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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1933
Page
2
At Oskaloosa Iowa Mayor Burdock changes petty crime sentence from days in jail to cutting wood. A deputy marshal watches the pile to ensure work is completed. Five cords of wood equal fifteen days in jail under the new law.
Two recent Iowa cases show women thwarting crime. Donna Clothier in Fayette grabbed a shotgun from a thief and held him until help arrived. In Sergeant Bluff, Mrs. Adam Weis wrestled control of a car, seized a gun, and escaped, seeking safety at a nearby farmhouse.
Dave Kirkpatrick, a rural mail carrier since 1902, logged about 300000 miles by zigzagging through Grundy County at roughly 27 miles daily. Over 75 mailboxes on his route he delivered more than 2,000,000 pieces of mail while watching communities grow and fade over 31 years.
A Red Oak Iowa housewife traded her canary for a bull snake. With the window open the bull snake entered the cage and devoured the canary. The snake then grew too large to escape between the bars and became trapped in the cage.
A Nebraska teacher complained a pupil talked too much in class and disturbed the school. The father replied with a cutting quip suggesting the mother should be sheared. The note reflects era concerns about mood, NRA, bank failures, and farm strikes amid dire outlooks.
The Hantzell case has moved to the back page as the fare strike begins. The trial is postponed for a few days while one attorney recovers from illness. Interest in the case will revive unless a more sensational development occurs.
Governors from five mid western states tour Washington without gains. President refuses pegging farm prices, citing risks to the New Deal. Henry Ford argues NRA code enforcement harms his plants and edges toward conflict with Hugh Johnson. Farm strike ebbs and flows as pickets leave and truckers pause. Farmers face losses on livestock and perishables while others organize in Wisconsin and Minnesota to oppose the holiday season un-
A local discussion questions small towns achieving gains from long farm produce in the market while backing Uncle Sam price support. The piece jokes about a typesetting error dropping the figure 12 in open pheasant hunting dates November 10 11 17 18 25 28 from noon to five.
Edwin Swank of near Oakville Louisa County Iowa promotes reforestation as a profitable sideline for farmers. He has sold eighty black walnut trees to an Ohio furniture firm for 2000 dollars and a single giant oak for 250 dollars. The buyer supplies cutters and haulage. planting is the only labor for Swank.
In Clarksville Iowa rumors spread that $400000 was found in the Heery brothers home basement and a blow torch opened a safe. Clerk of Courts E L Schellenger denied any safe or money, noting most Heery property is real estate.
Floyd T Mussell of Des Moines faced an unusual incident when his jaws locked while he conducted business in an office building. He could not signal to passersby despite signs until a stranger called a doctor, who freed his jaws. No pain occurred during the event.
Business rebounds at the Little Brown Church in the Vale near Na shau Iowa as the five day marriage law repeal lifts spirits. This September 51 ceremonies were held versus 27 in September last year, signaling a hopeful revival.
The Oelwein Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual fall festival aiming to feed 9,000 people. They purchased 850 pounds of weiners and three barrels of kraut for the event, enough food to feed many families for months.
Grinnell Iowa officials face a puzzle over what to do with a 11 ton cannon donated by the American Legion as a park ornament. Some residents object to its war symbol status while Grinnell weighs options. Nearby Vinton council offers to accept the cannon for a park. Moving the gun remains a herculean task.
A historical note explains natural gas carried in bamboo tubes used in China years ago. A writer mentions boxes that echoed voices of the dead, resembling a phonograph in function. The account highlights early acoustic technology linked to gas conduits and hollow bamboo as sound transmitters.
First grade hosts a Halloween party on Tuesday afternoon. Second grade pupils recited poems during language period last Friday. The Happy Brownies Reading class made stuffed bears and the Bunny Rabbit Reading division made pigs, adding charm to the classroom.
Tuesday children held a Halloween party with games including stepping over jars and a target apple string. They enjoyed candy bars apples and cookies and a large jack o lantern hung for illumination. Lorraine Splear and Miss Smits contributed the jack o lantern and activity setup.
Chatsworth teachers staged a combined Haloween program and party with a pie social. guests included Charles H. Tye, county superintendent, and former Chatsworth leader Ogden. G Vander Berg leads the Chatsworth schools this year with Benita Sidwell and Loretta Lynot among staff. District No. 6 Washington township reports a 12 dollar foot social net from selling thirty pairs of ladies feet, prompting merriment. Miss Bernice Wills teaches there as they start a tooth brushing contest. Prof. Fred Fuller of Iowa State Teachers College will assist with geography teaching and new methods. Sioux City hosts District Parent-Teacher convention on Friday Nov 10 at 9:15 in the YWCA with Rev. East as principal speaker on cooperative enterprise. The County Council of Parent and Teachers and local constitution/by-laws await approval. Mrs. H L Taylor will preside. National Education Week aims to involve all Sioux county parents and friends.
A new farmer inspired movement forms in Sioux County after a West Branch Township meeting led by Peter E. De Vries. The plan urges voluntary price setting to secure fair returns, inviting all farmers or nonmembers to join. A November 13 gathering at Sioux Center skating rink aims to detail the proposal and mobilize support.
Half a century ago Dutch families in Pella Orange City and Sioux Center wore wooden shoes. Orange City still hosts a wooden shoe factory run by Jacob Van Hoff who makes all sizes by hand for wearers and souvenirs sold nationwide.
At Iowa State College Ames a display features Marie Antoinette’s head on a stand and Queen Elizabeth in period attire. Nearby are figures of Eleonore of Austria Madame Pompadour and Josephine Clotilde dressed as they appeared in history. Students in historic costume course arrange 18 inch tall figurines with care.
Keokuk county Iowa held a fall festival with window displays by local businesses. Notable exhibits featured Roy Simpson, assistant postmaster, showing a self stitched quilt, and Dr. L Q Keasey presenting handmade woodwork. Pieces include an antique spinning wheel a covered wagon model a Mayflower model and Napoleon's state coach crafted over eight years.
Charles H. Tye urges families to visit local schools in the coming days. He asks parents to show interest in their children by meeting teachers, praising them as a fine group, and welcoming cooperation with open minds and hearts. Don’t fail to visit your school soon.
Various classifieds including barn dimensions 19x26, a 250-pound red sow, lost blue corduroy coat with sheep skin lining, requests for hides and pelts with high market price, immune Chester White and Poland China boars for sale, auto top repairs and welding services, Crazy Crystal merchandise and Rock Valley mail order offer, and Miss Wright address line.
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