Simpson Opens Outdoor Track With 95 36 Victory Over Central
Simpson defeated Central 95 36 in a dual meet to start the outdoor season. Alan Anderson set a broad jump dual meet record with 21 feet 6 inches, and Howard Adams clocked 10 40.2 in the two mile. Other winners included Clay Barnett, Chet Cross, Burt Voss, and Johnny Anderson.
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Simpson
Central
Alan Anderson
Howard Adams
Fox
Clay Barnett
Chet Cross
Burt Voss
Johnny Anderson
Miller
Redmen
Reed
Bell
Correa
Pedersen
Boltz
van Patten
Hall
B. Sager
Weeks
Barnett
English
Weinman
Hobbs
Williams
Wigerhof
Parker
Wood
J. Merritt
Mide
Adam
Erst
Borgman
Ecord
Harnett J. Reed
Voss
Kuchan
Anderson
Deaton
Casey
Watters
Cross
D. Sager
Kooi
Merritt
Pederson
Youth Rally at Sully Community Church Friday
Gene Jordan the noted gospel marimba player from Chicago performs at the Sully Community Church Youth Rally this Friday at 8 00 p m Rev Spencer De Jong of Holland Youth for Christ leads the event which also features Lynnville and Sully talent Congregational singing and a free entry with an offering to fund Mr Jordan's Holland team activities planned for Europe in May
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Gene Jordan
America
Chicago
Ilinois
Sully Community
Sully
Spencer de Jong
Holland
Youth For Christ
Iowa
Mr. Jordan
Lynnville
Jordan
4-H Enrollment Opens For County Clubs This Spring
Enrollments in dairy heifers market pigs pure bred litters and other livestock projects are due at the County Extension Director's office by May 1. Some 210 boys are already in club work across 41 rural clubs led by local leaders in each township. Local fairs and summer activities are planned with 12 organized clubs and many members from townships participating in August events.
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Clay
Glenn Knox
Dallas
John Conrad
Jessie Hanse
Liberty
Seth Rose
Washington
Harold Chrismore
Indiana
Glenn Rose
Pleasant Grove
Stanley Heaberlin
West Knoxville
Ray Brooks
Red Rock
Delbert Barr
Polk
Jimmie Fygers
Will Vanden Dever
Lake Prairie
Myron Nollen
Summit
Ernest Blom
Dutch Children Thank Hospital Helpers for Toys
A 1947 letter from the Netherlands expresses deep gratitude to Mrs. Visser and the Red Cross group for sending play toys to children in hospital. The message notes the joy of painted books and the scarce supply of playthings, praising distant hearts and generous deeds that brought sunshine to war affected children.
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Fred Visser
Holland
Red Cross
Netherlands
Iowa High School Art Exhibition Opens at University of Iowa
Evaluation of 947 artworks by 535 Iowa high school pupils from 31 towns across seven classes will be displayed in the University of Iowa art building through April 28. For the ninth year the event will use critical evaluation instead of issuing awards or public high ratings.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
Tragic Drowning Case In Charles City Kids Age Six and Four
Judy Lee Baldwin aged six and Bobby John Baldwin aged four drowned after playing on a raft by a stream bank near Charles City. Their mother left them at a western movie, and on the way home they fell into the water. bodies recovered.
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Charles City
Judy Lee
Bobby John Baldwin
Buying Cheap Seed Costs Farmers Dearly Says Iowa Expert
Iowa State College seed laboratory head E P Sylvester warns that cheap seed often contains high weed seed and low quality. He urges reading seed tags, noting Iowa law requires under 3 percent weed seed and proper labeling for farm to farm and commercial sales. Farmers should demand purity germination data and buy from reliable dealers.
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E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
Sylvester
Pric
Iowa State
Iowa
Towa
Auctioneer J W Brown Returns to Season on Crutches
Town Falls auctioneer J W Jack Brown suffered a broken leg while near season end. He remained in splints and on crutches but completed the remaining sales with determination, showing resilience despite an injury that could have halted his schedule.
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J. W. “Jack” Brown
Town Falls
Fairfield's Role in Pella Settlement Tulip Time Ties Iowa History
Fairfield helped seed the Pella settlement in 1847 led by Dominke Scholte and fellow Holland Dutch emigrants. About 168 families, nearly 800 people, sailed from Europe, bought Iowa land for nearly $60,000, and traveled via Baltimore, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, St Louis to reach Fairfield then Pella to establish a civic center. The tale ties Fairfield to the origin of Tulip Time and the 100 year anniversary of early migration.
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Pella
Towa
Holland
Utrecht
Fairfield
Mars
Earth
Inter
Iowa
New World
Domince Scholte
Tri
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Baltimore
Columbia
Penn
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
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de Jong
Rae
Uolimi
Tera National Harvester
McCormick-Deering Sales and Service
Brom Hatchery
Iowa University
Des Moines Register
Marcia Kuyper
Robert Blue
Des Moines
Oventa No
Brite Fe
Travel and Tour Dept
Greyhound
Dominic Hendrick Pieter Scholte
Dominic Scholte
G. Vander Pol
Jan Riefeld
Isaac Overkamp
Tennis Keppel
United States Land
Gen. van Antwerp
Register of the Land Office
Marion County
Mel Ets
Vander Linden Drug Store
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer
Kramer
Nellie D
H. H
West First Street
Downie
Cownie Factory
Cownie
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