{"id":1507,"date":"2026-10-31T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1507"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:54:43","slug":"roling-timeline-1920-1959","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1507","title":{"rendered":"Roling timeline: 1920\u20131959"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Roling family<\/a> \u203a Roling timeline: 1920\u20131959<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Newspaper issue dates are not automatically event dates. Plans and candidacies stay qualified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"newspaper-milestones\">Family milestones in the newspapers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small events belong in the family record too. Dates below identify the newspaper issue, not necessarily the day of the event. Exact event dates are stated when the report gives them; plans and candidacies remain plans and candidacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>1920s milestones<\/summary>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Reported July 2, 1920:<\/strong> Agnes Roling took Florence Botkins&#x27; place at the Savings Bank. The notice described her as a business-college graduate. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1920-07-02, p. 5.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported December 9, 1921:<\/strong> J. F. and Ben Roling appeared on the Salisbury Red Cross chapter membership list. <small>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362293551\/\">Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1921-12-09, p. 1<\/a>.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported August 25, 1922:<\/strong> Sparks from the kitchen flue had set J. F. Roling&#x27;s roof on fire the preceding Saturday. The report describes a hole in the roof and slight water damage. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1922-08-25, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported October 27, 1922:<\/strong> Flora and Agnes returned from a two-week visit with friends in St. Louis. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1922-10-27, p. 5.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported April 27, 1923:<\/strong> J. F. Roling, named as administrator of Laura C. Wills&#x27; estate, gave notice of an intended final settlement at the May court term. The notice does not explain his connection to her. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1923-04-27, p. 6.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported August 22, 1924:<\/strong> Friends called at the shop to congratulate Ben and Joe on new babies: a boy in Ben&#x27;s household and a girl in Joe&#x27;s. This notice does not name the children. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1924-08-22, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported April 10, 1925:<\/strong> Mrs. Ben Roling underwent an emergency appendicitis operation at Woodland hospital on the Monday night described in the report. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1925-04-10, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported April 24, 1925:<\/strong> Ben F. Roling and the Korte and Roling families published thanks for help, sympathy and flowers during their bereavement. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1925-04-24, p. 10.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported July 23, 1926:<\/strong> A social notice named Rev. and Mrs. F. E. Mosley and &#x27;two sons, Stanley and Clay Roling&#x27; on a visit while traveling toward Wilmore, Kentucky. The unusual surname wording is preserved as printed; their connection to the established Roling family remains open. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1926-07-23, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported March 25, 1927:<\/strong> Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roling went to St. Louis to consult a specialist about her health. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1927-03-25, p. 7.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported April 6, 1928:<\/strong> Joe Roling won the Third Ward election, 52 votes to George Prescott&#x27;s 33; the same issue reports his swearing-in. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1928-04-06, p. 1; Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1928-04-06, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported April 6, 1928:<\/strong> A court notice recorded Benjamen F. Roling and Grace Roling&#x27;s petition to adopt George Fredrick Panos. It documents the petition, not a final adoption order. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1928-04-06, p. 10.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported April 26, 1929:<\/strong> Relatives and friends surprised Joe and Ida Roling for their twelfth wedding anniversary. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1929-04-26, p. 5.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported July 12, 1929:<\/strong> Deed notices named Benj. Roling and wife, J. F. and Jos. Roling, John F. Roling and wife, and Jos. H. Roling among parties to property transfers. The notices are retained as property-history leads; this short entry does not assign the parcels to a particular family home. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1929-07-12, p. 2.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>1930s milestones<\/summary>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Reported March 7, 1930:<\/strong> Joe announced his candidacy for Third Ward alderman. This is a campaign notice, not an election result. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1930-03-07, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported May 2, 1930:<\/strong> A birth notice announced Marvin Joseph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Roling, and gave April 19 as his birthday; his later obituary gives April 18. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1930-05-02, p. 5.<\/small> <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1495#marvin-birth-date\">The record comparison now prefers April 18, 1930 while retaining this notice\u2019s April 19 statement<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported October 16, 1931:<\/strong> Anna Pauline Roling married Edmund Suttner at St. Joseph&#x27;s Church, followed by a reception and an Aholt dance. The couple planned to live on a farm near Aholt. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator (probable; visible header ends at Salisbury Press-), 1931-10-16.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported December 9, 1932:<\/strong> Marvin Joseph Roling died of scarlet fever on the Tuesday described in the report. His obituary&#x27;s age and birth date differ from the 1930 birth notice. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1932-12-09, p. 1.<\/small> <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1495#marvin-birth-date\">The death certificate supplies December 6, 1932 and supports an April 18, 1930 birth; the newspaper discrepancies remain documented<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reported March 2, 1934:<\/strong> Ben came from Beloit, Kansas, when his mother&#x27;s illness became serious; she improved, and he returned home the Saturday before this report. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1934-03-02, p. 4.<\/small><\/li>\n\n<li id=\"joe-chicken-house-timeline-1934\"><strong>Reported June 29, 1934:<\/strong> The newspaper reported that Joe fired two shotgun shots during the chicken-house incident at Father Ernst&#x27;s property. The unidentified man escaped; an injury was not confirmed. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1934-06-29, p. 1.<\/small> <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1565#family-story-five-shots-in-the-garage-1921\">Related story: the separate 1921 garage incident.<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>1950s family artifacts<\/summary>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>April 11, 1953:<\/strong> Bob\u2019s Fort Riley liberty pass was issued for normal off-duty hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1490#bob-off-duty-artifacts\">See the Army cards.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 3, 1954:<\/strong> Bob received authorization to wear civilian clothes during off-duty hours with TRUST. <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1490#bob-off-duty-artifacts\">See the Army cards.<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>1950s milestones<\/summary>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reported May 23, 1952:<\/strong> Dick Roling and Bob Wright were selected for Missouri Boys State, scheduled for June 14\u201321 at Kemper Military Academy in Boonville. <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1491#dick-roling-boys-state-1952\">Read about Dick\u2019s selection<\/a>. <small>Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 23, 1952, p. 1.<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">\u2190 Roling family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1510\">Roling stories<\/a><\/nav>\n\n\n<script>(function(){function revealTopicTarget(){var name;try{name=decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash.slice(1));}catch(e){return;}if(!name){return;}var target=document.getElementById(name);if(!target){return;}var node=target.parentElement;while(node){if(node.tagName==='DETAILS'){node.open=true;}node=node.parentElement;}}revealTopicTarget();window.addEventListener('hashchange',revealTopicTarget);})();<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a Roling timeline: 1920\u20131959 Newspaper issue dates are not automatically event dates. 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