Bee Shopper plan causes confusion in Rock Valley ad coverage
The Bee explains its 100 percent coverage Shopper plan in Rock Valley, noting some residents missed Wednesday deliveries due to mall routing and late post office routes. It urges readers to report missing Bee or Shopper copies to improve subscriber lists and maintains that the Bee Shopper combo delivers over 1,000 more copies than competitors, driving strong local advertising results.
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Rock Valley
Bee
Rock Valley Busin
Esses
The
See
Scout Pancake Day Scheduled May 23
The annual Boy Scout Pancake Day is set for Saturday May 23 at the Old Roorda building on Main Street. Serving runs from 5 30 p.m. to 7 20 p.m. Sponsoring and helping with service are the Rock Valley Kiwanis Club. An advertisement elsewhere provides more details.
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Roorda
Main Street
Rock Valley Kiwatts Club
Bls Nue
Rock Valley Growth and Scholarship News at Local College
Rock Valley shows 28 percent population growth over a decade reaching 2173 residents. Dennis Ver Mulm, a student at the University of Necth ero Town, won a yearlong college tuition scholarship after meeting eligibility criteria. He entered a state competition featuring a six cylinder Chevrolet engine he dismantled, cleaned, and reassembled for demonstration.
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Rock Valley
University of Necthero
Dennis Ver. Mulm
Orded
Denois
Lova
Towa
Denny
Page
Dennis
Karla Dyin Completes Training in Sioux Falls
Karla Dyin daughter of Mr and Mrs Gercit Dykatta of Rock Valley has completed training at Stewart School of Hamntyling in Sioux Falls. A 1969 Rock Valley High School graduate she finished 2100 hours of cosmetology coursers and is now eligible for State Board examinations.
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Karla Dyin
Add
Gercit Dykatta
Rock Valley
Stewart School of Hamntyling
Sioux Falls
Karla
Witching Wells: Local Witching Experiment Reveals Water Lines
A Manning farm audience witnessed a witching demonstration using No. 8 wire to locate water and underground lines. The bystander reporter notes the method produced cross points indicating the water line, though final confirmation awaits digging results. The expert did not take payment, leaving questions about the event’s purpose and accuracy.
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Ron
Fout
Howe
Skip
Whee
Atl
Exchange Student Marianne Hubert to join Rock Valley High School
Marianne Hubert of Switzerland will be the new foreign exchange student at Rock Valley High School for the coming year. She is Protestant, active in youth groups, loves reading, and will stay with the Harold Schneider family in Rock Valley arriving in July. The International Christian Youth Exchange program aided the placement while local groups contributed. The notice also mentions census figures for northwest Iowa with growth in Sioux County and nearby towns.
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Marianne Hubert
Switzerland
Wei
Rock Valley
Mia Hubert
Switzer
Engiish
Baliig Hoven
Jausfe
Spot
Miss Hubert
Harold Schneider
International Christian Youth Exchange of New 3M
Snelly
Thoss
Rock Valley High School
Nove Valley
Iowa
Mayne
Sioux
Plymouth
Crawford
Rock Rapids
Sioux City
Orange City
Anxiou
Stata Ta Fionay
Comact
Aluminum Fronts Promised for Main Street Rejuvenation
Nearly 60 attendees at the Commercial Club meeting heard Mullin Manufacturing and Farmers Lumber present on aluminum store fronts. A slide show compared dated fronts with new long canopy designs and projected costs. Representatives cited potential 20 percent sales gains, depreciation relief, and a daily cost of about 1.10 dollars on a 28 by 16 foot front over 10 years. The discussion emphasized profit over price and noted plans to finance Fourth of July fireworks and locals aiding event outreach.
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Mullin Manufacturing Co
Sioux City
Farmers Lumber Co
Mullin
Alein Aluminum Go
Alcan Company
Clayton Arend
John Kraft
Baccalaureate Exercises at Rock Valley Community School May 17 1970
The Rock Valley Community School holds its baccalaureate exercises on May 17 1970 featuring processional invarstion a vocal concert by the glee club and a baccalaureate address by The Reverend Eugene Seland Martin with benediction and selections from the concert band including a hymn of peace You Have a Lot Of Living To Do John 10 10 is cited as scripture.
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Rock Valley Community School
John
Eugene Saland
Robert Jones
Branas Seeks Re Election To Sioux County Board
Gettin Branas announced his bid for re election to the 60th District Sioux County board of supervisors. He has 18 years as a candidate and 12 years as county foreman, eight of which were as chairman. He previously worked for the Lyon County system and is married with five grown children.
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Gettin Branas
Sioux County
Board of Supervisors
Lyon County
Gannon Dining in D C For Lunch May 20
Baverns candidate Wim Ganon of the Democratic ticket in June primaries attends a luncheon in Orange City on Wednesday May 20. Gannon, a Mingo farmer and current house minority leader, will be featured at a Dutch Mill luncheon at 12 90 noon with public welcome.
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Wim Ganon
Bavernor
Willvisle
Orange City
Gannon
Mingo
Corn Palace Up For Sealed Bid Sale by City of Rock Valley
The Corn Palace, a multiuse building between Conoea station and Valley Lanes, is up for sealed bids until June 2. Bids require $4,000 enclosed checks, with full payment due September 18 when ownership transfers to a private investor after the change of ownership procedures.
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Rock Valley
Conoea Station
Valley * Lanes
Santa Claus
Com Palace
Open House Northwest Lawa Vocational School Event
Sheldon hosts an Open House from 1 to 8 PM on Sunday May 24 with instructors and students at facilities explaining operations. Walter Thomas, 90, longtime optometrist and jeweler, continues daily shop visits despite years of service with no retirement plans.
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Northwest Lawa Vocational School
Sheldon
Jenerson
Walter Thomas
Thomas
Lutheran Churches Celebrate Birthday in Rock Valley and Plato
Lutheran congregations Our Savior's Rock Valley and Peace Valley Plato plan two Pentecost worship services marking the birthday of the Christian church and the American Lutheran Church tenth anniversary. The youth folk mass Winds of God will feature a joint choir, with a service including common folk songs, a sung sermon, the Nicene Creed, and the Lord's Prayer. Services begin at 9:00 a.m. at Peace and 10:30 a.m. at Our Savior's. worshippers are urged to arrive early. Public invited.
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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of
Rock Valley
Pases Lutheran Church
Plato
Ablp
Trnllel South
Rvice
Pente‘pont
American Lutheran Church
United States
Upper Midwest
Bahamas
Alaska
Hawai Hha
Attica Lutheran Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Daolshy
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ammerean Lutheran Church
Foermany
Dr Savior's
Scholarship Grant Offered by Town Association for RC
The Town Association for Retarded Children offers a $100 scholarship or grant to a Sioux County resident. Interested parties should contact Mrs Pete De Groot for an application blank. Applications must be returned by June 1.
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Town Association For
Sioux County
Pete de Groot
Preliminary Figures for 1970 Census in Who's Who
Elliot Ten Clay of Rock Valley and 12 Northwestern College students were named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges by Dean Forrest Van Oss. Dennis Rozaboom received the Rev. and Mrs. J C Van Wyk Mule Award.
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Elliot Ten Clay
Rock Valley
Northwestern College
Forrest van Oss
Dennis Rozaboom
J.C. van Wyk
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