Poppy Day Observance and Veterans Training Notes
Poppy Day on May 24 honors dead from World Wars with handmade crepe flowers produced by disabled veterans at Des Moines Veterans Hospital and Marshalltown Iowa Soldiers Home. Frances Sitter and Gertrude Bosman will help distribute in Boyden, with contributions requested for veteran welfare. Also announces space for 25 veterans in an on the farm training course in agriculture at Sheldon High School May 26. Mrs. Henry Bosman supervising.
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Monster
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Des Oines
Iowa
Marshalltown
Auuxiliary
France
Belgium
Boyden
Frances Sitter
Gertrude Bosman
Wm. Monster Post
Henry Bosman
Monster Post
Sheldon High School
Alvin Block
Eighth Graders Stage Annual School Program
Eighth graders entertained Wednesday afternoon for students and parents with a reading of the class history project and will. The class also acted out two short plays and invited Sunday dinner guests from Northwood and Alton to the home of Ben Peters.
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Will
Memorial Day Service Plans and Rider Incident
Memorial Day services are set for May 30 at 10 A M in the High School gym and 11 A M at the cemetery with a color advance invocation by Rev Schortinghuis and a band performance by Anna Mine Koole and the Westerman Triplets. Janice Smit, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Smit, fell from her bicycle Monday afternoon injuring her head requiring six stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria F. Schortinghuis
Rochester
Schortinghuis
Westerman
C. Postma
Janice Smit
Ray Smit
New Ball Diamond Nears Completion in Hull Area
The new ball park is nearing completion with skinning on the diamond gates for cars and people installed and the back-stop erected. Lights will be installed by Iowa Public Service Company, bleachers built behind the backstop, and seats placed along the baselines. A Thursday game with Hull was canceled. team to gain practice before next game.
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Iowa Public Service Company
Hull
Enlistment Rules For Disabled World War II Veterans
Partially disabled combat wounded veterans may enlist in the Army in the grade held at discharge if applying by June 30 1947. Enlistments after July 1 1947 but within 20 days of discharge enlist in the discharge grade. Provisions apply to commissioned warrant and flight officers with enlistment in first grade. Gerrit Schneider sells his feed grinding business and starts at the new Co op Station soon.
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Gerrit Schneider
Library Board Meets in Routine Session
The Library Board held its regular meeting on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Vanderburg as hostess. Routine business was conducted. Friday evening dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ingalls and daughter of Sheldon and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Diekevers visiting Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Diekevers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Vanderburg
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Burlington
Sheldon Club
Margaret Buren
Lucille Woods
Isabelle Bather
Library Board
Vernon Ingalls
Sheldon
Ed Diekevers
Marvin Diekevers
Memorial Day Closures Across Boyden
Practically every business in Boyden will close in observance of Memorial Day on Friday May 30.
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Boyden
Boyden School Banquet Transforms Gym Into Fairyland
The Boyden Public School Junior Senior Banquet turned the gym into a fairyland with pastel gowns, court jesters, a golden castle stage, drawbridge, moat, and life size fairy tale characters. Tables decorated as miniature fairylands featured handmade fairies as favors, and a themed menu was served by Sophomore girls. The program included Invocation and toasts, with post dinner events listed.
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Boyden
Little Red Riding Hood
and the Wolf
Jack-and -The-Beanstalk
Cinderella and the
Pumpkin Coach
Pinocchio
Peter Rabbit
Chicken Little
Bee Vee
Lester Haspels
Kenneth Walinga
Jean de Boer
Peter Lietstra
Tower
Gertrude Bos
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Ben Peters
Bernard Klein
North‘wood
Ed Klein
Alton
Gunen
Big Spring
Texas Marsh
Swanson’s Noodle Chicken
Sunkist Lemons
Wberries
Shank
Peta
U.S
John.Brouwer
Robert Gosselink
Sioux City
Sioux County
Boyden School News
Paul Mallon
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