Purple Heart Honors For Three Boyden Men
Lt. Siegfried Hamisch the first Boyden officer to win the Purple Heart was wounded in the French offensive and the award citation arrived by mail to his mother Mrs. H Ossenfort. Sgt Henry Houtsma earned the Purple Heart in Tunisia and Pvt Sietsa Van Diepen received theirs in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden
Siegfried Hamisch
H. Ossenfort
Hamisch
Ossenfort
Henry Houtsma
Pvt
Sietsa van Diepen
Pvt Herman Siestra Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Pvt. Herman Siestra son of John Siestra of Boyden Iowa is awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in battle against Japan. He has served three months overseas with the American Division in the Southwest Pacific including New Caledonia and Bougainville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Herman Siestra
John Siestra
Boyden
Iowa
Siestra
New Caledonia
Bougainville
Henry Houtsma Signals Home Arrival From New York
Henry Houtsma phoned relatives from New York to say he has arrived in the United States and will visit home soon. He has endured several major battles and has been wounded and hospitalized multiple times.
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Henry Houtsma
New York
States
Henry
Wedding Announcements From The Reporter Offer Distinction
The Reporter offers printed or engraved wedding announcements in many styles. Quality and appearance promised, with options for distinction and lasting keepsakes.
Farm Loans Rates as Low as Four Percent
Farmers Savings Bank of Boyden Iowa advertises rates as low as four percent with no commission and prompt service. Donald Blumeyer, employed in Luverne Minnesota, spent Labor Day at his parental home. Minnesota brand print outside White Standard Red Boyden Hardware Store.
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Farmers Savings Bank Boyden
Iowa
Donald Blumeyer
Luverne, Minn
Minnesota
Boyden Hardware Store
Grain Bin Sales and Farm Supply Notice
Grain bins now owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation are for sale through the local AAA. Steel bins priced at 10 cents per bushel of rated capacity. wood bins $200 for 1590 bushel type and $345 for 2790 bushel type. A lime order of 3447 tons for Sioux County distribution is on hand, with fall delivery possible. Farmers should contact AAA to place orders and ensure lumber needs are applied before the October quota and Sept 25 deadline. Non highway gasoline use requires accurate record keeping to aid rationing boards and prevent black market activity.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Sioux County
AAA
Boy Killed Crossing Highway 18 In Iowa Fatality
11 year old Donald Oliver of Hull dies after being struck by a car near Rock Valley. Driver Clarence Breyfogle of Primghar faces manslaughter charges after a coroner's inquest. Two passengers Mae Wallinga and Clarence Wallinga of Boyden traveled at 70 mph before the impact.
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Donald Oliver
Arend Oliver
Hull
Highway 18
Rock Valley
Clarence Breyfogle
Primghar
Sioux County
Harry Dykstra
George Dunn
Sheldon
Sioux
Iowa State Penitentiary
R. G. Rodman
Breyfogle
Mae Wallinga
Clarence Wallinga
Boyden
Foreman
Dunn
Dykstra
Birthday Celebration Attended by Local Household Groups
Mrs. Eudora Heltritter celebrated her birthday Tuesday night with a gathering that included Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hollander and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Hollander, Elaine and Alta Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jantzen and Herman, Mr. and Mrs. James Bollman and family, Mrs. Floyd Fuhr and Richard, and Judy Ann Statama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Hollander
Robert Jantzen
Herman
James Bollman
John Hollander
Elaine
Alta Mae
Floyd Fuhr
Richard
Judy Ann Statama
Eudora Heltritter
Fernald Woman Visits Friends. Mentions Robert and Ceronical School
Mrs. Peter DeVries of Fernald visited Sunday and Monday with Boyden friends. She reported Robert married recently and mentioned Ceronical School in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter DeVries
Fernald
Boyden
Robert
Washington, D.C
Dinner guests in Hospers honor Steve De Vries home
Mr. and Mrs. John Rensink senior and daughter Betty Ellen hosted in Hospers when Ella Landhuis and Mrs. Art Vanden Brink senior visited the Steve De Vries residence Sunday afternoon for a meal and social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rensink Sr
Betty Ellen
Ella Landhuis
Art Vanden Brink Sr
Steve de Vries
Hospers
Denver Couples Call at the Rensink Home
Myrs John Timmer and Donna of Denver were callers in the John Rensink Sr. home Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrs
John Timmer
Donna
Denver, Colo
John Rensink Sr
Dinner Guests Visit in Firth and Hospers Homes
Reverend M A Stegeman of Firth Nebraska and Mrs Albert Nieu Weehuis of Hospers stayed as dinner guests of Mayor Rensink last Wednesday. Mrs Ina Timmers and daughter Donna of Denver left Thursday after a one day visit with Mrs Ed Diekevers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Stegeman
Firth, Nebraska
Albert Nieu- Weehuis
Hospers
Mayor Rensink
Ina Timmers
Donna
Denver
Colorado
Ed Diekevers
Vanden Brink Family Enrolls Dorothy in Mankato College
Mr and Mrs S G Vanden Brink and daughter Dorothy with Marvin Diekevers drove to Mankato Minnesota on Saturday. Dorothy enrolled as a student in the Mankato Business College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Vanden Brink
Dorothy
Marvin Diekevers
Mankato
Minnesota
Boyden's Weekly Chronology September listings
The page lists daily chronologies from September 8 to September 14 1944 featuring local names Irene Vos Sylvia De Zeeuw Marjorie Belling Stephen Steenhoven Arnold Long Harold Stueven Berdena Brinks Floyd Fuler Datus Salie John Moret Jacob Nels Jr John W Kooiker Elizabeth Clyde Anna Scheddler Geneva Van Zee Mrs Cornelius Tuinstra Jake Wissink Bernice Wissink Sienus Smit Lorraine Koon Gordon M Long Henrietta Mouw Sieba Van Diepen Herman Schoeneman Mrs John Dykstra Sarah Stutzman Marjory Van Houte Jake Kleinhesselink Caroline Vander Maaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Steenhoven
Arnold Long
Harold Stueven
Berdena Brinks
Floyd Fuler
Datus Salie
John Moret
Jacob Nels, Jr
Lorraine Koon
Gordon M. Long
Henrietta Mouw
Sieba van Diepen
Herman Schoeneman
John Dykstra
Sarah Stutzman
Marjory van Houte
Walinga Dunnick Marriage at Luverne Presbyterian Church
Gwendolyn Walinga and Lawrence Dunnick united in marriage at the Presbyterian Church in Luverne Minnesota on Friday. Bert Nash visited the Maria Stegeman family. The Ed Blumeyer family visited Arlene Stoufacker who will teach in Freeport Illinois this year.
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Gwendolyn Walinga
John Rouwenhorst
Lawrence
Neil Dunnick
Presbyterian Church
Luverne, Minn
Bert Nash
Maria Stegeman
Ed Blumeyer
Chris Stoufacker
Arlene
Freeport
Illinois
Families Visit and Travel Mentioned in Local Note
Mrs. Floyd Fuhr along with Richard and Judy Ann Statema arrived Friday to spend a week with her mother Mrs. Eudora Heitritter. Mr. and Mrs. John Hollander and Flaine and Alta Mae also traveled to Yankton South Dakota on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Fuhr
Richard
Judy Ann Statema
Eudora Heitritter
John Hollander
Flaine
Alta Mae
Yankton, S. D
Fuhr Siblings Spent Friday Between Trains at Boyden
Lois Fuhr and Donna Fuhr spent Friday between trains at Boyden, implying travel through the town as part of their journey.
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Lois Fuhr
Donna Fuhr
Boyden
National Women's Party Meet Set at Clear Lake
The Iowa branch of the National Women's Party will hold its fall meeting September 9 and 10 at the Lake Shore Hotel Clear Lake. Delegates from several women's groups will discuss Equal Rights Amendment progress and candidate attitudes. Ethel Ernest Murrell of Miami will speak at the Sunday luncheon.
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Lake Shore
Clear Lake
Iowa
National Women’s Party
Congress
Ethel Ernest Murrell
Miami
Florida
Washington, D. C
Murrell
Laramie
Wyoming
Washington
R. E. Hayden
Stella E. Barker
Des Moines
Rob Roy Cerney
Mason City
Edith Cover Forsling
Sioux City
Grace Daniel
Frances L. Coates
Dubuque
Josephine M. Burri3as
Helen Vanderburg
Boyden
Helen Irwin
Publicity
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
Muzie Stokes
Davenport
Local residents visit in Hollander home Sunday evening
Pvt. and Mrs. Howard Verrips and Sandra Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Moret were callers in the Chris Hollander home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Verrips
Sandra Lee
Robt. Moret
Chris Hollander
Changing Horses and Boats: Republican Governors Speak
Governor Dwight Griswold argues that wartime politics require quick action and better transportation, noting 26 wartime Republican governors and urging the public to abandon horses for speed boats when needed. He casts doubt on horse travel for fast crisis response.
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Dwight Griswold
Memory of a President’s Court Clash Recalled by Davis
In a Davis California Enterprise reflection, a writer recalls the President once backed ousting aging Supreme Court members. The piece notes a reversal as the same leader now faces criticism for older, entrenched officials. The author contrasts youth rhetoric with current stance.
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Supreme Court
Ufe
Davis
Calif
Enterprise
Farmer's wife seeks turkey price in simple answer
An Ohio farmer's wife wrote the OPA asking for the turkey price and received 30,000 words of printed matter. In despair she wrote to her Congressman I still do not know the price of turkeys. It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to cipher it out. Isn't there something that can be done to make an answer a simple question simply.
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Ohio
OPA
Philadelphia
For Sale Classifieds From Sheldon Iowa Area
Multiple farm and property listings near Sheldon Ashton Hartley and George Iowa include 140 acre modern farms with houses and out-buildings, 320 acre tracts near Sheldon with electric lights and schools, 80 acre unimproved land 6 miles from Ashton, 8 threshing belts, and a Spotted Poland China Pall Boar. Also nursing home beds and equipment for sale plus a two unit milking machine and a quick meal range. Rock Rapids and Grand Rapids addresses noted for contact.
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Sheldon
Ashton
George- Sheldon
Floyd M. Cassens
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Hartley
N. W
Treimer
Rts
Ward Co Drum-Lot Sale Offers Oil Grease Prices
Montgomery Ward Co advertises 6th annual drum lot sale on grease and oil with Penn Oil 48¢ per gal and Best Mid Continent Oil 86¢ per gal in 55 gal drums plus tax. 100 lb cup of H P grease priced at 7.50. Year’s lowest prices.
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Penn
Montgomery Ward Co
Sheldon
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Purple Heart
Harold Dickevers
C-O
San Francisco
Eugene R Wuher
A.S
U.S.N.T.C
Camp Peterson
Warragut
Idaho
Arthur W. Kreulen
H. Q. Battery
Camp Stewart
AAA News
Tor Sale
John VanderHout
Dewey Family Group
Dewey
Tom Jr
John
Boyden’s Weekly
Irene Vos
Sylvia de Zeeuw
Marjorie Belling
John W. Kooiker
Elizabeth Clyde
Anna Scheddler
Geneva
van Zee
Cornelius Tuinstra
Jake Wissink, Jr
Bernice Wissink
Sienus Smit
Jake Kleinhesselink
Caroline Vander Maaten
Walinga
Dunnick
Council Oak
Loren
Wayne
Delores Stueven
Margreth
Rudy Meyer
Herman Hollander
John Sohl
Louise
Mathilda Sohl
George
Christ Hollander
Mart Roggen
Los Angeles
California
Pennsylvania
Walter Kruse
Sheldon Transfer & Coal CO
C.A. DeValois
D.V.M
Pine Rest
Chr
Psychopathic Hospital
J. D. Mulder
Grand Rapids
Mich
George Harness and Net Co
Henry Meyners
Poland
China
Robert Moret
Delaney Nursing Home
W. 5Th St
Spencer
Jacob Bress
Park Street
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