4-H BB class Dad's Night at Otley schoolhouse
The County Line 4-H club held Dad's Night in the Otley schoolhouse basement. Thirteen members answered roll call as Gweneth Mathes led the meeting. Discussions covered disposing of extra 4-H birthday calendars and donating 550 cents per member. Dennis Bstrand was tasked to arrange a roller skating party and check Newton rink. Louis Kamerick spoke on spark plug maintenance. Refreshments followed slides on hog cholera. reporter Paul Horman.
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Otley School House
Gweneth Mathes
Dennis Bandstra
Newton
Louis Kamerick
Paul Horman
Navy Officer Team to Spend Three Days at Central
The U S Navy officer team from Des Moines will be on the Central College campus Feb 11 to 13 headquartered in the Severn house. Lieutenant junior grade Donald C Peden will provide information on Navy officer opportunities and programs including Officer Candidate, Aviation Officer, Naval Aviation Cadet, Medical and Dental, and a theological student program. An Officer Qualification Test will be administered on campus with no obligation.
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U. S. Navy
Des Moines
Central College
Severn House
Donald C. Peden
Peden
Navak
Lower Grove social notes and visits around Des Moines
Community brief detailing visits and illness within the Lower Grove area. Virgil Boyd returns from VA hospital and departs for military service. Local families including the Hannas, Boyds, Veermans, Martins, Buffs, and Jones attend church, meals, and travel to West Plains Missouri.
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Lower Grove
Homer Boyd
Allen Lee van Zee
Herman Veerman
Des Moines
Virgil Boyd
Philip Veerman
Rena Jones
Robert Carter
Goldie Chiera
Carter
Christmas Seal Drive Clears $970 in Pella
The 1962 Christmas Seal Campaign in Pella raised $970.34 with 94 cents of every dollar staying in Iowa for the Tuberculosis Association. The group funds year round educational programs and the Mobile X ray unit, which tested cooks and school bus drivers in Pella last fall. doctors permit holders could also get chest X rays. Co chairs were Mrs. Max Hoeksema and Mrs. Glen Koopmans.
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Pella
Iowa
Tuberculosis Association
TB Association
Oskaloosa Jaycees name Outstanding Young Farmers winners
The Town Country dinner program featured Bill Van Huizen detailing the top three winners of the Oskaloosa Jaycees Outstanding Young Farmer contest. First place went to Le Roy Patterson of New Sharon route 3, 30, married with two children, who started on a 400-acre farm and now shows strong yields and a net value rising over $5,000 yearly. Second place went to Connie Boender of New Sharon route 2, 31, married with four children, Army veteran, who built a 320-acre operation and recently added 120 contract acres, expanding his net worth. third place to Gerrit Vanheim Meides of Peosta route 2, 35, married with four children, who returned to farming after military service and rebuilt using family equipment, amid a drought year of 1956.
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Bill van Huizen
Oskaloosa Jaycees
National Guard Armory
LeRoy Patterson
New Sharon
Grinnell
Patterson
Lacey Methodist Church
Farm Bureau
Connie Boender
Peraure
Aioe
First Christian ‘Reformed Church
Good News for Sheep Men Discussed at Club Meeting
The club's guest Lola Van Wyk joined a discussion led by Keith Nollen on recruiting new members including boys and girls and introducing pony projects. Mrs. Herman Nollen and Mrs. George Vande Voort hosted a Christmas lunch at the December 18, 1962 meeting. Reporter, Glen Vande Voort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Roozeboom
Melvin Ter Louw
Aryin Ter Louw
Nancy Ter Louw
George Vande Voort, Jr
Cornelius G. van Wyk
Keith Nollen
Glen Vande Voort
John Vande Voort
Delmer van Wyk
Oskaloosa
Gerrit J."roose
Lola van Wyk
Herman Nollen
George Vande Voort
County Line Blue Belles Hold Jan Meeting at Home
The regular meeting of the County Line Blue Belles was held Jan 12 at the home of Jean and Joyce McReynolds. Devotions were given by Janice McConoghey. Joyce McReynolds led a picture study Praying Hands. Jean H McReynolds spoke on texture and Joyce demonstrated How to Make a Lap-Back Pillow. Meeting adjourned. Lunch for ten members and two leaders was served by the hostesses, reporter Joyce McReynolds.
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County Line
Blue Belles
Jean
Joyce McReynolds
Janice McConeghey
Jean McReynolds
Donald Renaud Home on Leave From Air Force
A/2c Donald Renaud returned to Lynnville Wednesday evening for a lay furlough with his parents, after two years at an Air Force Base in Libya. He will soon be stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix. Local visits and community notices fill the page, including training sessions for a new Girl Scouts program and various social gatherings around Lynnville and nearby towns.
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Lynnville
Donald Renaud
Edward Renaud
Air Force Base
Libya
North Africa
Pa Air Force Base
Phoenix
Marshalltown
Gene Eige
Dale Brush
Alverta Ratcliff
Newton
Gus Beekhuizen
Case Boerelyn
Oskaloosa
Gerrit Ver Steegt
Farm leader expands livestock investment by 500 percent
A farmer tied to sound practices has increased his livestock investment fivefold hundred percent. He belongs to the Third Reformed Church of Pella and the Farm Bureau. He has taken night classes to improve farming skills and aided others in rural health efforts, including Red Cross and March of Dimes campaigns.
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Third Reformed Church of
Pella
Farm Bureau
Les
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Oskaloosa Herald
Remains of 100-year-old Sulgrove sawmill found near Winterset
Cecil Clark of Winterset uncovered the old Sulgrove sawmill remains on North River. Large native oak timbers from the century-old mill remain in remarkably good condition.
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Cecil Clark
Winterset
Sulgrove
North River
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Richland Rustlers
Navy
Central
Virgil Leroy Boyd
Raymond Hanna
Ervin Hanna
Rose Hill
Paul Hanna
Claire Hanna
Earl Boyd
Sam Schmidt and Sons
Paul Martin
West Plains
Delmar Martin
Dale
Dallas
Texas
Kenny Buff
St. Louis
Buff
Mrs. Earl Boyd
Sete
Max Hoeksema
Glen Koopmans
Oskaloosa J.C
N.E
S.W
Laurel
Zoar United
Church of Christ
Suffolk
John Deere
Ford Machinery
Kewanee
Harrow
Western Land
King Hamilton
Owatonna
Hudson Electric
J.D
Fred Murphy
Kellogg Savings Bank
Earl & Bill Shields
the Pella “Chronicle
Air Force
Melvin Ver Steegt
Wayne Wildman
Ankeny
Forse Dat
Grace Gifford
Harris V
Linda Harris
William Penn College
Jones Harris
Will Vander Kamp
John Rupp
Landon Hull
Judy
Scarsboro
Glen Williams
Tainter
Bert James
Kenneth Lang
T. E. Fitzpatrick
Shawn
Bryan
Lang
Hawaii
Star Lanes
Montezuma
Ronald Tice
William Stewart
Wil
Bur ‘Terpstra
Russell Gosselink
Melvin Ver. Steegt
Melvin Geurts
Bob Gosselink
Albert Terpstra
Arnold Terpstra
Charles Bryan
Terry Watts
Kellogg
Harlan Sterk
Sully
Gordon Northcutt
Robert Scull
Walter Becker
Wilbur Terpstra
Floyd Stepp
Henry G. van Wyk
Finley Hudson
Zara Hudson
Albert Moredock
Orville van Wyk and
Todd
Larry Hudson
Michael Anthony
Melt Ver Steegt
Robert Briggs
Peila
Allis
Chalmers
Barrow
Wood Bros
John Ryken
Everett Vandenberg
Audt
Henry Hackert
Farmers’ Coop Exchange
Fiers
Otley
Wood ‘Bros
Lea
Smailey
J.D. Feeder
Nellie van Hulzen
Garret van Hulzen
Adm
van Wyle and
Vander Zyl
Gigtionsere Lonroe State Bank
Farmers Coop Petroleum
Wien
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