Iowa families visit relatives and announce local births
Mr and Mrs Arnold J Schippers visit Nebraska relatives in Omaha and Belleville. Des Moines attendees mark funerals for Lon Wormhoudt and Mrs Vander Beck. G B Ver Steeg recovers from surgery at age 87. Births include a daughter to Gerrit Rooda and a son to Gerold Van Dusseldorp. Drake student Mark Votaw pledges to Alpha Kappa Psi. Norman Nieuwsma heads to Panama. A Bondurant basketball player Donna Eshelman earns all state honors with high scoring and two hand shot performance. Mrs Terpstra undergoes surgery. Rolfus Sack notes a new Os ky burger venture near Olympia and weather, rain, and frost details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Rooda
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Mercy
Gerald van Dusseldorp
Otley
Karen
Elmer Newendorp
Pella
John’ Ten Hagen
Mark
Letta Votaw
Drake University
Alpha Kappa Psi
Professional Commerce
Votaw
College of Business Administration
Drake
Leonard Schippers
Larry
Johnnie Schippers
Dallas
Texas
Norman Nieuwsma
Panama
Mae Goemaat
Bondurant
Iowa
Renaud Rysdam
Pellaman
Central
Jack North
Des Moines Sunday Register
Donna Eshelman
Eeerhe
Jay
Tangy Douns
Exnelnn
Donna
Bondurat
Ad Carlisle
Eshelman Lole
Rolfus Sack
Olympia
Washington
Fleeners
Rolfus
New Lamps Mix Metal Styles and Simple Proportions
Naomi Shank outlines this season’s lamps featuring metal finishes, wrought iron and brass contrasts, and white finishes. Plastic shades in browns pink greens blue and grays over varied bases offer upward and downward light spread with three way switches. Swing arm floor and bridge lamps rise in popularity for compact rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Shank
Iowa State College Extension
When Their World Crashed Red Cross Heard Their Calls
A chaotic montage depicts disaster survivors across events and places, highlighting Red Cross appeals and relief efforts. It references Port Huron Michigan tornado aftermath, a 13 year old and dog beside a demolished home, and Greek earthquake victims receiving care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Port Huron
Mich
Jon
Aero Stematia Frongatou
Chico
Iiding
Michael
Rede
Ron Cross Dees
Flax and Barley Suit Iowa Acreage Shifts in 1950s?
Iowa farmers weigh flax and barley as alternatives to corn in acreage allotments. Extension agronomist E. S. Dyas notes flax can be grown beyond northwest Iowa with two recommended varieties Redwood and Marine. Flax seed must be planted early and treated. Barley faces disease pressure but offers equal feed value per acre and earlier harvest, with feed barley at 1.15 a bushel and malting barley historically premiumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. S. Dyas
Town State College
Minneapolis
Dyas
Koto
Towa
Plains
Mars
Iowa Leads Nation In Farm Tractors With 1.3 Farms Per Tractor
The Iowa Development Commission cites the Annual Farm Census showing 260,286 tractors on 197,741 farms in Iowa. From 1920 to 1950 the state’s tractor totals rose from 20,270 to 240,941, accounting for over 6 percent of the U S tractor total in 1950. Illinois had 284,789 tractors and Texas 82,828 in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Development Commission
Towa Department of Agriculture
Towa
Iowa
U. S
Illinois
Texas
Rol screenings and Sunday visits across several Iowa towns
Jean Olivier and husband visited his hospital bound mother in Iowa City after a Sunday trip. Many local residents connected with families in Newton Monroe Knoxville Oskaloosa Muscatine Ottumwa and Corydon shared weekend visits and birthday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Olivier
Iowa City
Homer
Mt Soan
Knoxville
Lottie Durham
Minis
Julia van Arkel
Eva Wilson
Joan Aalbers
Dick Lille
Monroe
Marinus Aalbers
Oskaloosa
Elmer Ehlert
Nose Whitmer
Durante
Iowa
Elmer
William Ehlert
Muscatine
Town
Roy Klein
Gertie Mossem
Harrison Kelly
Ottumwa
Des Moines Visitors and Weekend Social Notes
Fragmentary local notes mention Maude Chambers visiting Des Moines on Sunday and John Crusen returning from a southern sales trip on Monday. The text refers to a pleasant evening with various unnamed attendees and attendees at a trade event, with several garbled phrases. no clear events or outcomes are established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crusen
Eine Pormier
Vries
Henriette Vanden
Girl Seventeen? Joyce Schmidt Shot While Playing
Twelve year old Joyce Schmidt of Gladbrook is recovering after a rifle discharged by playing boys. The bullet entered her mouth and exited near the ear, wounding her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Schmidt
Ear Gladbrook
Early railroad booster meeting in Dubuque plans link to Pacific
John Plumbe Jr gathered residents of Dubuque for a March 31 1888 meeting to discuss building a railroad that would connect the Mississippi River with the Pacific Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Plumbe, Jr
Dubuque
Mississippi
Pacific Ocean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arnold J. Schipers
Nebraska
Norval Campbells
Omaha
Neb
Ernest Schippers
Bellevue
Henry de Jong
Eddyville
Ben Groenendyk
Cedar
E. A. Roord
J. A. den Hartog
B. Kool
G. Vander Beck
Earl Klein
Paul Ver Steeg
Des Moines
Lon B. Wormhoudt
G. B. Ver Steeg
Earl Klin
Robert Terpstra
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Times-Herald
Ralph Polevich
Unit States
del Monte Catsup
Meadow
Towitlin
OWA Dairy Industry
Velce A
Dairy Farmers ‘American Dairy Asociation of
Tox
State of
Kone
Charles Kerr
Ler
Willam
Ralph Dykstra
Newton
Sandra ‘Cowell
Harry Hraam
Glen Cowell
Robert Dahlen
Harry Braashart
Larence Vander Veers
Hiteman
Albia
Gilbert Moorman
Mrs. Moorman
Inez Wells
Bob Wells
Melcher
Dwayne Bruinekool
Tom Chambers
Jim Eddy
Gam Coe dL
Praearg
Coronado
Poyatle
Tandy Piiers
Coronado Freezer
Orginal
Sun Viceanis Tire
Exchangs
Earl
Gambles
Lee
Telechron
China
Sox
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