Christmas Cheer And Community News In Nearby Towns
A wish for readers to have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year alongside notes on births, baptisms, deaths, illness, and community events in Grinnell area families. Social visits, church activities, 4-H gatherings, and holiday celebrations populate a dense column of personal notices and local engagements.
Summit area residents participate in Christmas social and 4-H meeting
Mrs Marvin Davis and Mrs Burton Chips visit Monroe friends while mixed octet members sing carols for the Today Club. Coralee Vriezelaar solos. Numerous local families attend a December 12 Christmas party at the Heemstra and Van Houweling homes. Summit Strivers 4-H Club holds its annual Christmas party and meeting at Elmer Vogelaar’s home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Davis
Ruthland
Iowa
Burton Chips
Monroe
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Wayne Schippers
Coralee Vriezelaar
Today Club
Coralee
Janie van Doorninck
Dorothy Wagner
Maria Rae Heemstra
Neal Heemstra
Elmer Vogelaar
Lenora
Marcia
Newton
Gerald van Houweling
Pamela
Pella
Marion Heemstra
Mary Beth
Maria Rae
Case Goodyk
Darrell Lee
Carol Lynn
Sully
Elvin Bensink
Ronnie
Myron van Wyk
Maria Jean
Stanley
Ray van Wyk
Linda
Francis van Dusseldorp
David
Otley
Jacob
Dennis Jay
Bobby
Prai City
Andrew Vos
Karen
Arvin Klein
Elmer van Hemert
Edwin Dean
Myra Joyce
H. W. Vriezelaar
Velma
Fisher
Arthur Vriezelaar
Summit Strivers 4-H Club
Harold Walraven
Larentha Dykstra
Joyce de Geus
Community Notes Share Christmas Cheer and Birth News
Shirley Zickel hosted a dinner for classmates on December 18 followed by a Christmas party. A sixty-voice high school chorus presented The Infant written by Wm Stickies on December 22 under Delma Wright. Funeral services were held for Mary Brown, 75, on December 15 at First Baptist Church. Graveside rites were held for an infant son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Sheeler at Monroe cemetery. Numerous local residents hosted and attended Christmas gatherings, dinners, and visits across Newton, Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, and nearby towns, with many family milestones including a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Clark Carnahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Vern
Myron Renaud
Grinnell
Walter Renaud
Gerrit van Norden
Jake Elscott
Joe Baarda
Lyle Brand
Marie, Brand
Paul Vander Kamp
Silas Vander Kamp
Florence
California
Pete Beer
Eddyville
Geurt Vande Krol
Maggie Elscott
Neal Vander
Milo Vanderd
John Vande Krol
Cleo Vander Kamp
Herman Vander Pol
Oney Arkema
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
The
Reformed Church
C. A. Stoppels
Fred de Jong
Wm. de Penning
Susie Buitenwerf
Gerrit van Genderen
Leonard van Gerderen
Pete van Gent
Janice
M Dick Ver Ploeg
Lester van Gorp
John Blom
Adrian Rozendaal
L. W
Carolyn Kooistra
Ruth Ann Ver Woert
Sandra ‘van der Leest
Lois van Wyk
Bonnie Sears
Mary Lou Vos
Carmen Lamphier
Virginia Kooistra
Louise van’ Wyk
Catherine Kooistra
Vernon Vander Kamp
Goodell
Harry de Jong
M. R. Anderson
Anderson
K. H. Peirce
Fred de Vries
Anne Roten
John Anderson
Dale Stoppels
Mamie Boat
D. W. Wildman
L.G. Wisgerhof
Bert Renaud
Bryce Macy
Ernest “Elscott
R. L
Meridith
Gladys Howell
James McMeekiy
Kenneth Wilson
R. L. Bartley
Delmar Shultz
Jake Brand
Lois Rule
Sue Wisgerhof
Janice Kruseman
Carolyn Northcutt
Mary Lou Peirce
Marceille Wisgerhof
Diane Wisgerhof
Judith Renaud
Carlene Wisgerhof
Lois Vander Kamp
Harold Ellsworth
John O. Terlouw
Henry Terlouw
Pells
Jake Mol
le Roy van Zee
Gene Dewey
Henry Mol
Pella
Walter Vander Leest
Cleo Vander Kam
Dormand Arkema
Mahaska Hospital
Christian Reformed Church
First Reformed Church
Shirley Zickel
June Wilson
Coralee Vriexelaar
Janie McCauley
Patty Barr
Roberta Brock
Barbara Worth
Susan Ickmar
Wm. Stickies
Delma Wright
John Scheffers
Skiff Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Mond
Mary Brown
Newton
Etna Ford
McKinley Brown
Prairie City
Perry Brown
Knoxville
Doyle Brown
Donald Brong
Griffid Cemetery
Monroe Cemetery
Ivan Sheeler
Diane Noon
Marilyn Winn
Reasner
Lee Marshall
Wm. Marshall
Roy’ Marshall
Earl Gray
Donna
Carl Crane
James Wisse
Pelia
J.T. van Zante
Laurel Buckley
J. D. Long
Les Beyer
Ralph Gloyd
Clark Carnahan
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Roger
Wallace Bump
Phoenix
Arizona
Gerrit H. Vanden Ber
Casey Vanden Berg
Pel
Dick van Zee
Prairie
Myron Brink
Myra D. Colfax
Arvin G. Klein
Laura Gay
Virgil P. Klein
Valerie Dawn
Pelta
Angove
Donald de Jong
Mra
Christina Louwsma
Ralph Poortinga
Martha Kool
Alvin Rietveld
Andrew Kool
Bessie Kaldenberg
Henry Kool
Kaldenberg
Henry Breukpnder
Andrew Uster
Janice Robus
Marie Klyn
Lynn
Perky
Ed Klyn
Andrew Kuyper
Jake Stierneman
Maxwell Carnahan
Mildard
Sunsday
Mother
Baby
Margery Klein
Otley News Highlights Local Socials and Visits
Otley and surrounding families share gatherings with neighbors and relatives. Mrs Margaret Ver Ploeg hosts guests including Norman Robus family. Des Moines and Oskaloosa trips noted. Christmas gift exchange at Chr. Ref. Church. Mrs Gerald Angove shower hosted by Willard Klein and John De Ronde with attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Robus
Janice
Connie
Kenneth
Duane
Henry Naaktgeboren
Ronald
Ellen
Margaret Ver Ploeg
John Vanden Berg
Des Moitres
Marion Verwers
Marjorie Ann
Gordon
Delores
Tunis Wank
Oskaloosa
Bruce Robus
Raymond Robus
Knoxville
Connie Klootwyk
Monroe
Andrew Ustermarkt
Willard Klein
Otley
John de Ronde
Pella
Gerald Angove
Gradus Klein
Jim Heent
Christmas Events In Galesburg Share Warm Gatherings
A Galesburg news recap notes neighbors helping neighbors with wood cutting for Charlie Holm and a quiet home wedding anniversary. School and church holiday activities light up the community with decorated classrooms, a television appearance, and a Christmas party at Wilbur Sparks home. Families gather for meals, gifts, and seasonal visits across nearby towns with many relatives and friends sharing in celebrations.
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Sully News
Arletta M. Terlouw
Hazel Bell
Africa
Nora van Esen
Virginia van Vark
Herman Tumatra
Sharon
Myron Nolten
Joan
Edith
Carol Ann
Delos Walraven
Marilyn
Garrett Vande Kieft
Mavis
Jennie Dykstra
Larentha
Roy’ van Vark
Virginia
John ‘Terlouw
Nancy
Andy
C. W. de Geu
Regi Lena
Joyce
Aldenberg
Mary
Roy van Essen
Nora
Raven
Bobb Fisher
Dave Vander Ploeg
Kent Vriezelaar
Kent
James Vriezelaan
Joan van Zemeren
Summit School
Clint Vriezelaar
Mary Lou van Wyk
Bobby Fisher
Nora van Essen
Glen Ver Woert
Melvin van Wyk
Martha Ver Woert
Mary Beth Heemstra
School
Mickey van Doorninck
Regina
Marlena de Geus
Jean Reeves
Debbie
Grad
Bondurant
Sally van Doorninck
H.W. Vriezelaar
Walter van Doorninck
Leonard Jabaai
Arlyn
Warren van Wyk
Summit News
Klyn Tire and Battery Service
Monroe News
H.W. Vriexelaar
Otley News
Mira
Chas
Vander Kolk
Vera’s Beauty Salon
Galesburg
XK. Carpenter
Christ
Tians
Ann
Wilbur Sparks
Mary Carolyn Holger
Rochester
Manny
Chicago
Clarence Floteer
Billy
Alfred. Parish
Beverly
Carrie Eichne Piss
de Sige
Carl de Bruyn
Anne
Deyona Menninga
Bernie Menninga
Deymother
Tommy Kaldenberg
Janet Elaine Hendricks
Sandra Tuinstra
Marlys Jean Poortinga
Ellen’ Kay McGregor
Bryce de Jong
Daryl Mennings
Deyona
Glifford
Menninga
Patty Ara Dearinger
Joe Kaldenberg
Forrest Huyser
Diane
Glen Sparks
Norma
Garry
Terry
Malcom
Christian Church Ladies Aid Society
Aid
Ike
Cian
Nate Bete Pyne Allen
Mea
Jamie Kling
Ann Hendricks
Florence Onwalt
Eldert Fynnard
Edward
New Sharon
Jack McGregor
Reasnor
Kenneth Carpenter
Nelle Blot
Wilbur Sparks Land
Harold
Charles At
Bill Sangeet
Joe’ Kaldenberg
Gerald de Kock
Linda Carol Knopf
Francis Bond
Kildutt
Martha
Ringer
Alashavn
Winlters
Flore
Bune
Bill Ver Steeg
Harold Sehnog
James Umn
Henry G Anne Marks
Harvey
Steenhoek
Ploeg
Carl Steenhoek
Case Vonk
Joe Raldenber
Jake de Vries
Kay Evening
Mr An Er Jr
Pete and
Jean
Carpetner Drug Store
GLOBE
Bob
William de Bruyn
Gamble’s
Joe