Local notes on hospital visits and church officers
Edward Roorda shows steady improvement toward leaving Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa. Des Moines General Hospital reports Mrs. Gerrit Wittenberg recovering from an operation and nearing home. First Reformed church elects elders and deacons, with the largest attendance in years, while community members travel between Oskaloosa Des Moines Ottumwa and surrounding towns for visits medical care and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Roorda
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Gerrit Wittenberg
General Hospital
Des Moines
Arie van Ryswyk
First Reformed Church
D. den Adel
Worp Borgman
Simon Douwstra
Arie Klyn
Abraham Ver Ploegh
Gysbert van Zante
Stehen Grandin
John Kaldenberg
Wallace de Penning
Andrew Ver Ploegh
Jake van Nimwegen
Newton
Jas Per County
Joseph van Haaften
Gerrit Dykstra
Otley
Eva Stubenrauch
Knoxville
Book notes mount a diverse shelf of loves and quests
A catalog style summary of multiple works: Morgan's Sparkenbroke explores love, art, and death. Corbett's Graper Girls seek new horizons at college. Idle Rainbow follows Julia, Lindsay, and Rufus through a tense rivalry to a sharp denouement. Gill and Pullen celebrate courage in service of peace. Peattie profiles naturalists in Green Laurels. Jordan's Life of the Party blends mystery with romance at a camp party. The Valiant Wife tells how Belinda sustains Mark during Dartmoor's war era. Wilson's Belinda and wartime smuggling. Thorpe's Store Sermons for Boys and Girls offers 37 Bible centered stories for young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Lindsay Abbott
Rufus Heyden
Rufus
Julia Graham
Julia
Lindsay
Gill and
Pullen
Thorpe
Standing of Country Schools in School Contest
Standing printed Tuesday evening lists many rural schools and teachers in the contest. Each school receives a prize and page 2 lists prizes. Names include Silver Grove Geraldine Gosaelink, Bunker Hill Antoinette Rietveld, Plainview Janet Steenhoek, Pleasantgrove Frances Van, and more across districts and locales. The Chronicle will publish standings each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Grove
Geraldine Gosaelink
Bunker Hill
Antoinette Rietveld
Plainview
Janet Steenhoek
Pleasantgrove
Frances van Richland
Jeanette Mdl
Jeanette Vander
South Porterville
Leona Heemstra
Marie Vander Hart
Liberty
Clara Gosselink
White Breast
Henrietta Hoksbergen
North Porterville
Janet de Jong
Valley
Eva van Wyngaarden
Rock Island
Irene van Haaften
Red Rock
Sarah Templeton
Lynn Grove
Margaret van Rockel
East Weaver
Henrietta van Rockel
Mattie Belle Clark
Junella van Maanen
Bureh
Agnes Wien
Irene Vriezelaar
Cherry Grove
Barbara Vander
Christmas Reflections on Home Church and Mission
A reflective piece urging gratitude for Christ and the home, noting the 1936 Christmas context. It highlights Domini Scholte, early settlers, and the need to support Gospel outreach to 80,000 U.S. communities without Christ. Calls for renewed missionary effort and Sunday schools amid historical memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Europe
Christ
Domini Scholte
God
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Heaven
United States
Pel- Je
Christmas appeal from missionary leaders seeks funds
H L Van Dellen appeals during Christmas for support of Christian missions. He notes 181 missionaries and 22 churches organized last year, 6846 decisions for Christ, and 7,000,000 children with little spiritual guidance. He offers the Sunday School Missionary for one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
H. L. van Dellen
American’ Sunday School Union
More Mathematics Plea of a Teacher
A Des Moines Register open forum letter cites a May 9 1936 editorial claiming a crisis of specialization in math education. W D Reeve of Teachers College Columbia University argues for more modern mathematics teaching, not its abandonment, urging alignment with 1936 needs and opposing old fashioned algebra and geometry pedagogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Iowa
State Board of Education
W. D. Reeve
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York City
Local Families Share Visits and Moves in Town
Knoxville households report gatherings at the Sneller and Davis homes with Neal De Jong and Morris Johnson families visiting. Johnsons relocate to a south town acreage. Anna Bush travels to Nebraska for Jake Sneller’s funeral. Mabel Bush visits Des Moines. Teddy Roland and Joan visit Claude Hesseltine. Homer Pitt family relocates from Melcher to a new house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal de Jong
Dorothy
Earnest
Morris Johnson
Herman Sneller
Calvin Davis
Anna Bush
Nebraska
Jake Sneller
Si Keunin
Prairie City Clergy Update Readers Sunday Services
Weather hindered Rev. D Walters from Prairie City starting services on time due to a frozen oil pump but the sermon hour proceeded smoothly after the Domin ee began. Vander Hart traveled to Prairie City to fill the Chr Rev pulpit while J Griffioen of Sully will lead services next Sunday. John De Nooy Jr and Mrs De Nooy were dinner guests at P G Vos home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Walters
Prairie City
Cornelius Vander Hart
J. Griffioen
Sully
John de Nooy Jr
P. G. Vos
Taintor Dinner Guests Attendings and Hospital Entry
Sunday dinner guests at the Paul Wehrle home included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunnick of Sully Mrs. Zella Wehrle of New Sharon and Porter Wehrle of Kansas City Also attending an oyster supper were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller and family and Mr. and Mrs. M Miller at the Mrs A Leatherman home Wednesday evening Mrs Elgarlor was admitted to the Methodist hospital in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wehrle
Carl Dunnick
Sully
Zella Wehrle
New Sharon
Porter Wehrle
Kansas City
Roy Miller
M. Miller
Thanksgiving Day Visits Mentioned Across Local Families
The passage records Thanksgiving visits and illness notes across the community. Albian Larimer and family, the Harry Larimer couple, and others are cited as guests at O. L. Larimer’s home, with Cy Stonehocker recovering from a broken hip after a fall. Additional gatherings include Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller and Mr and Mrs Roy Miller visiting Ottumwa, Jack Linsted with Jennie Shaw in New Sharon, and Theviny’s day guests at the D C McDowell home from Grinnell, plus Ray Binegar and family, Hi McDowell and son, J D Hull and son Landon, and Ruth James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albian Larimer
Harry Larimer
L. Larimer
Marvin Miller
Roy Miller
Ottumwa
Cy Stonehocker
Jack Linsted
Jennie Shaw
New Sharon
Thereviny
D. C. McDowell
Fred Taylor
Grinnell
Ray Binegar
Hi. McDowell
Mre
J.D. Hull
Landon
Ruth James
Winter Weather Grips Peoria With Snow and Cold
Peoria endures heavy snow on Saturday and frigid 5 below temperatures Sunday. The Amsterdam correspondent notes predicted additional snow and forecasts a cautious outlook as residents plan daily activities. In local builds Gordon Ven Tino and Bogaards handle much of the carpentry, aided by an employed carpenter. Mr and Mrs Zee will move into the new dwelling once completed. A Peoria society shower occurred Friday at Bokoven, hosted by a public balen teacher and others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
John B
Gordon
Bogaards
Zee
Society of Peoria
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Bloem
Pete
Peter Bloom
East of Leighton
Govert Hackett
Albert de Jong
Rochester
Minn
M. J. de Jong
Mayo Bros. Institution
Paul de Koekkock
Otley ‘Christian Reformed Church
Abbot Hospital
Oscar L. Newell
Mahaska County Hospital
A. Waechter
Waechter Lumber Co
Mahaska County
Dirk Goemaat
Jacob Pethoven
Ia Fox Loetacher
Somerville
N. J
C. I. Fox
J. E. Shultz
Keith Fox
Ben Braafhart
Ben, Jr
Montezuma
C. Braafhart
John Braathart
Harrison, S. C
Ralph T. Nordlund
J. Lee Bowser
Finley Avenue Baptist Church
Dick R. Rhynsburger
Methodist Hospital
W. H. Nollen
C. L. Carter
Jacob Colyn
Pasadena
Cal
Chronicle
Colyn
Kate Colyn
California
Reuben Leydens
Hollandale
Matt Leydens
Los Angeles
Neal Rietveld
Paul Scholte
Geo. Ganss
Excelsior Springs
Catean Tracy
Denver
Chicago
Bert Stegaman
Detroit
G. H. Waechter
Perry Renaud
Colleen
E. J. Renaud
Charley Renaud
White Way Auto Company
John Wittenberg
John Kuldenberg
Adrian Lubberden
J. G. Ver Meer
Paul Lautenbach
Golden Rule
B. Men
Library Notes
Sparkenbroke
Morgan
Piers Teniel
Lord Sparkenbroke
George Hardy
Mary
Graper
Corbett
Mt. Airy
Peattie
Nature
Jordan
Rex Hale
Cass Kneeland
Rex
Joan
Wilson
Belinda
Mark Baldwin
Mark
Dartmoor
General Electric
Jolla
Ucanheadts
Taintor
Sybenga’s Dutch Bakery Goods
Yardley
Vis
Heerema Drug Store
Main St
Peoria
Plymouth
America
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