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Rolfe Arrow

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Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1953

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Pocahontas News Highlights Local Visitors and Obituaries

Pocahontas residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. George Shors with family and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alexander. Funeral services were held for Hazel Knapp and Irvin Larson, a highway employee electrocuted at work near Rolfe. Community events featured 11-48 club bridge, Scarlet Rebekah Lodge activity, Care Free Club games, and Legion Auxiliary meetings across Pocahontas and Rolfe.

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George Shors Ames Martin Alexander Iowa State College Clayton Drobney Arlington Tex Pocahontas Cal Donnelly Sherburn Minn F. Joseph Schoofs Donnelly Lebanon, Ore Hazel Knapp Trinity Lutheran Church Irvin Larson Herbert Bjorkquist Summit Hill Cemetery Beiter Funeral Home Gilmore City Larson Pocahontas County Rolfe Ira Larson Carolyn Gary Edwin Chester Larson Irvin Catherine) Beller Paul Eva) Smith Waterloo Lee Cora) Welch Duncombe Helen Larson Jerry McTigue Jay DeLay Bernard Schill Charles Fitch Scarlet Rebekah Lodge C.F Emmet Ammons Noble Grand Grace Pearl Walters Ted Johnson Roy Horton Ammons Elizabeth MacVey Leo Shors George Wagner Geo. Schott Jerry Hotovee Geo. Wagner George Schott Jack Bouma The Legion Auxiliary Ira Miller Webster County Bouma Miller Cecil Cummins Howard Sandy
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Special Election Called in Rolfe Iowa for Library Bonds

The Mayor and Council of Rolfe Iowa call a special election on November 3 1953 at Town Hall to decide on erecting a public library building, bonding up to 25000 with taxes up to three mills annually for debt service. Polls open 8 AM to 8 PM with voters to consider bond issuance and library construction. Fred Witt mayor and J H Brinkman town clerk sign the notice dated October 7 1953.

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Rolfe Pocahontas County Iowa
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Corn Yield Contestants Exceed 100 Bushels in County Meet

In Pocahontas County twenty one of thirty two five acre plots were checked with ten contestants posting yields over 100 bushels per acre. Top ten results list Dale Lenz 126.49 bushels and Roy Simonson 120.54, followed by Merritt Porath 119.88 Donald O Connors 117.3 and others. Half the top fields were power checked while others were wire checked or drilled. Stalks per acre ranged from 14 650 to over 20 000.

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Pocahontas County Dale Lenz Rolfe Roy Simonson Merritt Porath Palmer Donald O'Connor Pocahontas Conrad Majorowicz Gary Peiffer Fonda Bobby Siddall Laurens Arlo Ives S. B. Johnson Robert G. Peterson Albert Sedlacek Elda Moulton Bradgate
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Village smithy under a spreading walnut tree

Ropy Shipley marks his 50th anniversary as a blacksmith in New London. It has been four years since he shod a horse at the smithy under the walnut tree.

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Buy It Or Sell It With An Arrow Want Ad

A concise notice promoting the Arrow Want Ad feature urging readers to place or respond to classified buy and sell notices. The item highlights simple terms and quick placement in the newspaper classifieds section.

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Wheat fertilizer push could double Midwest yields

Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to fertilize wheat seeds this fall. They say well fed wheat yields per acre could double with 800 to 500 pounds of fertilizer and better management. Committee advises contacting fertilizer dealers now to secure exact grades and avoid late orders.

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the Rolfe Arrow Robert Swan Marion Bruce Eatre Association Rational Editorial Lassicharida Pocahontas News Library Fred Witt J. H. Brinkman ROYAL Gilda Gay Jerry New York Monty Brinkman’s Standard Service Humboldt Rendering Co Motorola Motorola TV Motorola Uhf Richard Hardware & Appliances Bernard Baily GirDagaSi VOVEL ITV National Auctioneers Association Marathon Plover Jay Arnold Wendell Ritchie Clark D. C L. W. Feldman F. H. Molyneux Methodist J. E. Hynds Ritz Kennedy Agency General Insurance T. J. Raynes Insurance G. Fred Smith Automobile & Property Insurance Fuller Humboldt Jean Pringle General Insurance Notary Public Plaver Loxterkamp M. D Rolfe, IA H. G. Frigaard Rolfe, Iowa Carl J. White
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