Closing out farm sales across Iowa area estates
A string of closing out farm sales and machinery auctions listed with multiple dates through December and January. Gerrit J. Vroom and others announce sales near Prairie City Grinnell Kellogg Newton Leighton Cedar Oskaloosa Pella and adjacent counties with dates from November to January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
Pella
Will ‘van Sant
Killoff
G. J. ‘Vroom
Prairie City
Gerrit J. Vroom
Junior Wm
Morrison
Grinnell
Dee
Louis Scheel
Newton
Marion A. Toom
Herman Bruxvoort
Kellogg
Farmers Co-op Exch
Herman L. Swank
Harvey, Lowa
Vande Geest Bros
Leighton
V. Veldhuizen
Cedar
Oskaloosa
Dick Rozenberg
Reasner
Anthony W. van Zante
van Ze
Eugene van Zee
FOR SALE ITEMS AND HARDWARE OFFERS
A bulging sale list from Prairie City and surrounding areas featuring Hampshire boars Duroc Jersey spring boars and purebred Poland China boars. Also washers adding machines and pumps plus hardware deals and farm supplies with multiple contact numbers and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Andrew J. Steenbock
Prairie City
Bakker & Rus
Duroc Jersey
John Westercamp
Peter Hoksbergen
Vogelaar’s
Chronicle
Roger _De_Zwarte
Poland
Mart Wanger Linden
Pella
Willis Vande Voort
China
Iowa Swine Testing Assa
Mark Shaw
Monroe
Myzon Poultry Builder
van Zee
Harold Wittenburg
Robert Mitchell
GR. van Dyk
Koyker
Lloyd Zickel
Eureka
Byron Bekema
New
Anker
Morse
Fleetwood
Big City
Pella Sewing Machine CO
van Berkum
Hocksema
Murphy's
Oskaloosa
Prine School
H. W. Moffett & Son
Real estate listings include several new homes for sale
A sequence of notices describes a four bedroom house with gas heat near a factory about eight years old, plus a two bedroom home with painted walls and a carpeted living room on a large lot with an attached garage. It notes possession in 15 days and lists 82 more homes and additional building lots farms and business buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Berkum
Ver Dught
Pella
Gerard M. Gosselink
White Way Auto Co
Vos
Meulpolder Real Estate
Mae Thomassen
Dial MA
Real Bargains In Cars
Used car display lists 1957 Oldsmobile 4 door automatic 1957 Mercury Monterey 2 door Mercomatic 1955 Oldsmobile 4 door automatic 1954 Mercury 4 door 1947 Chevrolet 2 door plus various Pontiacs and Mercurys. Breen & Kelderman contact, ads include 1958 Pontiac advance, Plymouth and Chevrolet pickup. Pipe and steel lengths offered. Dial MA 8-364 or MA 8-4703.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
Plymouth
Kingma Motor
DeSoto-Plymouth
R&h
Oldsmobile
E.d
Chevrolet
Breen & Kelderman
Oskaloosa
St- Dial
Lee
Gary T. Vogelaar
Elm St
Radio and TV Service Promises Prompt Repairs
An assortment of local ads promotes Meyer’s Radio and TV Maytag washer service with genuine parts and free estimates. Pontiag Service emphasizes car winterization and a new service manager Roger Utterback. Other ads offer floor refinishing, home rug cleaning, beauty services, typewriter repair, and Electrolux sales and service by G. Vander Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Stientjes
Sanders
Pontiag
Roger Utterback
Roger
Gary T. Vogelaar
Pontine
Pella
Permanenta A
Spec Parker
Vera
Pella Chronicle
Electrolux
G. Vander Hart
Notice of Redemption of First Reformed Church Bonds
The First Reformed Church of Pella Iowa elects to redeem fourteen thousand six hundred dollars of its twenty year four percent first mortgage bonds due July 1 1978 at 100 percent. Redemption occurs January 1 1958 at the trustee’s Des Moines office upon surrender of bonds and coupons. Interest ceases after redemption date and matured coupons become void.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Pella
Iowa
Central National Bank and Trust Company
Des Moines
Towa
Oyster Supper and Bazaar Set for December Night
First Reformed Church of Pella invites with proceeds from a sale list and ticketed items. The Oyster Supper and Bazaar at Galesburg Christian Church is on Friday December 6 starting at 5 30 with chicken and hamburger sandwiches jello cake and coffee. Ladies Aid annual bazaar and bake sale at Vandenberg's Meat Market on Saturday November 30 at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg Christian Church
The
First Reformed Church
Vandenberg’s
Cards of Thanks for Bereavement
The Martin T. Klein Family thanks friends and neighbors for cards, memorials, and sympathy at the time of their recent bereavement. They express sincere appreciation and feel truly very grateful.
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Ed Bogaards
The Bogaards and Poortinga families extend gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness before and after Mrs Ed Bogaards death and for sympathy flowers and support over the past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bogaards
Clarence Bogaards
Abe L. Dykstra
Photo Contest Sponsored by Cancer Society: 1958 Theme
The Iowa Division of the American Cancer Society hosts a statewide photo contest open to amateur and professional photographers. Top prize offers a Leica M3 or similar camera or cash value, with winning image to be featured in New Horizons reaching 320,000 Iowa homes. Submissions must be postmarked by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Mason City
New Horizons
Tour of Europe Subject for Talk At Club Meeting
President Gerrit Vander Lugt of Central College spoke to Rotarians on his three month tour of Europe with Mrs Vander Lugt. He highlighted Rotterdam now a modern city, Holland education, and friendly U S aid through the Marshall Plan. They covered about 4500 miles by car through Belgium Italy Switzerland France and England, and he spoke at several gatherings in Zealand. He noted the joy of returning to the United States after language barriers abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Vander Lugt
Central College
Europe
Vander Lugt
Rotterdam
Furone
Holland
U.S
Trolland
van der Luch
Towa
Vander
Belgium
Italy
Switzerland
France
England
Zolland
van der Lugt
U. S
Knoxville Naturalist George K Cherrie Heads South American Trek
George K Cherrie a Knoxville native and curator at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences sails on a three year South American expedition under British Museum and Lord Rothschild sponsorship. He has long tropical experience including the Amazon and Orinoco regions and plans to collect mammals birds reptiles and insects. His wife and children accompany him on prior travels while remaining in Knoxville during the current voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cherrie
Ireland
Knoxville
Marion County Historical Society
George K. Cherrie
Museum of Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Cherrie
United States
Iowa
Ankeny
French Guiana
South America
Cherie
South
Central America
N. Y
Tropics
Amazon
Oromoco
G. K. ‘Cherrie
New York City
Quebec Line
Martinerrie
Captain Cherrie
Agnes Breckenridge
Scotland
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Egg Production in October Exceeds Nine-Year Average
October 1957 Iowa egg production reached 236 million, 14 percent above the 1946-65 ten year October average of 296 million but 8 percent below October 1956’s record 367 million. The rate of lay was 1466 eggs per 100 layers, down from 1479 a year earlier. The nation’s laying flock averaged 311,050,000 layers, a 6 percent drop from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
North Atlantic
East Central
West North Central
South Central
South Atlantic
University Women Plan New HQ Building in Washington DC
Miss Alice Carlson said the American Association of University Women will purchase 21,000 square feet in Potomac Plaza Center Foggy Bottom for an eight story headquarters. The $2 million building aims to be completed in 1959 adjoining Potomac Plaza Apartments and linked to international university women groups. It will house offices and staff to publish materials and run programs in education democracy and women’s status with a $1.813 million endowment fellowship program and hosting scholars from abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Carlson
American Association of University Women
Washington, D. C
Washington
Potomac Plaza Center
Fogry Bottom
24Th
G Streets
Virginia Avenue
Riverside
Potomac Plaza
AAUW
Rockefeller Center
New York City
AA UW
Association
United States
International Federation of University Women
F UW
Benefit payments to 6800 idle Iowans in October
Des Moines reports Iowa State Employment Service data showing 6,800 benefit payments in October totaling 454,918 dollars. Initial claims rose 37 percent from September, while nonfarm job placements fell 18 percent to 10,340 amid seasonal and defense procurement effects. Average monthly benefit was 24.31 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Employment Service
George W. Moore
Iowa Employment Security Commission
National Defense
First Rail Link to Iowa Recalled 1854
Before 1850 railroads built in isolation but under Sheffield and Farnam a Chicago Rock Island line began in 1851. Judge Grant of Davenport helped push plans for a Rock Island Davenport bridge and Congress land aid. The first train reached Rock Island February 22, 1854 amid festive speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Sheffield
Henry Farnam
Chicago
Rock Island
James Grant
Davenport
Congress
Iowa
Chievo
Mississippi
Atlantic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ottumwa
Urkey
Des
East End
Joe H. Vande Kieft
Franklin Dial
Boat & Boatama
Brouwer
Hoeksema’s
Goronado
Myron Nollen
Eae
John Deere
McCormick
MD Farmall
Oliver
Fairbanks-Morse
Dempster
Stover
Mayco
Daisy
Redwood
National Tube
Youngstown
Yardley
Orangeburg
Franklin Street
R. van Dyk & Son
Pride of Farm
Ghtexen
Hoeksema
South Pella
Schakel Warehouse CO
Kingman Motor
Viking
Belmore
Charlyn
Edger
Gambles
Furnace
Broadway
Franklin
Bel Air
Studebaker
Ford
New White Way Auto Co
Dodge Panel Ulrich Motor Co
Pella Poultry Service
Dial
Pella Mfg. Corp
East Third St
Elena Firestone
Klyn
Viehcontrag
Aoe F
Schiebout Tire Shop
Don Cummings
Country Club
Vis Barber Shop
Chery
Mae
Gibert Ro
Herman J. Ridder
Henry A. Klein
Martin T. Klein
Elizabeth Poortinga
Cancer Society
University
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