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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
8
A wartime appeal stresses food as vital to victory and warns against hindering farming. It urges letting food production continue unimpeded and questions farm deferments, noting hunger as a shadow of war and the need for resilient resources.
A reader asks the Town Council Street and Alley Committee if a direct request for cleaning Main Street is in order and wonders about alternatives to a festival. The letter ponders sidewalk repairs and a possible Be Kind To Cracks event tied to local tomato growing in Boyden.
A patchwork of observations from neighbors and local figures recalls wartime life. Mentions of defense drives, building work, and daily routines mix with names, visits, and small town notices amid damaged prose and scattered events.
The program lists titles like Success Bennett Columbian King Blue Beils Buchtel Our Director Bigelow and Washington Post Sousa with Bennetts central. Bert Nash is listed among the sick with tonsillitis and after effects of a birthday. Local families visit Clarence Jacobsma Hospers Gowrie Melvin Harman Lake Wilson and Camp Claiborne absences noted.
Des Moines public health officials report a water sample from the 36 foot dug well as bacterially unsafe. The Town Council urges residents to boil all water before use until further notice.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meiras and Mrs. Jeise Gorzeman of Hull were guests in the G. A. Van Roekel home at Sioux Center Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker and family of Laverne Minnesota were Sunday callers in the H. M. Scholten home. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Haze of Sheldon were Sunday dinner guests in the George Miazgar home. Mr. and Mrs. Al Dykema and children and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dykema of Bigelow Minnesota and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moermond and Mrs. T. Dykema of Sheldon were guests in the Neal Sake home Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Rehber returned from a ten day trip to Michigan. Cornelia Vander Maaten helped at the Beauty Shop. Mr and Mrs Albert Dethmers and Vera visited the Jack Dethmers home in Garner. Mr and Mrs Joe Baker of Luverne Minnesota and Mr and Mrs H M Scholten were dinner guests at the Al Dorenbos home Sunday.
Elva Dykema arrives back in Bigelow Minnesota with her parents Mr and Mrs Al Dylema following a week with Neal Salies.
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