Nearby Town News Notes Odd Smithy Tales and Gatherings
Chester Wayne Bricker earned the titled shampoon rat killer after a quirky incident where educated rats descended a ladder headfirst. neighbors, visitors, and local families are listed in a dense update of happenings, visits, builds, health notes, and social events across the community. The column records numerous names, homes, church events, weddings, anniversaries, and a upcoming basket dinner at Red Rock church with a talk by missionary Miss Jenkins.
New Raydex Points offer disposable plowshares
Oliver Farm Equipment unveils Raydex Points a shaveable plowshare system claiming three dollar per set savings in maintenance. Tests across states show lighter draft 10 to 20 percent fuel savings and superior scouring with durable replacement tips. Dealers expect Raydex bottoms and points to dominate future general purpose tractor plows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
U.S
Tis
Centennial Circle News community notices from Pella area
In a local roundup, residents attend the funeral of Mrs De Prenger’s father Mrs Henry Van Roel of Pella who died March 28. Neighbors recall his long life and friendly greetings. Others visit and host across Leighton Pella and Oskaloosa areas with family updates and weekend guests.
Loyd Reimers Visits World with Family in Oskaloosa
Loyd Reimers of the C. C. Camp at Oskaloosa spent the early week with his parents and brother and sister-in-law who were confined at home with mumps. Mr and Mrs John Vanden Berg Marvin and Kenneth visited Thursday evening at the W H Verwers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Reimers
C. C
Oskaloosa
John Vanden Berg
Marvin
Kenneth
W. H. Verwers
Local News From Lynnville and Pella Area
The column lists residents with mumps and flu in Oskaloosa and notes visits across Pella and Grinnell. It records church groups planning Easter sunrise services, Golden Wedding anniversaries, and college students returning for spring vacation. Household guests include De Rand, Vi vers, Monsma, Terpstra, Van Rees, and Alford families.
Miss Vera Baughman Wins Third in County Spelling Bee
Amsterdam News notes Miss Vera Baughman daughter of Mr and Mrs Orval Baughman placed third at the County Spelling Bee held in Knoxville last Saturday. Her family were dinner guests with Mr and Mrs George Men of Knoxville the day of the event. The paper also mentions a Rosa Lee Schakel birthday party and visits by M Schakel and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Baughman
Orval Baughman
Knoxville
Baughman
George Men
M. Schakel
John Schakel
HH. Qostram
Rosa Lee Schakel
Win
Schakel Jr
Tas
Lavonne Hackert
Carl Hackert
Tonna Ter Louw
David Ter Louw
Greta
Pric Palmquist
J. R. Palmquist
Shirley
Norman Vande Baard
Cornice Vanden
Baard
Mary Jo
Jerome
Rosa Lee Schukel
Wm. Schukel
New Salem social notes from Friday to Sunday events
New Salem residents visit and host across the community with the Vande Krol, Vander Wilt, Vander Pol, and Gertsma families frequenting homes in John Vande Krol, Bert Renaud, Herman Vander Pol, and Sam De Cook households. Visitors include Wim Veldhuizen from Sully and Abe Vos from Searsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blom
John Vande Krol
Freda Vander Wilt
Ben van Kampen
Guy Vander Pol
Delmar
Leslie Vande Krol
Bert Renaud
Sally
Neal’ Vander Wilt
Elgar Taylor
Herman
Vander Pol
Evert Kruseman
Mildred
John Vande
Herman Vander Pol
Anne Bezemer
Sam de Cook
Lynnville Social Notes From Pella and Surrounding Homes
Lynnville News reports guests at Hen lemnsen in Pella and Harold Ratcliff homes. Rev Ermin Perisho Mary Emily Mildred Macy Esther Talbot attend Velma Rateliff seventeenth birthday. Harold Renaud visits Willemsen home. Vanden Hoek family visit Milton Talbot home. Marjorie Willemsen visits Newton. Will Terpstra Pauline Wan a and Mrs Lyle Montgomery seen in Pella. Alice perpatee celebrates sixteenth birthday. Henry Willemsen works at Dick Ver Ploeg farm near Pella. Mrs Lester Wooge and Des Moines visit Henry Elscott family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willemsen
Henlemsen
Pella
Ermin Perisho
Mary Emily
Mildred Macy
Esther Talbot
Harold Ratcliff
Velma Rateliff
Harold Renaud
T. B. Vanden Hoek
Milton Talbot
Marjorie Willemsen
Newton
Local Social Notes From The Sally Vander Pol Area
Mr and Mrs Henry Willemsen visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs John Rozendaal and family near Sally Stoffel Vander Pol at her Marshall Meredith home Mondane. A son was born to Mrs Helen Gause on Wednesday March 29 Lester Harold. Mr and Mrs Evert Vander Pol and Mr and Mrs John Biscatt Gladys and Glen were Pella callers Monday. Dirk Monsma went to Town City Tuesday for an examination condition in about the same. Mr and Mrs Milo De Jong were Sunday dinner guests in the parental John De Jong home. Lowell Gause and family are spending spring vacation with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Register
Otto Wynsteker
Pella
Lynn Perkey
Marion van Maasten
Marion van Maasten’s
Murray van Hemert
John van Hemert
Howard McDaniel
Des Moines
Roy van Essen
Sarah Wonda
Pete van Ghent
Pike
W. R. Karr
Corda Karr
Clyda Karr
John Hasselman
Herman de Heer
Pete van Hemert
Pete
Beulah May
Uth Perkey
Brush Creek
Mary Teter
Nellie Taughman
Penantville
Lois Reed
Henry Willemsen
John Rozendaal
Sally Stoffel Vander Polvis
Marshall Meredith
Mondane
Russell Vander Krol
Oskaloosa
Earl de Jong
Taintor
Harold Renaud
Evert Vander Pol
Jennie Elscott
Ray Ioksbergen
Lester Harold
John Biscatt
Gladys
Glen
Dirk Monsma
Town City
Milo de Jong
John de Jong
Lowell Gause
Grinnell College
Peoria News Highlights Weather and Local Events
Snow and rain last week gave way to springlike warmth as farmers plan sowing and field work. Half the Peoria men’s society attended a League of Reformed Men’s Society meeting in Otley where Rev. D J Hoitenga spoke on homelessness of the Jews. Refreshments were provided by Otley Chr Ref church ladies. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Art Hoksbergen. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Gerrit Roose died after a few hours, with funeral held at Peoria cemetery conducted by Rev D J Hoitenga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Men’s Society
Otley
League of Reformed Men’s Society
D. J. Hoitenga
Peoria
Church of
Art Hoksbergen
Gerrit Roose
Peoria Cemetery
Bos
Tracy
Dahm brothers pump installed and local notices update
The passage notes a new electric gas pump in front of the Dahm brothers store and mentions elderly Ben Vander Molen Sr needing company, Bart Vander Wal visiting Pella, a Cherry Grove schoolhouse fire prevented by Dave De Cook and neighbors, and Good Friday services at the Chr Ref church with an Easter cantata for the Christian high school of Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahm Brothers
Ben Vander Molen Sr
L. Vander Molen
Bart Vander Wal
Peter Vander Waal
Pella
Roorda
Cherry Grove
Dave de Cook
de Cook
Christian Ref. Churches of Pella Land II
Christian High School of
Funeral Services for Jesse L Mullins Held in Monroe
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Monroe Methodist church for Jesse L Mullins 63 who died Saturday March 26 1939 at Skiff Memorial hospital Newton after weeks of pneumonia and complications. He leaves widow Mabel Sheeler a sister Mrs John Itigen and three grandsons all of Monroe with interment in Monroe Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Mullins
Methodist
Elmer Patterson
Watson
Tool’s Chapel
Mullins
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Pneumon
Mabel
John Itigen
Monroe
Toop’s Chapel
Des Moines
H. M. Tharp
Frank Fisher
C. A. Long
J. H. Arthur
Shanghai
China
A. C. Droz
Geo Zondervan
Mary Ann
Pleasantville
David Fennema
John Bruce
Herbert Mathis
Oskaloosa
Clarence Meyer
Chester Meyer
Clarence
Monroe High School
Beverly Breen
Dinvaralyy Hospital
Town City
Marion van Haat
Henry Hulleman
Carrie Hulleman
Grace Heemstra
Dave van Isten
Earl Danke
Omaha
Wm. Willmer
Arlo Worth
Pella
Harold North
Easter travels and church services across towns
Residents and visitors travel between Oskaloosa Monroe and Long Beach Calif for Easter. The Union Passion Week Services at the Presbyterian church feature speakers including Rev Buckingham Dr Stevenson and Rev Blencie. Jens Sorenson departs for Denmark while other locals shop in Pella and host a Baptist Young People party with about twenty attendees. Old Lady visiting the state prison reflects on her day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Francis Spratt
Elizabeth Pye
Dean Shaw
Monroe
Earle Tool
Chester Dawson
Long Beach
Calif
Dawsons
Tool
West
Union
The
Presbyterian Church
B, Fp, Buckingham
Walnut Church of the Brethren
J. W. Bickett
D. D
Stevenson
W. W. Watson
Reasnor’ and Tool’s Chapel
W. H. Blencie
Lutheran Church of
G. J. Klein
Pella
Baptist
Counterfeiter Claims Coining Money While Arrested
A brief exchange shows a counterfeiter insisting he was not aided by poverty, but merely coining money, as authorities document his arrest and the ongoing investigation into his operation. The dialogue suggests a defense based on hardship versus intent in a crime case.
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Ted Buttery
Dave Baumgardner
Bud Williams
Forrest Core
Ralph Crook
Elmer Crook
Madge
Grae Iso
Roy Kurr
Paul Buwalda
Gerald D
Barthlyn
Jeman
Red Rock
Miss Jenkins
Africa
Overton
Vernon Rickabaugh
Roy Karr
Madge Hart
Gerald Vriezelaar
Kenneth Richerd
Nadine Reed
Secretar
Martha Kare
Eden
Mai
George Dailey
Maxine de Heer
Allen
Orn
Audiennes
Jim van
Clark Street
Centennial Circle News
Harry de Bruin
Miss Anderson
Kansas City
Tom Wilson
Gerrit van Heukclom
D. van Ommen
Clayton Ustermarkt
Henry
Fifield News
Ny Service
Standard Oil
Standard
Quaker State
Owr
Peter Lubberden
Southwest Corner Square
John Bloodsworth
Johnnie
Irene
Arthur de Rand
Farmers Union
Jasper de Rand
Raymond Vivers
W. I. Vipers
Friends Church
Martha Childress
Corinne Johnson
Amsterdam News
New Salem News
Lynnville News
Case News
Peoria News
Monroe News
Old Lady
State Prison
Lautenbach & Verought
Augustine & Lewis
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Iery
Owe
Carpenter's Drug Store
OCMC
CRC
Hell
Ulrich Motor Company
8. Wi
Corner Square
Service
Pella, Iowa
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