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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
3
A Boyden Reporter notice urges farmers to settle subscriptions ahead of spring. The snippet also mentions a Waste Paper Salvage event at the library and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Fishy of Carthage, and others around Lake Wilson and George area.
All teachers in the Boyden Independent School District are offered a fifteen percent salary increase plus a ten dollar monthly bonus if they sign for the 1944 to 1945 term. However competition from other towns may keep some teachers from accepting.
Mr and Mrs W G Vanderburg were guests at Dr P F L Nelson's home on Monday evening. The men worked on editing and splicing work of an Alaska movie series which Wills shot in Alaska last year.
Sioux County Farm Bureau schedules a meeting for Thursday April 20 at eight in Boyden Town Hall. Also listing a spinet grand piano for sale in Spencer Iowa by Armstrong Piano Co in A-1 condition at a fair price.
Mrs John Stegeman, Ida l and Mrs Dirk Ringer visited the Adam i KwilkkKel home in Sheldon for a dinner Wed nesday indicating social ties in the community.
A judge quips about reading various newspapers sent by his nephew George. He notes headlines on drunk driving arrests rise from counties still enforcing prohibition, highlighting a humorous contrast between old and new eras.
A wartime call to continue buying War Bonds with a ten percent income pledge and support for the fighting men. Mention of Fort Leavenworth established in 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth to guard Santa Fe trail traffic.
Sunday visitors included the Schol and Schol households plus Eldora Heilritter and Walter. Miss Harriett Miller is quarantined with Scarlet Fever. Several couples visited friends in Rock Valley Sheldon Orange City and Lake Wilson areas. Mrs Harman remains in hospital in critical condition with pneumonia.
The Boyden Reporter notes subscription terms as open accounts with readers billed at $2.75 per year and published Friday mornings. Subscriptions remain legally in force until official notice is given to the U S Postal department or the paper.
At a special meeting last week Thursday the Boyden school board reelected all faculty with liberal salary raises. Contracts are open for teachers to consider until April 17. Sioux City Boiler and Foundry Company reps inspected the school boiler last Saturday with further repairs planned after school closes, including new flues this summer.
The senior class votes to wear dark blue caps and gowns with white tassels this year. Twelve students are listed as expected graduates: Berendena Bosman, Joanne De Jong, Elizabeth Hamisch, Earl Horn, Joyce Horn, Eunice Moret, Joy Rouwenhurst, Delores Smith, Dorothy Vanden Brink, Dwight Vander Haar, Henry Van Velzen, and Edgar Ver Meer. The valedictorian and salutatorian will be announced soon.
School newsletter reviews Easter baskets birthdays and story readings at Boyden. First graders learn lowercase letters while second and third grades enjoy Science Readers and high spelling scores appear across grades. Fourth and fifth graders prepare for Iowa history and penmanship. seventh grade plans a living room. sixth grade draws Asia. Local visits and birthday celebrations noted.
Farmers Savings Bank in Boyden Iowa advertises farm loans with rates as low as 4 percent no commission and promises of prompt service for agricultural borrowers seeking financing options.
The Women’s Citizenship Club met with hosts Mrs Vergil Smith and Mrs Fred Starkweather. Mrs Leonard Rensink led the study on The Mediterranean and the Dark Continent. A Stanley Brush Demonstration at the library was voted for April 19. Members planned lunch duties and sent a ten dollar contribution to the Community War Fund.
Mrs John Stegeman Tda and Christine and Mrs Dirk Ringer attended a birthday party for Mrs John Rohde on Thursday evening.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Van Batavia announce the birth of a baby boy named Bert LeRoy on April 5. Mr and Mrs Jake Westra visited in the John Houtsma home near Sheldon Sunday evening. Miss Gertrude Schol of Sheldon visited in the Jake Westra home on Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Peter Herwynen visited in the Winter Hoef home Be Rock Rapids on Saturday evening. Mrs John Casemier, Mrs Peter Herwynen and Mrs Ike Struyk were Spencer visitors on Thursday.
Announcement of the engagement was made at a candle light dinner at the Belling home near Sheldon. Miss Marjorie Belling and Pvt. Ernest Olson will wed at St. Pauls Lutheran church in Sheldon on May 3, 1944. Belling is a Boyden graduate and schoolteacher. Olson is from Rockford Illinois.
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