Finishing Touches At Tilley Log Cabin In Streit Park
Finishing touches are being added to the Tilley Log Cabin in Streit Memorial Park. Volunteer Brownie Rickard applies mortar and lime between the logs as a young history-minded onlooker watches. Finish work remains for the floor fire place new windows and a door. Plans to move the Hall House into Rolfe this fall are under consideration.
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Tilley
Streit Memorial Park
Brownie Rickard
Rolfer
Rolfe
Nurses Aide Training Course Starts in Pocahontas
Iowa Central Community College partners with Pocahontas Community Hospital to offer a 120 hour nurses aide and orderly training program running September 29 to October 24. Class meets 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday with tuition of 25 dollars plus 2.50 for books. Potential students obtain an application and health statement from Pocahontas Community Hospital, attention Mrs Etta Mae Peterson. Weekend visit reported as August Nielsen family activity at Spirit Lake.
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Pocahontas
Iowa Central Community College
Pocahontas Community Hospital
Etta Mae Peterson
Music Mothers prepare for school year activities
The Rolfe Music Mothers met September 3 in the school lunchroom with Svalstad and Hays. They discussed buying blazers and dresses for the High School Chorus and Band, and limited the function to the music department. Membership includes students from 7th and 8th grade bands and choruses, and the High School Band. Officers named for 1969-70 are Mrs. L. D. Wilson president, Mrs. Robert Pedersen vice president, and Mrs. Andy Pedersen secretary treasurer.
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Rolfe Music Mothers
Svalstad
Hays
Music Mothers
L. D. Wilson
Robert Pedersen
Andy Pedersen
Elaine Schurr and Donald Irlbeck Wed in Fort Dodge
Elaine Louise Schurr and Donald Frank Irlbeck exchanged marriage vows on Friday August 8 1969 at 8 pm in Corpus Christi Catholic Church Fort Dodge Iowa. Msgr E L Mc Evoy officiated the double ring ceremony with Gloria Wagner as organist. The bride wore white peau de soie with lace sleeves and carried red gladiolus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Louise Schurr
Donald Frank Irlbeck
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
Fort Dodge
E. L. McEvoy
John Schurr
Rolfe
Ederlbeck
Dedham
Iowa
Paul Wagner
Market Report September 10 1969 Yellow Corn and Soybeans
A compact market note lists grain and hog prices with a weather snapshot. Prices show Yellow Corn at 1.06, Soybeans at 2.40, Oats at 0.54, and Hogs around 23.00 with a dated weather reading for September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Sens
Gunderson Stover Win In School Election
Property owners are reminded that the second half of real and personal taxes are due on or before September 30. After this date a penalty accrues at one percent per month. A tax statement can be requested or obtained at the County treasurer. Tax payments may be made through your bank with advance arrangements. A tax notice appears in this week's Arrow.
Rams Dominate Swea City 60-0 In Season Opener
Rolfe Rams opened the 1969 football season with a 60-0 nonconference win over Swea City Trojans at Ben Dixon Memorial Field. Senior QB Mike Pedersen and backs Mark Feldman Gregg Pomerenko and Dennis Ricklefs led the scoring, as Rolfe piled up 375 yards to Swea City’s 50. The Rams travel to Spirit Lake at 8:00 p.m. Friday for a conference clash.
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Rolfe Rams
Swea City Trojans
Bendixon Memorial
Rams
Spirit Lake
Ram
Pohlman
Roger Pohlman
Swea City
Trojans
Rolfe
Mike Pedersen
Mark Feldman
Gregg Pomerenko
Dennis Ricklefs
Pedersen
Feldman
Winkleblack
Mark Feldmann
Doug Post
Main Street
Alumni Fund Seeks Donations for Rolfe High Scoreboard
Donations to the Alumni Fund for a scoreboard at the Guy Bendixon Memorial football field continue as the first conference home game on September 26 approaches. Funds near 1000 dollars out of about 1500 needed to cover the scoreboard showing quarters downs score and time remaining. Send donations to Alumni Fund Rolfe State Bank Rolfe Iowa 50581.
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Guy Bendixon
Alumni Fund
Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe
Towa
Reunion Observed by Rolfe High Class of 1959
The 10th anniversary reunion of Rolfe High School’s class of 1959 occurred the weekend of August 30. Saturday featured a dinner at the Highlander in Estherville with numerous couples from across Iowa and beyond. Sunday hosted a Pocahontas home picnic with attending families including Hoopingarner, Schurr, Chafee, Smith, Johnson, Mac Vey, Lundquist, Hughes, Nelson, Leadley, and Leadley relatives.
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Rolfe High School
the Highlander
Estherville
Brian. Ives
Buffalo
N.Y
Arlen Johnson
Omaha
Nebr
Larry MacVey
Brownsdale
Minn
Olaf
Ila Jean Gutz) Lundquist
Janesville
Jerry
Marilyn Shimon
Chafee
St. Joseph
Mich
Stan Lowe
Bancroft
Garth
Marilyn Eikenberry
Smith
Mallard
Frank
Jane Behrendsen
Taylor
Humboldt
Dennis Leadley
Loren Tiernan
Pocahon
Leadley
Hot Lunch Menu Week At Local School
Monday features creamed chipped beef over toast with cabbage carrot salad apple sauce peanut butter cookie Vienna bread butter and milk. Tuesday offers steamed potatoes barbecue meat in a bun corn pineapple upside down cake milk. Wednesday serves chicken and noodles lime jello salad apricot sauce cookie peanut butter sandwich milk. Thursday presents scalloped potatoes ham beet pickle apple salad cheese square chocolate brownies school made rolls butter milk. Friday includes whipped potatoes butter fish portions tartar sauce tomato slice banana pudding half sandwich and notes Lowe family reunion attended by multiple families at Emmetsburg.
Monson And Larson Win Golf Series
Larry Monson and Connie Larson won the season long golf series at the local course. Robert Dixon and Harold Calligan tied for second with Paul Meyer and Howard Thompson. Thirteen other teams finished in order with numerous substitutes listed.
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Larry Monson
Connie Larson
Robert Dixon
Harold Calligan
Paul Meyer
Howard Thompson
Arnold Wold
Pete Bielefeldt
al Wright
Paul Bleuer
Don Marine
Cliff Harris
Joe Accurso
R. B. Ranney
Wm. Spencer
Russell Winkleblack
Ivan Walcott
Fred Smith
Jim Hansen
Mike Shoemaker
John Weber
Jack Feldman
Rites Held For F. A. Pringle
F A Pringle 95 longtime Plover resident died Sunday at Friendship Haven Fort Dodge where he lived since 1968 Funeral services were held Wednesday at Powers Turner Funeral Home Rolfe with Rev Maurice Frevert officiating and Misses sang These details outline his marriage children and large extended family Burial followed at Powhatan Cemetery Plover
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F. A. Pringle
Plover
Friendship Haven
Fort Dodge
Powers‘Turner
Rolfe
Maurice Frevert
United Methodist Church
Russel Jordan
Ray Smith
Warren A. Bintz
L. C. Olney
Richard Bush
John Pollock
Eugene Hammond
Conrad MacDonald
Floyd Minkler
Harold O’ Neall
Clarence Roberts
Powhatan
Fletcher Andrew Pringle
Henry and
Mary Pringle
Kington Mid
Libby Collier
Eva Little
Des Moines
Pringle
Shannon
Tyler Farms
Mr. Pringle
United Methodist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Eva
Clarence
Vivian
Fay Wax
Bake Sale and Coffee at Legion Hall Saturday
The Pep Club hosts a bake sale and coffee from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Legion Hall on Saturday, September 13. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ferden and grandson Donnie Fuchs visited the Spencer Fair on Saturday. Mrs. Edith Cook, formerly of Rolfe, died Monday night in Phoenix after illness and burial was held there Thursday.
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Legion Hall
Lester Ferden
Donnie Fuchs
Laurens
Spencer Fair
Edith Cook
Rolfe
Phoenix
Ariz
Chamber Elects New Officers
The Rolfe Chamber of Commerce elected new officers for the coming year at its Monday noon meeting. Pat Wood was elected to serve as president. Jerry Hughes became vice president and Glenn Neu gent was chosen secretary treasurer. New board members are Alvin Vaughn and LeRoy Schoon with Harold Calligan Greg Kaiser and Bill Brinkman continuing.
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Deane Gunderson
Rolfe Community School Board
Gay Stover
Mr. Gunderson
Cleve Kerns
Joe
Mary Margaret) Wainreb
Alvin Christensen
Rolfe Chamber of Commerce
Pat Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Hughes
Glenn Neugent
Alvin Vaughn
LeRoy Schoon
Harold Calligan
Greg Kaiser
Bill Brinkman
Farmers Cooperative Wins Furnace Oil Bid for School Year
The Farmers Cooperative Co. of Rolfe was the low bidder for supplying furnace oil to the D.M.T. building for the 1969 70 school year with a bid of 11.11 cents per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farmers Cooperative Co. of
Rolfe
D.M.T
Coop
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
August Nielsen
H. J. Nielsen
Elaine Schurr
Donald Irlbeck
Market Report
Gunderson
Stover
Tom Winkleblack
Bill Tjaden
County Board of Education
Fred Frevert
William Boysen
Havelock
Co. Board
Merged
Area V Community College District
John Hodges
Burl Place
Iowa Central Community College Board of Education
John Cordes
Everett Burns
Ray Hoppingarner
Lowe
Emmetsburg
Monson
Larson
Kathy Wainreb
Sue
Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Maurice, McAninch and Tracy
Arlington, Va
Richard Grossman
Max and
Abe
Minneapolis
Maurice
Merl McAninch
Chamber
Bendixen Memorial Field
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