Mrs A Dykstra and Monroe area locals share news
News from Monroe and surrounding towns notes illnesses and recoveries, school events, church activities, and social visits. Families like Van Roekel, Van Wyk, Vriezelaar, Kamerick and Vos are mentioned with cousins, in law and neighbors visiting Pella Knoxville Des Moines and Des Moines as well as junior play productions. A new daughter arrived at the Carter home in Knox, with Vander Ploeg and Fokker families joining birthday suppers and local club meetings.
Monroe News Items Include County Obituaries and Births
Obituaries note the deaths of Monroe residents Monroe G C Helvin 59 died March 22 at Skiff Memorial Newton funeral held March 25 Attendees included Rev and Mrs F G Cline and Floyd C van der Veer of Albia Henry Westerhoff 68 died March 19 at nephew Henry Van Haalen home Monroe link drug trade Pella Misc Cochrane Red Oak brother of Ed Cochrane Monroe Relatives report William Cochrane death in California Births at Skiff Memorial Newton daughter born March 24 to Mr and Mrs Robert Jarnagin former Aldean Worth Son born March 19 to Mr and Mrs Robert Lester Doris McCuen maiden name Foster Jimmy Burnette hospitalized in Knoxville Arie Breed Raymond Kirkham weekend Shenandoah Centrals College students visit John Breed home Peter Breed hosts Easter evangelistic meetings at Methodist church start Sunday night lasting until Easter Sunday commitment by Rev Ed Erickson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Henry van Haalen
Monroe
Mr. Westerhoff
Pella
Collins Hospital
Knoxville
Arie Breed
Raymond Kirkham
Shenandoah
Raymond
Central College
Peter Breed
John Breed
R. T. Johnson
Methodist Church
Ed Erickson
Evange
Baptist Church Meeting Schedule and Local Notes
Listic meetings at the Baptist Church will spend another week with Rev. and Mrs. Sharer. Rev. Erickson will speak Wednesday and Friday night of this week and have charge of all the services Sunday, April 16. Rev. Sharer will be in Grinnell the next two weeks where he will conduct a revival campaign. The Spring Rally and banquet for the P. C. U. of Des Moines Presbytery was held Friday evening, March 28, at the Monroe Presbyterian church. Miss Yantis, chalk artist, led Senior Young People services at the Baptist church during her Monroe visit. Oscar Ammer rented the Ammer home. Mrs. Herman of Atlantic stayed with them. One Kane now works at Cochrane's store filling a vacancy left by DeWayne Honnold, who is at Waterloo with PHA. Mr. and Mrs. George Dailey, LaVerle, Betty Veon, and Keith Shannon were in Des Moines Saturday. Mrs. W. S. Cash and Miss Hattie Root dined with Horace Cash. The Normal Training Club of Monroe High School chose Florence Pye Future Teachers of America as the club name, honoring teacher Mrs. Pye, Monroe’s first Normal Training teacher. Oscar Ammer traveled to Lark, South Dakota, for Mrs. Bess Martin’s funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listic
The
Baptist Church
Sharer
Erickson
Grinnell
George Dailey
LaVerle
Betty “Veon
Kifie Shannon
Des Moines
W. S. Cash
Hattie Root
Horace Cash
Monroe High School
Florence Pye
Future Teachers of America
Pye
Monroe
Oscar Ammer
Lark
South Dakota
Bess Martin
Leighton News and Social Happenings in Oskaloosa
Lowell Turner underwent a tonsillectomy at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa on Tuesday. Local families visited and Willing Workers showcased chalk drawings by Mrs. Russel Van Arkel with special orchestra music. Heap of Lither held a fifternoan meeting at M Veenstra’s home with 26 members present. Talks covered contagious disease isolation and tuberculosis. April meeting set at Mrs. J. A. Van Zonk. Ruth De Heer was Sunday dinner guest at Bernice Ver Ploeg’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Turner
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Will van Houkélom
Fiternoan
M Veenstra
Nellie Upton
Ruth Easton
Riley Glendening
H. M. Kempe
Ira J. Hesselink
Mary
June Veenstra
J. A. van Zonk
Ruth de Heer
Bernice Ver Ploeg
Rozeboom Family Activities and Local Obituaries
Tracy News notes visitors and church attendance at the Rozeboom and De Ruiter households. Evadena Rozeboom worked in Pella for five weeks. Charles H. Dreibelbeis died at 78 in Bussey. funeral held at Bussey Methodist Church. Survived by son Charles in business with him. E J Gordon and Luanne Ruple wed last Saturday at the Methodist parsonage. many attended the chairvary. Otley residents Louis Van Wyk and wife visited Marinus Rozeboom's home with their baby Karen Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rozeboom
Leighton
John Rozeboom
Evadena Rozeboom
Pella
Nick de Ruiter
Charles H. Dreibelbeis
Bussey
Dreibelbeis
Charles
Frank Ryken
Peoria
E. J. Gordon
Luanne Ruple
Louis van Wyk
Karen Louise
Otley
Marinus Rozeboom
Weekend Social Notes From Sully And Surroundings
Friday visits linked local households in Sully and Lynnville with gatherings near Killduff. Birthdays and celebrations marked the week as neighbors joined Mrs. De Geest for a surprise party and lines of friends shared well wishes.
Musings of the Town Crier on Spring Vacation Notes
The column muses on spring vacation timing, Easter, and folk activities. It mentions Rene Vander Linden’s Book Shop selling wooden shoes, Joe Van Arkel learning to ride a surfboard, knitting for the Red Cross, and local social notes. It references various townspeople, a Knoxville Women’s Club program, tulip care, and a booster Historical Society meeting, ending with local family news and a measles outbreak among children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe van Arkel
Joe
Local social notes and visits across Otley and nearby towns
A string of visits and gatherings across Otley Pella Sully Prairie City and surrounding areas. Attendees include Kuiken Vanden Berg and Klein families with multiple par ents and friends visiting homes and attending Bible school. Also noted are farm bureau and Bible class meetings plus a hospital transfer and army camp departure.
Local Community Activities and House Work Noted in Knoxville Area
A collage of brief notices from Knoxville recounts Martha Eden, Henry Slykhuis, and Neal Stanton making mattresses, Leo Allard papering a home, Betty Lille aiding Van Hemert, and Wynsteker cleaning. The piece also mentions dehorning cattle at Wynsteker and Slykhuis properties, Eden purchasing a garage, and Pete Van Hemert assisting. Other items include a Platte County junior class play, red rock Sunday school pageant practice, a bread company contest, and the Buttery couple’s 64th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Eden
Henry Slykhuis
Neal Stanton
Knoxville
Leo Allard
Murray van Hemert
Betty Lille
Fre, van Hemert
Wynsteker
Calvin Bricker
Grace Karr
Otto Wynsteker
Pate Slykhuis
Roy Karr
Clifford
Monroe
Red Rock
Maye van Hemert
Faye de Heer
George Buttery
Attarnoon
Buttery Ia
Delight Karr
Bell Vanden Berg
Indianola
Warren Coun'a Farm Bureau Achislay
Gurney Mar
Vander Pol anniversary and community notes from Sully
Sully area notices report Gerrit and Gerrit Vander Pols celebrating their first wedding anniversary with children presenting a cake. The item lists local visitors, a hospital appendix operation, a newborn, funeral services for Dr Stone in Newton, and multiple local family updates including births and visits.
Otley News Social Roundup and Visit Highlights
Otley community notes record visits to local homes and churches over the week. People include Mrs. Wm Zegers and family, Don Poortinga, Jennie Zandstra, Francis Poortinga, and many neighbors from Otley and nearby towns attending Bible class, birthday celebrations, and Sunday gatherings.
Community notes from Monroe and nearby towns
Local families including Viera, Dickema, Robus and Hogard households share weekend and midweek visits near Monroe and Pella. H D A group met at Mrs. Wm Roush with lessons on Vegetable Vitamin Soup and desserts. Father and Son banquet at Otley Reformed church raised funds, while other residents visited, traveled to Waterloo for work, and enjoyed church activities this week.
Weekend Visits and Local See-Also News Notes
Billie Roberts will live with his sister Mrs Dale Barnhill for the rest of the school term. Sarah Ann Ver Heul accompanied her father to Newton and spent the day with relatives. Miss Betty Midhmarshuizen of Knoxville visited Betty McKeever over the weekend. Mrs Barbara Horton and her son Harley of Newton called at Charles Vander Kolk’s home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Roberts
Dale Barnhill
Rmiss
Sarah Ann Ver Heul
Newton
Betty Midhmarshuizen
Knoxville
Betty McKeever
Barbara Horton
Harley
Charles Vander Kolk
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Summit News
Dykstra
Tony
Rockel
Henry van Roekel
Ben van Wyk
Henry
Madeline Vriezelaar
Epworth League of Tool’s
Westminster Circle
Presbyterian Church of Monroe
Cornelius Vogelaar
A. O. van Houwelingen
Gradus
Adla
Vander Linden
Monroe News
Fultz
Towa
F. M. Frush
WM. E. Shepard
M. C.verhey
D. C
Leighton News
Tracy News
Fifield News
Wm. Zegers
Johners
Sully
Jimman Weelden
Lynnville
Killduff
C. Vanden Berg
Bernice
Goalka Delbert
Toye
G. G. Klyn
Lubertha
Marion den Adel
Gerrit de Geest
Andy
Wilma
Honores
Walter Vander Laest
Dexter Town
Clitérd Vander Leent
Moines
Vanden
Leonard, Schippers
Pel-la
Ancre J
Kalken
Rene Vander Linden
Rene
Reni
Cross
Rex Leifer
Rex
Bess Ganss
Connie Wormhoudt
Albert van Houweling
Tulipime
Women's Club
Eileen
the Historical Society
Mia
Harry Terpstram
Nelson
Frances Huser
Harrison Teistra
Connie Terpstra
Benny Dunsbergen
Effie
Colia Jansen
Pearl Vander Beck
Henry Jansen
Andrew van Sant
Town City
Will van Sant
Kilduff
Oliver Wisgerhot
Frank Newcomer
Newburg
C. de Prenger
Dick Baarda
Lucille Phillips
Ja Gertsma, Iscerhof
Paul Fleming
Dick McDonald
Ervin Jay
Wisgerhof
Bernice Renaud
Mildred Kruseman
Earl Kling
Jacob Brand
C. J. Kuiken
M. Monsma
Herder
Colsman
Denver
Colo
Gerrit Vink
Nellie
G. G. Steenbock
Prairie City
Grace Baumgardner
State University Hospital
Iowa City
John Martin Visser
Illinois
Rene van Engelenhoven
Murray van Siemert
Lois Reed
Red Rocks
Fifield Farm Bureau
Gradus Klyn
Gertrude Willemsen
Cordova
Sully News
Gerrit Vander Pol
Fiest
Paulenaad
G. Bernard Vander Pol
Connie van Homert
Coo Vander Pol
Alexander Vander Pol
Everette Vander Pol
Flor Dunnink
Joe Harthorn
Dick van Kalkeren
Lizzie van Kalkeren
Mercy Hospital
Wilburn van Wyk
V. Halblor
Henry Wisgethof
Stone
Reformed “‘Ghureh
LeRoy Kinser
Lawrence
Kansas
Newton Hospital
Washington D. C
Covington
Oklahoma
Helen Coulter
Roy D. Stone Jr
Charles A. Stone
San Pedro
Calif
Edmund M. Stone
New York
Etta Stone
Washington
Rolla Rok
Nelile de Shut
Waahe
Isco
Washington D.C
Gilbert Meinders
Bernicely
Mra
Rud
Poona
Cora
Gerrit
Otley News
Nellie Zegers
Reformed Church
Prins
Don Poortinga
Pontine
Jennie Zandstra
Will Vanden Oever
Leendert Hiemstra
M. G. ‘van Hemert
Albert de Joods
Near Pella
Dow Poortinga
Pete Vander Kolk
Albert Slicmstea
Prairie Cuy
Wm. Whezelane
Tunis
Aaa
T. H. Viera
Doris
Jake Dickema
Larry
Norman Robus
Janice
A. Bogaards
Wm. Roush
John Vanden Baard
Wiliam Vriezelaar
Henry Kool
Joe Kool
Jake Dickman
Anery
Richard Postma
Gerrit Wittenburg
Pete Buwalda
Robert Katdenberg
Ronald
Gerrit Dickman
Near Monroe
Pete Dykaten
Berniece
Chas. Vander Kolk
the Reformed Church
Jake Diekema
William Roush
Roberts
Waterloo
Fred
Dupont
Amazes
DuPont House
Kuyper
Standard Oil Ceaters
Midwest
Chasg
Sandard
Ucla
Mudie
RIF Stanicg
la Hull
Standand
Daly
Promila Eal Setha
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