Marion County 4 H Tops State Fair Heifer Contests
Marion County 4 H boys and girls excelled at the Iowa State Fair with wins across dairy cattle beef heifers and lambs. Results include Martha Anderson winning with a two year old Palomino American saddle horse and Charlotte Shivvers placing in lamb classes, while the beef heifer divisions show multiple firsts seconds and high placing for local youths and families. The girls demonstrated strong performance in food exhibits and demonstrations earning blue ribbons with several participants receiving red and white ribbons as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Club
Marion County
Hampshire
Martha Anderson
Charlotte Shivvers
Patty Finarty
Norma Young
Not Young
Connie Shivvera
Joan Nichols
Maxine Kline
Doris van Zomeren
Jobyna Rankin
Darlene Kuiper
Barbara Brooks
Jean Robuck
Mary Judith Murphy
Marilyn Rankin
Roberta Rees
Connie Shi
Lake Prairie Two Club Projects Placed at County Fair
Lake Prairie Township 4 H Club members fared well at Marion County Fair. John Rietveld won top honors in market hog show with champion bar row pen of three and market litter. Hiemstra entries dominated several Hereford and Angus classes. Gosselink and Veenstra families earned multiple placements and ribbons. State Fair results show Roland Eysink and Leonard Gosselink on the demonstration team earning a white ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Prairie Township
Marion County
John Rietveld
Albert Rietveld
John
Robert Hiemstra
Donald Hiemstra
Marvin Hiemstra
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Roland Eysink
John Gosselink
John van Zemeren
Donna Veenstra
Guernsey
Carol Veenstra
Jim Roorda
John S. Gosselink
Leonard Gosselink
Two Deaths by Electrocution Accent Danger
The second electrocution in Marion County within two weeks occurred Thursday morning August 30th at Harvey. The 23 month old son of Mr and Mrs William Wycoff stepped on an extension cord in the yard while his mother did laundry. The grass was wet and the live cord was not connected to the washing machine. He is survived by his parents three sisters and a brother. Wycoff is employed by Maytag Company at Newton. Rodney Phillips was electrocuted in a mine accident at Hamilton two weeks before.
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Marion County
Harvey
William Wycoff
David Mikely
Wycoff
Maytag Company
Newton
Rodney Phillips
Hamilton
Knoxville Journal
Seek Organization To Sponsor Safety Poster Campaign
Organizations may sponsor the Iowa Safety Congress safety poster service after the Sept. 20 deadline. Mrs. Edna Woodward announced that county chairmen or the Town Safety Congress in Des Moines handle inquiries. The 12 month poster program starts when subscriptions are sold and funds aid statewide safety education and local distributions.
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Iowa Safety Congress
Edna Woodward
Congress
Town Safety Congress
Grand Ave
Des Moines
Iowa
Men Completing 14 Week Training Sent to Specialist Schools
Our men in military service finish a 14 week training cycle with the famed Super Sixth. After completion they will be sent to specialist schools or as replacements to other units.
Soldiers Near Completion of 14-Week Fort Leonard Wood Training
Pvt William L Stursma Pvt Harold E Hoksbergen Pvt Wilford R Laverman and Pvt Galen J Dykhuis of Pella Sully and RFD 2 Pella near completion of a 14 week training cycle with the 6th Armored Division at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri They have completed six weeks of basic training and are finishing eight weeks of engineer training under competent instructors Learn to use pioneer and power tools and construct fixed and floating bridges and related tasks.
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Ft. Leonard Wood
William L. Stursma
Ayn Stursma
Pella
Harold E. Hoksbergen
Harold Hoksbergen
Sully
Wilford R. Laverman
Word R. Laverman
Galen J. Dykhuis
Andrew Dykhuis
Sgt Hasselman Stationed at Bangor Maine News Item
Sgt Ed Hasselman is stationed at Bangor Maine. Edward J Hasselman is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence.
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Edward J. Hasselman
Mrs
Lawrence
Air Guard sergeant stationed at Dow AFB Bangor
S/Sgt Edward L Hasselman of Pella has been stationed at Dow Air Force Base Bangor Maine since April 16 1951 He served in the Iowa Air Guard and went on active duty March 1 His wife Norma lives in Bangor and works as a civilian nurse at the base hospital His current address is S/Sgt Edward L Hasselman ALF 6780065 132 Supply Sq Dow Air Force Base
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Hasselman
Pella
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Maine
Iowa Air Guard
Norma
Edward L. Hasselman
Maynard De Vries Serves Aboard U S S New Jersey
From the Great Lakes Naval Training Station comes news of Maynard De Vries seaman apprentice USN of Route 3 Pella Iowa serving aboard the 45000 ton battleship USS New Jersey. The ship was re commissioned at Bayonne New Jersey in November last year and is now on duty in Korea where its 16 inch rifles can pound Communist positions as far as 20 miles inland.
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Great Lakes
Naval Training Station
New Jersey
Maynard de Vries
USN
Pella
Towa
U. S
Bayonne
N. J
Korea
Soldiers Addresses of Names and Destinations
List of U S Army personnel with unit designations and mailing addresses from camps and posts across the United States including Davisville Rhode Island Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania Camp Chaffee Arkansas Camp Kilmer New Jersey San Francisco California and APO routes. Names include Bernie De Vries Duane Van Haaften John Martin De Vries Jacob Rus Abraham J Nunnikhoven Gilbert Vander Hart Martin W Nunnikhoven and others with their respective units and corps.
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Jacob Rus
U. S
Camp Kilmer
New Jersey
Abraham J. Nunnikhoven
U.S
Co. L
21St Inf
A.P.O
c/o
San Francisco
California
Gilbert L. Vander Hart
34Th Med. Tk
5Th Armored
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Martin W. Nunnikhoven
22Nd Co
H.I.T.C
Recognizing Signs of Hunger in Growing Crops
Farmers across Marion and surrounding counties face corn hunger symptoms as soils test during tasseling. Experts FJ Kohrt and Marvin Anderson describe nitrogen and potassium deficiency signs, from pale green leaves to firing along leaf edges, with guidance for drought and nutrient management.
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Marion County
F. J. Kohrt
Johrt
Kohrt
Marvin Anderson
Iowa State College
Iowa
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Angus
Herefords
Ist Inco
Carl Heaberlin
Pleasantville
Gene Heaberlin
Marinus ‘Christensen
Don Rowland
Robert Rees
Baby Reeves
Kyle Shaffer
Norman Core
Dean Frey
Thelm Kading
Kenth Wabl
Kathleen. Kading
Leland Crozier
Russell Johnson
Gene Stevenson
Norman Chrisman
Clarence Loynacan
Larry Crozier
Richard Whitlatch
Tom Nichols
Gary T. Vogelaar
Massey-Harris
Pella, Iowa
How Lake Prairie
Co. Fair
Pvt
William L. Sturema
Pvt. Wilford R. Laverman
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Jaeger Transit
Pella Construction Co
North Side Square
Sgt
Ed Hasselman
Bangor, Maine
U.S.S
Bernie de Vries
C.D.C
Co. B
Hut
Davisville
Rhode Island
Duane van Haaften
Inf
Indiantown Gap
Mil. Res
Pennsylvania
John Martin de Vries
Med. Tak
Armol
Div
Ralph van Wyk
J. W. van Wyk
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Ft. Lawton
Continental Inex
Seattle
Washington
Japan
Lucille
Manhattan
Ralph
A. E. van Zee
Pelin
van Wyk
Co. M
Cal
Hull
Marvin Green
Mrs. Green
Kelly
Pyt
Hudson
Onl
America
East
Franklin
Ewe
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