03 Jul 1969
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1969
Page
1
The Commercial Club committee announces a doubleheader baseball game for the Fourth of July dinner and festivities. A slow pitch game starts at 7:30 followed by a farmers team facing a city team, then a fireworks display concludes the evening.
The 28th annual meeting of the Farmers Elevator Co Rock Valley will be held July 28 at 8:00 p.m. Keynote speaker will be Bile Turner director of public relations for Felco headquartered Fort Dodge Ja. Turner has a lengthy public and higher education career in South Dakota and other states. Manning invites all stockholders and others interested in the cooperative to attend.
Hope Haven staff led by workshop director Lloyd Munneke will join more than 40 directors and staff from across Iowa at a three day in service institute in Iowa City. Lena Boscalion and Emma Middelkoop will attend as work supervisors. Wisconsin sheltered workshop specialists will run a program for those who work with handicapped persons.
The Rock Valley Fire Department responded to a grass fire in the soil bank area south of Kooima Machine on Friday. Firefighters contained the blaze quickly with reported damage but no injuries noted.
The following registerants were inducted into the armed forces on June 25 John A Mulder and Roger Kempema of Rock Valley and Harold Schelling of Sioux Center names taken from a local draft notice.
Four County area including O'Brien Sioux Lyon and Osceola Counties is chosen for a federal funds crime study to gauge rural enforcement issues. The project aims to inform a state plan, with local action at the Four County level and a July 1989 due date for data collection. County officials will be contacted. one resident from each county is employed to handle outreach.
The Rock Valley Flower Show is set for Friday August 1 with sponsorship from church women and local organizations. Exhibits open 2:30 to 10:30 a.m. and must be placed by 11:00 a.m. The show runs 2:30 to 9:00 p.m. with blue ribbons for top entries and special awards for best horticultural, artistic, and decorative divisions. Judges and prizes come from area merchants. The program lists divisions and craft themes for visitors and potential exhibitors. Continued to Page 2.
Police report a two car collision 4 1/2 miles north of Rock Valley at 12 30 a m Saturday. Drivers Lawrence Van Grootheest of Rock Valley and Ruth De Jong of Fairview 5 D sustained $1760 in damages to age vehicles. Van Grootheest received a summons for failure to leave the scene. Sheriff Craig Vinson of Lyon County investigated.
Robert Dale Vogelzang son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Vogelzang of Beecher 11 was among 827 Bradley University graduates in Peoria receiving a Bachelor of Arts in biology. He served as associate biology lab instructor during four years at Bradly University and is slated to work with the cancer research program at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
A man on a plane tells a fellow traveler about the penitentiary message. A neighbor offers sympathy as he heads home from Congress, noting the difficulty of facing old friends.
Rock River swelled past banks Sunday causing extensive crop damage across the Rock Valley region. The Hash Mood crest reached 16.2 feet Monday evening, leaving 100s of acres flooded while Adrian Minnesota and Need Induets reported rising water and a boy rescue incident. Towns like Toak Rapids suffered park damage but escaped major flooding.
Hope Haven School and Work Training Center for the Handicapped in Rock Valley was awarded a federal Establishment Grant of about 13 699.68 dollars. Funds will buy industrial equipment for the workshop used in rotational rehabilitation of handicapped adults and to perform subcontracted machine shop work for factories in the area. The grant came in cooperation with the Facilities Unit of the Town Division of Rehabilitation Education and Services.
Official observer Paul Beamer notes showers in Rock Valley over the past week with 0.50 inch on Thursday and 0.75 inch on Sunday. The report summarizes total weekly rainfall and variability across the area.
The Liberty Bell inscription proclaims freedom in 1776 and since 1964 Sioux Center and Rock Valley pastors have rung church bells on July 4 at 1 PM for four minutes. This year bells and chimes will sound to express faith in freedom and justice and in good government as a gift from God.
Children behave like their parents despite training efforts as observers note natural impulses in social settings. The report highlights persistent habits that reflect family influence, with emphasis on everyday interactions and etiquette challenges observed in market environments.
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