News of Nearby Towns and Rural Communities
Local notes recount visits among families in Pella Sully Monroe and Newton plus hospital stays and birthdays. Individuals named include the Vande Noord families Vogelaar Willemsen Poortinga Dykstra Van Doorninck Van Wyk and others with trips to Des Moines Knoxville and Newton. Mary Vriezelaar returns home after two week hospital stay. Conscription notices list Myron Van Wyk Edwin Vander Ploeg among eight Marion County youths sent to Ft Des Moines for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Vande Noord
Oskaloosa
Clarence Vogelaar
Beverly
Pella
C. Vogelaar
Jeff Willemsen
C. Vonk
Sully
Bert van Zee
Don Poortinga
Marion
Harold
Neal Willemsen
Jake Dickema
Joe Kool
John Bloodaworth
Elmer Vogelaar
Des Moines
Albert de Joode
Wilma
Norma Jean Swank
Dave Vander Ploeg
Harold Wittmer
Betty
Perquilla
Monroe
Walter van Doorninck
Maggie Dykstra
Marion County
Ft. Des Moines
Edwin Vander Ploeg
Doris Lee
Neal Heemstra
Newton
Martin van Wyk
Frank van Zante
Willa Mac
Margaret Ellen
Des Moine
Mamie Vander Ploeg
L. A. Dykstra
Galesburg
Albert Dykstra
Dykstras
Collins
Town
Weather shifts and church events in Peoria
Peoria notes a cool northwest wind after a warm spell with rains. fall wheat and clover suffered frost, but pastures look fine. Richland Township Board of Review met at Peoria Hall to hear land assessment complaints. Christian school reopened after Easter. Minnie Bokhoven visited by Peoria Girls' Society. Bart Vander Wal suffers neuritis. Geo Stursma’s brood house fire injures a few chicks. National Christian Schools secretary Mark Fakkema spoke, with slides, on Christian education. A church basement program and sale raised funds. Baby Robert Wayne born to Mr and Mrs Lester Pethoven. Mrs L Van Wyk operated at Jahaska Hospital Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review of
Richland Township
Peoria
Christian School
Minnie Bokhoven
Peoria Girls’ Society
Gerrit Roose
Minnie
Bart Vander Wal
Geo. Stursma
George
Mark Fakkema
Chicago
National Union of Christin Schools
Our
Lester
Pethoven
Robert Wayne
L. van Wyk
Jahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Sully High Looks at New Projection Machine and Events
Sully public schools bought a Victor projecting machine and showed educational films in the past month. Teachers and students took part in a Sophomore class picnic sponsored by athletic coach Ham-Te. Mrs Kempe visited Os kal oosa relatives while Miss McKray hosted a glassware talk by Ruth Paine of Grinnell at the Apres Modi club. Kellogg beat Sully 12 to 9 in a Thursday baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
Wayne Wildman
Des Moines
Marion Kempe
Oskaloosa
Ethel McKray
Quincy, I
Ham- Te
David McCulley
Ruth Paine
Grinnell
Paine
Hildegardo Wilkenson
Gladys Lippke
Gladys Howell
Ruth Pain
Ethel Ay
Sully High School
Kellogg High School
Kellogg
Local social notes include hospital stays and gatherings
Mrs Emily Hamilton of Grinnell visited Supt and Mrs David Mc culley while Miss Jeanetta Beyer recovered from an appendectomy at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton. Several local residents hosted and attended dinners and showers at homes of Van Wyk Monsma Willemsen Vander Wilt and Bont, with many names listed as guests and hosts during a series of Sunday visits and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Hamilton
Grinnell
David McCulley
Jeanetta Beyer
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
William E. Jansen
Newton Hospital
D. Kolenbrander
Springfield
South Dakota
Kolenbrander
Dick van Wyk
D. Sjaardema
Pella
Nellie van Maanen
John van Maanen
Nick Hoksbergen
B. P. Hu
Lane Dunnink
C. Y. Shipman
Elizabeth Verwers
Lane van Zee
Art van Maanen
Jeff Willemsen
Albert Buitenwerf
K. D. Monsma
Ralph Moes
L. W. de Penning
Simon Vander Pol
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Jeanette Willemsen
Vera van der Wilt
Martin van Wyk
Ralph de Vries
Carroll’ Vander Wilt
Irene Willemsen
Henry Willemsen Jr
Bruce
Jo Willemsen
Ray Willemsen
Kellogg
Joe Paltzer
Leonora Jane
Arnold Klein
Aryle
Pleasantville
Bill Sjaardema
Bert de Jong
John Bont
Kelloge
AWC
Bont
Harris Bont
Omes
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Helpers
Case News lists Mr and Mrs Tunis Van Maanen with children visiting Mrs Van Maanen's mother Mrs Roy Fortuin in Oskaloosa, Jessie Hill and family visiting, Grace Elscott helping with housecleaning, P T A meeting at Lynnville school, Rufford Pethoven visiting, Bri and Jessie Hill and Walter attending a Boone funeral, Marie Meppelink helping with housecleaning, and the Terpstra and Brand families visiting at the Elscott home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis van Maanen
Ray Ludwick
Bri
Jessie Hill
Walter
Boone
Marie Meppelink
Henry Willemsen
Gusta Terpstra
Leah
Killduff
John Brand
Clarence
Frances
John Elscott
Local Social Notes from Fifield and Nearby Areas
Saturday and Sunday visits filled Fifield and nearby homes with family and friends. Pella guests included Mr and Mrs Don Douwstra and Mr and Mrs William Klein while Oskaloosa and Des Moines ties appeared in wedding and REA meeting attendances. A Liberty school teacher Miss Gretchen Dunnink wed Lawrence L Birkenholz in Des Moines. Achievements Day in Knoxville and a Sunshine Sunday school shower highlighted community happenings with multiple Zegers Klein and Kuiken families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Douwstra
Pella
C. Vanden Berg
Mary
William
Ervie Zegers
Jacob Kuiken Jr
William Klein
Gradus Klein
Henry Minders
Fern
Jacob Meinders
Henry
Sarah Mae
Oskaloosa
Mra
E. H
John Vanden Berg
Marvin
Kenneth
John Klein
Monroe
Gretchen Dunnink
Liberty School
Lawrence L. Birkenholz
Des Moines
Alta Marie Beyer
Otley
C. J. Kuiken
Knoxville
Jacob Kulken Jr
Vanden Berg
Gradua Klein
Alice
Jess de Raad
Delight Karr
Jim Vander Leost
Norman
Wm. Zegers
Whitebreast
Laveda Kamp
Christian Church
Sunshine
Jim van Wealden
Parentm
Zegers
Christine Jensen
Erma Helen Roorda
Mattie Vriere- Jaar
Doris Lee
Leighton Church Groups Report Busy Week Activities
Christian Endeavor members enjoyed Tuesday by Rogers in a recent attendance contest and games after supper. Willing Workers met Saturday with twenty present. Ruth De Heer led options and Rest Onstine gave a mission study. Violin solos and poems were shared while Bible study on Job was led. Wm. Hugen of Pella visited relatives Sunday as Homer Rempe went to Quincy, Illinois on business. Lower grade pupils hosted a Friday shower for classmate Joan Brummel ill with inflammatory rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Rogers
Ruth de Heer
Esther m
Viola Dykstra
Velma de Prengeer
Faye
Norena Grandia
Wm. Hugen
Pella
Dick Hugen
Homer Rempe
Quincy
Hlinoi
Leighton School
Joan Brummel
Otley News Briefs Touch Down In Des Moines Area
Cordova News reports Dorothy Waardhuizen aiding Grandma in Otley as household matters unfold after word arrived Tuesday evening that Will Bakker of Pella, husband of a sister of Grandma Waardhuizen, died suddenly. Ruth, who taught at Red Rock school, Beulah De Heer contracts illness with red measles. Ethel Hart and Ruth Perkey visited Ralph Hart at the Des Moines hospital Wednesday and Sunday. Thursday morning doctors set a broken leg and applied a cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Waardhuizen
Otley
Grandma Waardhuizen
Siser
Will Bakker
Pella
Ruth
Red Rock
Beulah de Heer
Ethel Hart
Ruth Perkey
Des Moines
Ralph Hart
Marion County notes and county events recap
A fragmented Marion County page notes Achivement Day attendance by Lake Prairie with 24 people and a banquet in Knoxville for teachers and school boards. Bridge work on Cordova bridge. a new sand and gravel pit south of the river bridge at the Dawson farm. Various visits, illnesses, and junior high testing slated for May 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hone
Charles Nesda
Mert's
Dawson
Aloe van Wyke
Gerrit van Wyke
Corda Karr
Raymond and
Worth
Roy Karr
Marion County
Lorena van Hemert
Twila
Calvin Bricker
Forrest Dailey
Monroe
Lindberg
Pete van Ihe
Funeral attendance noted at Third Reformed Church
Several from the vicinity attended the funeral of Mr. J. W. Bakker in the Third Reformed Church of Pella on Thursday. The event followed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Van Heukelom and Glenn attending the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bakker
Third Reformed Church
Pella
Louis van Heukelem
Glenn
Wedding ring rites and local visits around Oskaloosa
The article lists a series of social notes including Alda Mae and Raymond Overberg's Tuesday afternoon wedding at the bride’s parents in Pella. It mentions J G Van Rockel in Mahaska Hospital and other visits by Julius Ustermarkt, Mrs. Herman Bogaard, and families of Van Ommen, Kolenbrander, and Van Heukelem. Caroline Stuursma helps with housework and spends the weekend with her parents near Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ding
Alda Mae
Raymond Overberg
Gerrit van Heukerom
Pella
G. J. van Rockel
Mahaska Hospital
Julius Ustermarkt
J. G. Gabel
Oskaloosa
Herman Bogaard
Jarry Wayne
Mercy
Caroline Stuursma
Louis van Heukelem
Peoria
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Delos Wittenburg
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Neal Hiemstra
Effie Kathryn
Walter Verought
Ben van Wyk
Will Dixon
Ira Honnold
DeVayne Honnold
Waterloo
Matilda Jabaai
Walter Van _Doorninck
Clark Wheatcraft
Edith
Wilma Shaw
Ralph W. Agan
Colfax
Riley Burton
Earl Amble
Robert Baker
Jean
Korrine Vriezelaar
Gradus Vriezelaar
Jackie
G. J. Vriezelaar
Richland School
Roy Vander Ploef
Dwain van Roekel
Blaine Vriezelaar
Elmus Burton
Gysbert Heeren
Denny
S. A. Kooyman
Feed and Supplies
J. H. Shinn Hatchery
East First Street
Pella, Iowa
Peoria News
Sully News
Ella Dress Club
Case News
Fifield News
Leighton News
Cordova
Centennial Circle News
Auto Furnituree
Federal Discount Corp
M. Naaktgeboren
Mar
S. Market St. Oskaloosa
Rigg
John
Bill
ADLA
Vander Linden's
Sunnyside
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
Simmons
America
Rosa
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