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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1972
Page
1
Ten years ago on January 18 1962 Rolfe Iowa welcomed new leadership as Loeli Streit became mayor effective January 2 1962 with council members Paul Biedermann Harold Callgan Jonnie Loss Arnold Wold and Raymond Wolfe. Roy Simonson and Bob Hirkpatrick of Humboldt attended a Stockmen's Forum in S D by air along with Sigue Fells.
Kathrin Bidler and Joyce Sremee, classmates at the Rose schol, were operated on for appendicitis at a Fort Dodge hospital and shared the same room with another patient. Arlene and Bernard Schurr returned from Des Moines after a 10 day visit with the Overton family. May the Shetland pony of the Brinkman family died, likely of old age. DeWayne White and Frank Larson were recalled to Army service after turning 28. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Struth ers and Ellis visited Mrs. Ed en Ham and newborn Carol Ann at Mercy Hospital.
Local readers praise two Rolfe cafes newly reopened after improvements and urge support for dine out days. Communities note bake sales and coffees by local groups affect cafe business and suggest coordinated events like a flea market to share profits and aid worthy projects.
The Rolfe area reports social happenings from January 1922 and 1932 including oyster supper hosts Fred and Emma Smith, a potato chip factory startup by W P Wheeler, Maxine Colebaugh starting nurse training, and a fifth wedding anniversary for Earl and Mrs Ives. It also urges public cooperation with law enforcement amid rising break ins and thefts, noting contact numbers for police and sheriff.
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