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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1939
Page
10
A stream of birth reports lists newborns with weights and parents across families including Westra Robinson Kempema and Druyvesty. Residents attend anniversaries, hospital visits, and family gatherings in Orange City Sheldon Hawarden and Denison with multiple names and addresses noted.
Mr and Mrs Ben Fedders visited the R Froon home on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Ted Hamann and daughter moved into the Ed Degen farm tenant house for the year. Eldo Baack and family and Harley Creen and family hosted Sunday dinners at Melvin Tarrell home. Ed Degen and Gerrit Harskamp welcomed visitors Sunday. Geraldine Boyar spent the weekend with her parents. Luther Loange held a regular meeting Sunday evening with good attendance and Rev and Geraldine Beyer served popcorn balls and apples followed by a social hour.
Rock Township Farm Bureau Club invites residents to learn chair caning using corn husk rope and rush methods. The program covers 9-seat refinished rush bottom chairs and stools suitable for kitchens or parlors, with dyeing techniques and rope preparation details. Visitors can view looms rugs and finished items and seek guidance.
Treasurer Treton announces the Legion Auxiliary meeting will be held March 23 with Mrs. Oscar Hanson as guest speaker on National Defense. George Paradise, Herb Decker, and Mrs. Woodke plan to attend. Program begins promptly at eight. County Commander Ived Dickman invites all members.
For Sale items include a Pole Angus breeding bank four years old by Will Rozeboom. A ten dollar bill lost on Main Street request finder leave at Bee Office with reward offered. Also Polish Chin brood sows for sale by Clay McKeegan. Good brood sows and horses for sale by John Grossenburg. Akin residence property west of Valley Poultry Yards offered by F T McGill. Dead stock removal by Rock Valley Rendering Works, phone 137, office in Rock Valley Town.
Attending ministers and their wives held the regular monthly meeting in the home of Rev. J Brink in Boyden. A program lunch and social time filled the afternoon with about sixty ministers present.
Joan Christopherson turned three with a neighborhood gathering last week. Her mother hosted a small party with friends, cake, gifts, and cheerful playtime.
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