Social Harpen Ings Of The Week
Jessie C. Dykstraam hosted Torchbearers at her sister Afrs Wynia’s home. Beers held an annual election with Margaret Smits president and Vander Well treasurer, Smits secretary, and Nellie Ver Burg pianist. Camp Fire Girls met for honors bead ceremony and a taffy sale. Local Mason installation followed by officers listed. Priscilla club hosted by Mrs J M Colienbaugh. Bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs F T McGill with guests including Mrs Maris of Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie C. Dykstraam
John Wynia
of Beers
Margaret Smits
Karel Vander Well Ie
Bernice Smits
Treas
Eama Ven
Zee
Sune Vander
Gladyce Vaner Poel
Owen Manning
Guardian
F. T. McGill
Thursday
Maris of
Hull
Emmet Scanlan
Berry
Elizabeth McGill
Maris
Community Oil Company Holds Annual Meeting
The Community Oil Company held its annual meeting last Monday at the Rock Valley Opera House. Reports on the year’s business were given and officers were elected. Officers for the coming year are F. T. McGill president F. A. Miller vice president E. C. Suter secretary E H Miller treasurer. Directors are Tom Cullinan Will Gayer James Thomas Fred Klein and F C Kock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community of Company
Rock Valley Opera Shouse
F. T. McGill
F. A. Miller
E. C. Suter
E. HE. Miller
Treas
Tom Cullinan
Will Gayer
James, Thomas
Fred Klein
F. C. Kock
Fox Hunt in Ida County Ends Quietly for Hunters
A Schaller Schaller town fox hunt drew 25 hunters who expected many foxes but instead bagged only a few rabbits. Amid talk of fox abundance in Ida County, the expedition yielded frost bitten hands and empty pelts as the party trudged home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaller
Ida
Local items cover moves and events in Rock Valley
Mr and Mrs Owen Manning move to the east Second Street area. A St Marys church basement card party is set for Tuesday January 23. January 20 is doughnut day with Meel Aid women accepting orders. Ed Knorr sold property in Rock Valley to Mrs E Baker of Luverne Linn who plans to move here. Mrs Archie Reaney arrived from Texas with business and pleasure plans. Local visitors include Mrs Jerry Brandts and others in Orange City. Several pastors and doctors from nearby towns visited or spoke here. Egg prices listed by Roelofs Vander Bok. Doughnut orders encouraged. Numerous local residents visited relatives, attended events, or traveled to nearby towns. Emma Tarrell death reported due to paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Knorr
Rock Valley
E. Baker
Luverne, Linn
Rock Kiley
Ther
Platg Township Dinner Guests Highlight Local Families
Richard Vander Schaaf spent Sunday with his parents and extended Vander Selina family. Max and Mrs Chiffon Moore and family of Alvord were Sunday dinner guests in the Ernest Miller home. Mr and Mrs George Abrenidt and a family were Sunday evening visitors in the Edvin Goller home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Scaulan
Sheldon
Ms. Bor.scaulan
Rock Valley
D. 9. Scantan
Frank Schlumbohm
Fred Dierks
Gerrit
George Vander Kamp
Simon Vander Schaaf
Yankton
Chas Moeller
Gotlob Gayer
Fred Gayer
Platg Township
Richard Vander Schaaf
Simon Vander Selina
Max
Mrs. Chiffon Moore
Alvord
Ernest Miller
George Abrenidt
Wind or Streams for Power Attack Mechanism
P Mein of Rock Valley describes a device combining wind or water flow with a rotating mechanism like a merry go round. The setup uses a governor to adjust speed and directs the fluid to strike while open or closed depending on motion and wind or water direction.
Tarzan of Bocthoutas Is 88 and Still Climbing
An 88 year old man, Mr Weigman, surprised neighbors in Bocthoutas Town by climbing a tree to prune fruit branches. The sight recalled his youth as he shinnied up and down, then chopped firewood for his birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarzan
Taraan
Wiegman
Bo Cthoutas
Town
Mr. Weig- Bian
Strange Old Coin Found In Manson Dwelling
The Woefing family found a bright gold coin dated 1830 while cleaning a house in Manson Towa. One side bears Friedrich Wilhelm Koenig V Preussen with a man's portrait, the reverse shows an elaborate design and the year 1830. Weighing about 81% of a pen up weight, it resembles a ten dollar piece and is with Paul Hohenberger, a local jeweler, for appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson
Towa
Fredrich Wilhelm Koenig V. Preussen
Paul Hohenberger
Manson Jeweler
Skeleton mystery at Gravity bridge dig ends in reveal
In Taylor county Iowa workers at Gravity uncover a seven foot skeleton during bridge excavation. Coroner suspects murder but a doctor claims ownership and reveals the skeleton was discarded as refuse, quashing the sensational backstory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWA
Gravity
Taylor County
Towa
Interesting Relics on Display in Spencer Iowa Museum Cabinet
In Spencer Iowa a county engineer office cabinet hosts a grisly display of highway workmen finds from Clay County. Visitors view human skulls jaw fragments a shattered femur teeth and a mammoth tooth a large man’s head and a buffalo skull. The skulls are believed Indian with a marble sized bump indicating an injury and a stone axe head is shown among items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Iowa
Clay County
Plains
Receivership Costs Spark Debate Over Fees
The remark notes that lawyers and others collect sizable fees in receivership cases, suggesting a shift toward preferring to receive rather than to give. It frames concern over the fairness of fees when business interests are placed into receivership.
Clock Stops as Year Dies in Sheldon Home
A mantle clock at the E. W. Flette residence in Sheldon halted at midnight as 1933 ended. The two hands froze exactly at midnight, recalling the old song about a clock that stops when the patriarch dies, in a curious year’s end incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
E. W. Flette
Campbell's Scientific Egg Plant In Iowa
Karl Campbell of Oskaloosa has devised a method to produce eggs rich in vitamin D. His system uses sardine oil in feed and a 272 hen operation kept in a sealed house at 50 degrees with an automatic floor cleaning system. The plant draws poultry raisers from far to study the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Campbell
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Campbell
Zee i
Traveler 82 Sends Christmas Cards Across Nine Countries
Wi Walker of Oelwein Iowa plans to mail Christmas greetings to friends in nine nations including South Africa India Spain Argentina Dutch East Indies Canada Australia and England. Born in England he grew up in South America before settling in Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi. Walker
Oelwein
Town
Walker
South Africa
India
Spain
Argentina
Dutch East Indies
Canada
Aus
England
South America
Wild Flowers for Christmas Display
George Rayshaw of North Liberty Johnson county Ta claims wild flowers could brighten Christmas table. She gathered a bouquet from her yard and sheltered plants sprouted despite cold weather, hoping to decorate the holiday meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rayshaw
Liberty
Jonhson County
Closing Out Sale Of Farm Goods Saturday
Closing out sale announced for Saturday January 27 at 2:00 PM located one half mile south of Rock Valley. Auction lists team of heavy mares aged ten years, fourteen cattle including six milking cows and yearlings, eighteen pigs, twelve dozen hens, and farm machinery such as wagon with 36 inch box, deer ing mower, disc cultivators, new 18 foot steel drag, hay rake, harness, fly nets, cream separator No 70 De Laval. Bart Reynders owner. Ben J Meylink auditor, Rozeboom clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
de Laval
Bart Reynders
Ben J. Meylink
G. Rozeboom
Citizenship Schools Organized Under Emergency Education Project
Three citizenship schools under the Emergency Relief in Education have been organized in Sioux county by County Supt Tye. They will meet in Hawarden Hull and Sioux Center with after school and evening sessions. Enroll at once by contacting County Supt Tye Orange City Mrs Anthony Te Paske Sioux Center Supt Ballard Hawarden or Supt Gosselink Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Relief In Education
Sioux County
T. Tye
Hawarden
Hull
Sioux Center
Orange City
Anthony Te Paske
T. Ballard
T. Gosselink
Huli
BH. Tye
Service Man Rescues Cow From Frozen Well
Howard Barnes of Dysart Tanra country Towa responded to a farm well incident at Jol H Jones home. A cow had fallen through a tatstenel wooden platform into a well twenty to twenty five feet deep. The plan used Barnes wreckers hoist with ropes and chains to lift the animal. Bossy recovered with light breathing and no injuries. Water in the well was scarce and frozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Howard Barnes
Dysart
Tanra Country
Towa
Jol H. Jones
al. Jones
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Giris
E. S
Jodge
Gachthaers
W. B. Hansen
Winifred Baumgaars
Iveler
Marys
R. J. McNelly
Boom
Adah
Bessie Ja-ait
Esther Aung Croat
Martha
Mary Relander
Electa
Carrie Anderson
Warder
C. B. Jacobs
Sentinel
Masonic Order
Henry Bastemeyer
W. AL
All. Halstead
Fred. Reélander
John Haupt
Tyler
J. M. Colienbaugh
Prigcilla Club
Phil, Lundgren
Community Oil Company
Piear
East Second Street
Kimball Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
Archie Reaney
Points
Texas
Jerry Brandts
Eberny Vande Weerd
J. Landhuis
Aas.- Wm, Bergsmg
Uil Russel Brandts
J. MT. Geerlings
Christian Reformed Church
New Holland
S. D
Rock Valley Friends
Kemphoefner
Sioux
G. A. Tyler
Sioux City
Legion Men of
the Orphan
Monsy
Tom Callinan
Alex Hernan
Vander Well
Dr. R
Schutz Vand
EH. Bastemeyer
Lucile McKeegan
Baraboo
Wis
John McKeegan
Leo Grossenburg
Afr
H. A. Barnard
Holstein
Legion-Auxilary County
Roelofs & Vander, Bok
L. C. Lardsehulte
le Mars
Rock Talley
Joe Peters
Olive Brown
C. BH. Schemmer
The
M. E. Aid
Kenneth
Kings- Nex
Eens
Mr. Hansen
John Hansen
B. A. Doherty
Clarion
Air
John Baker Holland
Synetak
Joe ‘ S
Bert Vander Berz
Hans Moorlng
A. J. Fritts
H. MM. Comin
Henny Bastemerrer
Jerzy Steck
Zoa Smith
Ireton
Emil Jacobsen
Virgel Fastrup
Freeman
S.D
Bert Vander Schaaf
Bert Wil
Johanna Ver Mulm
Emma Tarrell
Abs. Tarrell
Tipe Wescutt
Citizenship
Ray Woolridge
Geo. C. Anderson
Sec
Oldenburg
Rapids
J. Heffernan
Greiner Bros
McLaughlin
Honarch
Lic
Roelofs & van der Bok
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