Interesting Weekly News From Nearby Communities
Mr and Mrs Peter Synhorst and family attended the funeral of Mr Synhorsts sister Mrs Anne Van Pol er of Pella Thursday afternoon. A Meade No 7 school program Thursday evening Dec 21 1983 drew sixty attendees. Black Oak Center pupils featured a Santa Christmastime program with gifts from the tree. Scott township 4 H club elected officers and adopted the Anecdus Club name. Church Christmas programs were held in Leigh ton and nearby Reformed congregations. Various visits and gatherings occurred through the week including A C De Jong and J A De Jong families and local district teachers and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Synhorst
Cornelia de ‘Hamer
Freda Newendorp
Betsy
Mildred van Donselaar
Lillian de Jong
Scott Township 4-H Club
Lucille
Bernice Ver Ploeg
Mary Irene de Cook
Ada Brummel
Leona Newendorp
Reformed Church
Christian Reformed Church
Leighton School
Rev. C. Witt
Mary Frances Brower
Mary Lou de Prenger
Chester Donald Benntema
Ann Wilson
Ruth de Heer
Three Wise Men
Mary Lois van Zunk
Jane Wilson
Birdy Beintema
Sth
Donald de Prenger
Tainter Community News Full of Sightings and Dec 26 Fire
Local residents share visits and gatherings at multiple homes including Vander Wilt, Vander Pol, and Rouw families. A December 20 marriage unites John Henry McFarland and Elizabeth Nellie Simns. Fire damages Lis Hull residence from kitchen chimney while Christmas events feature school programs, treats, and community parties with numerous names and places in Tainter.
Christmas Activities and Local Social News Summary
Sally Welle and relatives traveled to Des Moines with Henry driving a new Studebaker and Cornie driving Henry’s former Graham Paige. Twin boys born to Nick Hoksbergen in Newton with one surviving. Community church Christmas program featured songs, recitations, violin, and a Joy to the World closer. Children received candy and nuts after the service. Wisgerhof relatives visiting and spending Christmas at Gerrit Wisgerhof home. Sick list includes Mrs. Lee Perry and Karl Wisgerhof recovering from flu. Wayne Wildyan and daughter Ray of Sioux City visiting Gerrit Wisgerhof home. Reformed church League hosted husbands and children with a short program and social. Miss Helen Perry of Des Moines spent Christmas at Lee Perry home. School dismissed for Christmas vacation with lower grades program and Santa gifts from tree. Church school teacher Rev. De Jong suet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Welle
Cornie Welle
Willander
Des Moines
Henry
Studebaker
Cornie
Graham Paige
Nick Hoksbergen
Skiff Hospital
Newton
Twin Boys
Nadine Sparks
Norman Wood
Mre
Colle
Ila Smith
Ha Smith
Mary Carpenter
Rev. Butler
Lucille Sherman
Butler
Max Wisgerhof
Iowa City
Lawrence Wisgerhof
Sioux City
Gerrit Wisgerhof
Lee Perry
Karl Wisgerhof
Wayne Wildyan
Ray
League For Service of the Reformed Church
Helen Perry
Hsiao
Trent
de Jong
Dave Breen
Pella
Connie Welle
A. W. Willander
Gon Vernon
Wahoo
Nebr
Gerrit Vis
J. C. de Bruin
Reformed Church
Howard Buitenwerf
Marion de Penning
Bethlehem
Verna Vander Beek
Gertrude
Cornelia van Dyke
Wilma van Roekel
Gornile de Jong
Frances de Bruin
Lane van Rees
Bigelow
Minn
William van Rees
Howard Hopkins
Maxine
Agnes Waver
Boone
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore at Princess Oskaloosa
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore star in a drama at the Princess in Oskaloosa with a storied history. Big midnight show Saturday night features the new film Her Sweetheart with famed characters and a noted clock feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dressler
Lionel Barrymore
Princess, Oskaloosa
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore Star in Her Sweetheart
The article traces the film version of Her Sweetheart featuring Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore. It follows the play’s journey from France to America to New England to London, with Dressler as Abby the servant and Barrymore as Dr. Haggert in a drama about a kind country doctor tempted by greed and a loyal servant recalling virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dressler
Lionel Barrymore
France
America
New England
London
Christopher Bean
Miss Dressler
Barrymore
Princess Theatre
Oskaloosa
Rene Fauchors
Sidney Howard
Pauline Lord
Henry Miller
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Alll
Abby
Dr. Haggert
Christmas program and wedding in Pella community
A church Christmas program drew a full house in Pella as Rev R A De Jong led services and a wedding followed at the bride’s home. The event included a dinner and a shift to social games with about seventy nine attendees and several local families visiting relatives over the holidays.
Local Residents Share Christmas Visits and Shopping Trips
Galesburg residents Annabell and Threses Van Heukelem of Pella spent Sunday with Agnes and Betty Van Rheenan and Mrs Henry Cram. Oskaloosa shoppers were Tuesday visitors. Jessie Carpenter and daughters Cleora and Mery attended a Christmas program near Sully Monday. Naldo Steenhoek and sons Gerald Gilbert and Pauline visited Piis Sunday. Gurtis Deringa spent Tuesday with Freeman Hendricks. Lambert Oltshoern’s wife waited with John Oltshoern Friday. Henry Van Rhesnen and family shared Christmas with John Mathon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabell
Freeman Hendricks
Lambert Oltshoern
John Oltshoern
Frida
Henry van ‘Rhesnen
Respons
John Mathon
Freeman Hendricks Host Christmas Program in Newton
Mr and Mrs Freeman Hendricks hosted a Newton Christmas program Friday afternoon with Miss Alite Mudget presiding. Miss Freda Terpstra, a Melbourne Iowa teacher on vacation, is home for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Hendricks
Newton
Brown So Be
Alite Mudget
Freda Terpstra
Melbourne
Iowa
Rather Singular Legal Matter Before Hizzoner
The Knoxville Express reports a unique settlement dispute in Marion County courts. Albert Colyn, a retired farmer of Pella, housed as a roomer C. H. Bruinekool, whom Colyn owes a large debt. Bruinekool had obtained a $5,523 judgment. Colyn sues Bruinekool for $10,000 for alienation of his wife’s affections. Bruinekool’s attorneys have revived Colyn’s case as shown by a sheriff sale notice in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Marion County
Albert Colyn
Pella
C. H. Bruinekool
Monetzuma Official Wins Long Rail Unloading Refund
Montezuma Republican John Platt cashed a 1917 stock unloading charge refund check after a long suit on railroad unloading fees in Chicago. Platt shipped five loads in 1917 and Roy Tarvin also received checks. Though the per person amount was small, the total sum is sizable and other area residents are believed to have similar refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Platt
Chicago
Platt
Roy Tarvin
Sigourney store robber shot in Indianola escape
Harold Fitzsimmons aged 30 formerly of this community wearing a stolen overcoat from Schipfer brothers department store was shot by officers while attempting to flee after breaking into J C Penney in Indianola Saturday night about 1130 o clock. He was adopted son of the Rev and Mrs C E Fitzsimmons. The father once served as pastor of Bethel Methodist Episcopal church for two years and left in 1980. He is now pastor of Riverside Methodist Episcopal church. It is believed his death will end the spate of department store thefts in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk County
Harold Fitzsimmons
Schipfer Brothers
J. C. Penney
Indianola
C. E. Fitzsimmons
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church
Riverside Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Sheriff Ties Theft Suspect to Local Robbery Case
Eastern Iowa officials report Sheriff Homer Beasley connected a suspected thief to a December 12 local store robbery. Gene Schipfer identified the coat and dress as items stolen from the Sigourney store. An accomplice, LaVerne McDonald of Oskaloosa, was detained after waiting in a car with the suspect and stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Homer Beasley
Gene Schipfer
Sigourney
Fitzsimmons
LaVerne McDonald
Oskaloosa
Printing as It Is in a Weekly Paper Dilemma
A newspaper editor explains the challenge of printing reader submissions without overloading issues. The piece argues for selection and editing to ensure accuracy, spelling, and style, noting the balance between fairness to correspondents and space constraints.
Editorial Drudgery in Condensing News Takes Center
A Northern newspaper discusses the editor’s burden of condensing lengthy articles while preserving reader benefit. It reflects on editorial tradeoffs, acknowledges criticism, and recalls a quip about running a newspaper. The piece also touches on liberty, symbolism, and the broad role of editors in shaping public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valey
Christian Advocate
New Deal For Coughs And Sore Throat
The medical profession treats a cold as an internal infection and prescribes Thoxine, a doctor's prescription, to attack the internal cause. Unlike surface remedies, Thoxine relieves congestion reduces fever and speeds recovery. available for 3 cents at eerema's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoxne
Eerema
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