Pleasant Hill visitors greet Goodmans and kin
Doctor James E. Goodman and family from Pleasant Hill Illinois visit Mrs Goodman's parents Mr and Mrs Will Van Sittert. The note also records illnesses injuries and hospital stays for local residents including Mrs Y T Van Niewaal and others, plus community goings on and a graduation open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Goodman
Mary Kay
Steve, Rickey and
Douglas
Pleasant Hill
Illinois
Iowa Hog And Cattle Marketings And Intentions
Marketing of hogs from Town farms in April is estimated at 1 818 000 head, up 2 percent from a year earlier and 44 percent above the 1947 50 average. May and June hog marketings are seen at 2 175 000, down 19 percent from the prior year. Cattle and calves totaled 173 000 in April, down 18 percent from a year earlier and 27 percent below the 1947 50 average. May and June cattle marketings are projected at 379 000 head, down 10 percent year to year, with May 1 intentions at 209 000 and June intentions at 170 000, both below 1947 50 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Towa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Our Men in Military Service Pvt Nelson Roozeboom
Pvt Nelson Roozeboom, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Roozeboom of 610 East 1st St, is serving in the Army at Fort Richardson Alaska. He spent a 15 day furlough in April with his parents and then reported back to Seattle, where he left for overseas duty. APO 949 c/o Postmaster Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oney Arkema
Sully
Mercy Hospital
Oskeloosa
Pella
Mahaska Hospital
George Vanden’ Berg
Marcia Wehrle
Andrew Kool
Leighton
Mahaska
Deal
B. Wormhoudt
Ottumwa Hospital
Herbert Wormhoudt
Lon Wormhoudt
L. H. Williams
Biloxi
Mississippi
Philip Kempkes
Kempkes
Will
Pvt
Nelson Roozeboom
ARMY
FT. Richardson
Alaska
Henry Roozeboom
East 1St St
Seattle
Fort Richardson
Spec
c/o
Washington
State College TV facilities moved to Exhibit Hall remodel
The television facilities at Iowa State College were relocated to a remodeled section of Exhibit Hall on the campus western end. Staff engineers completed the move after the sign-off at 11:00 p.m. and before sign-on the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Iowa newspaper pioneers and early chains overview
The article traces Iowa journalism history from 19th century beginnings to major chains. It notes the first traveling publisher's representative at Davenport Democrat, the 1915 Iowa Press Association with a central office, and stories of notable papers like the Lee Syndicate, Speidel chain, and Cowles chain. It lists oldest weeklies and dailies including Tipton Advertiser, Jackson Sentinel, Knoxville Journal, Independence Conservative, Muscatine Journal, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Ottumwa Courier, Keokuk Gate City, and Fairfield Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Davenport Democrat
Iowa Press Association
State Press Association
Town
East Waterloo
Dubuque
Pioneer
Speidel
Iowa City Press- Citizen
Cowles
Des Moines Register
Leader
Lee Syndicate
Alfred Lee
Ottumwa Courier
Davenport
Democrat and Times
Mason City Globe Gazette
Muscatine Journal
Otumwa Courier
Tipton Advertiser
Maquoketa
Guthrie Center Dairy Farmer Wins Milk Milestones
Prolific dairy farmer Owen Brady near Guthrie Center began dairy farming in 1949 and his herd of 18 cows produced 81 tons of milk last year, marking notable productivity for a small operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Brady
Guthrie Center
New Duty Station for Sheldon Vos
Sheldon H. Vos, personnelman third USN, son of William Vos of Pella Iowa, reported to ComPosite Squadron Sixty-One Miramar California as petty officer in charge of the personnel office at the separation center Fleet Air Detachment. He will process separation records and prepare discharge papers. Enlisting in Des Moines in December 1948, Vos has served since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. T. van Niewaal
van Niewaal
Oren van Niewaal
Norman den Hartog
Central College
Sully High School
Will
State Center
Iowa
Norman
Sully
San Diego
Cal
Sheldon H. Vos
USN
William Vos
Liberty St Pella
Miramar
Calif
Separation Center
Fleet Air Detachment
Navy
Des Moines
Towa
Vos
Navy pilot Vos earns multiple service medals
Vos is described as a member of Fighter Squadron Fifty-Three aboard the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge. He holds the Good Conduct Medal along with China Service, Korean Service, United Nations, and Navy Occupation medals. A 1947 Pella High School graduate, he is married to Nancy L. Emmons of 827 Toumaline Ave, San Diego, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
Vos
United Nations
Pella High School
Nancy L. Emmons
Toumaline Ave
San Diego
Calif
Televiewers May Tour WOI-TV On Screen Tonight
Telecast targets WOI-TV viewers with an armchair tour airing May 29 at 8 PM. Host Richard B Hull and Ed Wegener will guide demonstrations of studio facilities and introduce WOI-TV personnel at the education station based in Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Televiewers
Woi-Tv
Town State College
O’cl
Radio-Tv
Richard B. Hull
Ed Wegener
Federal Communications
Commission
Iowa State College Service
Wol-Fm
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James E. Huyser
May Hospital
Oskaloosa
Ray de Haan
Arlington Heights
Burkett Davis
Davis
de Haan
Keith Emmert
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Keith
Warm Springs
Wilbur Bruxvoort
Mitchellville
California
Andrew Boot
St. Paul
Minnesota
Mr. Boot
Nancy Boot
William Hospers
Orange City
Lawrence Grooters
Donald
Clarence’Van Zee
Oska- Joosa
Glen Hockett
Catherine Slobe
Hocketts
West Des Moines
Glen
Murray Ten Hagen
Prairie City
John van Arkels
Carrie Muilenberg
Max Slaughter
Robert Sowles
Robert
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Slaughter
Elmer Wines
Peter Heerema
Bert
Republican
Mahaska County
Sheldon Vos
Hillcrest Auction
Knoxville, Iowa
Vogelaar's
Ben and
Carl
Ken
Ken Evans
Evans
Clark McNeal
Board of Supervisors of
Marion County
Jim Riggen
C. R
Ames
University of Oklahoma
Monroe County
Air Corps
American Legion and
Farm Bureau
Albia High School
5Th P.M
Jasper County Recorder
Newton and Monroe Railway Co
Jasper County
Ing
Monroe
Addie Jarnagin
Worth & van Zante
Fice
Jim van Hemert
Garfield Township
Christian Church
Board of Supervisors
Colfax Sale
Farrow
Colfax Sale Company
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