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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
5
Morning market notes show corn oats and butter prices from local dealers. Carnival program announced features athletic stunts and a crowning at 10 o'clock with an invitation to attend and support the new venture.
Sophia and Mildred Haynes start fourth and fifth grades. Orville Sharp is absent. Miss Mosteller vacationed in Polk City. Basketball practice begins. Junior class prepares the play Yimmie Yonson's Job for December 1 with a named cast. Athletic association to run a refreshment stand at the state husking contest on Friday November 6 to aid the athletic fund. November calendar lists PTA meeting November 11 and state teachers convention November 12-18, Jordan and Maxwell basketball games, the Junior High Declamatory contest, and Thanksgiving vacation slated for November 26-27.
Traffic now detoured via Hubbard with eastbound pavement into town and north on the old road for five miles. An underpass is planned under the Northwestern railroad near Hubbard. Ellsworth stores were broken into last week with $125 reported stolen from Wm Ennis garage and two service stations. Alden bakery closed for lack of customers. Eastern Hamilton and western Hardin Masons form a regional group meeting in towns Alden Williams Hubbard Radcliffe Jewell. Former Story City resident Nels Engebretson died October 22 near Harrison Nebraska at 68. Story City breaks ground on a new band stand in the park.
The high school carnival is Friday evening November 6 in the McCallsburg school gym. Proceeds go to the athletic fund. Highlights include a minstrel Old Virginia, staged by colored entertainers, with comedy and music, plus hot dogs popcorn and candy and various side shows in a lively fund raising event.
Miss Hazel Omundson entertained twelve guests at her northwest Ro land home on a candle lit afternoon. A pumpkin pull revealed black cats with a tag bearing the names and date November 26. Guests wrote sketches of the hostess life and shared a two course luncheon with her mother assisting. Attendees included Florence Quamn Blanche Oming Alice Christian Gladys Cole Mrs Omar Anfinson Beat rice Arneson Olive Swenson Laurentia Swenson Orella Swenson.
Iowa State hosts the Kansas Aggies on Saturday in Ames in a pivotal Big Six contest. Kansas brings three conference wins over Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma while Iowa State, fresh off a 20 to 0 upset of Missouri and an 18 to 12 victory over Oklahoma, aims to disrupt the visitors. Dad's Day adds extra crowd and pageantry as Merl Ross offers ticket info.
The article notes unusually warm fall weather keeps crops thriving. M Hegland recalls this year as a record, citing ripe strawberries from the M O Anderson home harvested on Thursday October 29. The ordinary garden varieties reportedly yield a second crop this year.
A birthday gathering Sunday hosted by relatives and friends included Mr and Mrs T H Opstvedt Mr and Mrs Joe Chelsvng Mr and Mrs Eli Opstvedt Mr and Mrs Henry Opstvedt Mr and Mrs M H Wierson Mr and Mrs Otis Johnson and Mr and Mrs Tom Knutson plus many family members from Garden City and surrounding names.
The doctor's young daughter watches as her father tests her brother's heart and lungs. She asks about new stations, reflecting a households' curiosity amid a news room notice urging timely submissions for the Record.
Peter Tarbell, once a rising theater doorkeeper, endures public humiliation by Hilda Taypay, quits the theater, and drifts into janitorial work amid poverty and a fragile marriage. He guards two women in a cramped lower east side tenement while facing danger from hardship and a derelict singer.
Dogs led by women owners along Park Avenue show coats brushed to the nth degree and featuring a latest garb detail a small side pocket with a neatly folded handkerchief protruding. The display mirrors high sartorial taste in canine fashion and overall elegance.
The rural school held a Halloween program on October 30 with songs recitations and dialogues led by students including Hazel Henryson Genevieve Henderson Hyla Frette and Judith Thorson. About 60 people attended and $9.10 was raised for lunch baskets and candy plus flowers from local residents were received.
Notice of a sheriff's sale in Story County Iowa issued after a 1931 judgment for Aetna Life Insurance against Howard B Twedt Jessie Michaelson Tweet Lena and Maurice J Michaelson. The Southeast Quarter of Section 35 Township 85 Range 23 West contains about 160 acres. Sale set for November 12 1981 at 2 15 PM at the Nevada Court House to satisfy a debt of 17424 58 with 214 24 attorney fees and 34 70 costs plus interest.
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