Des Moines shoppers and weekend trips noted in area report
Rol screenings Anna Van Rees and daughters along with Wilma Vander Geest were Des Moines shoppers Saturday. Welcome back to Earl Rickabaugh who has been absent due to business. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vander Veer were Oskaloosa shoppers Saturday. Bernice Roozeboom spent the weekend in Des Moines visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Messemaker and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Messemaker in Tracy Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wadle and son Jess were in Pella Sunday. Ernest Rankin went to Des Moines to see the Messiah presentation. The Zickle family held a reunion at Leona Shackel’s home. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. George Peery, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ver Steeg, Mr. and Mrs. Willem ae and family, and Daryl Walker and son. Mrs. Gerald Brooks of Zion Illinois was a weekend guest in the home of his sister Mrs. Archions to Arnold Boot, married to Carol Hoagland of Hollandale Minnesota, Friday December 9. Sunday dinner guests at Evelyn and Floyd Richardson’s were Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Kuiken and son Rusty and Mr. and Mrs. Jud Van Rees.
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Anna van Rees
Wilma Vander Geest
Des Moines
Earl Rickabaugh
Clarence Vander Veer
Oskaloosa
Bernice Roozeboom
Dick Messemaker
Gerrit Messemaker
Tracy
Bill Wadle
Jess
Pella
Ernest Rankin
Zickle
Leona Schakel
George Peery
Ira Ver Steeg
Willimae
Daryl Walker
Gerald Brooks
Zion
Ill
Welcome Leo Van Vark to Rosscreen Company
Mrs Landon Wymore of Des Moines announces her daughter Rita Kay. The office notes evening vis ta from Mr and Mrs, plus visitors to the factory include the Chicago distributor and several salesmen. Leo Van Vark joined the traffic department Monday in the office force. Welcome to Leo at Rosscreen Company.
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Rita Kay
Evening Vista
Mrs. Landon Wymore
Des Moines
Chicago
Leo van Vark
Rosscreen Company
Leo
142 Deer Checked During December Gun Season
Conservation Commission reports 142 deer examined at five checking stations during December 3-8 as a sharp drop from 1954 figures. Stations included Denver, Back bone Park, Cherokee, Lansing, totaling 142. many deer were checked in the field by officers due to poor hunting conditions in early days.
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Conservation Commission
Commission
Denver
Backbone Park
Cherokee
Lansing
South Central Loop Standings Update
Centerville led standings with Winterset and Bloomfield close behind after last week's games. Results show Valley 64 Indianola 60 and Bloomfield 57 Albin 47 with Centerville 66 over Kirkaville 48 as Knoxville and Winterset traded narrow scores. Schedule includes Knoxville at Centerville and Valley at Chariton with Albia facing Chariton.
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Centerville
Winterset
Valley
Indianola
Bloomfield
Albin
Chariton
Knoxville
Kirkaville
DM Tech
Tuseday Knoxville
Albia
Pella
Ankeny
India
Jamaica
Hunters face tough season amid foul weather and high pressure
Season and foul weather interfered with many hunters though officials noted hunting pressure in some areas was greater than ever, especially in Alla makee County and northeastern Iowa. A fall deer season report will be issued after hunting report cards are analyzed, and all hunters are urged to return their cards regardless of success.
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Allamakee County
Iowa
Learning Property Rights in a Mother’s Practice
A mother group discusses guiding babies without harm. One mom describes a child learning limits with a bright cloth and a rule based approach. The method emphasizes supervised exploration before giving access to preferred items.
Lessons in love of beauty and possession habits
The text teaches how parents guide children to value beauty, exercise permission before borrowing, and protect possessions. It notes a mother advising restraint with delicate items and a father urging his son to ask before using costly tools, plus a local obituary for 93 year old Frank McKeever, a Clarke County resident since 1865, buried December 1.
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Frank McKeever
Osceola
Clarke County
Wisconsin Couple Visited Central College This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Arthur Bosch alumni of Central College and residents of Steen Minnesota and Oostburg Wisconsin spent the weekend as guests. They met at the University of Wisconsin while both pursued graduate work and have spent fourteen months in Europe where he served as a first lieutenant in an army hospital. They attended Central vs Upper Iowa basketball and enjoyed a concert at Ebenezer Reformed Church and the Messiah performance by Central College Oratorio Society.
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Arthur Bosch
Central College
Bosch
Steen, Minn
Dorothy Kranendonk
Hope College
Oostburg
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Europe
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Central
Upper Iowa
Wm. de Jong
Trinity Reformed Church
Gerrit. van Roekel
Hattie van Cleave
C. R. Keizer
Keizers Host Chemistry Students With Slides Show
Saturday evening at Keizers a dessert in honor of Mr and Mrs Bosch gave chemistry students a chance to meet the couple. They shared over a hundred Koda chrome slides from Europe including the Netherlands France Switzerland Austria Italy Germany and England before Mr Bosch left Tuesday for Madison Wisconsin to pursue graduate work in biochemistry.
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Keizer's
Keizers
Bosch
Europe
Netherlands
France
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Germany
England
Madison
Wisconsin
Market Supply of Choice Cattle Is Back to Normal
Iowa State College economist Stephen J. Hiemstra notes price differentials among slaughter cattle grades as prime and choice prices rose 50 cents to $1 during the week of Nov 24, with 1,300 to 1,500 pound steers up more while good grades fell 50 cents per hundredweight. The spread was active in major markets and continues, helped by a reduced share of prime steers marketed since July.
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Stephen J. Hiemstra
Iowa State College
Hiemstra
Slaughter steer percentages and beef output rise in late year
August and September show unusually high prime slaughter percentages while October weights at Chicago jump 60 pounds from last year. Federally inspected cattle slaughter in October is up 5 percent and beef production up 8 percent. Pork output climbs about 17 percent. Hiemstra notes a brighter cattle picture despite rising on feed numbers, with beef production up 17 percent in November but only 1 percent in December.
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Chicago
Hiemstra
Antarctic Claim Remains Unmade After Huge Expenditure
Despite millions spent by the United States on Antarctic exploration no nation has moved to claim any section of the continent. The passage notes that exploration progress has not translated into territorial claims and emphasizes the ongoing status of Antarctica as unclaimed territory.
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U.S
Antarctic
Antarctica
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Evelyn and
Floyd Richardson
Gerrit Kuiken
Rusty
Jud van Rees
Cosco
Ty Saucy Walker
Boontonware
Vandermeulen — Hoeksema
THE
Iowa Ghuld Welfare Research Station
Lil
Wormhoudts
Westinghouse Clothes Dryer
Westinghouse
Wormhoudt’s
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