Community Gathering and Visitation Across Small Towns
A dense report recounts numerous visits and hosting in Hull, Rock Valley, Sioux Center, Orang e City, Sheldon, Ashton, George, and surrounding areas. Residents such as Hildred Dykstra, Hort on Jacobsma, and the Dunnicks attend events, funerals, and casual calls with relatives and friends across Iowa and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildred Dykstra
Madeira
Minnesota
Boyden
Wm. de Roos
Hull
Donald Dunnick
Josie Kuyper
Frank de Graaff
Betty
Rock Valley
Harold de Graaff
Sioux Center
Dena Humme
Ernest Egdorf
Amos Roetman
Trudy
John Slyhuis
John B. Bernisse
Randy
Iowa City
Bill Richards
Ames
Bert Engelsma
Clarence Duistermars
Ronnie Rozeboom
Lorraine Rozeboom
Portland
Michigan
Dave Liebersma
Orange City
Joe Klein
Rallyn van Beek
Hilbert Heynen
Ed Baartman
Peter Baartman
Peter C Baartman
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ed Ba
Henry Slykhuis
Ashton
Dick Doorenbos
George Reimers
Luther League Speaker From India At Boyden Church
St John Lutheran Church lists services and activities. Miss Mildred Monke, missionary in India, will speak under Dorcas society auspices. Dorcas monthly meeting set for November 20. First Reformed Church schedulers include morning worship and evening praise with a Home Mission Circle offering on November 26 and Thanksgiving services on November 28. Northwest Ministers Association noon meeting noted at Sanborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
First Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor
Home Mission Circle
Northwest Ministers’ Association
The
Reformed Church
Sanborn
United Presbyterian Sunday Schedule With Guest Pastor
Rev. John W. Brink of Orange City will lead services at United Presbyterian on Sunday November 17 including 9 45 Sunday School 11 Morning Worship and 730 Evening Praise The Mr and Mrs Fellowship meeting scheduled for Wednesday November 13 has been postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank de Jong
Ward
South Dakota
Logan Vanden Brink
E. C Kammlade
Newkirk
Sioux County Sunday School Association
John Slykhuis
Jans van Loh
Ashton
Leonard Korthals
Lawrence
Evert van Westen
George
Wm. Mouw
Gerrit Mouw
Lake Park
Henry Korthals
Ronnie Steuben
Spencer
John Bill
Land
Sheldon
Marion Verrips
Gerald Thorman
Thormans
Gerard van Es
Elsie Mouw
Sioux Center
Gertrude Mouw
Orange City
Robert Dethmers
Linda
Kenneth Stell
Richard Bierma
Ed Dykstra
Hull
Henry van Surksum
Eva Vanden Bosch
Edgerton
Minnesota
Art Lulekus
Artie Mollema
Chandler
Pete Baartman
United Presbyterian
John W. Brink
Slykhuis Couple Welcome Daughter Marcia Joy
Mr and Mrs Dale Slykhuis of Ashton welcomed a daughter named Marcia Joy born Wednesday morning November 13 at Sheldon hospital weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Slykhuis of Boyden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Slykhuis
Ashton
The
Sheldon Hospital
Marcia Joy
John Slykhuis
Boyden
Miss Kammlade Attends Training School in Chicago
Miss Marilyn Kammlade spent the weekend at her parents’ home after returning from a three day training school at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. The program, sponsored by the Fenwal Division of Ethicon, taught advanced blood banking methods. She was one of four Sioux City technologists chosen for the all expense paid trip, including a flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Kammlade
E. Kammlade
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Fenwal Division
Ethicon Pharmaceutical Company
Miss Kammlade
Sioux City
Marilyn earns National Medical Technology Registry honor
Marilyn, representing St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, completed the National Medical Technology Registry exams last August after being informed of her successful passage by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braniff Airlines
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Marilyn
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
National Medical Technology Registry
Former Boydenite Returns to Visit Old Friends
Esther Dethmers, former resident of Boyden, spent days with Robert Dethmers in our city. Her husband and son, Lance, hunted deer near Bismarck North Dakota. This was her first visit in 22 years to their hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Stell
Chicago
Illinois
Robert Dethmers
Lance
Bismark
North Dakota
Stell
Esther Dethmers
Hessel Dethmers
Boyden
Our Fair City
Henry Stegemann Injures Hand In Feed Grinder
Henry Stegemann on his farm 314 miles north of Boyden injured his right hand when a corn ear jammed a feed grinder. He stopped the machine to dislodge it but it restarted as he pulled the ear free. He was rushed to a Sibley hospital where he remains a patient. amputation is not yet ruled out and recovery could take several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stegemann
Boyden
Henry
Sibley
Infant Carla Doorenbos Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Ten month old Carla Doorenbos, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Doorenbos, is in St Joseph Hospital Sioux City with pneumonia and possible spinal meningitis after illness began Saturday and worsened Tuesday leading to immediate admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carla Doorenbos
Sioux City Hospital
John Doorenbos
St. Joseph Hospital
Sioux City
Local bowing records fall at Boyden Bowl Lanes
Excitement rose during the Women’s League as Mrs Bertha Moret posted a 213, the top women’s score at the lanes since opening 2 ½ years ago after a new ball sparked recent good runs. Open bowling saw Ed Dickevers roll 254, prompting chatter he planned to quit bowling earlier this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden Bowl
Bertha Moret
Ed Dickevers
How Boyden Got Its Name Follow-Up History
Our readers reveal the town of Boyden was renamed from Sheridan in 1882 after a Milwaukee Railroad foreman named Boyden was killed during construction in 1878. The change links local tragedy to the town’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Boyden
Colorado
Boyden
Milwaukee
Sheridan
Report From Rome By Congressman Hoeven
Congressman Hoeven describes his first day in Rome at the U S Embassy for the Market Development Conference with 25 Agricultural Attaches from Europe Africa and the Near East. Iowa trade representatives Howard L Roach and George M Strayer attend for the Soybean Council of America to expand foreign markets for Iowa soybeans. U S agricultural exports reached a record 4 7 billion under Trade Agreements Act and related work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U. S
Europe
Africa
Near East
Howard L. Roach
Plainfield
Iowa
George M. Strayer
Hudson
Soybean Council of America
Agricultural Attaches Report Surplus Barter Problems and Policy
The letter discusses P. L. 480 and CCC barter programs amid large surplus crops. It cites storage costs and downward price pressure from big stocks, export sale challenges, and foreign demand shifts. Wheat has been the main barter commodity, with hopes for reinstating barter under the act and Congress hearings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L
U. S
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Department
House Committee On Agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization Conference of the United Nations
Half of Townships to Vote For Council Members Soon
Elections for the Sioux County Agricultural Extension Council will be held in half of the townships this fall. Meetings start at 8 p.m. in various schools and halls with one member per township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County Agricultural Extension Council
Sioux County
Grant
Eagle
Center
Capel
Bernie Mouw
Floyd
Sheridan
Farmers Coop Lumber Yard
Boyden Sioux
Bill Riley
Coun
Sioux County establishes County Agricultural Extension District
Iowa law sets up a county Extension District in Sioux County with an elected Extension Council. Each township will elect one representative. council members may serve two consecutive two year terms. The council oversees agriculture, home economics, community affairs, and 4-H, coordinating with the Extension Staff, Iowa State College, and the USDA. 4-H clubs participate in township meetings, and all 4-H members and interested residents are invited to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cil
Iowa
Sioux County
Extension Council
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
4-H
Capel Belles Meet in November at Bomgaars Home
The Capel Belles gathered in November at John Bomgaars’s residence with ten members present. Roll call asked for a desired food to learn this year. Karen Vander Zwaag spoke on Personal Accounts and Carolyn Doorenbos on The Basic Seven Foods and Where to Find Them. Linda Bomgaars and Gertrude Pease led a team demonstration. Visitor Darlene Vander Zwaag attended. Lunch was provided by Linda Bomgaars and Gertrude Pease. Reporter Lolita Vander Vliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capel Belles
John Bomgaars
Karen Vander Zwaag
Carolyn Doorenbos
Linda Bomgaars
Gertrude Pease
Darlene Vander Zwaag
Lolita Vander Vliet
Changes To Be Reported To Your Local Board
Sioux County Local Board chair E Van Engelenhoven lists changes in personal status that must be reported under the Universal Military Training and Service Act. Key items include mailing address, marriage, new dependents, deaths, divorce, job change, injury, student status, and Reserve or National Guard entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. van Engelenhoven
Sioux County
Reserve
National Guard
Birthday Honored for Mrs Josie Kuyper at Social Time
Mrs Josie Kuyper celebrated her birthday with a social gathering Wednesday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ray Rohlfs and Debbie, Mr and Mrs Bernard Van der Griend and children Joel and Ronnie, Harold Kuyper and sons, and Mr and Mrs Wm Humme and Delores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Kuyper
Ray Rohlfs
Debbie
Bernard van der Griend
Joel
Ronnie Kuyper
Harold Kuyper
Wm. Humme
Delores
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A. E. Miller
Nan Johnson
Sadie Eades
Maud Jackson
Harvey Vis
Loran
Ernest Sorenson
Archer
Rochester
Miss Maud Jackson
Washington
Otto Blessing
Sandy Green
E. H. Beldt
R. C. Rolston
Vic Powers
John Hilton
Ora van Diepen
Frank Wilsie
Clairneil Dunnick
Lakewood
California
Henry Heusinkveld
Henry Jr. Heusinkveld
Albert Lea
John Kuyper
Dewey de Vries
Denver
Arthur Kreulen
John Lee Rensink
le Roy Bomgaars
Vermillion
Jack Rensink
Arie Bomegaars
John Kleine
Don
Ronald van Meeteren
Eugene Elgersma
Carlyn Struyk
Hartley
P. A. Hinrichs
Fred Egdorf
Goodyear
Walter Diekevers
Towa
Boyden Churches
Boydenite
Hoeven
BATH
Daintees
Smit
Boyden, Iowa
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