Lightning Strikes Kill Two Horses Near Boyden Cemetery
Two horses owned by John Siestra were killed by lightning during a Monday evening storm northwest of Boyden near the cemetery.
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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
1
Two horses owned by John Siestra were killed by lightning during a Monday evening storm northwest of Boyden near the cemetery.
A digest of the clubs monthly programs with hostess names and topics. September covers Still Life Flower Paintings by Boyden guest day. October Modern Mural Decoration. November Genre Painting and Caricature. December Photography. January Commercial Painting and Woodcuts. February Recent Visionaries. March Adventures in Modern Art. April Stone City Painters. May Foreign Influence on Modern American Art. June Summary of Year’s Work.
Officers listed include General Chairman Mrs. Jake Koolbeek and Vice Chairman Mrs. Fred Starkweather Jr. The Ed Dickevers family spent Wednesday at the Lakes. Doorenbos and Horn couples plan a 10 day northern Minnesota vacation starting Thursday. Holander family will drive to Des Moines for the State Fair next week.
Des Moines state fair reports Boyden cooperative creamery earned second place with entries scoring 94 and 34. An Ames instructor topped the field with 95, Delwin placed third among 77 entries. Nick J. Koeiker bought a new standard Chevrolet coach now in use.
Dr and Mrs Connie Maris and family of Sanborn were guests at Huip Maris home on Monday. Gerrit Slothouber and family visit Pella and plan to attend the State Fair. Tony Smith with Ray Smit and Miss Freda Houtsma left Saturday for a vacation via the Black. Ernest Egdorf with LeRoy Dixon and Joy Wieman spent Sunday at the Lakes. John Stegeman left Tuesday for Austin Texas to attend the National Luther League Convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Koolbeck and their children visited Sunday evening in the home of Mrs. Mieuhuis at Hos per.
Mr and Mrs A B Vanden Brink and son Warren were Sunday supper guests in the P M Kruse home. Elmer Kooiman and Henry Ruyter have traded Whippet automobiles, with Henry now owning the sport roadster and Elmer driving the sedan. Supt and Mrs Elmer I Lack and children drove to Des Moines Saturday morning to visit relatives.
Mrs Ina Eldred of Clear Lake and granddaughter Miss Molly Abbott of Chicago left Monday after a week with the S C Green home. Mr and Mrs Bill Meyn and son Kenneth also left Monday for a trip to Niagara Buffalo New York and Washington DC.
Mr and Mrs Peter De Boer and their children are spending a week away with relatives in South Dakota enjoying a family vacation amid rural scenery and shared activities.
A report notes a trip by and son Warren and Mrs Kate Jantzen of Hull to Peterson for Mrs Rudy Vantzen. Martin Vander Veen visits his sister Mrs John Sitter. Labor unrest in Sioux Falls leaves many workers idle. A State Board of Health inspector praised Boyden council for a new cement well cover installed recently, built by John De Jong and crew.
John Zylstra of Chicago visited in the Anne Vander Hout home Sunday evening and was en route to the Black Hills. Brink's temporary Orange City position lasts only a few weeks.
Howard Harman travels with Mina Henrietta Joan and Abe Van Roekel to Lake Wilson on Saturday. They spend Sunday at the Tunis and Simon Vander Lee homes. The Vander Lees will assist at their home for a few weeks.
Mrs. Herman Kruse entertained on her birthday Tuesday evening. Twenty eight guests attended the event including out of town visitors the Emil Stegeman family of Sibley the Henry Walters family of George and John Kruse of Rocky Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Henry Moret announce the birth of a baby girl named Marilynn Burdelle on Sunday morning.
Des Moines delivered a traveling library shipment to Boyden featuring worded volumes by Iowa authors including new detective thrillers novels and nonfiction along with a strong children's selection for local readers. H M Scholten was named territorial sales manager for the Hi bred corn company overseeing a wide Northwestern Iowa area and extending into Keokuk southern Dakota and Minnesota. He will manage his own direct sales zone, contributing to expanding Hi bred corn sales.
Adrian Vellerkoop of the Dutch East Indies, a $6000 a year Dutch Shell employee and polyglot, visited the Arie and John Vander Hout families in Sioux Center on Sunday after being escorted from Sioux City by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ver Hoef. He plans to spend the remainder of his vacation with his parents in Holland before returning home.
The U P Ladies Aid met in the church basement with Mrs Henry Harman as hostess. A tomato vine presented to the Reporter staff by Mrs Sam Timmers bore 25 ripe tomatoes on display. Marion De Velder will preach at the U P church Sunday morning and evening while Rev Ostermier is on a month long vacation.
After a busy threshing season the rings held socials at the W Boelsma home and nearby homes. Attendees included the Moret Rholfs Horn and Harman families from area farms and Larchwood guests. Ice cream and cake were served with refreshments.
Twenty four dairymen in Sioux county join the Cow Testing Association to begin operations on September 1. Lars N. Schultz explains the monthly on site milk sampling and on farm feed weighing to determine net returns over costs. The program includes skimmilk testing for butterfat and lists the participating dairymen with locations across Grant Sheridan Lincoln Plato Capel Nassau Sherman townships.
Funeral services for John Vander Wilt were held Tuesday at the Presbyterian church in Orange City. He died Saturday evening at De Bey Hospital in Orange City after residing with the Bert Smit family in recent months.
Word was received that E Wegter, an inmate of the Holland Home at Sheldon, died at 83. He was a highly esteemed pioneer farmer. His wife died five years ago. He leaves four sons in California Hull Henry near Boyden and Joe near Sheldon. Many attended his funeral services in Sheldon on Wednesday.
Cornelius EU Dykstra died at his home in Orange City on August 8 after a two year battle with cancer. He was 76 years old. Born in Serbierum Friesland in 1868 he married Mathilda Elzinga 49 years ago. He came to the United States in 1895 and served as janitor of the First Reformed Church of Orange City for 27 years. Survived by his wife five children and one sister.
Mrs Henry Schloetje and Mrs Ernest Egdorf were among Sheldon callers on Tuesday afternoon.
Robert Dethmers and Minnie Van Veldhuizen were noted as Sioux Falls business callers on Monday.
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