Rams Win Own Meet and Place Second at Pocahontas District
The Rolfe Rams won their invitational with 49 points and shared second at the Pocahontas District Meet behind Titonka, led by three relay wins and multiple individual placings. State qualifiers include Roger Allen in the 180 Low Hurdles and Dennis Ricklefs in the 880 Run, with the 440 Relay also advancing. District champions advance to the Class C State Meet in Pocahontas this Saturday. A separate notice sets May 21 as the deadline to sign up for the Youth Hazardous Occupation Training Course, with the tractor operator school at Pocahontas fairgrounds June 5-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger ‘Allen
Pocahontas
Jerry Turner
Rams
Pocahontas Catholic
Titonka
Rolfe
Havelock-Plover
West Bend
Terris
Laurens
Sioux Rapids
Newell Providence
Sioux Valley
Ruthven
South Clay
Mark Feldman
Gregg Pomerenko
Bill Tiaden
Dennis Ricklefs
Roger Allen
Bill Tjaden
Gregg Pomerenke
Feldman
Pomerenke
Ricklefs
Tjaden
Allen
Denny Edwards
Jim Landing
Pomerenko
Rickless
Distriit
Darrell Clark
Pocahontas County
Correction notice for Rolfe Community School District election
The corrected notice states the election runs for four consecutive weeks with voting on Thursday June 12. Two propositions are proposed: up to 40000 for repairing and remodeling Des Moines Township Attendance Center boiler and buildings and up to 30000 for a high school dressing room addition at Rolfe High School. Geraldine Peterson signs as Secretary of the Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Community School
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Des Moines Township
Rolfe
Town Council Orders Monthlong Dog Restraint in Rolfe
The Rolfe Town Council imposes a four week dog restraint from May 16 to June 13. All dogs must be tied or confined 24 hours daily. Loose dogs will be picked up, owners pay $5 to reclaim, and unclaimed dogs are destroyed after three days under Ordinance 19. May 24 is Poppy Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Rolfe Area Seeks Donations for Hall & Tilley Project
The Hall & Tilley Restoration Project nears a $2,500 goal with $2,400 raised. A committee plans moving Hall House to Streit Memorial Park, Rolfe. Donations urged to Box 84 Rolfe 50581 and list of contributors appears in the notice. Eleven St Pauls Lutheran youths were confirmed. Rolfe Community School Class of 1969 preparations include Baccalaureate May 18 and Commencement May 23 with speaker Dell Foster. Eighth graders’ promotion set for May 28 at 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall & Tilley
Hail House
Rolfe
Streit Memorial Park
Conrad Majorowicz
Brownie Rickard
Lester Applegate
Verne Perrin
Flossie DeVaul
Rolfe Garden Club
B. van Steenwyk
Orange City
Jon LePaske
Elmer Ryen
Obert Ryen
Elwood Ryen
Eldon Sennett
Lyle Kilbourn
Eldon Ham
Victor Shimon
Suma Butler
Charles Zeman
R. B. Ranney
L. C. Olney
Ben Lehnus
A. L. Christensen
Verna Ryen
Marie Ryen
Kenneth Shimon
Art Kilbourn
Albert Jensen
Roy L. Thompson
Farmers Co-op
Calligan Sundries
Jerry’s Super Valu
Franklin Majorowicz
Carroll Jensen
Bradgate
C. Jarvis
Amy Turley
W. H. Howland
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Daniel Orwig
Sharon Feldman
Rania Kuchenreuther
Betty
Rolfe Community School
David Hogan
Warren A. Bintz
Memorial Auditorium
Dell Foster
Minneapolis, Minn
Foster
Toastmasters, International
Toastmasters
E. L. Foster
Laurens
Lyle Foster
Rolfe Junior High
Roger Dale Allen
David Henry Baade
Iver J. Behrendsen
R. Lee Buck
Jane Susan Christensen
Dennis D. Edwards
Mark Eldon Eccles
Dennis C. Ferguson
Margaret Jane Gunderson
Jane Lorie Hanson
Paul Leo Harrold
Joy Rae Howard
Jeanne Marie Jordan
Marilyn Kay Lehman
Barbara Ann Loxterkamp
Roger Fay Mann
Russel Ray Mann
Pamela Ann Peters
Kathleen Diane Ripperger
Jerry Lee Sandvig
Jon E. T
Rolfe Girls Take Second at Blairsburg Meet
The Rolfe girls finished runners up at the Blairsburg District Track Meet with 43 points, earning five state qualifiers led by Jen Tutt in the 220 Low Hurdles and Debbie Zeman in the 880 Run. Rolfe’s Distance Medley relay won, while Mile and 440 relays placed second. The team trail Lincoln Central Grover, 70 points to Rolfe’s 43. State action is set for Des Moines at Drake Fieldhouse.
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Rolfe
Blairsburg
Drake
Des Moines
Lincoln Central
Grover
Jen Tutt
Debbie Zeman
Wedding Vows Spoken at St Margar et s Church
Deb orah Erickson and Dean Poppen exchanged vows in a May 3 ceremony at St Margar et s Catholic Church with Rev. David Hogan officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
Deborah Erickson
Dean Poppen
David Hogan
Theatre drawing winner at Ritz Theatre May 11
John Auten won the $5.00 registration award at the Ritz Theatre on Sunday evening May 11. The prize was donated by Town Electric Light and Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Auten
Ritz Theatre
Town Electric Light and Power
Services Held For Earle E. Cox 64
Earle E. Cox 64 long time resident of Gilmore City died Friday at Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge after a short illness. Funeral at St John s Catholic Church Gilmore City with burial in parish cemetery. Surviving widow son Timothy Chicago two grandchildren three brothers and three sisters. Military service by Gilmore City Legion Post. Born February 3 1905 Rolfe Iowa. World War II veteran.
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Earle E. Cox
Gilmore City
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
St. John’s Catholic Church
John Cain
Tom Peters
Don Crotty
Harold Dodd
Bernard Shimon
Ferris Malcolm
Alfred Olson
Rolfe
Iowa
Earle
Madeline Cavanaugh
California
Timothy
Chicago
Ill
Ernest
Bronson
Lloyd
Eldon
Spirit Lake
Elizabeth Schonberger
Balaton
Minn
Laura Anderson
Cecil
Mae) Pederson
Humboldt
Mabel) Slater
Retiring Gilmore City Bradgate teachers honored at banquet
Mrs Nellie Jensen 4th grade and Miss Augusta Buttemore 5th grade were honored at the annual activities banquet in Gilmore City. Plaques from the Board of Education recognized a combined 75 years of teaching service.
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Gilmore City
Bradgate
Nellie Jensen
Augusta Buttemore
Rolfe State Bank Employees Meet May 21
NCAICE announces Group II bank meeting for Rolfe State Bank employees on Wednesday May 21. The bank will remain closed that day.
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Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe student pledged to Guidon at SD University
Becki Ives daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger D Ives of Rolfe was pledged to Guidon at the University of South Dakota Vermillion South Dakota ceremonies. Guidon honors scholarship leadership character and military interest. Becki a sophomore belongs to Alpha Phi and serves as Bush Chairman and has a $50 Alpha Phi National Fraternity scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becki Ives
Roger D. Ives
Rolfe
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
S. Dak
Becki
Alpha Phi Social Fraternity
Bush
Alpha Phi National Fraternity
Well Known Area Farmer G. Donald Trenary Dies
G Donald Trenary 64 of Pocahontas died at University Hospitals Iowa City after a short illness. He served 15 years on the Pocahontas Soil Conservation District Board and was a regional director for 13 counties. He won multiple farming awards and held leadership roles in Farm Bureau and 4-H. He is survived by his wife Carol, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
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G. Donald Trenary
Pocahontas
University Hospitals
Towa City
Methodist Church
Trenary
Skelly
Farm Bureau
FHA
Fort Dodge
Death of George Jeffries in Tulare Calif
Friends learn of the death of George Jeffries after a brief illness of cancer. He lived with his family in Rolfe for several years while employed at the Chevrolet garage. Survived by wife Lucile Grove of Plover and two children Patricia and Jack. Residence listed as 314 East Sandra Tulare.
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George Jeffries
Tulare
Calif
Jeffries
Rolfe
Chevrolet
Lucile Grove
Plover
Patricia
Jack
E. Sandra
Little Miss Rolfe contest votes tallied in eight days
In Rolfe the Little Miss Rolfe contest tallies show 37 072 votes cast in eight days with three and one half weeks remaining. Winners will represent Rolfe at the Little Miss Iowa pageant in July and be crowned during Greater Rolfe Days in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Julie Young
Rita Johnson
Sandy Allen
Kimberly Stover
Christy Wagner
Mary Lee Zeman
Deanna Fridolfson
Debbie Shimon
Lori Sinek
Jolene Ricklefs
Ardis Kennedy
Diane Fangman
Ann Marine
Laurie Allen
Lori Simonson
Melody Gardewine
Dorine Metz
Annette Shimon
Karilyn Diederich
Sherrie Sump
LaMona Martinsen
Retha Bauer
Connie Guertzman
Debra O'Donnell
Lori Maassen
Mary Ann Diederich
Pam Hoefing
Australian visitors end stay in Rolfe after lectures
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Roberts of Australia visited Rolfe last Thursday with friends Mr. and Mrs. G. Fred Smith. The couple traveled from British Columbia where he taught as a visiting professor. Roberts, who spent 17 years under Dr. Virgil Hancher, plans to join the University of Western Australia upon returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Roberts
Australia
G. Fred Smith
Rolfe
Roberts
British Columbia
Virgil Hancher
Rolfelle
University of Iowa
Iowa City
University of Western Australia
Former Rolfe Student Among Top Iowa Scholars
Philip B. Tange, senior at Northern University High School Cedar Falls, is named a State of Iowa Scholar by the higher education facilities commission. He lived in Rolfe until January 1967, attends University High and plans to enroll at Wartoe College this fall.
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Rolfe
Philip B. Tange
Northern University High School
Cedar Falls
State of Iowa
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Philip
Irving N. Tange
Rolfe Community School
Robert Ray
Commission
University High School
Wartoe College
Waverly
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Mitchell Murray
Leonard Poppen
Clare
Guidon
Martin Alexander
Gene
Jerry
Bruce Sanden
Minneapolis
Enid Sanden
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