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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1957
Page
4
A catalog of classic automobiles including 56 Chevrolet Bel Air and 56 Ford Station Wagon with various transmissions like Powerglide overdrive and Dynaflow. Other entries cover 55 Buick Century, 53 Buick Special, 54 Bel Air, 51 Ford, and trucks such as 55 Chevrolet 1 4 Ton, plus older models and international pickups.
Local notes record new houses under construction this summer and trades such as a used Cadillac sale at Orange City. A fatal umbrella pin injury in Sioux City is reported, along with threshing, home building plans, a Prohibition prayer meeting, and updates on a new separator and Holland parsonage repainting.
Regular session minutes report a town treasurer balance of 22 750.82 after disbursements through July 15 1957. Fire chief seeks use of a used pickup funded by town share to meet insurance requirements. Sign painting on Main Street approved. Council appoints William Humme to fill vacancy. Budget hearing held with no objections and adopted.
Army Specialist Third Class Leonard Van Bemmel, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Van Bemmel of Doon Iowa, was named Soldier of the Month for the 25th Base Post Office in Stuttgart Germany. He entered the army in 1955 and arrived in Europe in 1956. his wife Sonja accompanies him in Germany.
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