Legion Convention Set in Hartley May 17
Tall Corn District annual Spring Convention will be held in Hartley Iowa on May 17 with Legion and Auxiliary delegates from posts across the district. An afternoon parade will feature at least eight marching bands followed by a memorial service. An evening address by a nationally prominent figure will precede a dance at Neebel's Danceland.
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Hartley
Iowa
Tall Corn District
Legion
Ingwer L. Hansen
High Schol Gymnasium
Neebel
Archer voters renew electric franchise in Iowa
Archer citizens went to the polls on Wednesday March 381 and voted 47 to 1 in favor of renewing the electric franchise of the Iowa Public Service Co. ensuring power for two more years. Archer lies in O'Brien County nine miles southeast of Sheldon. The company has served the community for many years. Twenty five other Iowa towns have granted renewals in the past two years by wide margins.
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Archer, Ja. Archer
Iowa Public Service Co
Archer
O’brien County
Sheldon
Iowa
Local residents visit Rochester for major surgery
Mr and Mrs Paul Schroeder and Mr Marvin Green with Mrs Sandy Green of Sheldon drove to Rochester Minnesota Friday to be with Dwayne Green who underwent major surgery Saturday morning. Arnolds Park guests Mrs Douglas Clark Mrs Myron Dean and Mrs Homer Watson visited Lawrence Haze on Tuesday while Mr and Mrs Carl Krahling of Ashton visited the E E Bleasdell home Sunday evening.
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Paul Schroeder
Marvin Green
Sandy Green
Sheldon
Rochester
Minn
Dwayne Green
Douglas Clark
Myron Dean
Homer Watson
Arnolds Park
Lawrence Haze
Carl Krahling
Ashton
E. E Bleasdell
Local residents visit various homes in Leota and area
Mr and Mrs Henry Land huis of Leota Minn and others visited Mrs JH Land huis Friday. Miss Anna Mae Van Zurk sum of Leota returned home after several days at Peter Baartman Jr home. Gerrit Bosman and Vreeman visitors called on Gerrit Brinkman Matlock. Norman Bell and wife spent Friday to Monday in Minneapolis and St Paul.
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Henry Landhuis
Leota
Minn
Art Ernisse
Orange City
Connie Koerselman
Middleburg
J.H. Landhuis
Anna Mae van Zurksum
Peter Baartman Jr
Kools
Gerrit Vreeman
John Wissink
Sioux Center
Gerrit Bosman
Norman Bell
Minneapolis
Gler Groebner
St. Paul
Art Kruelen
Gerrit Brinkman
Matlock
B. Osgerby
Jackson
Texas
Jack Hilton
Henry Bosman
Wilbur Ven Tuig
Soo City
Jim Kool
John Kool
Alton
Bill Ver Hoef
George
Peter Herwynen
Mrs
Howard Verries
Bob Boonstra
Henry Ruyder
Minnesota
Boyden
Royder
Nic Rouwenhorst
John Struyk
Struyk
Rochester
Leonard Kleyne
Wilmina
Maurice Mouw
Dennis Mouw
Sioux Falls
Roy Riemers
Richard VandeBreg
Nick Koele
Peter Bell
L. Heemskirk
John Droog
Arie Koele
Wilfred Beckman
Hull
Ray Tominga
Sheldon
Chris Riemers
Adrian Dickevers
Norman Bose
Woodstock
John Vander Lee
Henry Harman
Bose
Audrey Vander Lee
Simon Vander Lee
Lake Wilson
President asks Congress for war prep details and foreign policy clarity
In a March 7 message President Truman asks Congress to prepare for war amid a crisis tied to Teheran Cairo Yalta and Potsdam deals. Senators press for full disclosure of commitments and which nations violated agreements and how Russia’s influence shapes Greece Italy Finland and Czechoslovakia.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Teheran
Cairo
Yalta
Potsdam
Truman
Mr. Truman
Poland
Russia
Boyden Leads County Per Capita In Red Cross Drive
County Red Cross report shows Boyden leading Sioux County with 80c per person, ahead of Hespers 46c and others Alton 37c Hull 39c Ireton 42c Sioux Center 27c Orange City 36c. Report notes Boyden’s wealth and home ownership and urges continued donations.
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Boyden
Red Cross
Red Cross Sec’y
Sioux County
Hespers
Alton
Hull
Ireton
Sioux Center
Orange City
RED Cross Fund
Hospers
Bawsee cc
Treton
Co-ops Sizzle Wins Over Boyden Hardware In Bowling Meet
Boyden Coop dominates weekly league with 38 25 603 and 603 series totals. Magstadt tops high lines with 202 and high series 5838, while Boyden Coop posts best single game 840 and best three-game total 2437. Magstadt joins 200 CLUB with 203.
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Sizzle
Boyden Hardware
Boyden Coop
Legion
Gambles
N. W. Bell
V.flw
Bogaard
Boyden Howe
Bells Shoe
Council Oak
Swanson
Magstadt
Gerrit Bosman Celebrates 80th Birthday at Home
Mr. Gerrit Bosman marked his 80th birthday with a family gathering Friday in Sheldon. Attending were many relatives including the Veen, Walthuizen, Brinks, Moret, Rens, Hietritter, Ernisse and Slykhuis families, plus Henry Ernisse from Chandler Minnesota visiting earlier in the week.
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Gerrit Bosman
John Veen
Andrew Walthuizen
Sheldon
George Brinks
Henry Bosman
William L. Moret
Cornie Rens
Lewis Hietritter
Henry Moret
Gerrit Brinks
Larry Salmon
John Brinks
Aunts Death and Near Misses Reported in Local News
Dies Mrs. Herrick of North Dakota aged 99 just months from her 100th birthday. Misfortune for Roscoe Hulbert near Arlington with a hand injury from a buss-saw costing three fingers and a severe head bump after a collision en route to the Wa verly clinic.
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W. L. Boyd
Pocahontas
Roscoe Hulbert
Arlington
Waverly
Hulbert
Senior Class Play April 15 And 16
Senior Class Play Hillbilly Courtship runs Thursday and Friday nights April 15 and 16 with two performances. The three act farce follows a mountain feud and mixed romance as Pappy and Ma plot, Luke and Emmy fall in love, and rival plots collide for a comedic ending. Local residents Henry Ruyder family visit Boyden and other community notices accompany this theater item.
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Pappy
Luke
John Blumeyer
Emmy
Jeam de Boer
Wash Jeddo
la Min
Marion Reimers
Beulah Creswell
Iola Horn
Sol Silverstein
Kenneth Walinga
Ruth Horn
Lester Haspers
Hog Mountain
Harold Kuyper
Seniors of 48 Look Back on Water Tower Prank
The 1948 Boyden High seniors climbed the town water tower and painted SENIORS OF 48 in large letters. Opinions vary on the vandalism, as readers propose a community center on the school grounds with a gym, classrooms, library, mayoral office, and meeting spaces to benefit residents and the school.
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Boyden High
Sioux County Legion and Auxiliary Meet April 14 at Sioux Center
The Sioux County American Legion and Auxiliary call a meeting on April 14 at 8 00 P M in the High School Auditorium Sioux Center World War I veterans are urged to attend Sheldon s Legion Post Initiation Team will perform
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Sioux County American Legion and Auxiliary
Sioux Center
Sheldon’s Legion Post
Church Notes and Local Reappointments in Hull and Boyden
Church notes list morning and afternoon worship times at United Presbyterian Church with lessons on Ezekiels Message for Today and Talent Conservation. Other items mention Rev J F Schortinghuis guest preaching at the American Reformed Church, Hull, local visits, teacher reassignments in Boyden, and resignations of Supt A W Norgaard.
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Ezekiels
Three Witnesses
Y.P.C.U
Lester Haspers
John F. Schortinghuis
American Reformed Church of
Hull
John Stykhuis
M.T. Stykhuis
Joe Scholten
Sibley
Kools
Boyden
A. W. Norgaard
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de Zeeuw
Smit
COLES
Joyce de Zeeuw
J. de Zeeuw
Peter Smit
Dick Smit
Tom Smit
Lena Mae Scholten
Hank Oldenkamp
Rwin Boone
Helen van Rooyen
Casey Sm
By Charles L. Egenroad
Henry Ernisse
Chandler, Minn
John Slykhuis
County Legion and Auxiliary Meeting
First Reformed Church
C. Postma
Leola Dickevers
Eleanor Landhuis
Ladies Aid
United Presbyterian Church
J.F. Schortinghuis
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