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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1969
Page
7
A narrator reflects on Amy mimicking her mother’s walk to church and expresses admiration for the mother as a role model. The piece celebrates Mary's devotion to God, church service, and personal fulfillment in serving the church through teaching, singing, and committee work.
A dense OCR of church calendars lists multiple denominations with weekly worship times. Rev Ralph Ten Clay and Rev Leonard Van Drunen lead services across First Christian Reformed Calvin Christian Reformed and Our Savior's Lutheran locations, plus St Mary's Catholic schedule and Pioneer United Methodist events. Additional items mention choir practices, guild meetings, catechism, and Mary Circle reports.
Locals Dr. and Mrs. E J Krage and family called on parental Mr and Mrs John Kragt Sunday evening. Sunday guests at Mrs Frank De Graaff's home included Mr and Mrs John Oelbekking and family from Laverne Minnesota Mr and Mrs John Peters of Hinton Dona Humme of Hull Mr and Mrs Wilbur Boer and family and Mr and Mrs Harald de Graaff. Mr and Mrs Edgar Wolf of Sheldon visited Mrs Jennie Roeloff Friday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Thomas Lee of California. Mary Jane Kosters of Denver stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Hein Kosters from Thursday to Sunday. Dr and Mrs Bea Metrolink visited Mr and Mrs Harry Dykstra at Hutt Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Earl Van Berkut and family of Winner SD and Mr and Mrs Willie Bertsely and son of Sioux Falls were Sunday dinner guests in the home of their parents Vig Ray Van Beckum.
A dense inventory listing from a local page highlights ongoing promotions and contact numbers for multiple firms. It includes dairy products by Robert Richter, plumbing by V & K Plumbing, electrical and appliance brands, machine works, drugstore contacts, hardware and lumber suppliers, insurance and banking references, vehicle services, and fuel stations, each with phone numbers and locations across Rock Valley and surrounding areas.
A reflective meditation on personal finance and spiritual accounting urges planning and discipline before the biblical Day of Judgment. It warns that neglecting health, diet, and debt leads to a reckoning, urging readers to seek peace with God now through faith in Jesus Christ.
Locals Rosters describe tar, ana pars, Jake Vander Brake of Sioux Center and Mr and Mrs Fritz Kock at 40 organ recital Friday evening at Our Savior s Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Doris Kock attends Augustana. Dinner guests included Dale Kock and David, Doris Kock, Marcus Kahl, Emil Jacobsen, Roy Jacobsen, David Jacobsen, and families with Easter travel. Gerald Van t Hul and Bernard DeBondt hosts noted in Minnesota. A birthday celebration in Grenville and a Sioux Falls overnight visit by Dan De Jonge and Michiel De Jonge are mentioned with other relatives.
The Martha Circle met Thursday afternoon April 24 at 2 00 pm. Mrs Ralph Ten Clay led a Bible Study lesson 5. Mrs Walter Vander Well presented the spiritual life thought. The pianist was Mrs Henry Feekes. Hostesses were Mrs John Smits and Mrs Dick Van Beek.
Bertha Knaght and Mr and Mrs John C Dyk visited Gerrit Oostenink in Sheldon Hospital Sunday evening where he recently had surgery. Numerous relatives and friends attended Henry Vander Sanden's funeral including Ontatio Calif siblings and several Vander Sanden relatives from Wisconsin Iowa and St Paul. Rozeboom Miller Wegner Roelofs and others visited or traveled, with several returning home after weekend gatherings in Hawarden Hudson and St Paul.
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