Weekend visits and births noted in small town Iowa
Town and regional social notes detail visits among families in Des Moines Ames and Minneapolis. Births include a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tuinstra of Sully and twins for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Westercamp of Oskaloosa. Various residents travel for medical, educational, and leisure reasons.
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J. Klootwyk
Des Moines
J. Veenstra
Ray
Ames
Iowa
George Ver Steeg
Fred Whalley
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fred Robbins
Clarence Rognas
Robbins
Mr. Whalley
University of Minnesota
Don Hemphill
Oska-toosa
Szoller
Donald Tuinstra
Sully
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
H. Enry Westercamp
Mahaska Hospital
Paul Roorda
Denver
Colorado
Henry Roorda
Charles Roorda
St. Louis
James Verhey
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Hospers
Junior Hospers
New York City
Henry Rozenberg
Harald
Dick Veroughts
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Elmer Hartgraves
LeRoy
Texas
Junior
David Clark
Clyde Clark
Garet
Marthanna
Burke
Dakota
Carl Clark
Clark
Edith Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
Miss Thompson
Ling
Prairie Ents
Lutheran Moines
van Houwey
Pat
Des
Leland Croll
Dex Moines
Bruce Lee
Carl Buckrop
Darrell Ray
Luthe An
Moline
June van Dusseldorp
Pella
Margaret Wise
Grinnell
Paul Boertje
Marion van Houweling
Teter van der Sluis
Independence Street
Barbara Garrett
Los Angeles
California
Jimmy Ikuta
Ikuta
Garretts
Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
George F. Eastman
Thelma van Hemert
Dora Carson
Betty Rempe
Hawkeye Girls' State
Henry van Arkel
Ithaca
N. Y
Carson
van Arkel
Iowa Tops Nation in Literacy Then and Now
The piece traces Iowa’s literacy lead from early days with Berryman Jennings teaching in a log cabin to modern times. It notes 9,624 elementary schools with 34,419 pupils and 15,891 teachers, plus junior and senior high schools and 22 colleges and 20 junior colleges, totaling 10,174 schools statewide.
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Iowa
Berryman Jennings
Rapide
Lee County
Isaac Galland
Jennings
Hawkeye
Bernard F. Nowack
Iowa Development Commission
Tag Cabin Learning
State of Opportunity
Motors get tickets for parking near ball park
Downtown chatter Wednesday morning centered on parking tickets issued to motorists along Highway 163 near the ball park. Mayor T. G. Fultz said the issue arose when garage workers needed to unload across the highway and a decision was made to address parkers due to safety concerns on the cement slab.
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Highway 163
Tusah
T. G. Fultz
Parkof
Affai
Apy
al Conrte
Bae
Rol screenings and factory notes in local column
Mary Lou Kamerick leaves for Iowa Falls to spend eleven days at Iowa Baptist Assembly with Baptist youths. Reports on staff: Den Adel back to work, Hospers sidelined by his wife's illness, Ver Heul returning as father improves, Van Englehoven at office, Watkins in factory. Materials arrive for Venetian Blind slats. new unified bracket designed by Stu Kuyper. Special run of 308 sash units for Solvay Process Co. Bertha Brummel begins assembly work. fishing tales from Marion Schippers and Jay Hesse links to a humorous, fishy office anecdote.
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George Derbyshire
Pella
Itolland
Volendam
Netherlands
Derbyshire
Holland
Belgium
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
World Alliance
Copenhagen
W. N. Brocrman
Mahaska County
George Hansen
Pella Airways
M. Vander Heiden
Corsica
South Dakota
Henry Dingeman
Henry Kuell
Sheriff van Hemert
Charles Schneider
Ft Madison
van Hemert
Jarman
Knoxville
Ft. Madison
Washington
Bud Ver Meer
Minneapolis
Minn
Lewis Hoksbergen
Leona
Minnie Hackett
Mary Lou Kamerick
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Iowa Baptist Assembly
Dick den Adel
John Hospers
Arie Ver Heul
Mercy
Mercy Hospital In Des Moines, Is Improving. Pete van Englehoven
Charles Watkins
Oskaloosa
Stu
Stu” Kuyper
Solvay Process Company
Syracuse
New York
Bertha Brummel
Rosscreen
Otley Telephone Exchange
Marion Schippers
Jay Hesselink
Jay
Corn Borers Appear in Mahaska County Fields
Mahaska County farmers report heavy corn borer infestations with up to fifteen borers per stalk. Dr. Harris notes many may not reach maturity, so damage may be less severe. If thirty egg masses per hundred plants are found, immediate DDT spraying or dusting is advised, with costs around $3 to $4 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Harris
L. A. Walker
Anniversary of the 1893 Pomeroy cyclone observed
Pomeroy marked the 54th anniversary of the July 6 1893 cyclone that struck without warning. It killed 50 people outright and left many others fatally injured, though the disaster is now remembered chiefly by older residents.
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Pomeroy
Narrow escape marks a windmill topple at Riceville
Alden Bean, 16, of Riceville, narrowly escaped injury when a windmill toppled onto her after she drove a tractor into the structure in the barnyard last week. Her wheel mechanism shielded her from harm as the windmill fell, leaving her shaken but unharmed.
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Bean Alden
Riceville
Iowa Hunters Bagged 200000 Ducks in 1946
Census by Commission biologists shows 200000 ducks taken in 1946 Iowa duck season. 6800 of 46000 licensed hunters checked. average 1.45 daily bag. hunters active three days in 60 day season. Mallards 50 percent, pin tails 20, teal 9. Geese 125 total. Canada geese on closed list. Officials foresee another poor season and possible tighter limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Towans
W. W. Aitken
Iowa
Mississippi River
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Vice
Man Arrested After Attempted Train Disruption at Tama
Police say 26 year old John Fluty tried to derail trains at Tama, securing torpedoes and a red flag. He admitted intent to cause a wreck near the lake and is under arrest after a guilty plea to intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eMart Tt Tga
Tama
John. Fluty
Iowa Sawmill Industry Heads for Two Million Mark
The Benton Commission reports the Iowa sawmill industry sawmills using wood-using plants across 99 counties in 1946. Production reached just over one billion feet of lumber, with high costs and shifting demand challenging growth toward a two million milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lows
Benton Commission
Harkeys
Thouaro Weby
Indus
Des Moines River floods damage bridges near Rousseau and Howell
Des Moines River floods destroy the Rousseau bridge north approach and the first steel span leaving it unusable. Estimates to repair range from 40 000 to 50 000 dollars as the Howell bridge south of Rousseau remains in need of repair. The board weighs whether to fund repairs or shift traffic to the Howell bridge and Highway 14 corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Rousseau
Knox
Board of Supervisors
Howell Bridge
Howell
Knoxville
Pella
Highway 14
Pella Road
New 8 Yard Le Touneau Scraper Joins Dahm Fleet
Jacob B. Dahm added an 8 yard Le Touneau scraper to his earth moving fleet. The scraper, pulled by an 80 hp Caterpillar tractor with power winches, will move earth in long hauls and levee construction, packing fills as work proceeds. The machine costs more than previous models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob B. Dahm
Farm equipment repair urged for spring readiness
Farmers are urged to bring in discs plows and shovels before winter to have them repaired and prepared for use next spring by H. J. Bruinekool Kemith and Welder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Bruinekool Kemith and
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Dupont
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
South Side Park
Conlon
H.p
Wringer
Pelle
Ball Park
Mahaska
Des Moines River
Mr. Dahm
Menninga & Vander Linden
Ulrich Motor Co
Ulrich Motor Company
Warmboudt
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