Cub and Boy Scouts Start Clothing Drive in Rock Valley
Prairie Gold Area Council scouts plan the Good Turn for the Handicapped drive to aid 140 tax-paying workers. On April 12 Cub Scouts will distribute bags for clothing and small appliances, then on April 19 Boy Scouts will collect and deliver the goods to Goodwill Industries in Sioux City. The effort supports handicapped workers through self-sustaining wages.
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Cub
Boy Scouts
Prairie Gold Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Rock Valley
Boy Scout of America
Prairie’ Gold Council
Cub Scouts
Ted Yat" Grootheest
den Mothers
George Kelzer
Goodwill Industries
Sioux City
Scouts of the Prairie Gold Area Council
Better Dress Sew Workshop Set in Orange City and Primghar
Extension Service offers two Better Dress Sewing Workshops on April 8 15 22 and 29 from 9 30 to 1 30 at the Orange City extension office and Primghar Farm Bureau Meeting Room. Demonstrations by Mrs Eleanor Ledd cover advanced garment techniques including pattern alteration underlinings linings interfacings bound buttonholes. Participants will construct their own garment with home sewing.
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Aim
Orange City
Eleanor
Ledd
Farm Bureau
Primghar
Nurse Judy Fisher completes 15 month DaNang tour
Judy Fisher of Sioux Center has completed a fifteen month duty as a nurse in DaNang Vietnam. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Schiebour and a 1963 graduate of Sioux Center Community High School.
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Judy Fisher
Judy Schiebour
Sioux Center
DaNang
Vietam
Jody
Hary Schiebour
Sioux Center Community High School
Sioux County Conservation District Meeting Recap
The Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District held a regular meeting on Monday March 17 with Commissioners and staff reviewing conservation plans for Peters Haverhals James Vermeer Gerald Toft and Dan Dekuyter. The group approved initial agreements for technical help and discussed rural water district feasibility in the Newkirk Harpers area while noting ongoing field preparations and available government cost share funds to aid conservation installations.
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Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District
Irwin Vermeer
Wesley Westra
Loyd Gayer
Marl Tonsfeldt
Dis- Uiet
Floyd Kaster
Maurice Eldridge
Peters
Haverhals
James Vermeer
Gerald Toft
Dan Dekuyter
Marvin Wierda
Vernon Mouw
Joseph J. Kong
Gewit Byker
Dan de Ruyter
Soil and Water Conservation District
Regislar
Newkirk Harpers
Sioux County Soil Conservation’ Office
Satt
Old Man Winter
Wene
Conserva
Human health seminars set for Spencer
Human health seminars bring together public health boards and county leaders in Spencer on April 16 and 28. Sponsored by the Iowa State Department of Health and Iowa State University Extension, the sessions will discuss current health services, citizen needs, and potential community services. The first meeting covers public health nursing agencies, their organization and funding. Bernice Wilkins, Regional Supervising Nurse, will lead.
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Boards of Health
Counry
Northwest Town
Clay County
Grand
Spencer
Bernice Wilkins
Engagement Announced in Rock Valley Galaxy
Mr and Mrs William van Bochave of Rock Valley announce the engagement of their daughter Adelene to Don Vanden Berg son of Mr and Mrs Ben Vanden Berg of Rock Valley Miss Van Bochave a secretary at Kosters Manufacturing Company in Siam Center and her fiancé a student at South Dakota State University in Brookings No wedding date set A separate notice notes a Mason City seminar on nursing services home health agency certification and community programs for health care including on wheels food stamps day care and a supplemental feeding plan with discussions and film.
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William van Bochave
Rock Valley
Adelene
Don Vanden Berg
Ben Vanden Berg
Miss van Bochave
Kosters Manufacturing Company
Siam Center
Mason City
Women's Spring Conference at Maurice Reformed Church
The annual Spring Conference of the West Sioux Reform ed Churches of America will be hosted Tuesday at Maurice Reformed Church. Morning session starts at 10:00 a.m. Afternoon session begins at 1:00 p.m. Morning speakers include Miss Wilmina Eppink, Union representative on the Board of Managers, Mrs. Keith De Jong, a missionary. Afternoon speaker is Rev. Chester Meengs of Brewton, Alabama. A fellowship hour follows.
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The
Reformed Churches of America
Maurice Reformed Church
Wilmina Eppink
Board of Managers
Keith de Jong
Algo
Chester Meengs
Brewton
Ala
Nearly 2 Million Seedlings Sold This Spring
The State Conservation Commission reports orders for seedlings including sugar maple black walnut and oak or honeysuckle have exhausted supplies. Assistant State Forester Gene Hertel says present orders will likely match last year’s level when 1.7 million seedlings were shipped for reforestation and wildlife plantings.
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State Conservation Comssion
Gene Hertel
Hertel
Champions Shine for Sharon and Kraig Schidder
Sharon and Kraig Schidder of Malcolm, 16 and his sister, collected beef trophies again in 1968. They won over 10 major awards including Grand Champion Baby Beef at the Iowa State Fair while remaining active in the State Junior Angus Association.
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Sharon Schidder
Kraig
Malcolm
Sharon
Kraigaté
Wanted WANTED. Persons backing into car sought
Police appeal for a person or persons who backed into a car parked on 2026 East 12th, March 25. Contact Ray Reinke at 476-2634 with information.
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Ray Reinke
Annual checkups matter for cancer defense
The message stresses adults should see a doctor for regular checkups as the first line of defense against cancer. It emphasizes peace of mind from knowing one’s health and encourages taking proactive steps with a medical checkup, aligning with American Cancer Society guidance.
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American Cancer Society
There’s Nothing Like That First Horseback Ride to Heal
A reflective note on a first horseback ride easing distress and lifting spirits, highlighting the simple joy of riding as a path to feeling better. The piece conveys personal restoration through connection with a horse and outdoor calm.
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Iowa
First Christian Reformed
Arony
Vin J. Douma
Orvilla A. Douma
See
St., Hull
Lt Armored Division
Ft. Hudd
Tex
Mary
Killeen
John Bakker
Bert Bakker
1St Armored Division
Ft. Hod,rex
Wendell D. ‘Dorbout
Sam Dorbout
Tof 7
Army Commendation Medal
4Th Infantry
Pleiku
Vietnam
Spec
Derhout
Army
Secretary of War
Sioux County
Interstates Electric and Engineering Company
North Main Sioux Center
Atlas Tires
South Side Service
John Bauman
Sioux Conservation District Meeting
Solr
Maurice
Folgers
Norther
Hull
Cadence Kern
Rosedale
Ghiquita
Swift's
Premium
Wmorrell
Angel Food
Durkee's. Coconut
Dixie White
SWIFT
Morrell
Swifts Premium
Morrell's Pride
IGA
Marshall Peas
Boston Butt Ribs
Ib Dok
Kosters Iga
Free Valley
Pacha
Kosters
Borde
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