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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
1
Pastor Rev. A. Camminga and Rev. L. Vermeer of Hull will conduct both services in Holland language on Sunday January 5th.
Walter Hynes, district manager, says the Iowa Public Service Co will cut residential and commercial electric lighting rates with the February 1936 billing. The company pledges to pass savings to customers and to pursue further reductions as usage grows and efficiencies are found, benefiting all communities in the Rock Valley district.
Terrified runaways fled Missouri for Iowa and the Quaker settlement of Salem in Henry County. Volunteers Thomas Frazier and Budesip Jessup risked death aiding enslaved people on the Underground Railroad through southeastern Iowa toward Canada. A newborn boy named Fraizer Jessup marked the perilous journey, while locals recalled antebellum fires threats and fireside debates over slavery.
E. R. Davis of Spencer Iowa a fisherman not hunter combined fishing with pheasant hunting at Lake Okoboji on the last day of the season. A flock rose over the water then returned to shore, and after a hard wind Davis rowed out and collected three pheasants to take home.
The Sunday school teachers of the First Reformed church held their annual business meeting at Dick Roelofs home last Thursday evening with officers re elected for the coming year. This week Thursday the Missionary Society met in the church basement with Mesdames A Vande Vegte R Vande Vegte and L Van Dyke as hostesses.
Siebelt Faber gave 25 dollars and John Doherty 50 dollars to the Red Cross drive. Additional gifts include John Van Egdem 50, Marinus VandeKieft 25, R. B. Brown 25, Herman Van Galen 25, James Noteboom 1, Bert Blick 1, Ralph Bakke 0. Senior LO lSse collected 31.60. Sam Pedersen 1, Reginald Bolding 0.50, Peter Hanzen 0, Carl Serck 0.
J. C. Stuckenbrack suffered a light stroke Monday afternoon while out riding with John Viotho Jr. The excursion was to the country in the interests of the rural telephone lines, with Stuckenbrack accompanying Viotho for the ride.
Dairy feeding meetings led by Lloyd J Arnold of Iowa State College address reviving milk output after feed shortages. Sessions on January 13 and 14 in Borden Red Valley and Sioux Center discuss supplementary feeds soybeans as hay and protein, roughage abundance, and dairy herd management for winter.
Sunday school at 9 30 with Mrs Wesselink. Worship at 11 00 on A New Year’s Resolution. Evening service at 8 00 on A ditional Surrender. Epworth League meets 7 00 led by Elda Mae Heyman. Winter institute for Epworth League to meet Monday at Sibley 7 30 after supper. Ladies Aid to meet Wednesday January 8 at 3 00 at the church hosted by Mrs Cecil Smith and Mrs W B Hanson. Missionary Society meets Thursday at Ben Van der Laan home. Official Board meeting Thursday at 7 30 at the parsonage.
The Christian Reformed Church lists 9:30 A.M. Holland service with a sermon on the seventh commandment and a 2:00 P.M. American service titled The Murder of the Children at Bethlehem. A 7:4 Young People's Meeting will feature special numbers and a talk. The report notes the recovery of a little girl from Mr. and Mrs. T. Van Zanten, and mentions the school and catechism classes resuming next week with blessings wished for readers.
Sunday services at 9 30 A M and 1 30 P M present false religions and the true. The Nation Wide week of prayer outlines English Dutch sessions Tuesday English Wednesday Dutch Thursday English Friday Dutch with prayer and fellowship for all.
A diary entry labeled Van's Diary states rumors that Van plans to quit the dairy business are false. He confirms continued involvement in dairy operations both now and in the past, asserting his ongoing commitment.
Bridgewater resident August Hillner visited last week at his brother G F Hillner's home. The Huie family traveled to Polo Illinois to see Mr Huie's father. Jeanetta Koelbeck from Archer Iowa visited sister Mrs H B Freerks. Emerson DeVoe returned from a westward trip to Washington California and Mexico. J R Benson returned from California after eight weeks away. Ehner Heisig of Morristown MD visited Rock Valley relatives. Mr and Mrs W F Windsor of Tyndall SD visited Ma and Mrs P Witzgerald. Miss Josephine Elbert teaching at Spencer holidaying with Rock Valley friends. Peter McKellar of Hancock Minnesota visiting Rock Valley relatives. W J Gundert Leader Store manager visited Tolstoi and Aberdeen SD.
The Christmas Seal Committee asks those who have not returned unused seals to send them promptly as the report must go to the County Chairman next week. Rock Valley residents have responded well, but about 100 sheets remain unaccounted for.
The Port of Burlington served as a gateway to the interior during the 1840s as wagons and ferries faced delays in wet seasons. By 1848 residents formed the Burlington and Mount Pleasant Plank Road Co to build a 30 foot wide road from Burlington to Mount Pleasant via Middletown and New London, with tolls planned and public funds pledged. The road, completed by mid-1851, soon decayed and by 1856 iron rails replaced the splintered planks, signaling support for the iron horse.
Real job report from Odebolt area notes corn shelling at Iowa's largest farm on the Adams ranch. Ranch hands shelled the crop and handed out cobs to the public for fuel as trucks trailers and wagons lined up for loads. Distances traveled included Red Oak as people waited from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for fuel.
Mr and Mrs Wm Nissen of Renwick Iowa took their daughter Nova back to Cedar Falls to school after her visit They started to take her to Webster City for a train but arrived after it already left They chased the train from town to town arriving too late each time Finally they drove to Cedar Falls and missed the departure.
Mary Kimbrink 74 of Belmond Iowa died. She became the town s first gold star mother 18 years after her son Harvey died a soldier at Fort Sill.
The Guy Olson family, farmers near Laurens, Iowa, endure a string of tragedies. Mr Olson died in a car accident near Albert Lea Minnesota. Keith Olson, 13, lies in Rochester hospital with a hip tumor. Brothers Myron and George suffered another accident. George lost a thumb and Myron sustained serious bruising as their car wrecked.
Leon Liske of Grinnell Iowa notes his license number 240 remained the same for 1995 and 1936 and says the coincidence occurred again when he bought his license on December 7. Virgie Harper handed out number 240 both years.
W W Bennett of Rockwell City Iowa lost a pilifola containing $30 in ash and checks in the business district. Des Moines men F Fillmore and CG C Putman Jr found the billfold in front of a cave and returned it the next morning refusing any reward.
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