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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1952
Page
7
Seedcorn salesmen stay busy as crowds inspect unique corn with heavy ears standing upright on stalks across fields planted with specific seed brand. The John Vermeer farm hosts the feature plot highlighted in the photo.
Local residents visited and hosted friends across multiple towns. The report lists numerous guests at homes in Sheldon Doon Worthington Rock Valley Lake Wilson and Orange City with names including De Jong Brinks Heitritter Moret Veen Donkersloot and Jansma among others. The piece also mentions the Farm Bureau meeting in Orange City and a funeral in Worthington.
Mr and Mrs Henry C Moss of Hull mark a birthday and celebrate 60 years of marriage for Mr and Mrs Richard Korneisel. Guests include Den Hartogs Grooters Slothouber and others from Orange City Sheldon and Hosper areas. A birthday lunch followed a social evening with congratulations from Redlands California.
An 11 year old named James Miller from near Hampton is hospitalized after falling from the front end of a tractor and having the wheels pass over his chest. Zion Lutheran church at Ogden marked its 80th anniversary recently.
A thief described as ill fed and ill clad entered the farm home of Mr and Mrs Henry Hinder near Allison and stole a pair of pants and a loaf of bread.
Mrs Emma Stutzman was honored at a birthday dinner Saturday noon. Guests were Mesdames Fred Wagner Pearl Britton Victor Powers and Leonard Blok of Sheldon and Lily Thayer of Rock Valley. Absent was Mrs Philip Cuppett of Sheldon. The self invited guests brought a wonderful dinner and many lovely gifts.
Honored at a birthday dinner at her home Sunday noon, the guest list included Mr. and Mrs. Lav ern Renkie of Melvin, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connor and Joyce Kool of Sanborn, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Belling of Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. Frances MccGuire of Sioux Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Ore Groves and family of Chandler Minnesota, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Olsen and children of Boyden.
Mr and Mrs Bert Englesman and their son Danny left Saturday for a ten day vacation at Prairie View Kansas. They will attend the birthday party of Bert’s grandfather Mr Tenis Englesman who will be 100 years old October 28. Bert’s father will also be 75.
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