Honor Students Named Awards Given At Class Night Program
Ruth Rickard was named Valedictorian of the Rolfe Community School Class of 1970. Cheryl Wilson was Salutatorian. Janis Ferguson and Mark Hood tied for third. Numerous awards and scholarships were presented, with diplomas to 36 eighth graders following the ceremony.
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Ruth Rickard
Everett Rickard
Rolfe Community School
Cheryl Wilson
L. D. Wilson
Ruth
Cheryl
Janis Ferguson
Mark Hood
Janis
Edna Marcum
Dr. E. 0. Loxterkamp
Joni Zeman
Pocahontas County
Rolfe Education Association
Don Marino
Iowa Bar Association
Gregg Pomerenko
National Honor Society
Nancy Vainreb
Monte Howard
Bill Shimon
Carol Wiegert
Betty Crocker
Mrs. H. Nielsen Completes 30 Years of Teaching
Helen Nielsen a fourth grade teacher in the Rolfe community school system plans retirement at year end after a 30 year career. She began teaching near Breckenridge Minnesota then moved to Rolfe with her husband Anton Nielsen and raised a family. Her teaching spanned rural schools Des Moines Township and Rolfe Consolidated implementations culminating in roles at Rolfe DM T building. She studied at Moorhead State College and Buena Vista College and belongs to ISEA NEA and St Margaret’s Church with plans to travel.
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Helen Nielsen
Rolfe
Nielsen
Breckenridge
Minn
Anton
Tony) Nielsen
Gerald A
Geraldine
Ann
Open House for Wes Ott and Ione Smith 25th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Wes Ott of Pocahontas host an open house for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on Sunday May 31 from 2 to 5 PM at the Chow House in Pocahontas. The couple wed June 6 1945 in Pocahontas with their family as hosts.
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Wes Ott
Pocahontas
Ione Smith
Poppy Day Observed In Rolfe By Local Scouts
Poppy Day will be observed in Rolfe on Saturday May 23 with Local Girl Scouts helping American Legion Auxiliary members sell the paper poppies. The drive supports rehabilitation and child welfare work for disabled veterans and honors the sacrifices of service members from World Wars I and II the Korean War and the Vietnam era.
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Rolfe
Forrest Tutt
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Chaplain To Speak Here On Memorial Day
The Rev. L. P. Fitzpatrick of Webb Department Chaplain will speak at the Memorial Day program at Clinton-Garfield Cemetery on Saturday May 30. The observance begins at 1 30 p m with a salute at the Cecil Cumming memorial tree and the cemetery program starts at 2 00 p m All Legionnaires are urged to attend to honor veterans of all wars A full program will appear in next week's Arrow.
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L. P. Fitzpatrick
Webb
Clinton-Garfield
Cecil Cumming
Main Street
Little Miss Rolfe Contest Opens Voting and Crowning
Rolfe Chamber of Commerce sponsors the second annual Little Miss Rolfe contest with voting from May 28 to June 20. Shoppers earn one vote per dollar spent in participating stores. The winner will be crowned at the Rolfe Swimming Pool Grand Opening. Group pictures and entry details are in local stores and the Rolfe Arrow.
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Rolfe Chamber of Commerce
Rolfe
Rolfe Arrow
Services Held For Mrs. F. Hendrickson
Mrs. Fred Hendrickson 68 of Rolfe died Thursday evening at Pocahontas Community Hospital after illness. Services were Sunday at Rolfe United Methodist Church with Rev. W A Bintz. Burial in Clinton Garfield Cemetery. Eva Marie Pugh Hendrickson, born 1902 in Deshler Nebraska, married Fred Hendrickson in 1931. Survivors include her husband, daughter Dolores, brother Robert Pugh, and four grandchildren.
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Fred Hendrickson
Rolfe
Pocahontas Community Hospital
Rolfe United Methodist Church
W. A. Bintz
L. C. Olney
Bintz
Elmer Leadley
Don Sandvig
Roger Howland
Virgil Peterson
Mitchell Murray
Stanley Lowe
Clifford W. Harris
Clinton- Garfield Cemetery
Eva Marie Pugh Hendrickson
Mahlon
Mary Magdaline Sieffer Pugh
Deshler
Nebr
Stover
Liberty
Dolores
Hendricksons
Hendrickson
Grammy
Fred
Kenneth Pederson
Robert Pugh
Rice Lake
Wis
Rolfe School Alumni Banquet Date Extended to May 25
The Rolfe School Alumni Banquet now accepts reservations through Monday May 25 for the event set Saturday May 30 at the Rolfe Memorial Auditorium. Social hour starts 5:30 PM with dinner at 6:30 PM. speakers include Russell Ives Al Rudolfson Jack Sandvig Harley Syndburn and Steve Hodaway, all Rolfe graduates. Kenneth Pederson chairs the organizing committee. Mrs Warren Jordan of Atlantic visits the Russel Jordans.
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Rolfe School
Rolfe Memorial
Russell Ives
al Rudolfson
Jack Sandvig
Harley Syndburn
Steve Hodaway
Kenneth Pederson
Rolfe
Summer Reading Program At Rolfe School
A reading program for elementary students in grades 1 through 6 will run at Rolfe School from June 15 to July 10. About 50 students attend four weeks of one hour classes five days a week led by three teachers with five to seven students per class. Parents provide transportation.
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Rolfe
Truelson and Bringolf Exchange Vows in Gilmore City
Miss JoAnn Truelson and Robert C. Bringolf wed Sunday April 26, 1970 at First Lutheran Church Gilmore City in a 2 30 p m ceremony. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore J Truelson and the groom son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Bringolf Webster City. The Rev J G Brinkmann officiated before an altar of white mums and pink roses with Janet Christensen at the organ and Mike Stafford as trumpeter.
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JoAnn Truelson
Robert C. Bringolf
First Lutheran Church
Gilmore City
Theodore J. Truelson
Robert W. Bringoff
Webster City
J. G. Brinkmann
Janet Christensen
Mike Stafford
God
Help Wanted for Rolfe Area Swimming Pool Project
Volunteer help is needed as construction begins on the Rolfe Area Swimming Pool. Weekday evenings 6:30 to 10:00 with overflow work on showers baby pool and patio. Contact Glen Neugent, project chairman, for details and questions.
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Rolfe Area
Glen Neugent
Proclamation Declares Poppy Day Observance in Rolfe
Mayor Pat Wood proclaims Saturday May 23 as Poppy Day in Rolfe urging citizens to wear a memorial poppy to honor veterans and their sacrifices for liberty. The observance is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Rolfe
Pat Wood
Old Time Values Day Set for Rolfe May 29
Merchants from merce and Rolfe sponsor Old Time Values Day in Rolfe next Friday May 29 with big bargains. Arrow office deadline for ad copy is Monday noon for listing specials.
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Rolfe Chamber of Commerce
Rolfe
Arrow
Montieth Graduates From D C Army Engineer School
Second Lieutenant Ronald D. Montieth 23 the son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Montieth Rolfe graduated from the Army Engineer Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir Virginia and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers The 23 week course trains platoon leaders with mechanical and technical skills topo graphy military science and leadership Montieth will be assigned to the USA Engineer District Albuquerque New Mexico as a construction engineer He is a May 1969 Iowa State University civil engineering graduate
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Ronald D. Montieth
Wayne Montieth of
Rolfe
United States Army Engineer Officer Candidate School
Fort Belvoir
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army
Montieth
USA Engineer District
Albuquerque
N.M
Iowa State University
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