Winning Name Earns TV Prize for Rolfe Nursing Home Contest
Mrs. Lee Harmon of Rolfe received the prize for submitting the winning name for Rolfe’s new Sunset Hill Manor Nursing Home. The facility will be located at Broad Street and 2nd Avenue on Highway 44 west of Main Street. Over 60 entries were received before the Sept 10 closing. R. D. Dixon, president of Nursing Home Development, presented the portable television set, with Rolfe State Bank furnishing the prize.
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Lee Harmon
Rolfe i
New’ Nursing Home
Rolfe,to
Hill ‘Manor
Broad Street
2Nd Avenue
Highway 44
Main Street
R. D. Dixon
Nursing Home Development, Corporation
Rolfe State Bank
Rams Roll to Homecoming Win Over Albert City Hurricanes
Rolfe Rams end a six year homecoming losing streak with a 25 13 victory over the Albert City Truesdale Hurricanes. QB Dean Pedersen linked with Jack Feldman for three TD passes while John Rickard rushed for 112 yards and earned the nickname Midnight Express. The win came in front of alumni and fans as Rolfe dominated in all four quarters.
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Rolfe Rams
Susan Ricklefs
Albert City-Truesdale
Hurricanes
Rams
Wildcats
Rockwell City
Dean Pedersen
Jack Feldman
John Rickard
Feldman
Pedersen
Rolfe
Albert
City-T
Allen
Rickard
Harold
Calligan
Nickame
Midnight Express
Gilmore Guy-Bradgate
Polynesian Visit Prompts Methodist- Presbyterian Weekend Guests
Polynesian men will visit a local church for a weekend program. The group plans a home stay in the Tonea Islands through the Methodist-Presbyterian collaboration.
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Tyo Young
Methodist-Presbyterian
Intermetiie Pe
Metho
Tonea Islands
Ra 400 thay wil i eat pana ite ae
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Named to Board of Vocational Community College Panel
A report lists individuals such as Dixon and Maurer joining the advisory committee of the Area Vocational Community College board. The fragment mentions Rolf, Poca, and Lau in connection with the board line up and committee roles.
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de Dixon
Rolf
Vocational-Community College
Boars
Maurer
Lau
Rolfe Girl Hurt in Combine Accident
Linda Christensen an 11 year old Rolfe girl is in good condition at Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge after a freak combine accident on her parents farm four miles north of Rolfe. Her head scarf tangled with the shaft, tearing skin from the top of her head. no brain or skull damage found.
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Linda Christensen
Rolfe
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Arnold Christensen
Linda
Christensen
Engagement of Bonnie Luchtell to Gary Kaiser Named
Breda Iowa announces the engagement of Bonnie Luchtell to Gary Kaiser son of H A Kaiser of Sheldon Iowa The couple plans a marriage at St Bernard's Catholic Church in Breda on Saturday November 19. The bride operates the Dairy Dandy Drive In at Sheldon and the groom is an area sales manager for Metz Baking Co both residents of Sheldon.
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St. Bernard's
Ghurch i
Breda
Water Superintendent Adelbert Sweet Resumes Post in Rolfe
Adelbert Bob Sweet named Water Superintendent for Rolfe, starting Monday October 10. He will supervise the water plant under construction and read meters, attends a short course on plant operation, and moves with his family from Cherokee to the George Schonberger property near the school. His wife Marilyn Peterson and children David 6 Diane 3 and Danny 4 join him.
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Adelbert
Bob) Sweet
Rolfe
Sweet
George Schonberger
Marilyn Peterson
David
Diane
Danny
R F Buck Dies Rites Held Mon
Richard Buck died at his Rolfe home September 29 after a two year illness. Funeral services were held Monday October 8 at 2 PM at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dallas Johnson officiating. He was born January 11, 1881 in Germany and came to the United States as a baby. He married Maggie Miller in 1905 and they lived on a farm near Plover until retirement in 1942 when they moved to Rolfe. Surviving are his wife Maggie, two sons Dale of Rolfe and Alya of Barhum, four daughters Helen O Neal of Plover Alma Oxley Decorah Luella Christensen Mt Lake Minn and Dorothy O Neal River, 18 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren plus nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two daughters, two sons, two sisters and four brothers.
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Richard” Buck
Rolfe
Dallas Johnson
Lee. Bendixen
Jesus
Jake Rutters
Louis Wilson
James de Wolf
Ron Buck
Allen Buck
James O'Neail
Dean Stiene
and. Donald
Willard
Wes
Powhatan
Cemetery
Plover
Richard
Frederick Buck
W. P. Buck
Germany
Lower
Maggie
Dale of
Alya
Barhum
Harold
Helen) O'Neal
Aulden
Alma) Oxley
Decorah
Louis
Luella) Christensen
Mt. Lake
Minn
Donsald
Dorothy O'Neal
River
Rites Pending for Vernet Johnson in Riceville
Vernet Johnson, 68, a former community resident, died Tuesday night at his Riceville Iowa home after a heart attack. Funeral services are pending. He is survived by his wife Mildred Nielsen and six children.
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Vernet
Johnson
Riceville
Iowa
Mildred Nielsen
Foremen Take Fourth at Central States District Meet
The Foremen quartet from this area earned fourth place at the Central States District contest in Topeka Kansas last weekend. Members Garland Westerman of Plover John W Nielsen Perry Johnson and Curtis Kerns are noted for their barbershop harmony.
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Topeka
Kans
Garland Westerman
Plover
John W. Nielsen
Perry Johnson
Curtis “Kerns
Funeral Rites Held for Bessie Cruickshank 85
Mrs. Bessie Cruickshank, 85, died Sunday at Haywood Nursing Home Emmetsburg after a stroke August 18. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Presbyterian Church Rolfe with Rev Dallas Johnson. Interment Powhatan Cemetery Plover. Survivors include daughter Laura Mae Kerns and son Loren Cruickshank. 21 grandchildren and 69 great grandchildren.
Rolfe Woman to Receive St Anne Award in LeMars
Mrs Wallace Taylor of St Margaret’s Catholic Church in Rolfe will receive the St Anne Award Sunday October 9 at 12:30 Mass in St Joseph’s Church LeMars. The award honors leadership and service to Catholic youth through Girl Scouts Camp Fire and related groups.
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Camp Fire Girls
Catholic’ Daughters of ‘America
Taylor
Secont
Lakota Girl Scout Council
Sioux City
Confraternity of Christian ‘Doctrine
St. Margaret's
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R. F. Buck
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Palo’ Alto County
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Arthur Cruickshank
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Merle
Kerns
Laurice Kerns
Rose Cruickshank
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Frances’Dé- Wolf
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