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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
2
Ada residents publish a heartfelt card of gratitude thanking friends and neighbors for support. The notice notes appreciation for help during a recent occasion and signals ongoing thanks from the community.
Rolfe area notes list July 24 to 26 happenings including Clark brothers Tom Jr and Gary enrolling at the University of California in Berkeley, Mrs. John Tiernan visiting Clarence Kennedy to help threshing, and several residents named for social and farm work. Injuries include L P Peterson cutting a deep gash, Frankie McKim Jr. receiving a facial wound and leg bruising from farm work incidents.
A fragmentary item recalls Mrs Muriel signing in at a 25 years ago collection event. Proceeds from the grand march and related activities are mentioned, with paused lines noting attendance and details.
Readable fragments show names Floyde Spik, Rolfé, Dale, Alfred John Maassen. The text lists boards or committees with these individuals as participants in a historical locality.
The fragment references a list of boys including Clyde Carlton Omer Fuller and Frank Wiewel with mentions of deaths in battle or camp, plus a fatal automobile accident for Dewey Gibbons and a death from a stair accident of John F Nelson in 1936. It also notes Irish Cobbler potatoes and local figures J C Brogotti and a 1936 Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital death.
A fragment notes Monte accompanied by a party motoring to Sealy, with unclear details. The brief hints at travel by automobile and local movement.
Forty years ago Frank Climpgon is nearly immune from WOFTY and expense tied to his motor car. He bought a Maxwell in 1917 with a spare in the deal. A severe hail storm between Slifer and Gowrie damaged thousands of acres of corn. A fine rain fell Monday night, first in four weeks. C M Webb opened his third drug store, Ottosen store run by Roger Wiegman and Paul Carroll.
The Leo Flahertys opened their yard for a balloon ascent watched by locals. Fire and wind tested the burner as the gondola lifted, drawing cheers from a curious crowd before the craft drifted over the hill.
Report covers balloon launch observers in San Francisco region, a Deane Gundersons wedding anniversary dance in Gurderland, local Perkins hunts for coons, vandalism arrests in West Bend, a grain train derailment in Illinois, and West Bend pool funding limits. Also notes local golf winner Walt Anderson and Laurens budget planning as Hometown News signs off.
Henry Koob of Maquoketa sustained severe injuries while riding a tractor that was pulling a large rotary mower, according to a local incident report.
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