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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
5
The Boyden Reporter lists editor Willis G. Vanderburg and publication details. Subscription is 1.75 per year and 2.00 where permitted to maose. Receipts issued for payments and open accounts remain in force until notices certify changes to postal department.
Town Council met with Mayor McCrum presiding and all members present. Minutes approved. Health board notes say shallow well water unsafe. Public Health engineer Pfeiffer urges chlorination. Water committee to study chlorination plants. Bills approved across funds including Hooker Supply, Kuyper, Bell Telephone, Iowa Public Service Co. and others. Motion to sign sewer mains equipment order for about 196.50. Several bond and trustee changes noted. Ordinance on central town regulation dropped. County road maintainer bid considered. Meeting adjourned.
Article profiles Margaret Leech widow of Ralph Pulitzer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history for Reveille in Washington. It notes her five years of research, reliance on Civil War era Washington newspapers, and her wartime charity work with the Authors' Committee to Aid the War Effort. It also comments on other authors and books including Leo Lania and M. F. K. Fisher and their wartime topics.
United Presbyterian Church lists R Imbrie Barnes as minister and J S Pollock as pastor emeritus with Bible School at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening service at 8:00 p.m. St John’s Lutheran under Rev Wm Striepe offers German service at 9:30 a.m. and English at 10:45 a.m. Lutheran activities include Luther League, Brotherhood, Ladies Aid, and Dorcas Society on specified Sundays and weeknights.
Ref J W Brink notes reform in church timings with services at 9 30 a m Holland 1 30 p m English 3 p m Sunday School and 7 30 p m C B E meeting as war demands may affect paint supply and orders. Vogel Paint and Glass Co Sheldon advertises paint quality with orders urged.
The Vogel Paint and Glass Company in Sheldon advertises cuts on freight and robbery costs, urging customers to switch to their paint supplies for savings and reliable service.
A community concert listing for Saturday June 20 1942 at 8:00 PM shows a program of overtures marches and instrumental works including The Lantern Offenbach The Centaur King Bennett Schottische Wild Rose Anchors Aweigh National Defense and the National Anthem plus a Verdi quartet from Rigoletto and a patriotic finale.
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