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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1951
Page
1
Rolfe Consolidated School reports spring decor in classrooms and plans for summer safety. First graders earned stars for counting to 100, with names listed. Second and fourth grades describe progress in math, geography, and science, including transportation, fractions, and health topics. Birthdays and visitor notes accompany ongoing reading and art projects.
Fifth graders Donna Jean Sandvig and Janis Sue Wilson brought plum blossoms for the room. Visitors included Mary Ellen's mother and Paul Biedermann's sister. Lessons covered multiplication of fractions, spelling review for the semester, pronoun use, capitalization rules, and punctuation.
Admiral Forrest Sherman honors Armed Forces Day and the unity of the fighting services. He salutes the Soldier Sailor Airman and Marine for preserving freedom and giving hope to the free world through disciplined cooperation.
A national postal service campaign urges rural residents to fix or replace mailboxes. The test asks if the post is sturdy and four feet high, the box and post are white, the box opens easily, the mailbox is clearly labeled, properly sized, accessible, and set back enough for carriers to stop safely.
Jet pilots rely on compact aeronautical charts as speeds rise. The Aeronautical Chart Service of the Air Force adapts navigation tools to high altitude, high speed, using six charts to cover the continental United States and smaller arrival and oversea charts.
Senator Sparkman leads a Senate Small Business Committee probe into National Production Authority actions on rubber and aluminum. Testimony cites refusals to answer and bureaucratic delays affecting Bearfoot Company and Kent Equipment, with Sparkman delaying an aluminum cut and signaling further investigations into agency directives and potential surpluses.
The memorial poppy honoring dead from two World Wars and Korea is made by hospitalized veterans to support fellow veterans. The piece urges wearing the poppy and aiding veterans through self-help. Mr. and Mrs. J R McIntire traveled to Boone then Des Moines for a funeral directors convention, visiting relatives en route. Mrs Forrest Tutt and daughters moved to Harbor Beach Michigan where Forrest is stationed.
The article notes Mrs. Shriner and Don visiting Libbie Barnes and George Lenz family in Estherville, a trip with Miss Rachel Tutt in Rockford, and a Mother's Day weekend stay at Des Moines with Don Shirk family. Harold Shriner accompanied by daughter-in-law for child care on the trip.
Sophomores include Buddy Wellingham Kenny Pederson Cleve Kerns Dewayne Peters and Ramon Carlson Managers Basketball Seniors lead with Tom Clark DeWayne Schott and co captains Garland Chambers Fay Anderson Eddie Wilcox John Young John Shelgren Juniors Darold Puff Bob Schmidt Kenny O Donnell Managers Baseball Tom Clark DeWayne Schott Frank DeVaul Ramon Carlson Tom Schott Bob Puff Glenn Kaiser Kenny Pederson Captain Music awards go to freshmen Curtis Kerns Jenalea Hansen Mary Le Nelson Merlin Rickless Joyce Spencer Lowell Thorson Helen Ann Woods and sophomores Robert Hartmann Donna Miller Gary Nielsen Betty Pedersen Janet Shelgren Joan Shelgren Carol Shimon Roberta Swan Sheila Woods Kathryn Bixler Harley Bradburn Deloris Hendrickson Ann Reckard Jeanette Alig May Anderson Donna Erickson Joyce Hartmann Catherine Heddinger Carol Johnson Catherine Johnson Lois Samuels Robert Schmidt
May brings more highway travel and risk of accidents. Memorial Day weekend tests safe driving. Iowa Safety Congress and partners urge inspections and display of a windshield sticker as a sign of a safe car to protect drivers and others.
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