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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1958
Page
3
Community notes detail visitors staying with relatives in Plover area including Margie Critchfield Kay Critchfield and travels between Fort Dodge Sac City and Cedar Rapids. Local 4-H clubs meet, family reunions occur, and multiple households host dinners, birthdays, and trips to Mercy Iowa City and Lake Okoboji.
Farmers Cooperative Co. builds an all steel 70 by 140 foot storage unit west of the elevator and south of the Rock Island tracks increasing capacity to 168000 bushels. The project, by Northwest Steep Corp. of Fort Dodge, costs about 87000 dollars and lifts Pocahontas plant capacity to about 700000 bushels, with a new Plover elevator adding 130000 bushels and Havelock office storage at 250000 bushels.
Donnie Walters age 10 suffered a serious injury to his left eye while playing with a sling shot at home and was treated at Mercy hospital Fort Dodge. Jerry Bollard age 20 months fractured his left leg after a stair fall and also received care at Mercy hospital. Lt Michael Murray of Camp Lejeune visited his grandmothers before reporting to Prescott Arizona and then Okinawa. Airman Paul Johnson of Sheppard Field spends furlough with his mother Beatrice Johnson and returns to Duluth Minnesota. Mrs Beatrice Johnson and several others attended the Iowa Odd Fellows Rebekah homes picnic in Mason City and visited Marlys Richey.
Alice Low the champagne lady and other Lawrence Welk show stars will headline a TV musical revue at the Iowa State Fair. The event runs six nights, August 28 through August 28, with Myron Floren Tommy Sands Nick Todd and the Mills Brothers also appearing in the lineup.
Alfred Morf of Sumner preserves a U S flag resembling the banner that flew over the original 13 colonies after Independence was declared, a possession held for the past 50 years and linked to the early days of the nation.
Rodger Pfadenhauer of Burlington recovered a watch he lost nine years ago from the same garden plot. The watch still runs and is in good condition aside from a slight rust on the edge of the hands.
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