Rock Valley Flood Rages At 17.5 Feet In Great Creek Crisis
The Rock River rose to 17.5 feet as warned by forecasters. Emergency crews, 205 volunteers, and local residents battled dikes and sandbags to protect Rock Valley, evacuating farms and saving key facilities amid rising waters.
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Beehead
Act Corps of Engineers
Rock Valley
U.S. Westher Bureau
Rock River
van Zee
Christian School
Hope Haven
Lauer
Tishing
Mar Power
Glarence Post Farm
Dick Kaufman Wounded in Vietnam and Local Tournament
Telegram received by Mr and Mrs Kaufman says their son Dick was wounded in Vietnam by shell fragments with back and internal injuries. He was in a firing position near the Cambodian border on April 4. The Valley Bank teams of Rock Valley placed third in the Big Sioux League Tournament held in March at Sioux Falls with a 2956 pinfall. Members include Ernie Miller Dick Joyeless Ted Ratschan Dale Kock and George Ripper da.
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Robert Kaufman
Vietnam
Kaufman
Plicku
Richard P.katf
Alcisco
Calif
Valley State Bank
Rock Valley
Sioux Falls
S.D
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
The
Ernie Miller
Dick Joyeless
Ted Ratschan
Dale Kock
George Ripperda
Local Students Entered in Music and College Programs
Joanne De Bruin of Rock Valley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit De Bruin, will perform the French horn in the senior recital at the University of Northern Town Cedar Falls this Sunday, playing Beethoven and Schumann. Charles W. Witte of Rock Valley has been accepted to Mor ningside College as a freshman for the next year, Mor ningside College in Sioux City offers a four year liberal arts and professional curriculum and currently enrolls about 4 500 students.
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Joanne de Brin
Gerrit J. de Bruim
Rock Valley
University of Northern Town
Cedar Falls
de Briin
R. Schumann
Charles W. Witte
John R. Witte
Morningside College
Sioux City
Mrs Schroeder Nominated for Iowa Mother of the Year
Margaret Schroeder of Rock Valley is named a candidate by the Rock Valley Federated Woman’s Club for the Iowa Mother of the Year award. The club honored her at the County Federated convention with a corsage, and candidates will be statewide in Spencer on April 18 for the 1969 title. A separate report notes a Hull gravel truck crash blamed on brake failure east of Rock Valley, causing minor damage and no injuries.
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Schroeder
Margaret
Rock Valley Pedersted Woman's Club
Hem
B.C Berrie
Presi
Spencer
Wilber Wilson Sacken
George Stage
Hull
Rock Valley Moyday
Stange
Maifue Yao Duel
Howard Desmet
A. J. Jonker
Set Pre School Round Up at Rock Valley School
Preschool roundup for prospective kindergartners set for April 10 at Rock Valley Community School. Registration 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tony Powell to speak on Hive isn't a magic age. Bring birth certificate to verify birth date.
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Rock Valley Community School
Haas Hall
Tony Powell
Maglco
Evelyn Vander Velde
Marilyn Liaboe
RLN
Feathers
Lusch
Waeh
E. R, Haas
Northwest Iowa Vocational School names 31 to Director's List
Stanley Prins of Rock Valley is among 31 Northwest Iowa Vocational School students named to the Directors List for the last quarter. The honor requires a scholastic average of three grade points or higher.
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Stanley Prins
Rock Valley
Northwest
Iawa Vocational School
Social Security annual earning reports urged by Sioux City official
Social Security recipients with earnings over $1626 must file annual earning reports, says John R Goldman district manager SSA Sioux City Iowa. An exception allows no report if a person was 72 every month in 1588. Filing deadline is April 15 1969. late reports incur penalties. RAM Lanny Crawford, New London industrial arts instructor, owns a champion ram named Champion shown across the Midwest.
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ISGR
John R. Goldman
Sioux City
Towa
Posson
Ram Lanny Crawford
New Loondon Industrial Arts Inswactor
Midwest
Home Break-In Near Rock Valley Involves Small Cash Loss
Thieves ransacked the Ed Schmidt residence about six miles northwest of Rock Valley Sunday night. They likely took between 20 and 25 dollars in cash. no valuables were stolen. A penny collection was scattered across the living room. Entry was gained by throwing a brick through a front door window. The sheriff’s office is investigating.
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Ed Schmidt
Rock Valley
Schidt
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