Beckord to fill in for Slattery in Rolfe area medical office
Dr. Bruce Beckord former Rolfe native and 1961 Rolfe School graduate will locum tenens for Dr. James Slattery while he is a Mercy Hospital patient in Fort Dodge. Beckord and wife Mary Lou will reside in Pocahontas during the assignment.
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Bruce Beckord
Rolfe
Rolfe Community School
James Slattery
Slattery
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Beckords
Pocahontas
George Beckord
Beckord
Grinnell College
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Mary Lou
Sacramento
California
Sacramento County Hospital
Petersburg
Alaska
Rolfe Senior Citizens Club Open House Scheduled
The Rolfe Senior Citizens Club hosts an open house at the center on Saturday March 20 from 2 to 4 pm. A silver tea will be served as members invite everyone to stop in.
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Rolfe Senior Citizens Club
West Waterloo Daven Port West Showdown In State Tourney
Forrest Smith of Waterloo leads the West Waterloo Daven port West squad in the state tournament game drawing wide local interest. He is the son of Glyde Smith and the grandson of Forrest Grant with uncles George and Ray Smith and Mrs. Virgil Behrendsen. Ed Smith of Cedar Falls also played in the 1937 38 Rolfe state team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Waterloo
Legion Birthday Potluck Supper Invite
Legionnaires and their wives are invited to attend the annual Legion Birthday Potluck supper set for Monday March 22 at 6 30 p.m.
Blue-Gold Banquet and Farm Tour Announced
The Cub Scout Blue-Gold Banquet is set for Monday March 22 at 6 30 p m in the school lunchroom. The Adult Farmers Class will tour Garst farming operations in Coon Rapids this Saturday March 20 with Steve Garst as speaker meeting at the school at 8 00 a m.
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Coon Rapids
Garst
Steve Garst
Ira Foust Rites Held In Texas
Relatives learned Saturday of the death of Ira Foust 62 at his Quinlan Texas home. Former Plover resident ill for some time. Funeral services were held Monday in Greenville Texas with burial there. Survivors include his widow a daughter and three grandsons five sisters and two brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
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Ira Foust
Quinlan
Texas
Foust
Plover
Greenville
Tex
Haskell Crul
Earl
Thelma) Firkins
Henry
Mable) Lovig
Galesville
Wis
Everett
Frances) Shaw
Rolfe
Glen
Aurelia) Jones
Kansas City
Kans
Sam
Mildred) Weeda
Storm Lake
Russell Young
Downey
Calif
Earl Young
D. E. Young
Gerald Foust
In Service List Includes Two Local Paratroopers
Pfc Russell R Mann of Co C 2nd Bn 501st Infantry 101st Airborne and Pfc John Morgan USA are listed as in service. The notices reference APO San Francisco addresses 96383 and 96349.
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Russell R. Mann
Inf
101St Airborne Division
APO
San Francisco
Pfc
John Morgan
USA
Statcom
FAC
Nine advance to State Speech Contest at Cherokee
Nine students earned District level certification to advance to the State Speech Contest to be held Saturday in Cherokee. Front row includes Julie Berndensen, Jane Rickard, Terri.
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Cherokee
Julie Behrendsen
Jane Rickard
Terri
Banquet Date Set and Related School Events
The Rolfe Lions Club annual Honors Banquet is rescheduled to Monday April 19 in the school lunch room. Girls basketball tournament pictures are available at 50 cents each from the Arrow office. Other photos will be shown in the Town Electric Light and Power Company window. The Rolfe Ranch Riders hold their annual meeting at 7:30 Tuesday March 23 at the Legion Hall with trophy awards for top members.
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Rolfe Lions Club
The
Arrow
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Rolfe Ranch Riders
Legion Hall
Nine Qualify For State Speech Contest From District Meet
At the Mal lard District Speech Contest on March 3, nine of 15 Rolfe Community High School students earned state berths for a March 20 event in Cherokee. Certifications went to Jane Rickard in Oratorical and Interpretive Poetry, Terri Hartmann Cheryl Rickard Julie Behrendsen in Humorous Acting Shari Feldman John Witt in Interpretive Poetry Louise Gunderson Jann Brinkman in Interpretive Prose and Becky Smith in Storytelling. Other participants included Phyllis Howland Rick Johnson Nancy Miller Rosemary Pease and Tim Bintz.
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Rolfe Community High School
Mallard
Cherokee
Jane Rickard
Terri Hartmann
Cheryl Rickard
Julie Behrendsen
Shari Feldman
John Witt
Louise Gunderson
Jann Brinkman
Becky Smith
Phyllis Howland
Rick Johnson
Nancy Miller
Rosemary Pease
Tim Bintz
Long Distance Direct Dialing to Begin in Rolfe Sunday
Rolfe residents will start direct distance dialing this Sunday March 21 enabling station to station calls to over 100 million telephones in the US and Canada. Area code 712 applies and callers must provide full seven digit numbers after dialing 1 and the area code. The service uses operator number identification and moves the exchange to Spencer with most Rolfe phones gaining access to direct dialing.
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Rolfe
United States
Canada
J. H. Ring
Emmetsburg
General Telephone Company
Midwest
Mr. Ring
Rolfe Direct
Pocahontas
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Spencer
Ring
General Telephone Company of
Federated Clubs Convene in Pocahontas Iowa
The Pocahontas County Convention of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs meets Tuesday afternoon March 23 at the United Methodist Church Pocahontas. Registration starts 1 00 p m with the program at 1 30 p m The theme is Live Learn and Serve Mrs Glenn Stockdale of Aplington president of the Iowa Federated Women's Clubs will be the guest speaker All federated club members urged to attend.
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Pocahontas County
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
United Methodist Church
Pocahontas
Glenn Stockdale
Aplington
Iowa Federated Women’s Clubs
Federated Clubs
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Laurie
Mediapolis
Des Moines
Lynn Neugent
Joyce Baade
Carol Wiegert
Rammettes
Rolfe Man
John Young
Rolfe Rammettes
al van Houten
Dennis Duerling
Six Mile Corner
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Rammette
Laurie Brinkman
Barb Wischmeier
Mary Schulte
Miss Schulte
Mediapolis Bullettes
Wischmeier
Michele Pomerenko
Lynn Nuegent
Legionnaires
Cub Scout
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