Nearby Towns and Rural Community News Update 1951
A local bulletin from Mrs. Roy Karr recounts a September 2 picnic at Auld Park Knoxville, plus family news from Knoxville and Des Moines. It notes injuries from a corn canning accident, a car over embankment, hospital updates, travels to Camp McCoy, and several school openings and bus routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karr
Auld Park
Knoxville
Jessie Williams Bruce
Kenneth Richard
Tink Brcwery
Mary
Katherine Templeton
Mercy Hospital
Joyce Bundy
Bundy
Joyce
Chicago
Bryan
Ellen
Martha Karr
O.k
Josephine Huygens
Portland
Oregon
S. W
Maple Drive
Porland i
Mary ‘Templeton
Joe
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Calvin
Lida Talbot
Homer Talbots
Homer
Clarence
Bessie
Lucy
Billy Rinehart
Doris Camp
Rochester
Minnesota
Good Hope
Illinois
Berry Simpson
Elmer Tukker
Oskaloosa
Ann
Raymond de Moss
Diane
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Raymond
Virginia
Red Rock
Kenneth Rookey
Monroe
Margaret Ann Visser
Bridge
Local Residents Social Roundup Across Pella and Vicinity
Oskaloosa News notes visits at the Newenhouse and Van Wyk homes in Pella and nearby towns. Families include Vander Linden, Van Wyk, De Heer, De Penning, Brummel, and Veldhuizen with travel to Edgerton and Paterson. Navy airman Marion Vander Linden returns on leave from Japan after seven months duty. School custodians and lunch duties announced for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James van Wyk
Ronnie
New Sharon
C. Newenhouse
Pella
Wm. de Heer
Leighton
J. G. Newenhouse
Marion Vander Linden
Sidney Rooy
Harriett van Dyke
Paterson
N. J
Harold de Penning
A. W. de Penning
Julia de Penning
Carol Ann Brummel
Floyd’ Brummel
Vera Funk
Marcella
Darrell Ellis
Latressa Phillips
Hattie Hamilton
Fremont
Letta Votan
Carrie Hoffman
Wm. V. Veldhuizen
J. Vande Krol
Cedar Consolidated School
Lacey Cockefair
Clarence Perkins
Brummel
Krusemark
Local notices from Summit News summarize community events
Summit News reports on visits and gatherings in Pella and surrounding areas. Families, weddings, and reunions are noted along with Fair plans and honors. Kathryn Vriezelaar travels to Boston with Des Moines companions for Amvet events.
Galesburg Social Roundup and Local Travels
Local residents and families headed on vacations to Yellowstone Park, Denver, Chicago, and the Ozarks while others hosted visitors or attended church and club events. Furloughs, dinners, and outings fill the week as weather stays cool with rain.
Peoria News Notes Reach Various Local Visitors
A Neer of truth and community updates from Peoria reports visits by June and Edwin James Stursma to the Klostermans, Vos leading services, Vander Beck family from Ft Scott and Vander Wilt home visits, Pvt Gilbert Vander Hart posting with Camp Chaffee, and travels of Hoekman and De Jong families. Roads south of Peoria under repair detours to church, Bandstra family from Grand Rapids and Stursma home visits, Hagen with Rooda for Sunday dinner, local volunteers clean Peoria Christian School as doors prep to open September 4 with new desks in upper grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retha June
Edwin James Stursma
John Klosterman
Clarence J. Vos
Henry Vander Beck
Ft. Scott
Kansas
Bastian Vander Wilt
Gilbert Vander Hart
U. S
Med. Th. Bn
5Th Armd
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Arthur Hoekman
Henry Dahm
Peila
Peoria
Andrew Bandstra Jr
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Andrew Bandstra
Jacob
Peoria Christian School
Cecil Vander Molen
Marion Klyn
Calvinist convention and visits in Michigan and Iowa
A Men’s Convention gathered in Holland Michigan with Arnold Dahm of Pella accompanying. Pella visitors included Miss Anna Vander Molen Mrs Connie Vander Hart and her son who stopped to visit Jennie and Stella Vander Linden. Mr and Mrs Charles Watkins of Pella stayed with Mr and Mrs Andrew Vander Linden last Sunday. Marvin Donald Vander Molen and Leo Leland Fynaardt departed Monday for a Michigan vacation and to attend the Young Calvinist Convention in Holland Michigan. Mr and Mrs J P Laursen recently observed their 60th wedding anniversary in Elk Horn where they have spent their married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Spur
Pershing
Albion
Sevilla
America
Little Rock
Arkan
State Fair
Cecil Price
Red Rock
Newspaper Association
Roland Reed
Ernie
Roland
Jack Jennings
Homer Jennings
San Francisco
Marietta Reese
Barbara
Sarah Harvey
Celia
Merl Price
Willie
Nada Baltimore
Frank
Sid Cradle
Bill Karr
Melbourne
Virgil Sholtz
Sherry
Winona Davis
Mt. Hood
Washington
Glen Price
Merl
Merls
Janet Karr
Monroe
Baptist Church Parsonage
Margaret Tuinstra
Ellen Karr
Martha
Moravia
Nell
Roy Bundy
Kate Karr
Alvin Vander
Gloria Jean
Leighton
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Elmer Vogelaar
John E. Ter Louw
Vogelaar—Vander Wal
Pella
Dean van Haaften
Bob Graham
County Line
F.F.A
Henry Ver Woert
Glenn
Schrader
Knoxville
H. W. Vriezelaar
Breed Associations
J.C. Hobart
Ray Snell
North Dakota
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Boston
Mass
P. Crivaro
Rober
Pel- In
Nick Heemstra
Coralee Vriezelaar
Janie McCauley
Albin
Town
P. H. Vos
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Don van Gorp
Son
Vos
Gradys A. Vriezelanr
Carolyn
Mary
Cora- Tee Vriezelaar
Clarence Reeves
Dale Reeves
Delbar Shupe
Darla
Douglas
Florence
South Dakota
Gradus Vriezelaar
Jean Reeves
Deborah Ann
Claire McCauley
Veldine van Roekel
Geraldine van der Leest
Pauline Hume
Janie
Carolyn McCauley
Sally van Doorninck
Mary Vriezelaar
Baptist Recreation Grounds
Archie Bowans
Shirley Lightfield
Waterloo
Joanne Strother
Florida
Rob Pennington
Indianola
Ozarks
Zoo
St. Louis
Kansas City
Ray de Groot
Larks Club
Lake Keomah
Herman A. de Jong
Clara Mae van Gorp
Peter Rus
Chicago
Illinois
William van Rees
Sam
Dick Ryken
East
Fred Gonlag
Buffalo
New York
Wiebe Veenstra
Dan van Gorp
Michigan
Holland
Arnold Dahm
Anna Vander Molen
Connie Vander Hart and Son
Jennie
Stella Vander Linden
Charles Watkins
Andrew Vander Linden
Marvin
Donald Vander Molen
Leo
Leland Fynaardt
Holland, Mich
J. P. Laursen
Elk Horn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cordova
Roy Karr
Ronnie Kaldenberg
Joe van den Berg
Lloyd
Pettigrew’s
Imogene
Breckinridge
Chillicothe
Bertie
Insurance Agency
Oskaloosa News
Lizabeth Newenhouse
Summit News
HL. W. Vriezelaar
Ta Walker
Amvet
Fi Tate Ile
John Ver Ploeg
A. P. Vander Beek
Sally Nick Geurts
Tunis Dykstra
Pfister Associated Growers, Inc
Monroe, Iowa
Galesburg
K. Carpenter
Cpl
Gilbert N. Steenhoek
Fort Benning
Georgia
Carl Carpenter
Denver
Colorado
Mazel Hornbaker
Bonaparte
Loell Carpenter
Kenneth Carpenter
Wayne Scenbice
Kellogg
Carl de Bruyn
Ray Dearinger
Anna de Bruyn
Francis Heemsberg
Paul Slycord
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
Louie Groves
Clyde Rawlins
Francis Wheeler
Newton
May Wheeler
Peoria News
Albert Veldhuizen
A. D
Gysbert Vroegh
Mahaska
Iowa
William N. Bogaard
Jacob H. Veldhuizen
Uy A
Porkerette Model
Vogelaar’s Hardware
Ben — Carl
Colfax Sale
Colfax Sale Company
G. W. Vander Hart
John den Otter
Bakker
Rus
Rat
Daily Pas
John Deere
Pella, Iowa
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