Local notes and social items from Sheldon area
Community news includes weddings births and visits in Sheldon and Hull. Highlights: Miss Marie Belling guests at Frink Conner. 150 bull heads caught near Bigelow. K W Kooiman to Minneapolis for business. a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Henry Meyners. Rev A J Van Lummel Camp Pastor appointment. many visitors to and from Akron Hull Bigelow and Columbus Ohio. threshing underway and grain quality praised. Saxon Six purchased by John Vander Maaten. Henry Bosman at Camp Pike with 550 men aboard the special train.
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Marie Belling
Sheldon
John de Jong
E. Hirt
Fred Wilkins
Bigelow
Minn
K. W. Kooiman
Minneapolis
People’s Store
Henry Meyners
Babe
Orange City
A. J. van Lummel
Dutch Reformed Church
Marvin Stutzman
Akron
Mary Rypkema
Hull
Dorothy Cole
Storm Lake
J. W.mccrum
J. W. McCrum
Columbus
Ohio
Wm. Shimp
Paul T. McCrum
Fred Starkweather
Kansas City
Rickabough
Sibley
J.jony Moorman
Will Vos
Camp Pike
Ark
Henry Bosman
10000 Additional Men For Navy
The Navy seeks 300000 more sailors as new ships require manpower. Iowa is called to supply 10000 volunteers aged 18 to 40, with enlistments open to all publicly qualified men.
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Iowa
Walt VerHoef Reports From Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge Aug 3 Walt VerHoef writes as first cook in Co. 56 14th Bn 163 Depot Brigade asking to send the Reporter and to list his address. He notes quarantine for another week and signs off with his full unit address. The note also updates visitors and local health news mentions Miss Effie Dethmers and Miss Anna Vander Well in Sheldon and Ill.
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Walt J. VerHoef
Depot Brigade
Camp Dodge
Effie Dethmers
Sheldon
G. Spijkerman
Anna Vander Well
Red Cross Attendees Named and August Garment Goal Set
The Red Cross lists attendees from a Friday and Tuesday meeting with names including H Maris J Horn G Van Stryland J Dethmers J Dykstra Mary Grooters H Kortelkamp K Vander Pol H W Pitstick H M Rombough E Axton W R Smith W S Tuttle Julia Miller H Jackson and Chas Bergman. The Boyden Branch must sew fifty garments by the end of August and urges all who can to attend meetings to help.
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Red Cross Room
Mesdames H. Maris
John Horn
G. van Stryland
J. S. Dethmers
J. H. Dykstra
Mary Groooters
H. Kortelkamp
K. Vander Pol
H. W. Pitstick
H. M. Rombough
E Axton
W. R. Smith
W.S. Tuttle
Julia Miller
H. Jackson
Chas Bergman
J. A Stutzman
O. D Leonard
R. C. Bryant
John Dykstra
Sarah Cooper
John Heemstra
E. Axton
K Rowenhorst
Mary Grooters
Boyden
Red Cross
United States Student Nurse Reserve Seeks 25000 Women
Government calls 25 000 young women to enroll in the United States Student Nurse Reserve to train for overseas service. Full training of two to three years required. Recruitment officer Miss Maud Jackson at the Hotel for details.
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United States
United States Student Nurse Reserve
Parker on Lake Allison Verhoef Wedding Report
The marriage of Bessie Allison daughter of Mr and Mrs EF I Allison of Parker to Walter J Verhoef took place Wednesday July 24 at the Congregational parsonage in Canton. Verhoef, who farmed in Lincoln county last year, left with the Lincoln county men for Camp Dodge, while the bride returned to Parker. The groom already knew Canton writer from three years in Boyden and is noted as a prominent Parker figure. Our best wishes for a safe return, Walter.
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Turner County
Bessie Allison
EF. I. Allison
Parker
Walter J. Verhoef
Canton
Boyden
Verhoef
Marion
S.D
Honor Roll Names Col. Kemp Conrad and Others
A long list of names including Colonel Kemp Conrad and many others such as Anderson, Morris Pryde, Martin Olsen, William Walters, Henry Olsenfort, Tunis Veenschoten, Bernard Axten, Reuben Schaap, Jake van Diepen, Siets van Diepen, David van der Pol, William Bothoff, John Henry Revelts, John C. Kuyper, Charles Kuyper, John Scholten, George Horn, Klaus Drenth, William Monster, Cornelius Kleyn, Henry Vanhoute, Arthur Creswell, Heinrich Winter, George Reimers, John Sitter, Cornelius A. De Valois, Albert Edw. Grooters, John Dekring a, Carl William Steuven, Wm. Vande Gaarde, John Hilton, Henry Bosman, Steve Vanden Brink, Gerben Vande Gaarde, Antonie Vander Wilt, Herman Kooiker, John H. Tott, Will Vos.
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Colonel Kemp Conrad Anderson
J. Morris Pryde
Martin Olsen
WM. Walters
Henry Olsenfort
Henry Veenschoten Tunis H. Veenschoten
Bernard Axten
Reuben Schaap
Jake van Diepen Sietsa van Diepen
David van der Pol William Bothofp
John Henry Revelts
John C. Kuyper
Charles Kuyper
John Scholten
George Horn
Klaus Drenth
William Monster
Cornelius Kleyn
Henry Vanhoute
Arthur Creswell
Heinrich A. Winter
George Reimers
John Sitter
Cornelius A. DE Valois
Albert
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Hart
Hart Schaffner & Marx
White House Clo.co
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Ffner & Mar
Walt VerHoef
Red
Allison-Verhofe
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