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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
1
The Christen Endeavor Society of the First Reformed Church plans an Alumni Banquet on Friday June 18 at 6 30 in church parlors. The program includes special numbers and a guest speaker. Alumni should secure tickets from Shirley Kuiper Boyden IA before June 4.
Mrs Tony Slothouber entertained a group of children Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 o clock in honor of her daughter Mary Jane’s seventh birthday. Guests included Maynell Heemskirk Dennis Heemskirk Linda Heemskirk Das Van Ommeren Linda Van Ommeren Diane Engelshman Deloris Gordon Marlyn and Jean Eng ................................................................
The children of Capel School No 1 enjoyed their annual picnic Monday May 17 on the school grounds with their parents and friends.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Diekevers welcomed an 8 pound 2 ounce son born Saturday May 15 at Sioux Center hospital. The baby was named Mark Steven. Grandparents are Mrs Ed Diekevers and Mr and Mrs Steve Vanden Brink.
Eunice De Jong had surgery last Wednesday at the Sheldon hospital and is expected home before week’s end. Faye Siderius also had surgery last Wednesday at Orange City hospital and returned home Sunday morning.
Mr and Mrs John A Kosters and Mrs Gerrit Vonk of Rock Valley and Mrs Earling Kosters motored to Omaha near last Thursday evening where they met Earling Kosters and Gerrit who had arrived there after receiving their discharge at Camp Carson Colo
Local residents from Sheldon Orange City and Cedar Falls share weekend social visits. Mr and Mrs Elmer Kreykes entertain, while Mr and Mrs Wm Mouw visit Hessel W Faber. Phyliss Grooters wed Harry Hansen in Cedar Falls with many relatives attending.
TE fer 7 Card thanks readers for prayers cards flowers and gifts received during hospital stay. Appreciation is expressed and the support is noted as greatly appreciated and long remembered.
Cal Stiekel reflects on how small towns suffocate local papers through price undercutting and mimeograph self printing. He recalls personal losses and warns others, praising a town that still supports a newspaper after 62 years and noting flag respect during Armed Forces Day.
Fourteen seniors will receive diplomas at Boyden’s 1954 commencement in the First Reformed Church at 8 p.m. with Edwin Diekevers as the sole male graduate. Rev. LeRoy Nattress will deliver the address titled Credentials For Successful Climbing. Valedictorian is Marlene Vagts and salutatorian Arlyne Kruse. Eighth grade diploma recipients from Boyden grade school include Carole Brunsting, Shirley Doorenbos, and others.
The Post Office Department designates May 17 to May 22 1954 as Rural Mail Box Improvement Week. Properly erected and maintained boxes protect mail and present a neat appearance. Owners should inscribe names on boxes and keep them painted. unapproved top opening or revolving boxes may be kept if in use and serviceable.
Joe Clarey of Sibley is employed in County Extension Services across Sioux Plymouth Woodbury O'Brien and Osceola counties in cooperation with Iowa State Extension Service and Floyd Valley Watershed Association to lead education and promotion work in the Floyd Valley.
Friends and relatives report the death of Mrs Cornie Rens of Corral Minnesota on Tuesday afternoon following a prior stroke the previous Saturday evening. She was formerly of Boyden. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
A wry reflection on modern life where pace accelerates daily leaving individuals scrambling to keep up. The saying frames rapid change as a constant, urging caution amid constant motion.
The Boyden Volunteer Fire Department fought a grass fire that spread to a corn crib at Bob Den Hartog’s farm one mile south and half a mile east of Boyden. Fire crews saved a nearby small frame building. no corn was stored in the burning crib.
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