Nearby Towns and Rural Community Visits Report
A lengthy local notices column lists visits among families in Summit and Polk townships. Residents including Connie and Wm Vanden Berg, Keuning, Zegers, De Raad, Verwers, and Vander Linden are named with multiple calls on Monday through Saturday. Visits span Pella Knoxville Monroe Otley and nearby farms, with study group gatherings and church Bible sessions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave van Haaften
Monroe
Paul
Louise Vander Linden
Fifield
Jasper de Rad
Gradus Klein
Nick Schuring
Ver
Nick
Nick Mr. Schuring
Norman Robus
Marion Verwers
Walter Rexroat
Marion
Pella
S. H. Keuning
Connie Vanden Berg
Knoxville
Jasper de Raad
Rene van Engelhoven
Patricia
van Engelhoven
Wm. Zegers
van Gorp
van Houten
Henry Keuning
Albert
Keuning
Verwers
John Vanden Berg
Banner Bearer Society
Otley
Wm. Verwers
Carol Nadine
Henry Hulleman
Summit residents plan visits and family care
Summit and nearby families shared travel plans and caregiving duties. Gerrit Laurens and Mrs Laurens head to Rochester Minnesota to visit a hospitalized sister, while Dave Van der Ploeg and family depart for California for three months. Various neighbors visited, stayed, or attended ill relatives across Pella and Monroe areas.
Pleasant Grove School Social News From Otley Church Basement
The Banner Bearer society met at Otley Reformed church basement with strong turnout despite muddy roads. Guests included Miss Bertha Brammel as hostess and many locals sharing visits, shopping trips, and family gatherings in Pella Knoxville and OsKaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Bearer Society
Otley Reformed Church
Bertha Brammel
Sam Poortinga
Pella
Simon van Dusseldorp
Martha de Joode
Oskaloosa
Albert de Joode
Martin van Essen
Fairmount
H. W. Vriezelacr
Anona Elrod
Monroe
Lloyd Elrod
Mongo
John Breen
Otley
Monroe and Vander Ploeg area obituaries and notices
Obituaries note Monroe area residents Monroe and Des Moines visits report Vander Ploeg Motor Co. delivering five new cars from Fantiac Michigan. Jens Sorenson sails to Denmark on Gripholm due to his father’s illness. Local families and gatherings include Mr and Mrs Rae Zerley and others with church services at Monroe Baptist Church and Palo Alto cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Zerley
Eli Woody
Monroe
H. J. Redeem
Des Moines
Fillsworth Foster
Minneapolis, Minn
C. G. Graham
Kansas City
Esther Foster
van Nuys
Calif
Oakley Darnagin
Jasper Jarnagin
Murdock
Palo Alto
Vander Ploeg Motor Co
Fantiac
Mich
Alice Clevenger
Thursany, Jr
Ralph
Tice
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska
Ice
Tanvilac
Neilson
Dallas
Car) Crane
Gerrit Klein
John Vanden Berg
Kenneth
Fifield
David van Haaften
Kate Breen
Pella
Anna Elrod
Mac. E. Williams
Williams
Mae Gulling
A. L. Dykstra
Knoxville
A. R. Vander Ploeg
Farm Bureau and Homemakers Club notices and births
Miss Carol Clevenger joins a district meeting with Mrs. J Schiffers on December 15 while Mrs Chris Cramer hosts Homemakers Club on December 13. Ed Henry and Henry Herwehe improve after illness. Marvin and Norma Neeley welcome a daughter Norma Jan born December. Mr. and Mrs. Klein and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vaughn travel to Louisiana to visit relatives, planning a sightseeing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Clevenger
Farm Bureau
Enterprise
Sandy Point
J. Schiffers
Chris Cramer
Homemakers Club
Rview
Ed Henry
Henry Herwehe
Marvin Neeley
Norma
Jéan
Neeley
Hilda Fidwards
John Klein
Roy Vaughn
Louisiana
Uhey
Community notices from local clubs and gatherings
Residents report a sequence of social events and club activities. Mrs. Jessie Van Zee hosted Ideal Hour Club on December 1, with Home Cookery notes by Mima Birkenholtz. Obituaries list a December 10 supper and December 11 pot luck at local homes. Missionary society, women’s prayer meetings, and various visits in Pella and Monroe areas are detailed along with speakers and travel plans for Phyllis Long of Grandy Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleins
Mra
Ammer
Jessie van Zee
Ideal Hour Club
Mima Birkenholtz
Anna Birkenholtz
Wanda Schraders
Oscar Ammer
Farm Bureau Club
Charlotte Gravatt Drummond
John Anders
Wilhelmina Duim
Carl Crane
John de Leeun
Phyllis Long
Grandy Genter
Miss Long
South America
Perrin
Martin van Essen
Pella
de Hani
Community Notes From A Rural Area
Cordova Clarence Bricker and family visited Sunday at the R. M. Hart. Joe Van Den Berg bought corn from Gilchrist and is busy hauling it. Mr and Mrs Tester Sten and daughter moved to a new home at Dunreath on Tuesday. Arie Waardhuizen and sons are building a cattle shed on the Muilenberg farm where Pete Dyskirn lives. Some homes have recently gained electricity, including Joe Templeton Cecil Reeses Alice Visser Will Richerd Grover Williams and Plato Alley. Mrs Tom De Moss underwent an operation at Mater's hospital this week. Elmer Waardhuizen helped Pete Van Ghent build fence this week. Vernon Rickabaugh was excused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bricker
R. M. Hart
Joe van den Berg
Gilchrist
Testersten
Dunreath
Arie Waardhuizen and Sons
Muilenberg
Pete Dyskirn
Joe Templeton
Cecil Reeses
Alice Visser
Will Richerd
Grover Williams
Plato Alley
Tom de Moss
Mater’s Hospital
Elmer Waardhuizen
Pete van Ghent
Vernon’ Rickabaugh
Weekend Social Notes Amid School Breaks and Visits
The entry records a lull in study with a six week test break for a student, a half day vacation, and a note on Mr. and Mrs. Barthlyn attending Mr. Bloom’s funeral in Pelth. Burton Balmer visited his parents, and plans for a Thursday meeting with Kate Karr precede a Christmas party and quilt. Alien De Heer remains ill and is at Mercy hospital in Des Moines. Friends are urged to send letters to him or others who are ill to help pass the time. Dewey Ford works on the Eden home wash house. Otto Wynstekers visited Newton on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barthlyn
Eden Home
Otto Wynstekers
Newton
New Phonograph Needle Promises Long Record Run
A new phonograph needle will play 2,000 records without doing. Many will hope their neighbors don't find this out.
Scientist Calls Sleep A Form Of Intoxication
A scientist posits that sleep acts like intoxication influencing perception and behavior. The remark warns married men about speaking loosely while under such influence, framing rest as a state that impairs judgment and speech.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen
Edward Keuning
Tunis Keuning
S. H
Margaret’ Kooyman
Willie
Ervie
Jim Vander Leest
Charlie Pope
Killduif
John
Tim Zegers
Hendrcka
Nellie
Mary Zegers
Margaret Kooyman
Henry Vriexe- Jaar
Summit
Polk Township
Marion Verner Norman Robust
Norman William
Gerrit Laurens
Rochester
Minn
Carl van Dusseldorp
Wm. A. Vriezelaar
Prairie City
van Bentum
Bastian Goemaat
van Buren
Clarence
Vander Wiel
Gerrit Wasson
P. H. Vos
Artie Hiemstra
Neal Heemstra
Heemstra
Minnie Armstrong
Junior
R. Lille
Wilhelmina Lille
Norma Jean Swank
Gysbert Aalbers
Anna Keuning
Mrs. P. Keuning
Pleasant Grove School
Slocum
Irene
Billy Vriezelaar
Madeline Vriezelaar
Mable Rockhill
R. V. McKeever
Betty
Eugene
Andrew van Hulzen
Jake van Hulzen
van Zante
Tunner
Gerrit Aalbers
Veldman
Glen Me
Margaret. Slater
Oski- Joosa
van Dusseldorp
Leighton and
Porterville
Ellen June de Cook
Thyrza Faye Hackert
Wilma van Gilat
Elmer van Dusseldorp
Atlen Ralph van Dusseldorp
Howard Hays
Wilbur van Dusseldorp
Margery van Dusseldorp
Walleta de Reus
Dorothy van Gilst
Gertrude Vande Haar
Gerald van Dusseldorp
Rock Island
C. C. Gardner
Locust Stree Des Moines, Iowa
Travel
Iad Island
Dodge
Plymouth
Goodrich
Cordova
Chicago
Clark
PRCA
Central States Gas Service
Mystery Control
J. van Dusseldorp Telephone
P. ‘Pella
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