Local notes recall births and movements around Oskaloosa
A May 1954 Mahaska Hospital report lists a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. William Gosselink in Oskaloosa. Many visits, relocations, and travel are noted, including extended families in Pella, Des Moines, and Boone County Hospitals. Several birthdays, commencements, and welcome home events mark the period.
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William Gosselink
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Claude Marks
Earlham
J. Kuiper
Emmett Edwards
E. Y. Good Home
Fred E. van Ness
Barbara
Donna
Wichita
Kansas
F. D. van Ness
Oskalooss
Patsy Ruth Goad
Canada
Patsy
Benjamin Renaud
Ogden
Boone County Hospital
Boone
Pella
William Ramsell
Billy
Leighton
Henry J. Wielard
Maple Lawn Nursing Home
Tower Park
George Muyskens
Morrison
Illinois
Dick van Haaften
Central College
William
Bill) Stewart
Postville
Iowa
Pella High
Stewart
Helen
Bill
Mary Anne
Stewart Man
8. F. Cole
Mildred
Sioux City
Marshall Ave
Phoenix
Arizona
Dick van der Leest
Des Moines
West
9Th Street
Neal, Kuyper
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Kathryn Lee
John Stek
Paul Vander Sluis
Mesa
Mercy Hospital
Barbarandia
Merc
Kent van Zee
William G. Gosselink
Mahaska
Social Security coverage rules for workers and families
The article explains that protection lasts two years per year of covered work and becomes permanent for life after 10 full years in covered employment. Family payments depend on earnings, with minimum and maximum monthly payments of 45 and 168.75 dollars. Retirement at age 65 yields monthly payments from 25 to 85 dollars. Some self employed groups are excluded from coverage.
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Smith
Commencement Address Explores Work as Divine Service
Dr Van der Lugt urges seniors to center life on God and organize human effort around faith. Chicago attorney John Mulder argues work expresses love for God, neighbor, and self, urging graduates to eat bread in obedience rather than chase cake.
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Humanity
van der Lugt
God
Mulder
John Mulder
Chicago
Central
Jesus
America
United States Steel Company
Rela
Christ
Genuis
Self-employed Covered Under Social Security Soon
The text notes that about 5,000,000 self-employed people are covered under the Social Security Act and hints at coverage details for professionals and farm owners. It references a statement by Be Besith and mentions coverage questions answered by local social security offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Be Besith
Central's Graduates Plan Careers in Des Moines
National Life Insurance Co in Des Moines hires Terence Loyna as accountant with Rapid Thermogas. Stafford Ford aims for meteorology with Civil Service, seeking roles in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Fred Loynacan
Rapid Thermogas Company
Stafford Ford
The
Civil Service
Graduates List Teach Plans and Assignments Across Iowa
The article lists Absentia graduates including Kenneth Bowen Nada McBeth and others teaching or attending institutions. It notes two year teacher training graduates Dixie Hemmes Greta Palmquist Wilma Alspach Dolor Beninga Leone Berkenpas Ruth Howard Lenora Wick Van Soolen Sally Gries Jo Ann Seat and others, along with teaching assignments in Emmetsburg Newton Knoxville Oakland and Rawlings Wyoming. It also mentions Richard Bostwick Carl Hiematra Alvin Snel ler Duane Heeren Don Blick and Jo Anne Seat among those pursuing or holding teaching roles and seminary studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Bowen
Nada McBeth
Richard Bostwick
New York
Carl W. Hiematra
New Brunswick Seminary
Alvin, Sneller
Faith Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Duane, Heeren
State Highway Commission
Red Oak
Don Blick
Amana, A
Dixie, Hemmes
Harold Balstad
Pella
Greta Palmquist
3. R. Palmquist
Dixie
Emmetsburg
Greta
Silver Grove
Wilma Alspach
Dolor
Beninga
Leone Berkenpas
Ruth Howard
Lon
Lenora Wick
Vas Gorp
Ing
Rawling
Wyoming
Chelating van Soolen
Sally Gries
2Vene Rowe
Gilman
Dorkene
Newton
Jo Ann
Newdon
Out
Ina
Oakland
Apple Introduced to United States in 1629 by Mass Bay Governor
A historical note records that the apple was brought to the United States in 1629 by the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. The act marks an early expansion of horticulture in the colonial period, highlighting colonial governance and fruit cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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