Homes Isolated At Coal Ridge
Rains slow road work and a culvert failure on Church Hill left homes isolated near Coal Ridge. Residents near the church drive ten miles to reach basic services while the river and creek blocked routes east and west for days. Families including W A Anderson and Elmer Gidel were stranded last week. Activities mention 4 H state exchanges, Bible school, and several visits and dinners among local families. Darrell Van Der Kamp, son of Ralph, has a birthday on June 28 with a postal address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Ridge
Church Hill
W. A. Anderson
Walter Thomas
Elmer Gidel
William Franklin
Lorena
First Methodist Church
Kentucky
Charles Feagins
Archery Simmons
Royal Simmons
Apache
Ariz
Rather’s
Virgie Feagins
Bussey
G. H. Franklin
Sandra Franklin
Wounded Sully Man Recovering
Pvt Connie Van Maaren received the Purple Heart for Viet Nam injuries and is hospitalized in Japan with a neck wound, expected to stay three weeks. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Van Maaren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
Connie van Maaren
Viet Nam
Japan
Paul van Maaren
Lucinda Rozendaal
Gorman Rozendaal
Donald van der Kamp
Prairie City
Fulton, Tl
Dennis
First
Summit News Items Reflect Community Celebrations and Movements
Clayton Paxson turned five on June 17 with a family gathering including Terri and Philip Clark and several Newton area relatives. Family visits filled Father’s Day in Marshalltown and Altoona as friends and relatives converged for meals and hospitality. Dale Baarda returned to Norfolk, Virginia, with his wife Evelyn living in Otley. their wedding anniversary was June 10. A Denver to Des Moines trip saw Junior Christian Endeavor youths join Francis Van Zante for a Des Moines supper and Riverview Park visit. Louis Weisbrod and family marked their 66th wedding anniversary in Fremont on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit
Clayton Paxson
John Paxson
Terri
Philip Clark
Gary
Mark Modlin
Newton
Nancy
June Paxson
H. W. Vriezelaar
W. C. Schendel
Marshalltown
Frank Snuttier
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Bristol, Tenn
Louis van Roekel
Redlands
Calif
Walter van Doorninck
Mark van Haaften
Wayne Angove
Marion van Haaften
Evonne de Ronda
Janie de Vries
Phyliss Rozendaal
Connie van Haaften
Eldora
Harmony Helpers Elect Officers at Newton Day School
The June meeting of Harmony Helpers auxiliary of Newton Christian Day School elected officers Mrs. Dean Ward as vice president and Mrs. Herman Van Zee as secretary. President Mrs. Harris Van Zante led prayers and songs as duties and ice cream social plans for June 22 were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Harmony Helpers
Newton Christian Day School
Dean Ward
John Rolffs
Mits
Elwood van Zee
Arie Klyn
Ben van Zee
Herman van Zee
Harris van Zante
Connie Wolterstorff
Donald
Shelia
Storm Lake
Bert Wasson
Oakdale Hospital
G. D. van Wyk
Mountain Home
Ark
Harold de Penning
Harold Rankin
Robert Ross
Grass Valley
Calif
Keith Ross
Washington, D. C
Mable Ross
Boone
Maureen Ross
Des Moines
O. K
U S Engineers Receive Offers On 69 Buildings
Bids were opened June 15 by the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers for 69 farm buildings on land bought for the Red Rock Dam and Lake Red Rock project. Forty six bids were rejected and 78 people submitted offers, led by Franklin DeJong and Robert Crozier of Knoxville with varied sums for sheds, cribs, barns, and stock storage structures across Pleasantville, Prairie City, Chariton, and Des Moines areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Lake Red Rock
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Ill
Franklin DeJong
Rt. 3
Knoxville
Robert Crozier
John Beyer
Prairie City
Forest E. Harrington Sr
Harvey
Arland D
Jolly
Rt. 2
Pleasantville
Everett B. Beals
Rt. 1
Chariton
Bids Placed for Farm Buildings in Pella Chronicle 1967
A list from The Pella Chronicle June 22 1967 details bids by residents of Carlisle Des Moines Oskaloosa and nearby for houses silos cribs barns granaries and outbuildings. Amounts range from 1 to 1081 with multiple bidders including Rocco Vitiritto Des Moines and James Beattie Runnells. A drawing will decide who receives the pump house if both bids qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Gulling
Runnells
Loyd Gooch
Carlisle
Harold Pickford
Des Moines
Wilson Dop
Prairie City
James Beattie
Otis A. Ros
Monroe
Kenneth J. Reynolds
Knoxville
Lawrence Hunt
Rt. 1
Swan
A. J. Synhorst
Rt. 2
Ver Sanders
Chariton
Dwight Johnston
Albert H. Kenning
Leslie Harmison
Vernon Escher
Cancer Society Accepts Memorials in North Marion County
Mrs. William Gosselink of 1409 West First Pella serves as memorial chairman for the Iowa Division of the American Cancer Society. New memorials listed for the North Marion County area include Joe Tonda Sr and Marine PFC Curtis Joosten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William _ Gosselink
West First, Pella
North Marion County
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Joe Tonda
Curtis Joosten
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Forrest Bishop
Methodist
Attica
William Franklin Chiildren
First Christian Church
W. R. Whitis
Iowa City
John Garton
W. C. Koch
Bettendorf
Gerda Koch
Superior
Wis
S. G. H. Franklin
John Dorsey
George Smith
Brewster
Ohio
Clinton Rinehart
Jack Battistello
Shirley Marie Barr
Floyd Barr
Villisca
Air Force
Central College
E. Heide
WAF
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
U. S. Air Force
Pohlman
Sir James Barrie
Cook &Son Agency
Phohe
Summit News
Louis Weisbrod
Fremont
U.S. Engineers
Palla’ Chronicle
Don R. Hogue
Glen Olivier
Leighton
Hubert G. Neel
Cambria
Rocco T. Vitiritto
George E. Danley
Leonard Jackson
Otto van Essen
Otley
Hubert Slings
Rt. 5
Oskaloosa
Stanley H. Buxwoort
Lyle Boender
Hugh Jones
Kermit M. de Haas
Howard T. Young
Methodist Church of
Palmyra
J. O. Hodgson
Pella
Cancer Society
Thrift Loan CO
Main St
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