Girls' 4-H Rally Day in Knoxville Draws 260
The Marion County 4-H rally at Knoxville High School attracted about 260 attendees including 4-H members, parents and guests. Officers were elected, ribbons awarded in grooming contests, and talks by Esther Whetstone and Mary Vriezelaar highlighted the program.
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Marion County
Knoxville High School
Mary Slykhuis
Beverly Everett
Oskaloosa
Wilma Chamberlain
Barbara McKay
Veda Fee
Celia Harvey
Carolyn Williams
Bernice de Geus
Darlene Kuiper
Alta Marie Rowley
Alberta Woolsey
Gloria Johns
Kathryn Geurts
Eunice Wadle
Joan Breuklander
Doris Jean Dockendorf
4-H
Two Good Softball Games at Leighton Friday Evening
Leighton hosts two softball games at the town park under lights on Friday June 23. The women open at 7:30 pm vs the Tracy girls as a curtain raiser for the men’s game pitting Leighton Merchants against Percy. Merchants boast a 9-1 record led by star pitcher Elmer Hoksbergen with Dwight Douglas catching. free will offering replaces admission.
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Leighton
Tracy Girls
Leighton Merchants
Percy
Elmer Hoksbergen
Dwight Douglas
Pella
Weinke Named to State Admissions Board Role
Mr. E. Ben Weinke, director of admissions at Central College, was appointed to the executive board of the state Association of Admissions Counselors. He joins the membership expansion committee and chairs the planning committee for the 1952 convention. The national convention will be in Town in 1952, with Weinke and his committee in charge of arrangements.
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E. Ben Weinke
Central College
State Association of Admissions Counsellors
Weinke
Lightning strikes cow on Danbury farm
Lightning hit a valuable cow at the Norbert Wessling farm near Danbury. The cow was killed and the farmer, Wesling, had no insurance on the animal.
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Norbert Wessling
Danbury
Council to Decide on Red Rock Dam in October
The Des Moines River Red Rock dam project near Ottumwa is slated for a decision in October by the newly formed Resources Council after months of data gathering. Garland Hershey, council chair, told Ottumwa officials the ruling will affect flood protection plans and regional projects including Saylorville and Des Moines areas.
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Red Rock
Des Moines
Knoxville Journal
Statural Resources Council
Garland Hershey
Council
Ottumwa
Congress
Army Engie
Robert Blue
Resources Council
Hershey
Ottuma
Saylorville
Neighbors Aid Henry Rempe Family After Farm Accident
Neighbors helped on the Rempe farm Tuesday June 13 to cultivate one hundred acres of corn and beans. Henry Rempe injured by a tractor wheel chisel accident on June 10 and hospitalized in Iowa City. the Rempe and Van Zee families led a large volunteer work party including Goemaat Grandin Ver Meer Ver Ploeg Brummel Fynaart Henry Vos Van Zee De Goey Van Zee Zomeren and Rempel relatives assisted with other tasks and caring duties.
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Henry Rempe
Rempe
Tunis Goemaat
John
Abram Grandin
Anthony Ver Meer
Robert Ver Ploeg
Otto Brummel
Ben Fynaart
Philip Henry
Ben
Don Vos
Dale Roorda
Ed van Zee
Gary Hey4veld
Warren de Prenger
Willis de Goey
Eugene van Zee
Dick van Zee
John Rempel
Gerrit van Zomeren
Hamburg origin of the hamburger traced to Germany
The article notes that the term hamburger stems from its origins in Hamburg, Germany, highlighting the geographic linkage as the etymological basis for the name.
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Hamburg
Germany
Marion County Girls at Ames For Convention
Marion County delegates attend the annual 4 H Girls Convention at Iowa State College Ames during June 2023. Leaders accompany the 4-H members Jenna Cook Janella Mathes Lois Dougherty Norma Young Ethel Hughes Nancy Jolly Roberta Waits Joan Nichols Mary Vriezelaar Bessie Pearson Alberta Kading Maxine Hiemstra and county leaders present. Sessions include home economics talks by Mabel Nelson and Dr. Gertrude Chittenden plus group responsibility by Dr. Ray Wakeley and citizen education talks. Elections planned for state officers with discussions on world and community citizenship and health recreation. Special tours target home beautification projects with design color safety and library pleasures.
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Iowa State College
Jenna Cook
Janella Mathes
Lois Dougherty
Norma Young
Ethel Hughes
Nancy Jolly
Roberta Waits
Joan Nichols
Mary Vriezelaar
Bessie Pearson
Alberta Kading
Maxine ‘Hiemstra
Tuinstra
Howard Core
Harry Feagins
Wayne Butterfield
Ames
Mabel Nelson
Fevision
New State Club
Blaine Porter
Paulena Nickell
Assoc
Marion County
Alice Waugh
College Applied
Fabri
Bee Incident Near Waverly Causes Car to Leave Road
Joe Hillison of Illinois and his family endured a dangerous ride when a bee entered their vehicle near Waverly last week, sending the car into a ditch and causing a scare.
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Joe Hillison
Mlinois
Waverly
A*bee
Iillison
Chronicle to Be Quoted on WSUI Radio Program
Quotations from the Press Columnists of Towa will be featured on WSUIs June 2 program Prom the Editor Desk. Iowa editors and columnists will be read, including Cynthia Gray on human nature, with many named papers and writers listed from Guthrie to Walnut and Sheldon, reflecting regional press voices.
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Chronicle
WSUI
Towa City
Towa
Bulletin of the Press
Prom
Edite
WSUS
Iowa
State University of Town
Cynthia Gray
Eldora
Quotre Trene Anderson
Guthreater Guthrie Ballipyrne Viper
Kora Kirkpatrick
1 Moxendorn
Record
Duke Norbe
Monroe Pollock
Wer Times
Leck
Rock Valley Bee
Chron
Pauline Wagner
Walnut Bareau
Don Atkins
Bennett
Taeport- Strawberry
Ray Chors
Union
Pheasants Released Near Attica By Marion League
John Brooks president of the Marion County Walton League says the league released 300 pheasants two weeks old from the state hatchery to P. M. Pearson near Attica last week. Pearson will rear them six weeks then release them to forage. Hunters have previously seen pheasants and quail in the area.
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John Brooks
Marion County Walton League
Spress
P. M. Pearson
Attica
Pella Man Surprised to Find Himself Eligible for Social Security Checks
A Pella resident and his wife receive two monthly checks totaling 19200 under Old Age and Survivors Insurance after a short employment period. The man, Beerends, had worked in a non covered janitorial job yet qualified due to early coverage rules. He and his wife missed applying at 65, losing 137. Eventually they learned their rights and benefits, highlighting the need to understand Social Security eligibility and coverage.
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Pella
Sam
Beerends
M Heerends
Social Security Administration
Teends
Ustg
Itus Toho
Tery
Beerenda
Mends
Beerend
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Phyllis Waits
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Ruth Cleair
Marilyn Rankin
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Pleasantville
Franklin ‘Friends Club
Summit Strivers Club
Arthur Vriezelar
Monroe
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Star Brand
Freemold
Farm Journal
Red Rock Dam
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Marion County Girls
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