Flagler Trailer Baby Born In Iowa Hamlet
Tex Arnold Johnson, weighing eight pounds, becomes Marion county's first trailer birth. The family, living in an eight by twenty foot trailer near Flagler, Iowa, married in 1936 and move to different trailers, praising low cost and mobility while relatives assist.
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Flagler
Iowa
Hawkaye
Knoxville
Marion County
Tex Arnold Johnson
Tex Arnold
Jim Johnson
the Johnsons
Mrs. Johnson
Pershing Town
Detroit
Michigan
Mr. Johnson
Jim
Dan Johnson
Cactus Kids Gain Fame From Family Music Ties
The speaker notes sons Dan and Frank are musicians alongside him. The trio call themselves the Cactus Kids and earned a second place in a Major Bowes hillbilly band contest in Des Moines aired on WHO. They then performed in Oskaloosa Chariton and nearby towns to earn money, until the crowd interrupted with lusty yells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Frank
Major Bowes
Des Moines
WHO
Oskaloosa
Chariton
Grandson and She Resume Task for Infant and Mother
A fragment notes a grandson and a woman resuming duties for an infant and its mother. The context and full details are unclear but imply caregiving or support actions surrounding a young child and mother.
Forensic Students Shine in Interstate Contest at Kirksville
Central students accompanied by Professors Van Emick and Gould traveled to Kirksville for an early-season forensic meet. Debates, after dinner speaking, and poetry readings drew about 200 participants from three states. Betty Bennink and Helen Vander Pol led the women’s debate. Stanley Mikkema and Frank Parda led the men’s team who split wins. Minnelius Schakel’s after dinner speech drew loud applause and placed fourth. A new poetry-reading feature drew wide interest, with Virginia Van Gorp delivering a Kipling poem.
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Central
van Emick
Gould
Kirksville
Thief Town
Ilinois
Betty Bennin
Betty Bennink
Helen Vander Pol
Stanley Flikkema
Frank Parda
Stanley Mikkema
Minnelius Schakel
Ted Malone
Virginia van Gorp
Kipling
Pleasantville and Prairie City Social Visits Compile
Two children of Sully visited Miss Kate Den Adel while Mrs Van Ryswyk of Pleasantville visited Mr and Mrs Dick Ver Meer. Mrs Eppo Timme of Belle Flower California visited Miss Gertie Plender, and Mr and Mrs Pete Hugen of Prairie City visited his mother Mrs B Hugen. Mrs Aric Steenhoek and Mrs Dirk Steenbock of Prairie City visited Mrs C Bosma.
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Sully
Kate den Adel
van Ryswyk
Pleasantville
Dick Ver Meer
Eppo Timme
Belle Flower
Cal
Gertie Plender
Pete Hugen
Prairie City
B. Hugen
Aric Steenhoek
Dirk Steenbock
C. Bosma
Help Needed for Chinese Refugees Urges Immediate Gifts
Prof. F. Bosch receives a call from the Chinese Famine Relief office detailing dire civilian distress in China. The Shanghai branch of National City Bank serves as the money depository as Baker oversees refugee committees and urges prompt contributions to feed and shelter 4,000,000 affected by floods and hostilities.
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F. Bosch
Central College
New York City
China
Bosch
Shanghai
Nantao
Baker
Shangtung
Kiangsu
John Earl Baker
National City Bank
Toys for the Young Child
Playing Santa Claus is a familiar task for parents this season yet choosing suitable toys for very young children challenges many. The piece urges planning and age appropriate selections to ensure child development and enjoyment.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Junior
Influence of Language Speech by John Benes at YMCA
John Benes of the YMCA delivers a well organized address on The Influence of Language. He defines usage and discusses how language shapes individuals and the nation, citing Stuart Chase's The Tyranny of Words in Harpers. An engaging discussion follows, hampered by class constraints.
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John Benes
YM. CG. A
Harpers
Stuart Chase
Y.W.C.A. Meeting Highlights Missionary Motives Talk
The weekly Y W C A meeting opened with song prayers and a duet by Elaine and Vivian Tiemens. Catherine Kleinjan read Acts 1 while Gladys Kooy spoke on Missionary Motives, outlining three reasons for missions. The meeting closed with a Doxology.
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Elaine
Vivian Tiemens
Catherine Kleinjan
Gladys Kooy
Christ
News of Home for the Aged Church visitors and sermons noted
Dec commemorations marked birthdays for Dirk De Haan and George De Boer with visits from William and Peter Vos and others. Rev. R A De Long of Sully delivered a sermon on Eph 1:16 and Rev. Nick Rozenboom will speak Dec 10. Numerous Leighton Sully Newton and Knoxville residents visited De Reus De Jong and De Penning households.
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Dirk de Haan
George de Boer
William van Sant
Peter
John Vos
Kiilduff
William Vos
Sully
R. A. de Long
Nick Rozenboom
Otley Reformed Church
William van Heukelem
Leighton
B. van Zouk
Anne Korver
Steve de Cook
M. de Reus
Albert Heimstra
Prairie City
Leon de Penning
MM. de Reus
Leydens
Newton
K. P. de Jong
P. de Jong
Knoxville
de Jones
H. Buitenwert
John Buitenwert
L. de Penning
Neal Vander Wilt
Lynnville
Pete Rozendaal
Bright Aluminum Pan Toy Advice For Babies
The article notes inexpensive toys suit babies and guide growth through touch sight and sound. It suggests bright colors hard and soft balls rattles cloth toys and homemade items like dolls animals stars cylinders rings trees and squares to develop physical skills while avoiding color transfer. Sponsored by the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station University of Iowa.
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Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Sweet Potato Grows Through Bottle Neck Mystery
In Powers garden a sweet potato harvest yielded a curious growth. A potato sprouted through the neck of a broken glass bottle, forming a two headed shape with a marble sized protrusion and a tapering root. The mass resembled a seal wearing a ruffled collar.
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Charles T. Powers
Powers
Modesty and mermaid tattoo alter Navy recruitment at El Paso
A navy station in El Paso rejected Augustin Yarnell for a nude mermaid tattoo but re admitted him after altering the tattoo to a skirted form. In a separate note, Howard Yaeger the Santa Barbara State halfback was fined ten dollars or two touchdowns for speeding. he scored twice as his team won 31 to 0 and the fine was marked paid.
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Navy
el Paso
Tex
Augustin Yarnell
Yarnell
Howard Yaeger
Santa Barbara State College
California
Yaeger
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Flagler Baby
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Melba Hoekstra
Norman Jean Schreiner
Marjorie van Wyk
Beatrice Schippers
Mildred Bishop
Marcia Ver Steeg
Gertrude Vander Ploeg
Bernice de Reus
Dolores Lankelma
Dorothy Reynold
Marjorie Lautenbach
Anna Grace Clark
Bernice Klein
Virginia Heerema
Barbara van Sittert
Frances de Bruin
Tonie Gosselink
Anna Mae Langerak
Leona Schil
Phyllis Lockhart
O Ule
KEITH
A. B. Kersbergen
Pella, Iowa
Y.W.C.A
News of Home For the Aged
Penney
Penney's
Passcee
the Book Shop
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
Colgate’s
Palm
Ipana
Park Davis & CO
Heerema Drug Co
Phone 101
Gamble’s
TOY
Joe Steintjes
South Side Square
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