Cordova News Social Roundup and Local Notes
Cordova News reports numerous Des Moines and surrounding area visits by Bartus Verwers Arie Bientema John Willemson and others with family and friends in Pella Otley Monroe Knoxville and Pelia Des Moines river levels receding A train collision kills Verwers brothers police dog and road crews work on a new bridge near Verwers The Fifield Farmers Union met at Wm Zegers home with a good turnout
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartus Verwers
Arie Bientema
Des Moines
Gerrit Vink
Anie de Vries
Fifield Farmers Union
Wm. Zegers
Connie Vanden Berg
Verwers Bros
Bluffs
Verwers
Leighton News Neighbors honor Verrips before move
North of Leighton residents gathered last Tuesday evening to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. A. Verrips and family who plan to leave the community soon. Bert Jansz of Pella takes over as new manager of the Verrips oil station. Various local visits and note of upcoming Good Friday services at two churches are also reported along with other neighborhood happenings.
What No Beer Turns Laugh On National Issue Osksaloosa Film
Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante star in What What No Beer heads at Princess Theatre Oskaloosa opening Sunday. The comedy pairs the taxi dermist and barber amid a spoof on legalized beer and rival beer gangs. Phyllis Barry heads the female cast with Rosco Ates John Miljan Henry Armetta Edward Brophy among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Keaton
Jimmy Durante
Wets
Crys
Princess Theatre
Oskaloosa
Buster
Congress
Robert Hopkins
Carey Wilson
Jack Cluett
Phyllis Barry
Ronald Colman
Cynara
Rosco Ates
John Miljan
Henry Armetta
Edward Brophy
Charles Dunbar
Charles Giblyn
Edward Sedgwick
Keaton
Durante
Otley Births and Local Visits Highlight Week
Otley news notes a baby boy born Friday morning April 7 weighing ten pounds. Local visitors include Neal De Jong of near Knoxville visiting Gerrit Klyn’s family near Fifield. Families from Pella, Winterset, Knoxville, Prairie City and Leighton are mentioned visiting relatives or attending funerals, with multiple small gatherings at homes of Wm. and S. Vander Wiel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Harvey
Neal de Jong
Knoxville
Gerrit Klyn
Fifield
Gradus Vander Gaarde
Hubert
Abraham Vander Gaarde
Boyden
Iowa
Gerrit Vander Garade
Pella
Vander Gaarde
Henry Menninga
Klaas van Buren
Clarence
Gerrit Vander Wiel
Prairie City
J. C. Kuiken
Nick Heimstra
J. R. Klein
S. Vander Wiel
Gysbert Aalbers
Oley
Pete Vanden Berg
Ralph Kuyper
Nellie Vos
Neal Sedrel
Leighton
Joe Kool
Evelen
Visitors and illness noted in Peoria area
Mrs. Cecil Vander Molen and Mr Vander Molen visited the Wm Boender home to see the new baby. John Bennick is recovering from flu and yellow jaundice. Mrs Martin Vander Molen and children visited the M A Bokhoven residence. John W Stursma visited the Mr and Mrs Coen Stowie home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Vander Molen
Wm. Boender
John Bennick
Martin Vander Molen
Jake
Rachel
Martina
M. A. Bokhoven
John W. Stursma
Coen Stowie
Local notes from Hollandale area social and family visits
Wm Veldman returned home after weeks with the Dahm Brothers. B Stursma and B Vander Molen were carpenters for Louis Vander Molen. Garrett Andringa Jr. and family hosted friends Friday at John J Stursma’s home. Mr and Mrs Paul Niusma and children visited siblings Mr and Mrs H Nieusma. Mrs Ed Vander Hart and daughter Louise visited Wm Vander Hart. Adrian Vos learned of his aunt Mrs P Van Drunen’s death in Pella. A Thursday social by the boys and girls polique featured Nellie Blom Anna De Jong and many others with recitations dialogues piano and refreshments. Herman Bekhoven visited Mrs Martin Vander Melen. George Deur’s family visited John Bloom. Adrian Vos and children shopped in Pella. Gertrude and Jeanette Brinkma of Englewood visited Rev Weidenaar and left Monday. Mrs Brinkma stayed two months. C Spoelstra and family welcomed a baby girl to John Geenen. Margaret Van Roekel aided Mrs Henry Dahm with cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Veldman
Hollandale
Minn
Dahm Brothers
B. Stursma
B. Vander Molen
Louis Vander Molen
Garrett Andringa Jr
John J. Stursma
Paul Niusma
Harris Glen
Esther Merle
H. Nieusma
Ed Vander Hart
Louise
Wm. Vander Hart
Adrian Vos
P. van Drunen
Pella
T . Woldenaar
Nellie Blom
Anna de Jong
Ruth Dear
Tena Roose
Nellie
Wilma van Wyk
Veldman
Joe Dahm
H. Nibbelink
Ralph de Vries
Ben Vos
Lambert Nieuwland
Godert Vander Horst
Herman de Jong
Paul Bandstra
Dick Ryke
Andrew de Ooy
Tena Bandstra
Girls Society
Herman Bekhoven
Martin Vander Melen
George Deur
John Bloom
Ben
Margaret
Anna
Gertrude
Jeanette Brinkma
Englewood
Porterville Social Notes and Local Visits
Porterville residents share a weekend of visits with relatives and friends including Kamerick Van Dene Jansen and Goemaat households. The Rock Island school district staged the play Attorney for the Defense on April 6 and 7 to good attendance.
Pre school health exams mark school entry change
Miss Edith Countryman, State Director, notes summer round-up and pre-school examinations kickoff for children entering school next fall. She explains the shift from a home-centered infant social world to a broader school environment with heightened health risks and emotional factors as children join the school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
American Legion Auxiliary
Edith S. Countryman
Town
State Department of Health
Guarding Children Health Through School Immunization
A 1933 conference urges parental guidance and active nurse and physician collaboration to prepare children for school life. Emphasis on correcting removable physical defects and immunization against diphtheria and smallpox. Report shows weekly Iowa disease totals: diphtheria 10, measles 4, mumps 105, chickenpox 53, tuberculosis 8, gonorrhoea 49, syphilis 49 in state data.
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Iowa
Polk
Lucas
Carroll
Dickinson
Dubuque
Woodbury
Hamilton
Des Moines
Story
Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk
Pottawattamie
Overworked Words Highlighted by Dr Vizetelly
Dr Frank H Vizetelly criticizes heavy word labor in daily papers noting many writers overuse evolve and proposition. He cites misuse such as applying proposition to describe people or conditions and urges clearer language in journalism and public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Vizetelly
Jones
No clear headline from a fragmented text.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss word usage shifts, politics, immigration and finance terms, plus a parent child dialogue and a remark on foreign language churches in North Dakota and Minnesota. The readable parts show scattered quotes and observations without a cohesive event or named figures.
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C. Sedrel
Anna van Haaften
John van Arkel
Lymnville
L. Oliver
E. de Cook
Ellen June
Pete de Hammer
Celesta Shoemaker
Smith
An Mire
Gene Codding
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Irene de Jong
Peoria
J. A. de Jong
Harry den Burger
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Peoria News
GMELZ
Shell
Northwest Corner Square
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John Kamerick
Edith
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Golmore
Arnold and
Murray
Albert Sytsma
Gerrit Hockstra
W. Monster
Dirk Goemaat
Henry van Oene
John Robertus
Darlene
Maxine
Huber Lee
W. A. Jansen
Jake van Niewenhuizen
A. B. Goemaat
Jacoba
Anna van Dene
Rock Island
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Donald Kamerick
Dan Sytsma
Herman van Weelden
John Dale
C. Vanden Baard
Abraham Goemaat
Connie van den Baard
Jacob
Albert Weyerse
Chronicle Weekly Health Message
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