Bank Takes Over Zearing Branch Bank
The Story County bank has acquired the Zearing branch from Whitten Union State Bank of Union and will operate it as a branch. Deposits rise by about 50000 dollars as the branch transfers its resources to the main office. T. F. Reynolds remains in charge at Zearing, opening 9:00 to 1:00 daily and aiding here each afternoon. R. A. Sweet stays cashier with S. R. Linn as bookkeeper.
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Story County
State Bank of
Zearing
Whitten-Union State Bank of Union
State Banking Department
G. B. Jensen
Euclid Avenue State Bank
Des Moines
Whitten Union Bank
Jensen
L. T
T. F. Reynolds
Hearing
Mgr. Reynolds
Whitten
R. A. Sweet
S. R. Linn
Dairymen Report Strong November Milk and Fat Averages
November figures show 413 cows on Story No 2 Cow Testing with 561 pounds milk and 23.0 fat monthly. Five herds exceeded 30 pounds fat, led by Lafly’s Brown Swiss at 39.3 fat. Of 336 cows in milk, 58 topped 40 fat, including Princess Belle at 68.4 fat from Lafly and Logsdon’s No. 14 and No. 76 with 63.6 and 61.6 pounds respectively.
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No. 2
John Hansman
Red Logsdon
Tom H. Wicks
J. F. Lafly
Fred Logsdon
Kenneth Pirie
Tax sale held in Story County despite moratorium push
The Story County tax sale went ahead in Nevada on Monday with few bids after residents petitioned for a 60 day moratorium. Officials say moratorium is impossible and would complicate land titles, so bidding opened at the scheduled start and the sale will reconvene January 11.
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Story County
Nevada
Printing partnership offer from Rod Publishing Co
Rod Publishing Co invites Roland to handle printing work, asserting capability across printing line tasks. The note seeks a chance to supply services.
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Roland
Salem Ladies Aid Luncheon and Bake Sale Saturday
The December committee will serve a hot luncheon at Frederickson's store on Saturday afternoon. Hot meat sandwiches pie and whipped cream are 15 cents. There will also be cake doughnuts cookies and more.
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Salem Ladies Aid
Frederickson’s
Roland volunteer firemen host insurance official briefing
The Roland Volunteer Fire Department met Thursday evening with Capt. Henry Jurgensen of the Iowa Insurance Service Bureau in Des Moines in attendance. Jurgensen has visited previously to teach the department methods of fighting fires and giving first aid.
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Roland Volunteer Fire Department
Henry Jurgensen
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau
Des Moines
Jurgensen
Burg Boy Active Student Curtis Ritland at Waldorf College
Curtis Ritland son of Mr and Mrs O E Ritland of McCallsburg is an active Waldorf College student in Forest City. He serves as student body president and basketball team captain. He played end on the Waldorf football team which lost one game in the Junior College conference. He is a sophomore in teacher training and participates in choir Kappa Delta Chi Lutheran Brotherhood and Gospel Team. He graduated McCallsburg high in 1930 and was captain of the football team and senior class president in high school.
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Curtis Ritland
O. E. Ritland
McCallsburg
Waldorf College
Forest City
Kappa Delta Chi Literary Society
Lutheran Brotherhood
The
Gospel Team
Waldorf
Future Teacher Club
Ritland
McCallsburg High School
Rol and Community Club Holds December Meeting
The December Rol and Community Club gathering at the school house was led by President C A Fagerland. Delegates discussed street lighting, free Christmas treats, and volunteer night watchmen. A committee of Skromme and Rod will consult with state highway officials on the primary road into Roland. The Howard Township Farm Bureau meeting was postponed to next month. County Agent Paul Burson attended and spoke briefly. The next meeting is planned for January with a special program.
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Roland Community Club
C. A. Fagerland
Osmundson
Lars J. Skromme
G. E. Rod
Fred White
State Highway Commission
Roland
Story City
Howard Township Farm Bureau
Paul Burson
Nevada
Autogiro at Nevada offers free rides to locals
The Des Moines Register and Tribune's autogiro Good News III visited Nevada on Friday and gave free rides to Story County residents. Roland area newsboys Donald Boyd and Myron Rod each rode, along with Arthur J. Rod editor of the Record, who had met a sales quota.
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Des Moines Register and Tribune
Good News III
Nevada
Story County
Roland
Donald Boyd
Myron Rod
Arthur J. Rod
The
Record
Fractured Arm For Sampson After Tractor Backfires
Sam Sampson of southeast of town sustained a fracture of the bones of his right arm Tuesday when the tractor he was cranking backfired.
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Sam Sampson
Ameri Can Legion Auxiliary Plans Charitable Gifts
Regular meeting at the Jacob Erickson home featured a vote to distribute funds to charity. Two checks for 1.30 each were sent to the state department for Christmas Cheer and the disabled, with additional gifts of 6.00 to Roland Week Day School of Religion and 5.00 to Story County Social Service League. A 5.00 donation went to former member Miss Laura Dyben dal at Oakdale sanitarium, plus Christmas Cheer for shut-ins with flowers and fruit. Next meeting set at Iver Hegland home with Mrs. Hegland and Mrs. J. A. Snyder hosting.
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AmeriCan Legion Auxiliary
Jacob Erickson
Roland Week Day School of Religion
Story County Social Service League
Laura Dybendal
Oakdale Sanitarium
Iver Hegland
Hegland
J. A. Snyder
Stiegelmeier and Cole Married in Salem Lutheran Parsonage
Miss Leta Charlene Stiegelmeier of Nevada and Mr. Ernest Cole of Roland were married at the Salem Lutheran parsonage on a Wednesday evening with Rev. Olaf Helen officiating. The double ring ceremony united the couple, who plan to farm near Collins after March first, as relatives note.
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Leta Charlene Stiegelmeier
Nevada
Ernest Cole
Roland
Salem Lutheran Parsonage
Olaf Helen
Lavon Steigelmeier
Virgil Cole
Cole
Lew Steigelmeier
Nevada High School
R. H. Donnelley
Clara Cole
Collins
Child breaks arm in fall at home
Lina Hill four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs M A Hill sustained a fracture of the bone in her right arm above the elbow after falling down stairs at their home yesterday afternoon. She fell two steps and landed badly.
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Lina
Roland-Adamsaler Barber Shop Christmas Sale Ad
Notice urges customers to bring suits hats coats and dresses for Christmas rush and promises to compete with wagon prices at Fagerland Barber Shop in Roland.
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Roland
Fagerland Barber Shop
County Farm Bureau to Hold 1931 Annual Meeting
The Story County Farm Bureau schedules its annual meeting for December 15 in Nevada at the new Methodist church basement. Morning talks cover treasurer Leroy D. Jones and 4-H reports by Mrs. L. W. Golden and Mrs. John S. Mather plus Paul M. Burson’s farm bureau activities report. An afternoon address by Charles E. Hearst will headline with the annual county officer election. Community singing and a noon pot luck dinner are planned.
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Story County Farm Bueau
New Methodist Church
Nevada
Leroy D. Jones
Grant Township
L. W. Golden
County Home Projects
John S. Mather
Glenn Anderson
Farm Bureau
O. S. Swandahl
Huxley
General Farm Bureau
Paul M. Burson
Methodist Church
Nevada Community Club
Fred Nelson
Charles E. Hearst
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
4-H Club Party Set At Iowa State College
An all county 4-H club party will be held Saturday afternoon December 12 starting at 1 15 p m in the Great Hall Memorial Union building Ames Iowa State College. 4 H club members local leaders parents and friends are urged to attend. A program of games stunts and the introduction of county officers and honor club members is planned. Refreshments will be served. The event marks the end of the year’s work and the start of next year’s activities.
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Memorial Union
Iowa State College
Ames
Boys and Girls to Meet for 4-H Christmas Party
The Howard Township 4-H Boys and Girls will hold a December meeting jointly at the Hannes Bisdal home Thursday evening December 17. The gathering will feature a Christmas party and each member should bring a ten cent gift for the grab bag.
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Howard Township
4-H
Hannes Bisdal
Helping Hand Society Elects New Salem Church Officers
New officers were elected at the Helping Hand society annual meeting held Saturday at Salem church. Karene Eggland was chosen president Evelyn Anderdon as vice president Ruth Snyder as secretary and Betty Thompson as treasurer.
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The
Helping Hand Society of Salem Church
Karene. Eggland
Evelyn Anderdon
Ruth Snyder
Betty Thompson
Ladies Aid Sale At Bergen Church Nets $111
The South East Ladies Aid society of Bergen church held their annual dinner and sale at the parish house Friday. The sale of articles amounted to 41.55 and the dinner and food 69.45, totaling 111.00.
Cumps to Address Legion Post on Adjusted Certificates
Andy Cumps prominent Des Moines Legionaire spoke here yesterday and will return tonight to address the American Legion post at the schoolhouse meeting on the payment of the Adjusted Compensation Certificates.
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Andy Cumps
Des Moines
Mr. Cumps
American Legion
Funeral held for Mrs. E. N. Egeland at Story City
A funeral was held Monday in Story City for Mrs. E. N. Egeland, whose death occurred last week. Relatives and friends from here attended. she was mother of Mrs. H. E. Lura of this place and well known locally.
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Story City
E. N. Egeland
Priscilla Society Elects New Bergen Church Officers
The Priscilla society of Bergen church held its December 3 meeting electing Ruth Anderson as president Agnes Farson as vice president Lenora Osheim as secretary and Florence Jacobson as treasurer New committees were named for Membership Calendar and Program Willing Workers society also chose Correne Norem as president Ruth Peterson as vice president Wilma Risdal as secretary and Florence Jacobson as treasurer with calendar and membership posts filled by multiple members.
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Priscilla Society of
Bergen
Ruth Anderson
Agnes Starson
Lenora Osheim
Florence Jacobson
Dorothy Rod
Esther Cole
Betty Britson
Jenny Jandall
Florence Olson
Ella Jacobson
Charlotte Cole
Willing Workers Society
Correne Norem
Ruth Peterson
Wilma Risdal
Alice Thompson
Ruth Rod
Charlotte Hegland
Bertha Anderson
Esther Norem
Bessie Nelson
Ethel Anderson
Old Jail to be Moved from Town Center
Town council approves trading the old frame jail near the water tank for a frame building on the north side of the tracks once used as a cement block factory. Abel J. Helvig plans to move the jail to his farm three miles east of town for town storage. The jail, built over thirty years ago, has not held prisoners for years as a modern steel cell exists in the town hall.
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Abel .J. Helvig
Britson Lumber Company
Tivin
Snow Removal Notice to Property Owners
Property owners with sidewalks in front of their lots must remove snow within ten hours after a snowfall. If not, the street commissioner will clear the walks and costs will be charged against the owner's taxes. Keep sidewalks clear for neighbors. Mayor M. D. Rod.
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M. D. Rod
Roland Street Decorated For Holidays Lights On Main Street
Roland Community Club finished a holiday light display on Main Street with 300 feet of wire and bulbs along each side. A separate committee plans a Saturday December 19 Santa Claus candy giveaway for children. Full details will appear next week.
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Roland
S. H. Frederickson
J. E. Bruser
J. E. Michaelson
the Record
Organize Warehousing Board Seals County Cribs for Loans
The Story county warehousing board is reorganized to aid farmers in sealing cribs and securing advances on sealed corn. State sealers under M G Thornburg supervise the process, inspect cribs, and calculate corn quantity and grade. Sealers include Fred Nelson, S O Birkeland, Robert Jack Cole, C E Adkins, and C M Webb.
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Farm Bureau
W. L. Lobaugh
Nevada
Jacob Solberg
Fernald
John Erickson
Cambridge
Lobaugh
Iowa
Des Moines
Story County
Fred Nelson
S. O. Birkeland
Roland
Robert Jack
Cole
C. E. Adkins
C. M. Webb
National. Corn Credit. Corporation of Chicago
Notice to Farmers from Roland Co-Operative Shipping Association
The Roland Co-Operative Shipping Association urges farmers to use its services for livestock shipping to markets. Trucking and handling charges are minimized with Des Moines market deliveries at 25 cents per hundred for half loads or more, 32 cents per ewt for pickups, and rail shipments at 8 cents per hundred including home expense and insurance. Contact local manager M. J. Rad or trucker O. M. Sevde to list livestock ready for market.
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Roland Co-Operative Shipping Association
Des Moines
M. J. Rad
O. M. Sevde
Geographical Oddities From National Geographic Society
The list cites unusual measurements and placements such as Réno, Nevada being west of Los Angeles by 100 miles and Jacksonville, Florida west of Cleveland. It notes Canada reachable by heading south from Detroit and explains Panama’s isthmus bends the sun’s rising and setting, with New York positioned west of the Pacific coast near Chile. Rod Publishing Co. sent Christmas greeting cards.
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Réno
Nevada
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Florida
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Canada
Panama
New York
Pacific
Chile
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BANK
Burg
Autogiro
Senu
Bureau
National
Gegraphic Society
the Rod Publishing Co
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