Richard Sylvester Wins $1000 Fisher Body Scholarship
Richard Sylvester, a Central College freshman, won a $1000 university scholarship in the 1956 Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild model car contest in Detroit. His award, built at Central College, earned him a regional victory and third national cash prize, with prior regional wins in 1954 and 1955.
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Richard Sylvester
Central College
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Detroit
Central
Richard
James Graham
Jaws
Missouri
Iowa
Crafteman’s Guild
Lyanville
den Westen
Washington
Visits and injuries at Home for the Aged
Mr and Mrs Dick Kuiper of Otley visited Mrs Nellie Kuiper. Mrs T Plette returns from Kalamazoo Michigan to Des Moines. Mrs H Jobre of Grand Rapids and family visit Rev Douwatra. Myron and Gert Van Wyk host Otley visitors. Gertie Plender falls and breaks her wrist Monday night.
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Marvin Lanser
Holland
Michigan
Peter Bloom
Tunis Dykstra
Jeago
Peter
Archie Bloem
Dykstras
Marion van Gorp, Jr
Ft. Hood
Texas
Ft. Bliss
Elizabeth Boot
H. Ver Meer
Pella
Henry Vander Beek
Union Street
Rudy Heeren
Neal Buenz
Des Moines
Don Butler
Madison
Wisconsin
Donald
University of Wisconsin
Butler
University
Central College
Harvey Street
St. Paul
Minn
Kenneth Vander Linden
Warner H. Vande Voort
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ralph Ver Meer
Dick Kuiper
Otley
Nellie Kuiper
T. Plette
Kalamazoo, Mich
H. Jobre
Harold
Rev
Douwatra
Myron van Wyk
Gerrit van Wyk
Gertie Plender
Town Boys Win Honors
Richard, a resident near Lynnville Ia, helped lead the town youths to honors in a local competition where serials were used in this year’s entry.
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Town Boys
Richard
Lynnville
Local residents visit hospitalized woman after injury
A report notes that following an accident near a local site, Mrs. Max Easton of Houston and Mrs. Robert Duffus of Leighton visited Mrs. Minnie Rillihan, while another injured person was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa.
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Arnold
T Weld
Mercy’ Hospital
Oskaloosa
Pella
Henry Rooda
Willard Harkness
Mercy
Thomas de Vries
Reasnor
John Henry
Leighton
Mahaska Hospital
van Dyk-Duren
Mercy Hospital
Max Easton
Houston
Texas
Robert Duffus
Minnie Rillihan
Hogs Sold in 1954 Census by County Leaders
United States farms sold 57,418,688 hogs and pigs alive in 1954 with 80.1 percent from 100 counties. Total value reached 2,279,386,409 dollars, and 744,762,298 dollars came from the counties selling the most hogs. Henry County, Illinois, led the list.
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United States
Census of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Iowa counties lead in hog sales amid uneven figures
Local figures show top 100 counties by hog numbers and live sales with Iowa dominating. Plymouth County ranks fourth in hog count and third in value at $11,279, while Jasper County records 219,188 hogs valued at $9,610,122. Other Iowa counties appear in the top lists as 60 total from the state, with Illinois holding 18 entries.
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Plymouth
Iowa
Illinois
Eistion
Mabsin County
Jasper County
Missionary group plans tour to several U S cities
Arta Bans of Osubral eipher of a team and Director of Work in the Synod of Chicago with Mr Sami Ekster returning from a three-year Africa tour will travel to Montevideo Minnesota Colton Chancellor and St Mganne in late August for a series of stops across the region.
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Polite Arta
Fragmented notice on vegetable storage methods
Readable fragments describe harvesting vegetables and placing them in a container or bag for refrigeration. Mentions basement or cave as storage places and polyethylene bags with rubber bands. Text is garbled and lacks clear actions or entities.
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Draper
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Chronicle
the Chronicle
Robert Ver Ploeg
University Hospital Town City
Walter van Wyngarden
Rochester
Minnesota
Reuben Leydens
Orville Haans
Jenison
Christian Reformed Churches
Lake Darling
Southern
Faye Koopman
The
Osteopathic Hospital
Kansas City
Robert van Zee
Martin van Zee
Ruth van Zee
Ray Davenport
Loretta Wanders
Vander Ploeg Bakery
R. Sylvester
Star Oil Company
Henry County
St Mganne
S. D
Seersucker
Wormhoudt and Kempkes
Dexter
Orn
Pricelain Tak
Oh Ae A
Buerkens
Hoeksema
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