Ten Years Ago May 8 1947 Red Cross Report and Local News
The Red Cross annual report notes Boyden contributions of 581.15. Local births, visits to Rochester, hospital recoveries, family gatherings, and travel between Hull, Orange City, and Sioux communities are recorded. Town complaints about reckless driving are reported. a turbine pump upgrade boosts town water supply. Funeral, school program, and civic notices conclude with various local movements and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Boyden
Bud Rensink
Glendale
California
Loman
J. F. Schortinghuis
David
Rochester
Schortinghuis
Colonial Hospital
Hilda Long and Son
Hull
Walter Dickevers
John Moret
Norman Bell
Jack Dethmers
Garner
Wendell Rensink
Hull Hospital
Ed Diekevers
Adrian Diekevers
Flandreau
South Dakota
Henry van Velzen
Gene Rouwenhorst
Siouxs
Eight Boyden youths escape injury in 1984 road accident
May 8 1984 item reports eight students from Boyden Public School narrowly escaped serious injury when a Ford touring car driven by Henry Stegeman tipped near the Ring Smit farm northwest of Boyden. People listed include Marvella Grooters Willis De Valois Josie Smit Marie Kruse Bertha Bosman Mildred Grooters and Jennie Drenth. Other notes mention a Sunday visit by Ethel Pryde in Sheldon and local social events, births and farm work, with Ku Klux Klan activity noted near Primghar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden
Henry Stegeman
Ring Smit Farm
Marvella Grooters
Willis de Valois
Josie Smit
Marie Kruse
Bertha Bosman
Mildred Grooters
Jennie Drenth
Ethel Pryde
C. F. Surset
Sheldon
M. Verrips
Miller Orchestra
Ora King
Loretta Weir
Nellie Healy
Rochester
Minnesota
J. M. Lumkes
John Haspers
Fritz Reimers
Henry Meyn
Herman Ten Cate
Steve Broekhuis
Edgerton
Gerrit P. Kooiman
William van Giessen
Willis
Pool hall opens in Boyden May 15 1904
Fifty three years ago on May 6 1904 Wm. Jewett MOF Sheldon announced a pool hall opening May 15 marking Boyden’s first such venture. The Young People’s Society U P Church plans an Ice Cream Social at Town Hall May 7 with 10c and 15c admission including ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Jewett Mof Sheldon
Boyden
Young People’s Society of the
U. P. Church
C. ‘W. Work
Pryde
D. W. ‘Grotenhuis
Cherokee
Mr. Grotenhuis
McCrum
Sheldon
Clint Hoppock
Rock Valley
Prohibitionists Convene in Boyden May 18 1898
The Prohibition Party in Sioux County calls its sympathizers to a convention at Boyden on May 18 1898. The notice invites all in sympathy with the party principles to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County
Boyden
Prohibition Party
Antone Verrips
Lubbers and Co
George Thompson
Lowry Bros
Caper Among Farmers Over Small Acreage Section
The article notes a plan or event described as the proper caper among farmers, focusing on a small acreage section. It emphasizes modest land size and suggests activity or interest centered on limited fields.
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Henry van Roekel
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Thelma Dickevers
Duane Etheridge
Orange City
John Ver Hoef
Delores Rouwenhorst
Verna Heitritter
Johnny Blumeyer
Lawrence Korthals
Shirley Blumeyer
Fred
Leland Rensink
Junior Hollander
William Schoeneman
Doris Rensink
Bill Kwikkel
Nic Rouwenhorst
Arnold Kwikkel
P. Anderson
Wyoming
K. Drenth
Anderson
Grace Drenth
Jerome de Jong
George de Jong
William Wargowsky
Bobbie
Matlock
Bilsland Bros
Mr. Farmer
Northwest Iowa
State Teachers College of
Cedar Falls
Bolstad
John Vander Maaten
Veenschoten
Holland
J. W. McCrum
Mayo Bros
John Scholten
Dykstra
Vander Maten
Henry Veenschoten
Arizona
Herb Dean
Studebaker
John de Jong
Farmers Savings Bank
IS Insect and Pest Control Headquarters
Farmers Co-Op
Iowa
van Camp
Supper Club
Nestle
Musselman's
Morrell
Bon Am
Tube
Boraxo
BORAX
B. Carton
Washington
Louisiana
Boyden, Iowa
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