Cornerstone Laying at St John Lutheran Aug 7
The St John Lutheran Church will hold a cornerstone laying Sunday August 7 with service at 10 30 and ceremony at 11 15 at the new church site. Leonard Schuster contractor will place the stone with Altena Electric and B and L Plumbing handling utilities. Construction aims for early 1961 completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Lutheran
Leonard Schuster
Schuster Brothers
Worthington
Minnesota
Altena Electric
B and L Plumbing
Meerdink Injured Trimming Tree Falls at Home
George Meerdink suffered multiple injuries after a ladder slipped while he trimmed a tree at his home on Friday. He received stitches for a forehead wound, then was taken to Sioux Valley Hospital where doctors treated a fractured elbow and a fracture in the hip socket, with patient reported as progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Meerdink
Mr. Meerdink
Virgil Van Beek Elected Boys 4-H County President
Virgil Van Beek, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Neal Van Beek of near Sioux Center, was elected president of the Sioux County 4-H Clubs for 1960 61 at the Boys 4-H Field Day on July 28 Virgil has six years in the Western Go Getters 44H club and led in F F A before retiring as chapter president Other officers elected were Clifton Korver Merlyn Rensink and Jim Van Gorp Also listed were prize recipients and a brief notice of officers' post senior plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil van Beek
Neal van Beek
Near
Sioux Center
Sioux County
Virgil
Western Go
Clifford Korver
Merlyn Rensink
Jim van Gorp
Cliff
The
Holland Windmills
Merlyn
Welcome Workers
Jim
Lynn Lucky Lads
Northwestern College
Sioux City
Paul Benson
Marvin Noble
Virgil Houtkooper
Phil Lubbers
Senior Life Saving Class Starts August at Rock Valley Pool
A senior life saving program begins August 8 at 9:00 am at Rock Valley Pool. Eligibility requires age 1 or older. An adult class for women may run if enough interest. Ten one hour sessions cost 4 dollars in total. Be at the pool by 9:00 am Monday August 8.
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Rock Valley
Draayer Heads County ASC Committee
John B. Draayer of Sherman township was reelected chairman of the Sioux county ASC committee at the annual ASC convention in Orange City on Saturday July 30. Albert De Vries of Welcome township was reelected vice chairman Herman Vander Maaten of Capel township was named third member with Gerrit Harmelink Sioux township and John Jacobs Holland township as first and second alternates The committeemen and alternates will serve one year starting August 1 and oversee county level programs on price supports wool incentives grain storage cost sharing soil bank reserves and acreage allotments.
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John B. Draayer
Sherman Township
Sioux County
ASC
Orange City
Albert de Vries
Welcome Township
Herman Vander Maaten
Capel Township
Gerrit Harmelink
Sioux Township
John Jacobs
Holland Township
Soil Bank Conservation
Boyden Commercial Club Dinner Meeting Set for August 8
The Boyden Commercial Club will hold a noon dinner meeting on Monday August 8 at the Legion Hall. All Boyden businessmen are invited to attend.
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Boyden Commercial Club
Legion Hall
Boyden
Evangelistic Services Near Boyden Invite Public
The public is invited to weekly evangelistic services Sundays and Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. at the Raymond Beyer farm one mile east and two south of Boyden. Services will be led by Winifred De Raad Fay Burmeister and Matilda Smeenk.
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Raymond Beyer
Boyden
Winifred de Raad
Fay Burmeister
Matilda Smeenk
Social Security disability rules explained at Orange City meet
Sioux City district official John R. Goldman outlines that disability under the Social Security Act means inability to engage in substantial gainful activity expected to continue indefinitely or end in death. A five of ten year work credit is required. a field representative will be at the Orange City Court House on August 4, 1960 at 10 a.m.
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Sioux City
John R. Goldman
Social Security District
Goldman
Orange City Court House
Northwestern College Sets Opening Dates for New Students
Northwestern College announces opening dates for new students. Freshmen report September 6 for orientation and testing, with registration from September 7 to 8. Advanced enrollment hints at historic turnout and includes students from Sumatra, Formosa, the Netherlands, Canada, Jordan, and Hong Kong.
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Northwestern College
Northwestern
Sumatra
Formosa
Netherlands
Canada
Jordan
Hong Kong
Paul Muyskens
Republican Women Meet at Spirit Lake Iowa
Mrs H P Bolks and others from Hull Rock Valley and nearby attended the Dickinson County Council of Republican Women summer meeting at Temple Park Spirit Lake on August 2. A record crowd of 300 plus from eight states DC and Panama heard guests including State Senator Jack Miller Eighth district congressman Charles Hoeven William Mooty and Congresswoman Marguerite Stitt Church. Church urged responsibility balance and survival and noted Democrats controlled most congresses in 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Bolks
H. W. Huibregtse
Norman Vander Ark
Doores Waanders
K. R. Swanson
Lucas J. de Koster
Marion Kempers
Hull
Hegg
Rock Valley
Dickinson County Council of Republican Women
Templer Park
Spirit Lake
Iowa
District of Columbia
Panama
Jack Miller
United States Senate
Charles B. Hoeven
William Mooty
G.O.P
Margueite Stitt Church
Illinois
Women’s Bowling Meeting At Boyden August 10
A Women’s Bowling Meeting will be held Wednesday August 10 at 8 00 p m at the Legion Hall for all League Captains and interested bowlers The new rules for the WIBC will be acted upon at this time All women are asked to be present.
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Legion Hall
W.I.B.C
Service Record: Warren J. Moun at San Diego RTC
Serviceman Warren Jay Moun listed at U.S. Naval Training Center San Diego California with company number 347 07 and service ID 5484640. The entry notes address details and training assignment at RTC San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Jay Moun
U.S. Naval Training Center
R.T.C. San Diego
California
Hull Business Men Meet Monday for August plans
The Hull Business and Professional Men's Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday August 8 at 8 00 p m in the Legion Room of the Community Memorial Building. Final plans for Appreciation Day on August 25 will be set and a strong turnout of business men is expected. Other items of business will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull Business and Professional Men's Club
Legion Room
Community Memorial Building
Hull Volunteer Firemen Hold Annual Picnic
Hull Volunteer Fire Department members and families held their annual picnic supper in the local park last Thursday evening. More than 60 people across 18 families attended and enjoyed a chicken supper. Children rode the big fire truck during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Middleburg Church to Observe 75th Anniversary
Plans are set for the Free Grace Reformed Church of Middleburg to mark its 75th anniversary with events on August 14 15 and 16. Committees finalize details this week for a notable observance recalling 75 years of church history.
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Middleburg Church
Free Grace Reformed Church
Middleburg
Hull Creamery Plans Special Meeting on Milk Purchase
Cards were sent to over 2500 shareholders of the Farmers Co-Operative Creamery Association of Hull Iowa announcing a special meeting on Friday August 5 1960 at 8 p m in the Community Memorial Building Hull to decide whether the cooperative should purchase and process milk The January 26 1960 straw vote was inconclusive and this session aims to finalize the issue Shareholders are urged to attend for a quorum and business transacting.
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Farmers Co-Operative Creamery Association of
Hull
Community Memorial
Iowa
Budget Hearings Set For Boyden Hull Area
Local governments schedule budget hearings through August 8 8 p m in Hull and Boyden offices. Boyden approved its proposed budget at a July 25 meeting. Hull Town Council room hosts the August 8 hearing on the Hull town budget. Boyden Hull Community School District will hold a similar hearing in Hull at the superintendent office. Local officials aim to keep expenditures and tax levies to a minimum.
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Boyden
Boyden-Hull
Hull
Iowa
Lincoln Loggers 4 H Club Holds July Meeting
The Lincoln Loggers 4 H Club met at William Rens home on Tuesday July 19 with eight members and the leader present. They gathered at 7 00 pm to practice for the County Boys 4 H Softball Tournament then held their business meeting and discussed fair plans. Mrs Rens served refreshments. Reporter Jim Rens.
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Lincoln Loggers
William Rens
Potato Vine Produces Tiny Tomato Clusters in Garden
A Boyden Reporter reader reports a potato vine with a cluster of small tomatoes found in the office garden. The article notes this rare yet natural trait, explaining potatoes are tubers with pinnate leaves, white or purplish flowers, and yellowish berries.
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Boyden
Balloon Days sale boosts Hull stores in 1960 event
Eight Hull merchants launch Balloon Days with 5 to 40 percent discounts on August 4 to 6. New Van-Ko Oil Co takes over De Jong Oil, with Tom De Jong selling to Duane Koele and Melvin Van Schepen joining as partner. Stores include Hull Jewelry Radio and T V Center Hull Feed and Produce Family Clothiers De Jong Vander Schaaf Kraai Furniture Hull Rexall Drugs and The Index and Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Jong Oil Co
Hull
Van-Ko Oil Company
Tom de Jong
Duane L. Koele
Melvin van Schepen
Duane Koele
Van-Ko
Champlin
Hull and In Bulk With Their Tank Wagon. Mr. Keele
de Jong
Hull Jewelry, Radio and T.V. Center
Hull Feed and Produce
Family Clothiers
Vander Schaaf
Kraai Furniture
Hull Rexall Drugs
the Index and Reporter
Wegman Keele Post American Legion Meeting Set
Wegman Keele Post No 380 Hull will hold its regular meeting on Thursday August 4 1960 at 8 00 p m in the Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wegman- Keele Post No. 380
American Legion
Hull
Legion Room
Community Memorial Building
Christian Reformed triumph in church softball clashes
In Hull the Christian Reformed team defeated First Reformed II 5 to 2 in Tuesday’s early game. Friday’s early game saw Christian Reformed edge The Protestant Reformed 5 to 4. The paper seeks league scores as reports arrive.
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Hull
Neighborliness Evident As Community Helps Ill Neighbor
A neighbor alerted this office to two combines and two balers harvesting the Dunnick oats field while Mr. Dunnick was in hospital. The crews volunteered their time to help, and Mr Dunnick passed away Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Dunnick
Dunnick Oats
Dunnick
Western Go-Getters Triumph in 4-H Softball Tourney
The Western Go-Getters 4-H Club won the Sioux County Boys 4-H Softball Tournament at the Sioux Center 4-H Field Day on July 28. They edged Reading Rough Riders 8 to 7 in a close final. Welcome Workers took third place by default over Sioux Stockmen amid a day of varied results and defaults.
Services for L. Dunnick Held Today in Hull Area
Lawrence Dunnick 52 died Monday at St Josephs hospital Sioux City. Funeral services at 1 00 pm from the home north of Hull and 1 45 pm from First Reformed Church Hull. Interment Hope cemetery. Survived by widow Arnolda daughter Lenora two grandchildren mother Mrs Clara Dunnick and four brothers Charley Donald Willis Virgil and sister Dorothy.
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Lawrence Dunnick
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
Hull
First Reformed Church of
N. Rozeboom
H. C. Ringenoldus
Hope Cemetery
Arnolda
Lenora
Alfred Te Slan
Clara Dunnick
Sheldon
Charley
Donald
Boyden
Willis
Virgil
Eugene
Oregon
Dorothy
Jake Meyerhoff
Lake Park
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Sets Scrapbook Drive
Werman Keele Unit No 380 hosts its annual rehabilitation meeting Thursday evening August 11. Members should bring scissors and paste to make scrapbooks and donate a bib 18x27 inches and an 8 inch square pot holder to be given to Cherokee Mental Hospital. Frances Kuipers has details. A pot luck lunch will follow with coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werman-Keele
Cherokee
Frances Kuipers
Bolks Attends Des Moines Dept Convention
Mrs H P Bolks Dept Chaplain of the American Legion Auxiliary returned from Des Moines where she attended the Department Convention. She will serve three years on the Rehabilitation Committee with Mrs R H Wheat and Mrs Aden Owen. The committee works with V A hospitals Soldiers Home mental health facilities and veteran family support in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Bolks
Dept
American Legion Auxiliary
Des Moines
Deverre Harper
Bolks
R. H. Wheat
Waukon
Aden Owen
Coon Rapids
V. A
Soldiers Home
Iowa
Vander Schaaf gift to Northwestern College chapel fund
A $100 gift was given to Northwestern College Memorial Chapel Fund in honor of the near Golden Wedding Anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Vander Schaaf of Orange City. The donation was presented by their children Mr and Mrs Vander Schaaf of academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Schaaf
Northwestern College Memorial Chapel
J. J. Vander Schaaf
Orange City
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David Vellinga
David Bauder
Dwayne Bauder
Henry Wynja
Paul Wolf
Jerry den Herder
Warren Post
Don Vander Schaaf
Vernon Fedders
Arlan Draager
Don Jasper
Larry Bauder
Draayer
S. S
Hull Creamery
Van-Ko Oil Co
Church
L. Dunnick
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