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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices: $1.60 per year in advance, 15 cents per month for under one year, and $2.00 per year outside Story, Hamilton, and Hardin Counties. Foreign subscriptions are $2.50 yearly. Advertising readers cost 10 cents per line, Card of Thanks 50 cents, with display ad rates available on request.
H. J. Amensen left Saturday for Chicago then New York and will sail tomorrow on the S. S. Stavangerfjord for Norway to spend the summer. He travels with Geo. N. Tausan of Gordon, Neb., a former neighbor.
Among the students honored at Town State college annual honors day convocation and banquet Friday evening was Ella Jacobson of this place. Students in the top three percent of their class and the highest grades in each department were recognized.
A district court suit sought 483.95 to recover legislative expense money from Representative Fred Nelson. Nelson issued a statement that he would return the amount to the state treasurer. He said the action is not political and he has no opponent for reelection. The funds relate to the last legislature’s so called salary grab amid controversy.
The Story county stretch of US 30 from Ames to Boone is fully paved now with crews advancing east from the Boone line. A separate Boone crew set a daily paving record of 1,287 feet while sourcing material from Boone. A Jefferson highway segment north of Cole lies a mile north of Zearing with about four miles paved. Eleven miles remain.
After laying asphalt into Zearing the crew will press about five miles south and pave back toward the town. The Colo bound highway will be paved with supplies received at Colo.
Mrs J U Johnson is in Webster City hospital after a serious operation last Saturday. Reports early this week indicate she is progressing as well as expected. Mr J U Johnson and Mr and Mrs T Chelta accompanied her. Church delegates E P Tysdal and R Hatteberg attended a Minneapolis Lutheran convention. Otis Seversieke’s ordination was noted for Sunday.
A text describes multiple Sunday visits and social calls in Story City and surrounding communities. Individuals mentioned include Mr. and Mrs. Eli Espe and Olive Pickett, John Heggen, Isaac Hope, John Severeide, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hake and children, Mrs. Martin Wang, Tom Auestad, Mrs. Johanna Ose, Lester Ose, H. H. Anderson, Iowa Falls, Miss Carrie Ose, Mrs. Lars Ose, Mrs. Anna Olson, Caroline Simons, K. I. Larson, Des Moines, Anna Simonson, Town Falls, Miss Emma Skeie, her sister Lyda, Elmer Hackbarth, and Hamp ton connections. The passage notes Jewish meeting services and teaching assignments as well as visits across several towns.
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