Nearby Town News Recap and County Events
A detailed column captures letters from Crescent City on a Yellowstone trip and notes regional gatherings. It lists rodeo plans, county fairs, prize wins, and social visits across Newton, Pella, Knoxville, and nearby farms, with multiple family reunions, picnics, and church events sprinkled among farm operations and road work.
Newton Area Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Sally Prof and Mrs Polk and Norma were Newton callers Tuesday morning. Arlene Kruseman of Keota and Mildred Kruseman visit their grandmother Mrs Emma Kruseman. Bruce O Brien visited Wednesday and Thursday with Mrs Alyce Shutts. Milo Vander Kamp had a tonsillectomy Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Jacob Laverman Catherine Clarence and Arlene and Mrs Pete Lanser were Thursday supper guests in the John Laverman home. Will Lanser moved to the Home For The Aged at Pella Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Norma
Newton
Arlene Kruseman
Keota
Mildred Kruseman
Emma Kruseman
Bruce O’brien
Alyce Shutts
Milo Vander Kamp
Jacob Laverman
Catherine
Clarence
Arlene
Pete Lanser
John Laverman
Will Lanser
Pella
Local visitors and guests gathered around C J Kuiken home
Fifield Rev and Mrs Peter Kuiken of Kalamazoo Michigan and Shirley Dawn Wilkinson of Dubuque Iowa visited the C J Kuiken home for a few days last week. Mrs Wm Zegers and children visited Jim Vander Leest home near Monroe Friday evening. John Vanden Berg Gerrit Klein and families from near Monroe motored north of Kellogg Friday evening to attend a miscellaneous shower honoring Mrs Margaret Verners Ridgeway. Irene Bloodsworth spent the past week vacationing in Pella with Tom Bloodsworth. S H Kenning and wife were business callers in Knoxville Saturday afternoon. Dick Van Hal and family from Lynnville were supper guests at the C J Kuilen home last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Waardhuizen
Crescent City
California
Yellowstone Park
Oregon Caves
Siskiyou Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Coast Range
Cascades
Cowles Dam
Sea Lion Caves
Pacific Coast
Columbia River Gorge
Anaconda
Montana
Hazel Bricker
Old Settlers
Marion County
Billy Core
Bud Williams
Clyde Kar
Roy Carr
Paul Cronkhite
Chicago
Ilinois Automobile Association
Klyn
Agnes Marinus
Flora Buwalda
Pella
Pauil
Harold Fleming
E. B. Cochrane
Bondurant
Atkins
Harold Junior
Bondurant Consolidated School
Clyde Core
Alberta Core
Wisconsin Dells
Fifield
Dunreath
Loren Stevenson
Joe Templeton
Dewey Ford
Missouri
Charley
Farrell
Jerry Waites
Alice Zoe
Patsy Eden
Otley
Ning
Wi. de Pen- Lane van Rees
Meppelin
Denver
Cole
D. J. Vos
Harold Kuiper
John Wynberg
Gerrit Roozeboom
Muskegon
Mich
C. C. Macy
Newton
C. B. Welle
Mille Lake
Minn
Amelia Andreas
Evert Verwers
Geo. Ridgeway
Margaret Verwers
Kellogg
Jane Meppelink
Michigan
Sam Fopma
D. Jansen
Jack Laverman
Anna Lanser
Bill de Penning
S. Vander Pol
Helen
Sylvia Kooistra
Bert Renaud
B. P. Heemsbergen
Rev. H. Klein
Pennsylvania
Norma Vis
J.C. de Bruin
C. Vis
L. van Wyke
Oskaloosa
B. P. Huyser
Gerrit Wisgerhof
Wayne Wildman
Kay
Sue Wisgerhof
Marengo
B. Welle
Gordon Phase
Jonas Versteegh
G. Wisgerhof
Kay Wildman
R. J. Heeren
Tone Vander Beek
Colorado
Lou Rolffs
Shenandoah
Ann and
Lester Wisgerhof
Sue
Nellie Budding
Evelyn van Genderen
Scarsboro
Jennie Budding
Jeff Willemsen
Harold’ de Jong
Arthur Dunnick
Doyle Burnham
Percy MacDonald
Elmer Dieleman
Elsie Graham
Graham
Grinnell
Ray Wisgerhof
Judy Ray
Clinton
Glen Wisgerhof
Henry Wisgerhof
J. Niermeyer
Griffioen
Marcelle
Floyd
Ander Zyl
H. G. Jansen
Cora’ Haarthorn
Haarthorn
Gertrude Jansen
Jennie
Ernestine Haarthorn
M. Vanden Hoek
Lou Jansen
Lola May
Wm. E. Jansen
C. Jansen
Henry Nikkel
G. van Norden
Marie
G. E. Jansen
Joe Haarthorn
John Jansen
T. Nikkel
J. Rozenboom
Henry
Kentucky
Tennessee
R. Gifford
Leona Cullough
Matt Holdsworth
C. C. Holdsworth
Neal de Jong
Sheldon
Iowa
Hattie Smith
Joe
Sparks
Old Settlers Grounds
Lynnville
Cornie Terpstra
Nellie
E. C. van Ness
Dorothy
Doris
Howard
Earp
Maytag Park
Kate Kooistra
Sylvia
Wilburn van Wyke
Geo. Swisher
William
Eva Swisher
Vander Wilt
West Market
Sully
Kay Huyser
Flor de Jong
K. B. Ver Steegh
Carrol and Ward
P. Rozendaal
J. Rozendaal
Art Huyser
H. Willemsen
J. de Boer
Sioux Center
Carroll
Byron Versteegh
Bryce Macy
Springfield
Jesse Butin
Blance
Ora Bess Romans
Galesburg
Charles Witt
Des Moines
Lettie Martin
Iida Smith
Albert Herder
Louise Falkland
Colo
Lane van Rees
A. Herder
Kalamazoo
H. B. Boat
Gordon
G. C. Warbel
Minnesota
Shorty
Wisgerhof
Mason City
Will Elyn
J. Schnell
Hattie Hendricks
Charles Castor
W. Shipman
Stoffel Vander Pal
John de Jong
Edington
Wm. Huyser
K. B. Ver Steogh
Minnie Rexroat
Sam
Jasper de Rand
W. H. Verwers
Carol
Pete van Gent
Jake Verwers
Riverview Park
Neal Kuiken
Beyer
Gerrit Vander Waals
Colfax
S. H. Keuning
Hendreka
Mar
Nellie Zegers
Helen Vanden Berg
Albert Keuning
Virgil Bloodsworth
Arthur de Rand
Willie Roush
H. Keuning
Alice
Rose Kuiken
John Vanden Berg
Jim Vander Leest
Norman William
Wm. Zegers
Mary Zegers
Nellie “‘Waardhuizen
Angeline
Rene Engelhoven
Pete Vanden Berg
Anne de Raad
Gertrude of
Jasper de Raad
de Raad
Henry Keuning
Bob Grandin
Barbara Joyce
Dorothy Keuning
Betty Vriezelaar
Paul Buwalda
Peter Kuiken
Shirley Dawn Wilkinson
Dubuque
C. J. Kuiken
Monroe
Gerrit Klein
Margaret Ve
Dave Vander Ploeg
Will Witmer
Harold Wittmer
Betty
Perquilla
Bertha
Mosby
Chariton
Walter van Doornink
H. W. Vriezelaar
Leonard Vos
Wm. de Prenger
Leighton
L. A. van Roekel
Robert
Faye
Shirley
van Roekel
Fairgrounds
Wm. A. Vriezelaar
Lucille Vanden Baard
Anna Slocum
Madeline Vriezelaar
Irena Vriezelaar
Knoxville
Summit Strivers
Summit
John Henry Vriezelaar
Peter
Fairmount
Johnna Vos
Helen van Engelenburg
Wm. Vriezelaar
Marion Go
Wm. van Ee
Elmer Uitermarkt
Julius Uitermarkt
Litchfield
Texas
Summit families attend Mosby reunion and local visits
Summit residents and guests gather for Mosby reunion at Chariton with Vander Ploeg Witmer Wittmer families. Visitors include Van Doorninck, Vriezelaar, Vos, and Leighton residents. Several attend fairs, exhibits, and family gatherings across Oskaloosa Knoxville Marion Go Fairmount and nearby towns.
Local families gather for weekend visits near Leighton and Otley
Rit Bruxvoort and family of Sully joined George Jurnagin and family with Miss Rosamund Birkenholtz for a Friday evening at the Aalber home. Aalbers hosted Julius Uster markt’s nephew Jas per Ustermarkt of Boise, Idaho. Oltshorn of Reasner visited Gerrit Laurens, sharing time with Laurens and sister Mrs Olsthorn. Sunday dinner brought together P. H. Vos with visitors Jerry Mikesell of Rock Island, Merle Stormer and son Donald of Davenport, and Arie Vriezelaar Sr. of Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rit Bruxvoort
Sully
George Jurnagin
Rosamund Birkenholtz
Dan Aalber
Dan Aalbers
Julius Ustermarkt
Leighton
Local families gather for Vande Haar reunion in Eddyville
Eddyville residents hosted a large reunion on Saturday with forty six relatives attending at Gary Vande Haar home. Attendees included William and Marjorie Engbers, Homer Rempe, Kenneth Van Duren, Gertrude Rempe, Neva Veenstram, Phyllis Van Heukelem and many others from Mitchellville Oskaloosa Altoona and Des Moines. A Reformed church service was led by Raymond Van Heukelem and the Sunday school picnic is planned for Edmundson Park in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Ernest Klaaren
Eddyville
Conner Ploeg
Howard Rowland
Wilma
Lorene
Rose Hill
M. M. de Reus
Hazeljane Sprague
Des Moines
Mary van Zuuk
Gerrit van Roekel
Ray and
Erma
Denver
Vande Haar
Gary Vande Haar
William Vande Haar
Donald
Thelma
Mitchell*ville
Martin Vande Haar
Altoona
William Engbers
Marjorie Ann
John Rempe
Homer
Elmer van Duren
Kenneth
Oskaloosa
Hl. G. Rempe
Jerry
Delores
Gerald Rempe
Anne Vande Haar
Gertrude
Henry Veenstram
Neva
Reformed Church
Edmundson Park
Osloosa
Robert den Hartog
J. C. den Hartog
DNA Pethoven Visits With Cousins in Ray Mond Home
DNA Pethoven is visiting with her cousins in the Raymond Youngkin home. Mr and Mrs Henry Willemsen were Oskaloosa shoppers Tuesday afternoon. Mrs John Elscott visited with Mrs Jessie Hill Monday after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dna Pethoven
Raymond Youngkin
Henry Willemsen
Oskaloosa
John Elscott
Jessie Hill
Vander Pols Care for Mrs Baker and Baby in Clifford Baker Home
Miss Henrietta Vander Pol assists in Clifford Baker home caring for Mrs Baker and newborn. Wed nesday visits include Jeanette Williams and Miss Margaret Wise from St. Nichols Pennsylvania. Nearby families and friends attended reunions and visited in Colfax sanatorium and in various homes.
Prairie City Couples Tie The Knot In Des Moines
Miss Bernice Cabbage daughter of Mrs Lydia Cabbage and Price N Brubaker son of Mr and Mrs E M Brubaker united in marriage Friday evening in Des Moines The couple plan a wedding trip and will reside in Prairie City where Brubaker runs an implement business with his father Also notes local movements and a church service led by Rev W Kok of Zeeland Michigan Unspecified other items include visitors from Muskegon Greeley and Knoxville and local business changes at Farmers Exchange with a new scale installation expected in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Cabbage
Lydia Cabbage
Price N. Brubaker
E. M. Brubaker
Des Moines
Prairie City
Brubaker
Tone van Zee
Muskegon
Mich
Gerrit
Mildred Phearman
Greeley
Colorado
Steenhoek
Otley
W. Kok
Zeeland
Christian Reformed Church
John Buitenwerf
Anne Jabaai
Knoxville
L. Jabaai
Farmers Exchange
Dick Steenhoek
Denver
John Owens
Standard Oil
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Otto Wynsteker
Dale Baumgardner
Bill Versteeg
John Martin Visser
Lloyd Shilling
Gerty Core
S. R. Boyd
Harry de Heer
Roy Karr
Gerrit Hoksbergen
Maye van Hemert
George Dailey
Grace Karr
Allen de Heer
Rochester
Hugh Pontus
van Hemert
George Barkus
Betsy Rickett
Ed Lamb
Griffas Miksell
Aid
Red Rock
Lide McGraw
Gerry Core
Sally
Calumet Edward's
Peanut Crunch Wheaties
Dreakfant of Champions
Jar
Cascade Inn
Benteco
Spears
Ken
Woodbury’s “Sunshine
Dro Esoume
MD Ees
Mobilgas
Mobiloil Service
Northwest Corner Square
Pella, Iowa
Mobiloil
Frank and
Earnest van Haaften
Henrietta Vander Pol
Clifford Baker
Harmon Brand
John Ellscott
Dirk Monsma
Lewis Wanders
Elmer
Harmon Vander Pol
Harry Elscott
June
Viola Ann Northcutt
Virginia
Nadine Linsted
Dorothy Elscott
William Terpstra
Sumpter Coal Co
Columbuan Steel Tank 60
Kansas Cit
Vandermeulen Co. Hardware
Wm. E. Shepard
M. C. Verhey
D. O
Shepard
Verhey
Walnut Bldg
S. Ecorner Ltd
Walnut St