From a raft to a book The Raft by Robert Trumbull
The Honolulu Advertiser editor Robert Trumbull covered the Pacific raft ordeal of Dixon Aldrich and Pastula, then wrote The Raft after a publisher urged him to. The survivors endured peril, hunger, and sharks, later inspiring a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and praise from Vice-President Wallace.
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Robert Trumbull
Honolulu
New York
Trumbull
Harold Dixon
Gene Aldrich
Tony Pastula
Wallace
Dixon
Aldrich
Pastula
War Service urged as 3-A classes eye call in Iowa
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl Iowa selective service director says married men should prepare now for army calls as class 3-A orders rise. Draft boards may begin taking married men by October with heavy calls by January 1. Farmers will get consideration but replacements must be trained. National SS HQ says physical exams will be liberalised to cut rejections.
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Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Selective Service
Grahl
Army
National Selective Service Headquarters
Alton Cement Works Builds Fire Safe Wall Blocks
Concrete building blocks and partition slabs from the Alton Cement Works are used to create permanent firesafe walls. The statement highlights durable construction materials and their fire resistant properties for modern buildings.
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Alton Cement Works
War Bonds Buy Gas Masks For Service Members
Gas masks used in warfare since World War I have been improved and issued to every service member by the War Department Chemical Warfare Branch. The pictured "can" and elephant nose mask costs about 9.25 dollars each, and two masks can be bought with an 18.75 dollar War Bond. The notice urges civilians to buy War Bonds and contribute ten percent of income each payday.
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Chemical Warfare Branch
The
War Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Regular Meetings Announced by Local Churches
The Home Mission Circle of Boyden Reformed Church will hold a meeting on Thursday September 10 with host Magarena Vander Haar. The Ladies Aid of Boyden United Presbyterian Church will meet on Thursday September 10 with hostess Mrs Wm Wargowsky.
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Boyden Reformed Church
Magarena Vander Haar
Ladies Aid
Boyden United
Obituary of Joe W. Horn 87 in Hull Iowa
Joe W. Horn died August 22 1942 at his Hull home after eight months illness. Funeral at 2 pm August 24 at Protestant Reformed Church Hull with Rev. A Camminga officiating. Interment Sheridan Township Cemetery near Boyden. Survived by wife 3 sons and 8 daughters 32 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren. civil and church service noted with family history.
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Joe W. Horn
Hull
Protestant Reformed Church
A. Camminga
Sheridan Township
Boyden
George Reimers
Paul McCrum
John Reimers
Joseph Wesley Horn
Indiana
Marin County
Iowa
Rebecca Elwood
Sioux County
Katie Gritters
George
John
Slayton
Minn
Joe A
Nora Brown
Henry Harman
Richard Doorenbos
Frank Schafer
Meridan
Hattie Kortekamp
Bemidji
Frances Harman
Mr. Horn
United Presbyterian Church
Walter Harmon
Air Corps
U.S Armed Forces
Ice Cream Price List From Farmers Co op Creamery
The Farmers Co op Creamery Assn announces prices for ice cream: 95 cents per gallon for five gallons or more, and 1.00 per gallon for less than five. No extra charge for flavors. Deliveries offered within reasonable distances. Hull, Iowa.
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Farmers Co-op
Creamery Ass
Hull
Iowa
Mail Christmas Gifts To Men In Armed Forces Early
Army Postal Service urges sending Christmas cards packages and letters for servicemen abroad between October 1 and November. Restrictions limit packages to 11 pounds 18 inches long and 42 inches in length and girth, with no more than one package per person per week and no food or clothing included.
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Army Postal Service
Boydens Weekly Chronology September 1942
The column lists daily names for September 4 through September 10 1942 including Jeanette Evink Gt Korthals Bertha Risseeuw Gordon Schaffer Lorraine Woelber Floyd De Wilde Mrs Herman De Wilde Otto D Bouma and others. It records community members across dates with resident and family names and officiants.
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Jeanette Evink
Gt. Korthals
Bertha Risseeuw
Gordon Schaffer
Lorraine Woelber
Floyd de Wilde
Herman de Wilde
Church Notes and Services at United Presby, St John Lutheran
The entry lists church activities for United Presbyterian led by R Imbrie Barnes and J S Pollock with Bible School at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. An 7:15 p.m. Young People meeting precedes an 8:00 p.m. service. St John’s Lutheran led by Rev. Striepe offers German service at 9:30 a.m. and English at 10:45 a.m. with regular groups for Luther League, Brotherhood, Ladies Aid, and Dorcas Society on specified Sundays.
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United Presbyterian Church
R. Imbrie Barnes
J. S. Pollock
D. D
Steve Vanden Brink
Young People’s Christian Union Meeting
Ruth Haspers
ST. John’s Lutheran
Wm. Striepe
Luther League
The
Brotherhood
Ladies Aid
Dorcas Society
Reform church services start one half hour late war time
Rev J W Brink directs a wartime schedule with services at 9 30 a m in Holland 1 30 p m in English 8 p m Sunday School and 7 30 p m C E B meeting adjusted for the period.
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Reformed Church
J. W. Brink
Paste
Holland
Reporter Subscription Notice and Rates at Boyden Office
Notice from the Reporter explains second class post status for Boyden readers. It lists Friday morning publication, yearly rates of 1.75 and 2.00 with lapse option, and open accounts recognized until official notice. Receipts issued for all payments, keep on file, and report mailing address date line corrections to the Reporter.
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Boyden
U. S. Postal Department
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U. S.A
America
Iowa Public Service Company
Will VanZanten
Boyden, Iowa
Bataan
U.S
Hospers Tribune
G. Bartels
Jeweler
Ee Sheldon
Expert Service
Bill Adkins
Sheldon, Iowa
Captain Dixon
Henry
Tony
Gene
Missouri
Abimarsy
Boydens Weekly
Otto D. Bouma
Shirley A. Kooiker
Gt. Rensink
Elizabeth van Diepen, Jr
Anna DeGroot
F. B. Mansen
John Lietstra
Will Vos
Gerrit Wegter
Jake Evink
Sam Ver Hoel
Kathryn Heitritter
Fred Hollander
Joyce Horn
John Goldenkamp
Gus Sohl
Antony VandenBerg
Vern Ver Schoor
Marjorie Belling
Irene Vos
Sylvia de Zeeuw
Berdina Brinks
Floyd Pihr
Arnold Long
John Moret
Jacob Nels, Jr
Datus Salie
Stephen Steenhoven
Harold Stueven
Elizabeth Clyde
John W. Kooiker
Anna Schedtler
Geneva van Zee
Ues Ocatio
Boyden Reporter Vol
Willis G. Vanderburg
Doty’s Cafe
Rhoda Freeman
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