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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1942
Page
4
A Boyden Iowa notice requests full cream cans to conserve steel for the war effort. It explains cream can production is restricted and urges citizens to save cans while weather stays cool and cream improves.
Collects social visits and a car purchase in Boyden area. Mr and Mrs John Rohlfs and families visited in Mrs John Rohlfs Jr home. Henry Beyer bought a Ford V8 Tudor from the local Ford agency. Several others hosted or visited on weekends including the Dethmers, Lack, Horn, VanRoekel, and Harman households. Lawrence Groeters and others were Sioux City callers.
Herman K. Gritters of the Gritters Motor Service traveled to Sioux Falls on Friday for firm business and company matters.
Mr and Mrs Jake Koolbeck announce the birth of a son named Richard Raymond weighing ten pounds. The baby arrived Sunday evening.
Tim L. Rens has this week bought an eighty acre improved farm near Sioux Center as an investment. The deal adds a productive agricultural property to his holdings in the region.
A nine pound baby boy named Gerrit Lambert arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Mouw on May 1. Messrs Jerry Notting and J H Landhuis are driving a new Chevrolet Sport Sedan.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Harman and their sons and H J Van Veld huizen visited the Joe Van Velzen home on Saturday evening.
Willis G. Vanderburg toured Valley Springs and Sioux Falls on a Monday afternoon making business calls as part of his regional engagement.
Mr and Mrs John Horn and their children visited the Jake Doorenbos home on Sunday evening along with Mr and Mrs Anthony Bomgaars and Clazina.
Ed Diekevers purchases a Ford V-8 sedan, signaling a new car purchase likely for personal use. The purchase is noted in local business and car-ownership contexts.
Emil Stegeman and family of Sibley and Gustav Stegeman and family were supper guests at Mrs. John Stegaman's home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Grooters of Doon visited the A. Smit home Sunday evening.
The John Keizer family gathered in Sheldon on Tuesday evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Keizer on their golden wedding anniversary.
Mrs John Sitter visited Sioux Falls South Dakota and returned with Martin and Willis Vander Veen who stayed briefly in the city for a visit.
Mr and Mrs Haip Maris visited the home of Joe De Vries as guests. The social call occurred on a quiet afternoon and was described in local society notes.
Clarence Bernice and Esther Pennington from Quimby Iowa visited the home of Dr Brink on Sunday in a brief social call.
Mrs. R. Kamminga shows good improvement following an operation at Hull Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. G. Bosman and their daughter Rena were among those visiting on Monday.
Jim Smit sold his Buick to O G DeVries two miles west of Boyden in a simple transfer. DeVries takes immediate possession of the vehicle from the rural sale location.
Cynthia Schreuder fills the Hilton Drug Store counter this week substituting for Ana De Vries who is detained at home due to illness in her family. S. H. Schreuder has been confined with an erysipelas attack.
Mr and Mrs Pete DeVries and their family were guests at the Rube Schapp home in Pipestone Minnesota on Sunday.
Mrs A E Miller and her daughter Harriet were visitors in Sioux City, stopping by on Tuesday to call on friends and relatives.
Mrs. Lute Horn and son Wayne attend funeral of Fred Rehberg age 72 held in Grinnell on Monday. Participating relatives include Clarence Rehberg and daughter Mrs Will Kerstens.
Howard Verrips and George Mirazgar drove to Des Moines Friday in Verrips new V8 returning Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Walter Den Herder of Sioux Center visited the Mrs John Doorenbos home on Sunday evening in a social call.
S. G. Vanden Brink attended the Group One session of the Iowa Bankers Association in Spencer on Monday.
Mrs Willis G Vanderburg travels by train to Cedar Rapids to visit her parents and attend the State Biannual Convention of the Iowa Federation of Womans Clubs as a delegate from the Boyden Womans' Citizenship Club.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Ingalls were supper guests in the Ed Dickevers home on Sunday.
Mrs Ben Rensink of Britt is visiting local relatives this week, joining family gatherings and catching up with kin.
The article describes Britain's wartime self sufficiency and tight rationing. It details two ration books for each person, limits on tea sugar butter and meat, and how communities repurpose land and resources. It notes American aid enabling food import, and national gratitude for the United States.
After November 15 farm and non farm owned trucks require a Certificate of War Necessity from the Office of Defense Transportation. County Agent Harvey Goertz urges farmers to apply now. certificates limit mileage and fuel, must be carried with the vehicle, and post November 15 no transfer of fuel or parts without it. Tires will be inspected within 60 days or after 5 000 miles by a certified agency.
Remarks blend humor with resolve as Britons endure rationing under the Ministry of Food. Public faith in rations grows through radio talks and cooking demonstrations. Citizens walk more, cars vanish from roads, and weight loss shows renewed vigor. The tone pledges determination to win.
Willis G. Vanderburg editor notes the Boyden Reporter is published Fridays with open accounts and legal subscription terms. Subscriptions are $1.75 yearly or $2.00 if lapsed, receipts issued for payments, and readers should correct mailing address dates with the paper.
War time changes shift worship to 9 30 a m at Holland English service 1 30 p m. 8 p m Sunday School 7 30 p m C E. United Presbyterian led by R Imbrie Barnes with 10 a m Bible School and 11 a m Worship. St John s Lutheran under Rev W Striepe holds 9 30 a m German 10 45 a m English with regular Luther League Brotherhood Ladies Aid Dorcas Society and Young People meetings scheduled on Sundays and midweek dates.
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