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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
2
Rock Valley Iowa announces George E. Bowers as publisher with second class mail status at Rock Valley under act of March 3 1879. Subscription price listed as $2.00 per year.
A jumbled OCR fragment from Rock Valley Iowa markets and classifieds lists items from shoe shops to livestock sales. It mentions Peters Shoe Shop Rack, Valley Iowa, Rock Valley Markets, Wells drilled sugar, cattle sales in Yankton S. C, concession bids for ball games at Rock Valley park with deadlines in 1911.
A fragmentary report lists individuals such as Mr and Mrs Vander Schaat and family groups including Larose Mina Glitt Henken and Urs, with references to Irish ties and a visit on a June day at a local home. The text is garbled but centers on local names and visits.
At the Orpheum on Saturday May 10 the program features The Bad Man with Wallace Miery and Thonel Rome and Botch with Broderick Crawford and Sela Downs. The schedule lists additional features Footsteps In the Dark and Two Bays with Erol Sen, plus Matines and further titles, reflecting a busy cinema lineup with multiple reels and advance notices.
The notice promotes a film and stage event featuring Crash Corrigay and a cast including King and Mastermey at The State. It lists admission from 100 to 300 and promises two years of gala stage and general fun with acts by Glen Burkhdad and others.
A local performance page lists Wednesday and Thursday May shows under the label Four Mothers The Daughters becoming Pour Wives with cast including Fristifla Yosemary Tala Tate Gale Laige YeltYy Yah and others. Admission ten cents.
Local column recaps visits and events around town including relatives in Chicago, Sunday school and church activities at Hook Valley, a Fort Worth style tally and luncheon, and various visitors at the Schaaf and Miller homes. A Mother’s Day program featured speakers Constance Moeller and Elaine Miller with Rev Fentke, followed by a missionary meeting and evening roast. A distant mention notes a secluded unusual house near Gulbris Center built 30 years ago of native stone with lime rind, its interior described as rustic with brush per details.
Report from Kendtts township in Tineene county notes a broken city water hydrant caused by cars driven by Hort Aicineling and Ji) Goon of Shol dor. A group of wild dogs, part of a pack attacking livestock, is blamed for recent livestock losses in the area.
Mus Wiebe Wiersma formerly Megsia Philmer born Hull Sept 19 1861 died May 21 at Jul hospital aged 80. Survived by three children Mrs Martin Frits Harrys ing Sataba Mire John Vasier Stowera srbo 22 married children 17 grandchildren and one sister two brothers. Funeral from John Youder Stouwe home Monday in charge of Rev Downstra and First Reformed Church minister. Charities and church programs noted with many local names and relatives attending services and gatherings across Hull and nearby towns.
Sioux County schools share superior ratios in the District Music contest and many will advance to national contests. Rock Valley High won the county baseball championship, and Rock Valley will face Sioux County in the Fate series. The Orange City senior class presented the play The Whole Torn s under Miss Agnes Galbraith, earning favorable comments. The report lists several colleges approved for summer teaching tracks and notes teachers seeking summer school information. County Superintendent and Mrs Charles J. Tye attend Mothers’ Tea. a safety incident near Line tite is noted, with a father rescuing his son from a well.
Damaged houses from a fierce storm left residents shaken as crews cleared debris and repaired glass. Eskimo teams pulled sleighs during a rare local celebration while a power plant fire briefly lit the night sky. Firefighters and townspeople frantically battled flames and smoke, saving structures and tempering the holiday mood.
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