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County Board Proceedings February 20 1940 Ninth Day
County Board met with all members. bids for hauling rock opened at 10:30 am. Contracts awarded to W. J. and Earl Strver for hauling from Heywood attack pile and from Veterinary Quarry and McVay Quarry. Meeting adjourned by Auditor Hollis L. Bydee. March 4 1940. Ninth day.
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E. Longaker
Bert Scott
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Hi. E. Retehard
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Swift & Company opens large Des Moines soybean mill
Des Moines gains a major soybean milling facility by Swift & Company on East Euclid and Delaware avenues. Manager A F Leathers directs state bean procurement and soybean meal sales. The plant uses four presses with 2600 bushels per hour capacity and stores 450000 bushels in reinforced concrete tanks. Three carloads of soybean oil meal are produced for sale, with a tank car of oil daily every three days to refineries. The workhouse adjacent to the smokestack houses bean cleaning and drying equipment with versatile unloading for carloads and trucks.
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Local social news from Fifield and nearby towns
Mar and Mrs Pete Klein hosted Monday evening with the Jasper De Rand family. Annie Klyn gave a shower for Miss Alice Kuik on Tuesday. Alice received many presents as guests shared in the hospitality and refreshments. Numerous neighbors and relatives attended from Vanden Berg, Klein, Kuiken, and De Rand families. Several visits occurred in Oskaloosa and Pella, with birthdays noted for Connie and Mrs Blakely.
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Delight Karr
Neal Kuiken
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Wm. Zegers
Hendrika
John van Weelden
Pella
Mary
Nellie Zegera
Otley Reformed Bile
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Marvin
Kenneth
Don Donnatra
Vanden Berg
Gradus Klein
Jasper de Rund
Ladies Aid meets in Leighton with 29 members
The Ladies Aid of the Reformed church met Thursday afternoon with twenty nine members present. Devo tions were led by Mrs. Charles Van Maanen and the missionary program was by Mrs. Dick Hagen and Mrs. H W Vander Linden. Refreshments were served by Mrs. J A Grandin and Mrs. John Veenstra. Rev. and Mrs. Muyskens and son Donny left for Bea vordam Michigan after a week with relatives. Their move to Grand Rapids this month joins Richmond Street congregation. Minnes Jovee Ver Ploog and Mary Van Zouk attended the Grinnell district music contest with the Glee Club from Pella High School.
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Thressa van Heukdlom
Local Social Notes From Pella Visit Highlights
Pella hosted Sunday guests with Miss Norena Grandia and Mrs H W Vander Linden. Friday afternoon honors paid to Mrs Peter J Muyskens of Beaverdam Michigan. Attendees included Mrs M De Reus Mise L Van Kookel Mrs J A Van Donk and Mrs S G De Cook. Mrs Ira J Hesselink was ill and could not attend.
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First annual Tuberculois clinic in Marion County ext
Eighty five persons were x-rayed at Marion County's first annual Tuberculosis clinic held March 20. Organized by Ann Wanko and Marion Ly Nurse, the event screened relatives and friends of hospital patients. Dr C K McCarthy, tuberculosis specialist from the State Department of Health, presided and said reports will be available through family physicians in about two weeks.
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Ann Wanko
Marion Ly
C.K. McCarthy
State Department of Health
Sheriff Office Costs Per Person Across Counties
The Town Tax payers association estimates county sheriff costs per person vary by population and city size. PolkCounty spends 109012 to run the sheriff office in 1938, far higher than Sioux City's 40357, with Polk County about 2.5 times larger than Woodbury County. Costs cover salaries, prisoner care, mileage, postage, and office expenses.
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State Should Use Iowa Cement Says Hugh Lundy
Iowa official Hugh W. Lundy cites 1939 cement use data showing 246 214 barrels from Iowa mills out of 655 015 used on state highways, about 44 percent, with 303 727 barrels from mills outside Iowa. He urges action as five Iowa mills could meet state needs and notes outbound shipments to neighboring states.
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Town debate over state protection and industry competitiveness
Lundy condemned outside mills for selling state requirements and dumping on local cement workers. He urged greater state focus and suggested building a small protective barrier, highlighting Towa Industries and its local workers as a point of concern. The speech stressed guarding local interests against external competition.
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Paul Kiser Caught Thief By Clever Trick
Des Moines Tribune reports Shaw an Oskaloosa farmer fined 50 dollars and jailed four months for corn theft after Paul Kiser exposed a trick by holes bored in cobs with Shaw found in possession of corn. James E. West has long served as Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. The termite, resembling a white ant, relates to crickets and cockroaches.
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