Local Rural Notes Highlight Community Events
Sunday dinner hosts Mr and Mrs James Van Wyk and family and a Cedar school talk by Dr Alfred Halmann on classroom environment. Harrison township farming update. C H Boosters meeting with plans for a Mother's tea on May 8. 15 members attended with discussions on future careers, flowers, lamps, and a wood talk. Visits and travels noted include various residents to Michigan, Grand Rapids, and Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James van Wyke
Ronnie
Heer
Leighton
Harrison Township
Merletopie
Citizenship
Cedar School
Alfred Halmann
C & H Boosters
Judy McBurney
Dorothy Randell
Margaret Picken
Jean
Joyce Vander Linden
Dorothy
Harriett Els
Lola Lappin
Don Donna Witt
Harriett Randell
Barbara Loving
Judy Mel Burney
Donna Witt
Henry Hoffman
Pella
A. Ct Ringlestine
James van Wyk Bry
Newenhouse
New Addre
John Heslinga
Maint
Rapid City
J. J. Baas
Washington D. C
Henry Ray
Bert Vander Wilt
Bert Strunk
Harrison Zippers
Betty Fynaardt
Peoria News Briefs Reflect Local Church Activities and Loss
A congregational meeting occurred Monday in the church basement led by Rev. Bernard J. Haan of Sioux Center. Pella pastors Rev. A J Rus and Rev. H Vander Kam swapped pulpits Sunday afternoon. Marion Holbe became a father of a baby son. Mrs. Kate Vander Molen of Pella assists at home. Connie Vos family moved from Peoria church to Bethel Christian Reformed. Miss Bonna Rose Nibbelink substitutes in grade four. Cornelius Boerelyn returned from Pine Rest and attended church. Dave De Wit, longtime resident, died in Oskaloosa at eighty five and was buried in Peoria cemetery. Fencing, manure hauling and plowing keep days busy as warm weather prompts growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin E. Dear
Fremont
Michigan
Marian Posthumus
Gerald Vander Wiel
Grand Rapids
Pine Beat Sanatorium
Marion John de Jong
Nelson Rey Nibbelink
John Pethoven
Robert Pethoven
Peter A. de Jong
Sioux Center
Iowa
A. C. de Jong
Iris Joan de Jong
Marcian Jeanne
Yountra Mae van Gorp
Alda Sophie van Wyngarden
Pella
Peoria Christian School
Cate
Herbert Lockyer
Bernard J. Haan
A. J. Rus
H.vander Kam
Second Christian Reformed Church of
Marion Hol
Moll
Kate Vander Molen
Connie Vos
Peoria Church
Bethel Christian Reformed Church
Pella Legin Hall
Bonna Rose Nibbelink
Marion Franji
Tvo
Cornelius Boerelyn
Pine Rest
Dave de Wit
Oskaloosa
Peoria
Cordova News Highlights Local Happenings
Local notices report Faye De Heer returning home from Collins Memorial Hospital and Rosa Dailey starting work at Duncan's cafe in Monroe. Aunt Betsy Moomaw to be visited in Des Moines as Herman and Opal De Heer plan the trip. Maud Rankin hospitalized for back injury with x rays planned at Knoxville Hospital. Oak Ridge school sale at auction for 549 dollars after 49 years. Don Kaldenberg killed near Monroe by a falling tree. his son Earl studies at Iowa Wesleyan College. Runnells American Legion selling Red Poppies. Homemakers meet at Memorial Hall Knoxville on April 24, 1952 at 10:00 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye de Heer
Collins Memorial Hospital
Rosa Dailey
Duncan
Monroe
Herman
Opal de Heer
May van Hemert
Des Moines
Betsy Moomaw
Terrill
Bryan Karr
Blanche Gilchrist
Marie Langstraat’s
Maud Rankin
Maxine
Jane
Knoxville
Olle Stevens
Pleasantville
Carroll de Heer
Dunreath
Oak Ride
Don Kaldenberg
Earl
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Bill
Darlene
Marion Co. Farm Bureau
Sewing Center Plan and Community Notices
Instruc tor Lucille Rea notes river water levels from Friday to Sunday. Gab and Dab Club members taken to Marjorie Hendrine's in Mercer Mo. Amvet Aux program April 80 1962 at Otley. Puppet show and fair with ad mission details. Birth of Jo Maurine Test on April 12 1962 at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines weighing 7 lbs 7 oz. Mrs. Test is Lois Reed before marriage. Maytags employee Marlene Deltrick in Newton. Puppet show and refreshments advertised. Donahue family report for Fort Benning Georgia. Dell Birkenholtz injured leg. Price family updates and plastering plans. Beulah Baughman Reams diagnosed with TB entering hospital for 2 years. Ed Price and Hoover Dam trip notes. Seventh Day Adventists welfare report lists flood aid totals in Iowa Des Moines area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Rea
Luck Daisy
Barr
Alice Hummell
Mercer Mo
Marjorie Hendrine
Amvet
Otley
Proj
Maurice Test
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Jo Maurine
Nicki Lee
Nicki
Ames
Nadine
Test
Lois Reed
Marlene Deltrick
Newton
Maytags
Punch and
Judy
Fair Oaks
Bot Donahue
Doris Wilbur Donahue
Linda
Fort. Benning
Georgia
Dell Birkenholtz
Bill As
Ea Price
Albertust
Jimmy
Ray de Moss
James Templeton
Beulah Baughman Reams
Howard Reams
Omery Baughman
Ed Price
Los Angeles
Hoover Dam
Howard
Cecil Price
Missouri
Doreas
Jessie Snyders
Tracy
Roberta Hodgson
Daley Will
Seventh Day Adventist
Rivarille, Eines
Knoxville Relief Center Highlights Community Aid
The report notes 27 food baskets given away and 560 hours of Christian help with bedding and furnishings valued at 250 dollars. It credits 186 needy persons helped and 1284 dollars in estimated value, mentioning Carrol De Heer moving near Knoxville and others like Buddy De Beer injured by barbed wire, Myr De Heer expected home soon, and Gerald Arment farming the Mikesell place north of Cordova.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Carrol de Heer
Buddy de Beer
Myr de Heer
Bill Mikesell
Ft. Leonard Rood
Jamies Templeton
Gerald Arment
Mikesell
Cordova
Monroe community notes and social visits in Ames and Monroe
Local social calendar records Baptismal services at a Wallace Ogg home in Ames. Numerous visits to Newton, Des Moines, and Perry. Married couples and Sunday classes gather for pot luck, games, and church services. Visitors include residents from Nevada, Ottumwa, Langenthal, Seattle, Portland, and Luke Air Force Base Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Ogg
Wallace Ogg
Ames
Baptist Church
Melcher Bappak Curch
Hutchinson
Lelehet Waa
Wesleyan Society
John Grosnevor
Newton
Grosnevor
F Henrietts Lille
Laural Buckley
Jack Duncan
Johnny
Des Moines
The
Baptist Sunday School
Peter van Ryswyk
Galveston
Texas
James van Hemert
van Hemert
Dorothy van Ryswyk
Donald Jay
Gayle
Nevada
Monroe
Jay
Anne Breed
Ottumwa
Peter Breed
Anna de Leeuw
Ralph Gloyd
Ernest Rutishauser
Langenthal
Switzerland
Notable visitors attend furlough weekend gathering in Iowa
Arizona guests on a 30 day furlough joined honorees and many relatives for a weekend gathering. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Gradus Vande Lune and Gene, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Vande Lune of Prairie City, Mia Marvin Vande Lune and Mary Ellen of Des Moines, Doyle tia and Linda Van Wyngarden, and host Miss Berta Wittmer of Newbury with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wittme. Mrs. Dean Foster and Vicki of Boone joined the family weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Herwehe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Gradus Vande Lune
Gene
Doyle Vande Lune
Prairie City
Mia
Marvin Vande Lune
Mary Ellen
Des Moines
Doyle
Tia
Linda van Wyngarden
Berta Wittmer
Newbury
Harold Wittme
Dean Foster
Vicki of Boone
Howard Herwehe
Community Notes From Summit Area Residents
Summit area residents share social visits and family news. Mr and Mrs Jack Duncan with Johnny of Monroe hosted dinner Monday in the James Vriezelaar home and several community youngsters recovered from a three day measles illness. News covers visits, shifts in households, 4 H meetings, and local travel including Des Moines and Boulder trips, plus a new Avon representative in Otley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Duncan
Johnny
Monroe
James Vriexelaar
Hattie Barnes
David Vos
Janet
Viola Karr
Ronald Kalverg
Helen Plate
Prairie City
Roy’ Vander Ploeg
Wallace Ogg
Anna Velma
Verle Ver Dught
Cora- Jee Vriezelaar
Lester Ver Dught
Twila
Marvin Verros
Frank van Zante
Greeley
Colorado
Ivan Kaldenberg
Marine
T. H. Kaldenberg
Ruth
Loren West
Laura Jane
Boulder
H. W. Vriezelaar
Otley Amvet program features German band in Pella
The Otley Amvet Auxiliary hosts a program Wednesday April 30 at 7:45 p.m. in the Otley schoolhouse with a Monroe German band and musical numbers by Nora Van Essen and the Van Sardholzergs. Local youngsters Readings and exercises. free admission with lunch to follow. community invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion van Houweling
Pella
E Otley Amvet
Otley School
Monroe
Murray n_Hemert lah
Nora van Essen
Deloris Vansardholzerg
Shirley Ley
Cornie Leen Baard
Otley
Commanity
Ean
Anie Beyer
Elmer van Hemert
Edwin Dean
Myra Joyce
Francis van Dusseldorp
Elmer
Francis
James Vriezelaar
Clint
Johnny Phifer
Kar Wy Vander’ 'Pises
Philip Clevenger
Stevie Hewitt
Alice Vander Werff
Eileen Vriezelaar
Beth
Harley Green
Gerrit van Wyk
Gary
Alvin
Prairie City
Suni
L. van Dusseldorp
Pell
Ross Ratcliff
Lynnville
Oskaloosa Visit Leads Weekend Social Calls
Walter Van Doorninck visited Oskaloosa on Saturday. Mrs Alice Clevenger of Monroe called on her daughter Friday. Mr James Vriezelaar hosted visitors Friday. Mr and Mrs Harold Vander Hart and Larry of Monroe spent Friday evening with Mr and Mrs Francis Van Dusseldorp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atrs
Freis van’ Dusseldorp
Harold Vander Hart
Larry
Monroe
John Tukker
Elmer Tukker
Linda
Kenneth
Eileen
Connie Tukker
Pella
John Weyers
Keith and
Mark
Edwin Dean van Hemert
Francis van Dusseldorp
Walter van Doorninck
Oskaloosa
Alice Clevenger
Monoe
James Vriezelaar
Don’t pasture cows too early warns extension dairyman
Robert Fincham, extension dairyman at Iowa State College, cautions against early pasture. He advises letting pastures with legumes grow to six inches before turning stock onto them to support pasture growth for the rest of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fincham
Iowa State College
Practice safety with right tools and gear
Having the correct tools and equipment is a key safety step. Many small repairs are done using these tools and a supply of machine bolts.
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Lisabeth Newenhouse
Peoria News
Herman A. de Jong
AGS Ca aNe
Bi & Rus
Gervic
Rus
Roy
Karr
Greyhound
Re Vocation Lanningervice
Lee Greyhound
Calif
New York City
Denver, Colo
Asa
Liett
Caak Sentey
Qreyroure
Monroe News
Mra. H. W
Vriezelaar
Summit News
Mous
International
Pella, Iowa
Renee
Ces
Farm Bureau Members
John Vanden Baard
Otley, Iowa
Dexter
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