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A TREASURE SCRAPBOOK

Ruth M .F. Tucker rescued this scrapbook full of articles and photos from a flea market in
Waterloo, Iowa in 2003.  Clippings don’t contain information as the newspaper they are from, and
very few have years noted.  Some of the dates are estimated from the contents of the clippings.

We graciously thank Ruth for sharing this for the Lyon County, Iowa website.  Ruth is not
related to any of the individuals.

W.C. JACKMAN

 W. C. Jackman, popular Rock Rapids school man, who next year is to take over the
superintendency of the Sheldon public schools. Mr. Jackman, who was re-elected by the Rock
Rapids board of education, decided on the move on account of the fact that it was a real
“promotion”.

DEATH OF BOB DICKINSON

Ca. 1941 – 1945

   Mrs. J. W. Dickinson has received a letter from the Lee Gillis’ of Omaha, informing her of
the death of their son, Bob, in the Southwest Pacific.

   Mr. Gillis was superintendent of the Rock Rapids schools in the early 1920’s, coming here to
succeed Lester Ary. Bob was born just before Gillis took charge of the local schools and he more
or less got his start in life in Rock Rapids. They left here in 1926.

  In the letter, Mr. Gillis said that the government had notified him Bob was missing in action,
but that a buddy from Omaha, in the same outfit, had written home. According to this flyer, “Bob
was returning from a rather long bombing mission, when an oil leak developed He was ordered to
the closest field, but could not make it. He made a water landing with his usual competence and
go into his raft. Within a short time the rescue PBY which accompanied such missions located
him. They flew over him at a height of 20 feet and dropped smoke bombs and turned immediately to
land, but in that short time Bob and his boat had disappeared.

LOUIS KOHL GOES TO LUVERNE AFTER 14 YEARS HERE
TO BE INDUSTRIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR; SEVERAL FACULTY CHANGES HERE

  Louis Kohl, manual training instructor in the Rock Rapids high schools for the past 14 years,
was granted a release from his contract by the board of education Friday, and this week began
his duties as industrial arts instructor in the Luverne junior and senior high schools.

  Several changes in the teaching personnel in the local schools are the result of Mr. Kohl’s
release. Robert Porter, 5th and 6th grade teacher in the grade school was promoted to science
teacher in the junior high and will take over duties as assistant coach.

  Ralph Birchard, who has held the junior high position, has been transferred to the high school
where he will teach biology, English and junior business training. Principal Crawford will have
charge of the manual training in addition to the principalship.

MACDONALD-MEANS WEDDING SUNDAY
AFFAIR HELD IN SIOUX FALLS; TO MAKE RESIDENCE IN CITY
(17 June 1934)

  A wedding of interest to a large circle of friends took place in Sioux Falls Sunday morning,
June 17, at 8 o’clock, when Miss Dorothy MacDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. MacDonald, of
Sioux Falls, and Mr. Haven LaVerne Means, of this city, son  of Frank L. Means, of Berkeley,
Cal., were married in the home of the bride. The Rev. Charles Gerlinger, pastor of the First
Congregational church, performed the ceremony.

  The bride wore a knitted outfit in blue and carried a Colonial bouquet. Immediately after the
ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served to the relatives and a few close friends. Appointments
were in Miss MacDonald’s colors, rose and blue.

  After a short honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Means will be at the Knights Templar Park hotel,
where Mr. Means has a summer position. September 1, they will be at home in Rock Rapids, where
the bridegroom is athletic coach and instructor in the high school. 

  Miss MacDonald was graduated from Washington high school in Sioux Falls and the University of
South Dakota at Vermillion where she affiliated with the Alpha Phi national society sorority.
Mr. Means graduated from Morningside college in Sioux City, where he was well known as an
athlete.

  Friends who were present at the wedding from Rock Rapids were: Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker and Mrs. J. H. Harrison. Other out of town guests at the wedding  were:
Mr and Mrs. Robert R. MacDonald and son, Dickie of Mitchell, S. D., Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gray,
of Sioux City, Ia., Mr and Mrs. W. A. Murphy, of Chicago, Ill., Norbert Manion, of Luverne,
Minn., and Kermit Dock, of Colman, S. D.  

BLOWOUT CAUSES ACCIDENT FRIDAY
LOCAL YOUNG MEN NOT INJURED; PASSENGER SUFFERS MOST
(30 Dec 1932) 

  Three young men, Robert and Harley Herington of this place and Wayne Hogencamp of Iowa Falls,
escaped serious injury Friday morning, in an automobile accident on East Main street in rock
Rapids. An icy roadway and a flat tire are blamed for the accident, which took place just east
of the Rock river bridge on Main street, and resulted in a badly wrecked car. Neither of the
Heringtons, who were in the front seat, were injured in any way, but young Hogencamp, a former
resident of this city, who was riding in the rear seat of the car, was badly cut and was
unconscious for several hours as the result of neck injuries.

  According to Robert Herington, who was driving the car, the accident followed a blow-out,
which occurred when a tire hit the sharp edge of a chuck hole in the oil-surfaced highway on
Primary No. 9, just east of the Rock river bridge. The car swerved following the blow-out,
turned completely around, rolled over on its side and finally came to a stop against a telephone
pole on the north side of the roadway.

  The young men were assisted from the badly wrecked machine by Herman Kage, Rock Rapids man who
was the first to arrive at the scene of the accident, and they were taken to the office of Dr.
J. D. Bishop for treatment. Later young Hogencamp was taken to the Herington home near this
city, where he rested until Saturday when he returned to this home, accompanied by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E Hogencamp, who had been called here immediately after the accident.