Labor Day Celebration Plans Advance in Rock Valley
Rock Valley Bicentennial Committee moves forward with a Labor Day gala in the city park on Monday September 1 featuring food and performances by a melodrama vaudeville barbershow quartet and a community chorus. The event begins at 8 pm with a 5:30 pm lunch, tickets cost 2 for adults and 1 for children under twelve.
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America
Barb Anderson
Bob Artley
Henry Bleyenburg
John E. Kempema
Correction: Two seats to fill on school board in September vote
The Bee corrects earlier reports stating one seat will be decided. Two seats, Tony De Bey for at large and Richard Van Zee for the north of 15th Street district, will be on the ballot. Nominating period ends July 31.
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Bee
Richard van Zee
Tony de Bey
van Zee
S. de Bey
15Th Street
The
K-Products to Open New Rock Valley Plant Soon
Workers at the Rock Valley site report minor wiring and equipment installation remain as production is expected to begin within days. A July 23 opening date was mentioned by a workman, with the Orange City firm having built the plant for over a year. a Canton South Dakota plant started earlier delaying this site.
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Rock Valley
K-Products, Inc
Orange City
Staff Fill All Teaching Positions At Local School
The Rock Valley school board announces all teaching posts for 1975 1976 are filled. Darwin Husby and Teresa Baker join Debra Mann and Carole Van Berkum, with several non certificated roles still open. A new softball diamond project is discussed with city recreation committee members.
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Rock Valley
Jerry Starkweather
Darwin Husby
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
Husby
Volga
South Dakota
Mary Jo Hansen
Teresa Baker
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Miss Baker
Waterloo
Iowa
Gayle Kleppe
Debra Mann
Morningside College
Sioux City
Nick Hurst
Carole van Berkum
Northwestern College
Orange City
Hulst
John Kersbergen
Jim Roelofs
Kersbergen
Seven year old injured in farm wagon accident near Rock Valley
Brent Bleyenberg six year old son of Dick and Annie Bleyenberg of near Rock Valley suffered extensive injuries when he was entangled in the chains of a silage wagon on Saturday morning July 12. His left arm was severed at the elbow and his right arm badly mangled though doctors hope to save it. He was rushed to Hegg Memorial Hospital and then transferred to McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Police escorted the rescue unit from the state line to the hospital with multiple police stops along the route. Brent remained in intensive care Monday noon.
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Rock Valley
Loren Hansen
Randy Miller
Mark Richter
Jim Claussen
Roy Hansen
Floyd Te Slan
Tim Reinke
Brent Bleyenberg
Dick Bleyenbergs
Brent
Gary van Beek
Hegg Memorial Hospital
H.W. Berthelsen
McKennan Hospital
Sioux Falls
Tom de Bruin
Inwood
Lyon County
Larchwood
Iowa
Rowena
South Dakota
26Th Street
McKennen Hospital
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