Rock Valley Men Complete Training at Fort Ord
Four soldiers from Rock Valley completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training on February 24 at Fort Ord California. Privates Dennis L Van Maanen Jay A Mulder Douglas Kooima and Charles D Kempema received instruction in stealth unit tactics and weapons including the M 14 rifle M 60 machine gun and the 155 rocket launcher. Each soldier is listed with his parentage and home address.
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Kotk Valley
Joa
Ord
Calif
Dennis. L. van Maanen
Jay A. Mulder
Douglas Kooima
Charles D. Kempeina
Pvt
Vondiaanen
Dick van- Maanen
Mulder
Airs
Robert Mulder
Koaima
Ed H. Koaima
Pvt. Kempema
Raymond Kempema
Ave
Challenging the Northwest Territory Band Concert Benefit
Pamela Porter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Porter of Rock Valley, a University of Iowa junior, joined the Scottish Highlanders in a March 1 ceremony. A Gordon Eastman show and band concert is set for March 14 at the new gym for Heeg Memorial Hospital fund. Tickets cost 1.50 adults 75 cents children. The program opens with a 45 minute Community School Band under Harlan Vander Jerg, followed by the color film Challenging the Northwest Territory featuring Eastman, a noted wildlife photographer. The film is a first color recording from Canada’s Mackenzie Mountains and promotes hunting and fishing in the Northwest Territory. Eastman is described as a pioneer hunter and filmmaker with extensive outdoor magazine coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Porter
al Porter
Rock Valley
University of Iowa
Scottish Highlanders
Iowa Memorial Union
Highlanders
Gordon Eastman
Heeg Memorial Hospital Fund
South Side Service
DeBoer Oil Co
B & H Hatchery
Arend
Bad
Harlan Vander Jerg
Nortuweal
Eastman
North’ America
Mackenzie
Canada
Northwest
Rock Valley Post Office Site Standoff Cited In Letter
A letter from former Congressman Stan Greigg to the Rock Valley Betterment Council discusses delays in a new post office building. He recalls site selection as the key hurdle, noting four options were considered in 1965 and urging local agreement within Post Office Department guidelines to finalize a site.
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New Rock Valley
Valley Betterment Coluncil
Stan Greigg
Tetterment Council
Hock Valley
Northwest
Iowa
Rock Valley
Post Office Department
Named Chairman of Cancer Crusade in Sioux County
Mrs. Ed Te Veltrup, Sioux County chapter chairman of the American Cancer Society, Iowa Division, announces Mrs. Olin Reininger of Orange City will chair the Sioux County Cancer Crusade. April is Cancer Control Month with a nationwide fund drive to support research education and patient services.
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Ed Te Veltrup
Sioux County
American Cancer Society
Iowa
Olin Reininger
Orange City
Sioux County Cancer Crusade
American Cancer: Society
Former Resident Is Honored By PTA For Service
Ed Miersma, once a local resident, received a life membership in the Bellflower PTA for outstanding service to children. She served ten years as superintendent of the primary department at Mayfair Community Reformed Church in Lakewood and has fostered sixteen babies in five years. The Miersmas, with four children James 15 Robby 13 Dick 11 Jane, moved from Sion County to California in November 1955.
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Ed Miersma
Thia ‘Area
PT A
Bellflower
Calif
California
BEA
Mayfair Community Reformed Church
Lakewood
Miersma
Mrs. Mievema
James
Robby
Jane
Dr Yates Delivers Rotary Talk on Freedom Isn’t Free
Dr L K Yates told Rock Valley Rotary Club the topic Freedom Isn't Free. He urged Americans to rededicate to democracy, contrast freedoms with communism, and warned freedom could fade through gradual erosion. He urged informed voting and dialogue with officials, ending with You can bet your life, freedom isn't free. Dr R P Simonson hosted him.
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L.K. Yates
Regnar
Rock Valley
Rotary Club
Yates
R. P. Simonson
Linda Kooima Capped At Wesley Memorial Nursing School
Seventy one student nurses at Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing were capped at a candle light ceremony in Thorne Hall on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. Linda Kooima, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Kooima, was among those capped. the class graduates in 1969 with a reception for families and classmates following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Thorne Hall
Northwestern University
Chicago
Linda Kooima
Ted Kooima
Services held for Mrs. Gil bert De Ruiter in Doon
Funeral services for Mrs. Gilbert De Ruiter 75 of Doon were conducted at First Reformed Church with Rev. Jake Van Mantgem officiating. Born December 15 1896 in the Netherlands she moved to the United States at age 12 and lived in Doon the last 30 years. She married February 4 1920 at Sandstone Minnesota. Surviving: two daughters Mrs. John Gort of Wausau Wisconsin and Mrs. Led Kuhl of Madison Wisconsin. two sons Gilbert of Hackensack Valley and James of Pella. four brothers, three sisters, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Her husband and one son preceded her in death.
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Sam Miedema
Charles
Frieda Miedeman
Netherlands
United States
Alice Dekker
Orange City
Iowa
Rock Valley
Thoy
Fairview
South Dakota
Alice
Dak
Frieda
Peter Fortlever
John
Dorothy
Raymond Vanshye
Hawarden
Sioux Center
Clarence
Sioux Falls
Hilda
Daryl Kratochvil
Henry’ Halma
Inwood
Gerrit’ Harmelink
Co-operative Funeral Home
Gilbert de Ruiter
Doon
First Reformed Church
Jake van Mantgem
Porter Funeral Home
Rock Valley Is
de Ruiter
Louise Vander Werf
Commercial Club to Meet Monday at VFW Club
The Rock Valley Commercial Club will hold its regular monthly dinner meeting at the VFW Club next Monday evening at 6 00 The spring program will be reviewed and plans for the Hay Day promotion discussed The Sioux County Farm Bureau offers a 100 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of theft or vandalism on county farms The Board approved the measure at the February meeting remarks by Melvin List president
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Rock Valley Commercial Club
VFW Club
Sioux County
Rock Rapids Foosball HostsBeat Local Cue Players
Rock Rapids hosted foosball and snooker matches with neighboring Cup players. Rock Valley teams defeated hosts by 298 to indicating a tight foosball loss for local players Rodney Pean Lyle Kookma Rick Wilson Tom McPar Tntd Bob Mulder Harvey Voeburg participated. Local squad members included Jim Van Beek Edpost Gerald Fluit Wilmer Van Beel Wayne Van Berkum and Gerald Van Voorst. Two Rock Rapids teams defeated by Stein Kosters and Rene with 119 to 31 scores amid sportmanship praise. The event signals potential reversal at upcoming Rock Rapids Cup with more practice. Marriage licenses issued for Alvin Franken Savanna Moeller Henry Van Grootheest Antone Dekker Arthur Paul Ditkevers Phyllis Glenda Roos Phillip Raymond Willett Karen Sue Konz.
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Iim Rock
Rapida
Rock Valley
Foosball
Srdohér
Ear
Ussie
Rodney’ Pean
Lyle Kookma
Rick Wilson
Tom’ McPar
Bob * Mulder
Tlarvey Voeburg
Jim “van Beek
Edpost
Gerald Fluit
Wilmer van Beel
Wayne van Berkum
Gerald “van Voorst
Rock, Valley Snooker
Rene
Stein Kosters
Rock Rapids
Alvin Franken
Hock
Valley
Savanna Moeller
Sioux Center
Henry van Grootheest
Canton
Dak
AntoneHe Dekker
Hawarden
Arthur Paul Ditkevers
Dean's List at South Dakota State University
The South Dakota State University College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences in Brookings announced its fall semester dean's list. Edward W. Ver Burg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ver Burg, was named with a 3.65 GPA, below the required 4.25.
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South Dakota State University College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences
Brookings
M.D
Edward W. Ver Burg
Ed Ver Burg
Nearby Rock Valley Jury Awards 2000 in Car Collision Case
A Rock Valley area court awarded 2000 to Margaret Caffrey in a car collision case that arose from a December 5 1862 incident near Rock Valley Iowa. The trial involved Gabe Caffrey and Margaret Caffrey versus Ergin J Lang Jr and Robert A Babson with a jury verdict partial against Lang Jr and Babson and a separate suit by Trina Van Engen and Edward Van Engen against Cornelia De Haan and Albert De Haan executors of Henry A B De Haan estate. The panel of 60 petit jurors and grand jurors were scheduled for early April. The estate matters also covered conservatorship and inheritance tax payments.
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Clara Fmma Schlumbohm
Hawareen
Iowa
Frank Schlumbohm
Lois Jean Tornelle
Arlene Letiora Bansom
Minnie Lubbers
Alfred Lubbers
Frederick Lubbers
Hubert W. Schulec
Hattie Schullér
John M. Moun
Gabe Caffrey
Margaret Caffrey
Ergin J. Lang, Jr
Robert A. Babson
E. F. Kennedy
Rock Valley
Ried
John Reuvers
Paul Schelling
Hella Schlect
Betty Shubbe
Aron Te Stroete
Catherine Voordeman
Ekka Trovs
Cynthia de Vries
Marie van de Kamp
Edwin
Edward van Engen
Hawarden
Trina van Engen
Ira Kramer
Henry A. B. de Haan
van Engen
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Rock River
Northwest Territory
Pam Porter
New Sioux County
Sinke County
Lyon
O'Brien
Ronald D. Sheetz
Maurice Eldridge
Odd
Sienix County
Sheetz
Wwa State University
Des Moines County
Marion County
New State University
Northidge
Mrs. Simonsen
Cancer Crusade
G & H Manufacturing
The
G & H Manufacturing Co
Kats Magtine
Gilbert Hoogendoorn
Hoogendoorn
PTA
Ed Mievema
Sion County
Dr. Yates
Rotary
Linda Kocima
Wesley
Gil. de Ruiter
Hoger D. Kootma
Ted Kootma
National Guard
Fort Lewis
Washington
Commercial Club
SD State
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