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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1958
Page
1
The Boyden ball team hosts Brunsville in Iowa this Thursday August 7 at 8 p.m. under the lights at the Boyden ball diamond. Everyone is invited to watch.
Note states August 12 meeting moved to August 14 at 8 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Women bowlers invited to join and elect officers to organize teams for the coming season.
Mrs. Fred Starkweather of Boyden won the women’s prize and the bass prize with a 4 pound 2 ounce fish in the weekly Iowa Great Lakes contest. Friday August 6 Boyden soft ball plays Hull for 1st and 2nd in Hull tourney. MWionahan Post Band of Sioux City to appear. Several local notices cover weddings visits trips and births among residents of Hull Sheldon Primghar and surrounding areas. Grandfather S. H. De Vries celebrated his 92nd birthday with 37 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren in attendance.
Those from Boyden First Reform Church attending the Lake Shetek Minnesota youth conference this week include Gerald Kroon Dennis Mouw Margaret Bosman and Jean Slothouber with Miss Marjorie Vere meer also attending and serving as counsellor and teacher of the Mission course.
Sheldon Production Credit Association officers and directors joined a management conference with 15 PCA representatives in Des Moines on August 4 and 5. Attendees included W. P. Moeller and WW. Gosch of Sheldon, Adolph Fischer, Maurice Keffler, Harold Ostermann, Edrey Vermeer, and Marion Hulst. The meeting kicked off the 25th anniversary celebrations. Sheldon PCA serves production and livestock loans in O'Brien, Sioux, Osceola, Cherokee and Lyon counties.
The annual Flower and Hobby Show will be held August 8 at the Sheldon Community Building. Entries accepted 9 to 11 a.m. with judging 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Exhibits open to the public 1 to 9 p.m. Admission free. Judges include Mrs. Holsapple and Mrs. Temple for flowers and Ada Button and Bessie Stabenow for hobbies. Sponsors are the Chamber of Commerce Garden Club and Women’s Club with chairpersons L. L. Feyerabend Ethel Shaner and I. L. Church. Prizes awarded for top placements in flower and hobby categories and a grand silver dish for overall best arrangement, limited to two wins per exhibitor. Door prizes for all ages. winners announced after the show.
Mr. Henry Bosman and Mr. Lawrence Doorenbos with Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Grooters and sons Ronnie and Daryl attended a Milwaukee ball game this past week as the Milwaukee Braves faced the San Francisco Giants in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Mrs Leonard Korthals learns her niece Mrs Josephine Steenhoeven 41 of Muskegon Michigan was killed instantly in a two car head on collision. She leaves three sons and her parents Mr and Mrs Case Steenhoeven of Boulye Michigan among many relatives. Funeral pending at this writing.
The 14th Happy Edition of World Famed Holiday on Ice opens at Sioux City Municipal Auditorium August 15 to 18 led by Winx Clark Frankie Sawers Paul Andre and others. Reserved seats vary from 1.50 to 3.00 with two children’s price performances. Three adults and three juveniles tied to a hog theft ring appeared in Lyon County District Court last week. Raymond Van Weston Roger C. Sprock and Edward R. Bos received sentences up to one year with partial suspensions. Bos was sent to the state reform school. Three juveniles remain in custody. The hogs, 28 in total, were stolen over months from Henry Rix farm and sold in nearby towns.
At the Saturday drawing in Boyden Mrs. Virgil E. Smith was called and present at Paul’s Store. The remaining drawing for Saturday August 9 at 9 p.m. offers a $25.00 prize.
The Adult Bible Conference of the Reformed Church in America will meet at Camp Okoboji near Milford Iowa from August 29 to September 1 1958. The theme is The Spirit s Power For Our Age Registration runs 2 to 5 p m Friday with an 8 15 p m opening session. Fees total 12 75 per person including lodging and meals. Contact local pastors for details.
The Sheridan Sunshiners met July 28 at 2:00 at Mrs. Doorenbos home. Vice President opened the meeting and the pledge was recited. Members sent letters about Crippled Children’s Camp and 4-H Youth Fair plans. A Sioux Falls tour was discussed and record books were checked by Mrs. Blumeyer and Mrs. Doorenbos before adjournment.
The 1958 Sioux County Youth Fair schedules livestock entry on August 11 and exhibits from August 12 to 14. Swine dairy beef and various demonstrations are set with judges from Holstein Iowa Sioux City Ida Grove and other locales. An all youth program includes a livestock parade king and queen candidates and a rodeo with admission. Trophies reward showmanship in four divisions.
The Sioux County Tuberculosis Association announces a county wide chest x ray program for all adults over 18 starting September 22. Two mobile units will be in the county for six days with a town by town schedule to follow. Citizens over 18 are urged to participate.
Members of the Sioux County No. 1 D.H.LA and their families attended a Monday evening picnic at Hull Park. A large turnout enjoyed a pot luck supper and social gathering.
Rev Lawrence Love pastor Bethany Presbyterian Fort Lauderdale Fla will headline the fall Sunday school rally for Sioux County and vicinity He is a WWI chaplain and a noted author editor and speaker who recently returned from Australia and has visited Ethiopia Japan Korea Ecuador Peru and New Zealand The rally runs October 14 15 and 16 in Orange City Capital
Congressman Charles B Hoeven announced the Post Office Department will reveal a policy extending rural mail delivery. The change lowers the family-per-mile requirement from three to two for direct delivery and aims to provide gate delivery to more rural patrons.
Norman Bell, Postmaster, announces changes in Boyden Post Office window hours effective Friday August 8 1958. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Lobby and lockboxes available 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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