Monroe Old Settlers Day prompts area visits
Monroe relatives and friends gathered for Old Settlers Day with many locals hosting visitors from Des Moines Ames Pella and Newton. The list of attendees includes the O Conners from Chattanooga Connie De Bruyn of Pella and the Vander Hoek and Waddle families among others. Carrolls and Brads attended family events while several others hosted extended relatives and traveled to Minnesota Texas and Kansas City for weddings and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Vriezelaar Monroe
Katie
Matt O'Conner
Chattanooga
Monroe
Howard North
F. B. Schaber
Tolono
Mark I. Shaw
Joyce Tilden
Jerry
John North
Gwen
Modesto
Calif
Harley Green
Connie Altman
Garden Grove
Hallie Younkin
Russell Sparks
Farra
Marvin Johnson
Des Moines
Kenneth Bai
Draw Trial Jurors in New Court Term
Marion District Court announced its September term jury panel drawn for trial service. Grand Jury meets Sept 1. jurors report when notified. Presiding judge is Stanley E. Pratt. Names listed for Knoxville Pleasantville Melcher Dallas Bussey Swan Otley Pella and others include C L Ashburn Betty Belknap Zella Brown Maurine Glenn Marilyn Haning Allan Jensen Mary Ellen Rading Clare LaFavor Dale Neifert Gaye Nichols Folmer Peterson Vern Richards Lowell Robuck R D Sullivan Gysbert Ver Meer John Wagaman Hattie Welch Robert Bane Robert Brent Mildred Brooks Betty Clark J R Cline Beulah DeJoode Leroy Du Eula Hodgson Edith Oltman Harvey-Earl Clark Retta Spencer Joella Davis Loretta Wilson Mrs Harold De Zwarte Jess Elmore Madeline Purcell Mrs Arthur Bosch Max Hoek sma Lynn Moore Norman Nieuwsma Connie Tukker Mrs Melvin Vander Schel Mrs Eugene Ver Ploeg Andy Vos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Stanley E. Pratt
Indianola
Knoxville
C. L. Ashburn
Betty Belknap
Zella Brown
Maurine Glenn
Marilyn Haning
Allan Jensen
Mary Ellen Rading
Clare LaFavor
Dale Neifert
Gaye Nichols
Folmer Peterson
Melcher
Joella Davis
Loretta Wilson
Dallas
Harold de Zwarte
Jess Elmore
Bussey
Madeline Purcell
Swan
Wanda Williams
Otley
Carl Mohler
William Vanden Dever
Pella
Arthur Bosch
John Hiemstra
Max Hoeksma
Lynn Moore
Norman Nieuwsma
Connie Tukker
Melvin Vander Schel
Eugene Ver Ploeg
Andy Vos
Knoxville Journal
Tan Ya Kin Camp Fire Girls Overnight at Case Van Arkel Camp
The Tan Ya Kin fifth grade Camp Fire Girls held an overnight at the Case Van Arkel Camp on Friday August 9. A coffee can cookout and a Trail Seekers rank ceremony were held. The Pella District Council Fire is planned in West Market Park with rank conferrals and Do Dad awards for longtime district volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan-Ya-Kin
Case van Arkel
Pella District Council
West Market Park
Country Club Auxiliary Elects New Officers
The women of the Pella Golf and Country Club held their annual meeting on Friday August 23 naming Mrs B Powers as president Mrs Jean Kuyper as vice president Mrs Glen Koopmans as secretary and Mrs Paul Farrer as treasurer A committee was formed to survey members views on shifting Ladies Day from Friday to Wednesday The golf season prizes will be awarded at the breakfast on Friday August 30 the final breakfast of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Iowa Highway 14 relocation bids total 962 558
The Iowa Highway Commission awarded initial contracts for grading culverts and bridge work for the Des Moines River Red Rock Reservoir relocation. Total low bids reach 962 558 with R B Burch of Cedar Rapids at 747 139 for 2 third miles grading and United Contractors of Des Moines at 187 754 for a 385 by 30 foot welded girder bridge over Teter Creek. Work starts Aug 26 and ends Oct 10 1964. the mile long bridge is not included. The north approach will pass over Red Rock town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Highway Commission
Des Moines River
Red Rock
R. B. Burch
Cedar Rapids
F. A. Moser
Farmersburg
United Contractors
Des Moines
Teter Creek
Warns Against Spider Mites In Garden Plants
Mahaska County Extension Director Gene Reisetter warns that dusty hues on evergreens ornamentals or fruit trees may be caused by red spider mites. Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson advises tapping a branch over white paper to see if specks move. Mites vary in color from yellow to dark green and can kill plants by feeding on sap. resistance can develop to chemicals, so rotate products like Kelthane Tedion chlorobenzilate or Ovotran, and Aramite is for ornamentals only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Gene Reisetter
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State
Local church services and school start noted in OsKaloosa
Rev A Roskamp of Hudsonville Michigan led services at First Christian Church. Johanna and Jennie De Ronde joined Sunday evening at the Van Wyk home. Local Christian school classes began Tuesday with full classes on Sept 3. White the principal and cooks Forsythe and Bernard mentioned. Bernard is custodian. Cockair and Bernard will drive buses. Wright residents visit New Sharon home as Leighton families tour Minnesota and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
A. Roskamp
Hudsonville
Mich
Johanna
Jennie de Ronde
An James van Wyk
Ronni
W. de
Heel
Leighton
G. Newenhouse
the Bay Consolidated
Q. ‘White
Forsythe
Rex Benard
Rex .Bernard
Cey Cockair
Rex Barna
Clair Mick
Wright
K. de Groot
New Sharon
Ashman
Henry Slagter
Minnesota
Canada
New Car Listings Include Several Local Names
Lawrence G Hat ee and Evelyn Hat ee appear among buyers, with Dykstra Otley and Knox Chevrolet mentioned. Pella dealers list Chevrolet and Ford models with buyers like Delia Marie Jong and Norval McCorkle. Names Arie N DeReus and Jennie DeReus are tied to Pella Mercury sales alongside Anthony Francis Tysseling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence G
Evelyn Hatee
Dykstra
Otley
Mercury
Mathew
Delia“ Marie DB. Jong
Pella
Chevrolet
Edmund Perry
la Marguriete Nichols
Knox Chevrolet
Norval Leslie McCorkle
Columbia
Ford
Arie N
Jennie DeReus
Anthony Francis Tysseling
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William
Mary Bruinekool
Betty
E. L Hoven
Long Beach
Cal
W. C. Stoner
Memphis, Tenn
Ann
Bob Stoner
Roy Shirk
Gertrude Bruinekool
Pasadena
Bruinekool
Mary
Klein
Wesserhet
O‘conners
Settlers Ay
Prairie City
Fergus Falls
Minn
Doyle Waddle
Battle Lake
Vriezelaars
Waddles
Fred Baarda
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Kenneth Cowman
Myron D
Michael
Suellen
Mary and
Elizabeth
Dorothy Graham
Carl Booker
Spooner
Wis
Orville McNoun
Moline
Kansas
Earl Gray
Donna
Donna Ver Dught
Dale McConoghey
Jerry Nolin
Altoona
Lloyd Nolin
Camp Ripley
John Brouwer
Lutheran
Hoyt Woody
Raymond
Laurel
Arlington
Texas
Mrs. Held
Norman Engle
Little Rock
Ark
Oscar Woody
Garland, Kas
Raymond Woody
Ames
Iowa State University
Woody
Edwards ‘School
Ira Munger
Frank Munger
Lea Mould
Verda Frankfurter
Edgar Webber
Unionville
Carroll Tool
Henry Brand
Vern Tool
Myrtle Tool
Robert McMasters
Cecelia Nielsen
Wm. van Wiley
Keith Neilsen
Ted Neilsen
Dolan Cowden
Christy Lynn
Roy Vaughn
G. H. Shaw
Alexander
Ala
Laurel Shaw
Quincy
Ill
Bruce Walker and Sons
Maggie Cooper
John van Ryswyk
Mary Jo
Wm. den Otter
Younker
Roy Vander Waal
Apache Junction
Ariz
Glenn McConeghey
Dewayne Honnold
Methodist’ Hospital
Sharon Brouwer
Becky Brouwer
Jerry Brouwer
Roger Brouwer
Arnold Brouwer
Dennis
Roger
Sharon
Delmar
Mrs
Gerrit Brouwer
Kansas City
Gerrit R. van Heukelem
Ding
Gerrit
Winnie
Pethoven
Peila
Sptember
Th van Heukelom
Lloyd
Thressa) van Rees
Edenburg
Norman van Heukelom Morrison
Henry
Betty Jean) Goodyk
Raymond van Heukelom
Orange City
Annabelle) Sneller
Pelle
Tysseling & de Wild
Ship'n Shore
Dacron
Marion
Jack Carpenter
Country Club Auxiliary
Pella Nursery Co
Highway 14
Lizabeth Newenhouse
Johnson
H.P
Appleby
Lone
Star Flat
Ward Motors
Boat Trailers
Pa Boat Trailer Reg
Const
Rod
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