Seven pound seven and three quarter ounce birth
Local news notes birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Van Zante of Leighton on Monday November 26. Several residents are mentioned including Gysbert Vroegh undergoing appendicitis surgery at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa. Various residents were visiting, traveling, or ill, with events at Otley Knoxville and Pella Christian School promoting a donation sale. Lane Meulpolder sails from Holland to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac van Zante
Leighton
Gysbert Vroegh
William Vroegh
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
C. S. Fox
Covina
Cal
Kenneth
Pella
Local notes on illness and travel around Pella
Lavelma Walraven and others are on the sick list. Sioux Center visitors J Kenning and wife came to Pella for grandfather N Bogaard's illness and death. Prof Mennega sent thanks from Chicago for Central college lessons. Les lie Sadler underwent an eye surgery after a family trip to Iowa City. Mrs Birdie Snow traveled from Omaha in good highway conditions. Kate Beard visited in Rantoul Illinois. Berna Colsman misses school due to foot infection. Mrs Barney Mensch and Arie Van Ryswyk remain ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Snow
Omaha
Nebr
Pella
Kate Beard
Sarah Keables Wright
Rantoul
Berna Colsman
Otto Colsman
Barney Mensch
Arie van Ryswyk
College Notes on Miss Oldridge Mission Talk and Campus Events
The Y M and Y W held a combined meeting in the college chapel with Miss Oldridge giving on Why Christian Missions Abroad. She urged careful presentation of Christianity in Japan, noted good points in Buddhism and Sintoism, and discussed missions amid western influence and media. The piece also recounts upcoming theater The Birds Christmas Carol, a December 18 college production, and various student gatherings and plans at Central College Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M
Y. W
College Chapel
Miss Oldridge
Japan
Christ
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Carol
Louis Bosveld
Jack Bird
de Winter
Central College students in forensics and plans
The piece notes a wide range of campus activities including a 500 letter campaign to advertise a cookbook, a Freshman Sophomore party scheduled for Saturday, and Sophomores paying for last fall’s pull. It covers W A A waffle supper, forensics at Fairfield and Parsons College, a Christmas program for the American Legion, and a forthcoming Freshman Forensic Tournament with colleges like State Teachers College Simpson Penn Central participating. It also details the community gifts to Central College, Lubbers speaking engagements, study hall expansions, and a Des Moines speaking tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Miss Barry
Central
State Teachers College, Simpson, Penn and
Balcony Addition Planned for Monroe M E Church
Monroe Mirror reports tentative balcony plans for the Methodist Episcopal church auditorium in Monroe. Current seating is 850 including the lecture room. a new 11 by 40 foot balcony across the west side would raise capacity to about 900 with labor partly donated by members. Supervision by M. E. Blackledge and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Monroe
M. E. Blackledge and Son
Five Year Old Girl Dies of Acute Appendicitis
Benny Lou Fuller, five, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Fuller of eight miles south of New Sharon, died Sunday after a sudden appendicitis attack. Medical aid arrived too late as heavy snowfall prevented the doctor from reaching the home in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Lou Fuller
William Fuller
New Sharon
Fuller
No House To House Selling Of Xmas Seals
Marion county authorities warn against door to door sales of Christmas Seals. The Iowa Tuberculosis Association sponsors the sale and urges residents to buy by mail or at the post office box in Knoxville. Miss Pauline Riddle will speak on radio about TB and seals and a Drake university scholarship awaits the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Leon N. Miller
Marion
Miller
Knoxville
Pauline Riddle
WHO
Des Moines
Marion Co
Milton Woman Hurt In Auto Accident Near Donnellson
Mrs. Everett Miller of Milton sustained a badly cut head and right arm and a painful leg injury in an auto collision near Donnellson on Wednesday afternoon last week. The Miller car collided with a slower vehicle driven by a Donnellson man named Leisy. The couple were en route to Iowa City to visit their son Lowell at the University. They were taken to Dr Townsend in Donnellson for treatment and returned home with the Vanetten couple that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Miller
Milton
Donnellson
New $33.50 Corona Portable Typewriter Debuts
The Corona Portable adds a carrying case and claims to perform like larger office machines at a new price. The line highlights it as a versatile, affordable addition to the office equipment market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Hedrick Bank Plans to Open After Reorganization
Hedrick Savings bank seeks reopening under a 60 percent depositor waiver to purge non liquid assets. If approved by depositors, the plan would allow a full reorganization with a new bank opening under federal banking rules and FDIC insurance up to $5,000 per account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Banking Department
Hedrick Savings Bank
Hedrick Journal
State Department
Senate
Hedrick
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fall of Garage Door Fatal to Cedar Rapids Man
Milo Wenger of Cedar Rapids, formerly of South English, died after a heavy garage door fell on him Friday afternoon. Survived by wife Margaret Noffsinger Wenger and daughter Elizabeth, five. Son of S. B. Wenger of South English. Funeral held Monday afternoon. Keokuk Co. News noted the incident amid storm communication delays. Ten percent of everything raised in the United States is destroyed by insect pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Wenger
B. Wenger
Elizabeth
Keokuk Co. News
United States
Beautiful Cards for Christmas Season at The Book Shop
Gorgeous Christmas cards featuring general greetings and religious sentiments to share warm wishes with friends and loved ones. The Book Shop offers a selection designed to convey heartfelt messages for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Generel
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John Waardhuizen
Irene
Angeline
Leonard van Ee
Otley
Anne Waardhuizen
W. A. Butts
J. J. Sybenga
Y. T. van Niewaal
E. V. Goad
Lane Meulpolder
America
Holland
F. C. Warner
Iowa City
Vance Elliott
Hazel van Hemert
Wilma van Dort
van der Ploeg
Gamble’s
Mother
Blackstone
South Side Square
Joe Stientjes
Lavelma Walraven
Harold Walraven
G. H. Mennenga
Chicago
Central College
Fred Lankelma
Bob Sadler
Leslie Sadler
W. W. Sadler
Leslie
College
Winter
Dean Pietenpol
Athletic Conference of
Lowa Colleges
Philo- Alethians
Jordan Hall
Vander Lugt
Chresto- Delphi
Pietenpol
Fairfield
Iowa
Andrew Klyn
Arthur Bennink
Miss Bailey
Parsons College
First Reformed Church of
Churches of the Reformed Denomination
Ad Club
Lubbers
Finance
Economics Club
Hotel Chamberlain
Transportation Club
Hotel Savery
The
Credit Men’s Association
Dr. Lubbers
Younker’s
de Moor
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
F. M. Frush
School of
Frush
M. E
Milton Lady
PRI
Hoeksema Bros
Washington Street
Hedrick Bank
Yardley
Heerema Drug Store
Chronicle
Ivory
Penney
Others
J.C. Nea
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