Weekend visitors and park ducks at Garwin
Mr and Mrs Howard Rankin of Garwin visited relatives in the home of Mr and Mrs B Baron. Vander Linden families and Mrs Evers visited Ames and Des Moines. Ducks at the North Main street park, owned by Flor Geurts, return each day from the pen, with repairs on the lagoon bench tops. The Dutch mill repair is completed after shingles were torn. The park’s summer beauty depends on public cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Rankin
Garwin
Town
8. B. Baron
Rankin
M. Vander Linden
Ames
Carl Rene Vander Linden
Patricia
C. Evers
James Evers
Vander Lindens
Des Moines
North Main Street
Flor Geurts
Gearts
the Baty
Gertrude Vander Linden
Arie Klein
Betty Jo van de Geest
Kennie McCulley
Billie Savage
New Market
Iowa
Interim Committee picks four Democrats for Iowa panel
Tunis Klein is named to the Iowa Legislature Interim Committee joining three other Democrats, with Republicans chairing major committees. The panel includes Senator Robert Reily of Dubuque and Representatives Gene Posten of Corydon and W. A. Bents of Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Klein
Iowa
Robert Reily
Dubuque
Gene Posten
Corydon
W. A. Bents
Cresco
House
Senate
Librarian Loses Assistant As Library Sees Resignations
The Board of Trustees accepts the resignation of assistant librarian Mrs. A. C. Rempe effective May 1 after two years of service. No replacement yet named. The library reports 12 454 volumes at year end March 31 1947 with 563 added and 444 withdrawn. Library opened 296 days with 2 068 borrowers and average 17 volumes per borrower. largest daily circulation 412 on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Rempe
Return of World War II Dead Displayed in Kansas City
A steel casket and shipping case for returning World War II dead is on display at the American Graves Registration Division in Kansas City Missouri. Lt Col Carl R Yost says the casket can be viewed weekdays 8 am to 4 30 pm. The depot will distribute remains across Missouri and neighboring states, with letters of inquisition mailed to next of kin over 18 to 24 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Goi Hardesty Avenue
Kansas City 1
Missouri
Carl R. Yost
American Graves Registration Division
Col. M. A. Quinn
Kansas
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Nita
South Dakota
Next of
Ion Movement
Hardesty Avenue
Quartermas General’s
Washington
D. C
Voelker to Join Extension Staff at Ames
Donald E. Voelker of Monroe will join the Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service as assistant extension dairyman, effective July 1. A ISU graduate, he has led Dairy Herd Improvement Association herds in five Iowa counties and served as an Extension tester. He taught vocational agriculture at Monroe last year and organized several farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon de Haan
Fred Dekker
Bellevue
Pella
Fred
Tunis Kempkes
Kippe-bonr
Nick van Gorp
Kuyper Music House
Kansas City
General Motors
Donald E. Voelker
Monroe
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Charles B. Finley
Voelker
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Iowa
Gilman Consolidated Schools
Gilman Cooperative Canning Association
Pacific
Vocational Agriculture Department
Farmers’ Evening School
Future Farmer Chapter
Religious Book Week observance May 4 11 nationwide
The fifth annual Religious Book Week to stimulate reading of spiritually valuable books runs May 4 through May 11. Iowa sponsors and local committees list 160 recommended titles for children and adults plus a 60 book interfaith goodwill list. Books span biography history philosophy sociology and poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Metcalf
Iowa Tri-Cities
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Marvin 0. Lansbury
John H. Higgins
Martin M. Weitz
Des Moines
Morgenstern
Glueck
Joy
Bernanos
Mauriac
Barber
Boehmer
Simmel
Action For Unity
Watson
Oskaloosa C of C Seeds Prizes for 4-H Members
The Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce offers cash prizes to Mahaska County 4-H club demonstration teams. Winners receive six dollars per township team for entering the August achievement show, plus regular fair premiums of nine, six, and three dollars for blue red and white ratings. The chamber provides fifteen dollars to each of the two top teams to help with Iowa State Fair expenses. A chamber appointee and two 4-H committee members select the winners. Demonstrations cover livestock crops soil care and other farm improvements, judged on prior presentations and presentation quality. Eligible youths are ages 15 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Towa
Chamber of Commercce
School Township Farm Bureau
Egg and Them Car Crash Near Plainfield
A Waterloo car was struck by a tobacco truck near Plainfield, collapsing the side of the car and tossing both occupants clear. Mrs Barbara Martin suffered a broken pelvis, while wreckers examined the damaged vehicle for details of the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Plainfield
Barbara Martin
California grower ships 200000 blossoms for 400000
An undamaged egg was found on a floor board. A California grower air freights 200000 gardenia blossoms to eastern markets for 400000, a sum far above the 50000 value at prevailing California prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
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Lautenbach & Verought
White Rocks
White Rock
J. H. Shinn
Pella, Iowa
Wildcats
Delco
Remy
Autolite
Carter Stromberg
Ford
Gen. Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker Corp
Hudson Ford Motor Co
Alsbury Sal
Aviton
Marion van Hemert
O.K
Paul Koopman
Klaas
D.C. van Zante
Janet— Leovi
Portland
Oregon
John R. Mulder
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Mulame
Prospect
Western Theological Seminary
Central College
Bertha van ’T Sant
Evelyn van Wyngarden
Mildred Vos
Margaret de Vries
Wilbur Westra
Alaska Hospital
Lester Huyser
Sully
Mahaska
Central Park
van der Poeg Brothers
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
Wormhoudt Furniture
Hildegarde Nesbit
Mahaska Hospital
Hom
Marcia Kuyper
Town University
Henry F. Kuyper
Dorothy de Haan
Madeline Vander Zyl
Gerald van Zante
Mercy Hospital
J. J. Sybenga
Texas
Sam van Vliet
Indianola
Ed Cook
Joe Stientjes
George Lankelma
James Lankelma
Bob Menning
Sioux County
Joe
Sheldon
Orange City
Josephine Renaud
CCCC
A. J. Renaud
Murray
Erma
Estellene Visser
Bob Wallace
Eva Wilson
Helen Vander Beek
Helen
Paedia Britannica
William Keen
America
U. S
Paul Harrison
Arabia
CN. Cole
John Blommers
Ralph Ver Meer
William Vander Lugt
Marie Lautenbach
Clarence Vander Linden
Cornelia Rhynsburger
John Lasschuit
Don Voelker
Ask
Oskaloosa C. of C
Menninga & Vander Linden
Leader
Oskaloosa, Iowa
van den Berg Electric and Paint Co
Donald E. Clark
Pleasantville, Iowa
Mart Hoeksema
Naty
Campbell’s
Ack
Farmers Union
Pella, Lowa
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