Local Family Gathering and Snow Disrupts Galesburg Church
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Schnug hosted a large family gathering on Sunday January 26 with relatives from Sully Clear Lake Richland Galesburg and Knoxville. Several visits and dinners followed with attendees including Yella Menninga Kling Heemsbergen and De Bruyn families. An ice storm caused cancellations of church services and Sunday school for the week ending February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Carpenter
Merlin Schnug
de Bruyn
Sully
Clear Lake
Andrew Hoekstra
Donald
Clair
Eugene
Anna Marie
Richland
Galesburg
Yella Menninga
Darrell de Bruyn
Archie Casebolt
Gerald de Bruyn
Knoxville
Iowa
Casebolt
Wilma Kling
Darrel de Bruyn
Roy Dearinger
Sully News Births and Local Events Include Church Meetings
Sully Community notes a son born January 29 at Skiff Hospital Newton to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dieleman, second child. Evangelistic meetings begin at Community Church with Stev A Muse of Louisville nightly 7:30 PM this week except Saturday. A. P. Vander Beek has serious condition after surgery at Mercy Oska loosa. Mrs. John J. De Jong celebrates 75th birthday with family despite cold. Guests include many De Jong relatives and friends. An earlier wedding shower honors Anna Mae Van Wyk, bride-to-be of Robert Dunsbergen, hosted by Rex Brush. Local movements of residents and dinner guests noted. Funeral of A. C. Boat observed with Newton and Sully attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Dieleman
Skiff Hospital
Newton
Lane van Rees
Wm. van Rees
Chicago
Ill
Stev. A. D. Muse
Louisville
Kentucky
A. P. Vander Beek
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
John Eysink
Norma
Ernest
Anne van Zante
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Anna Mae van Wyk
Robert Dunsbergen
Rex Brush
Mary Grace van Wyk
Fayola van Wyk
Gertrude van Wyk
Robert Branksma
Gertrude
Leona Branksma
David van Wyk
Gerrit
Stewie
Henry Terlouw
Francis Braaksma
Ray van Wyk
Clyde En
Delmar Shultz
Terry
Roger
Marie Brand
Jake Brand
H. C. Boat
Sully
Joe Banda
Bobby
Edward Conn
Jake Elscott
Mr. Elscott
Ralph Carlson
Ruby Elscott
Alonzo Ver Ploeg
John J. de Jong
F. J. de Jong
Dick de Jong
Walter de Jong
Lois Virginia
Myron Huyser
Mart Klyn
Henry Eienbans
Ivan Renaud
Lucille
E. C. de Jong
Clazina
Wanda
Johnnie
Arthur J. Bennick
M. R. Anderson
F. F. Do Jong
Prairie City News Briefs Highlight Local Life and Deaths
Prairie City residents mourn the death of R M Adair after a car breakdown near Colfax last Sunday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church with Rev W W Marzahn officiating and interment at Porter Grove cemetery in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta M. Steenhoek
John Vande Lune
Des Moines
Auke Vande Lune
R. M. Adair
Colfax
Earl Ruggles
Adair
Methodist
W. W. Marzahn
Portergrove
Pella
Vernon Clark
Oakwood
Texas
Bert Vande Lune
Henry Hawkins
Roberts Bros
John Schut
Frida
Denny Kane
John Kinart
Prairie City
Jasper County
Western Lambs
Fair Grounds
D. J. van Ryswyk
A. A. Steenhook
John McKiveen
Bradenton
Florida
Ila Schultze
Groundhog predicts longer winter. Tulip Time in sight
Musings note six more weeks of winter, with March 16 as thaw target. A Long Beach clipping about a garlic king prompts Iowa farmers to act. Model A club membership grows as couples join and race Hunhones. Lincoln's birthday and Valentine’s Day reminders mix with homey humor and quotes about kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Long
Peoria News Highlights Local Social and Church Activities
Mr and Mrs Marion Swank and children and Mr and Mrs Marvin Swank visited in the Henry Roose home Monday evening. The Peoria Choral Club met in Leonard Roose home for Dutch psalms and hymns, with prayer by Mr Swank. A large gathering attended a surprise party for Christian school teachers in the church basement with gifts and a short program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Swank
Marvin Swank
Henry Roose
Lambert
Nicuwland
John de Nooy
Peoria Choral Club
Leonard Roose
Swank
John van Gorp
Gerlene
John Swank
Andrew Bandstra
Jake Stursma
John Vander Hart
Joyce
Mulder
Insurance and Savings Advertising in Sully Iowa
See Me for farm and city property insurance and bail on crops and automobile insurance in its branches. Start a savings account with a life policy for retirement income. Insure in good companies at low rates. Call 50 or write P. O. Box 146. I will call on you. WM Dieleman, Sully, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
Dieleman
Sully
Lowa
Expect Bureau Membership Near 1000 Mark in Marion County
Marion County Farm Bureau has 852 annual memberships and is close to its 1,000 goal for 1947. Officials say the target will be reached as reports from townships such as Franklin East Knoxville Pleasant Grove Indiana Lake Prairie Washington Red Rock Union and others arrive. The 861 figure already surpasses the previous peak, per the Knoxville Journal. Careless smoking near farm buildings is a common fire cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Farm Bureau
Marion County
Franklin Township
East Knoxville
Pleasant Grove
Indiana
Lake Prairie
Washington
Red Rock
Union
Gross Rogers
Knoxville Journal
4-H Members to Sell Fat Lambs at Des Moines
Marion County 4-H members load Western lambs for Des Moines area sale the nation's largest 4-H lamb show and sale. More than 3,600 fat lambs from central and southern Iowa will be gathered, with expected proceeds above 75000. Exhibits on sheep grading parasite control and flock management accompany the event at Town State Fair Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
4-H
Des Moines
Marion
Iowa
Paul Chrismore
Knoxville
Towa
Gloria
Fredrick
Jacqueline Roberts
Town State Fair Grounds
4-IL
Iowa 4-H Lamb Show Money Promise for Members
Awards arrangements are being made by the Iowan Agricultural Extension Service the Iowa State Sheep Association the Iowa Packing Company and the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce. Lambs will be graded Friday. Saturday features individual lambs followed by a top ten auction. The sale takes place in a heated pavilion at the Fair Grounds with a luncheon and awards after. Average member could net about 80 dollars per lot of 16 lambs. Fattening hogs need plenty of fresh air in the hog house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowan Agricultural “Extension Service
The
Iowa State Sheep Association
Iowa Packing Company
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies Aid, Society of the Christian Church
Maggie Dearinger
Henry Fickle
Clifford de Bruyn
Quinn
Kellogg
Carl de Bruyn
Richard Walters
de Moines
Sully News
Lacey Corner
Lacey Store
Rock Road
Albert Dilley
Mahaska County
Wilbur Dilley
Harold H. Auct
Tom Brown
Walraven
Lambert Beyer
Highway 163
Jersey
Farmall
Prairie City News
Santa Claus
California
Beach
Bill van Semert
van Hemert
Hun Hones
Lincoln
Esther Baldwin York
Grace Stillman Minck
Peoria News
Leonard J. Roose
de Penning's Gamble Store
Lynnville
Montezuma Renderers
Dept. Agri
Colfax Sales Company
Newton Safe Barn
Bell and Clippinger
Fleet National Bank of Colfax
Sale
Karl Shields
Wayne
Pella Poultry Service
Alfred Renaud
Tillie Vander Molen
Peoria
Howay
Mahaska
Cecil van der Molen, Jr
Lewis Ozinga
Jacob van der Molen
McCormick-Deering
Little Wonder
Hayes
of the
Peoria Christian Reformed Church
Cecil
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