Easter Dinner Scenes and Local Notices Across Towns
Grandma Hart and family were entertained at dinner Easter Sunday at the Lynn Perkey home with a chair carry for Grandma. Ruckman teaches Fair. three carloads of piling and one cement load arrive in Cordova for the bridge gang. Donahue obituary notes birth in 1868 and death in 1938 with family details. Local visits include Karrs, Dailey, Flem ing, Templeton, and others. Easter church services and flower ladies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Hart
Ralph Hart
Madge
Lynn Perkey
Grandma
Jes Aid
Clyde Karr
George Dailey
Roy
Big Karr
Pete
Harold Fleming
Bill Vor Steg
Iowa City
Roberts
Bricker
Alice
Ted
Ruckman Ha
Calvin Bricker
Cordova
Mildred Oswald
Madge Hart C. Huigen
Joe Templeton
Pella
Jennie Starr Donahue
Red Rock
Hr Son Royal
Monroe
Elias
Celinda Starr
James Donahue
Orval
Sybil
Cleveland
Ohio
Royal
Dora Bell
Minnesota
Rev. McDonald
Ethel Hart
Gerry Price
Jesus Savior
Nettie LeGrand
Leo Horseman
Essie Hanning
Roy Shilling
Dewey Ford
Ray Horseman
Grover Williams
Martha Kate Karr
Grace Karr
Frank Rexroat
Telia Roush
Summit social notes include dinners and club meeting
Summit Mr and Mrs Forest Hedrick dinner guests Easter Sunday in P H Vos home. Mr and Mrs J W Pringle Dwight Caleta and Philip dinner guests in H W Vriezemar home. Summit Homemakers club meets Wednesday afternoon May 4 at Mrs Robert Kal denberg south of Otley. Don’t forget the flower seed exchange. Mrs Louis Van Roekel and Miss Kathryn Vriezelaar attended practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hedrick
P. H. Vos
J. W. Pringle
Dwight, Caleta
Philip
H. W._ Vriezemar
Summit Homemakers’ Club
Robert Kaldenberg
Otley
Louis van Roekel
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Prac
Harold Wittmer
Monroe
Dave Vander Ploeg
Alfred van Wyk
L. van Dusseldorphom
M.C. van Hemert
Reuben
Gerrit Aalbers
Gerrit Vander Leest
Gerrit Brower
Sam Sedrell
Gysbert Aalbers
H. W. Vriezelaar
Mary
Coralee
J. F. Hiemstra
Pella
Henry Aalbers
Otley Reformed Church
Prairie City
Gradys Vrieze- Jaar
Des Moines
Otley Christian
Rural Women’s Chorus Parade Rest and Easter Cantata News
Resting after the Knoxville parade, Rural Women's Chorus performance noted. Pella and Otley events include Easter Cantata detours due to rain. Obituary recalls Edward Gaylord Wheeler, longtime veterinarian and horseman, born 1868 in Pella with life woven through Iowa farm and Sibley Wheeler Farm eras.
Porterville Social Notes Highlight Oskaloosa Visits
Porterville residents and families report Easter and weekend visits. Mrs Henry H Van Oene hosted visits with Mrs A B Goemaat and others. Ed ward Scott home in Oskaloosa welcomed Connie Vanden Baard family and Agnes Jansen for Easter dinner. Calls noted about storm repair and delayed telephone service lasting nearly two weeks.
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Henry H. van Oene
A.B. Goemaat
Connie Vanden Baard
Norman
Shirley
Agnes Jansen
Edward Scott
Oskaloosa
Maxine Robertus
Henry H. van Dene
Porterville
Dorothy Goemgat
Cornelia and
Elsie van Oene
Henry van, Essen
Marilyn Joyce
North of Pella
John de Zwarte
Murry Suisma
Elsie and
Cornelia Vanene
Dorothy Goemaat
Anna Mae Den Hartog Dies at 13 in Iowa
Anna Mae Den Hartog, daughter of Egbert and Henrietta Den Hartog, was born near Pella Iowa on December 8 1924 and died at her home north of Oskaloosa on April 8 1938 at age 13 years 4 months. She leaves her parents two brothers Carl and Dale grandparents Mr and Mrs C Den Hartog and a host of relatives and friends. In her long period of ill health Anna Mae maintained a cheerful disposition and faith in Christ. A few days be
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Anna Mae den Hartog
Egbert and
Henrietta den Hartog
Pella
Oskaloosa
Carl
Dale
C. den Hartog
Anna Mae
Mnainta
Christ
Doc Wheeler Passes at 70 in Sibley Iowa
Described as a faithful church member and horse and livestock judge, DeWitt “Doc” Wheeler of Sibley died at his home on Tuesday April 12 1938 aged 70 years 1 month and 24 days. Survived by wife of Sibley three sons Louis Fred Earl and others. funeral at First Congregational Church Sibley with further services at Pella Iowa.
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Des Moines
First Congregational Church of
Sibley
Mr. Wheeler
Louis E. Wheeler
Fred E. Wheeler
Earl E. Wheler
Madison
Wisconsin
B. Wheeler
Santa Rosa
California
Pella
First Congregational Church
Iowa
Paul P. Jackson
Death comes to Frank Rexroat
Frank Rexroat died of a heart attack Friday April 22 at his farm between Fifield and Pella. Funeral services were held April 25 at Otley. Surviving are his wife and seven children Walter, Mrs Roy Nollen of Newton, Mrs Arie De[rest]
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Frank Rexroat
Fifield
Pella
Otley
Rexroat
Rexvoat
Walter
Roy Nollen
Newton
Arie de
Family ties and historical notes linked to Rexroat kin
Hoedt of Monroe and Mrs. Lillie Waits of near Knoxville are named with several grandchildren and siblings including Merl Albert Noon Anna Lust George Lust Kamper and Glenn McKee. The Rexroat family carries historic Des Moines county ties with Rexroat’s father being the second white child born near Burlington.
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Hoedt
Monroe
Lillie Waits
Knoxville
Ferne
David
Donald
Merl
Albert Noon
Anna Lust
George Lust
Reasner
Kamper
Newton
Glenn McKee
Tracy
Bert
Iowa City
Rexroat
Des Moines
Burlington
First White Child Born in County Highlighted
The report notes that his father's cousin, born a week earlier, was the first white child to be born in the county, marking a historic demographic milestone for the area.
Banks To Close Early On Thursdays And Saturdays
Closing notice announces banks will shut at noon each Thursday and at 3 p m on Saturdays from April through the summer, affecting Marion County State Bank and Pella National Bank. The notice invites readers to use want ads for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion CO. State Bank
Pella National Bank
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EAT Market
Ulrich
Central Park
Lautenbach
Ver Dught
Dean Sadler
H. H. Sadler
Gradus Vriezelaay
Neal Heemstra
Will Brunia
Edward G. Wheeler
Edward Gaylord Wheeler
Wilhelmina Snyders Wheeler
Chicago Veterinary College
Anna Lankelma
Fairfield
Europe
France
Belgium
Wheeler Farm
Henriette Bousquet Egan
Pillsbury
Kellogg's
Wayne
Penn Co-op
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
Populi
BPS
Westinghouse
Arang
ARS
Ekel Feeless
Sanalloy Frostes Amare
Superoven
Revere. Berg Electric Co
Pella, Lawa
Slobe’s
Benteco
Red Check
Tri-State
Renay Serve
Tan
Jemteco
Cascade Ian
Gan
Lewis Lye
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