Local notices include military call and community travels
Mark Votan reported to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas for active duty. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force Reserve after graduating Drake University in June 1955. The item also lists numerous Easter weekend visits, hospital stays, vacations, and travel details involving local families such as the Cooke, Van Roe kel, Dykstra, Bauman, Lanphier, Vander Waal, Goedhart, Van Sirt, Vander Linden, and Van Steeg households, with mentions of Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa, Des Moines trips, and travel to Canton Minnesota, St. Louis, and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark. Votan
Lackland Air Force Bane
San Antonio
Texas
U. S. Air Force Reserve
Drake University
David Cooke
Grand Rapids
Marion de Zwarte
Ed Cooke
Detroit
Edward Cooke, Jr
Tracy
John Goedhart
Robert Goedhart
Clewiston
Florida
Will D. van Sitert
St. Louis Mo
Pleasant Hill
Ill
James Goodman
Wayne Pas
John
Des Moines
J. W. Vander Linden
Improve Alfalfa With Topdressing
Alfalfa and other legumes can be topdressed in early spring before growth starts. Use 200 to 800 pounds of 0-20-0 or 0-20-10 fertilizer if needed, after soil tests and ensuring at least six plants per square foot. Do not apply nitrogen. use phosphate or phosphate-potash. Lime is not beneficial unless applied pre-seeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Stritzel
Town State College
Stritzel
St Zel
Big Bear Lake Drive Through Snowbound Ridge Route
A Southern California traveler describes a steep ascent to Big Bear Lake from San Bernardino, noting the dramatic mountain scenery, elevation rise from 845 feet to 7000 feet, and a winding two lane highway lined with cars and sparse cabins. The trip contrasts heat in town with snow on the mountains and highlights engineering feats in road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jingo
Big Bear Lake
San Bernardino Mountains
Riverside
U.S
San Bernardino
California Road Trip Reflections From A Visitor
A reader describes travel from Big Bear Lake to the valley, noting clear mountain skies and thick smog below. The piece contrasts California’s modern highways and fuel stock with social observations on alcohol sales and Sunday trade, ending with a quip about California as the preacher’s graveyard and the robust churches in cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bear Lake
The Big Jump of Clay Martin on the Road
Martin, a 34 year old Iowan husband, driver, and employee, drove off a highway and became briefly airborne when his car hit a bank. Readers ponder what he thought as fear and disbelief overtook him before the car crashed about 60 feet from the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Marin
Clay Martin
Burned in Batavia as Shotgun Blast Causes Burns
Marilyn Giltner tripped over a wire while carrying a shotgun at Batavia. The mishap caused burns to her face and neck in a near miss incident.
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Batavia
Marilyn Giltner
Edgar Van Arkel Among 39 Elected To State Society
Dr William J Petersen announces 39 persons elected to membership in the State Historical Society of Iowa during March 1956 Edgar Van Arkel of Pella is among the new members Iowa City leads with four new members Des Moines and Sioux City each gain two Virginia also has a member One member is enrolled as a life member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Petersen
State Historical Society of Iown
Edgar van Arkel
Pella
Iowa
Iowa City
Des Moines
Sioux City
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cornie van Roekel
Cornie
Pfc
Virgil F. Dykstra
Camp Jackson
Chicago
Jennie Franje
Tunis Dykstra
John Boerelyn
John E. Bauman
Merspital
Oskaloosa
Connie C. Lanphier
Leighton
Mercy
Johanna Vander Waal
Catherine Slobe
North Main
Mercy Hospital
Bob Klein
Harold Schut
Churchville
Pella Products
Kenneth Vander Linden
Canton
Minn
Vander Linden
Frank Wicket
Elisabeth Kempkes
Ames
Tomi Ikuta
Mt. Pleasant
Carol Ver Steeg
Waverly
Spencer Grond
Bowling Green University
Bowling Green
Ohio
Harry Grond
Carrie Muilenberg
Herbert Browning
Newton
Connie Trump
Lawton
Oklahoma
Paul Strang
Glenn
Cornelius G. van Wyk
Jake Grandin
Mahaska Hospital
Henry Scholten
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Oakes
Catherine Jobe
Howard Vander Linden
Toronto
Canada
Bernie Vander Linden
Howard
Rexall
Los Angeles
California
Keith Bogaards
Arnold Bogaards
Heny A
Anthony C. Bokhoven
Robert Menning
Raymond Vander Leest
Wayne Durlam
Jefferson
Nick Vander Ploeg
Nancy Boot
Gelmer Dybof
Ed J
Pearl) van Go
Town Methodist’ Hospital
Bellingham Gardens
Mobile
Alabama
Ensign
Carl Ver Steeg
Bellingham House
A. E. Johnston
Park Ridge
Ver Stee
Ensign Ver Steeg
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
By E. V. Goad
Plymouth-De Soto
Edward
Reglar
Ilinois
130Th Infanty
Union Pacific
J. B. Smith
Gancer
Gorp
van Gorp Hatchery
Crear’ Eas
Sargent
Clearspar
Etlag
Meenstra
Bob Hullihan
Cook and Son
Franklin St
Edgar van Elected Mepene
Iowa Historical Society
Cr Mle
Boalt
Dairy Queen
Vos
York
Pell
Vos Farm
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