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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
8
The Government shelter belts and farmer plantings turned sandy land into workable cropland. Farmers add trees around homes to replace losses from dry years. The photo shows an early shelterbelt north of Mitchell S Oak with sand drifted to fence post tops.
Ethel Smith world famous organist and Cass Daley famed humorist headline the Festival of Stars at the Siouxland Auditorium in Sioux City September 6 7 8 and 9. Cass Daley known for Paramount films radio work with Bing Crosby and the Fitch Bandwagon appears in six shows with matinees on weekend afternoons. Ethel Smith will headline a two hour program backed by other recordings stars as part of the 8th annual Exposition of the Manufacturers and Wholesalers sponsored by the Exchange Club. The event promises family entertainment.
Rev. Bank reports 90 children enrolled in vacation Bible school at United Presbyterian Church. Classes run 9 to 11:30 each morning from the 18th to the 24th with a program the night of the 24th. Open to children ages 4 to 14.
The Abu-Bekr White Horse Mounted Patrol began in 1920 at the Sioux City Stock Yards with varied horses. It standardized a pure white mount lineage by 1926, led by captain R. J. Siman, now forty horses strong with Shriner members from many businesses. The group performs at ceremonies and coast to coast, supporting productions like the Portland Rose Festival and St. Louis Horse Show, funded by patrol earnings.
Sioux County 4-H Show will run August 21 and 22 at the future 4-H fair grounds in Sioux Center under the Short Course law. An overall fair committee led by Gilbert Rienders and others oversees 4-H activities with specialized subcommittees for projects, sales, signs, buildings and stands. Tuesday visitors at Lake Ron’s home included the Arnold Schurman family of Missoula Montana and the Lloyd Kots family of Maurice Iowa.
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Jake Van Klompenburg 54 who died Sunday at Grossmann hospital after a long cancer illness. Born March 1, 1897 in Orange City he lived on farms near Boyden and later near Orange City. Survived by his parents six brothers and two sisters, with burial in the local cemetery.
Mrs. John Van Roekel visited in the Mrs. Maggie Hollander home at Hull Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs. Henry Van Stryland from Orange City visited in the Mrs. John Van Roekel home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Herman and Mrs. Philip Van Gorp attended the funeral of Arend Oliver at Hull Saturday afternoon.
The Goodwill truck will call in Boyden on August 29. Those with contributions should call or see their local secretary of Goodwill Industries.
The notice lists Iowa events with rodeo on August 31 and September 1 and auto races from August 26 to 31 and into September.
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