Local Births And Milestones From Oskaloosa Area
A flurry of short notices reports births at Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa including baby boys born to Mr and Mrs Mathew Olivier and Mr and Mrs Harold Van Wyk on March sth and the De Wit family welcoming a baby girl or boy at Mahaska Hospital. Public notices note a W C Van Varkte property sale for 4200 dollars and community appears in hospital entries for multiple patients including Henry Grootveld and Marilyn Wyk among others with various medical events. The week also features campus life items with William Tandy attending the Fink dinner at Iowa University reflecting ongoing academic and civic activity.
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Mathew Olivier
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Reuben van Maanen
Ralph Hackett
Mahatka Hospital
Harold Nielson
Shborhood
Springfield
Missouri
Sylvia Sullivan
Newton
Pella
Martin de Wit
Mahaska Hospital
Sullivan
de Wit
Henry Grootveld
Iowa City
Harold Vander Linden
Elmer de Winter
Leonard Hiemstra
Ronald J. van Kooten
Leighton
Mercy
Gerrit van Koot
Joe Stientjes
Wifeliam Monsma
Mahaska
Godert Vander Hart
Helen Jean Hislop
Gerald Vogelaar
William
Bill) Tandy
C.F. Dykstra
Iowa University
University Jay
W. C
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Man Recounts Ice Curve Crash Near Town City
Earl Stimme, a farmer living 12 miles north of Town City on Highway 218, describes a winter thaw and rapid freeze that iced a hill curve. Two trucks stalled mid grade were struck as others tried to descend, damaging vehicles and prompting protective action on the icy slope.
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Earl Stimme
Town City
Labor Groups Taking Interest In Red Rock Dam
A Knoxville Express report says a labor group urged Governor William S Beardsley to discuss the Red Rock dam on the Des Moines river north of Knoxville. A. A. Couch of the Iowa State Federation of Labor cited lagging employment and noted the water resources council is up to date with Army engineers but has taken no action on the project. Financing would come from the federal government if the dam is built, with Frank Foster of Davenport leading Operating Engineers and Joe Maland in Des Moines as an agent for the union.
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William S. Beardsley
Red Rock
Des Moines
Knoxville
Knoxville Express
A. A. Couch
Towa State Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
State Water Resources Council
Army Engineers
Frank Foster
Davenport
Joe Maland
Moines
Hard Luck Misfortune Strikes Curley Family Twice
A fire at the Oxford Junction home of Raymond Curley left 11 children homeless. Weeks later a tractor driven by his son pinned Curley to a wall, crushing his left knee during a basement excavation for a new home.
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Raymond Curley
Oxford Junction
College Junior Rates Superior in Nebraska Contest
Don Brug of Cedar Grove Wise won a superior rating in three rounds of discussion at the nine state forensic tournament in Lincoln Neb February 25 He helped draw up a resolution on the United States policy toward the Orient At the parliamentary session the resolution was debated and voted upon The four other Central representatives all rated excellent in discussion In debate both teams rated excellent The men Don Bruggink and Eugene Heideman of Hing ham Wis won three of five debates and the women Shirle Kovistra Newton and Nev Engelhoven of Oskaloosa won two of four Students and faculty 365 in all from 50 colleges entered Miss Cunera Van Emmerik director of forensics at the college has announced seven students will enter the State Forensic meet at Drake University March 17 and 18 They will participate in debate discussion oratory extemporaneous speaking after dinner and poetry reading.
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Don Brug
Cedar Grove
Wise
Lincoln
Neb
United States
Don Bruggink
Eugene Heideman
Hingham
Wis
Shirle Kovistra
Newton
Nevengelhoven
Oskaloosa
Cunera van Emmerik
Drake University
Knoxville Trials Parking Meters For Six Months
Knoxville council debates a six month trial of street parking meters on the square. The plan rents meters, limits two hour inner square parking, and uses half the revenue for potential purchase. polls will decide if meters stay or go. A Duncan Parking Meter Corp representative attends with two local opponents voicing concerns.
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Knoxville
Trade Territory
C. R. Goldsberry
Duncan Parking Meter Corporation
Chicago
Musings Of The Town Crer Kiwanis Dinner Reflections
Fortunate to attend Kiwanis Club dinner with about fifty guests. The host praised a former student who played piano well. New members Laverne Flikkema and Clarence Caldwell welcomed. Program featured a College Professor and a European conditions talk. Irene Claussen leads Garlic Club fundraising. St Patrick’s Day notes and weather/season remarks conclude.
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Kiwanis Club
Jack Bootsma
Happy People on Earth Prize Winners Revealed
The English newspaper asked who are the happiest people and offered prizes for the best answers. Four winners were a craftsman or artist whistling, a child building sand, a mother bathing her baby, and a doctor who saved a life after a dangerous operation. Riches and rank not needed. happiness belongs to all. A sand castle pleases more than a palace, and a monument in the Alps reads He died Climbing.
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Prises
Robert Fulton: Portrait Painter and Later Inventor
Robert Fulton built a career as a portrait painter before shifting to invention, where he pursued notable improvements and contributed to early steamship design, reflecting a multidisciplinary craftsman's path in 18th century innovation.
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Robert Fulton
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Marilyn
Lewis Wyk
Mercy He . Otains
J. Var. Gerp
For Gerald
Everett van Enen
Orange Cit
Pres Heme
Marcia K
Pat Grooth
Henry E. Kuyp
Indianola
F. F. Carpenter
Kansas City, Kai
H. H. Victor
Ign
Wmx
Bob Hullihan
Red Rock Dam
Veenstra
Pella, Iowa
Nebraska
Ferguson
Hudson Garage Bldg
Wally
Laverne Flikkema
Clarence Caldwell
Laverne
Clarence
Broadway
Europe
Kiwanis
Jack Boatema
Irene Claussen
Garlic Club
Sigourney
Town Crier
St. Patrick's Day
Ireland
Alps
van den Berg Electric & Paint Co
New Hampshire
Barred Rocks
Cox
White Rocks
New Hampshire Reds
J.H. Shinn Hatchery
EMC
Conrad Vander Leest
West First Street
Iowa
Monumental Sales & Mfg. Co
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Chevrolet
Fisher
White Way Auto Company
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