Pocahontas County Fair Opens Monday for Three Days of Events
The Pocahontas County Fair runs Monday to Wednesday July 18 to 20 with exhibits in science mechanics and art entry day Monday. Horse show, pork barbecue, horse and mule hitch, 4-H and FFA judging, fashion revue, chorus, tractor contest and 4-H award night mark each day’s activities. Baumann Shows operate on the midway throughout the fair.
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Pocahontas County
Cahontas County
Buttner Field
Jim Naughton
SMA
FFA
Pocahontas Community Chorus
School Board Elections Draw Candidates and Voters
Iowa school boards urge citizen outreach as the September 13 election approaches. Nominating papers for two seats on the Rolfe School Board are due after July 4. Hank Baade and Roger Witt hold District V and vacancy terms, with guidelines from the state association and the school board secretary Mrs. Geraldine Peterson.
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T.E. Davidson
Iowa Association of School Boards
Hank Baade
Rolfe
Roger Witt
Guy Stover
Stover
Geraldine Peterson
Davidson
State Association
Barrett Appointed Library Board Secretary in Rolfe
Rolfe City Council on July 6 approved Mayor Wood’s appointment of Mrs Richard Barrett as secretary to the Library Board to complete the term through July 1, 1978. The meeting covered minutes reports, EMS backup discussion for the ambulance, and forwarding Swimming Pool Fund receipts to the Pool Board. Building permits were issued to Jalmar Linn Powers Funeral Home and Larry Nelson.
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Rolfe
Wood
Richard
Shirley) Barrett
Library Board
Barrett
Susan Johnson
Evelyn Leadley
Coun
Leadley
Rolfe Community Fire Department
E.M.T
Roland Timmons
Gene Polson
Rob Dixon
Swimming Pool Board
Jalmar Linn
Powers Funeral, Home
Larry Nelson
Rolfe School Board approves filings and budget moves
The Rolfe Community School Board met Monday July 11 approving annual reports for secretary Geraldine Peterson and treasurer Donna Whitmore. A resolution named Rolfe State Bank as official depository. The board increased the treasurer salary to 20 dollars monthly and reappointed Whitmore as treasurer and Peterson as secretary.
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Geraldine Peterson
Donna Whitmore
Rolfe Community School Board of Education
Rolfe State Bank
School Funde
Roger Witt
Dale Johnson
Ben Ricklefs
Henry Baade
Deane Gunderson
Gary Keplinger
Ben Rickless
Motion
Keplinger
Wm. Thomas
Maurice Schumacher
Concord
California
Vo Ag
Bacone ‘Effeve
Iowa Schools To Expand Free Lunch Eligibility This Fall
The DPI reports a new 1977 income scale raises eligibility by about 7 percent. For a family of four, free meals apply to gross incomes under 7610 dollars, up from 7130. Last year Iowa served about 80 000 free or reduced lunches daily, about 19 percent of total meals.
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Iowa
Vern Carpenter
Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa Beef Queen Contest at Pocahontas Fair
The Iowa Cattleman's Association sponsors the Iowa Beef Queen Contest. Entrants must be graduates by September 1977 unmarried with no dependents and reside on a beef-raising farm. Booth presence at the Pocahontas County Fair 4 H building July 18 to 20. Pocahontas County American Legion Auxiliary units will assist.
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Iowa Cattleman's Association
Iowa
Pocahontas County Fair
The
Pocahontas
County
American Legion Auxiliary
Pat Tee
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Dean Behrendsen
Jack Feldman
Julie Young
Joan Young
Diane Fangman
Cil
E'Deane Rickless
John Shimon
Virgil Peterson
Ken Bennett
Jerry Hughes
Terry Nelson
Judy Peterson
Pat Wood
Eer
Board
Supt
Educ
Legion
Varina
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