Marion the Librarian Praises Readable Rolfe Collection
Roy Simonson comments on the Rolfe library’s fine selection of books. He highlights James Herriott’s All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful, Corrie Ten Boom’s The Hiding Place and Tramp for the Lord, and Ruth Kluger’s The Last Escape, noting the true accounts and engaging countryside descriptions. He lists current tall print titles on loan including Victory, Gold Comes in Bricks, Brief Gaudy Hour, The Flight of the Fa, Mary Wakefield, My Friend the Professor, Sunset Pass, and My Lady of Cleves, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Simonson
Rolfe
Meion
James Herriot
Leas
Corrie Ten Boom
Hidim Place
Holland
Ruth Kluger
Tel Aviv
Nazi Germany
Germany
Hungary
Turkey
Mary
Roy Simons
Bi Norris
West
Austria
Drick
Anya, Seton
A.A
Erle
Stan. Gardner
Margaret Campbell Barne
Anne Bolégi
The
Daphne
DuMauier
S Spense
Mary Wakefield
Maz DeLaRoche
Saga
Whiteoak
Jalna
Professor
Lucilla Andrews
Two Movies Shown at Library Basement This Saturday
The library hosts two screenings on Saturday May 17 at 3 00 pm in the basement space provided by Ham Trucking. The programs are School's Out from the Little Rascals and The Pigeon's That Worked Miracles.
Bradgate News Briefs Highlight Local Birthdays and Visits
Week of May 4 features Christie and Kolby birthdays celebrated with guests from Humboldt Rolfe Pocahontas and Gilmore City. Route includes visits to Leon Erickson and Charles Joiner households with birthday notices for Charles and Dorothy. A McLain guest House talk drew attendees and a reception with gifts to Ida Wallace Florence Nade and Aldo Struthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Wagner
Christie
Kolby
Lloyd Wagner
Humboldt
Ken Bennett
Rolfe
Ard
Raymond Shimon
Pocahontas
Dennis Wagner
Iver Behrendsen
Gilmore City
Leon. Ericksons
Charles Joiner
John of
Gerald Pedersen
Charles
Dorothy
McLain
Mclains
Ida Wallace
Florence Nad ¥E
Arid
Aldo, Struthers
Evs Bints
Local residents attend church services and visit relatives
Mrs. Jack Cordes and Mr and Mrs Everett Burns attended funeral services for Daisy Lowe at the Methodist Church in Emmetsburg. Ed Welter visited his sisters in Ionia and Pocahontas. Edna Davidson stayed with her son D L Davidson in Britt. Numerous weekend guests visited families across Emmetsburg Pocahontas Storm Lake and nearby towns including Buena Vista College students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cordes
Everett Burns
Daisy Lowe
Emmetsburg
Ed Welter
Ionia
Jack McDonald
Elsie Lindsey
Pocahontas
Edna Davidson
D.L. Davidson
Britt
Conrad Majorowicz
Robert Leverenz
Lance
Grant
Des Moines
Pam Wise
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Ron Claver
Sioux City
C.F. Orwig
Jim Tiernan
Maria
Julie
Fonda
John Tiernan
Rose Sheehy
Omaha
Anna McIntire
McIntire
Marlin Pearson
Bill Tutt
Spencer
Forrest Tutt
Eric
Roy Schonberger
Jim O'Donnell
Humboldt
Mike Buffington
Milo
Kenneth Shaw
Curtis
Dennis
Grinnell
Everett Shaw
Kenneth Zeman
Larry
Karen Zeman
Dean Pedersen
Brandon
Jeff Ives
Randy Martin
David Klinger
San Antonio
Tex
Elmer Jensen
Eugene. Applegate
Terry
Todd
Gilmore City
H.A. Kaiser
A.M. Kaiser
New ‘London
Last Two Weeks Menu Changes At Rolfb Arrow School
The May 15, 1975 issue notes cooks abandon planned menu for the final two weeks of school. Meals will be improvised from various delicacies prepared that day. Staff Bridget Shimon Vickie Shoemaker Joan Allen Barb Wilson sign off on the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Shimon
Vickie Shoemaker
Joan Allen
Barb Wilson
Senior trip and events on Thursday through Sunday
Senior trip and Senior Class Night on Thursday at 8 00 p m. Friday includes Boys District Golf and Commencement practice at 10 00. Saturday features the Aurelia track meet and Sunday the Commencement at 2 30 outside on the football field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Aurelia
If You Have Learned to Seek Truth and Service
A reflective poem urging moral growth and civic duty as the path to wisdom and a well trained mind. It emphasizes honesty, teamwork, kindness, and serving others, linking self respect and good name to earned achievement such as a diploma.
Randy Thorn remembered by classmates and family
Randy Thorn son of Fred and Frieda Thorn is noted as a brother to Linda and Rick. He recalls R H S memories including Mr Farleys History Class Prom 74 and Grand Trino Sports. He plans to attend Ryder Tech in Des Moines and urges underclassmen to act today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Thorn
Fred
Frieda Thorn
Linda
Rick
R.H.S
Farley
Mr. Jorgensen
Grand Trino Sports
Billy Jack
S.W.A.T
Seniors Set Off On Annual Trip To Ledges State Park
Twenty three seniors depart Wednesday morning May 14 for a trip to Ledges State Park near Boone Iowa. They will stay at the Imperial Inn in Boone and visit Mamie Eisenhower birthplace before returning by May 15 to be back before Class Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledges State Park
Boone
Iowa
Imperial Inn
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eric
Graduation memories and honors at Rolfe High School
The piece reflects on the class at Rolfe High School with mentions of graduation, athletic honors, and memories of teachers becoming nuisances. It reads as a reflective, slightly chaotic verse about the students’ time at school and the people involved.
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Rolfe High School
Questions of the Week: summer plans and activities
Student responses show varied summer goals from jobs and travel to sports and leisure. Entries mention camping, swimming, pit activities, motorcycling trips, and family trips like Grand Canyon and ranch travel.
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