Nearby Towns and Rural Community News Digest
A long mixed local notes column reports on marriages, church events, school matters, travels and illnesses across Marion County and Knoxville area. Entries include a 1952 marriage of Cronkhite to Bloomer, a Ladies Night movie event, school board plans, PMA meeting schedules, travel for land investment, baptisms, funerals, conference trips, garden and bird notes, and multiple family and community updates with names like Arment, Karr, Harvey, Reeves, Dixon, Fiscus, and Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Cronkhite
Walter Cronkhite
Deerfield Place
Hictland Park
Inots
Howler Bloomer
Alaska
Womens’ Club
Knoxville
Red Rock
Marion County
PMA
Gerald
Anna Arment
Arkansas
Ryan
Ellen
Howard Karr
Gerald Arment
Clinton Rinehart
Bryan
Jess Mikewell
Union Oil Co
Pella
el Monte
California
Emma Hendrick
Weill
Bart Klyn
Ella
Gertrude Hoksbergen
Guthrie Center
Audubon County
Ows
Eldred Schnug
Monroe
Galesburg
Ruby Ver Steeg
George Dailey
Richard Klein
Harvey
Watkin’s
Dunreath
Legrand
Bryan Karr
Moravia
Murdy
Sarah Harvey
Ellen Karr
Liberty Corner
Martha Karr
Francis van Mianen
Leigh
Tijartha
Adel
Martha
Saturna
Carrol Klein
Kenneth Simpson
Bill Karr
Sane
Marel Town
Snogreen
St. Louis
Viola Kar
Oskaloosa
Myr de Heer
Sarah
Celia Harvey
Des Moines
Gerrit Klyn
Methodist Hospital
Nell
Ed Robus
Telia Roush
Hazel Turner
Hiway 14
Newton
The
Post
Ladies Home Journal
Nurses Training School
Anna Roff
Carl Reese
Texas
Warren
Rickabaugh
Flagler
Greenland
Roy
Runnells
Joy
Lloyd's
Poultry
Fair Grounds
Vernon's
Ted Buttrey
Kenneth Wells
Alberta
Marlene Deitrick
Jean Reeves
Arthur Nichols
Shirley Dixon
John Fiscus
Latter Day Saints
Nichols
Jimmy Deltrick
Independence
Missouri
Lila
Mabel Cooper
Cecil Henderson Reeses
Herb Plambeck
Roberta
Wm. Zegers Jr
Nob Hill Court
Waynesville
Ft. Leonard Wood
Zegers
Ed Price
Sully
Bill
Fifield
Otto
Iag
Lance
Tressa Wilbur
Don Teter
Doris
Bob Donahue
Japan
Russell Livingston
John Yokum
Old Camp Dodge
Frances Nichols Rhoades
Robert S. Chapman
River Bridge
Sadie Mayer
Blanche Templeton
Price
Templeton
Local social notes from Galesburg and Des Moines visits
Mrs K Carpenter reports neighbors and families from Galesburg attended gatherings in Des Moines and Monroe. Several Sunday dinners and weekend visits featured the Dearingers Groves Miller Bavenkamp and DeKock families with extended relatives from Newton Pella Monroe and Lyndonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Dearin
Harry Lee
Lois
Doris Awlins
Des Moines
Mabel
Harry O'Brien
Louie Groves
Galesburg
Christian Aid
Aid Room
James Miller
Daisy Bavenkamp
Bernard Mercery
Curtis Dearinger
Warren Lafoon
Martin Déaringer
Marion de Kock
Lymnville
Eorge Pee
Yella N. Menninga
Vernon van Jorp
Shirley
Barbara
Loveunday
Hattie Carpenter
Alverta
Newton
Alan Koch
Elizabeth Oliver
Merle Zickel
Kathy
Max Wheeler
Norma Lou
Arlene
Donald
Monroe
Bob Terpstra
Connie
Randie
Pella
Connie Slycord
Minter
Denni
Martin Dearinger
Joe Mickmershulzen
Clyde Rawlins
Martin
Dearinger
Clifford Dearinger
Gem of Truth and Redeemer Hymns and Local Clergy Call
A Peoria News note highlights a hymn about Jesus redeeming love and victory over sin. It reports a Sunday remembrance by a Pontgonian community and a consistory calling four ministers: Vander Aa Faber Haan and Tanis. Also mentions Grace Eileen Deur recovering from chicken pox and Phyllis Joy Deur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Vander Aa
Mountain Lake
Minn
Morris H. Faber
East Paris
Mich
Bernard J. Haan
Sioux Center
Evert Tanis
Ripon
Cal
Grace Eileen Deur
Phyllis Joy Deur
Family Names and Visits Highlight Peoria Community Notes
Local residents share family updates and social visits across Peoria and nearby towns. Names include the Dear, Van t Zant, De Jong, Bandstra, Vander Linden, Klyn, and Hoekman families with trips to Arizona, California, and Grand Rapids. Choir performances at Peoria Christian High School mark cultural events. Weather stays cold but work continues and community gatherings occur at church and school venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Dear
Joyce Van't Zant
Iowa City
Iowa
A Sohn Van't Zant
C. de Jong
John A. de Jong
John Klyn
Andrew Bandatra Sr
Arizona
California
John Kloosterman
Peoria Christian School
Arlene Carol de Jong
Janice Maris Hoekman
Laurens
Cedar
Holland
Parenal Dott Dakin Horace
S. E. Nibbelink
Bonna Rose
Frank Klynema
Ottumwa
Christian High School
Pella
Tony Nibbelink
Marilyn Rose
Gerrit Roose
Bert Bandstra
Ann Arbor
Mich
Drew Bandstra
Robert Hagen
Marion John de Jong
Christian School Alliance
Peoria
Sev
Eral
Reinsma
Oskaloosa
Walter Vander Hart
Coolidge
Jacob
Manyor
A. J. Rus
Don van Wyngarden
Jaci Lynn
Marion Vander Linden
Birth notices and local updates from Sully area
Multiple birth announcements from Mercy and Mahaska Hospitals in Oskaloosa detail newborn daughters to Goodyk De Penning Vander Wilt Huyser and other families. Additional items list returning service members, family visits, a funeral for Jake Brand Sr. in Grinnell, and a Community Church potluck with missionary speaker Miss Boeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Goodyk
Mercy
Carrol Vander Wilt
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
B. P. Huizer
Neal Vander Wilt
Norman Huyser
Community Church
Gien
Boeller
Nigeria
Robert de Vries
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
Fred de V. Pot
Wilbur Nikkel
Alaska
U. S. Army
Camp Carson
Colo. Wm
Nikkel
Fort Hood
Texas
Jake Brand
Grinnell
First Reformed Church
Sully
Thomas McMillen
Des Moines
C. Stoppels
Brand
St. Francis Hospital
Edward
Dorothy
John Koolstra
Newton
Catherine Koolstra
Oskaloosa News Party Guests and Local Club Meeting
Mr and Mrs Wm Sluis and Conrad De Groot of Woodstock Minnesota visited the Newenhouse family in Oskaloosa after a trip to Georgia where Sluis son Virgil is stationed. C H Boosters met at Joyce Van Maanens with 13 members and a visitor. talks covered Italian Comedians healthy plants pillow cover demo. Mrs Ferguson new assistant leader Dale Lappin led.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sluls
Conrad de Groot
Woodstock
Minn
J. G. Newenhouse
Georgia
C&h Boosters
Joyce van Maanen
Gene Ferguson
Dale Lappin
Lola Lappin
Margaret Picken
Ferguson
Isaac Slings
Carrie Hoffman
Letta Uotan
Wm. Hols
Fremont
Bert Kelderman
Whiting
Indiana
John Kool
Cedar
Edwin van Kampen
U. S
Fort Knox
J.C. van Wyk
Central Reformed Church
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
New York City
Dale Veldhuizen
C. C. C. Club
D. Funk
Gladys Sterk
New Life At Kiron: Kenneth Johnson's Return to Accounting
Kenneth Johnson, 40, who was paralyzed to eyelid movement last year, is learning to be a tax accountant at Kiron. He is gradually recovering and reshaping his life to fit his limited capacities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiron
Kenneth Johnson
Johnson
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