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UTON la. DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY FEB, 12,1932£Ul-rL£3-erc;strtMOiTEhii —l-i'*L*t-t-laS'3Y-31-l-ITC?§sLt1-,e1n)1.Mr, and Mrs. Stephen Eason, who\ celebrate the. fiftieth anniversary of f their • marriage on February 11, arc both pioneer Sioux county residents, Mrs. Eason baring come here by covered wagon; from Pella in lSll, while Mrl Eason, a native of. England* came to Sioux county the same spring.Mrs: Eason, nee Susan Pool, was horn in 1862 in Grolipgen, Holland. She came to the United States ..witli her■ patents, . three brothers and two sisters, when ' she' whs . six years old, in the summer of 136S. The family lived at Pella , three years and then came to Sioux; county, the journey by covered , wagon: requiring two wests. The family Ideated-on a homestead iniles south of- Orange Sfty*.Many of thev early; experiences and hardships are recalled by Mrs, Eason. Their first home was destroyed by a prairie lire, crops ■ for several years were taken by , the grasshoppers and blizards were' severe.. One' cold winter night, the cMldren and teacher were snowbound all night in the school house*. a/neighbor getting- through thesfioiv; then£xt -inormng jvith hot cof--7 Her- oldest Vbrcther;' Tiete’ Fool, was one of - the' party-of men who brought the county safe from Calliope to O-| range City.. Two brothers, Oscar Pool and Wiebe Pool are living in Minnesota, and a-sister, Mrs. William Mulder, lives at Yuma, Colorado.Stephen Eason was bom In Harden. Kent county, England, in 1S49. He came to the United States in the spring at 1S70. The first year was spent in Michigan and in the spring of 1S71 he joined his brother John and family who were homesteading on the Sioux county line. That, year he also took up a homestead of 80 acres. Later these two homesteads were joined and the farm is now known asthe “cemetery” farm, because a number of the EftsOn family are buried there. .He was married to Mary pool, a sister of the present Mrs. Eason* in IStT. One child was born to them, James Eason, who died at the age of fifteen, at. Alton* Mary Pool Eason died ta 1SSG- Two years later. Mr. Eason was married to Susan Pool. Eleven children were bom to this union, of whom nine survive. The eldest. daughter. Mary Elizabeth, Mrs. Clarence Jackson, died in 1930, and the eldest son. Steve, in 1912, The other children o£ this splendid family are George, Alton ; Oscar, Orange City; John, • Sanborn; Earnest, Mt Bora, Florida;Hilda, Mrs. Bert Van Zyl? Holland, Nebraska ; - Emilia, Mrs. John Koppenol, Alton; Alvin, LuVerne, lows; Stella, Mrs, Harry Be Jong, Orange City* and (Fred, Alton.Mr. and Mrs. Eason have seventeen grandchildren.IStephen Eason (Photo By M. J. Goebel Mrs. Stephenfiasoni-mt-Victor LambertyReleased on BondVictor. Lamberty was released on $2,000 bonds, signed by a Sioux City bondsman, ohr Saturday, and is bound ] over to the' March grand jury on the ‘charge of illegal transportation of liquor, -The maximum penalty for the third conviction on a liquor charge isthree years in the penitentiary.Two Rock Valley_ boys, Cornelius Gerrltsoa and LeRoy Griffin, • caught I recently, when in the act of 'attempting to .break and . enter the Walpole Service station at.J3.6ck' Valley, entered. .pleas o£ .guilty, tp./a: county;-nt-' to r ney’s - jMornsa i ion^ ^ gains t- them,-. bef fore Judge C. C. - Bra lt;fi£y rMon day: ■ Each- was sentenced to serve six-months in the county Jail, but due to their youth, the court paroled them on good behavior to Curnie Rozehoom of Roek Valley* The boys will be required to make reports and follow such instructions as are outlined forI them.Held Service InMemory Of LateDistinguished LionImmediate OutlookNot Very Favorableayi-a7Immediate outlook for improvement in the domestic demand for farm products is not very favorable, according to the report given at the agricultural Outlook meeting at Orange City Tuesday.The domestic demand for farm products has fallen to unusually low levels as the result of the further decline in business activity during 1931. Adverse developments in industry and finance during the tatter part of 1931 will probably preclude any material rise in domestic demand during the first part of 1932. Demand conditions during the latter part of the year will be largely dependent upon the restoration of business confidence and an improvement in credit conditions, bothhere and abroad.“Factors contributing to a further decline iu domestic demand in 1931, after some improvement during the early months, mere unfavorable fouua-jcial developments abroad, further tiq* luidafcions in security markets and aGerrit Ruisefc was a visitor the first of the week at Ireton at 'the home of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Van Wybe.ft-LCFuture Readers ofIThe Alton DemocratMr. and Mrs. Fred J. Dirfcs of Ire-* ton welcomed a fine son at their homo last week.high rate of bank suspension in this country.“The unemployment situation Itn-d reduced, consumer money incomes which are responsible for the present low level of domestic demand for farm products center -around those few basic industries which are the largest elements in the .general business situation. Fanners should, therefore, watch the progress of the automobile, iron and steel, and construction industries for evidences of general Improvement.“The unusually low purchasing power of consumers is -likely to continueUnder the leadership of the president, Lee • Barks, the Lions dub held memorial services after their luncheon Monday noon at the Hawkeye hotel, honoring the late John Cambist, distinguished citizen and honored member of the community who passed away last week. 'After a short introduction by Mr. Barks, the secretary of. the' club, G. J. Slobe, outlined briefly the . main events of the Jate member’s life, and from; many years ,'of -association. was Gblar\ to^ give club yawinsight isto/the ^eat'~elmrue t e r anilability of this remarkable man. With' ■ i • monly- a •common school education, a course at a -business college 'and an auctioneers course, the late John Cam* bier’s ability was nevertheless so outstanding that if fits health had notfailed there was no limit to the heights to which fie might hare climbed.Mr. Slobe offered resolutions, setting- forth eloquently the loss felt by the Lions club and the community in John CambieFs death, and these were unanimously adopted by the club.When John Cnmbier held one of.his machinery sales at Grange City there was no need for any other attraction to bring a large crowd to town, Mr. Slobe remarked, the street at the side of his implement house being packedfrom one sidewalk to the other side of the street. Mr. Slobe also gave credit to John’s business associates, Peter Gambler and Wm. J. Cambicr, for the phenomenal success o£ their enterprises, suggesting that one of the man's great attributes was his ability in judging men.Others testifying to the many-sided greatness of the late member were John J. Van Eisenga, Wm. J. Cfcmbier. T. E. may, T, J. Reeves and others. Someone suggested that the crowd of 1700 friends who filled to capacity thegreat church auditorium, the annexand the basement, at his funeral, was about as good an index of the regard in which he was held in Sioux county as anything could be.the by t furii beto: then pets he tit iiturnplaiisaidthe pi a 12 In Tay; sir© dereor ftereiierei date of tiOiTeter -iceasi ' ■net' i code out.In execof Ithe ■At of t\ spen gimr OrI rentsj ship Kiel; W. I ter.Orfor ] sane tote said of I the PC John sena Nick Klao judg Inter payu due asks tor 1 PeMts. D, seboiten of Oskaloosa is expected here the latter part of this week. At present she 3s visiting her son, W, D. Seboiten, at Spirit Lake. Friday she will speak at ■ meeting of the Newkirk Aid society.---Last Rites HereFor Chas. RieekhoffWord was received here Sunday of the accidental death cf Charles ILRleckhrtff fti. hia hnmd Tt ISF'-s 5methatablethethattionciftUsourP?chetplaL the on ;sumcost,clanHaawhiidefetheaetii
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Alton Democrat
Alton, Iowa, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1932
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