Rammettes Host Sixth Annual Relays With 18 Teams
The Rolfe Rammettes host the sixth annual Relays Friday May 4 with preliminaries at 4 p.m. and finals at 6 p.m. Eighteen schools enter including Emmetsburg Ringsted Armstrong Spencer Manson Albert City Havelock Plover Twin Rivers Mallard South Clay Laurens Clay Central Rockwell City Pocahontas Crestland Early Marathon Lincoln Central Rolfe. A trophy awaits the winning team and medals go to first through third places with ribbons for fourth and fifth. Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for students. Rolfe placed fourth at Pocahontas led by Michele Pomeranko in Long Jump and Julie Brinkman in Discus.
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Rammette
Rolfe
Emmetsburg
Ringsted
Armstrong
Spencer
Manson
Albert City
Havelock -Plover
Twin Rivers
Mallard
South Clay
Laurens
Clay Central
Rockwell City
Pocahontas
Crestland of
Early
Marathon
Lincoln Central
Veishea Co-Chairman Jack Feldman Leads ISU Event
Jack Feldman of Rolfe a senior in the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine serves as Veishea Central Committee co chair with duties across the three day event beginning Thursday. He has aided Vet Clinic open house in prior Veishea years and is set to graduate in spring 1974 after five years at ISU. Feldman is a 1968 Rolfe Community School graduate.
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Jack Feldman
Rolfe
University
Rolfe Community School
Earth Day Cleanup Ends With Final Debris Dump
Three high school students Al Sroufe Gaius Ives and Dave Spencer watch the Rolfe student body dump the 4th and final truckload of debris marking the cleanup event.
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al Sroufe
Gaius Ives
Dave Spencer
Rolfe
Memorial Services for Rev Jersing Thompson Held in Rolfe
Memorial services for Rev. Jersing Thompson 98 were held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Rolfe with burial in Clinton-Garfield Cemetery. He died January 2 1973 at Ebenezer Home Minneapolis and had a long ministry including St Olaf College ties and work with Boy Scouts earning the Silver Beaver in 1946. Surviving are son Paul M Thompson and daughter Joyce Anderson along with five grandchildren and other relatives.
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Jersing Thompson
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Rolfe
Clinton-Garfield
Rev. Thompson
Ebenezer Home
Minneapolis
Eric and
Bertha Thompson
Haugesund
Norway
United States
Earlville
St. Olaf College
U.C. Seminary
Luther Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Thompson
St. Olaf
Mary Everson
Madeira
Burton College
Colorado
Luther
Ebenezer
Paul M
Libertyville, Ill
Burt
Joyce) Anderson
Mobridge
S. Oak
Peter
Pre-School Nursery Class Scheduled
Freshmen and junior girls Homemaking Classes will run a Nursery School for four sessions on May 10 15 17 and 22 from 8 15 to 9 30 a m. Children aged three and four will join story telling singing games and directed activity with enrollment limited to fifteen on a first call basis. Call 848 3972 or contact a freshman girl to enroll.
Rolfe Area Farmer Killed In Tractor Accident Saturday
Lester Applegate 61 of Rolfe died when a tractor and disk ran over him at his home south of Rolfe. The death was ruled accidental from head and chest injuries after he dismounted and the hand clutch engaged. Funeral services were held at First Lutheran Church Gilmore City. Retail sales in Rolfe rose 39 percent in 1972 with taxable sales of 814,748 and tax receipts 24,442.95.
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Rolfe
Lester Applegate
Applegate
Lester James Applegate
Aury
Anna Behrendsen Applegate
Rolfe High School
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Calliope
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Laurens
Fonda
Gilmore City
State Revenue Department
Rams Track Team Shines At Alta Relays With Fourth Place
The Rolfe Rams scored 4144 points finishing fourth at Alta Relays. Marvin Allen set a school 2 mile record 11 06. Dennis Perkins led field events with high jump and discus placements while Randy Martin and Al Sroufe posted multiple top marks. Rams Relays were canceled due to weather.
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Rolfe Rams
Alta
Liston
Marvin Allen
Dennis Perkins
Ath
Randy Martin
Gaius Ives
Dennis Schoon
al Sroufe
David Spencer
Gus Brinkman
Greg Seward
Ram
Rams
Grade School Program and Mother's Day Tea May 11
The annual grade school program and Mother's Day Tea take place in the school gym on Friday May 11 starting at 2 00 p m. Activities include kindergarten action songs rhythm band first grade songs from Hansel and Gretel with actions by grades 2 6 and third grade involvement. Directed by Mrs Thorson with grade room teachers assisting. The public is invited.
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Hansel and Gretel
Thorson
Orwig to Graduate From Wartburg Seminary
John W. Orwig will graduate with a Master of Divinity at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque Iowa on May 20 at 3 00 p m He is among forty one Wartburg students recommended for ordination into The American Lutheran Church He is a Rolfe Iowa native and Dana College Blair Nebraska alumnus The commencement speaker is Bishop David Preus president of the church.
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John W. Orwig
C. F. Orwig
Rolfe
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
William Weiblen
John Orwig
Wartburg
American Lutheran Church
West Bend High School
Dana College
Blair
Nebraska
David Preus
Wartburg Seminary
Laurens Meet Rammettes Place At Laurens Meet
The Laurens Rammettes finished 13th overall. Michele Pomerenke won the long jump with 16 feet 4 1 4 inches. Hope Howard placed fourth in the 440 yard dash. The 880 medley team of Nancy Rude, Joan Allen, Julie Brinkman, and Michele Pomerenke finished fifth.
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Rolfe
Michele Pomerenko
Julie Brinkman
Hope Howard
Rammettes
Laurens
Michele’ Pomerenke
Nancy Rude
Joan Allen
Michele Pomrenke
Spring Concert and May Activities At Rolfe School
The Supt's Desk notes a Spring Concert in the school gym at 2 15 p m on Thursday May 3 open to all grades 1 12. On Friday May 4 kindergarten through 6th visit Rolfe Public Library with storytelling sessions and book checkouts. A Tour Day for junior high is planned for Wednesday May 9 departing Rolfe at 7 00 a m and touring Sioux City Stockyards Needham Packing McDonalds Wall Street Mission and Hoerner Waldorf before returning home 8 30 p m. Mr and Mrs E A Johnson and Jalmar Linn visited Sunday in the Albert Linn home in Estherville.
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Rolfe
Sioux City
Needham Packing Company
McDonald’s Hamburger
Wall Street Mission
Hoerner Waldorf Corporation
Storm Lake
Fantasy Fashion style show features student designs
About 150 people attended the Fan tasy Fashion show in the gym Monday evening. Junior and Senior High School girls modeled home economics projects including Paulelda Harrold the new F.H.A. president in a patchwork smock, Ardis Alan in a purple rust pantsuit, and Nina Stewart in a cotton polyester princess dress.
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Paulelda Harrold
F.H.A
Ardis Alan
Nina Stewart
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Chris Pedersen
Headstone
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Veishea
Rev.j. Thompson
Rolfe Area
Harvey
Northbrook
Ken
Charlotte) Christians
Lakefield
Eugene
Arthur
Barstow
Calif
First Lutheran Church
Carroll D. Lang
Roger Benjamin
J.orwig
Weather Report
Ed Weiland
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