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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1941
Page
2
A condensed professional directory listing Dr. G J Schroeder dentist at 183 Stock Valley Texas and Dr. AL Lock physician and surgeon residing at 96 Cities Rock Valley Iowa. The notice presents two medical professionals with contact locations in a single historical directory snippet.
The Rock Valley Bee lists George Bowers as publisher and second class mail matter status at Rock Valley Iowa under March 3 1979 act with a $2.00 yearly subscription rate.
An old style classified ad notice outlines word based charges, advance payment urged, and account details. It mentions The Best For Sale and Want Ads service, telephone contact, and painting store references. It notes weekly sales by Yankton Livestock Sales Company with Saturdays sales schedule.
Local market notes list weekly revisals from Rock Valley with varied items including poultry ducks hogs and packers. Mentions wells drillers and a convent works alongside a water merchant and references to pricing and quantities.
New stock of hatoyanl proof horse hide feather Wolverine Shoes marketed as waterproof. Leather Shine Eaves Bree pairs offered at $2.85 each. Rebuild service advertised to restore old shoes. Free fitting assistance available. Located in Varley, Iowa.
High School events on May 12 featured a student reflection session after a delicious dinner served by Methn Gist Indies, with Mr. McGill as toastmaster. Rotarian songs, games supervised by Reverend Tene, and a show by Orplenm sucile followed. Baccalaureate services set for May 18 at 8:00 pm in the high school auditorium with a full program including processional, scripture readings, choir numbers, a sermon, solo, and orchestral pieces.
Swiee students excelled in spelling led by Ari and Jirrell Calsteck amid a busy week. Fourth graders staged a Mother's Day program and made house plants started in school over a month. Sixth graders hiked to the river, while seventh and eighth graders toured Sioux Valley and observed monuments. Various class activities, elections for campus offices, and tests highlighted the week, with ranks in tests like Comprehension and Geography noted.
Rock Valley Iowa the annual financial report covers receipts from county tax general government and other sources totaling 14882 53 for the year ending March 31 1941. It lists street department sewer water works and municipal obligations with a total outstanding balance and a cash statement showing a balance on hand April 1 1941 of 13.00 and total valuations of property subject to taxation including railroad telephone telegraph express and other property at 337251 00.
Lawyers of County will hold a meeting at Slows County to organize a county association. The gathering is set for Wednesday, May 4, with members of the district association in attendance. A dinner at the Hawkeye hotel may precede the meeting.
The excerpt outlines a town park with a concrete spillway dam creating a fifty acre lake. It mentions pleasant grounds, rowboats, a swimming beach, a golf course, and crowded summer usage, noting the effort towns invest to create such attractions.
The piece discusses restoring Ernisse Lake to its former condition as a park feature. It notes land purchase and dredging would be costly, dredging a small body of water simple, erosion prevention costly, and public demand could drive feasibility. It emphasizes the lake as a natural resource that could be useful someday.
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