Country Club Fourth of July Carnival Aboard
The Country Club hosted a July Fourth festival with tournament winners Hob Menning Connie Smorenburg Ren Hocksema and medalists C Vander Linden A vaseling. Evening shows featured Jack Boatsma as MC with acts by Gallagher Sheen and Judy Cook, plus a kids' circle four teen night planned for July 14.
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Hob Menning
Connie Smorenburg
Ren Hocksema
C. Vander Linden
A. Vaseling
Gene Stienties
Herb Vander Waal
Vander Linden
van Hemert
Vander
Gene Stientjes
Bob Doran
Clarence
Lon Wormhoudt
Ralph Grounds
Paul Farrer
Bob
Triplett
Barker
Jack Bema
Country Club
Jack Boatsma
M.C
J. M. Cook
Gerald Rysdam
Clarence Buerkens
Herbert Mentink
Wallace Kooyman
Paul Parve
A.B. van Houweling
Donald Waechter
Joseph Monich
Oakland
Iowa
Circle Four
Junior Hi
Hobo Dance Promised by July 21 Yearend Party
A July 21 Hobo Dance is announced with sponsors promising a big evening. Dress accordingly and bring a bandama kerchief handle tied on a stick containing a coffee can with lid and a used article of clothing. Check your yearbook for coming events and planned parties.
Iowa University Hospitals Serving The Entire State
Hartman explains the Iowa program serves all state residents through centralized regional planning under American Sanitary Bureau World Health Organization and Interan Hospital association. He says serving indigent patients enables attracting top specialists and justifies the center’s facilities and equipment. The goal is improved care for the state’s indigent sick and a nationally recognized medical center.
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I Hartman
Institut
American Sanitary Bureau
World Health Organization
Interan Hospital Sociation
Tives
Hartman
Iowa
Towa
$94 Million In Jobless Fund to End Fiscal Year
The Employ Security Commission reports 1949 50 unemployment benefits exceed prior in town history due to higher earnings and weekly benefits. Employer contributions reached 10 875 000 while benefits paid totaled 6 605 000. Thus for every dollar contributed to the fund.....
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Employ Security Commission
Raspberry Shortcake for Summer Gala Desserts
A deluxe shortcake recipe uses enritled flour and raspberries for a nutritious dessert. Mix a simple drop batter, bake in a greased nine inch pan, then split and layer with fresh raspberries and whipped cream cheese filling. Serve wedges topped with more raspberries and cream.
Unemployment Fund Credits and Town Payments Reach High
The unemployment insurance trust fund rose to a record 94 145 000 with 4 270 00 added. Past peaks were in July 1988 when 134 000 claims produced 714 000 weeks of benefits totaling 6 275 000. Current average weekly payments rose to 18 21 while 262 700 weeks were paid in the last fiscal year. June benefits dropped 24 percent from May.
Narrow Escape In Crooked Creek Flood
Taylor Flynn a farmer narrowly escaped drowning when a three inch rain caused a flood in Crooked Creek. He rode a pony that became trapped in swirling waters and he grabbed a tree limb to save himself. The pony swam ashore and a passerby threw Flynn a rope to reach safety.
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Taylor Flynn
Crooked Creek
Mr. Flynn
Breaks Back In Wagon Accident Near Williamsburg
William Erhvoelt, a 15 year old youth near Williamsburg, received a broken back when a wagon he rode in became separated from its towing tractor and turned upside down. He was taken to Town City for treatment.
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William Erhvoelt
Williamsburg
Auto Races Carded For Four Days Of The Iowa State Fair
The Iowa Mid-Century State Fair will feature the largest auto racing program in the state's history from August 25 to September 1 with over 13,000 dollars in cash prizes. National championship big car races head the schedule on August 26, 28, and 31 on the half-mile track, plus a 100 mile stock car classic on September 1 offering 2,500 dollars. Notable entrants include Frankie Lupton Deb Snyder Robby Grim and Phil Mecca as separate bonus appearances to draw top contenders.
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Iowa
Racing Association
Fair
L. B. Cunningham
Frankie Lupton
Deb Snyder
Robby Grim
Phil Mecca
Hunting Is a Safer Sport Today
A survey by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute covering six leading hunting states from 1940 to 1948 shows fatal hunting accidents per hunter afield have been cut exactly in half over the past eight years. Fatalities declined from 6.4 per 100 to a lower rate, indicating improved safety.
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Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
SAAMI
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute
Birthday of Leendert Langstraat Celebrated at Home for the Aged
On July 8 the Home for the Aged remembered Leendert Langstraat turning 87. Several families and friends from Sully and nearby towns visited, including Gerrit and M. Van Gorp, Peter and family Poland, Paul Langstraat, Peter and Van Ham families, and others. C. Den Hartog and L. Monster also visited. Maaike Postma remains hospitalized in Oskaloosa while Albert Van Heukelom improves at his daughter's home in Oskaloosa.
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Leendert Langstraat
Gerrit M. van Gorp of
Sully
M. van Gorp
Peter Poland
Paul Langstraat
Peter van Ham
Peter de Jong
Jake
Maaike
Oskaloosa
Albert. van Heukclom
Hesiinga
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Grinmore
Yo Jnck
Iowa University Hospitals
Jartman
of Children’s Wear
Durance
ORC
Rease
Endurance
Pella Wallpaper & Paint Store
West Side Square
CHET
John den Hartog
Arie Klein
Ep den Hartog
Henry den Hartog
C. den Hartog
L. Monster
C. N. Weeda
Russell Dyer
New Sharon
Oren McMains
Mer
A. J. Kutch
Taintor Savings Bank
Chevrolet
White Way Auto Company
Pella, Iowa
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