Oskaloosa Area Christmas Visit Notes and City Life
Local notes detail numerous visits and holiday plans among Oskaloosa families. Des Moines and Perry visitors join relatives, with Christmas gatherings at several homes. Community figures travel to Des Moines, Ames, and Orange City, while local church life and civic news include a former judge’s memorial service and biographical details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Dykstra
Des Moines
J. H. Shinn
Pearl
H. H. Sadler
Oskaloosa
James Morse
Tone Klein
Perry
Henry
Sioux Falls
H. Schippers
Vande Gaarde
Ethel
Otley
Gerrit van Zee
Marion le Cocq
Detroit, Mich
Orange City
Frank le Cocq
J. R
Hippy) Gezel
J. D. Wilcox
Omaha
Nebr
Hattie van Cleave
Margaret Vanden Berg
Portland Dutch official J Van Zante dies at 65
John Van Zante 65, vice consul for the Netherlands in Portland and former municipal court judge, died after a long illness in a Portland hospital. Born 1866 in Pella Iowa, he arrived in Portland in 1888 starting as a bridge laborer earning 2.50 a day, rose to supervisor, and later practiced law after graduating from University of Oregon Law School in 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spalding
George Cameron
Lane
van Zante
Rachel van Donselaar
D. van Zante
Pella
Iowa
Minneapolis
K. van Zante
San Francisco
J. P
Portland
Oregon
John van Zante
Melinda Street
Judge van Zante
Minn
Dirk van Zante
Metal Gang
Weidler’s Mill
Portland University
Columbia University
University of Oregon Law School
Wallis Nash
C. A. Moore
Pella Classis Discusses South Dakota Relief Efforts
Representatives of the Reformed churchs Pella Classis met to organize aid for South Dakota communities facing hunger and winter needs. A central relief committee was proposed with a treasurer and canvassing across member churches, plus cooperation with the Christian Reformed church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Churches
Pella Classis
Franken
Eddyville
Mulder
South Dakota
A. T. van Houweling
van Houweling
Classis
J. C. de Bruin
P. Tysseling
Harrison
Corsica
Stickney
Aurora
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Cornelia Clement
Martha and
Cora Jansz
Harry Valkenberg
G. van Vliet
H. L. Renaud
Harold Beintema
Murray Ten Hagen
Prairie City
Herbert and
Marion Klaaren
Lottie Andeweg
Edward Vander Linden
B. F. Vander Linden
Lois Brooks
Bessie Brooks
Carl Aschenbrenner
Farmington
Michigan
Zac Aschenbrenner
Mrs. Watson Vander Ploeg
Chicago
Jay Hesselink
Will van Oostrum
Hoyt Smith
Knoxville
Harry Hesselink
Baby
Joe Clark
Joe
W. C. van Vark
Fred van Rheenen
Rochester
Dena Vander Pol
Jim Vander Pol
Fred Lankelma
W. W. Sadler
Moines
Ray Vander Wal
Montezuma
Antoinette Vander Ploeg
Sioux Center
Mrs. D. Vander Ploeg
Bob Vander Wal
Ames
Mrs
J. A. Vander Wal
Ross Schakel Sind
Max
Mansford Ver Steeg
Iowa City
Case Vander Wert
Larabee
F. M. Frush
Mr. Vander Wert
Lefty Schnack
Wilton Junction
Ross Schakel
Gerald Paardekooper
Dan Kamp
Mercy Hospital
Chris Kersbergen
Russell
Henry Kersebergen
Harry Byers
Kirksville
Henry Byers
Elaine Smith
Baylor College
Texas
Kate Beard
Miss Smith
John Smith
Ed, Schreiner
Warren
Jean
W. S. Leary
A. C. Kuyper
Sigourney
Lawrence van Rees
Roland Klein
Robert Clark
Harry Awley
van Rees
Wilma van Doorninck
M. W. van Dorninck
Hammond
Ind
A. A. Lubberden
Henry Ver Steeg
Clarence van Vark
Minnie van Vark
Elsa Schilling
Bloomington
Arie Rempe
St. Lor Mo
Arived
Gus Schiele
Jack Schiele
Mis
Eugene Dennis
Wendell
C. W. Dennis
Turner
Boardway
College
Fred Sjaardema
West
Washington
Charles Lautenbach
Robert Lautenbach
New York City
Robert
New York
Rolsereen Company
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Muscatine
Amelia Rhynsburger
Sioux City
H. J. Rhynsburger
Walter Arens
Farmers Union Shipping Company
Gerrit Popma
Lincoln, Nebr
Popma
Veenstra
G. P
Shorty) Zylstra
White Way
Ralph T. Nordlund
The
Chronicle
the Baptist Church
Willard Langerak
Elva Mae van Houweling
William Bakker, Jr
Dick Kolenbrander
Raymond Beckering
Holland, Michigan
Louise
Ardelia Gladstone
H. P. van Gorp
Henry Edmand
Verle, Ramsey
Russ van Zarite
A. N. de Reus
William Bakker
Holland, Mich
Wm. Bakker
P. van Niewaal
Mildred
C. den Hartog
Merry Christmas
Grandman
Guernsey Dairy
Florsheim
L. van Rees
East Side Square
Central States Electric Co
Franklin Street
Pella, Iowa
Prunes
Shoumn
Wormhoudt & Kempees
Low B. Wormhoudt
Turis
Kempkes
the Model Clothing CO
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
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