First Class Scout Jean Brinkman Receives Honor
Fort Dodge hosted a May 24 ceremony where Jean Brinkman, 15, earned the First Class Award, the Girl Scouts highest honor. She led Troop 103 Cadettes, with 18 Fort Dodge scouts present at the Yellow Rose Tea at the Fort Dodge Country Club.
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Rolfe
Jean Brinkman
Fort Dodge
Jean
Fort Dodge Country Club
David Brinkman
Girl Scout Troop 103
Jerry Robinson
Susan Johnson
John Shields
Pocahontas County Taxpayers Meet At Courthouse Friday Night
Pocahontas County Taxpayers Association will meet at the Courthouse Assembly Room Friday night June 19 at 8 00. F E Van Alstine has prepared articles of incorporation and will present them for discussion and adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County Taxpayers Association
F. E. van Alstine
Rolfe Pool Association holds special meeting
The Rolfe Swimming Pool Association will hold a special official meeting at 1 00 p m on Friday June 19 in the meeting room of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company.
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Rolfe Swimming Pool Association
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Gilmore City youth graduates with honors at Council Bluffs
Tim Miller son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Miller of Gilmore City graduates with honors from the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs on May 30. He will attend a trade school at Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge. Also attending were his parents sister Elizabeth and relatives from Marion.
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Tim Miller
Ernest Miller
Gilmore City
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Tim
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge
Lizabette
Clarence Malcolm
Marion
Kraft Vaughn Exchange Vows In Oelwein Church
Karen Kraft and Dennis J. Vaughn were married June 6 1970 at First Presbyterian Church Oelwein in a 730 p m ceremony. The altar featured pink carnations and white gladiolas. Attendants wore pink and carried white roses. Best man was Edward Vaughan Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Kay Kraft
Daugher
Clair Kraft
Oelwein
Dennis J. Vaughn
A. Alvin Vaughn
Rolfe
Richard Emery
First Presbyterian Church
Walter Kutschat
Elise Kraft
Mary Jo Frey
Grand Island
Nebr
Debby Elliott
Edward Vaughan
Cedar Falls
Little Miss Rolfe Contest Ends Saturday in Rolfe
Blood Mobile in Rolfe raises 587 pint county quota as 49 donors from 58 try participants in Little Miss Rolfe voting race end Saturday June 20. Laurie Allen leads with 10 041 votes followed by Kathy Kerns and Joan Roberts amid 17 entrants.
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L. D. Wilson, Jr
Rolfe
Blood Mobile
County
Chamber of Commerce
Laurie Allen
Les Allens
Kathy Kerns
Curtis Kerns
Joan Roberts
Harrison Roberts
Melinda Gardewine
Susan Zeman
Nancy Roberts
Sandy Allen
Brenda Wadsley
Kim Farley
Christy Wagner
Michele Neugent
Lisa Marcellus
Dorine Metz
Justine Baker
Kelly Howard
Christy Wadsley
Kathy Guertzman
Rolfe Amateur Open Golf Tourney Set June 28
Rolfe Golf Club sponsors the Rolfe Amateur Open to be held Sunday June 28. Championship Flight plays 27 holes with other flights at 18 holes, prizes awarded to flight winners. Entry is six dollars. reservations to R. D. Dixon Rolfe. Lunch served by the Golf Auxiliary at the course.
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Rolfe Golf Club
R. D. Dixon
Rolfe
Services Held For Mrs. H.F. Olerich
Funeral services for Mrs. H F Olerich were held Wednesday at the Rolfe Presbyterian Church with Rev Dallas Johnson officiating. Music by Mrs Jake Rutgers and Perry Johnson complemented the service. Burial followed at Clinton Garfield Cemetery as family and friends remembered a devoted teacher and community leader.
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H. F. Olerich
Presbyterian Church
Rolfe
Dallas Johnson
Jake Rutgers
Perry Johnson
God
Ray Smith
Verna Ryen
Marie Ryen
David Brinkman
E. Phillips Brinkman
William Brinkman
Virgil Vaughn
Norton Ives
Arlo Ives
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Town Announces Red Cross Swimming Lessons Registration
Registration for Red Cross swimming lessons at the local pool opens Monday June 22 at the Town Clerk's office. Five classes Beginners Advanced Beginners Intermediates Swimmers Lifesaving. No charge. pool admission 35 cents per person or season ticket.
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Red Cross
Richard Peterson
Marilyn Lehman
Local Youth Sports Schedule And Scores Across Week
The schedule lists Little League and town league games in Laurens Manson Pocahontas and surrounding towns with times from 4 30 p m to 6 30 p m and results including H S Baseball losses to Gilmore City 1 0 and Midgets 7 1 at Albert City. Softball highlights include Rammettes 9 0 win over Albert City and Linda Lopour Julie Behrendsen home runs with Wiegert 8 strikeouts.
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Laurens
I.S
Manson
H.S
Rockwell City
Pocahontas
H. S
Gilmore City
Mike Pedersen
Albert City
Dave Spender
Rammettes
Twin Rivers
Linda Lopour
Julie Behrendsen
Carol Wiegert
Wiegert
Rolfe
Kanawha
Wodden-Crystal Lake
Pomerenko
J.V
Swim Tickets On Sale For Rolfe Area Pool Opening
The board announces season tickets go on sale Monday June 22 at the Town Clerk's Office or Rolfe State Bank. Prices list Family 25 dollars Adult 10 dollars and children 8 dollars with a weekly family pass 5 dollars. Single admission is 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children 14 and under. A tentative July 1 opening date is set for the Rolfe Area Swimming Pool.
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Rolfe Swimming Pool Board
Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe Area
E Griffith Named To Conservation Post
Earl Griffith named District Conservationist at the Conservation Service Office in Pocahontas replaces Don Borts who moves to Creston. Griffith, a Red Oak native and 1967 Northwest Missouri State graduate, has served with SCS in Taylor Hardin and Kossuth counties.
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Conservation Service
Pocahontas
Earl Griffith
Don Borts
Creston
Earl
Red Oak
Northwest Missouri States College
SCS
Taylor
Hardin
Kossuth
Open House for 50th Wedding Anniversary in Gilmore City
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Johnson of rural Gilmore City celebrate fifty years of marriage with an open house Sunday June 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. at First Lutheran Church parlors in Gilmore City. Children Norman Johnson Anoka Mina Betty Wilson Chippewa Falls Wis Jack Davies Kansas City Kan A Jay Johnson Omaha Nebr and families host. Program at 2 30. Relatives and friends invited. No formal invitations sent.
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Joseph J. Johnson
Gilmore City
Norman Johnson
Anoka
Mina
John H
Betty) Wilson
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Jack
Ardyee) Davies
Kansas City
Kans
A. Jay Johnson
Omaha
Nebr
Fire destroys shed near D.M.T. School Building area
Tolfe Fire Department responded to a 2:30 a.m. Sunday call to a farm place one mile east and one mile north of the D.M.T. School Building where a small shed burned and was completely destroyed. The cause is not known. The farm, owned by Jim Hudson of Pocahontas, is unoccupied.
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Tolfe
D.M.T
Jim Hudson
Pocahontas
Republicans Name Delegates To State Convention In July
The Pocahontas County Republican Convention met June 12 in the courthouse courtrooom. Jim Hudson was permanent chairman. Delegates to the State Convention in Des Moines on July 25 include Arlo Ives Charles Gunderson Barbara Olerich Helen Lenz R D Dixon N A Wilson all of Rolfe B A Lathrop Havelock Bill Stamper Gilmore City Edward Mullen Fonda Kenneth Nomann Palmer William Shaw Jamie Hudson Pocahontas Dr James Gannon Lance Jensen Don Beneke Delbert Wennell Laurens.
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Pocahontas County
Jim Hudson
Pocahontas
Republican Party
Des Moines
Arlo Ives
Charles Gunderson
Barbara Olerich
Helen Lenz
R. D. Dixon
N. A. Wilson
Rolfe
B. A. Lathrop
Havelock
Bill Stamper
Gilmore City
Edward Mullen
Fonda
Kenneth Nomann
Palmer
William Shaw
Jamies Hudsoh
James Gahnon
Lance Jensen
Don Beneke
Delbert Wennell
Laurens
Rev. J Coyle Installed as New Pastor at St Margaret's
The Rev Jerome Coyle assumed duties as pastor of St Margaret's Catholic Church replacing Rev David Hogan who moved to St Joseph's parish near Bede. A native of Akron Iowa he is 37 and has served 11 years as a priest.
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Jerome Coyle
St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
David Hogan
St. Joseph's Parish
Bede
Akron
Iowa
Immaculate Conception
Sioux City
Heelan
Father Coyle
Rolfe
Visitation Parish
Maryhill
Cherokee
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Taxpayers Meeting
Karen Kraft
Little Miss Rolfe
D. W. Dunscher
Blood Mobile Bay
H.F. Olerich
Caroline Brinkman Olerich
Diedrich
Anna Brinkman
Brinkman
Sophia Dorothea Caroline
Roosevelt Township
Caroline
County Institute
Henry F. Olerich
Alma
Victor L. Martins
Laguna Hills
Calif
Islea Hope
Arcadia
Orvan B
H. Eldon
Cedar Rapids
Byron A
Atherton
Ellwood G
Olerich
Henry
William F. Brinkman
Anna Vaughn
Jessie Wellstead
Ottumwa
Mae Caffray
Apple Valley
Idella Freeman
San Bernardino
Ole
Little League
Mallard
E. Griffith
Conservation Post
Rev. J.coyle
St. Margaret’s
Weather Report
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