Local News Notes and Community Socials
Sully residents shared Thanksgiving weekend visits with Elkhart friends and family. Henry Van Sant left for Navy duties after boat training at Great Lakes. Several families moved residences and many attended church events, bake sales, and a Christmas open house. A 88th birthday celebration for Lane Van Zee featured family gatherings and a co op Christmas dinner. The A Cappella Choir performed at Ebenezer Church and 4-H members planned a bake sale.
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Gladys Howell
Ethel McKray
Elkhart
Ind
Miss McKray
Sully High
Sam Vander Pol
Vander Pol
Bert Renaud
Verlan
Bryce Macy
Fannie van Baalen
Jane
Newton
Ward Versteegh
Byron Versteegh
Henry van Sant
Navy
Norman
Okla
Great Lakes
Ill
Gornie van Hal
Jacob van Hal
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Carroll van Wyk
John Vos
Killduff
Jake Veldhuizen
Kryn van Zee
Andrew van Zee
Ralph de Vries
Henry Veldhuizen
Leonard Veldhuizen
Marvin Vander Molen
C. L. van Zee
Hancock
Mim
van Zee
Nual Co-op
Sully
Ruth Circle
Christian Reformed Church
Sully Co-op
Elk Creek
Oskaloosa Visitors and Calls Noted in Week
Mr and Mrs Joe De Reus of Oskaloosa visited at John De Prenger's home on Tuesday. Dorothy Vander Wilt of Oskaloosa called on her aunt Mrs Wm Van Heukelem Friday afternoon. Ernest De Cook and Beulah Klein visited Reuben Thomassen Friday evening. Howard Rowland of Rose Hill and H R Tyss of Oskaloosa visited Mrs M M De Reus Monday afternoon. L Overbergen and Esther spent Friday in the home of Mr and Mrs Vy Sedrel.
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Don de Prenger
Henry Veenstra
Lineas
Howard de Prenger
University Hospital
Iowa City
Men's Brotherhood
Eveready
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Howard Glendening
Gerrit van Zomeren
P. H. Kuyper
Warren de Prenger
Debby
Herman Wyngarden
Clarence van Zee
Carl S. van Dusseldorp
Larry
Junior
Gerald van Dusseldorp
Otley
John de. Prenger
Cornie Roorda
Walter Grandia
Omer Fleck
Larry Thomassen
Charles Beintema
Great Lakes
Ill
R. Thomassen
Dark Beintema
Central College
Ebenezer ‘Reformed Church
Leighton Happy Hearts
Leighton Gas and Oil Co
Henry Sedrei
G. A. Hasselman
P. A. de Jong
S. Vander Schaaf
Pella
Joe de Reus
Oskaloosa
John de Prenger
Dorothy Vander Wilt
Wm. van Heukelem
Ernest de Cook
Beulah Klein
Reuben Thomassen
Howard Rowland
Rose Hill
H. R. Tyss
M. M. de Reus
Car Skids into Creek Injuring Mother and Two Daughters
Mrs Kenneth Jones and her two young daughters from Clarinda were hospitalized at Maryville Missouri after their car skidded and rolled down a 20 foot embankment into a creek. A tractor driver was credited with saving one daughter who was under water when help arrived.
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Kenneth Jones
Clarinda
Maryville
Pleasantville couple mark 64th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Labon Hodgson observed their 64th wedding anniversary. They have lived on the same farm for 53 years, now occupying property in the west Pella community.
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Pleasantville
Labon Hodgson
West Pella
Salad Bowls for Christmas Gifts From Iowa State College
June Brown advises buying unfinished wooden salad bowls as inexpensive gifts and finishing them at home. Prepare by dampening, sanding with garnet paper, and wiping with a tack rag. Apply first coat sealer with nylon hosiery, brushing against the grain, then remove excess to avoid heavy buildup.
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Santa Claus
Iowa
June Brown
Iowa State College
Drying and Sealer Guide for Bowl Finishing
Step by step drying and sealing for bowl finishing. Dry 24 hours between coats, then 1 week for final coat before Christmas. Sand or steel wool between coats, dust with cloth, wipe with tack rag, strain sealer, apply with nylon hose, smooth surplus, and repeat. After final drying, rub with pumice and oil to a satin finish.
Concrete Courthouse Debris Buried in Osceola Yard
When the old Clarke County courthouse was torn down two massive concrete chunks weighing about 15 tons each and heavily reinforced with steel could not be loaded or broken. A contractor buried them in the courthouse yard at Osceola.
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Clarke County
Osceola
Iowa Flag To Fly In Denmark And Promotion Shown In Germany
The Iowa Development Commission reports plans to fly an Iowa state flag against Danish skies and show the Iowa promotional movie in Germany this spring. A ten foot flag will travel to Denmark and be unfurled in Rebild National Park for display.
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Iowa
Germany
Iowa Development Commission
Denmark
Rebild National Park
Ames Man to Take Iowa Film to Germany for Showings
In April Reinhard Fried rich of Ames plans to take the 7 Town movie Iowa-Land Plenty to Germany to show it extensively there. The move aims to publicize the Hawkeye state if at least two countries view the film, per the Commission comments.
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Reinhard Friedrich
Ames
Iowa
Germany
Hawkeye
Fernando Magellan Discovery of the Philippines Date
Portuguese navigator Fernando Magellan is recorded as discovering the Philippines on March 16, 1521, marking a pivotal moment in early global exploration and maritime history.
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Fernando Magellan
Philippines
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Leighton News
Carol Ann Sedrel
Sead
van Gorp Hatchery
Fin
Kodak Pony
Inc
Aardekooper
The
Pella Chronicle
Don J. van Gorp
Bankers Life Insurance Company OF
Nebraska
John F. Dykstra
Western Auto
Western Auto Supply Company
Dykstra
Western Auto Supply Co
Main Street
Marion County
Bakker
Rus
MR. Halamka
Pella — Hotel
HAL
Harding Road
Des Moines
Colfax Sale
Masket
Colfax Sale Company
Clippinger
Shields
Brites
Earl and
Bill Shields
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