Nearby Towns And Rural Community News Briefs
A digest from St Paul and surrounding areas notes visits and travels including Mr and Mrs John Haas and aunt Mrs Elizabeth Verwers en route home from Florida. Van Soelen on 21 day furlough from Georgia with duty in Japan. several local families hosting dinner guests and attending Easter activities. A Drake University 80 piece band concert is planned for Sully on April 18. Multiple social gatherings, hospital notices, and family farewells are reported with names and places including Council Bluffs Des Moines Ottumwa Grinnell and Orange City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haas
St. Paul
Japan
W. Wildman
Susie Buitenwerf
Ray Bandstra
Marion Dieleman
John C. Terlouw
Pvt
Lloyd Terlouw
Fort Lawton
Wash
Marion Terlouw
Merlin
Prairie City
Fred Willemsen
Ronnie
Linda
Grinnell
Bernie Fopma
Bryce
Gerrit Vander Weerdt Jr
Leon
Henry C. Terlouw
Harlan
Phyllis
Arletta Terlouw
Joan Versendaal
Clyde Hurst
John O. Terlouw
Donna Blom
Ada Kruyff
Geraldine van Sant
Murriell Renaud
Ted de Vries
Edward Hoksbergen
June Vonk
Don Meridith
Robert Terlouw
LaVonne Zegars
Jean Vonk
Ottumwa
Francis de Moss
Elmer de Moss
Jeasnor
Ela Sue
Robert Powell
Cheryl
Marilyn
Glenn
Bruce Curtis
Agency
Geraldine Klein
Otley
Wayne Angove
Virgil Klein
Lola Mae
Near Pella
Gradys Klein
Willard Klein
John Rocrda
Pella
Ada Sandres
New Sharon
Hattie Ver Steeg
Bill Booy
Oskaloosa
Andrew
Zack Slocum
Clare
George
Norman Robus
Charles Vander Kolk
Raymond Robus
Vander Kolk
Bill, Swank
Winnie Breen
Leslie Breen
Keota
Fraken
Des Moines
Harley Horton
California
Barbara Horton
Newton
Hortons
Adam van Toorn
Paul Buwalda
Wilbur Brodersen
Dean
Monroe
Nelson Vos
Bert Barnes
Hattie
Local notes from Leighton and area churches
Mrs Ernest Steenhoek agreed to hospital treatment in Oskaloosa. Priscilla Sisters Society met Ebenezer Church with devotion led by Mrs Hagen. Rev Aalberts showed slides on Rev Sam Williams life. Members planned service at weddings and fundraising projects. Easter events included Sunrise Service at Ebenezer with speaker Len Weessies. Families gathered for dinners and visits across Pella, Otley, Sully, Des Moines and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Steenhoek
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Clarence den Adel
Priscilla Sisters Society
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Robert Hagen
Aalberts
Sam Williams
Brewton
Alabama
Marvin de Penning
Dorcas
First Reformed Church of
Pella
Herman Bogaard
Art de Vries
Lloyd Patterson
Mary
David
Kal
Earl Brummel
Donna
Don de Prenger
Kenneth Va
Robert Veenstra
Bobby
Cindy
Muscatine
Henry Veenstra
John Grandia
Gary Vandehaar
S. S. de Kock
Len Weessies
Central College
Christian Endeavor
Arthur den Adel
Rock Island
Ilinois
Easter party at Fifield school house delights mothers
An Easter party was held at the Fifield school house with mothers invited, featuring an Easter egg hunt and games. The event provided a pleasant afternoon for teacher, pupils, and attending mothers, while Jasper De Rand faces a return to Des Moines Veterans Hospital for a rother operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifield
Jasper de Rand
Veterans’ ‘Hospital
Des Moines
Norman Robus
Edward Ustermarkt
Jake ‘Sneller
Pella
Robert Schwab
Janie
Oskaloosa
Chi Schanon
Jack
Junior’ Langdon
Henry Glenn
Mildred
Robert
Agency
Bill Fink
Pam
Gem of Truth among logs of British Honduras
A historical snapshot blends a meditation on God and brand marks with a local column of community notes. The piece contrasts logs bearing owner marks drifting toward the sea with a river boom, then shifts to a sequence of village events including births, illnesses, church activities, visits, baptisms, school vacations, and Easter programs across local families and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Honduras
God
H. P. Barker
Tone Nibbelink
Pella
John Kloosterman
M. Vander Hart
Arnold Vander Hart
Byron Center
Michigan
Judith Bandstra
Dick Bandstra
Gerrit A. de Jong
Andrew Huyser
Sully
Simon Bokhoven
Henry Roose
M. A. Bokhoven
Oskaloosa
Carolyn Betty van Wyk
John van Wyk
Pella First
Christian Reformed
Tuesdn
Herman A. de Jong
Andrew Vander Linden
Don
Leighton
Camp Roberts
California
Ray de Groot
Queen Esther Circle
Henry Vander Linden
Walter Vander Hart
Cool
Monroe area social and FFA activities report
Monroe community notes include Easter dinner at A R Vander Ploeg home with several families, visits from Sac City Towa guests, Monroe Future Farmers of America delegates chosen for the Iowa FFA convention in Cedar Rapids April 17 to 19, state FFA band members and roles, April 21 spring band concert at Monroe high school with box social and auctioneer Maurice Valentine, funeral services for R D McDonald in Rock Island Illinois with Monroe attendees, visits from Des Moines and Elkhorn Nebraska residents, and Sorina Nilson funeral in Elkhorn with Nilson and Neilson siblings in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulric Clevenger
Lloyd Clevenger
James Vriezelaar
A. R. Vander Ploeg
Monroe
Phillip Ammer
Sac City
Towa
Glenn McConoghey
Larry Duncan
Delmar Johnson
Monroe Future Farmers of America
Iowa Ffa
Cedar Rapids
Hans Rebel
FFA
Harold Wagner
Floyd van Rockel
John le Grand
Dean van Haaften
Dean
Marvin Mick
Wayne Schippers
Monroe High School
Perry
Maurice Valentine
R. D. McDonald
Rock Island
Ilinoi
Mark I. Shaw
Florence Fisher
Magnus Neilson
E. Peterson
Des Moines
Knoxville area mourns teen deaths and local injuries
Cordova News notes sorrowful traffic tragedies near Knoxville with James Templeton arriving shortly after the crash. It lists multiple local health and family updates, school events, and community notices, including enrollments, meetings, and a cancer drive in Red Rock.
Local family notices around weddings and visits
Mrs. Wm De Heer of Leighton helped with paper duties at the J Newenhouse home. Visitors include Mrs M Vande Krol and son from Sully, Betty Vander Beck of Pella and Richard Ballast of Grand Rapids at a wedding in Pella. Several families hosted and visited relatives in Pella Rose Hill and St Paul with birthdays and distant calls, noting a cooperative supper for Mrs Steele’s birthday and travel news from McChord AFB Tacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Deur
Henry Vander Linden
A. C. de Jong
Wm. de Heer
Leighton
J. Newenhouse
M. Vande Krol and Son
Sully
Parenta van Veldhuizen
Jacob Grootveld
Ralph Lewis
Pekin
Pella
Betty Vander Beck
Richard Ballast
Grand Rapids
Mich
W. van Ze
Jennie Dykstra
A. L. Cruzen
Alva Steele
Mary
H. A. Albertson
Dick Potter
Paul Strunk
Maxine
Pfe
George A. Steele
McChord A.F.B
Tacoma
Washington
John Brink
Richard Brink
St. Paul
Minn
Clair Mick
Clifford Cruzen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sully News
Arletta M. Terlouw
Arthur Vander Pal
Bert Renaud
Mur Ricel
Verland
Bryce Macy
Curtis
Mark
Lester Huyser
Pyt
Wm. Sylvester
St. Louis
Glen Vander Pol
Leighton News
G. G. Versteegh
Otley News
Chas, Vander Kolk
Crowe
Pella Supply CO
Cornie van Roekel
Mgr
Peoria News
Settop
Hybrine
Lawrence G. Dykstra
Iowa
Pfister
John G. Ver Ploeg
A. P. Vander Beek
Sally Tunis
Dykstra
Leighton Nick Geurts
Knoxville
Pfister Associated Growers, Inc
Monroe, Iowa
Monroe News
H. W. Vriezelaar
Cordova
Roy Karr
Marion County
James Templeton
Bert Harsclaar
Jeanette
Alvin Waardhuizen
John van Hemert
Anna Roff
Carl Reese
Texas
Jess Lee Rand
Veterans’ Hospital
Darlene Karr
Anna Ma
Wilden Hospital
Bob Graham
van Hemert
Waily Morris
Stone
Faye de Heer
Iowa City
Dan Dingeman
Joe Templeton
New Mexico
Flossie Hoagland
Buth Dingeman
el Paso
Old Mexico
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texarkana
Joe
Esthel Hart
Wanda Clark
Merl Price
Ethel
Fort Leonard Wood
Bill
Lois Zegers
Bill Mikesell
Bill de Heer
San Diego
School Board
Red Rock
Hugh Templeton
Francis Vander Linden
Liberty Corner
Oak Ridge
N.W
Dunreath
Jamnita Cronkhite
Edith Rookey
Macon
Missouri
Bryan
Ellen
Howard Karr
Golden
Woman's Club
Betty Wells
Irma Roff
Cecil Price
Otley Co-op
Terralac
Memorial Hall
Alma Jones
Iowa State College
Marilyn Olson
North Polk
Summit
Lake Prairie
van Arkel
Dick Brewers
J. L. Templeton
T.V
Sherry Karr
Nancy Rowan
Mildred Meadows
Adams
Nebr
Harry Barnes
Nellie Tucker
Roy
Uncle Leaf
You
General Electric
RC Aa ToLae
Veenstra
Pella, Lowa
Oskaloosa News
Lizabeth Newenhouse
Elie
van Houweling
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