Local notes from Pella area residents and visitors
Local news item highlights travel to Fort Sheridan for Wayne Vanden Berg discharge, Dykstra’s UC L A Medal of Merit honor, church calls, injuries from timbering, newborns and hospital updates, service personnel returns, and assorted family visits spanning October events and travels in Iowa communities.
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Los Angeles
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of California, Los Angel
Dykstra
Pella
Washington
U.C.L.A
Souvenir spoons add to town crier collection
The town crier notes two new spoons added last week. A Tennessee Confederate Monument spoon from Franklin Verrips and a Spanish American War Maine spoon from Miss Jennie Harrison join other keepsakes. Mentions memories of WWI pieces from Grandecourt and Edinburgh and a garlic tonic tale from Billy Gezel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Verrips
Tennessee
Frank
Jennie Harrison
Maine
Sigsbee
Miss Harmson
Town Crier notes garlic club and Tulip Time plans
The writer mentions garlic as a favored item, new members Arnold Intveld family, and a plan to refresh Town Crying for next May Tulip Time. References include hair tonic use, stock knitting by Nellie Van Arkel and Olivier twins, plus quotes from Dante Confucius and Helen Keller.
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Garlic Club
Arnold Intveld
Arnold
Nellie van Arkel
Olivier Twins
Feeder Cattle Prices Rise as Corn Belt Demand Grows
Corn Belt feeders and ranchers compete for feeder cattle amid high prices. Rex Beresford of Iowa State notes bids up to 4 and 5 dollars above last year as a big corn crop spurs cattle hunger. Demand spans farmers, ranchers, and some slaughterers seeking short term contracts. Feed costs, at about 85 percent of total gains, push margins, with calculations showing break evens near 18 dollars for midweight steers and yearlings under varying cost scenarios.
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Corn Belt
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Beresford
Culbertson
Towaperiment
Inflation shift to people as price controls end
Edward D. Allen of Iowa State College warns that with price ceilings removed the public must voluntarily curb inflation. He notes high earnings and liquid assets, plus reliance on installment plans for durable goods, threaten a new inflation spike even as production cannot quickly meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Allen
Towa
State College Farm
Allen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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Don Douwstra
Connie Vanden Berg
Wayne Vanden Berg
Chicago
Wayne
Fort Sheridan
J. J. Hollebrands
First Reformed Church of
Detroit
Michigan
Reformed Church
Ghent
New York
Gerrit Rozenboom
Oskaloosa
Rosenboom
Mahaska Hospital
Robert van Vark
George de Wit
Mercy
Okaloosa
Richard Plug
Harold Slings
Jerry Brink
Art Broekhi
Edgerton
Minnesota
John Vanden Berg
Vanden Berg
Peter J. Ellerbrock
Sibley
Iowa
Kaldenberg
Iowa University
Wayne Schakel
Kathryn Schakel
Daily Iowan
Schakel
Associated Press
C.F. Aschenbrenner
John Blommers
Humboldt
Paul Blommers
Vella
Marie Smith
R. M. Smith
Aschenbrenner
Zae Aschenbrenner
John W. Vander Linden
Hampton
Mrs
Wayne Pas
W. A. Weld
Sioux City
Max Sch
Joe Stientjes Sr
Sheldon
Joe Stientjes
Charles Mitten
New York City
Gertrude Mitten
California
Harry Mitten
Mitten
Abraham Bogaards
Melvin Vos
Nick Vos
Army
Hawaii
C. E. Sheeler
Pleasantville
John Branshart
H. W. Vander Linden
Leighton
M. Vander Linden
Des Moines
Ada Vander Linden
Fred Lautenbach
Dick and
Billy
H. K. Pals
Cedar Rapids
William Probert
Probert
Pals
Lautenbach
Lautenbachs
Mrs. Pals
Proberts
Gerald Breen
Ralph Russell
Mahaska
Charles Cunningham
Mary
Anne
John Ulrich
Doctor Cunningham
Michigan Agricultural College
Lansing
Cunningham
Thelma Ulrich
Robert Wilkinson
Jefferson City, Missouri
Earl Pohlmann
Harold Doornebos
S. G. Onstine
West First Street
Leonard van Olden
Seattle
New Jersey
Mr. van Olden
Central
Vander Lindens
Dave de Cook
Sigourney, Iowa
J. B. Vos
Jim Klyn
Harrison
South Dakota
Bob Klein
Arthur Klein
Bob
Aed
Ives
Standard
Permalube
Lot Oma
Grandecour
France
Carl Byers
Edinborough
Scotland
Dick Rouw
Billy Gezel
Eve
Dante
Confucius
Helen Keller
Dick Leydens
van Roekel Plumbing & Heating Phone
Ante Furnace Service
Life Insurance
M. M. Doekendorff
New York Life Insurance ‘Company
Main Street
Prairie Street
Pella Swimming Pool
J. A. Kool
Farmers Co-Op
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