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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
8
Art Miller’s local ad drew remarkable responses while Fred Jantzen of Hull halted his ad after swelling sales. John Grooters was appointed rationer for rubber footwear and will issue certificates. regular over shoes and arctics remain outside the ration system.
Around Iowa National Newspaper Week ending October 8 a broad coalition backed by town papers and War Production Board chief Donald M. Nelson promotes scrap metal salvage for the war effort. The drive draws in American Legion AAA local groups and even stories of fossil finds and historic relics in Iowa.
Edwin L. Goltry of near Bedford, a Civil War era knitter, has finished his 84th Red Cross sweater, matching his age. He began knitting as a boy making mittens and sweaters for Union soldiers and his family.
County scrap drive chairman Jack Armstrong announced after a meeting in Sioux Center that a county survey of scrap will be conducted through rural schools. Supt. Charles Tye mailed questionnaires to rural teachers for distribution to farmers, with pupils collecting them in a few days. The program aims to gather scrap iron now, with collection and outreach by county and town leaders and a WPA cleanup afterward.
Sioux County residents prepare for a county scrap drive led by chairman in the area. Boyden Commercial Club to meet Friday at 8:00 P.M. at the Town Library to finalize plans. Supt J W Brouwer confirms school faculty and students assist. Board of Supervisors will provide six trucks for one week. Local dealers farmers and others urged to contact chairman John Grooters.
Henry Van Houte and John Casemier traveled to Marcus and Cheroke while Bill Sechuet and John Rensink Jr. returned from Mobridge South Dakota. Lillian MacConnel Missionary Society honored departing member Mrs Sieba Van Diepen with a handkerchief shower. Rensink reports Britton South Dakota farmers had a bumper crop but labor and equipment shortages slow harvest. flax and wheat fields are turning green and becoming hard to harvest.
The Farmers Savings Bank reports a $350 400 cash reserve liquifiable at will versus $576 000 in total deposits. The bank earned praise for 100 percent cooperation with the government bond drive, selling $111 000 in War bonds locally with no charges, including $106 000 sold by the bank.
Council met in regular session with Mayor McCrum presiding and all members present. Minutes approved. Bills allowed across funds totaling small sums to local firms and utilities. Adjournment motion carried. Town Clerk S G Vanden Brine recorded proceedings.
Arthur Reimers visiting his parents this week plans army officers training after graduating Boyden High and State University. John Fick returns from surgery at Lutheran Hospital Sioux City. Emma Stutzman announces Red Cross used clothing drive on Saturday October 17.
University of Arkansas tests show water dilution to separate cream wastes 1 of 4 per cent milk, costing a four-cow farmer about 54 dollars annually at 30 cents a pound. Only 40 percent of water separated cream is No 1 grade versus 70 percent with mechanical separators, plus reduced skim value. Contamination risks and poorer cleaning make the method costly and less marketable.
Richard Kurash a young farmer near Decorah Iowa reports a rare crop anomaly in 1942 with four ears sprouting from a single base the largest reaching 11 inches. The base ear shows 34 tiers of kernels and four stalks extend from the same base.
Lucas county state representative Leo A. Hoegh of Chariton entered the Army last spring as a first lieutenant and now serves on the Pacific coast aiding in forming a new division as a reserve officer.
Father Richard E. Carberry, chaplain for American forces on Bataan, has been a prisoner of the Japs since Corregidor fell, per brother Emmett of Fort Dodge. He formerly lived in Panora and Ames. Also noted are veterans from Page county in World War II plans and a curious Early Ohio potato yield from Paul Gorrell’s Victory garden.
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