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Thanks, David. I am now at least a decade older than my parents and their friends when they gathered nearly monthly in these 1970s movies to play bridge, eat, and socialize in various ones of their homes. I believe the story is that the group went for some 40 years (perhaps the 1950 to 1990s) without electing officers but having sort of a pattern of deciding where the events would be. I doubt that any of my friends would ever dress up so much for a card party in this era. It always seemed a big deal for the women to prepare and serve unusual and better food than the other women. It would be interesting to have a sociologist see the movies of the card night and point out other observations I may never have thought of. Oh, yes, and the guests, I think mainly the men, smoked.

***** So where were you from. I grew up on a farm between Rolfe and Pocahontas, Iowa. Graduated from Rolfe High School in the late 1960s.

East of Havelock. I am little behind you Graduated 84. Small world, liked the Okoboji video also. Spent most of the summer's there mid 70 - 82.

Sorry for the delay in responding. I know how to post videos, but I find it hard to navigate the comments section. Anyway, the church is in the small town of Rolfe, Iowa, that is losing lots of population. Has been for years. I say it's part of the result of large-scale agriculture with lots of corporate inputs but little place for lots of farmers or farm workers. So the Methodists and Presbyterians in the town eventually merged into the Shared Ministries of Rolfe, and they could not afford to keep both buildings. So the new congregation voted to tear down the Presbyterian building. The space is now a bare lot with good turf.

Thanks for your thoughtful insights. I always loved the M Farmall since my grandfather had that model plus his horses. But I realized that some people blame the Dust Bowl on the Farmall. My hometown of Rolfe, Iowa, seemed to be around 850 people for a long time, but by the accounts of one on-line source, it is now under 600. I suspect it may be even less than that.

back when the rutine was keeped in order, and things wasnt changed every 2 seconds,70's was the golden age of all decades!