Miss Elscott and Graham host miscella neous shower in Sully area
Community shower marking Almeda Elscott's February wedding to William Baarda featured a mock ceremony, bridal party roles, and gifts. Numerous local residents attended from Sully and nearby towns, as did relatives of the bride, with entertainment including singing and a wedding march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Elscott
Ernest Graham
Ira Brand
Almeda Elscott
William Baarda
Anna Wisgerhof
Lucile Thompson
Vera Brand
Nola Elscott
Jeanette Dieleman
Edna Kooistra
Jeanette Vas
Mabel Dieleman
Montgomery Ward
Dick Raarda
Ernest Beyers
Leola van Zante
Maude Kling
Rosa Miller
Earl Graham
Hezel de Pringer
Enna Wisegerhof
Minnie ‘van Genderen
Cecelia
Community notes and church reflections mix with local visits
The column lists Friday and Sunday visits at the Adair and Toll homes, hospital news on Mrs. Adair, and multiple social calls across nearby towns. It segues into meditations on faith, unity, belief, and the example of Jesus, urging active church involvement and youth engagement.
Hoekstras welcome a baby boy in Galesburg
Special correspondent reports a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hoekstra. Mother and child are doing well. Various locals including the Zickels, Holmes, and De Bruyns host and visit through week. Revival meetings proceed at M E church with clergy and gospel team from Oskaloosa expected nightly. Funeral services held for Mrs. Matt Carnahan near Reasnor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hoekstra
Guy Zickel
Near
Monroe
Pete Zickel
Murry Rhinehart
Ida
Jennie
Howard Holmes
Charles Holmes
W. C. de Bruyn
Ardlene Zickel
Ald House
Royal Preston
Harry Terpstra
Avery Woody
Bert Romans
Floyd Holmes
Louie Groves
O’brien
Harry
Mabel
Rensword Thursay
Henry Bavenkamp
Bert Breen
la Verne
Matt Carnahan
Reasnor
Jennie Holmes
Ariane Zickel
Eart Breen
Prairie City
W. G. de Bruyn
Merlin Schnug
Lloyd Rhordanz
W. C. Ne Bruyn
Local notes from Amsterdam and surroundings
Sunday callers and visits accompany farm life notes in Amsterdam area. William Marks acted as caller at Isaac Woods home while families like Van Steenwyk and Tone Van Veen hosted relatives. Miss Harriet Toom resigns teaching in East Amsterdam, and Alma Reitveld of Pella will finish the school year. World War veteran Henry Dearinger heads to Hot Springs for treatment. there is heavy livestock shipping via the Wabash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tough
Newton
R. G. Conn
Anne Lanser
Walter Rozendaal
Baby
Jim Talsma
C. C. Holdsworth
Emmett Awtry
M. Neels
Lena Neels
Maggie Basseld
Oska- Joosa
Tennis Neels
Sully Cooperative Exchange
Chas, Roten
Wm. Boat
George Vander Zyl
Gus Blom
Bert Meppelink
A. Vander Kamp
L. W. Maasdam
Mr. Moore
Farmers’ Union Commission
Stock Buyers Farm of
Chicago
Ladies Aid of
Community Church
Lee Perry
Roy Stenhock
C. Stenhock
Grinnell
Will Miller
Carrol Younkin
Co. C. Holsworth
Engle Edel
Edel
Jim Ver Ploeg
Albert Reitveld
Pel-la
John Boat
Arie Boat
F. C. Andreas
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Gladys Olson
Elizabeth Breeden
Miss Breeden
Newburg
Wallace Elscott
George Batty
Monroe
C. O. Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
Fred Carpenter
Pella
Harvey Chambers
Lynnville
Nellie de Bruyn
A. F. Greertsma
Ruth
Melvin
Chase Karp
Killduff
J. J. Verwers
Werett
C. Verwers
Keota
Arthur Hull
New Sharon
Ida Winder
National Convention of Prevention of War
Monda
Arthur Huyser
Bert Depong
Rachel Burnham
Ernest Beyer
G. L. Perry
Elsie Graham
Scarsboro
Wyngarden
William Marks
Isaac Woods
Mrs. Tanner
Pleasantville
Harriet Toom
East Amsterdam
Alma Reitveld
Henry Dearinger
Hot Springs
Clara
Henry van Steenwyk
Tone van
Wabash
Susan Rapp
t'Lam
P. van Steenwyk
Tone van Veen
Dena van Veen
Iva Tanner
John Schakel
Gerrit
Otley and Nearby Residents Visit Areas, Attend Funeral
Otley residents and neighbors rolled through Des Moines Pella Oskaloosa and Monroe visiting friends and relatives. Some attended Betty Keuning’s funeral in Pella while others joined church programs in Peoria and Cedar Rapids. Several names listed as visitors include Ira Vriezelaar Frank Tilma John Van Ginkel Gerrit Vander Wiel and Geurt Van Dyke among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Vriezelaar
Des Moines
Frank Tilma
Pella
Frank Automeitt
Oskaloosa
Sunda
John van Ginkel
Gerrit Davelaar
Joe Vanden Berg
Lorin Rickabaugh
Garbrey Klein
J. de Haan
Christian ’ Reformed Church
P. van Hemert
M. P. van Hemert
Tony Vos
Monroe
Gus van Vliet
Sarah Vande Gaarde
James van Vliet
Otley
Betty Keuning
Messrs
Gerrit Vander Wiel
van Ee
Geurt van Dyke
Jim Klyn
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Drost
Jesus Misunderstood and Opposed in Sunday Lesson
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham discusses Jesus misinterpreted reception in Nazareth and the value of the Old Testament. It cites Mark 8 19 27 and 6 1 6 and urges Isaiah 50 study with John 1 11 12 as key references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lapham
Jesus
God
What's New in Technology from the Era
A British bottle blowing machine can produce one million bottles weekly. Modern locomotives now sustain steam pressures over 300 psi, up from under 100 psi years ago. British chemists develop an irritant to mix with gas to inflict painful inhalation. A German process claims to convert ordinary garbage into materials for gun cotton, artificial silk, tar, and acetic acid. Washington DC water department installs an electrical call and water-in-reservoir meter device. A new English locomotive em-
Twenty Years Ago Fire Destroys Pella Stores
A historical note recalls a 20 year old blaze in Leighton that burned the H. M. Tysseling store and the Burgeraaf stores. It also mentions Mrs. C. A. Hawley from Pella, her Los Angeles death, church missionary drive, a Pella Ice Co. sale talk, evangelistic meetings at the Baptist church, and a cold snap with January 29 temperature at 4 below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
H. M. Tysseling
Burgeraaf
C. A. Hawley
Pella
Central College
Los Angeles
Pel- Ia
Pella Ice Co
Fred Berry
The
Baptist Church
R. R. Beard
Holy Land
Chronicle Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sully
A. L. Hasselman
Agnes Hasselman
Sally
August Hasselman
Mae van de Goor
Ottumwa
Lawrence Hassman
Tainter
Eleanor Alatone
Marion
Virgil
Ke Klyn
Christian Endeavor Society
George Lideman
C. C. Eldredge
Lorn
Nevada
Ames
A. H. Howell
Wilma
Helen Perry
O. C .Carpenter
Roy Younkin
Hollie Younkin
Ladies Aid of the
Dirk Jansen
Everett Jansen
Lizzie de Koning
Jennie Fopma
Hattie Fopma
Gertie
Willie
Dora
Henry
Alberta Jansen
Christian Reformed Church
D. Hollebeck
L. A. Brunsting
Fred de Jong
Bert de Jong
Jessie Caienter
Louise Jong
Carl Dunnick
L. F. Shutts
Flor de Jong
de Jong
Agnes Huyser
J. C. Boat
Alice Shutts
Emma van Wyk
Dick van Wyk
Connie Netten
Dennis Netten
Iowa
Edith
Cecil Geertsma
John Andrew
Flora Geertsma
Mary Doris Carpenter
Ruth Wagner
Arno Lanser
Ankeny
C. C. Carpenter
Flora Geortsma
Laurena Wisegerhof
Glenn
Donald
Robert Wisegerhof
Wm. Lanser
Mattie Lanser
Klyn
William
Raymond
Jetson Adams
Freda
Misa Fern Howell
Kilduff
Jenry Klyn
John Verners
Wm.Lanser
Gerritt Jansen
J. D. Jansen
Second Christaan Reformed Church
Syoning
Perry
H. L. van Delien
American Sunday School Union
Pela
Pete van Steenwyk
Harvey News
Herman Swank
John ‘Adair
Connie van Veldhuizen
Tracy
Epp Roorda
Arie Toll
Raymond Rankin
Oral Adair
Mahaska Hospital
Attica
John Adair
Tune Verros
Lola Riggins
Cora Charles Riggins
Madrid
Neil van Rees
Herman Zwanks
Ivan Welchel
Pilot Mound
Maxine Laren
Cornelia Messmaker
Marvin Clark
Heaven
Hell
Christ
Lincoln
United States
United Church
United Denomination
Lessere
Robert Horton
John Watson
Ian Maclaren
Galesburg
Amsterdam
van Buren
W. K. Williamson
Agt
North Ward St
Water Department of
Washington, D. C
Iveens
First National
Carmen
del Rio
McLaglen
Emil Jannings
Evers
Idy
Fisher
GMR
Pella Motor CO
Pella, Lowa
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