Pi Kappa Delta Initiates Joint Beta Chapter Meeting
The Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta at Central College joined Simpson College Epsilon chapter for a joint initiation Tuesday evening. After dinner by the Home Economics Cottage foods class and a program by President E.E. Voigt, seven members from Central were honored for debate and oratory skills. Next year the two groups will meet in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta
Pi Kappa Delta
Central College
Epsilon
National Forensic Fraternity
Simpson College
E.E. Voigt
Simpson
Pella
Charles Botkin
Lawrence Ben Besten
James Dunham
John Hesselink
Shard Bartlema’s 80th birthday celebration noted
Leighton resident Shard Bartlema marked his 80th birthday with sixteen guests including family from Leighton Route 3 Pella Oskaloosa and nearby towns. The event featured gifts and a lunch. The same evening a fall school year closing meeting at the schoolhouse welcomed two new families and four new members. Officers for the coming year were elected with Simon Terlouw as president Peter Swank vice president Bert Van Hemert secretary and C Rook treasurer. A vote of thanks was given to the retiring president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shard Bartlema
Leighton
Lewis Bartlema
Lena Mae
Marjorie
Alfred Josselink
Joan
Route 3
Pella
Jennie Visser
Beulah Hays
Ray B. Johnson
Sandra
Richard
Oskaloosa
John R. van Gorp
Peter J. Zwank
Simon G. Terlouw
Peter J. Swank
Bert. van Hemert
C. Rook
Home, Sweet Home
Woman's Federated Club Holds Mexico Program And Plans
Members heard Wm Wing of Central College discuss his Mexico trip. Elections were held for 1947 1948 with Mrs C C Buerkens president and others named. Crowell Sents couple wed in Los Angeles. ELDEEN and Moonlight Mission Band events noted. Obituary for Herman W Vander Linden, long time Leighton resident, with funeral details and card of thanks from family.
Births and obituaries from T. Zylstra and C. Dieleman
Obituaries detail the death of Mrs. T. Zylstra born 1866 in Gypskerk Netherlands who died 1947 after aging 80. She immigrated in 1887, married Tjebbe Zylstra in 1895 and had a daughter Grace. Funeral at Second Christian Reformed Church, Oakwood burial. Also obituary for Cornelius Dieleman born 1874 at Pella Iowa who died 1947 in Magnolia Iowa aged 72 with wife and children named, funeral at Van Dyk with Rev. Haverkamp and Graceland interment. a later thanks note from the Dieleman family.
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X. Crowell
Sents
Pern Crowell
Vernon Crowell
Los Angeles
California
Tunis Sents
L. A. Sents
Pella
Calif
Harms
Edminston
Nash
Dorothy Crowell
Jantje Hocksema
Tjebbe Hocksema
Geeske Siruiksema
Gypskerk
Groning
Netherlands
Ami Ica
Tjebbe Zylstra
Grace
Grace den Adel
Enne Hoeksema
Jacob Stop
Zylstra
Home For the
Second Christian Reformed Church
Second
Christian Reformed Church
Theo. Verhulst
Oakwood
Cornelius Dieleman
Wil Jem Dieleman
Adrianna Stek
Iowa
Magnolia
Dirkie Rietveld
Wilms
Harry Follette
Andlizabeth
Milo Couchman
Galesburg
Inl
Norman
Wayne
Delane LaFollette
William
John Dieleman
Sully
Lambert Moes
Johanna Vande Hoek
Lynnville
C. Vander
Ofsister
Dieleman
van Dyk Funeral
Rev
A. Haverkamp
Graceland Cemetery
Funeral services for infant Donald Lee Aalbers
Don Aalbers infant son of Mr and Mrs Gradus Aalbers of Oskaloosa Iowa died April 21 1947 Mercy Hospital. Services were held April 22 1947 at Oakwood Cemetery with three brothers two sisters and a grandmother Mrs Julius Uster Markt surviving.
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Oakwood
Donald Lee
Gradus Dan Aalbers
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Julius Ustermarkt
Mercy Hospital
Ows
Child Needs Good Care After Attack Of Whooping Cough
A health column warns whooping cough endangers children under five with risks from bronchitis pneumonia and possible death. It stresses early misdiagnosis danger, home isolation, fresh air, careful feeding, and that immunization before exposure wards 85 percent of cases. The Marion County Tuberculosis Association sponsors this health advisory. Abelard and Heloise are noted as buried at Pere la Chaise in Paris.
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Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Mrs William Rouwenhorst Dies At 84 In Portersgrove
Mrs William Rouwenhorst passed away at her family home on April 22 after a long illness. She was eighty four. Funeral services are set for Thursday April 24 at 1 30 PM at the First Christian Reformed Church with interment in Portersgrove cemetery.
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William Rouwenhorst
First Christian Reformed Church
Portersgrove Cemetery
Five Room Cottage Offer Stirs Laughing Couple
Newly married pair considered a bargain at about $3000 for a five room cottage. They learned the agent promised five rooms and a bath but found only five rooms and a path, prompting amused disbelief from the Northwood An chor reader.
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al Fresco
E.K.P
Northwood Anchor
Lawsuit Over Fire Involving Carl Miller and Hogs
A petition filed by Lyle Edwards claims Carl Miller of Indianola caused a hog handling incident where Lyle entered a room and Edwin Edwards oiled hogs to prevent mange. An ignited hog set oil on others aflame, killing several hogs and prompting damages sought totaling 1645 dollars.
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Carl Miller
Indianola
Lyle Edwards
Miller
Edwards
The Male Nagger and Efficiency Theory
A Northwood Anchor item quotes a wife describing her husband as an efficiency expert at a large industrial plant. When asked what that meant she suggests men would call it nagging if women did the same.
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Northwood Anchor
Always Together In Back Bay Alley Bargain
A Boston junk dealer drives a dilapidated wagon through Back Bay while a curious resident asks why he shouts bottles and rags. The dealer answers that wherever the car goes, you’ll always find the second.
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Boston
Back Bay District
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.E.O
B. Baron
Alice Lammers
P.E.O. Society
Theresa Wilkinson
William Shakespeare
Baptist Ladies Aid
Hattie van Cleave
Ruth Vanden Baard
Esther Goedhart
Ruby Boertje
Sandridge
P.T.A
Woman's Federated Club
Wm. Wing
Mexico
C. C. Buerkens
Ed van Zante
K. H. Bean
H. Vande Voort
G. Nihart
Eldeen Club
H. J. Vanden Berg
Mimi
Moonlight Mission Band
M. T. Klein
Moonlight, Mission Band
Washington
Herman W. Vander Linden
Wm. Vander Linden
Jenneke Kolenbrander
Christ
Jesus Christ
Second Reformed Church
Nelle van Vliet
Helen
Toward Glendening
Moline
Margaret
Ernest Steenhock
Wilhelmina Aulfs
Sioux City
Jennie Schalekamp
Sioux Center
M. Vander Linden
Vander Linden
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Gradus A. Aalberts
Oakwood Cemetery
Herman W, Vander Linden
T. Zylstra
C. Dieleman
Donald Lee Aalbers
Abelard
Heloise
Pere la Chaise
Paris
Mahogany
Mahhogany
Simmons
Tapestry
Coolerator
Nesco
Florence
Boat Furniture Company “Quality
George Ramsey
Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra
Veenstra Appliance Co
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