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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1927
Page
7
Multiple listings advertise farm items including alfalfa bay hens and Anatoan roosters. Contacts include Tom Rielis Bauma and Mrs Herman Schmidt offering laying hens and related poultry to buyers.
A long feature on smokechasers in Idaho describes the demanding life, including a Musselshell District ranger who worked 30 days on fires with 18 blazes and no nights in his cabin. It lists ideal selection standards for forest guards, from duty readiness to map reading, compass use, and physical endurance, plus notes on equipment care and conservation principles. The piece also mentions a Ladies Aid dinner at Mu Church on February 16 with a menu including roast veal and mashed potatoes for 0.50.
A collection charge of 1 cent per K W H will be added to lighting bills not paid by February 15. Hay for sale by J Hop, six miles southwest of Rock Valley Iowa, phone 1827 Rock Valley.
Gerrit Van Laar owner announces a public auction of household furniture and related articles at Valley Poultry Yards starting 2:00 pm Saturday February 12 1927. Items include kitchen range three beds buffet commode dining room table library table three rocking chairs two kitchen chairs Maytag washing machine and more. Col H Spiear is the auctioneer with First National Bank clerk note.
The Rock Valley Dramatic Club, organized February 4, draws high school juniors seniors and post graduates as members. Eileen MacNamara is president with Marie Van de Weerd as vice president and Dick Eppinga as secretary. Astrid Lundgren serves as treasurer with a constitution committee led by Marie Vande Weerd Lunetta Schemmer and Arleen Keegan. Margaret Tuyman Rosie Hein Loretta Walpole lead the program committee. Vincent Jes is sergeant-at-arms and Hilda Miller the club reporter.
Two large mammoth machines installed. For sale are various small incubators in good condition. Baby chicks priced 10 to 15 cents each. Custom hatching available. Contact NIC VANDER MIEULEN at phone 2802.
The note urges dedication to serving the King and avoiding wasted hours. It contrasts unfinished deeds with the call to be uplifting, as it thanks worshippers for joining the service and expresses appreciation for their presence.
The Rock Township Farm Bureau invites women to free home decoration lessons led by Miss Greenway and Mrs Hauser. Learn affordable ideas to refresh rooms this spring and spread knowledge to others. The next meeting is February 18 at Mrs Doodeward’s, with arrangements through Ellen Doherty for the March session at Mrs Hauser’s.
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