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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1956
Page
3
Local notice reports the Fall Harvest Festival will be held November 16 at Northwestern Junior College Orange City with music and harvest booths. The public is invited. Also, a United Presbyterian Church Fellowship meeting is set for Friday November 9 at 8:00 p m with guests and a speaker.
Mr and Mrs Bert Engelsman and their children were Friday evening visitors in the Hilbert Heynen home at Hull as town records note social arrivals following council events.
Community event notes a shower for Joan Cleveringa, future bride of Henry Brinks, hosted at the Martin Brinks home with attendees including Mrs Vande Heiden and Mrs Cuperus. City council minutes record Oct 29 1956 meeting, water sample approved, and sewer project funding inquiry.
The committee for Christmas decorations presented bills including General Fund Public Service and Street Fund items. The record lists payments to Public Service Co, Public Employees Retirement System, Sitter, Sand and Gravel, Northwestern Bell Telephone, and internal revenue, with adjournment and signatures of S. G. Vander Brink and Mayor G. Slothgwer. The article closes with a note on promptness for children and a milk tent at the Jones County Fair selling 455 gallons.
Autumn returns bringing fire into homes with open fireplaces and outdoor bonfires. The piece urges safe practices, warning that chimney and fireplace must be in working order before lighting.
Chester Wagner, the town's oldest resident in Anita, recently turned 90 and remains active. He worries most about losing his driver's license as a consequence of the birthday. Notification mentions farm sharpened tools and a contact in Hospers, Iowa.
240 acre improved livestock and grain farm in first class condition. Great investment or operator opportunity. Owner has invested heavily to upgrade the property. For complete information write owner M. L. Minnig at 2300 Nebraska St. Sioux City Iowa. 025 Nipd.
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