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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
1
Mrs. Merrill Wallinga and her four year old daughter Mary Lynn were soaked but unhurt when a ditch rollover near Sioux Center left three feet of water inside the car. Baby daughter Charlotte Rae was submerged but survived after immediate rescue by nearby farmer Richard Warntjes and hospitalization for observation.
George Public School defeated Boyden 3 to 1 to claim the sectional baseball championship. The win advances the Blue Jays to the District Baseball Tournament at Rock Valley starting Wednesday. Virgil Krull drove in a run with a sharp single, Rypkema and Floyd Hoef scored in the second inning, and Kenneth Schneiderman scored after a safe hit and a wild pitch. Joe Klinkenborg added a timely hit to end the inning with the third run.
The Boyden Fire Department was called to the Gerrit Kroon farm Friday morning to extinguish a chimney fire. Working with neighbors, firefighters put out the flames with no serious damage reported.
A pair of twin boys born Saturday at Sioux Center Community Hospital, one died about five hours after birth. The surviving twin is progressing. Graveside rites were held Monday at Maurice cemetery. The family, Mr and Mrs Marion Van Roekel, reside near Hudson, South Carolina. Services were by Van der Ploeg's Funeral Home.
The new U S Defense Bonds provide higher returns than former issues. After six months they pay 1.07 percent, after two years 2.10 percent, after three years 2.25 percent, and after five years 2.52 percent, with a 3 percent coupon if held to maturity. Early cashing yields include higher surrender value.
Neal Boers ma of Inwood detains ex convict Robert George Green, 19, a Keen New Hampshire native wanted in Lyon and Sioux counties for a $54 bogus check. Green, released from Minnesota or South Dakota jail, was handed to Sheriff Fred Tonne after the White House clothing incident in Sheldon on April 28. A separate accident near Larchwood injured C. S. De Bruyn of Sheldon and a female passenger with a arm fracture. De Bruyn lost control south of Larchwood on highway 9 and ditched into a ditch.
Hull Iowa and Sioux Center residents depart for Chicago then New York to sail to Holland aboard the Veendam. They expect to be away about two months with relatives in Holland and plan arrival around May 27. The De Jongs from Granville join, including Vincent Honkamp and family and Albert De Baer and Viola. The 2nd Annual School Art Show is on display.
The new E bonds may be cousins of the VanderWerffs, held for a second ten year period at about three percent compound interest. That rate applies when cashing the bonds at any time during that ten-year window. The privilege also applies to existing E bonds maturing from now on. Hold your matured bonds.
Visitors flocked to the Sanford Museum on Sunday afternoon as exhibits opened to the public with a steady stream of locals and tourists exploring historic displays and regional artifacts.
Thirty six registrants depart May 19 for pre induction physicals while seven left May 13 for induction. Inductions set for June 11 include George Hansen Alton Paul Ammer Ruben Winter Pulscher all of Iowa. Arnold Ploen, Granville, Iowa, undergoes a two week reserve training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes as a seaman recruit USNR.
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