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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
3
Numerous social gatherings and relatives visit in Plover and nearby towns. People from Pocahontas Des Moines Fort Dodge Spencer Britt Rolfe and other communities attend family reunions church events and weekend stays with local residents.
Pocahontas and nearby towns report visits and dinners among families led by the Schoofs, Wienhold, and Wallmark clans. A birth to Dennis Hood and a June hospital recovery for Miss Bonnie Mitchell are noted. J. Paul Nickerson of Wig wam Pharmacy is named state membership chair for the Iowa Pharmaceutical association. Sr M Angelicus completes teaching in Bancroft before returning. Families gather for Father’s Day and birthdays, while Eldon Anderson and FELCO directors attend a lakes managers conference at Okoboji. Sr M Marianne to attend NSF Creighton in July August with 25 teachers selected.
The article notes St Marianne receiving four NSF grants over four years for chemistry and botany at Miami University in Oxford Ohio, plus summer studies at the State College of Iowa and St Therese's College in Winona Minnesota. It also mentions funeral services for Gertrude Kelly 71 in Churchville and a Milford family reunion with 105 attendees from several Iowa towns and Minnesota, awarding prizes to the youngest and oldest attendees. The piece also recalls the invention of the iron lung by Prof Phillip Drinker of Harvard University.
The late L. A. Hansen and Andrew Wold spent many hours demonstrating and exhibiting the steam rig shown here. They took part in numerous parades with the apparatus.
Legal notice invites sealed bids to purchase the John Roberts farm six miles north of Rolfe described as the east half of the southwest quarter of section 32 in West Bend Two. Ten percent bid deposit required, balance due on deed delivery and abstract acceptance. Possession March 1, 1964. Right to reject any bids reserved. Bids due July 12, 1963 to Vinnie Fanning Humboldt Iowa. Owners Ralph Roberts Gladys Fanning.
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