Summit News Local visits and Centennial Elm hike noted
Community notes record visits among Summit residents including the Bloms Hullemen Vander Mart and Van Dusseldorp families. A Happy Dozen Club trip to the Centennial Elm near Lana Kay De Vries home is described. Easter weekend gatherings, church activities, and museum exhibits are summarized with references to Vriezelaar, Van Essen, and Van Dus seldorp families and a request for historical information about local town Bellfountain and Tracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Blom
Betty
Jimny
Rick Hullemen
Joan
Ronnie
Marion Heematra
Harold Vander Mart
Larry
Elaine
Monroe
Francis van Dusseldorpei
Happy Dozen Club
Summit School
Lana Kay de Vries
Lana Kay
Anna Jane de Vries
Anne Beyer
Roy van Essen
Reformed Sunday School
Otley
Marion van Houweling
Marilyn
Carlof Pella
Gerald van Houweling
Pamela
Jimmy
Francis van Dusseldorp
David
Diane
L. van Dusseldorp
Pella
Coralee Vriezelaar
Cedar Falls
H.W. Vriezelaar
Newton
Nora van Essen
Joyce de Geus
John Vriezelaar
Mary Vriezelaar
Conrad Wm. Woody
Ames
Arthur Vrieselaar
Lerry
Beth
Bobby Fisher
Monroe News Interchanges and Social Visits Reported
Monroe News lists weekend visits and dinners across Des Moines Ames Prairie City and Pontiac Michigan. Notable mentions include Mrs Berneice Spratt hosting and the Moody Institute dean visiting, plus Ray Nearmeyer welcoming a daughter Sharon Beth born March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maril Greff
Shirley Zickel
Lar Falls
Lloyd Zickel
Charle Salada
Desmeee
Mason McDaniel
Canal Zone
Lloyd McDaniel
Schafer
Charles Schafer
Ames
John de Graff
Ella Yowell
Prairie City
Martin Reasner
Morris
Newton
David Nimmo
D. O. Thomas
Charles Coppersmith
Pontiac
Michigan
Berneice Spratt
Society of Christian Service
Grace Methodist Church
Des Moines
Horace Oldham
Leland Balmer
Russell Worth
Ernest Wagner
Lewis Valentine
Ralph Rhinehart
Howard Roberts
James Sloan
Boyd Worth
Ted Beetz
Mark Shaw
Florence Pye
Pearl Steins
Hubert Marshall
Berneice van Buren
Moody’ Bible Institute
Chicago
Ed’ van Baren
Ray Nearmeyer
Sharon Beth
Dean Barr
Local News Highlights From Prairie City Area
The column notes residents returning from travels and military service, plus community events. Mrs Chris Cramer and Marvin Jabaai return from visits and service, recent births and anniversaries, club meetings, and a Senior Class Play set for April. Several families hosted Easter gatherings and guests visited Des Moines and Iowa City homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chris Cramer
Texas
Toledo
Reita Broderson
Shirley Willemsen
Kay Brannen
Janis Vaught
Dennis Brown
Alec
Larry Zickel
Ronald Brandenhorst
Charles McCauley
Kurt Vander Ploeg
Reita
Paul McConeghey
Walter Steenhoek
Leighton
Fred Brannen
W. R. Brazleton
Des Moines
Dave Roorda
Pella
Gerald van Zante
Gordon Neilsen
David
Iowa City
Florence Pye
Clementine
M.I
Max Tool
Debbie Reeves
Cindy Matherly
Vickie Foster
Susan Vriezelaar
Beth Vriezelaar
Kent Vriezelaar
Barbara Tool
Carol Jean Honnold
Ora Tool
Shirley Foster
Eloise Hansen
Frances Coppersmith
Pontiac
Michigan
Jane Fennena
Carol Vriezelaar
Lois Duncan
Phyllis Blankenship
Jean Robels
Janet Cook
Local Family News From Monroe and Des Moines
Mrs. Alice Clevenger and families welcome a son born Saturday April 9 at Iowa Methodist hospital Des Moines. Mrs J Dockum hosts bridal shower for Donna Bal at Legion Hall Monroe with many guests listed. Miss Ballard wed James H Bilenger of Bunker Hill WV at Monroe Baptist Church Easter Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Clevenger
Loyd Clevenger
James Vriezelaar
Donald Vander Pol
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Darlene van Wyngayden
J. Dockum
Donna Bal
the Legion Hall
Monroe
Mesdames Howard Young
Ray
Missouri Iowa play off talent show fundraiser
Mrs Tunis Blom announces the Senior class and band will sponsor the Missouri Iowa play-off of the Farm and Home Talent Show on Tuesday April 26 at 8 pm in the Community building. Tickets’ proceeds go to the senior class and band. The program will be televised on film for later showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kioa
Des Moines
King’s Helpers Society
Irene de Hoedt
India
Mildred Vander Zyl
Jonah
Gerdena de Hoedt
Helen Ten Brink
Joyce Rozendaal
Marilyn Dunsbergen
Ben Dunsbergen
Carolyn Vander Pol
Virginia Vos
Mildred
Lucille
Ileen Vander Zyl
Joan Terpstra
Joan van Manen
Anna Mae Hartgers
Irene
C. Stoppels
Harold Ratcliff
Gary
Harris Beyer
Newton pupil loses eye in accident tour at Maytag Plant
A pupil taken to Dr. Fred Carpenter in Newton had an eye injury requiring removal. He and his mother stayed with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beyer in Newton for a few days, then returned home. The Junior and Senior classes toured Maytag Plant Two and the Eldora Training school for boys, with 35 members traveling by bus under Superintendent Aubrey Russell and Principal John Vanden Berg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carpenter
Newton
Ed Beyer
Maytag Plant
Eldora Training School
Aubrey Russell
John Vanden Berg
Local social guests and family visits noted
Sunday and weekend gatherings highlighted visits to Os kalooss and nearby homes. Linda Janie and Herbie Hagen from Orkelocea stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Dee Hee. Additional guests included Mrs Harold De Bruin Mary and coffee guests at Mrs Howard Glendening’s home. Kuperus confined Friday. Rev Bob Baker hosted Mr and Mrs. on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Baron
Wm. Wing of
Polla
Freda Tardy
Marjorie’Baron
Boulder
Colorado
Kuperus
Bob Baker
Local Families Attend Visits and Church Event
Lester Prouty and family near Adel join Mr and Mrs Raymond De Moss near Red Rock and Miss Wilma Vander Hart of Pella. Many households visited relatives from Tracy to Waterloo. The Ebe nezer Reformed Church Senior Choir presented its Faster program Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Frank Van Haaf ten visited relatives at Waterloo as Mrs Don De Prenger and Diane departed Tuesday for Minneapolis to visit Mrs De.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Prouty
Adel
Raymond de Moss
Red Rock
Wilma Vander Hart
Pella
Don Kennedy
Claude Douglas
Dean Douglas
Ricky
Connie
Tracy
Wm. de Heer
Linda
Janie
Herbie Hagen
J. G. Newenhouse
Wm. van Heukelem
J. Wharton
Harold de Bruin
Rodney
Mary
Aaron Brummel
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Frank van Haaften
Waterloo
Don de Prenger
Diane
Minneapolis
Minn
Prenger Family Easter Visit and Travel Plans
Prenger family updates include Mrs Brunkow and Ardyth preparing for an operetta. Mr De Prenger and Danny will depart Friday for Minneapolis. Miss Jane De Jong of Ames and Miss Sherma De Jong of Sigourney vacationed with their parents Mr and Mrs P A De Jong over Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prenger
Ebenezer Church Ladies' Aid Meet and Good Friday Services
The Ladies' Aid and Dorcas Society of Ebenezer Reformed Church met Thursday afternoon. Good Friday services were held at Ebenezer Reformed and Christian Reformed churches Friday evening. Mrs. Gerrit Van Zomeren called on Mrs. Wm. Van Hanften Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid and Dorcas Society
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Ebenezer Reformed
Christian Reformed Churches
Gerrit van Zomeren
Wm. van Hanften
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Summit News
John Currant
Pte
Mra. H. W. Vriezelaar
Minh Boys
Galery
Monroe News
H. W. Vriezelaar
Rivieras
Buick
Vos
Mrs
Tunis Blom
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P.A.G. Hybrid
Genuine Pfister
John Ver Ploeg
Tunis
Dykstra
Leighton Tunis
Fynaardt
New Sharon
Abe Vander Beek, Sally
Nick Geurts
Knoxville
Dale McComas
Pfister Assoc. Growers, Inc
Leighton News
Carol Ann Sedrel
McCormick’ Farmall
Farmall Cub
Dete
Fowler Telephone Company, Inc
H. Fowler
Virginia Pruitt
Sec
H. J. Hopkins
Mgr
Denniston & Partridge CO
Realnor Taintor
Tracy Lewie
W. Schultz
W. A. Bohnsack
Glenn Messamaker
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