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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1958
Page
1
Mrs Anderson organizes Mixed Chorus and Glee Clubs with a plan to attend All State Festival Chorus tryouts in Mason City October 2 and Spencer October 25. The Mixed Quartet including Sheri Smit Trudy Roetman Larry Moret and Daryl Doorenbos will seek a spot at Des Moines later.
Mrs. Tony Slothouber hosted Wayne Is 8th birthday on Wednesday from 4 to 6 pm. Wayne and about 18 peers enjoyed games and a two course luncheon with helper Mrs. Peter Vis. Gifts were plentiful and attendees included Jimmy Van Es Jimmy Henning Douglas Oldenkamp Virgil Van Ommeren Dennis Heemskirk Freddie Woelber Michael Van Meeteren Larry Oldenkamp John D De Groot Marvin Heemskirk Dennis Schouten Ronnie Engelsman Anthony Vis Leslie Rensink Marlyn Vis Douglas Schouten Stanley Korthals Larry Sietstra Philip Sietstra.
The Sheridan Sunshiners 4-H Club will hold its first fall meeting on Saturday September 20 at 1 45 p m at the home of Jake Doorenbos. All girls are asked to attend with club leaders Mrs Doorenbos and Mrs Blumeyer hosting.
Mrs. Helen Vander Burg of Shell Rock Iowa former Boyden resident and past Iowa BPW president is vice president of the National Federation of Press Women. She joins a chosen group of publishers and editors invited by the Belgian government to Europe to evaluate the American exhibit at the World's Fair and study the European common market.
A family dinner Sunday at Sheldon park honored guests from Lincoln Nebraska and Los Angeles California. Attending were Frank Cummins and family, Bob Martin and family, Duane Heitritter and family, Singer and Groves families, George Barenwald family, Martha Heitrter and Art, Joe Fushr and Dennis, Martin Barenwald and family, Wayne Steuven and daughter, Jack Heitritter and Lewis Heitritter, Laryl Ronnie and Merwin.
At the 9:00 p.m. drawing Mrs. Junior Hollander won and claimed a $25 prize at the Boyden Bowling Alley where she was present to receive the money.
Sioux Center hosts the Sioux County 4-H Banquet for leaders and members. Tickets are available from club presidents or leaders.
The first leader training lesson of the Extension Family Living program will be given by Fola Booth on Thursday and Friday September 25 and 26 at the REA building in Orange City. The sessions start at 10 00 a.m. Any group may participate by having their leaders attend either session.
The Sioux County Local Board will send five men for Induction on September 23, 1958. They must report at 8:30 a.m. at the O.K. Cafe in Alton Iowa. The inductees are Ronald R Finch Hawarden Iowa Donald L. Doorenbos Boyden Iowa Lennis S. Oaken Ireton Iowa James D. Borgman Ireton Iowa Harvey Van Meeteren Hudson S Oak.
The passage lists service times for St. John Lutheran P A Hinrichs pastor United Presbyterian Rev John Irwin and First Reformed Church with morning and evening services Sunday School and C E Society. Next Sunday Rev Van Schouwen of Sioux Center will conduct services. A church park sale is set for Friday September 19 to sell items from the old parsonage.
A 52 by 36 foot barn on the Sylvester Rensink farm near Boyden burned from 3 to 5 a.m. Firefighters from Hull, Sheldon and Boyden fought the blaze. The barn contained hay, a silo, two milk units and a fridge but no livestock. The hog house nearby suffered roof damage. Cause is unknown.
Recap of matches on September 2 and September 9 with team scores and top individual figures. Vanden Brink Agency led after two weeks at 8 points, De Kalb 4, Repair Shop 4, Dethmers 3, Watkins 1, Boyden Bowl 1, Dickevers 6, Bank 7. High games and series listed for players H Heusinkveld Meyn Doorenbos Schafer Heitritter and others.
Sioux County American Legion and Auxiliary will meet in Boyden on September 29 at 8 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Boyden Post 272 invites all county posts and units to attend. District officers will be guest speakers.
Ed J. Schmidt and Gillis Haverdink attend the annual Federal Crop Insurance meeting at Crescent Beach Lodge on Lake Okoboji. Schmidt is Sioux County Agent and Haverdink is county adjuster for the USDA Insurance Program. Read the Ads in the Reporter.
The Northwest Association for Retarded Children seeks funds to continue a trainable class serving Lyon Sioux Plymouth Cherokee O'Brien Osceola counties. In 1957 nine children started. this year eleven attend. Local support covers 70 percent of costs with 15 percent each to national and state groups.
Mrs Emma Wolthuizen Tifft died Wednesday at Sioux City hospital. Funeral held Saturday at Sanborn Funeral Home with Rev R E Baxter officiating. Burial in Rosland cemetery. Born Sept 1 1915 in Boyden Iowa she later lived in Hartley and Sanborn Town. Survivors include widower Roffe Tifft her mother Ida Wolthuizen stepdaughter Ella Cummings of Chicago and siblings Marion Archer Joe Wolthuizen Eldon Smith Margaret Wolthuizen. Friends from Boyden attended the service.
Mr and Mrs Sylvester Rensink thank the Boyden Fire Department and neighbors for kindness shown after a recent farm fire.
The Fall Organization meeting of the Sioux County 4-H Committee and leaders will be held at the REA building in Orange City on Friday, September 19. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. The project for the coming year will be Home Furnishings, and goals will be set for the various age groups for girls.
The Cape 4-H Capel Propellors met for their September gathering at Moon schoolhouse with twelve members and leader Marvin De Groot present. The meeting opened with the pledges and business discussions included a talk on preparing a chicken coop for baby chicks. New officers were installed: President Wayne Langstraat, Vice President Duane Schafer, Secretary Treasurer Norman Te Slan, Reporter James Vis, Reporter Larry D. Rol.
John B. Draager states that farmers who enroll all eligible cropland in the conservation reserve retain on farm living rights and may garden for family needs, use buildings and feed lots, graze non reserve pasture, and manage timber and fruit stock while not producing soil bank crops. Applications for 1959 contracts must be filed by October 10.
The Farm Bureaus of five northwest Iowa counties sponsor an evening to hear candidates for U S House and State House. Senator Tom Martin reports on current U S Senate legislation. Charles Hoeven Don O'Brien and others present platforms. Coffee lunch served. music by a Primghar group.
Congressman Charles B. Hoeven spoke to the Sheldon Kiwanis Club urging an end to wasteful federal spending. He warned that passing more bills from the last Congress would have added about 60 billion to the debt and noted interest on the debt exceeds 8 billion annually, citing debt-limit votes and potential savings of over 5 billion if more members opposed needless expenditures.
Mr and Mrs Gerard Van Es entertained Wednesday evening at their home for Gregory Kents first birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Van Es Mr and Mrs Hally De Jong and Bradley of Orange City Mr and Mrs Wilbur Van Es and family of Newkirk and Mr and Mrs Arnold Van Es and sons.
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