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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
7
Market notes indicate a sale of mixed Jersey pigs and other stock. Buyers are invited to inspect the hogs described as large type Siuswe Jersey males with potential for breeding and market weight. Auction details and timing to be announced.
Des Moines visitor Kevin Nelson spent time in Ames over the past week. Klissa Florence Quamn hosted friends on New Year’s Eve. Agnes Starson and Clarence Starson visited Ames Friday. E.R. Idso of Ferguson came for several days with relatives. Sarah Olson of Thor visited the Howren home recently. Darling of Grundy Center visited A. C. Magnussen Monday evening. Anna Solberg returned to Work Rapids to teach. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bellmer of Watertown visited over New Year’s at the Larson home. C. O. Highland left for Columbia Heights to run a sale. M. L. Olson of Omaha Swab visited during the holidays. Oscar Helvigy returned home to Wood Lake after a 24‑day visit. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Levi and Enanwily of Forest City are visiting relatives in Ames and Nevada. Hiram Tweet and family visited the Stole home in Ames. Hazel Townswick returned to Cellar Falls to work at IS Teachers College. J. F. club met with Mrs. Hosea Jondall. Mrs. Vernon Steffen of Grundy Center was a guest. Ethel Townswick returned to Ames to lead as principal. James Logan’s couple welcomed a son born December 2. Roland High basketball team to face Zearing on Friday January 9 with first game at 7:30. Levert Starson and family hosted dinner with several neighbors Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Silas Nelson hosted guests including Mr and Mrs John Stole and Mr and Mrs Nels Stole and families for New Year dinner. Carl Sparboe hosted at dinner with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Halverson and son and Mr and Mrs Magnus Olson. Golden Thompson left for Chicago for a conference then resumed seminary studies in Napierville Illinois. Henry Nelson returned from Des Moines after holidays with his daughter and Max K Wiggins family. J A Simser manager of the local telephone exchange regained activity downtown after a month at home due to illness.
A sequence of social notes details visits and gatherings in central Iowa. The Holland families welcomed guests including Berlin Holland and Robert Grooters from Iowa Falls. Hegland family members and friends traveled to Des Moines and Iowa City, while others moved between Roland, Nevada, and Lake Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Egeland hosted New Year’s Day dinner with Lieut. and Mrs. Hal Myrah and son Junior of Manhattan Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Myrah, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wiggins with their sons from Story City.
Benjamin Duen returned Friday from a holiday trip to Maryland and Washington D C and left again Sunday for Valley Junction to resume his duties as athletic coach. In Washington he met Roy Grove a former Roland resident.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Borwick entertained Sunday evening with guests including Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Holland and children from Boone Elmer Buffington of Zearing Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Norem Mr. and Mrs. Overt I. Holland and families and Berlin Holland plus Bailus Holland and families.
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Eggland hosted a New Year’s Day dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. Martin and daughter Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Martin and Mrs. Alma Martin and daughter Ruth of Nevada, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Grove, Miss Martha Sheldahl, Erwin, Ernest and Sam Eggland.
Thor and Helen Hegiland hosted a New Year’s Day dinner at their southeast Roland home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Martens and family, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Martens and son Lars, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Martens and family, Mrs. B. L. Hammersland, Miss Ardis Jondall, and Peter Hammersland.
A. L. Lawrence, receiver for the First National Bark, traveled to Alcester South Dakota on Saturday and returned Sunday with Mrs. Lawrence and their children Norma Jean and Jimmie They have moved into the J W Rasmussen residence recently vacated by Mr and Mrs Jeffrey Michaelson where they will make their home
Arnie J. Johnson of this place and Joseph T. Johnson of Story City left Saturday evening for Fort Morgan Colorado where they were summoned by the illness of their brother Atty L G Johnson who was operated on or treated for a stomach complication Friday He is reported as progressing as well as can be expected under the circumstances.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Brown and Jess Northrup of Waupun Wisconsin left for home last week when their car rolled on the highway near Dike. Mrs Brown cut her head while Mr Brown cut his leg. They were treated at Cedar Walls hospital and continued their trip the next day.
An error in last week's Record stated J A Knudtson and Lloyd Erickson families joined H J Prescott for Christmas Eve dinner. In fact Ericksons were in Ames while Knudtsons dined with the My and Mrs Henry Knudtson. New Year’s Day dinner at A B Anderson’s included O B Anderson and Forest City, Wesley Springer McCallsburg, Richard, Amos, Clarence and Oscar Anderson and their families, plus Irwin Anderson.
Mrs John Johnson received a silverware set as a birthday gift Sunday afternoon at her parents home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ingvald Hagen of Brooklyn NY Mr and Mrs Nels Osvey and family and Sarah Hill of Radcliffe Mr and Mrs Albert Hill and son of Randall Mr and Mrs J J Hill of McCallsburg Mrs Malinda Severeide Mr and Mrs R V Rasmussen and daughter Mr and Mrs Jd T Molde and children and Mr and Mrs Christ Egeland all of this place.
Distant relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mrs Ellen Christian last Wednesday. Among those present were Mrs P O Tolbertson of Spicer Minn Mrs H O Christian of Kenyon Minn Lewis and Clarence Christian of Butterfield Minn Mrs Sarah Christian and Reuben Christian of Scranton Martin Christian of Fort Dodge Erick Christian of Jewell Mrs J A Rutherford of Minneapolis Mr and Mrs C E Hummel of Waterloo Mr and Mrs Floyd Olson of Randall E R Grove of Ames E O Munson B M Rasmusson and Lars Darby of Story City and Ross Johnson of St Anthony.
Improvements completed on the Savim half section farm two miles southwest of town include a flowing well finished by Severt and Malcom Larson, enhancing irrigation and water access for the property.
We express gratitude to those who offered sympathy during our mother Mrs. Ellen Christian’s illness and death. Special thanks go to Rev Olaf Helen for comforting words and to Mr and Mrs O S Boyd and Otto J Hanson for music and floral offerings from The Christian children.
Friends and relatives gathered Tuesday at the Old Peoples Home in Story City to honor Ole R. Anderson Skaare, who turned 90. Attendees included Rev. M Q Sumstad, M H Twedt, Andrew H Twedt, T H Opstvedt, Olaus Osheim, Lena Thompson, Johanna Osheim, Lenora Osheim, Sam Opstvedt, Abel Twedt, and Sjur Ersland.
Mrs. T. S. Erickson of Sioux City and her son Lawrence Erickson were injured when another driver’s car struck their vehicle in Beresford South Dakota on Christmas Day. Mrs Erickson suffered a wrenched back and cannot walk. both were bruised and the other driver was arrested.
Miss Lila Childers and Clifford H. Jondall were married December 29 in Trenton Mo with Rev J M Linnell of Spickard Mo officiating. Attendants were Miss Grace Linnell and Roy Ashbrook of Spickard. The couple return to their home and will reside at the Childers residence.
At a Roland Parent-Teacher Association meeting the group approved toxin-antitoxin treatment for diphtheria for school children. Treatment is urged but not compulsory. The program featured community singing with Prof. Thomas A. Gardner of the State University at Iowa City delivering the principal address and Miss Pauline Cowles of Des Moines speaking. The program also included musical performances by the high school boys quartet and a duet by Misses Maxine Thompson and Dorothy Boyd.
Multiple towns report the state highway commission rerouted Highway 169 to avoid Boxholm and Dayton, ending long campaigns to route traffic through the towns. Ellsworth builds its own electric plant, leaving Central States Electric. Obituary notes J J Brekke of Radcliffe, an evangelist remembered across neighborhoods. O Ostrem of Jewell hosts an 80th birthday in Des Moines with family. Fred Hahne of Webster City buys a 340 acre Webster City farm to relocate his 600 Aberdeen Angus herd from Harlan. St Olaf choir itinerary noted.
The 1931 tour includes 21 central west and southern cities with a Sioux City show on January 18 and a Des Moines finale on February 10. Judge Q J Henderson of Webster City presided at his first district court session since illness, delivering sentence in his home.
The Roland Rockets column notes teachers enjoyed vacation and students return to routine. Highlights include a Christmas Seal sale with grade-by-grade results, student movements between grades, a Zearing game on home floor, and language aid for Andrew Sorem. Health screenings by Miss Pauline Cowies aim to detect eye, ear, teeth, and tonsil issues in pupils.
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