Headmembe r production surge at plant and festive notices
The headmember department produced 3 779 workers last week with 2 968 in four days, marking a major four day run. Two truckloads of steel and lumber were unloaded. Tulip Time holiday hours set for office and factory staff. A historical pageant rehearsal and parade float prep noted. Several absences due to illness and sympathy extended after a worker’s mother’s funeral. A duck decoy on a desk fountain entertains staff. A memo about Venetian blinds reconditioning caused humorous misinterpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Buwalda Hawelka
Betty van Zee
Jeanette Jbers
Wilma
Irene Veldhuizen
Emma van Esline Razendaal
Sadie Wye Wie van Arkel
Cora Een
Irene
Jack Beatima
Jack
Rotscreen
Cattle Hog and Sheep Sale Prices Reported Saturday
The sale featured 288 cattle 224 hogs 75 sheep and horses with strong prices. Cows sold up to 15.75 to 16.50 per hundredweight, vealers 22 to 25, replacement steers 17, light bulls higher, heavy calves 16 to 21.20. Hogs brought Sow prices to 25.10, heavy boars 15, feeders 29 to 38 for light weights, many hogs vaccinated, some to 38.00, breeding boars 85, stags 18.05. Lambs and ewes with lambs expected to improve with packers and feeders.
Saturday livestock sale attracts good crowd and buyers
A Saturday market drew a decent turnout of buyers with consignments worth watching. The sale Tuesday prior highlighted quality stock and strong interest from attendees.
Campaign on for Cancer Fund in Mahaska County
Mahaska County launches the 1047 Cancer drive to raise funds for cancer research and treatment. Co chairs L. R. Carson and Hugh Ben Mc Coy guide the effort with E. L. Butler as financial representative. County quota is 2000 dollars as Iowa aims for 204240. Donors are urged to mail checks to Edward Butler, Oskaloosa, with names on currency and a persuasive appeal to help prevent cancer deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
L. R. Carson
Hugh Ben McCoy
E. L. Butler
Oskaloosa
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Edward Butler
Mahaska County group dubious Blue Cross enrollment plan
Mahaska County Health Improvement Association leaders met May 6 at Farm Bureau Rooms to set a June 16 to June 30 enrollment window for Blue Cross protection. Benefits would start July 20, and no new applications would be allowed for at least a year after the period closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rodgers
Oskaloosa R. 1
Mahaska County Health Improvement Association
Cecil Frost
Oskaloosa
Gay Shaw
Richard Phillips
Farm Bureau Rooms
HLA
Blue Cross
Mra
County Health Campaign Chooses Leaders for Blue Cross Enrollment
Mahaska County group names chairman and four assistant chairs Benedict Peterson Mrs Mort Smith Roy Wharton and Cecil Frost plus town ship captains to recruit volunteers for school districts J B Sackson Blue Cross representative to contact groups Enrollment open to employed residents under 66 in Mahaska County cost 1440 annual for individuals 2880 for families plus 1 HLA dues Coverage includes hospital and doctor choice with no assessments or red tape two nine month waiting periods for maternity care and tonsil adenoid operations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict Peterson
Mort Smith
Roy Wharton
Cecil Frost
J.B. Sackson
Blue Cross
Rodgers
Mahaska County
HLA
H.la
Memorials and Visits At Home for the Aged
May 7 gatherings marked birthdays and family visits at the Home for the Aged. Residents remembered Mrs. Peter Lubberden on turning 69 while relatives from Ottumwa Leighton Knoxvi Prairie City and Edgerton called on residents including Mrs. M. Van Gorp Mrs. C. Den Hartog and Mrs. Gosselink. A funeral attendance for A. B. Goemaat drew D Weeds and Emma Weeds plus other visitors from Tingley and Prairie City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Lubberden
Dirk Beintema
Ottumwa
Anne de Bruin
E. C. Kruseman
Leighton
M. van Gorp
Fred Boswehl
Creston
Iowa
Smorenberg
Jong
Knoxvi Peter Langstraat
Taintor
Lillian Langstraat
Peoria
Pout Langstraat
J. Langstraat
Henry den Hartog
John den Hartog
Ep den Hartog
Sam den Martog
B. van Lissel
Edgerton
Minn
C. den Hartos
John Smith
Karl Gosselink
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wm. Vander Linden
Minnesota
Gerrit Gosselink
Pershing Mine to Close and Be Abandoned
The Pershing mine No 14 will close following a reduced operation period and a miner layoff order from the Mine Workers of America. About a hundred workers, many homeowners, faced shutdown due to labor disputes and a long serving superintendent’s dismissal, with production around 100000 to 115000 tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing Mine
No. 14
Pershing No. 14
John Lewis
Mine Workers of America
Hes Moines
Robert Bannier
Tom Rowland
Bannister
Rowland
Pershing
Knoxville Journal
Ancient Greeks Used Ring Counting to Age Fish
Ancient Greeks employed a method of aging fish by counting growth rings on scales. This practice linked growth patterns to age estimates and informed early fisheries understanding.
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Veenstra Appliance Co
Pella
Avotidodot Gael Adak
Wea Hee
Dea
God
Pves
Ches
Crear
Lon B. Wormhoudt
Henry Cox
Martha Lautenbach
Fax Sales
AX Sales Company
Jit
Honar Bank of Colfax
Sale
For Cancer Fund
Blue Cross Plan
May
Pershing Fuel Co
Cs Moines
By Lester Pfister
Lester Pfister
Pfister
Lester Vander Linden
Ablerima
Vigoro Beet Dette
Swift & Company
de Jong
J. H. Shinn
Pella, Iowa
Kellogg’s
Gerber's
Mazda
Clinton
Co-op
Pella, Lowa
Farmers Union
Vermeer & Son
Power Pak Radio
Wakwut
Lees Sete
Cols
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