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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1964
Page
4
Thieves broke into Grant Lumber Yard between 4 and 5:30 a.m. stealing $75 from a walk in safe including a $25 coin collection and a jar of about $75 in dimes. No merchandise left, a typewriter rifle and sleigh bells untouched. Sheriff Dona van and Vernon Marine investigated. loss not insured.
Funeral services for Glenn Cassen 48 of Oberlin Kansas will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Peter Lutheran Church Pocahontas with Rev A G Langholz officiating. Burial in Clinton Garfield Cemetery Rolfe. Cassen died Sunday after major surgery. The body will arrive at Powers Funeral Home Pocahontas late Thursday. Survived by wife Faye Fisher Bederson of Rolfe Pocahontas vicinity two sons a stepdaughter and three grandchildren mother Minnie Cassen of Laur as four sisters and two brothers.
A local meeting in Gilmore City with residents from Gilmore City Bradgate and Pioneer discussed the anti poverty program. Percie Van Alstine vice president of the four county organization urged citizens to express ideas on adapting the program to local needs.
One Rolfe young man joined eight others drafted last Wednesday September 16 for two years in the Army. Steven Pedersen, son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Pedersen, left for basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. The group includes Tuynn DeWall Havelock Robert Elm era Palmer Gary Niemand Neal Deppe Franklin Wood Gilmore City and Wilbur Tripplett Fonda. The county draft board continues to call 19 year olds as most 20 plus have been drafted deferred or enlisted.
State Auditor Lorne Worthington announced the 1964 Pocahontas County annual audit is filed for public inspection. He highlighted overpayment on a secondary road project and a refund claim of 387.60, plus a few claims paid that did not meet requirements totaling 8,750.00.
Rolfe celebrates homecoming with Judith Mae Pirie and Richard D. McNamara wed in Des Moines on August 28. Rolfe Community School kicks off with a pep rally at seven, parade at 2:45 pm, and Friday night football at eight when Rolfe Rams host Pocahontas Indiana. Alumni are invited to the dance after the game.
The Rolfe Community School Adult Farmers Advisory Council outlines topics for this year including Farm Safety for the opening session on September 29 at 8 p.m. Other planned subjects cover Corn Production, SPF Swine, Fertilizers, Herbicides, Insecticides, Market Trends, and Minimum Tillage. Council members listed include Bob Pedersen, Kermit Shimon, Orval Heathman, Dennis Wagner, Bill Kemna, and Joe Reigelgberger.
The Pocahontas County Young Republicans will hold a meeting on Tuesday September 28 at 8 p m in the Assembly Room at the courthouse. Election of officers and plans for the coming year will be discussed. All interested persons ages 18 to 86 are invited to attend.
Emmett Bradley is named chairman of the Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee succeeding Ed Beeson. The announcement was made at a Humboldt committee meeting where Bradley previously served as vice chair.
David Janssen, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Janssen, led Poedhontas County 4-H to second place in the District Judging Contest at Spencer. Teammates included Ron Heberen and others in the Spencer weekend event.
Retail sales in Rolfe increased to about 4 000 for the year ending June 30 1965 rising from 1 586 660 to 1 540 614. Laurens posted a 12 percent gain totaling 4 533 790 60. Pocahontas climbed five percent to 6 290 547 while Fonda fell slightly to 1 637 362 40 and Gilmore City dropped from 1 237 732 to 1 139 210.
Funeral services were held August 31 at the Presbyterian Church in Redwood Valley California for Nancy Wise fourteen who died August 28 at a local hospital after a lingering illness. Interment was in Ukiah Cemetery. Nancy was the daughter of Earnest and Evelyn Wise of Redwood Valley and is survived by a brother and two sisters. Also surviving are her grandparents and several aunts and uncles from Iowa and Wisconsin who attended the service.
Capt Norman Heald was discharged at Fort Rucker Alabama after 13 months in Korea and a year and a half as a helicopter instructor. He and his wife Karen and children David and Kathy visit family in Rose and near Bradgate while awaiting new assignments and reflecting on Viet Nam losses among trainees.
The Teen Dance scheduled for Saturday September 25 at the Mallard Legion hall has been cancelled. Miss Vera Huston of Storm Lake visited Monday with her friend Miss Dora Simonson.
Manson Eagles defeated the Rolfe Rams 26-6 in their conference opener as Don VanGorkom sparked the Rams with a 66 yard TD run. The game featured heavy rain, two Rams fumbles, and standout defense by Dave Bennett with 18 tackles. The Rams visit Pocahontas for Homecoming at 8 p.m. then travel to Albert City for a 7:30 p.m. conference game.
Paul J Snook USN fireman apprentice son of Mrs Paul Snook Rolfe landed aboard the Belle Grove dock landing ship for a rest and recreation visit in Hong Kong on Aug 30 after two months duty at Da Nang Harbor Vietnam. Belle Grove supported Da Nang military complex operations and Chu Lai causeway work during its service period.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions an event or item titled The Ay's and Program I, with unclear reference to femurs. No identifiable people, organizations, places, or concrete actions are readable.
Kenneth C. White of the Fort Dodge Iowa State Employment Service reports rising requests from area farmers for tractor operators to haul can and car from fields to barns and for fall plowing. Some positions require training for a two month period. contact the Iowa State Employment Service at 126 North 10th Street Fort Dodge or local volunteer farm labor representatives.
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