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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1930
Page
5
Today eight o clock market quotes from local dealers include Corn No 4 at 68 cents bushel Oats No 3 white at 22 cents Butter Creamery at 22 Eggs No 1 at 17 cents Poultry prices vary by type Heavy Springs 18 cents Leghorn Springs 15 cents Heavy Hens over 4 lbs 20 cents Light Leghorn Hens 15 cents Ducks 12 cents Local dealers say they will not buy poultry that is unusually thin diseased or full crop.
Salvaged lumber and remaining church property were auctioned yesterday afternoon raising 1167.70. A February sale contributed 808.00 to bring the total for all lumber and material to 1975.70.
The Intermission Alliance plans a three day meeting in Randall starting March 7 with an 11 o clock sermon. Evening sessions will be in English. all are welcome. Three Ladies Aids provide daily dinners while attendees bring lunches, with a hot dish on Sunday.
Mrs K A Gaard died in Frost Minnesota at over 91. Born Kristina Sigmundstad in October 1838 at Fister Stavanger Norway she immigrated to America in 1887 settling first in Roland then Frost. Survived by four sons two daughters 24 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren with husband deceased January 5 1912.
A series of 1930 1932 era notices announce candidacies for Story County offices. Names include Oscar E Tweet Hattie D Fowler Byron Dickey G H Ludwig Earle Smith Frank E Buck Jeffrey G Hougen S B Hanson and others with primaries in June. Locations Nevada Ames Roland MecCallsburg and Evada are named.
Story City took three firsts in oratorical dramatic and humorous divisions at a state preliminary declamatory contest hosted by Story City with Gilbert Roland and McCallsburg. Arlene Jessen led in oratory, Wilma Jessen topped dramatic, Thelma Johnson won humorous, while Ruth Imsland Ferne Thompson Conway Frederickson and Simon Johnson earned runner up spots. Prof. K R Wallace served as critic judge.
Roland beats Zearing 30 20 after trailing 8 4 in the first quarter. Bielefeldt scores 16, Jandall 6, Bert Norem stands at center as the local quintet avenges an earlier 18 16 loss. The game closes the schedule session.
A Story County Farm Bureau program featured plant pathologist R J Porter of Iowa State College detailing crop disease control. He cited 5 cent per acre seed treatment returning 3.08 dollars per acre and dust treatments for barley and oats. Porter noted corn seed dusts raised yields by about 4.4 bushels per acre on 22 farms, with statewide implications of millions of bushels and a value near 13.4 million dollars, urging early planting, dry storage, vitality tests, and crop rotation to curb Dry Rot. The report included a senior players note and upcoming high school games with Radcliffe-Roland and Stanhope-Webster City schedules.
A large turnout from across the county attended Crop Disease day held in the Court Room at Neva da on Thursday February 27. The meeting discussed local agricultural concerns and control measures for crop ailments.
A Marshalltown Luther League gathering features a program of hymns sermons and selections led by Rev. A B Anderson Rev W B Scarvie and local choirs with noon and evening sessions on Saturday and Sunday including ark of the cross hymns Remember Me and Christ or Barabbas and a closing service by the Lake Center groups.
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