Roling family history

Roling timeline: 1960–1979

Newspaper issue dates are not automatically event dates. Plans and candidacies stay qualified.

Family milestones in the newspapers

Small events belong in the family record too. Dates below identify the newspaper issue, not necessarily the day of the event. Exact event dates are stated when the report gives them; plans and candidacies remain plans and candidacies.

1960s milestones
  • Reported September 30, 1960: A newspaper account described Betty’s driveway accident, treatment at Woodland Hospital, and discharge the following Monday. Read the childhood note. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 30, 1960, p. 1.
  • Reported September 8, 1961: A newspaper note reported that Betty had fallen from her bed and broken her collarbone. Read the childhood note. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 8, 1961, p. 5.
  • 1962: Ron joined Bob and Bridget’s family as their fourth child. Read the family announcement. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1962.
  • Reported April 27, 1962: Mr. and Mrs. Victor Jarvis and their family came from Kansas City for a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roling. Carol and Victor’s wedding story provides the family connection. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, April 27, 1962, p. 5.
  • Published January 25, 1963: David, Dan, Betty and Ron appeared together in the newspaper’s “Citizens of Tomorrow” feature. See the original portrait clipping. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, January 25, 1963, p. 1.
  • 1963: Linda joined Bob and Bridget’s family. Read the family announcement. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1963.
  • May 10, 1964: Dan was among twenty-three children who received First Communion at St. Joseph parish. Read the childhood milestone. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 15, 1964, p. 6.
  • Reported February 5, 1965: David received the Wolf Silver Arrow and a one-year service star before a Scout derby. Read about his awards. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, February 5, 1965, p. 1.
  • 1965: Jane joined Bob and Bridget’s family. Read the family announcement. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1965.
  • Reported January 21, 1966: Bob Roling advertised a six-room modern house for sale, described as three blocks from town. The notice records an offer, not a completed sale or an identified street address. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, January 21, 1966, p. 9, classified advertisement..
  • Reported July 8, 1966: Keith Malone and his family, of Lincoln, Nebraska, were reported as holiday visitors of Bob Roling and his family. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, July 8, 1966, p. 7, social notice..
  • 1968: Mike became Bob and Bridget’s seventh child. Read the family announcement. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1968.
1970s milestones
  • Published February 5, 1970: David and Dan were pictured with St. Joseph’s junior-high basketball squad on a page advertising the February 11, 12 and 14 tournament at Salisbury High School. See the full newspaper page. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, February 5, 1970, p. 9.
  • 1971: Mary became Bob and Bridget’s eighth child. Read the family announcement. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1971.
  • Reported October 7, 1971: Dan and Greg Asbury received the Greenhand Degree as new members of the Salisbury FFA Chapter. See the group photograph and story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, October 7, 1971, p. 13.
  • 1972: Tim became Bob and Bridget’s ninth child. Read the family announcement. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1972.
  • March 21, 1972: Dan placed third in the individual two-mile race at Centralia, helping Salisbury finish second overall against Centralia and Paris. Read the track result. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, March 30, 1972, p. 5.
  • Reported April 6, 1972: Bob Roling won Salisbury's Second Ward council seat, 166 votes to Bill Hollis' 59. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, April 6, 1972, p. 1..
  • 1973: Linda joined Ann Gladbach’s roller-skating birthday party and stayed overnight with the other girls. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1973, p. 13.
  • Reported March 28, 1974: The newspaper reported that Bob would not seek re-election as his council term ended. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, March 28, 1974, p. 1..
  • 1974: Betty earned a girls’ basketball letter. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 23, 1974, p. 5.
  • 1974: David earned a football letter. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 23, 1974, p. 5.
  • 1974: Mike rode with the Grand River Valley Pony Pullers in a prize-winning parade entry, with Sandy Brown riding alongside. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1974, p. 11.
  • Published December 19, 1974: Ron appeared with St. Joseph’s seventh- and eighth-grade Ravens basketball team. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, December 19, 1974.
  • Reported February 13, 1975: Dan led the Jaycees with twenty-two points in a 73–39 men’s-league win over C.Y.O. Read the game report. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, February 13, 1975, p. 4.
  • Reported April 10, 1975: Dan Roling and Greg Asbury were listed as seniors on Salisbury High School’s third-quarter honor roll. Greg would marry Betty in 1977. Read the family connection. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, April 10, 1975, p. 4.
  • Published May 15, 1975: Dan and Greg Asbury appeared in the newspaper’s senior portraits, alongside an announcement of May 20 commencement. See the portraits. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 15, 1975, p. 5.
  • Reported December 11, 1975: Linda won local first place in poetry and Jane in oratory in the fourth-through-sixth-grade Bicentennial division; first-place winners were set to advance to county competition. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, December 11, 1975, p. 7.
  • Reported March 25, 1976: Linda Roling won poetry and Jane Roling won oratory in Salisbury R-4’s fourth-through-sixth-grade Bicentennial contests, advancing to the district competition scheduled in Kirksville. Read their story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, March 25, 1976, p. 1.
  • 1976: Mike was listed among the guests at Jaydin Wellborn’s afternoon birthday party. A glimpse of childhood. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1976, p. 7.
  • June 14–18, 1976: Ron attended Camp Rising Sun at the Lake of the Ozarks with Salisbury FFA members. See the camp group photograph. Source: preserved clipping dated July 1, 1976.
  • Reported August 26, 1976: Linda and Jane earned 4-H ribbons at Brunswick’s fair and joined the blue-ribbon Corny Country Band, playing homemade instruments. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, August 26, 1976, p. 14.
  • Published September 2, 1976: Ron’s football profile listed him as number 70, a freshman playing end. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 2, 1976, p. 13.
  • Published September 23, 1976: Mike was pictured with St. Joseph’s first- and second-grade pupils in a feature about classroom birthday celebrations. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 23, 1976, p. 7.
  • February 5, 1977: Linda and Monica Nanneman received a red ribbon in duet acting at a Bellarmine Speech League contest at St. Mary’s in Glasgow. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, February 10, 1977, p. 1.
  • Published March 3, 1977: A St. Joseph girls’ basketball action photograph identified Linda as number 22. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, March 3, 1977, p. 36.
  • Reported April 7, 1977: Linda placed second in American Legion Auxiliary Unit 391’s local essay contest. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, April 7, 1977, p. 1.
  • Published May 26, 1977: A newspaper caption named Mary Roling in Salisbury R-4’s morning kindergarten class, which presented musical numbers under Sally Guilford. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 26, 1977, p. 11.
  • Reported August 4, 1977: Bridget was listed as a contact for special craft orders from St. Joseph’s Church Craft Ladies, to be ready for the late-November fall festival. Read the notice and Tim’s childhood memory. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, August 4, 1977, p. 7.
  • August 20, 1977: Betty Roling married Greg Asbury at St. Joseph Catholic Church, wearing her mother’s wedding gown and keepsakes from both grandmothers. Read the wedding story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 8, 1977, p. 7.
  • November 5, 1977: Jane received a red ribbon for “A Girl Called Lavender” at the Diocesan Speech Contest in Glasgow. See her speech-group photograph. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, November 10, 1977, p. 4.
  • Reported November 17, 1977: Ron attended the National FFA Convention in Kansas City with fellow Salisbury students. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, November 17, 1977, p. 13.
  • November 22, 1977: Linda led St. Joseph’s girls with nine points in a 31–14 win over St. Pius of Moberly. Read the story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, December 1, 1977, p. 3.
  • Thanksgiving Day, 1977: Dan married Pamela Louise Henke at St. Joseph Catholic Church. David was a groomsman, Ronnie an usher and Timmy the ring bearer. Read the wedding story. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, December 8, 1977, p. 7.