Community Notes From Pella Area Summer Activities
Local residents recount summer visits and gatherings around Pella Cedar Falls Ames and Knoxville. Highlights include Mary Vriezelaar’s river trip training at Town State Teachers College and a bridal shower for Coralee Vriezelaar. A double birth announced by radio reports and a stone marker for the Dragoon Trail near Knox ville are noted with future dedication plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Zickel
R. Brock
Clare McCauley
Earl le Grand
H. C. Dickman
Belva Wilson
June le Grand
Mary Marion Chapter
Daughters of the America Revolution
Knoxville
Plain School
Dragoon Trail
Oskaloosa News Social Roundup At Local Homes And Clubs
Multiple visits and gatherings noted across Oskaloosa area. Mrs. Allen Rempe and others visited Mrs. Groenendyk near Cedar. Herbert Hagen stayed with grandparents in Leighton. Van Veldhuizen party toured Colorado Springs. Harrison Homemakers elected officers led by Tunis Vonk with Mary Cadwallader and Ruth Moore assisting. 4-H demonstrations on serving boxes. picnic set for August 23. Dinner guests included Van Wyk family and De Heer relatives. Rev Nick Roorenboom visiting near Fremont. C and H Boosters 4-H swimming party at Edmundson Park with ten members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Rempe
Abe Rempe
Walter Newendorp
Kruseman
Wm. de Heer
Carl van Veldhuizen
Colorado Springs
Col
Tunis Vonk
Harrison Hommakers
Herbert Hoover
Mary Cadwallader
Vic
Russell Gosslink
Wm. Memmelaar
Gosselin
Frank Hoover
Mary- Sue Fox
Ruth Ann Moore
Anna de Bruyn
Leonard Fynaardt
Hoover
James van Wyk
Ronnie
Leighton
Herbert Hagen
C. Newenhouse
Pells
Neal Newenhouse
J. G. Newenhouse
Nick Roorenboom
Hull
Iowa
L. W. Hasselman
Fremont
C and H Boosters
County Line 4-H meeting and community notices July 1956
The County Line 4-H club met at the Hol home on July 17 1956 led by president Kenneth Rus with fifteen members present. They planned a August 16 Wiener roast at Swimming Pool Park in Pella and discussed fair entries August 6-11. Various social gatherings and reunions are listed with attendees from Newton Monroe Monroe Oskaloosa and Pella. the Visser reunion is set July 31 at West Met Park, and the 1957 reunion is planned for the last Tuesday in July at Pella Pool Park.
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County Line 4-H
Delbert
Janet
Joan
Kenneth Hol
Kenneth Rus
Janice Vander Waal
Pella
Keith Vander Waal
Norman Vs
Ames
Angus
Kenneth
Janice Rus
Roll Gall
Improvement of Earth
Arthur Vriezelaar
Monroe
Wilbur Vanden Noord
Oskaloosa
Elmer Vogelaar
West Met Park
J. J. Buwalde
Leon Ray
Rise and Ronna
Newton
Frank Hiemstra
Ray V1 Dyk
Ronald
Cherilyn
Clifford de Jong
Oskeloo
Peter Westerkamp
Howard
Norma
Taintor
Aart Roekel
Sam Poortinga
Mathilda van Roekel
L. J. Gosselink
M. J. Hiemstra
Lester van Gorp
Larry Linda
Stewart
John Ter Louw
Andy
J. Stra
Johnnie
John Gosselink
John Daryl
Knox
County Estimate Notice for Marion County Iowa 1956 1957
The Marion County Board of Supervisors will hold a meeting on August 20 1956 at 10 am in the Board Room Court House to hear taxpayers for or against the proposed expenditure estimate for the fiscal year beginning January 1 1957. Clifford W Park County Auditor.
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Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Iowa
Board Room
Court House
Clifford W. Park
Local Families Gather in Summer Visits and Birth Notice
Monroe area notices report numerous visits with grandparents and relatives in Baxter Colfax Lynnville Newton and Grinnell. A baby girl arrived August 1 at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton. 90th birthday for D A Sheeler noted with reception attended by family and friends.
Community 4-H Achievement Day and Local Visits
The Happy Hearts and Lucky Lassies 4-H clubs held achievement day August 3 at the Methodist Church basement with demonstrations on Sandwich Spreads and vegetables in the diet. Several members attended and a lunch was served. Nearby visits included Miss Berneice Van Baren of Chicago staying with her parents, and Bertha Buckholtz visiting Des Moines. A two week National Guard Camp course drew Wendall Van Wyngarden to Camp Casper, Wyoming. Miss Rose Taylor has been discharged and moved to Clark Nursing Home Newton. The Nimmo family spent a weekend in Oakland, Iowa, with Timmy Monick visiting. Marie Vander WaDes Moines spent Sunday with Vander Waal family.
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Arla Jane Ver Dught
Ver Dught
Prairie Cit
Milo Chrison
Baxter
Iowa
Peter, van Ryswyk
Loren Bowans
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Raymond Slocum
Colorado
California
Dale McConeghey
Wm. McConeghey
L. W. Gause
Lynnville
Bruce Thomason
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Dick Acklin
Marshalltown
Cheryl Hawkins
Reasnor
A. Dearinger
Arnold Pille
Keith McConeghey
Laura
Michael Pille
McConegheys
Ernest Boat
Floyd Boat
Grinnell
Larry Gause
Duane van Haten
Connie
McConeghey
D. A. Sheeler
I. H. Sheeler
R. L. Sheeler
Council Bluffs
Jeannette Pickens
Anna J. Sheeler
Don Monison
Jerry Tilden
B. Schrader
Fred Birkenholtz
John Gezel
Gary Gezel
Pella
Dale Mullins
Skippy Wood
Colfax
Orville Kaldenberg
Kaldenbergs
Harley Woody
Virginia Blackledge
Mary Livingston
Carol Hjortshoj
Jody Cle
Venger
Joan Vaught
Darlene Bensink
Lois Vaught
53 Years Jim Reardon Relates Lifelong Railroading
Jim Reardon of Eldon says he has enjoyed railroading for 53 years, noting he has spent about 68 years in the hobby and recently retired from active work to devote more time to trains.
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Jim Reardon
Eldon
Long Yard Work Record on Eldon Switch Engine
A worker logged two million miles all on a switch engine in the Eldon yards, marking a remarkable span of time spent on yard duties with a single locomotive.
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Eldon
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Mary Vriexelaar
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Edward Aalbers
Gene Johnson
Augustine
H.W. . Vriezelaar
Coraleo
Ames and
Huxley
Sieb Poortings
Francis
Henriette
Pel
J. van Gorp
Shirley
Philip Henry
Marilyn Kool
Summit School
Bobby Fisher
H. W. Vriezelaar
John Legrand
Floyd Wilson
Coralee Vriezelaar
Wilson
Coralee
Vriezelaar
Hoyt Woody
Mary Vriezelaar
Barbara Worth
Shirley Zickel
Roberta Brock
Jane Sloan
Russell Worth
Peorkills
Schreiner
Beth Brom
Roger Atkins
Patsy Foreground
Gretta van Hemert
Lizabeth
Newenhouse
Leland Balmer
Fred Forker
del Barber
Sherry and
Randy
Harold Wittmer
Ross Kane
Cora Birkenholtz
Phillip van Eckeren
Earl Danks
Waterloo
Dave van der Ploeg
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Francis van Dusseldorp
David
Diane
Black Hills
South Dakota
Maxine van Wyk
Alfred van Wyk
Mitchellville
Summit News
Monroe News
Lois Grooters
Pat Ulrich
New Sharon
Sharon and
Pella Road
Bert Roose
Franklin St
Lees
Heathcliff
Mayfair
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