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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1939
Page
7
A long list of births appears with weights and parent names including Mr and Mrs Sam Westra and Mrs Jess Robinson among others. Social visits, anniversaries, hospital stays, travel to Des Moines and Sioux City, and community events are recorded with numerous household names, towns, and institutions mentioned throughout the segment.
In Rock Township an article advises making old-fashioned chairs and footstools from corn husks and rushes found in attics and basements. It explains rope wrapping for seats, dyeing methods, and using native rushes or Chinese seaweed grass for rope. A Rock Township Farm Bureau Club contact offers information and a rug room display.
Legion Auxiliary leader Fred Dicktian reports the Sioux County meeting will be held March 23 in Ireton. Oscar Hanson will speak on National Defense. Attendees include George Parailise Heb Denker and Mrs Woodke. Program begins promptly at eight.
A garbled notices page lists several sale items including Pole Angus breeding stock, purebred Poland China brood sows, brood sows and horses, and a West Valley property. Also mentions a ten dollar bill found on Main Street to be left at the office for a reward. Rendering service offered by Rock Valley Rendering Works with a local phone and office address.
Rev and Mrs H J Aberson attended the regular monthly Ministers meeting at the home of Rev J Brink in Boyden on Monday. The program, duch and social time filled the afternoon with sixty ministers and their wives present.
Joan Christopherson celebrated a third birthday with a small party at home last week Wednesday. Her mother invited neighborhood playmates for cake games and gifts, with a pleasant afternoon of festivities.
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