Butts recalls pioneer logs and early roads in Marion County
A visit by A Butts, former Marion County board member and Democratic candidate, recalls early pioneer life. He notes the first log houses moved along hewn logs, no undertakers, pine caskets, and interments done by families. Roads were pig paths, many Dutch neighbors, threshing by hand, and records kept of farm yields. People walked vast distances due to limited transport and horse use.
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Fam A. Butts
Marion County Board of Susors
Butts
Welch
Carolina
Pella
Kate Todd Thome
Bethich
W. J. Monster
W. A. Butts
Mr. Butts
Pete Hackett
Farmers protest correction on road weed cutting at highway to Galesburg
Jasper county farmers along the Skunk River dispute a paper correction about roadside weed cutting. They say they cut weeds for public safety without guidance or pay and object to the corrected article’s portrayal.
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Jasper County
Skunk River
Galesburg
Obituary of Elsie Linn Vanden Berg in Oskaloosa
Elsie Marie Linn Vanden Berg aged 30 died Thursday in Abbott Hospital Oskaloosa Iowa. She married Harry Vanden Berg June 7 1986 and is survived by a husband a son Donald Eugene four sisters and her in laws in Pella and Montezuma. Funeral was held at the Pella Cooperative Burial association with interment Oakwood. Another obituary notes the death of Justinian Edgar Hull aged 80 in New Sharon with funeral at the Methodist church and burial at Baldwin cemetery.
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Harry Vanden Berg
Elsie Marie Linn
Abbott Hospital
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Monroe
Frank Linn
Elsie
Montezuma
Abbot Hospital
Donald Eugene
Elmo Gilbert
Edgar Gilbert
Glenn Farmer
Cecil Morrison
Brooklyn
Vanden Berg
Herman H. Vanden Berg
Pella
Justinian Edgar Hull
Albert G. Hull
Susanna Shroyer Hull
Grafton
West Virginia
Irvin
A. B
Edgar
Jacob
Taintor
Manella
Madison M
C. K
Homer H
Pearl D
Frank G
Hazel Ora
New Sharon
Hull
Yio
Ulysses G
Jacob D
George L
Methodist
Elam
Mildred Hull
Marie Downey
Bertha Hudson
John M. Gosselink
Will de Geus
John Wehrle
John de Jong
John’ Roorda
Walter Lunt
Baldwin Cemetery
Rev Flietstra Now Well Placed At Leighton Parish
Rev D Flietstra installed January 29 1938 as pastor of the Christian Reformed church at Leighton enjoys a fine parsonage and faithful parishioners. His career spans the Netherlands Germany and several U S states with service in Moline Muskegon Platte and finally Leighton. He leads a well organized church with multiple societies and three Sunday services. The minister also crafts hand carved diamond willow pieces and maintains a small museum at home.
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D. Flietstra
Leighton
Flietstra
Platte
Christian Reformed Church
Allen
Julianne
Pearl
Charles
Clarence
Pella
Rev
Calvin College
Holland
Chri Reformed
D. Istra
Dominie
Julianna
Carroll
Town
Platte, S. D
Netherlands
Germany
Grand Rapids
Mich
Manhattan
Montana
Denver
Colo
Classis
Calvin College and Seminary
Joanna Miedema
Michigan
Moline
Muskegon
South Dakota
Leighton Christian Reformed Church
Rey, Flietstra
Leighton Charge
Marion County 4-H Entries Due for Fair and State Show
County 4-H youth are reminded there are 35 days until Marion County Fair livestock judging. Entries must be filed with Farm Bureau Office or Marion County Fair secretary Chet Bryan. Iowa State Fair entry deadline is August 1, with 15 days left. entries may be made for both fairs at the Farm Bureau Office via Marian DeWitt or Chet Bryan.
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Marion County Fair
Chet Bryan
Farm Bureau
Marian DeWitt
Marion County Air
WPA Chief Demands Dismissal for Bad Advice on Private Jobs
Prof. George J. Keller Iowa WPA administrator ordered immediate dismissal of supervisors who tell WPA workers not to seek private employment. He warned such advice is a vicious practice and violates administration policy. Keller urged workers to pursue honest private work while noting reassignment on WPA projects after outside jobs end.
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WPA
George J. Keller
Iowa
Works Progress
Keller
Ness
WPA Procedure for Returning Workers Signed Form
A speaker stated the WPA has been instructed and is responsible for ensuring workers returning from employment sign in, following a simple form completion procedure.
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WPA
It s Love by Connie Van Zee
A fragmentary verse about a man attempting a kiss while driving, crashing into a ditch, and pondering his sanity in love, interwoven with a stray note on Shakespeare and Jewish references.
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Connie van Zee
Relief committee notes drop in county relief cases
The Emergency Relief Committee met at the courthouse on July 1 at 1 pm. W J Casey presided with J Frank Clark Anne Bogard Jerry Speed and others present. Relief applications declined in June due to more private work and WPA assignments. Commodities distributed included dried peas prunes tomatoes and various crates and sacks. Gardens are thriving with abundant vegetables and 20 boys were sent to the local CCC Camp though three failed the physical. Several plan to enroll before the deadline. Next meeting set for August 8. Our Want Acts bring results.
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Emergency Relief Committee
Court House
W. J. Casey
J. Frank Clark
Anne Bogard
Jerry Speed
Board of Supervisors
W. A. Butts
Miss Fry
Mr. Caswell
Social Service Offic
WPA
Social Service Office
CCC
Future Farmer Boys and Their Projects
In Oskaloosa the Vander Linden brothers Norman and Herman rear two sturdy calves purchased last fall while Ira Veldhuizen raises a litter of grade Hampshire pigs. The article notes the calves weighed about 1000 pounds later, Ira’s injury from a pasture runaway, and his plans to farm an eighty acre plot after high school. Herman and Norman are active FFA members with vocational agriculture backgrounds at Pella High School. Ira aims to market the pigs rather than show them, detailing feeding and care steps and expected market timing.
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Norman
Herman Lloyd Vander Linden
Oskaloosa
Ira Veldhuizen
Vander Linden
Ira
Herman Lloyd
Pella High School
R. H. Vander Linden
Herman
Pella
Lumber Carloads at Ros Screen Co Plant Revealed
Agent C F Dyketra states since January 1 the Ros Screen Co has received over 40 carloads of lumber via the Rock Island line for use in its manufacturing plant.
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Rock Island
C. F. Dyketra
Rosscreen Co
Ros Screen Co Busy Amid Congregation Workload
The Ros screen company is noted as active while churches share a common trait. A small number perform the labor while the remainder of the congregation oversees the work, reflecting a division of effort within church communities.
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The
Westinghouse
Ally
Leighton Chr
Marion County
Future Farmer Boys
Ix Ira
Hamal
Next Tire
Gamble
Pennsylvania
Price
Fed
Japan
Joe Stientjes
Franklin Street
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