Local notes from Waterloo and nearby towns mixed updates
Mrs. Pete Kloostra fractured her hip at her son’s Waterloo home and was moved to Sartare Hospital in Cedar Falls for treatment. In Newton a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fleming on January 2, the first child for the family. Various community events follow, including church circles, birthday gatherings, a Well Drillers Convention in Des Moines, high school activities, and visits to family members in Holland and Iowa City. Nelson Geels has joined the 10th Infantry Division at Fort Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Kloostra
Inlaw
John Kloostra
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Sartare Hospital
Kenneth Fleming
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Donna Graham
Earl Graham
Leslie Vande Krol
Minnie Veldhuizen
Dewey Kaldenberg
Everett Verwers
Well Drillers
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Pete Pleima
Lester Huyt
KK Jansen
Art Fan Maanen
Carroll Castorf
Lynn
Earl Vande Krol
Phyllis
Wesley
Wilbur Vander Kamp
Lawrence van Rees
David
John Nikkel
Norman
Tunis Blom
Martha Circle
C. Stoppels
Ralph Vander Zyl
Bryce Macy
Stoppers
Japan
Abe Vander Beek
Leslie Vande Krel
Lester Beyer
Paul de Penning
Jean van Genderen
Joe Harthoorn
Gerrit Huyser
Vernon Huyser
Lester Huyser
Donald de
Albert Tysseling
Nelson Geels
10Th Inf
Fort Riley
Kansas
Inf
10Th
Anna de Bruyn
C. B. Page
D. W. Wildman
Jennie Sparks
Nellie de Bruyn
Mamie Boat
Baumberger
Elsie Kling
Marie Brand
Ladies Aid of the Community Church
Fred de
A. P. Vander Beek
Howard Latcham
Montezuma
Saturdy
John Latcham
Bertha Geenen
Clarence van Sant
Holland
Michigan
John Geenen
James Nikkel
St. Francis Hospital
Grinnell
Silas Nikkel
Clarence Brand Wilde Vander Wilt
Neal Vander Wilt
Iowa City
University Hospital
Flora Gertsma
Kay Wisgerhof
Robert Wisgerhof
Wilton Junction
Orval Vander Wilt
Andrew Gertsma
Pete Rozendaal
Jeff Willemsen
John Ver Meer
Reta Ann
Effie Jong
Gerrit de Jong
Ed Klyn
Mahaska Hospital
Elaine Carol
Marion Verwers
Fifield
Dick de Jong
Boat
Otley
Cecil Hodges
Tony Langstraat
Nebraska
Cecil
Glyde Williams
Knoxville
Highway 14
Pleasant St
Dutch
Ethel Hart
Nick Schuring, Jr
Pella
Delbert Barr
Lloyd Barr
PMA
Union
Rock
Blaine
Rusco
Lloyd Karr
Charles
Roberta Hodgson
Burt Karr
Blaine School
Merle
Court Room
John Visser
Merl
Ora Gilchrist
Joe Stevenson
de Jongs
Johnny
Howard Rankin
Fred Rankin
Drake University
Rankin
Knoxville High School
Central College, Pt
Zearing
Mary Janela
Ankin
Woody Fisher
Carisle
Howard
Bob
Bartus Klyn
Willene Sheets
Joyce Buwalda de Kock
de Kock
Griswold
Summit News Club Meets at Vriezelaar Home in January
The County Line Club gathered January 28 at John Vriezelaar’s home with Coralee Vriezelaar leading in President’s absence. Kenneth Rus read minutes as roll call covered various car makes. Guests, visits, family news, a newborn, fox hunting trip, and meals noted. next meeting set for February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Line Club
John Vriezelaar
Verle Ver Dught
Coralee Vriezelaar
Kenneth Rus
Ronald Kaldenberg
Jerry van Waardhuizen
Marvin Verros
Peter van Ryswyk
Monroe
Marion Heemstra
Mahaska Hospital
Osi
Mary Beth
Marion van Houwelin
Pella
Neal Heemstra
Shirley Zickel
Harrison Zippers 4-H Club Activities Include Dime Drive
Oskaloosa News reports the Harrison Zippers 4 H Club met at Janice Ruth Dykstra home with eight members, voted to donate $5 to the March of Dimes, and featured a Dutch Courtyard picture study. Members learned volleyball and shuffleboard layout, portfolio making, and heard talks by Louise Fallis and Iola Cadwallader. Local visits and birthday dinners are noted, plus a few inductee addresses and a hospital case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Zippers
Janice Ruth Dykstra
March of Dimes
Betty Fynaardt
Louise Fallis
Iola Cadwallader
Helen Hoover
Evelyn de Bruin
Tunis Kelderman
Herman Swank
Pella
Marion Vander Linden
Lester Vander Linden
Lester
Marion
Wm. Stek
Gerald Rozenboom
Gary van Arendonk
Clifford Cruzen
Linda de Bruin
Ray de Bruin
New Sharon
Mercy Hospital
Connie Boender
Co. D
G.C.B
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Edwin van Kampen
De Heer Barker Family Obituary and Local Notes
Cordova News records the December 18 birth of Lizzie De Heer Barker on the De Heer farm and her January 24 1962 death near Lura Missouri after a heart attack. It lists her husband Herbert Barker six children including June Marie and Lloyd Charley Estes Carl and extended family. Bulletin covers shipboard injuries visits hospital births local moves anniversaries a joke about Monroe bachelor leap year and various community updates with numerous De Heer relatives and local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie de Heer Barker
Alwyn de Heer
de Heer
Cordova
Lura
Missouri
Herbert Barker
June
Marie
Lloyd
Charley
Estes
Carl
West Coast
May van Hemert
Marion de Heer
Ponce
Mike de Heer
Litchfield
Minn
Ed de Heer
Waverly
Jeanette Lewis
Kansas City
Leroy de Heer
Japan
California
Roy
Harry de Heer
Bill de Heer
Newton
May Vari Hemert
Mary Templeton
Grandma Jones
Bill Richard
Collins Hospital
Ruth Karl Cooney
Iowa City
Irma Roff Karr
Lloyd Karr
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Doyle Kane
Marjorie Legrand Sherwood
Cleo Jacobs Karr
Irs
Norman Karr
Elmer Dean Willemsen
Kathie Cronkhite
Des Moines
Carrie Vriezelaar
Gertrude Willemsen
Monroe
Kenny
Vander Ploeg Motor honors two employees at GAR hall
Monroe officials recognized James Vriezelaar and Doyle Vander Hart at a Monday evening IP at the GAR hall. Vriezelaar recently resigned as service manager to farm, after joining the firm in 1938 with wartime service. Vander Hart, an apprentice in body and paint, will depart next week for the service. A Lord Elgin wrist watch was presented to Vriezelaar for his years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Vriezelaar
Doyle Vander Hart
Vander Ploeg Motor Com
Gar Hall
James
Doyle
Women’s Relief Corps
J. W. Munson
Lea Tool
Mark Walker
Les Hamilton
Social Guests and Moves Across Iowa Des Moines Area
A patchwork of social notes reports various Iowa residents visiting relatives in Des Moines, Davenport, and Bloomfield. Names include Mrs Arnold Pille, Laurie of Des Moines, Mrs Keith McConeghey, Mrs Elizabeth Neilsen, and many others. The items mention moves to Des Moines, visits to Edinburg Texas, and winter travel in the southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Pye
Lloyd Herwehe
Monroe
Des Moines
Donnahue
Lynn
Brad
Richard Donahue
Harold Sparks
Reasnor
Les Beyer
Emma Woods
Bloomfield
Town
Ralph Gloyd
Walter Blankenship
George Hensler
Mark I. Shaw
Joyce Tilden
Gordon Neilsen
Towa City
Dale McBride
Juan
Texas
Hazel Tice
Edinburg
Perry
Milton Wright
Ralph Rinehart
LeMars Records Long No-Fatal Traffic Streak
A claim notes LeMars has had no fatal traffic accident since 1940, marking the longest no-fatal streak in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Towa
Farmer Trapped By Frozen Corn Avalanche in Iowa
Hart near Ovens Iowa farmer Henry Chierholt sustained a broken hip after being hit by an avalanche of frozen corn in a corn crib. About two tons of corn pinned him under four feet of corn until helpers dug him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovens
Iowa
Henry Chierholt
Hosital
Jamboree Draws 47000 Scouts to Valley Forge in 1950
In July 1950 Valley Forge Pennsylvania hosted the National Boy Scout Jamboree with about forty seven thousand scouts, the largest youth gathering in the Western Hemisphere to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
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