Illinois Central Workers Pass 90 Percent War Bond Pledge
Illinois Central employees have surpassed 90 percent participation in the payroll war bond plan as the railroad hammers through wartime demand. Details show 93 percent of 37,256 workers subscribed by mid July, with monthly payroll deductions totaling 283 671 dollars and yearly purchases near 3 404 052 dollars. Including cash buys the total nears 5 192 976 dollars, a sizable portion of the 65 million 362 thousand 288 dollar payroll in 1941. The effort is praised as cooperative between labor and management and urged toward a 100 percent goal.
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Illinois Central
Minute Man
Goa
Illinois Central War Bond
Church Notes St John’s Lutheran Service Schedule and Groups
Rev. Wm. Striepe presides with 9:30 am German and 10:45 am English services each Sunday and festival days. Luther League evenings 8:00 pm first Sunday devotion and third Sunday social. Brotherhood meets second Thursday. Ladies Aid first Wednesday. Dorcas Society third Wednesday.
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ST. John’s Lutheran
Wm. Striepe
Luther League
The
Brotherhood
Ladies Aid
Dorcas Society
Reform Church War Time Services Notice
Rev J W Brink pastor announces adjusted service times due to war. Services in Holland at 9 30 a m English service at 1 30 p m Sunday School at 8 pm and C E meeting at 7 30 pm.
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Reformed Church
J. W. Brink
Holland
United Presbyterian Church
R. Imbrie Barnes
J. S. Pollock
D. D
Steve Vanden Brink
Young People's Christian Union Meeting
Ruth Haspers
Farm Loans Rates Hit Low 4 Percent at Farmers Savings Bank
Farmers Savings Bank in Boyden Iowa advertises farm loans with rates as low as 4 percent and no commission plus prompt service.
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Farmers Savings Bank
Boyden
Iowa
Letter from California describes shipyard tours and West Coast trip
The writer recalls public access to Consolidated yards for ship launches, encounters Lillie Kooiman, and describes a 150 foot long Merry-Go-Round dining hall with a moving food belt. The letter details travel from Montana to Washington Oregon and California, gas shortages near cities, Grand Coulee Dam, Wenatchee Yakima valleys, fruit orchards, searchlights, and housing in Long Beach at 488 East 15th Street with Governor Merriam nearby.
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Consolidated Yards
Lillie Kooiman
California
7Th Street
21St Street
Pacific
Richard
Signal Hill
Glacier Park
Great Northern
Montana
Idaho
Spokane
Washington
Oregon
Grand Coulee Dam
Niagara Falls
Grand Coulee
Yakima Valley
Wenatchee Valley
Grace
Sam
Redlands
Long Beach
East 15Th Street
Merriam
Steve
Nic
Dutch
Dorothy
Boyden
Bellflower
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Doty’s Cafe
Rhoda Freeman
Expert Service
Standard Service
Sheldon, Iowa
Yres Drug CO
Walgreen
Jergen
Woodbury’s
Ayres
United States
Rensink
Gerrit Rens
Orange City, Iowa
Sheldon
Will VanZanten
Boyden, Iowa
G. VandenBrink
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