Fire devastates Spencer business district Saturday
A massive Saturday fire in Spencer destroyed three buildings in one block and two more blocks of business property on the east side. The blaze, started in the Bjornstad Drug Store’s fire works department, spread rapidly as fire units from nearby towns and Des Moines aided. About 36 business places were ruined, dry goods stores all but one, with water shortages hampering suppression.
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Spencer
Bjornstad
Fourth Steret
Sheldon
Emmestburg
Storm Lake
Spirit Lake
Des Moines
Little Sioux
Clay County
Mason City
Take Over Tire Shop By Marzo Kessler And Reuben Klein
Marzo Kessler and Reuben Klein have taken over Rock Valley Tire and Battery Shop and will operate it in the future. They are open for business now and seek patronage. The note praises their hard work and intent to improve the business, with Peace Lutheran Church in Plato Two announcing Sunday school at 9 30 and divine service in English at 10 30.
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Marzo Kessler
Reuben Klein
Rock Valley
Peace Lutheran Church
Plato
Wednesday Band Concert Draws Town Crowds
The Wednesday evening band concerts attract large crowds, making the hamlet feel like a city as cars line the main streets. Under director W. F. Bogach the band performs well this year and offers a new program each week, an achievement for a small town.
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W. 5. Bogach
Doon News Items Highlight Local Activities
Doon residents list a busy spell with the House Show in Sions City on Sunday. Rock Rapids shoppers included Andrew Kiorstad and daughter Hazel and Kathryn Moeller on Monday. Mrs. Neil Sculler is recovering from a Saturday operation in Hull hospital. Mrs. H W Stueven returned home Saturday night after treatment in McKennen hospital Sioux Falls. Helen Vogt and Gertrude Heems kirk of Bull visited Monday. Mr and Mrs Hiney Stueven and daughter were visitors near George. Betty Bunge and J Kennedy of Beresford were Doon visitors Sunday. Ladies Aid Society Group No 1 held its annual picnic at Hobo Park last Wednesday. Vernon Decker visited his grandmother in Rock Rapids last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Nelson
Floyd Lehmard
Sions City
Andrew Kiorstad
Hazel
Rock Rapids
Neil Sculler
Hull Hospital
H. W. Stueven
McKennen Hospital
Sioux Falls
Kathryn Moeller
Helen Vogt
Gertrude Heemskirk
Bull
Former Rock Valley Man Ivan Bowes Dies in Long Beach
Ivan Bowes 34, formerly of Rock Valley and son of W J Boggess, died in a Long Beach hospital after three months of illness including pleurisy and bronchial pneumonia. Funeral services were held at J J Mattell chapel with pallbearers named. burial followed at Sunnyside Mausoleum. Survivors include his widow Eleanor, sister Edna Palmer of Long Beach, and his parents at 265 Grand Avenue. He served in World War I and was an American Legion member.
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J. W. Boggess
Rock Valley
Long Beach
Calif
Ivan Bowes
Ivan
Ivan C. Boervess
W. J. Boggess
J. J. Mattell, Inc
Third Street
Alamitos Avenue
Boggess
Iowa
Motorcrele
Los Cerritos
American Legion
Eleanor B. Borgess
Edna Palmer
Afrs
Grand Avenue
Walter Elliot
Fred McHarg
Robert Sims
Roderick Nicholson
James Wilson
Ansel Fowler
Don S. Ford
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Fatal Well Accident Near Rock Valley Claims Worker
A gas incident in a 150 foot well on the C. C. Schaap farm seven miles west and one mile south of Rock Valley ends in the death of Joe Moore, a Sioux Falls laborer. Moore, about 35, was lowered into the new well contracted by Fred Hoffman to secure water during a drought. He called for retrieval as gas overwhelmed him and died before rescue. Moore left behind no wife but relatives in Aberdeen. Undertaker G. Van Nimwegen handled the rites.
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C. C. Schaap
Rock Valley
Chas
Erma
Schaap
Fred Hoffman
Joe Moore
Mr. Moore
Sioux Falls
S. D
Hoffman
Aberdeen
G. van Nimwegen
Mrs Walter Groenweg Dies After Illness
Mrs Walter Groenweg died Tuesday after several months of illness. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Snook of Rock Valley and had lived in the area all her life. She leaves a husband and a family of children. further details were unavailable for this week’s paper.
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Walter Groenweg
Amana Colony to Change System Soon
The Amana colony in Iowa County plans to abandon its long standing communistic system and form a kind of stock company. About 1,500 members across seven villages have helped cultivate 26,000 acres and run a woolen mill known for quality. Young people seek modernization of the community.
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Amana
Iowa
Germany
Buffalo
New York
Town
Community Library to Stay Closed on July Fourth
The community library will not be open Saturday July 4th. Books due that day will not accrue late charges if returned by Tuesday of the following week.
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Iowa
Iif
Mother of four passes after brief illness
Mrs Will Koning aged thirty one died Thursday evening June 20 at her parents home in Rock Valley after a three week illness. She leaves her husband and four children Alice Peter Annie and Johnnie, plus her parents and many siblings. Funeral at Rock Valley Christian Reformed Church with Rev Gritters and Rev Bajema. Burial in Valley View cemetery.
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Will Koning
John Uarmsen
Alice Li
Peter
Annie
Johnnie
Susie Tjarmsen
Plato Township
Sheldon
Rock Valley
Gritters
Christian Reformed Church
Bajema
Valley View
Benson pheasant hatchery yields high success rates near Marshalltown
At the Benson pheasant farm near Marshalltown 1,020 eggs were incubated under light hens bantams and leghorns. After 24 days 875 hatched. Young birds stay in a six by six foot run for four days then move to an alfalfa field fenced to keep birds in and predators out. About 25,444 eggs will be sold this year to state farms and other buyers in multiple states.
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Benson
Marshalltown
Methodist Church Notes Sunday Services and Students Honored
Methodist Community Church notes services as usual next Sunday with Bible school at 10:00 AM and morning service at 11:00 AM featuring soloists Mrs. Jerry Steck and Russell Colvin. Evening service at 7:30 PM includes a forty minute sermon. Junior church participated last Sunday. A list of students passed tests, Lorin and Eimlin Lock among them, with awards for Bible stories and piano preludes.
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Methodist Community Church
Bible School
Jerry Steck
Russell Colvin
Lorin
Eimlin Lock
Betty
Jack Vander Stowe
Ann May
Elda Mae Heyman
Gertrude Vande Weerd
Katherine ¥Er Doorn
Esther Vande Weerd
Leslie Davisson
Lorin Lock
Ann Mat
Lock Brothers
Betty Vander Stowe
Hummirt
News Items of 20 Years Ago in Rock Valley
Miss Elsie Corwin and her brother visited Sioux Falls to see their broker F E Corwin. Marshall A Fink and Sam Bellesfield attended an old soldiers encampment in Cherokee. Mr and Mrs John Blatherwick of Breckenridge Minnesota visited Rock Valley friends Friday to Monday. Mrs W Scharff returned to Steen Minnesota after a visit with her parents, sister Viva Smith joined her. John Akersbergen accepted a position at Spirit Lake with Western Packing as cream receiver and tester. Hazel and Ruth Minard visited Hartley area sisters for a few days. P E O Society held a farewell for Mrs D A McKellar who left for Laverne Minnesota, then Waterville Minnesota. Mrs McKellar received a cut glass comport. John McKellar of Manhattan Kansas stayed with Rock Valley friends. Sioux county prisoners in Orange City jail were from Rock Valley. two held, one released for good behavior. F L Liddy and daughter Mae left Rock Valley for Elkader Iowa after visiting locally. Liddy improved his farm west of town.
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Elsie Corwin
Wen
Sioux Falls
F. E. Corwin
Marshall N. A. Fink
Sam Bellesfield
Cherokee
John Blatherwick
Breckenridge
Minn
Joseph Roberts
W. Scharff
Steen
Viva Smith
John Akersbergen
Spirit Lake
Western Packing C
John
Hazel
Ruth Minard
Hartley Monady
Hartley
P. E. 0. Society
C. W. Jacobs
D. A. McKellar
Laverne, Minn
Waterville
McKellar
First Reformed Church Holds Morning and Afternoon Sermons
The church schedules 9:30 A M Dutch service on True Faith and 2:00 P M English service on A great Nation with a Fourth of July theme. Sunday school follows the afternoon service. 7:45 P M Christian Endeavor meets led by Miss Elyina Wonia on True Patriotism.
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First Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor
Elyina Wonia
Rupert Hughes Visits Keokuk in Memorial Visit
Famous author Rupert Hughes returned to Keokuk to bury his parents Judge and Mrs. F. T. Hughes. The couple were previously interred in California. Hughes plans to erect a monument in the Keokuk cemetery. Felix Heches, an early notable Keokuk lawyer, is noted as Rupert Hughes’ father’s professional peer. Rupert began his literary career in Keokuk after being born in Lancaster, Missouri.
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Rupert Hughes
Keokuk
F. T. Hughes
California
Hughes
Felix Heches
Rupert
Lancaster
Keonk
Stores Open Friday Evening in Rock Valley
Stores in Rock Valley will stay open Friday evening June 3 to compensate for being closed all day Saturday June 4 for Independence Day.
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Rock Valley
Kittenball Matches: Rock Rapids Triumphs Over Rock Valley
Rock Rapids defeated Rock Valley 14 to unknown in a recent kittenball game. Rock Rapids produced offense with Petty securing two doubles and one single while John Dykstra led Rock Valley with three singles in three at bats.
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Rock Rapids
Rock Valley
Nock Rapids
John Dykstra
Petty
Sheldon Dairy Defeats Rock Valley In Close Tilt 8-6
Friday evening Rock Valley hosted Sheldon Dairy in a tight game that the visitors won 8 to 6. It marked the second near shutout by the Sheldon squad against Rock Valley, who previously lost to Sheldon 11 to 10 a week earlier. Fritz Wiegerman led Rock Valley with two singles in four appearances, while Feeblecorn provided two singles and a double.
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Sheldon Dairy
Rock Valley
Sheldon
Fritz Wiegerman
Regulars and Married Clash in Kittenball Defeat
Regulars 19, Married 16 in a kittenball game. Chalk Dykstra hit two singles and three home runs in five at bats. Dick Wesselink led the Married side with three singles in four appearances as the teams met in a high scoring affair.
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Chalk Dykstra
Dick Wesselink
Rock Rapids Boys Defeated by Rock Valley 6 to 4
Rock Rapids four to six defeat by Rock Valley on Tuesday in a kitten-ball game. Rock Valley lineup change shown. Fred Wiggerman hit a single and a double in five appearances. The score tied 4-4 for three innings as Rock Valley tallied one, three, and two runs in innings one, three, and six respectively. Rock Rapids replied with one in the second and three in the third before fading.
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Rock Rapids
Grossenburg Hillmer Wedding In Rock Valley Area
Leo Grossenbure and Miss Ethel Hillmer unite in marriage at the Grossenburg home near Rock Valley with Rev. G A Tyler officiating. Guests include families from Sioux Center and Orange City. The couple plans a wedding trip to Winner and other South Dakota towns.
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Leo Grossenbure
Ethel Hillmer
Grossenburg
Rock Valley
G. A. Tyler
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DOON
State Bank OF Rock
Valley
P.D. van Oosterhout
C. Rozeboom Cashier
C. A. Walhof
J. B. Walhof
t.Cashier
Woraman
Twine
Regulars
John Grossenbure
August Tillmer
Sioux Center
August Hillmer
John Grossenburg
Edith Hillmer
Charley Gaver
Ford Hillmer
Orange City
Clyde Jones
Dixon
Gerrit Vugterveen
Viola Dodeward
Alice de Smet
Winner
South Dakota
Farm Loan
First National Bank
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