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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1966
Page
5
Rock Rapids residents and relatives from Michigan and Idaho gathered for visits. Families from Sioux Center Hull and Traer joined picnics, surgeries, and a veteran’s hospital stay while new Air Force enlistments and parsonage work crews were noted.
Pearl Durgeraaf and Leroy Breuer wed Friday June 24 at St Paul Lutheran Hull with Rev A H Fritschel officiating before 200 guests. Bridesmaids wore light blue gowns, bouquets of carnations. groom’s party included Ronald Breuer and Alvin Tiedeman. Reception for 200 featured light blue wedding cake and silver service. Bride to attend Rock Valley Community School. couple to reside on a farm near Hull after honeymoon.
The Rothmers from Sheldon arrived Tuesday to spend a week visiting their grandparents Mr and Mrs Roy Miner. A John Miller family picnic drew about forty people at Rock Valley park on Sunday.
Sir Criswell of Oakland caught a 25 pound flathead catfish in two farm ponds south of Bart Jell. The fish measured 42 inches with a 23 inch girth. He used a chub minnow for bait.
David Nelson of Rock Valley is named among the proctors chosen at Morningside College for the 1966 67 school year. Proctors assist head residents, meet regularly to discuss student concerns, and oversee 24 to 60 men in residence halls.
The court issued licenses to Peter Dele Regenmorier and Shirley Jean Schoep, Earl Jay Bonestrop and Noreen Joy Vande Stouwe, Richard Dominic Harpenan and Pauline Marga ret Theis, Cornelius Vermeer Jr and Ruth Arlene Sehiehout, Larry Edwin Koob and Victoria Mary Schilmoeller. Louis S. De Boer appointed guardian of Sherwin De Boer.
A scanned roster shows numerous individuals and towns including Orange City Hull Rock Valley and Sioux Center with entries for Chrysler Chev Plymouth Ford Olds Buick and Chrysler brands and associated owners listed. Variations include Van Maanen Hewitt Vander Esch De Boer Roghair and Van Zweden among others with vehicle brand notes.
A former Waukon girl Lorraine Herman Berquist and her husband depart June 4 for India where he will teach at Surukul seminary in Madras for five years. Mrs. James Berquist is the daughter of Roland Herman and his wife of Waukon.
Mr and Mrs Harold F Slaughter of Bloomington Minnesota announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Louise Ann to Jerome D Koaliker son of Mr and Mrs Peter Koaliker of Black Valley. The ceremony is set for August 20 at 1 30 PM at Hillcrest Methodist Church Bloomington. Louise Ann is a social worker for the Home of The Good Shepherd in St Paul while Jerome is a University of South Dakota graduate and an accountant in the Macalester College business office in St Paul.
A list of property transfers shows numerous deeds filed in Alton and surrounding areas. Transfers include J J Gaul to Joseph M Gaul and others, William Van Eldik to Case Wagner Jr, and Ls 4 and 5 in various blocks. Amounts range from $1.00 to $27.50 with several RV values noted for lots and alleys. Major participants include Vreeman, Braun, Plantage, Van Beek, Gaul, Kooima, Vander Meer, Vogelzang, and Muilenburg across 97-46 and 96-87 tracts and multiple town blocks.
Dale Hull and Larry Van Foss sen Extension Agricultural Engineers from Iowa State University will present information on harvesting and storing this year’s corn crop. The two sessions, July 12 and 13 at 3:00 pm, occur at the Community Building in Sheldon, sponsored by Extension Services of Lyon O'Brien Osceola and Sioux counties.
Lona Hegeman, 18, daughter of the Rev and Mrs C Hegeman, a Westmar College freshman, will reign as queen of Sioux Center’s Diamond Jubilee. She was elected over nine candidates by a community vote. Coronation by Mayor Maurice Tes Paske at 11 am July 6 in the city park. Attendants Norma Roelofs Sharon Van Hoekel Beverly Vermeer Merry Lynn Wallingen. The queen and attendants will be presented at evening pageants and ride the queen’s float in the July 6 and 7 parades. The Junior Chamber of Commerce presents Hegeman a Samsonite luggage set. attendants receive luggage pieces.
A list of names and abbreviations follows for various buyers and dealers including Gertrude Van Zanien RV Plymouth Albert Lee and Connie Vander Mei Trin Ford among others. The fragment also mentions Far Mut Coop Co Hospers Chey and several car brands such as Plymouth Ford Chevrolet Rambler Pontiac and Rambler.
Scattered titles show transfers from Scott Sneller to Arthur Van Whye and others. Harris Investment Co to Wilfred Relander. Den nis I Punt et al. Grate Ramaker and spouse to Pearl Hloemendaal. Laverne De Jong to Noman Bastemeyer. Parcels include blocks 24 and 18 in Ada with values around OC 1.00 to 62 010.
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