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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1964
Page
4
Farmers in Rolfe, Iowa report a fruitful autumn with soybean and corn work in progress. Eldridge Kipfer and spouse monitor bean yields while noting 20 to 30 bushels per acre. farms show dark plowed soil, golden fields, and green pastures amid a warm seventy degree day and widespread harvest activity.
Rockwell City overpowered the Rolfe Rams 20 0 on the A C field in a Twin Lakes Conference game. Rolfe suffered a third league defeat as penalties injuries and incomplete plays hampered their offense. Dean Pedersen Don Van Gorkom Roger Bennett and others left with minor injuries but were expected to play next week. The Wildcats built a 14 0 lead at halftime scoring on a 70 yard opening drive and a 1 yard quarterback sneak.
Mrs. John Saathoff, 75, died October 14, 1965, at Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at First Lutheran Church Gilmore City with burial in Marble Valley Cemetery. She was born Grace Lena Behrends in Lake Township Pocahontas County and is survived by her husband and seven children.
A group of youths aged 10 to 14 used B B guns and rocks to damage the south side of the Northwestern railroad station on Monday evening. Several windows were broken, with about 100 dollars in estimated damage. The article urges parents to read and check their children and emphasizes parental responsibility for their offspring’s actions.
Rolfe churches plan a UNICEF penny collection on Saturday October 30 with door to door school groups from six to seven thirty pm. Children register by grade at local churches and collect from 6 to 6 45 pm then attend parties. Jaycees donate part of each ticket sale from Ritz Theatre to UNICEF.
Rolfe Junior High and Freshmen defeated Twin Rivers on the Twin Rivers field 14 to 7. Roger Allen scored the first touchdown and added an extra point, later adding a 60 yard score. Dennis Ricklefs highlighted offense along with solid defense from Bill Tjaden Neal Vaughn and John Shimon.
The Wesleyan Service Guild asks for used eyeglasses and discarded nylon hose for mission work. Containers are at Duff's Produce and Appliance and Olney's Market for drop off, chaired by Mrs. Goldie Spiker.
A Robinson Farm Equipment storefront hosts a Rolfe F F A safety dummy and sign urging farmers to operate tractors cautiously after a local accident. The message stresses saving seconds by not shutting off machinery is not worth the risk, noting time gained but loss of limb.
A group of friends and neighbors gathered at John Madsen's Bradgate farm to harvest soybeans using several local hands. Operators included Bob Foley John Christianson Maurice Halsrud Dwayne Benge Kenneth Dayton Bill Cran Donald Cran Lou Schumacher Francis Jergens. Helpers hauled beans and provided lunch with many Mrs. surnames assisting.
Friends of the Raymon Callon family harvested 60 acres of beans on Wednesday at their farm to aid Mr Callon who is ill and in Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge. Helpers included R J Weishaar Dale Ferguson Raymond De Wall Bob Thompson George Shimon Jerry Shimon Floyd Ferguson Gus Munzenmay Andy Pedersen and George Smith. Lunch was provided at the Callon home by Mesdames Thompson Ferguson and Smith.
The Rolfe water situation will be detailed in the next Arrow issue. The Rolfe City Council and Mayor are referenced as the sources for the forthcoming report.
Ronnie Warren a 16 year old senior at Gilmore City Bradgate High collapsed in a classroom on October 12. Doctors diagnosed a pinched nerve from football practice at Luth eran Hospital Fort Dodge and he undergoes therapy with expected release Thursday. He is the son of Mrs Trene Hemerson and plays end on the team.
The 1966 county officers were elected during Pocahontas Public School Gym Rally Night on October 16. Gail Alstott and Eugene Kerns won as presidents with Roxy Peterson and Ron Hohensee as vice presidents and Kathy Stearns and Jerry Depew as secretaries.
Four Pocahontas County youths were listed in the October Selective Service call. They left October 18 for Fort Des Moines for processing before deployment to Army or Navy duty stations. Named were Ronald Platt Rolfe of Rolfe, Wayne Hopkins of Plover, Warren Hawk of Laurens, and Richard Schwardt of Fonda.
Rolfe residents will vote on a municipal natural gas distribution system funded without taxes. At an October 13 meeting the town council authorized White Phillips Company Davenport and Rawson of Kansas City to conduct engineering surveys and plans for a revenue bond vote. A detailed report on cost and specifics will follow.
The State Conservation Commission announces duck hunting starts Saturday October 23 with limits set under Federal rules. Early reports show migrating ducks in Iowa as crop harvest continues and habitats improve. Shooting hours are sunrise to sunset with daily bag four and possession eight for ducks other than mergansers and special limits for wood ducks canvasbacks mallards and pintails.
Larry Heathman twenty five of Have lock sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and bruises when a tractor pulling a plow tipped over in a ditch one mile north of Plover. He was taken by Streit Powers ambulance to Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge. Tractor damage was estimated at four hundred dollars. Heathman and cousin Garth Smith aided by others urged farmers to exercise caution during harvest with FFA safety slogan Be careful today be farming.
A. Court of Honor for Boy Scouts Troop 76 will be held Friday October 22 at 7 30 pm in the Auditorium on the third floor at Rolfe Community School. All Cub Scouts and parents are invited along with Boy Scout parents and others interested in scouting. Scoutmaster Don Shoemaker is assisted by Jim Hansen with Guy Eccles as awards chairman.
The Pocahontas County American Legion Auxiliary held its October meeting in Varina at the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon October 20. About 60 members registered for the program with the business session led by Pocahontas County President Mrs. Ted Gleason. Roll call of officers was answered by eight units reporting on their activities. The program included WAR activities.
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