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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
1
Advertisement notes second class matter designation at Rolfe Iowa post office dated May 14 1910 with rate terms 1 dollar total and ten cents per line for classified notices.
Towns report May nonfarm employment at 701 400 with a rise from April. Manufacturing gains mainly from meat products while construction sees above normal expansion. Unemployment falls to 23 200 but jobless rate edges up to 2.6 percent seasonally. Average weekly manufacturing wage stands at 105 dollars, near double the 1949 level.
The report states the 40‑hour work week was exceeded in recent months with overtime higher than usual, the May hourly wage reached $4.62, the manufacturing hiring rate at 2.1 and layoff rate at 1.7, with 7 000 insured unemployed and average benefit $27.29. The May 1962 figures are used as comparisons and the overall trend shows high but not record levels.
Male or female registered nurses may apply for commissions in the Army Nurse Corps and select one of nine Army hospitals after completing the orientation course at Brooke Army Medical Center. Eligible candidates are placed on active duty if accepted and receive ranks matching their education and experience with opportunities for advanced training and higher pay.
TT T T Society met Monday June 24 at Jean Rutgers home for Founders Day with 13 members. Joyce Wikenberry led a short business session and refreshments were served. Several families attended reunions of friends in Des Moines and Altoona. Mrs. Strong met guests from Washington DC and Dickens. A picnic honored Mrs. Knud Christensen in West Bend with attending families.
Mr and Mrs A T Heiter with Melvin Heiter attended the funeral of Dewey Seagren in Des Moines following his death the prior Saturday in a Veterans hospital. Services were at Conley Capital Hill with burial at Hill Top Cemetery. Seagren survived by five children two sisters and one brother. He was born near West Bend and was a World War I veteran who served 14 years in the army.
A new healing substance Bio-Dyne led to shrinkage of hemorrhoids and pain relief without surgery. Case after case showed reduction and reports of piles no longer being a problem. Preparation H, available as suppository or ointment, is the marketed form.
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