Nearby Town News Notes Local Happenings
Mrs Cornelius Boerelyn recovering after major surgery at Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa. Linens shower honors Mrs Alice Vander Veen who will wed Henry Wielard of Pella. Weddings births and community visits cited including Bible teacher Rev Andy Bandstra’s Cal vin College post and a Spring banquet of the Young People’s Society. Centennial pageant at Newton High April 16 features 175 church members from classis Pella.
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Cornelius Boerelyn
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Alice Vander Veen
Caroline Bokhoven
Nellie Vander Melen
Johnnie Swank
Vander Veen
Peoria
Henry Wielard
Pella
Martin Vos
Jacob van Gorp
John Pethoven
Ray van Hemert
Andrew Bandstra
Leonard Dahm
Richard van Kooten
Jacob Stursma
Jim Bandstra
Frederick de Nooy
Junior Deur
Melvin Deur
Gilbert Vander Hart
Verduin
Gerrit Rus
Soil Conservation Service
Peter Westerkamp
Norma
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Nancy Vander Linden
Herman de Jong
Gerald Paul Vander Hart
Thomas Vander Hart
Calvin
Harold Pethoven
Paul A. Bandstra
Sandridge
Christian Reformed Church
Newton High School
Classis Pella
Myrna Wieberdink
Prinsburg
Minn
Linda Roose
Linda de Nooy
Otto Vos
Des Moines
Shirley Vander Pol
Marion Vander Linden
George Zimmer
Wieberdink
Mabel Veldhuizen
Red Cross
Local social notes from Monroe News column
Marion Van Maanen visits in Council Bluffs over weekend with parents Mr and Mrs John Van Maanen. James Dunaway, Ames Town State College student, spends spring vacation with parents Mr and Mrs Norman Dunaway. Des Moines visitors include Charlotte McConog eh ey and family. Lyle Herwehe family and Berlin Ballard family host dinner. Rodger Lewis and family welcome baby daughter Amy Ruth born March 23 at Wilden hospital Des Moines. Eighteen members attend Chapter B PEO meeting on Wednesday.
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Marion van Maanen
Council Bluffs
John van Maanen
James Dunaway
Town State College
Ames
Norman Dunaway
Lyle Herwehe
Charlotte McConeghey
Des Moines
Keith McConeghey
Carl Clement
Baxter
Berlin Ballard
Rodger Lewis
Wilden Hospital
Amy Ruth
Chapter
Women club convention and community notices in Monroe
The 27th annual Jasper county Women’s clubs convention was held March 29 at the Methodist church with speeches by Mrs. J. W. Halden and Mrs. W. Gousseff. Displays by Mrs. Flossie Hoagland and Mrs. Eileen Vriezelaar featured travels, and a pantomime was performed by local performers. Funeral services were held for Emma Rinehart, 71, at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church. Others attended events in Des Moines, Reasnor, and Newton. a March 26 birth at Mercy Hospital added to Monroe news. Delmar Emmack’s Southern Hustlers 4-H Club met in February. tractor books and plans for a tractor school were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Duncan
al Disrud
Chai
Ald Duncan
Knoxville
Mollie Penin
Don Porter
di Moines
Women’s Clubs
Jasper County
Methodist Church
J. W. Halden
W. ¥. Gousseff
Des Moines
Flossie Hoagland
Eileen Vriezelaar
Vriezelaar
England
Hazel Rinehart
Carol Vriezelaar
Isabel Bowie
Kathryn Lubberden
Barbara Deutsch
W.S.C.S
Clyde Wilson
Willard Wilson
W. H. Masteller
Monroe
Selby
Robert Sherwood
Henderson Reese
Chillicothe
Charles Jones
Munson Livingston
Doris
Lloyd Zickel
Clarence Zickel
Reasnor
Lloyd Herwehe
Steven
Mary Jo
Newton
Howard Herwehe
Emma Rinehart
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Mark Walker
Norman Walker
Elia Walker
Duane van Wyngarden
Newton Hospital
Bernice van Buren
Chicago
Ed van Buren
Jerry Munson
Mercy Hospital
Hazel Tice
Texas
Asa Niemandverdriet
Pella
Seth Niemands
Don Kaldenberg
Delmar Emmack
Lucky Lassies 4 H Club Meeting and Local Visits Summary
Patsy Miller hosted the Lucky Lassies 4 H Club on March 23 with demonstrations by Becky Reetz Linda Harrold Lana Munson and Marianne Munson plus a joint Refinishing Furniture demo by Patsy Miller and Becky Reetz A picture study on Winter Hunters in the Snow by Sandra Butin plus a star event on Wednesday. Other items note Darlene Bensink entertained on March 14 and 11 members with two leaders attended. Community visits include families returning from trips and various social calls and a Monroe Today’s Club meeting with Nora Van Essen on accordion. Summit Homemakers plan to meet April 9 at C W De Geuses home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Miller
Lucky Lassies 4-H Club
Becky Reetz
Linda Harrold
Lana Munson
Marianne Munson
Sandra Butin
Darlene Bensink
Southern Hustlers
Mickey
Central College
Pella
Dave Vander Ploeg
Arizona
California
Texas
Mabel Canklins
Clara Cramer
Monroe
Ernest Boat
Little Son
Hessel van Zante
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Wm C. Woody
Ames
Joe Willemsen
Sandra
Henry
Roy van Essen
Henry Ver Woert
Fred Heveline
Jane Kingery
Dunreath
Nora van Essen
Methodist
Arthur de Vries
Leroy Nuyteren
J. W. Lloyd
Collins Hospital
Knoxville
Warren van Wyk
Lowell
Hugo Steenhoek
Fella
Jennie Woods
Summit News Socials and Weather Memory
In Summit News the Balmer and Vriezelaar families visit Clarence Mathes and C T Van Lint. A March snowstorm recalls the April 1922 storm that toppled electric towers between Otley and Prairie City. Orlo De Bruin of Pella tested dairy herds at Lone Pine farm. Des Moines visits noted for Mrs Walter Van Doorninck and Mickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Balmer
John Vriezelaar
Wm C. Woody
Ames
H. W. Vriezelaar
C. T. van Lint
Clarence Mathes
Otley
Prairie City
Orlo de Bruin
Pella
DHIA
J. H. Vriezelaar
Lone Pine Farm
Walter van Doorninck
Mickey
Des Moines
Vis
Teachers To Meet At Conference In Des Moines Apr 6
Des Moines hosts a day long conference of Roosevelt High School with multiple sectional meetings. Frank O McIntyre California Teachers Association director opens with Building Better Mousetrap before Central District ISEA in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frank
McIntyre
Central
Ions Stat Education Association
Des
California Teachers’ Association
Roosevelt High School
Frank Miller
Florence Mayer
Lynch Fenner & Beane
Margaret Fox
U.S
Karl H. Berns
N.E.A
Farm Commodity Prices Up 4 Percent in Past Month
Prices received by Iowa farmers rose about four percent for the month ending March 15, driven by higher meat animal prices. The all-commodity index stood at 231 percent of the 1910-14 base, up from 223 in February and 206 a year ago. Meat prices boosted the index with lambs up 1.40 per cwt and beef, hogs rising. calves and sheep also gained while egg prices fell.
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Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Crop index and grain prices move in March month
The report shows the crop index at 210 percent of the base period, one point higher than February 16. Hay rose 8 cents per bale while rye, wheat and flaxseed fell 10, 4, and 5 cents per bushel respectively. Corn, oats, and barley held steady for the month ending March 15.
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Ins
Membership in Co Farm Bureau Reaches 1191 Total
East Knoxville township Farm Bureau membership drive climaxed on Thursday March 28 as Membership Chairman announced a total of 1191 members. The push prioritized local outreach and community participation in agricultural affairs.
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Co. Farm Bureau
East Knoxville
Farm Bureau
Community group edges toward 110 panther workers goal
Woody recruited two final members to reach a goal of 110 workers named, boosting total membership over last year by five. Helpers included John Langstraat, Jam igthead, Ray Shilling, Captain Norman Chris man and Jim Sherlock. County Bureau membership stands at 1191, with the West half near half a percent higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woody
Meney
John Langstraat
Jam Igthead
Ray Shilling
Norman’ Chrisman
Jim Sherlock
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