Peoria Community News Highlights Local Births and Visits
Peoria Iowa reports a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Richard Veenstra. Local families visit, sales at Jake Stuursma and C Spoelstra raise funds for a good cause. Several residents undergo operations with mixed recoveries. Mrs Peter Franje in hospital at Oskaloosa. Choral Society rehearses for upcoming program. Community events include weddings and school Christmas program.
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Peoria
Iowa
Richard Veenstra
Gerrit Vander Molen
B. Vander Molen
Martin Vander Molen
Leighton
G. Stewie
Jake Stuursma
C. Spoelstra
Peter de Jong
Hattie Andinga
Francis Blom
Girls Society
Harry van Roekel
Henry van Roekel
Bethany
Margaret Vander Melen
Peter Franje
Oskalosa
Peter Stuursma
Mart Vander Molen
Lewis Leest
Tainter
Vander Molen
Cordova Man Hurt by Wagon Accident
Cordova Iowa December reports Floyd Powers visits Roy Karr home. Mends by late week as Arnold Klein visits Pella and Mrs Karr returns from Attica. Oto Wynsteker and Roy Karr involved in wood and lime handling with Wynsteker’s wagon incident injuring his arm. others noted for health, farming, and work.
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Cordova
Iowa
Floyd Powers
Roy Karr
Calvin Bricker
Pennsylvania
Arnold Klein
Pella
A. E. Cronkhite
Attica
Oto Wynsteker
Mrs. Butts
Dewey Ford
Milt Johnson
Wm. Karr
Bart Klyn
John Buwalda
Birthday gatherings and Otley memories in Iowa
Otley Iowa notes December events as Mrs Will Van Speren visits Mrs Van de Gaarde and families gather for birthdays. Nellie Vriezelaar from Pella visits R V McKee home. Mrs W O Frazer’s birthday celebrated at John Vander Ploey home in Monroe. Clara De Young of Newton, died after auto collision, long tied to Otley. remembered as Otley resident. Klaas Van Buren and son share Thursday evening memory moments.
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Gertrude Bennink
Pella
L. Roose
William Roose
Antone Roose
Peoria
Minnie
Chas. Vos
Catherine Gezel
Harry van Roekel
Peoria Christian School
Peter Stuursma
Cornelius Boerfijn
Bennie
Peter Vos
Bert Roose
Lambert
Bennie Veenstra
Herman H
Simon
Gerrit
Herman M
Bokhoven
William
Henry
Tonie Nibbelink
Peter
Gerrit Rus
Cecil Vander Molen
Hilda van der Hart
Lena de Nooy
Grundy Center
Monroe
Clara de Young
Newton
Otley
Henry de Young
Albert Sandmeier
Klaas van Buren
Otley and nearby residents gather for birthdays and visits
Residents and relatives from Otley Pella Monroe Des Moines and Newton visited and shopped in Des Moines Knoxville and Pella. Birthday celebrations at the Korver and Hiemstra households, plus news of a new baby Velthuizen. Injuries of H. Sedrel and Sederer discussed. recovery hoped for.
New Dentist Opens Knoxville Practice
Dr. Wayne Hamphill of Des Moines buys Dr. M. M. Laing’s Knoxville practice and will begin work at once. Laing left for New Orleans to join the U S Marines. Hamphill, an experienced dentist, has practiced in Des Moines. District Court activity was quiet with Powell Himes highway suit to be heard Wednesday and another road damages case to be tried this week. Independent Transfer Co announces a Knoxville Des Moines truck line starting Monday Dec 28 with a six ton Dodge truck on the No 6 route. Marion County Farm Bureau banquet drew 300 with three orchestras and township stunts.
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Wayne Hamphill
Des Moines
M. M. Laing
Laing
New Orleans
U. S. Marines
Hamphill
Knoxville
Powell Himes
State Highway Commission
J. A. Dennis
The
Independent Transfer Co
Dodge
Marion County
Marion County Farm Bureau
Oil stove explosion threatens Knoxville apartment blaze
A small fire at the J. B. Miller apartment house in Knoxville Tuesday afternoon was sparked by an oil stove explosion. Quick work by bystanders extinguished the flames before the fire department arrived.
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Knoxville
J. B. Miller
Knoxville Girlville Defeats Dallas In Season Opener
Knoxville high school topped Dallas high 16 to 13 in the first meeting, with Knox ville B team winning 8 to 5. Schell Beaver and Hollingshead led Knoxville, while Nelson Mercer starred for Dallas. B team led 4 to 2 at half as Moon Stewart and Sherwood shone for Knoxville locals, with Ruggles and Jones excelling for Dallas.
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Knoxville High School
Dallas High
Knoxville
Dallas
Schell
Beaver
Hollingshead
Nelson
Mercer
Moon
Stewart
Sherwood
Dallas’ Stars
Ruggles
Jones
No More Rats or Mice with RAT SNAP
A pharmacy ad promotes RAT SNAP as a sure rodent killer with no smell after killing. It targets homes, kitchens, cellars, chicken houses, coops, and farm buildings. Sizes range 35c, 65c, and $1.25 with multiple cakes. guaranteed and sold by PURITAN DRUG CQ IDEAL PHARMACY.
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Puritan Drug CQ
Ideal Pharmacy
Knoxville to Host Dedication of New County Memorial Hall
Knoxville will host a dedicatory ceremony Friday night for the new county memorial hall. Speakers include Glenn Haynes and Maurice Cahill state legion commander, with free services, music, and a general jubilation. A dance follows with 75 cents admission per person.
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Knoxville
New County Memorial
Glenn Haynes
Maurice Cahill
State Legion
Second Sheets Show Unclear Market Item
The fragment mentions good gelkaw stock valued at 1.00 dollars at Chronicle of ice, but details are incomplete and unclear about context or significance.
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Chronicle of Ice
Courthouse statistics reveal marriage licenses and births
County Clerk of Courts records show marriages for Jonas Gott and Edna Frye both listed with Pershing and ages 20 and 16, Ronald Marshall of Des Moines age 22 with Naomi Overstreet of Dallas Tex age 20, Carl Wheeler of Dallas age 21, Lucille Logue of Dallas age 18, and a birth for Katheryn Ruth born on December 8, 1938.
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Jonas Gott
Pershing
Edna Frye
Ronald Marshall
Des Moines
Naomi Overstreet
Dallas
Tex
Carl Wheeler
Lucille Logue
Katheryn Ruth
Births Note Delmar Hagwood and Barbara Rankin Families
To Mr and Mrs Delmar Hagwood Mrs Barbara Colen born Dec 12 1930 to Mr and Mrs Ernest Orval Rankin announces the arrival.
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Delmar Hagwood
Barbara Colen
Ernest Orval Rankin
Plymouth To Play Santa On Dec. 24
Detroit December 21 Santa Claus in the form of Plymouth Motor Corporation will gladden 1011 people Christmas Eve when the selection of prize winners in the world wide Plymouth contest based on essays Why I d Buy a Plymouth will be announced. The 1011 prizes range from a grand prize of 1000 a life annuity to the winner five trips around the world five 1000 cash prizes 25 Plymouth motor cars and cash awards of 500 to 10. Judges Floyd Gibbons T P Henry and Edgar A Guest have nearly completed their preliminary selections from about a half million essays from more than 47 countries worldwide.
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Detroit
Michigan
Santa Claus
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Plymouth
Floyd Gibbons
T. P. Henry
American Automobile Association
Edgar A. Guest
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Brooks
Fred Lautenbach
Dave Verought
Insurance Agency
South Side Square
Oskaloosa
Dutch Mill
West Washington Street
Stewart Goad
S. Menninga
Jennie Robus
John de Leuw
G. A. den Hoeft
Bean Verwers
Korver
Tony Robus
Fifield
Tony Aalbers
Tony van Zee
Gerrit Davelaar
Vander Wiel
S. Vander Wiel
Gerrit Klyn
Marjorie
Raymond
Johnnie
W. M. Dykstra
Pete Dykstra
Eddyville
J. R. Klyn
Nick Seemstra
Everett Velthuizen
Gus Aalbers
H. J. Sedrel
Sedrer
John Bloodsworth
Joe Kool
Jacob Wouda
Sarah
Rean Verwers
Pete Klyn
Anne de Hoet
Frank Rexroat
Helen Rexroat
Vernon Klyn
Santa
Star Auto CO
FORD
James van Dusseldorp
Oskaloosa Street
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