European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page Penny Hollis who left new Hampshire for Rural Rolfe Iowa stands near the town landmark a Grain elevator. City slickers take Root in Iowa Rolfe Iowa a Penn Hollis left new Hampshire last summer bought a Home in this farm Belt town so fast thai she did t notice the major landmark Agrain elevator. I thought elevator what s so special about an elevator in t that what goes up Down in depart ment stores " she recalled. Hoping to save its businesses audits school Rolfe put out a National invitation two years ago offering Afree lot $1,200 Cash to anyone who builds a House Worth $30,000. About 70 people have accepted the invitation increasing the Bop elation by almost 10 percent. Their20 children boosted school enrol ment to 190. Four houses have been built Al though none by the transplants who arc Happy to rent or buy exist ing Homes at a fraction of the Price they re used to paying. We paid $4,500 for it plus$1,500 for the garage says Becky Roberts of her Century old 3,000-Square-foot House. In Sacramento it would probably go for$300,000." to Roberts her husband Gary who moved from the califor Nia City this year for Ihor retire ment this town about 80 Miles Northwest of pcs Monics is just what she her husband were looking were thinking about retiring moving to a Small Community one morning on the Boob lube Here comes the Story about Rolfe she said. They visited liked the place an decided to Settle. It s real slow Here she Are genuinely Friendly. If they Call on you or visit it s be cause they want to. You Don t have to be suspicious of people a your door. You go downtown find cat sparked at the curb running with babies in them. In California you would never leave it unlocked let alone running with a kid in it. That would be like stamping the kid on the forehead with take me i m available " for that matter a car has t been stolen in Rolf in three years City administrator Dave Jochims said. Alcides Gully Mendoza who came from Brazil by Way of the Bronx tired of the Rush risk of new York City. The move was especially Good for their three school age children 8-month-old baby said mrs. Mendoza. In new York the family lived in a very Good area she said but four or five blocks Over there were buildings where there was after her husband died of a brain tumor two years ago Hollis 31, decided that she her four Chil Dren Ages 3 to 14, needed to get away from new Hampshire. I saw this article in a woman s Magazine decided to drive out she said. "1 could t get Over the today s crossword across 40 party i 59 Pel of Nick 1 tibetan 41 dig in the Nora Monk ground 5 fairy 43 reverent Queen wonder 6 daytime 45 educator to Lare a shag 12 hebrew ton measure 47 Matador 13 peer gynts51 author Mother Wiesel 14 name that 52 general plans 54 Spring season 15 utter 17 sight in Sicily 1b word in nato 19 nervous thrill 21 it by 22 architect Saarinen 23 Vintage car 26 raiders of the lost 28 foot lever 31 astringent 33 mayday 35 food shop 36 one of a turkic people 38 the turmeric Down 1 Money Slang 2 River in Asia 3 apportion 4 tapestry 5 hungarians6 Hardwood tree 7 Davis or Midler 55" Shook 8 guided up 9 passe 56 reads 10 part of carefully . 57 labels 11 pome fruit 58 invoice 18 flowering word Shrub solution time 21 mint. Sr3@ 2 ims Obj Smeshek Foj Foitl Fulli inc hi3h Fli yesterday s answer 1-3 20d.c. Denizen 23 betray the gang 24 High note 25 gregarious 27 hebrew measure 29 actress Macgraw 30 Leo the Durocher 32 common Black 34 washing Ion City 37 tvs me Clanahan 39 go in fraction 42 it s before Castor loom 44 author Jong 45 zone 46 Olive Genus 48 baseball s Slaughter 49 monthly Bill 50 greek Mountain 53 Eskimo knife 1-3 / know Wing with the Piaget Rue most exciting by but of a lifetime. The Moon / Carmen Miranda s family reunion
