Iowa Old Press
Sheldon Sun
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 24, 1930
The Monday Noon Luncheon Club will begin its usual weekly
meetings at the Arlington Hotel on Monday, says the president, F.
H. Chandler, Superintendent of Schools. Joseph Brock, son of Dr.
W.R. Brock, will be the
speaker and Dr. Meis will favor the Club with a few solos,
accompanied by Mr. Burchard, who is a violin instructor in
Sheldon.
The Frans Motor Co. is announcing Studebaker's new Dictator
Eight. One of the big features of Studebakers this year is the
introduction of "free wheeling."
The following officers were elected at the DeMolay meeting last
Thursday: Gerrit Roggen, Warren Bartz, LeRoy Smith, Marvin Cobb,
Sanford Rowenhorst, Wallace English and Marion Spurlock.
Louis Wolff and Bob Christiany, who recently conducted an air
fair in Sheldon, call the Sun's attention to an article published
in the Aeronautical Magazine stating that Freddy Lund won first
in stunt flying in the National Air Races in Chicago. Freddy was
at the Sheldon air fair and did the same stunts here, Louie
points out, so Sheldon people saw the best stunt man in the
business.
Sheldon Jaycees trounced the Flandreau Indians 32-0. Starring for
Sheldon were Mackaman, Knauer, Rolston, and Bollman.
The Sheldon Public Schools and Junior College were closed Monday
noon for 10 days as a precautionary measure in view of the fact
that three new cases of infantile paralysis were reported Monday
morning in addition to the two cases already here.
[transcribed by L.Z., October 2006]