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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1929
Page
5
Local notices recount farewell sermons and visits as residents travel to Holland Minnesota and Michigan for family events and services. Names include Den Herder Vander Stoep Bruins Borgman Willemson Fessilink Koops Wyke Reveke and Van Wyke with hospital, surgery, and a birth announcement among regional updates.
Fragmented report details diverse elementary activity including third grade spelling, tardiness rates, and a list of named students by grade. It notes Van Beek and Ver Menta classes, honors, and shifts in pupil performance with attention to reading, writing, and penmanship in weekly progress. It also mentions a prison outreach talk and a school lunch program plan with ticketing.
Editor A L Halstead received telegrams announcing the deaths of his mother MW Ww CG and his father W Halstead at different times Friday and Saturday. The double funeral occurred in Cor aon with Achate and family and RB Achatz of Lawrenceburg visiting Sheldon.
Sioux County officers prepare for bank robberies with a new machine gun. Sheriff Synhorst notes the weapon, a .45 caliber from the Chipian people, as a preventive measure. The county joins Sioux City as an area owning such a firearm to deter bandits after a spate of robberies and smaller burglaries.
Prince Alb de Sagna ambassador to Belgium visits the United States for the dairy cattle show in Indiana during October. He admires American-bred beasts and notes Belgian interest in Beivin stock while touring local farms and meetings. The event highlights cross national ties in livestock breeding.
Men robbed a Sheldon oil station and the Farmers station on Monday night. At Sheldon, William Dries was tied to a telephone pole after $39 was taken. At Farmers, about $35 in cash and other valuables were stolen. A third incident at Eastside involved a gun and a kidnap attempt, with Dries eventually freeing himself and alerting the sheriff. Suspects described as masked, medium builds, clean shaven, well dressed.
Gerrit Vant Hut visits Chicago and Grand Rapids for several days this week. Wisconsin resident John Vander Velde of Sheldon visits relatives and friends. The First Reformed church held a congregational meeting and invited Rev. P. Van Barden of Michigan to preach next month. Mrs. Fred Redlander Jett plans a Minneapolis trip to see her sons and sister. The Vander getuimmed family has returned from the Netherlands trip begun July 24. New Scott-Petterami cleaner for rent. Henry Carter sells his 160 acre farm four miles east of Rock Valley to Nlaas Driese.
Robert Huie and Mrs. Huie were in an accident three miles east of town on their honeymoon trip to the M. S. Huie home. Mrs Huie intended to turn north. the vehicle skidded on a soft road center and overturned. Huie suffered bruises and was taken to Rock Valley Hospital. his wife escaped with less severe injuries.
Report from Sheldon Mail notes a break in at Farmers Oil Company station during Monday night with the safe door blown off and the rear door lock pried. Nearby Shipping Association offices were entered the same night by a pried window, but no items were taken. No clues were found.
Notes from the Christian Reformed Church mentioning Rev J Gritter as pastor. Services at 8:90 AM in Halland with lessons on the Holy Trinity, a discussion on nature as evidence of God, and a Young People catechism session. Debate on a path of escape from pain, and an invitation to a lecture. The annual family visitation is underway with the pastor visiting half the congregation, east side first. The youth seek to grow a church library as winter evenings approach.
Card of thanks to neighbors and friends for sympathy during illness and death. Appreciation expressed for kindness and beautiful flowers contributed for the occasion by Mr and Mrs George Brandsma.
Open season for pheasants planned with three hunting days November 1 and 2 plus a mid day on November 10. Daily limit three birds regardless of sex, with sunrise to sunset hours. Licenses required. resident fee $1.50, nonresident $4 to $8 depending on length. season rules apply across listed counties.
The church announces plans to gather a larger audience next Sunday amid sorrow from a pastor’s family loss. Members expect a strong turnout, with weekly prayers every Thursday and a focus on spiritual guidance. Special announcements and activities aim to elevate worship and congregational growth.
Local brief notes list residents and visitors returning home after visits at various points. Names include Mr and Mrs Mike Gerdes, Jake Brinkhous, Mr and Mrs W L Wills, A R Trower family, Mrs Herbert Hoven, Helen De Jongh, Herman Bunge, Androw Wlarstid, Hiram Koltheif, and Bert Harmelink. Events mention funerals, Sunday gatherings, and aid society activities.
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