castana
Bradgate
Inga Ryen
Robert Wiegert
Nora Mentzer
Burbank
Calif
Lloyd Ryen Spangler
Alfred and
Gaylord
Lillian
Gladys
School Bus Routes To Be Changed In Rolfe
Rolfe Community School Board reverses all bus routes effective Monday January 19. New schedules list drivers and 8:12 or 8:15 school arrival times with multiple pickup groups including Higgins Nelson Cruickshank Van Gorkom and Roberts among others. Copies of routes will be sent home with students this week.
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Board of Education
Rolfe Community School
Higgins Family Visits JerGesens for Grandson Dale’s 14th Birthday
Mr and Mrs R D Higgins visited the I W Jergensen family in LaVerne on Sunday and helped celebrate Dale Jergensen’s 14th birthday with relatives and friends in attendance.
Call Off Monday Gilmore City Pool Vote
Gilmore City mayor R N Burn reports the vote on a 59000 pool bond has been postponed from Monday January 19 after reconsidering bond costs and mill value estimates. A misjudgment in mill value led to canceling the election though a future vote is expected. The plan would have funded an outdoor pool on land donated by the school near Gilmore City School.
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Gilmore City
R. N. Burn
R. H. Burn
Gilmore City School
Baker-Larsen wedding announced for January 24
Mr and Mrs Edward Baker of Rolfe announce the engagement of their daughter Patricia Ann Baker to DeTane Larsen son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Larsen of Bradgate. Patricia is a nurses aide at Sunset Hill Manor and DeTane works for Vote Construction in Bradgate. The ceremony is set for 2:00 pm January 24 at St Margaret's Catholic Church.
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Edward Baker
Rolfe
Patricia Ann
DeTane Larsen
Leroy Larsen
Bradgate
Miss Baker
Sunset Hill Manor
Vote Construction
St. Margaret's Catholic Church
Couple announces engagement of Jane Bielefeldt to Jack Averill
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bielefeldt announce the engagement of their daughter Jane to Jack Averill son of Mrs. Vivian Averill of Crystal Lake Illinois and the late Mr Averill. Miss Bielefeldt is a 1967 Rolfe Community School graduate and will graduate in May from the University of Iowa where her fiancé is a student. A summer wedding is planned.
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C. W. Bielefeldt
Jane
Jack Averill
Vivian Averill
Crystal Lake
Averill
Miss Bielefeldt
Rolfe Community School
University of Iowa
Mrs Keith Spiker and Ruth Callers Sunday
Mrs Keith Spiker and Ruth of Cylinder visited Sunday in the home of Helmut Beuchle, sharing informal calls and conversation.
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Keith Spiker
Ruth of
Cylinder
Helmut Beuchle
Adult Farmers Class Meeting on Soil Testing
The Adult Farmers Class will meet at 7 30 Wednesday evening January 21 in the Voc Ag room at the school. Darrell Clark extension agent will speak on soil testing and fertilizer recommendations.
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Voc Ag
Darrell Clark
Army Commendation Medal Presented to Specialist Mann in Thailand
Specialist Four Michael A. Mann received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service while assigned as a Clerk Typist and Files Clerk in the G3 Training Division III Corps Fort Hood Texas. He is noted for initiative long hours and contributing to his unit’s mission while stationed in Thailand since August this year.
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Michael A. Mann
Thailand
Secretary of the Army
III Corps
Fort Hood
Texas
Mann
United States Army
Corwith Hosts Spangler Guests Weekend Visitors
Mr and Mrs Gary Schichtl and sons Kurt and Scott stayed overnight Saturday and Sunday in the Bernard Spangler home in Corwith as weekend guests on a family visit.
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Gary Schichtl
Kurt and
Scott
Bernard Spangler
Corwith
Rites Held for Clifford Cain
Clifford Cain aged 69 died Saturday at University Hospital in Iowa City after a two week stay. A Requiem Mass was held Tuesday at St Margaret's Church with Rev David Hogan officiating. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery Pocahontas. Cain a Gilmore City native known as Sharkey, married Agnes Simon February 10 1923 and farmed locally. He is survived by Agnes, two sisters in Gilmore City and Des Moines, and other relatives.
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Clifford Cain
University Hospital
Iowa City
St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
David Hogan
Shirley Lanus
Pat Cavanaugh
John Ford
Iver Behrendsen
Gilmore City
Leo Diederich
Wilbur Alig
Norbert Alig
Town City
Agnes
Sunset Hill Manor
Rolfe
Eugene Collins
Bernice Watson
Des Moines
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Poky
William Fisher
Gary
Mason City
Jim Fitzgerald
Fort Dodge
C. W. Jarvis
Fay Wax
Jim Hansen
Jerry Hughes
Joel Ives
Pocahontas Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Dallas Johnson
Henry Olerich
Mark Feldman
Lynn Robinson
Ruth Rickard
Jake Rutgers
Wesley DeWolf
LeRoy Rude
Sydney Beckord
Dennis Leadley
Mac Nelson
Joel Norton Ives
Norton
Velma Ives
St. Paul
Costa Rica
Iowa State University
Joel
Presbyterian Church Choir
Jaycees
Norton Ives
Rolfe Volunteer Fire Department
Don Weishaar
Weishaar
Ing
Mr. Weishaar
Dick Higgins
James Moline
Joe Vainreh
Virgil Behrendsen
Ernest Miller
Gene Collins
Eddie Sheleren
Fred Post
Ralph Johnson
Virgil Ricklefs
Lowell Fehr
Dale Wagner
George Lanus
Lyle Seward
Robert Hartmann
Theo Ripperger
Dean Duitscher
Ed van Gorkom
Sylvester Pease
Wm. Buske
R. Gardewine
Raymond Dewey
Eldon Sennett
George Marine
Laverne Bennet
Manley Johnson
Wesley Bennett
Harold Fangman
Kenneth O'Donnell
Roger Ives
Mitch Murray
Kermitt Shimon
Art Cruickshank
V. Shelgren
A. Vaughn
Enid Richter
Bob Pedersen
Jim Lanus
Bennie Hilton
Paul Biedermann
Joe Reigelsberger
Deane Gunderson
Leslie Allen
Martin DeWall
Perry Johnson
Phillip Brinkman
Johnnie Zeman
W. Allen
Faber Harrold
Verle Howard
Donald Maassen
Gerald Shimon
Dale Ferguson
Vivian Shimon
Raymond DeWall
R. Jordan
Gary Smith
Andrew Pedersen
Melvin Pedersen
Esther Sinek
James Cruickshank
Don Howland
Arnold Christensen
Richard Hovey
Harrison Roberts
Phil Johnson
Ray Hoppingarner
Don Rutgers
John Nielsen
Dale Johnson
Kenneth Larson
Brownie MacVey
Lawrence Henderson
Raymond Majorowicz
Gilbert Nielsen
Ray Smith
Cleve Kerns
Ron Spencer
L. D. Wilson
Eldridge Kipfer
Pete Nielsen
Don Spencer
Marie Shimon
George Beckord
M. Diederich
T. Rickless
L. Diederich
I. Bendixen
F. Guderian
J. Kelly
E. Tjaden
A. Christensen
G. Flaherty
J. Stover
A. Hoesing
L. Shimon
G. Stover
G. Post
J. Martin
J. Shimon
H. MacRunnel
D. Shimon
N. Ives
L. Rude
Gilmore City Pool
Michael
Rolland ‘Mann of
Army
Market Report
Weather Report
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