Local Navy and community: weekend visits and travels
Pharmacist Mate 2 Clarence Vander Meulen of Great Lakes Navy Trains at hospital duty then visits family here. Ensign Carl Vander Linden leaves for San Francisco aboard a destroyer escort. Lieutenant and Mrs Vande Kieft return from Norfolk on leave. Several relatives visit, travel, or move as Navy duties continue, with health concerns noted for Jacob Vander Syde and Gerrit Hoksbergen returning from hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Vander Meulen
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
C. H. Vander Meulen
Vander Meulen
Peter
van der Meulen
Clare
Great Lakes
William Vande Kieft
Norfolk, Virginia
Navy
Naval Air Station
Ensign
Carl Rene Vander Linden
M. Vander Linden
Carl
San Francisco
California
Pacific
Marion Vander Linden
Gerrit Vander Linden
Marion
Europe
Teheen
Battlegan
Thomas Holdsworth
Newton
Bertha Vander Waal
Community notices on servicemen and local visits
Local residents share furloughs and homecomings from the Marines Navy and other posts. Families in Otley Bellevue Knoxville and Pella host and visit relatives while news items report hospital stays moves and a public auction of the De Wild estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Wild
Anna Tysseling
Richard Tysseling
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lake Prairie 4-H Studied Oat Varieties
Lake Prairie Township 4-H members observed Clinton Oat variety against five other kinds at an oat demonstration plot by Bill and Marvin Dickmann. Clinton showed deep color and heaviness while Columbia showed rust. Hosts Bill, Marvin, and sister Reuvena led the gathering, with plans for an August project tour and discussion of the 4-H fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Prairie Township
Clinton
Bill
Marvin Dickman
Columbia
Marvin
Reuvena
Dickmann
Guest preacher at Second Reformed Church services
Real Vanden Berg and Pastor lead Sunday School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 40 a m with an 7 80 p m evening service The Reverend Christian H Wal goord of the Reformed Church at Canajoharie New York will be our guest preacher
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Reformed Church
Real
Vanden, Berg
Christian H. Walgoord
The
Reformed Church
Canajoharie
N.Y
Blight Threatens The Potato Crop In Iowa Fields
Dr. I E Melhus of Iowa State College warns farmers to spray potato fields as late blight looms in Iowa 1940s era weather. He explains a Bordeaux mix is needed weekly, notes seed potatoes already carry disease, and mentions dusting with copper lime as less effective. The piece recalls 1844 famine and offers specific spray ratios for farmers and home growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
I. E. Melhus
Iowa State College
Upper Mississippi
Towa
MelThus
Trish
Colorado
Izaak Walton League Moves Clubhouse to Lake Site
Members of the Izaak Walton League moved a building from First and Main streets to the lake site east of Knoxville on the Ora Robuck farm. J. L. Collins donated the building in exchange for moving it and a lean-to kitchen will be added. A new road has been graded and the acreage will be fenced. donations by members financed the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton
Knoxville Journal
Club Projects Well Along in Marion County
4 H boys and girls in Marion County finish touches on animal projects under County Extension Director John R. Stierwalt. Many will show at the Marion County Achievement Show in Knoxville August 2 3 and 4. Sessions note growing enrollments across Dairy Heifer Baby Beef Beef Heifer Colt and various litter and lamb clubs with solid breeding and market prospects for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
John R. Stierwalt
Knoxville
Stierwalt
Drake
Knoxville High School
Glen Long
Market Lamb Club
Dairy Bull Project
Club Members of Mahaska County Have Many Projects
Mahaska County 4H members list livestock projects for the Achievement Show set for August 22 to 24. Dairy 36 head, Purebred Beef Heifers 28, Individual Baby Beef 81, Commercial Beef 45, Purebred hogs 1 litter, Market hogs 29 litters, Purebred sheep 112, Market lambs 156, Saddle and draft colts 22, Mules 12, Bees 2 entries, Rabbit entry and poultry ducks and turkeys 10 entries. Premium list available at the Mahaska Farm Bureau Office within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska Farm Bureau
Pollination Experiment Planned on Marion County Farm
A Marion County field will host an experiment to test how fertilization by honey bees affects red clover yield. Thirty honeybee colonies moved by local beekeeper W. C. el to Emerson Red Clover at Paul Harp Farm Union Township will stay through bloom. Samples will be taken at various distances at harvest to measure yield, with cooperation from the Town Agricultural Experiment Association and Marion County Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
W. C. el
Paul Harp
Union Township
Town Agricultural Experiment Association
Marion County Farm Bureau
Address Mail Correctly Navy Will Deliver
The Navy emphasizes proper addressing to ensure mail reaches service members quickly. Correct print of full name, rank, ship name, designation and number, plus Fleet Post Office, San Francisco or New York is essential to reduce undelivered letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Navy
Mosale
Pacific
Mediterranean
LST
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Main Street
U.S.A
Coast Guard
New York City
Messy collision ends in honey slick incident
0. M. Eddy of Iowa Falls finished a deal for strained honey and loaded 60 pounds in glass jars into his car. En route he collided with Edward W. Peet of Alden. No injuries were reported but the Eddy vehicle and the honey caused an unintended lubrication project that failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. M. Eddy
Iowa Falls
Edward W. Peet
Alden
Eddy
Livestock Auction Sees 1945 Volume Hit High Note
During the 12 month period ending June 30 1945 the Saturday weekly auctions sold 88329 head of livestock. Most stock was locally consigned with a few western carloads last fall. The firm credits consignors and buyers for the volume and notes strict state inspection ensures clean pens and yards.
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R.A. Kristensen
Small Gons
Gail
Eddie
Chicago
Ill
Bert van Ee
Harriet Veenstra
Rockford
Illinois
Adrian Lubberden
Des Moines
Henry Ver Steeg
Jacob Vander Syde
First Reformed Church
van der Syde
Henry van Ekeren
Pella
Altoona
Rock Islands Railroad
Gerrit Hoksbergen
Rochester
Minnesota
Dave Bevan
Collins Memorial Hospital
Robert Hoeksema
Sernt
Andy Hoeksema
Madison
Wisconsin
Boca Raton
Florida
Robert
Hoeksema Brothers
Andy
Sheridan
Ilinois
Dawson Creek
Alean Highway
Veenstra Appliance Co
East Side Square
Tri-Valley
Scott County
Hides
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
John Vanden Baard
Marines
John Vanden Baard Sr
Otley
Fred Dekker
Bellevue
Nebraska
Gerald Rysdam
Patty Rydam
Gerard M. Goxselink
Carl van der Moes
Ursinus College
Pennsylvania
Bainbridge
Maryland
Rt Store
la J. Roose
Fla
Denver
Martin Slykhuis
Souise
M . Wilt of
Sully
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
le den Berger
Oska
Joosa
Christensen
de Witt’ Lowa
Edward V Gorp
Minnie Rillihan
Rillihan
den Berger
John Van_ned
Mercyital
Gerlene Joy
William Slobe
H. W. Slobe
Margaretta Slobe
Boulder
Colorado University
Dwight Daugherty
Veterans’ Hospital
Moines
Madeleine Diekema
St. Louis
Admiral
Jennie van Veen
the Rocket
Akron
Ohio
Art Verrips
Oskaloosa Street
Skelly
Louis LeCoc
LeCocq
Charles Jr
Charley L. LeCocq
Louis
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Ruthven
Shipfitter
Warren van Sittert
SeaBees
England
Robert van Roekel
Louis van Roekel
Selman Field
Monroe
Pvt
Byron Ver Meer
Parris Island
South Carolina
Camp le Jeune
North Carolina
Georgetown
Madeline Vander Zyl
C. H. Randall
Keith Lautenbach
Sulphur Springs
Colo
Ao Highway
Ralph de Cook
Joe Muilenberg
Nick van Gorp
United States
N.C
Paul Vande Lane
Inifornia
Lena de Jong
Second
Christiaan
Leila Phillips
Vincennes
Indiana
Arie Veenschoten
Nola Veenschoten
Emma
N. J. Vanden Bers
Dan Hoogenakker
Seaman
John Henry Hoogenakker
Hoogenakker
John Henry
Treasure Island
Richmond
Louise Gezel
George Gezel
Joseph P. Bousquet
Catherine B. Evans
B. H. Langerak
Marie B. Wills
Riverside
Calif
Evans
Ray Bousquet
Albert Vander Ploeg
Colfax
Broadlawns Hospital
William Vander Beek
Billy
Ralph Vander Beek
Germany
Homer Snuggs
Clarence van Skike
J. W. Vander Linden
Verna Tysseling
Wm. M. Tysseling
Rahama Tysseling
Martin Ver Heul
Blaine Ave. S. E
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Ver Heul
Joe
Bert Vande Kieft
Lake Prairie
Melhus
Walton League
Lake
Shetland
Liberty Street
John A. van Zee
Pella, Iowa
Mahaska Co
Marion Co
Marion County State Bank
TOTAL
U.S
State of Iowa
W. J
RJ. Vin ‘Meer
Cashier
Seal
W. L. Bean
Evelyn Prange
EAL
E. S. Watts
H.R. Clements
Odd Lot
Wick
Colfax Sale Co
Earl Shields
Colfax Sales Company
Bell and Clippinger, Owners
First National Bank of Colfax
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