Roland Schools Set to Open Monday
The Roland Consolidated School announces the new term begins Monday at nine. Dismissal at 11 to allow country pupils time to get books. buses depart at noon. A teachers meeting is held Saturday at 2 pm to plan the first day. First graders must be six by January 1, 1932. Parents not accompanying children must provide a birth note and guardian details. Some textbooks and materials are being reduced due to financial conditions. Manual Training and Domestic Science are dropped this year but will return later. New books may be bought at Etna Drug Company with a second hand exchange. List of required books by grade is provided.
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Roland Consolidated
F. A. Gorton
Roland
State Department
Etna Drug Company
Hamilton
Jeschke
Potter
Gillet
Frye
Perry and Price
Potter and Gillet
Brigham and McFarland
Perry and
Price
Hughes
Aldine
Spaulding & Bryce
Beard and Bagley
Receiver Appointed for Lehigh Bank. Shannon to Oversee Two Trusts
J. R. Shannon, receiver of the closed First National Bank at this place, was notified by the comptroller of currency that he has been appointed receiver of the First National Bank at Lehigh, which closed two weeks ago. He leaves to assume duties at Lehigh while continuing as receiver here, thereby managing both trusts.
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J. R. Shannon
First National Bank
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C
Lehigh
Milford School Enrollment by Grade
Milford records show grade enrollments: first 22, second 21, third 23, fourth 20, fifth 14, sixth 21, seventh 17, eighth 12. High school totals: freshman 18, sophomore 12, junior 10, senior 17.
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Milford School
Highway No 15 Opens Through Story and Hamilton Counties
Highway No 15 now open through Story and Hamilton counties with detour signs removed. Highway markers installed on No 116 extending from No 15 east through Story City to Roland.
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Story
Hamilton Counties
Roland
No. 15
Story City
Sivert Opstvedt Dies of Apoplexy at North Town Farm
Sivert Opstvedt died suddenly Saturday night of apoplexy. He was found in the barn at Otis Olson’s North town farm where he served as caretaker while Olson recuperated. Born September 3 1872 at Roland he was 58 turning 59 and unmarried. He leaves two brothers Torres H. and Sam H. Opstvedt plus six deceased siblings. Funeral Tuesday at Ops tvedt home and Bergen church with Rev M O Sumstad.
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Sivert Opstvedt
Otis Olson
Mr. Olson
Mr. Oostvedt
John Sivert Opstvedt
Roland
Halvor
Inger Opstvedt
Torres H
Sam H. Opstvedt
T. H. Opstvedt
Bergen Church
M. O. Sumstad
A. M. Sorenson
Hexum
Rochester
Minn
John N. Kallestad
Leonard
Henry Erickson
Belmond
Refrigerator Cars Join Marshall Canning Fleet
The Marshall Canning company leased 20 refrigerator railroad cars marked with its name and ads. The first car arrived Tuesday carrying sugar and was sent to Marshalltown with canned goods. The cars are heated in winter to ship the company's products.
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Marshall Canning Company
Marshalltown
Will Finish Corn Pack This Week at Marshall Canning Plant
The 1931 corn pack will be finished this week at the Marshall Canning company plant. Officials say the remainder of the crop will be brought in tomorrow and Saturday as the factory operates at full capacity. About 200 to 250 workers have been employed, and nearly $10,000 was paid to employees for the first two weeks of operation. The pack has been successful with good returns to farmers and the company reporting a fine batch of whole grain and cream style corn after motorizing last spring.
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Marshall Canning Company
Roland Band Heads to Gilman for Norse Picnic
The Roland Band travels to Gilman next Monday Labor Day to headline the Leif Erickson picnic. They will perform instrumental and vocal music in English and Norwegian at the grove a mile north of Gilman, as part of the annual Norwegian community celebration.
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Roland
Gilman
Leif Erickson
Labor Day Hours At Local Post Office
The post office will follow holiday hours on Labor Day with lobby access for box holders all day while windows remain closed most of the day. Postmaster A M Michaelson notes the arrangement aims to ease mail service during the holiday.
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A. M. Michaelson
Bake sale and luncheon for Bergen church organ fund
The Ladies Aid of Bergen church will host a bake sale and luncheon at the Michaelson and Jacobson store next Saturday afternoon and evening. Sandwiches pie cake and coffee will be served. Proceeds go to the church organ fund.
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Ladies Aid Society of
Bergen
Michaelson & Jacobson
Organ Fund
Farm Builds New Hog House Northeast of Town
C. O. Highland leads a crew on a farm northeast of town where he recently bought land from H. B. Risdal and is constructing a modern hog house measuring 36 by 20 feet. S. O. Birkeland has leased the farm and will move there next spring.
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C. O. Highland
Town
H. B. Risdal
S. O. Birkeland
Rural Schools Open in Local Districts
Rural schools in the area opened last Monday. Teachers listed include Mayme Leversieke, Anna Christianson, Hazel Townswick, Florence Quam, Gladys Langland and others in Howard No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, Shady Lawn in Hamilton county, Viking school in Hamilton county and Shady Lawn. The Record will publish news from Roland, Milford and McCallsburg schools as well.
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Howard
Mayme Leversieke
Anna Christianson
Hazel Townswick
Shady Lawn
Hamilton County
Florence Quam
Viking
Gladys Langland
Record
Roland
Milford
McCallsburg
Gustav Larson Dies After Sliver Infection and Lockjaw
Gustav Larson 49, a farmer on the Raymond farm southwest of town, died Saturday night in Story City hospital after a neglected finger sliver led to a festering wound and lockjaw. Funeral at Grace Evangelical Church Story City with Rev. Fuller. interment South St. Petri cemetery. Survived by brothers Iver and Louis Larson, Story City.
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Gustav Larson
Raymond
Story City
Larson
Grace Evangelical Church
Fuller
South St. Petri
Mr. Larson
Iver
Louis Larson
Tire thefts strike factory parking lot. two Ames suspects nabbed
Luke Bakka, assigned to watch the factory parking area, chased two men after seeing one working on a car wheel. Mansell Lee of Ames and Bill Bennett of Ames were arrested in Nevada after a pursuit and confession. Earlier thefts include $40 from C A Fagerland’s barber shop and two tires stolen from Ove Holland.
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Canning Factory
Luke Bakka
Bakka
Nevada
Ward
Mansell Lee
Ames
Bill Bennett
Lee
Roland
Bennett
C. A. Fagerland
Ove Holland
Devastating Midwest Storm Lays Waste to Town and Farms
A severe Monday night storm ripped through the town of Roland and surrounding areas, uprooting trees and tearing down power lines. Heavy rains filled creeks to the banks, windows were shattered, and several outbuildings, a silo, and a garage were destroyed or damaged. The Julia Christian estate suffered major tree loss, while a farm northwest of Cambridge burned after a lightning strike, wiping out barns and livestock in the inferno. City electric workers shut off power to prevent further danger as damage totaled in the thousands.
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Joseph Hoversten
Julia Christian
Resdence
E. B. Ericson
Neilson
M. J. Rod
Roland
Main Street
B. J. Solyst
P. M. Marten
Nell Seymour
Bank
Hide
Cambridge
McCallsburg School Reopens Under New Superintendent Mayo
McCallsburg schools start the year with Norris A Mayo as superintendent. High school staff includes Ray Tisdale principal Zearing Lucille Druse Oskaloosa Pearle Lenhart Sioux Rapids Wm Serret Humeston. Grades and teachers listed with bus drivers and janitor Sampson.
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McCallsburg
Norris A. Mayo
Ray Tisdale
Zearing
Lucille Druse
Oskaloosa
Pearle Lenhart
Sioux Rapids
Wm. Serret
Humeston
Helen Morris
Cedar Rapids
Edyth Hill
Naomi Wherry
Fernald
Gladys Trustem
Lake Mills
Veda Shold
Roland
Birdella
Record News Deadline and Publication Schedule
The Record urges submission on Monday or Tuesday when possible and by Wednesday at the latest. All type is set the first of the week, and the paper goes to print Thursday morning.
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Roland Schools
Gorton
Pieper
Beauchamp
Europe
Robinson & Beard
Hawkes
Luby
Touton
Harper
Gray & Jenkins
Luky
Halleck
Leiper
Millikan
Gale & Pyle
Muzzey
Towne
Roland Band
Erickson Park
Supreme Triumph
Fred Jewell
Washington Grays
C. S. Grafulla
C. L. Barnhouse
John P. Kinsall
J. F. Wagner
M. L. Lake
Henry Fillmore
India
K. L. King March, “Stars and Stripes Forever
John P. Sousa
Longfield
Des Moines
Knudt Longfield
Pal
M’callsburg
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