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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
9
A short notice lists adults 38 cents and children 15 cents for a film and vaudeville act, describing it as an all talking crook story with a screen vaudeville act and a performance by Aesophs Fabre in sound.
The Rock Valley Bee reports a rumor in sports circles that Drake University football got 35000 from the Chicago Notre Dame game receipts. It notes increased income from home games after night play began and says the Western Ball Association plans night games as well.
Drake Field House hosts a winter basketball slate with eight opponents listed including St. Louis Creighton Grinnell and Iowa State College among others. The narrative also recalls a historic moment when a peach basket was hung for a makeshift game to bridge football and baseball eras.
The crowd, including a ladder‑using janitor, watched the first game of basketball once nicknamed peach ball. Attendees deemed it a farce, while the Payee met the necessary requirements, helping basketball gain intercollegiate and international status and widespread high school adoption.
Montgomery county reports Grace Hooper served as secretary and director of the county welfare league in the past year. She traveled 2412 miles in the biennium, held 160 office interviews, sent about 79 letters and telegrams, and handled roughly 250 telephone calls in service. Several Iowa counties shift charity work to professional welfare workers for cost efficiency.
Roy G Miller of Riverside Washington County observed a poultry dressing establishment in Toss. He notes a 16 year old girl who can pick 180 chickens daily, earning good wages at 3 cents per chicken.
Earlham in Madison county reports Hawkere Cement company of Des Moines will install a mammoth crusher at a local quarry to supply about 173000 tons of limestone for cement production. The output will fulfill a state highway commission contract to pave about 1000 miles next year.
A. M. McColl of the state board of control cites Fort Madison and Anamosa as modern prisons with sanitary quarters and employment. Fort Madison houses 1,177 of 1,058 capacity. Anamosa holds 1,178 of 1,000 capacity. Life term inmates total 79. 2,387 inmates include many first offenders under 30. Paroles prevent worse overcrowding.
A Des Moines postmaster named Bawin J Frisk asks Sam about purchasing snakes and crocodiles as a business line. The note mentions orders for snakes up to one foot and crocodiles up to twenty feet, with skins shipped and the stuffing done domestically, freight charges to be borne by the buyer.
Eighteen Newton high students were fined for vandalizing Grinnell and Newton football game sites with crude graffiti. The incident occurred near the Memorial building at Town State College in Ames where signs of the zodiac adorn the marble entrance. Prescient Morehouse of Drake University notes the zodiac symbols convey a universal language, blessing the campus artwork.
Rural residents urged to pay poll taxes in cash starting January 1 under the new secondary road law. The assessor will collect the $4 during rounds, with towns and cities exempt from the cash requirements already in use.
The Luther League will present a three act play The Winning of Joy at Miller school house near Rock Valley on January 2 and 3. Cast includes Enele Joe Reeves Rich miestly and nisanthropic Elmer Winterfield Dave Reeves Pa Vernon Jim William Gaver Bill Vernon Arthur Bander Joy King Emma Gaver Ma Vernon Kate Vernon Florence Miller Mrs Sims Esther Miller Hettie Sims Mabel Benjamin Assafetty Ineas Barker and others in a comic drama of three sets.
The United States Fire Insurance Company of New York recalls authority of agents in Rock Valley Iowa to issue listed policies and disclaims liability for losses on insured properties. Public urged to report policy information to Western Department in Freeport Illinois. Includes Automobile, Mercantile, House, and Combined policy ranges with specific numbers and riders. Earl Harden offers cash for livestock damage or injury on his track.
Madison County farmers grew 1800 pounds of tobacco on three quarters of an acre this past season. Plants reach about four feet tall and leaves grow on the stalk. A hand is about half a pound of leaves tied together. Stalks and leaves are cut dried and shipped to market. A few Fayette County farmers have stowed tobacco profitably for years.
Local notice listsOF C Schroeder dentist in Rock Valley Iowa and ACME Dray Line with Bray ing and team work. John Vander Poel listed as progress, sand and gravel delivered.
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