Ricketts votes 75 to 0 to renew electric franchise
Ricketts Iowa citizens approved renewing the Iowa Public Service Company franchise for 25 years by a 75 to 0 vote on Tuesday March 16. The town lies in Crawford County near Charter Oak with the company serving the area for many years and several Iowa towns have granted similar franchises recently.
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Ricketts
Iowa Public Service Company
Crawford County
Charter Oak
Iowa
Tenewelg
Hillbilly Party and Spelling Winners At Boyden High
The junior class hosted a hillbilly party in the Boyden High School gym on Friday March 19 with dogpatch and skunk hollow themes. Prizes went to Sadié Hawkins Day costume winners Mrs Norgaard and Tom Starkweather. Also winners of the annual preliminary spelling contest were Mary Dale Vanden Berg Donald Magsardt and Arlene Bergsma.
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Boyden High School
Dogpatch
Skunk Hallow
al Capps
Li’l Abner
al Capps Hillbillies
Mrs. Norgaard
Tom Starkweather
Ope Chatane
Mary Dale Vanden Berg
Donald Magsardt
Arlene Bergsma
Boyden
Mary Dale
Don
Arlene
Matlock
Newkirk
Hull
Tye
Orange City
Alton Catholic
Des Moines
Iowa Warmth Hits Bird Watchers as Early Robins Arrive
Reports from Denison and Aina mosa place the first robins in February with Audubon noting an earlier sighting. A car accident near Cheyenne Wyoming left four Iowans with minor injuries after skidding on ice. Maxine Roeder of Colfax burned her face and arm lighting gasoline in a stock tank. Corydon Times-Republican showcased five generations of women led by 78 year old Dora Brown. Independence high school uses a fake owl to deter birds. Lt. W C Rogers reports wearing heavies while stationed near Bogota. James and Mary Robinson celebrate 55 years of marriage near Yale. Tracy school gym burned, cost insured at $1000.
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Denison
Ainamosa
Audubon
Cheynne
Wyoming
Maxine Roeder
Colfax
Corydon
W.C. Rogers
Mt. Vernon
Bogota
Columbia
Yale
James I. Robinson
Illinois
Tracy
Iowa Children Home Society reports record 1947 cases
Esther Jaquith announces a 1947 total of 569 children under care from 50 Iowa counties. The majority entered via guardianship, with 177 foster homes used, 197 youths released as improved citizens, and only 15 placed in institutions. The 1948 budget is 185000, funded mainly by private gifts and county campaigns.
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Iowa Children Home Society
Esther Jaquith
Iowa
Jaquith
Ciil’ren
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Polk County
Des Moines
Social Gatherings and Local Visits Across Area Homes
Mr and Mrs H M Scholten hosted at August De Boers Alton home for supper last Thursday. Sunday visits included the Scholten and Doorenbos families at Otto Rouwenhorst Sheldon. Joe De Jong Sanborn and Henry De Groot Middleburg guests at John Moret home. Bob Boonstra Orange City Marion Haahr Cedar Falls and Oliver Myer Waterloo visited the Moret home. Haahr and Sam stayed several days. A new shipment arrived including ranges gas electric coal and wood plus Philco freezers radios and York freezers. Additional hardware from Stegeman Electric Appliances. Ernest Kammala de and Pete Roel spent Friday in Sioux City on business. Lorraine Grooters and Herman Vander Maten with their son visited Frank Vander Maten in Sioux City Sunday. Elmer Sleepers and daughter from Sibley stayed a few days with Andrew Bruns. Bruns drove them home Wednesday afternoon.
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Joe de Jong
Sanborn
Henry de Groot
Middleburg
John Moret
Bob Boonstra
Orange City
Marion Haahr
Cedar Falls
Oliver Myer
Waterloo
Robert Moret
Haahr
Sam
Moret
Lorraine Grooters
Herman Vander ‘Maten
Frank Vander Maten
Sioux City
Elmer Sleepers
Sibley
Andrew Bruns
Polks relief bill and 1830 France likeness in era headlines
President James K Polk signs a bill granting relief to heirs of John Paul Jones, amid reports of the United States recognizing the New French Republic. News notes Jesuits leave Turin after hostile demonstrations while monarchs grant constitutions similar to France 1830.
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James K.polk
John Paul Jones
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John Lubbers
Dick Koerselman
Cornie Koerselman
Herman Meester
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Farmers Elevator
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H. M. Scholten
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Stegeman Electrical
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NEW Ulm Meg. Company
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