Family reunions attract wide Iowa attendance on July Fourth
The Scholten family gathered at the Art Thmef home in Ashton with attendees from Los Angeles Gowrie Ames Hespers Des Moines Avoca Sheldon Storm Lake Ashton Orange City Boyden Sioux Center Slayton Minn and Worthington Minn. Other reunions included the Ver Hoef Langstraat and Korthals families with numerous relatives from Newkirk Matlock Orange City Sheldon and Boyden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scholten
Art Thmef
Ashton
Arthur Auringer
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold Peterson
Gowrie
Robert Scholten
Ames
Gerhard Scholten
Hespers
Charles Wynna
Des Moines
Keith Warne
Avoca
John Scholten
Arlene
Sheldon
Thomas Golyd
Storm Lake
Lawrence Rensink
Bernard Rensink
John de Haan
Orange City
Jim Kool
Boyden
Langstraat
Case Slothouber Farm
Vande Hoef
William Vande Hoef
John Langstraat
Newkirk
John Dekkenga
Matlock
William Langstraat
Eugene Vande Brake
Dick Langstraat
Tony Slothouber
Darlene van
Local Junior Legion Pitcher Receives Honor
Milton Scholten, pitcher for the local Legion team, earned statewide recognition as a top pitcher for his age. Photos ran in the Des Moines Register and the Sioux City Journal this week, with sports writers noting he has overcome a severe handicap after losing one arm in an auto accident at age four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Scholten
Legion
Milton
Des Moines Registe
Sioux City Journal
Births Mr and Mrs Ariel Grooters Blessed With Daughter
Mr and Mrs Ariel Grooters welcome a daughter born Sunday July 4 at Hull Hospital. Baby Mary Ellen weighs seven pounds and is joined by one sister and two brothers. Grandparents are J Vernon Kooiker Cedar Falls and Mr and Mrs Abe Vande Gaarde. Also born July 3 a son to Mr and Mrs Vernon Kooiker. He weighs seven and a half pounds. Grandparents are Nick J Kooiker and Abe Vande Gaarde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel Grooters
Hull Hospital
Mary Ellen
Vernon Kooiker
Cedar Falls
Nick J. Kooiker
Abe Vande Gaarde
Draft Affects 1000 In Sioux County
Utah? No. Sioux County faces a new draft registration beginning August 16 for men aged 19 to 25. About 140,000 Iowans will register with roughly 4,000 to 5,000 drafted in the first year and local boards expected to number about 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sioux County
National Guard
Army
States
United States
Bosman Family In Wreck Near Postville
Mr and Mrs Henry Bosman their son in law Mr Henry Dutch Moret and daughter suffered bruises in a Wednesday collision with a poultry truck near Postville. The Bosman car struck a pole after sideswiping the truck with Mrs Bosman receiving a broken rib and the vehicle left badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bosman
Henry ‘Dutch’ Moret
Postville
Bosman
Notice of Sale of Bonds for Boyden School District
Sealed bids due by 8 00 p m July 19 1948 for 8000 negotiable school bonds to finance a superintendent’s home. Bonds dated August 1 1948 mature 1949 to 1964 in $500 amounts payable at Boyden treasurer. Sold at par plus accrued interest. board may reject bids. Orange City Iowa board seal.
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Independent School District
Boyden
Iowa
Independent
52Nd General Asssembly
Orange City
Nic Rowwenhorst
Man From Holland Joins Farmers Savings Bank
Clarence Talsma from Haarlem Netherlands starts work at Farmers Savings Bank this week. He has banking experience in Amsterdam and with the Dutch State in The Hague serving war victims. He is married with one child Betty and plans to live in Boyden when housing becomes available. A local correction notes a prior misattribution of news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Talsma
Haarlem Netherlands
Etherlands
Nethlands
Amsterdam
State of Interior
the Hague
Netherlands
Mr. Talsma
Betty
Boyden
Boyden Observes Fourth At Ball Park Fireworks Show
A large crowd gathered at Boyden ball park Monday night to watch a fireworks display organized by private families led by Bill Humme Pete Mor et and Amos Roetman. Rockets roman candles and other devices lit the sky as cars lined the roads and bleachers filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden
Bill Humme
Pete Moret
Amos Roetman
State Fair to Stage Moon Themed Revue for 90th Anniversary
The Iowa State Fair announces a three hour evening program headlined by State Fair Revue of 1948 with 250 performers including Broadway talent. The finale features a girl named Aida performing acrobatics on a moon suspended 75 feet above the stage. Four ensemble numbers, new talent, and circus acts plus nightly fireworks cap the show.
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Iowa
L. B. Cunningham
Aida
Cunningham
Land of
Egypt
Church Notes From Local Congregations and Directory Update
The column lists services at First Reformed Church with sermons on The Cross and The decay of public Virtue plus a Bezalel craftsman lesson and Y P C U topics led by Christine Scholten and Leola Dickevers. United Presbyterian notes include Sabbath School and Look Straight A head services. Also mentions new telephone directories mailed and directives to discard old directories and manage multiple phones. A note on a new chain sewing machine patent explains dual-thread operation with a hook needle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bezalel
the Craftsman
Christine Scholten
Leola Dickevers
Sheldon
Mr. Macheak
Executor appointed for John Warntjes estate in Sioux County
The District Court of Sioux County Iowa has appointed Walter Warntjes as executor of the John Warntjes Sr estate. Creditors are asked to settle debts and claimants to present their claims for allowance at the Clerk of the District Court in Orange City. Dated June 28 1948. Publish notice in The Boyden Reporter for two consecutive weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Sioux County
Iowa
John Warntjes
District Court of
Orange City
Walter Warntjes
Gerrit Doornwaard
D. Wiersma
Clerl’ District Court
Boyden
Boyden Faces Marcus in Cherokee Invitational Debut
Thirteen teams enter the Cherokee Invitational starting next week. Boyden draws Marcus for Monday July 12 at 9:00 PM. The winner advances to meet the Lemars versus Rembrandt victor on Thursday July 15 at 7:00 PM as the long tournament runs to Tuesday July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee
Boyden
Marcus
40 Acres Sells for 440 Per Acre in Farm Sale
Pleum De Zeeuw sold 40 acres and the farm buildings at 440 dollars per acre. The buyer was Sylvester Rensink of Newkerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleum de Zeeuw
Sylvester Rensink
Newkerk
Miss Spykerman caller in Boyden as teams suffer losses
Miss Alice Spykerman of Holland Michigan visited Boyden on Thursday. Her father, once a local watchmaker, ran a shop where the Reporter Office now sits. Boyden ball squads dropped two games last week, 3–0 to Maurice in Sioux Center and 8–2 to Hospers at home. Midget Baseball beat Hospers 8–1 with Jerry Starkweather allowing two hits. Also noted is a patented War Cream for Face claimed to shield skin from extreme heat and cold, originally for shipboard flash burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Spykerman
Holland, Mich
Boyden
Maurice
Sioux Center
Hospers
Boyden-Hospers
Haspers
Jerry Starkweather
Happers
Cover Crops Cut Soil Loss and Boost Corn Yields
Iowa State researchers report four benefits from sowing cover crops with corn. They protect soil from August to May, add organic matter and nitrogen, and may raise following year corn yields. A seed plan uses endgate broadcast seeding with cultivator weeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Clover and Alfalfa Need Limed, Fertilized Soil
Legumes like sweet clover and alfalfa boost soil nitrogen and organic matter when well fed. In Newton Illinois field tests sweet clover on limed, phosphate and potash enriched soil yielded 63 pounds more nitrogen and more organic matter per acre than lime only. Their deep tap roots improve soil tilth by reducing compaction and bringing nutrients deeper for subsequent crops.
Increased Butterfat Production Action Urged by Union Leader
Howard O. Selby of the United Farmers of New England argues dairy farms averaging 6000 pounds per cow struggle at subsistence levels. He suggests 7500 pounds per cow annually as attainable, bringing earnings closer to other national groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard O. Selby
United Farmers of New England
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Ver Hoef
Sheldon Park
Fees Tron Beden
Ed Diekevers
Walter Diekevers
George Diekevers
Adrian Diekevers
Gerrit Brinks
Ray Brockhouse
Robert Dethmers
Norman Bell
Karen
Arlis Klein
Pete Herwynen
John Case Meir
Ike Struyk
Korthals
Peter de Boer
Leonard Korthals
John Freerks
Richard Green
Gerrit L. Korthals
Berme Vander Vliet
Art Krulen
Vaas
Worthington, Minn
Junior Legion
Guard
Pearl Harbor
Holland
Farmers Savings Bank
Ball Park
State Fair News
First Reformed Church
C. Postma
United Presbyterian Church
JF. Schortinghuis
Y.P.C.U
Lester Doorenbos
U. P
Ladies Aid
Starkweather
H. Harmon
A. Roggen
God
State OF
Women’s U. P. Missionary Society
Garner Wed
al Doorenbos
E. Kammalade
Joe Horn
Ed Blumeyer
Fred Reimers
Lena Bergman
Margaret Buren
Lois Horn
Esther Schortinghouse
Hermina Westra
Jake Koolbeck
Jake
Garner W.mss
Newton
Illionis
Mith Laun
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