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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
7
One cent a word with a minimum charge of ten cents. For sale four Poland China boar pigs listed by Julius Nygaard in Story City. Contact R 8.
Local notes list Ed's Cafe promoting brick ice cream at 45 cents and full line cigarettes. Several residents travel for visits, studies, or work with mentions of Mason City Webster City Decorah and St Olaf College. Community events include a Sunday chicken dinner at El's Cafe and a horse shoe tournament at the Hamilton County Fair.
Lyman Larsen Thomas Jacobson and Robert Askelson traveled north yesterday. Mr Jacobson of Gilbert also joined the trip. Reuben Eliassen left for Brooklyn to teach at Long Island University after visiting the Evans Bros home. Mr and Mrs T G Jacobson and Mr and Mrs H M Bakka with son Dean visited Forest City over Sunday at the Carsons.
Mr and Mrs O M Thompson visited Minneapolis from Sunday to Tuesday with Nellie Anderson joining after a visit here Mildred Anderson, previously a parish worker in Chicago, has accepted a Des Moines position Miss Josephine Fjelland from Clark SD plans at Augustana College Sioux Falls SD Carroll Mathison and wife from Chicago visited for several days He works at Walgreens in Chicago Iowa City bound students Irwin Rosheim Harold Hegland Earl Johnson Herbert Jacobson and Bert Norem left for University of Iowa enrollment this week
Mr and Mrs Andrew Handeland with children Sherwood Leonard and Annabel of Fort Dodge visited Sunday at Mrs Handelands sister Mrs H E Evenson Also Mr and Mrs J J Sandvig of Vincent Mrs Thilda Swenson and daughter and Lewis Orsland of Thor and Mr and Mrs Chester Pearson and children of Radcliffe were guests at the Evans Bros home Mr and Mrs Arthur Hovick and family joined a Sunday visit at Callender for the Larson reunion Ole L Larson of this place now visiting was elected president of the Larson family organization.
The eighth grade forms a Literary society to study Robert's Rules for Order and plans spelling contests with rotating parties for the winning side. Mary J Read spelled Reed in error, while Alma Hill becomes a senior entrant. Baseball captains named and bands organized as pupils prep for performances. The Nevada teachers meeting focuses on reading with Dr W H S Morton of the State University of Nebraska present.
Dr Anna Swenson outlined supervision of reading in primary and intermediate grades. Investigations show failure to pass work stems from poor reading ability, with improvement possible through targeted help. The state superintendent launched a year by year focus on reading and how to study, noting rapid readers excel in understanding. Silent reading rates by grade two to eight are listed, and a second hand book exchange report shows 303 books handled totaling 120.60 at second hand prices with timely payments to sellers.
Kindergarten through sixth grade notes from the Roland Rockets. First graders will observe seeds and butterflies, fourth graders display pet pictures, and ink handling improves with no accidents. Each class has labeled bats, fifth and sixth grades played baseball with the fifth grade ahead, and arithmetic A students are highlighted on the board.
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