Marion Toom Jr Promoted to S-Sgt in U S Air Force
Marion Toom Jr earns Staff Sergeant rank at Orlando AFB Florida after a three year rise from airman. Boss Capt Charles B Osborne Jr commends him for dependability and military bearing. Toom arrived at Orlando AFB in 1952 and has mostly served there with brief stints at Pepperell AFB Newfoundland and Scott AFB Illinois. He is the son of Marion and Mrs Joan Toom and a 7 month old daughter Rae. He is active in North Park Baptist Church Sunday School.
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Marion Toom Jr
U.S
Air Force
Orlando Air Force Base
Fla
Marion Toom
Charles B. Osborne, Jr
Toom
Osborne
Scott Afb
Ill
Pepperell Afb
Newfoundland
Orlando Afb
Pepperell
Joan A
Bertha J.well
Newton
Iowa
Rae
Sergeant Toom
North Park
PFC Harry Boender Serving With First Division in Germany
Pfc. Harry Boender 20 wife Elizabeth 202 Morningside Dr Pella Iowa serves with the First Infantry Division known as Big Red 1 in Germany. The unit trains with realistic field maneuvers and Boender operates as a wrecker in Company A 71st Ordnance Battalion. He enlisted November 1953 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He is the son of William H Boender Route 3 Oskaloosa Iowa.
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First
Germany
Harry Boender
Elizabeth
Morningside Dr
Pella
Iowa
Europe
Boender
71St Ordnance Battalion
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
William H. Boender
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Birthday Memory Noted At Home for the Aged
June 19 marked the 73rd birthday of Mrs Gradus Van der Wal at the Home for the Aged. Residents and visitors included Steven Grandin recovering from six weeks at Mahaska Hospital and John Ver Dught still in Des Moines hospital.
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Gradus Vander Wal
Steven Grandin
Mahaska Hospital
John Ver Dught
Des Moines
Farmers Reminded Of Responsibility For Sealed Grain
Merrill L. Robuck, chairman of the Marion county ASC Committee, warned farmers holding price support loans to maintain grain quality and quantity on their farms. He said removal is prohibited without explicit county ASC approval, and improper removal could amount to unlawful conversion with penalties. Farmers may repay loans anytime to use or dispose of grain, but removal before settlement is not allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill L. Robuck
Marion County
ASC
Robuck
Ficial
Local Social Notes From Iowa and Nearby States
Rol screenings Emma Heimstra Van Hal among Des Moines Iowa Methodist Hospital visits. Families including Rumbaughs from Texas and Maryland visit Lena Rumbaugh. Funerals, hospitalizations, and Sunday visits spread across Ottumwa Oskaloosa Knoxville and Denver. Volunteer workers and new parent Bob Morrison noted.
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Emma Heimstra van Hal
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Vander Beek and Rus Dining Out in Des Moines Flight
Bernice Rus traveled to Des Moines on Tuesday evening June 14 to dine at the Cloud Room. Vander Beek is noted in Des Moines Sunday June 19 for a related event or visit.
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Vander Beek
Des Moines
Bernice Rus
Cloud Room
Iowa Rainfall Pattern Regular Through the Years
Iowa rainfall shows regularity in warm moist air meeting cool masses. Since 1873 average state rainfall rarely drops below 20 inches and about 70 percent falls April to September. Local totals range from 12.1 to 58.8 inches, with four years exceeding 40 inches. Advances include upper air data and radar for better understanding.
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Towa City
Iowa
American Geophysical Union
AGU
Lamoreaux
Deluge Po
Iowa Weather Expert Predicts Heavy Rainfall Events
A weather expert cites historic figures to illustrate extreme rainfall potential. He notes Burlington received 16 inches in one day in 1898, estimates up to 24 inches could fall in six hours over 10 square miles, and references a 1955 study suggesting 12 inches could fall in six hours over 200 square miles in Iowa.
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Burlington
Lamoureaux
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Pella Weather Bureau Station Report Listed
Pella station notes from the U S Weather Bureau show a total of .20 inches of precipitation recorded by observer E C Beaning.
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Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. C. Beaning
Plans Made for Wheat Referendum Saturday June 25
Iowa farmers with more than 15 acres of wheat in 1966 may vote in a nationwide referendum to decide marketing quotas for the 1956 crop. The Marion County ASC office will host voting from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. If two thirds approve quotas, penalties apply to excess production and price support at 76 percent parity. if rejected, no quotas and 50 percent parity for nonallotment growers. The referendum occurs in all commercial wheat states.
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Merrill L. Robuck
Marion County
ASC
Iowa
Robuck
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Cream
Ben Keller Menros
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Mrs. L. Wielaard
Waterloo
C. M. Ross
Dick van Wyk
Sully
Joe Vanden Heuvel
Dirk de Bruin
Anie de Jong
Peoria
Irene Mason
Evelyn Johnson
Ella Johnson
Peter Lubberden
Tennis Gosselink
Denver
Colo
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General Motors
Kuypers
Marvin Rumbaugh
el Paso
Texas
Melvin Rumbaugh
Edgewood, Maryland
Lena Rumbaugh
Gena McClain
Knoxville
Howard Lamphier
Tracy
Clarence Vander Veer
Grace Voyce
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
van Ekeren
Henry van Ekeren Sr
Neal Schuring
Bob Morrison
Leona Schakel
William Dalbey
Ottumwa
John Kool
Andrew
Grace
Wilma Slykhuis
Anthony Nunnikhoven
Merle
Sara van Maaren
Colorado
Gladys de Wit
Ralph
Bakker
Rus
Hanson
Malathion
Phe-Gard
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