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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
7
Local announcements list numerous visits and arrivals around Rolfe and nearby towns. Frances and Arl Chambers travel for Dodge shoppers. Harmon and Mrs. Harmon host relatives. several families host guests from Algona, Des Moines, and Spencer. Louise Noll named daughter. multiple relatives visit births, baptisms, and hospital stays noted.
Madison students from the University of Wisconsin ROTC will join 44 midshipmen on a six week Atlantic training cruise from July 23 to September 5. Ports include Halifax New York City and Guantanamo Bay. A W Peterson to serve as Wisconsin representative on the voyage. Missouri battleship and eight destroyers form the fleet with cadets from 16 colleges including UW and the U.S. Naval Academy.
Recent exchanges report the former home of Mrs Julius Hansen across from Rolfe Park sold to R L Kelchner of Mallard. The Leo Lampe residence in the northwest part of town was bought by the Floyd Shafer family who will take possession July 1.
Visitors at the Hunt home include Luther Hunt and his wife from Arcata California plus relatives and friends from Fort Dodge Grand Meadow Thompson Columbia Tenn West Bend Omaha Pocahontas and Rolfe. Mary Fuller and Shirley plan a western trip ending with summer study in Vancouver and Greeley. A crew of 18 to 20 men is reroofing the Methodist parsonage under Lee Harmon.
Mrs. Floyd Shafer reports her son Edward Wallace Wade is slowly recuperating from a recent illness in a hospital in Japan. Also promoting the Soil Conservation Tour with two shows on June 13 at 2 and 6 30 p.m. starting at Rolfe Park Shelter House.
Louis Hanson used 6,200 pennies plus three dollars to pay $65 for a 1936 model car. The pennies added to a $62,000 base total, meeting the purchase price.
D H I A supervisor Don Gilchrist cites two high producing cows owned by G A Behrens of Palmer with April yields of 18 397 pounds milk and 442 3 pounds butterfat from 304 days and 11 664 pounds milk with 408 pounds butterfat in 290 days. May production rises to 826 pounds milk and 30 6 pounds butterfat per cow. Delmar Johnson reports multiple high producers including A Brown Swiss cow from Edward and Howard Johnson Marathon yielding 14 522 pounds milk and 536 6 pounds butterfat, a Holstein from Eldon Anderson Laurens yielding 8 278 pounds milk and 317 3 pounds butterfat, and a Holstein owned by R B Berninghaus West Bend yielding 8 506 pounds milk and 320 3 pounds butterfat.
Donald Jones of Clear Lake fell about 20 feet into the Osceola water tower while painting. A hole was cut in the tank bottom to remove him by sling. William Sutton, an Osceola funeral home employee, descended into the tank to aid. Millard Fillmore era note included about 1851 bathtub in the White House.
Mr and Mrs Joe Prather of Memphis Missouri visited in the home of her uncle J E Rickard from Monday evening until Wednesday during a week long honeymoon trip. The couple wed in Memphis on Sunday afternoon June 4 with the bride Edna Rickard formerly of the Rickard household.
St Louis Mary Therese Reigels berger of Rolfe will receive a Bachelor of Science in Medical Record Library Science magna cum laude at Saint Louis University graduation. Honorable Louis St Laurent the Prime Minister of Canada will deliver the commencement address and receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws.
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