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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1967
Page
6
A school calendar lists November events including Kindergarten and K-2 parent visitations with no school, the All-School Play on the 14th, and a 17th basketball trip to Rockwell City. A student reflects on future college life after finishing homework late at night.
R-R Candy is sold for one dollar a box to raise money for softball basketball and track uniforms. A note sent home asks parents to support the fundraiser. Seven seniors and Mr Liston attended a November 1 PTA day at Ames with talks on teaching and classroom artistry.
Parents and neighbors discuss how to handle a child wanting to go to California to join the hippie movement. Reactions range from opposition and caution to curiosity and setup of limits, with a few suggesting curiosity or personal choice. A school meal plan for the week follows on the page.
The F H A Halloween sock hop on October 28 featured bubble gum prizes for door winners and taped music from 8:00 p m to 12:00 a m. Students danced in colorful socks as a lifelike scarecrow, jack o lanterns, red stage lights, bats and cornstalks created a festive eerie mood. Refreshments included punch Halloween cookies and suckers.
Eight boys and seven girls in Mrs Grice’s class did a fall leaf walk for bulletin board. Students wrote stories about the outing and started an Indian unit with Trudy Sherrill showing Indian accessories. Don McKim won brave chief and Eric Vaughn witch doctor in a class election.
The Plover church calendar lists a Thursday Spiritual Bazaar at 2 pm and youth groups in the evening, a Sunday worship at 11 am plus church school at 9 45, and a Tuesday official board meeting at 8 pm. Visitors include Mrs Wm McGrath and Mike from Des Moines with others joining Sunday and airman Roger Hough accompanying them to Alameda California after a 10 day stay.
The region's social calendar highlights visits and gatherings. Guests included Mr. Ortiz brother of Mrs. Jay Arnold and numerous Havelock, Rolfe, and Humboldt residents at various homes and the Legion Hall. Meals, weddings, and hospital calls appear alongside charity cookie packing and a deer hunting trip.
A November 9 1967 item from Jefferson notes a man hospitalized with an unspecified injury or illness described vaguely as a bed condition. The report provides no names or locations beyond Jefferson.
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