Ten Years Ago Inside a Local Brief
Fragmentary notes recall Keldt and Roy Le Thompson Jr with Rolfe in a brief, unnamed item marked as ten years ago.
11 May 1967
Page 1
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1967
Page
1
Fragmentary notes recall Keldt and Roy Le Thompson Jr with Rolfe in a brief, unnamed item marked as ten years ago.
A Methodist church shower on Thursday May 8 honored Miss Betty Rubel of Laurens as her engagement to Donald Spencer was announced. The event followed a planned banquet approved earlier, marking 20 years since the occasion referenced.
A clipped letter from Iron Edgar Shower of Campris California recalls a remark on California as not worth trading. Sugar rations were issued to 1,165 persons in the Rolfe school district during the four day registration week.
Bari Chambers has been appointed athletic coach at Poca Public School. The list of staff includes Quins Cook LeRoy Graydon Thornton Harvey Hoskins Jeanette Peterson Corling Steege and P. Steege in the same announcement.
Rolfe Library board weighs adding evening hours after current Wednesday and Saturday afternoon openings. A public reply drive will guide the decision, aiming to boost access to the town’s growing collection as the community supports a modern library.
The article describes locating Jaycee log cabin structures near Thompson’s Pond on Highway 44, near town, to highlight the Hall House site and the six room Pocahontas County home built with native black walnut and oak. It notes the 1967 Fair House centennial, calls for restoration as a museum, and urges state recognition and community support.
A letter to the editor recalls how Helen Harvey, a famed Pocahontas County public school teacher, supposedly influenced Wm Heit to build the historic Haiti House at Old Rolfe. The 1867 structure stands as a local landmark tied to a tale of romance and community memory.
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