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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
2
A traveling man questions a farm boy about yellow corn. The boy replies they planted yellow corsa and jokes the landlord gets half. The traveler retorts the boy is close to a half wit, and the boy replies he is just across the fence from one.
Miss Lillian Van Wyk spent last week in Sheldon visiting friends and relatives. Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs. J. Vrymoet of Alton attended by Mr. and Mrs. W. Dykshorn and daughters Eldine and Margaret. Minnie Rozeboom returns home after a Louisiana teaching year to vacation with her parents. Grundy Center residents Ramaker family visiting here. Art Van Wyk Williamson and daughters Henrrietta and Mary drove to Venton Iowa Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. G J Rozeboom of Grand Rapids arrived to visit the Rozeboom home. Rev Rozeboom to preach at First Reformed Church Sunday. W Brantsen family made a business trip to Sions City Wednesday. G A Bransting family to Sully for part of vacation. Dr S C Nettinga and son of Holland Michigan visiting locally. Rev. BR Lubbers and family of Sheboygan Wisconsin visiting Mrs T Vander Ploeg. Fred Den Beste family left for Washington to spend weeks with relatives. P Ten Napel of Sioux City visiting in H Addink home.
Mr and Mrs John Keegan and Donna Margaret were dinner guests in Jack De Bondt home Sunday. Andrew Klorstad and daughter Hazel attended the show at Rock Valley Friday night. Florence Kloek arrived from Sioux Falls for a week's visit. Mrs Wm Roeman and children visited John Witt home last week. Emmet Rogers and family from Trent Maryland and Muriel Rogers of Alvord Town visited Ted Rogers home Sunday. Lizzie Witt Anna Kippley Marian and Jack De Bondt attended West Bend Iowa Sunday. Joe Kleespies and Mayme left for Osage for a few weeks visit. Lew Thompson was a Rock Rapids shopper Friday. Allen Steem and son George returned to Siions City after visiting parents. Sal Ma and Henry Ver Maas families and Emilie Ross and daughter Emily were SiO ns City shoppers Thursday. Bernice Bauer was sick Wednesday. Carl Nagel Sydney Wiersma Gerrit Van Hagen Lou Laackmann and Ralph Ray fished at Spirit Lake Thursday night. John Drier and Will Drier families visited Steve Sower home at Larchwood Sunday. Mrs Joe Wleesnies visiting John Murphy home Hull this week. Mrs H Kroeger and daughters Eunice Vera visited parental Engelking home Saturday.
An Iowa historic building houses the pulpit used by Dominic Sabon for a Holland sermon in July 1846 that spurred emigrants to form a colony at Pella. Three shiploads left Rotterdam and Amsterdam, bound for America, with Rev Scholte foretelling brighter prospects. The Pella colony was established in 1848, and Scholte was grandfather to Gerald B Nollen and Henry Nollen, presidents of Bankers Life and Equitable of Iowa.
The Polk County home farm, serving both the incurably insane and paupers, is operated mainly by the insane. Paupers refuse or lack ability to work. Overseer assigns tasks and inmates take pride in good work. A large share of food costs for the inmates is covered by the farm.
Public auction set for August 12 1930 at 2 PM of the SE quarter of the SE quarter Sec 26 97N 47W except a one acre strip. Land leased to March 1 1931. Requires $1000 cash day of sale with balance after court approved deed. Sale subject to court approval. References I S Large Referee and J Meylink as auctioneer.
A Nerge parson sermon in a church crowd ends with a joke about watermelons theft and radio dials. An old member snaps and resists the parson. The dialogue includes references to Rudy Vallee Amos n Andy and a joke about a game score before it starts.
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