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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1970
Page
3
A long fragment blends reflections on oyster shells with remarks on leadership and integrity, followed by a dense, overlapping church and community schedule. It lists services, catechism, choir practice, and club meetings across multiple churches, schools, and local organizations with dates around February 19 to February 28.
Local notices report John Milder LOCALS PEG being promoted to Specialist 4th Class and stationed in Honolulu as a typist. Several families celebrate births, weddings, anniversaries, and visits across Emmetsburg Hull Alton De Kalb Fort Worth and California with relatives including Kragt Meerdink Schroeder and De Jonge families among others.
The Rock Valley Women's Club met at Mrs. H Kosters home on February 13 with Mrs. E Haas presiding. Members planned funding for a foreign student and heard student speeches by Gudrun Oldenkamp and Gareth Oldenkamp among others. Seventeen members attended and a Valentine lunch was served by heiresses.
A reader recounts escaping Red China in 1962 and explains how radio brought Billy Graham’s Gospel to Canton despite harsh censorship. The letter urges Americans not to take faith for granted, noting others risk punishment for hearing or sharing the Word. The piece cites a DECISION Magazine excerpt and challenges readers to value gospel truth before it becomes outlawed.
The clipping records several local visits and hospital transfers among Sioux City residents including Harold Schneider, Bill De Graaff, and Bert Duits family friends visiting parents and relatives in Sioux City and Grenville. It also notes a funeral in Lester, and speaks of library archival status for Ramaker Library and Northwestern affiliations with government documents and the Hoeven Collection.
The Ry community library lists hours Monday through Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Saturday schedule appears incomplete with a partial second time.
Congressman Wiley Mayne announces Northwestern College in Orange City Iowa is designated a selective government depository library. The status allows the Northwestern library to receive a wide range of government publications and related materials.
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