Farmers Co op annual meeting draws 226 at Otley
Community notes report 226 attendees despite cold at Otley school basement for the Farmers Co op annual meeting on February 8. Guests included Donovan Mathes and Dean Kool. New board member Myron Nollen. D. G. Van Zante re elected. John Vanden Baard again president. Blue Cross plan opened briefly. Raymond Robus leads outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Vander Kolk
Farmers Co-op
Otley
Donovan Mathes
Oskaloosa
Dean Kool
Monroe
Don Edison
Farm Grain Dealers Association of
Des Moines
Russell Suttermeir
Anderson-Prichard Oil Co
Gress Rogers
Myron Nollen
D. G. van Zante
John Vanden Baard
Will Vriezelaar
Nellie Vander Pol
Vander Pol
Will
Vanden Baard
Henry Kaldenberg
Monr
Ira Vriezelaar
Pella
Otley Unit
AMVET
Paul Buwalda
Charles Vander Kolk
Blom
Near Peoria
Andrew Ustermarkt
Evert de Vries
Marion Vanden Baard
Pel-la
John Langford
Percy
Brower visit and town notes from Cordova area
Cordova News items report Dick and Nellie Brower visiting Mrs. Otto Wynateker two weeks ago, illnesses, and local happenings. Monroe defeated Mingo to qualify for next series, roads blocked by cold and snow closed schools part of last week. Blue Cross meeting drew crowd in Knoxville despite blizzard. Farm Bureau in Summit postponed at Otley. Films shown and seed oats discussion held. Families moving on several farms, birthdays celebrated, and air of spring birdwatching noted with red birds and blue jays at the corn crib. Connie Donahue wed Lois Den Otter, Ray Clark Sr. and Jr. work at Newton factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Karr
Nellie Brower
Otto Wynateker
Twila van Hemert
Monroe
Mingo
Blue Cross
Knoxville
Summit Township Farm Bureau
Otley
Boat
Ben Rozenburg
Norman Karr
Burt Karr
Harold Karr
Walter Pearsons
Clyde Wright
Frank
Lavon Pearson
Walter
Angeline Vanden Berg
Bryan Karr
James Templeton
Lloyd Karr
Connie Donahue
Jack Donahue
Lois den Otter
Ray Clark Sr
Ray Clark Jr
Newton
Summit News notes expectant moves and local events
Mrs. Ed Van Hemert and family will move to a new home in Pella soon. Neighbors held a farewell gathering Wednesday. Lola Den Otter to wed Conrad Donahue of Monroe with ceremony planned February 1 in Hiawatha Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Vriezelaar
Ed van Hemert
Pella
Martha Carol Ver Woert
Coralee Vriez
Walter van Doorninck
Lola
Conrad Donahue
Royal Donahue
Monroe
Hie
Kansas
Monroe area notes and community events in January 1947
Sully News compiles church meetings, hospital visits, birthdays, and social gatherings in January with many local names. Highlights include Mercy hospital Des Moines admissions Henry Mo Sr and A P Vander Beck, Psalm singing gatherings at Rozenbooms, a birthday surprise for Mrs Jansen, and a Wichita Kansas birth to Roy and wife Joyce Ann Vande Krel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arletta_M. Terlouw
Henry Mo
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Trental
Ladies Aid of Christian Reformed Church
Andrew Huyser
J. Geels
Guy van Wyk
Henry Roelofsen
Ray Buitenwerf
Kate Runia
Peter Klepatra
Dick van Wyk
Gerrit van Norden
Neal Jansen
Herman Swank
Gerrit Vander Weerdt
Ralph Swank
Hazel Renaud
Iowa City
Joe Baarda
Bobby
Ben
Ben van Kampen Home. A. P. Vander Beck Is Still A Patient At the Mercy Hospital
Henry Jansen
Henry Lanser
Arie Lanser
Brandt Lanser
Gerrit van Kooten
Connie van Maren
Dewey Nikkel
Rudolph Zylstra
Johnnie
Harriet
Peter Lanser
John Lanser
Marvin Lanser
Maas Rozenboom
Rozenbooms
Lane de Penning
Peter Rozendaal
K. Hertoorn
It van Norden
Albertenwerf
Kate Runin
Bernard Vander Pol
Lane Maasdam
Maas Rozenboor
Don de Jong
Art Huyser
Jesse Carpenter
Andrew van Rees
Lutheran Hospital
Roy Vande Krel
Wichita
Kansas
Joyce Ann
Geort Vande Krel
Monroe News Brides and Scouts Connections in Late February
The Monroe News reports a January 18 marriage of Miss Patrician Mockenhaupt of Pershing to Raymond L. Thomason of Monroe at the Knoxville Methodist parsonage. Patrician, a 1944 Attica high school graduate, worked at Iowa Power and Light in Knox ville. Raymond, a Monroe high school 1939 graduate, now employed at Iowa Power and Light in Norwalk after Navy discharge. Also noted are Scout meetings led by Miss Jane Crumpacker with knitting lessons, community visits, and a large Boy Scout banquet in Newton with attendees from several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Marshall
Des Moines
Tom Cooper
Roy Hagan
Roy Hagan Jr
U. S. Navy
Marjorie Duncan
Janet Crumpacker
Zella Mae Waddle
Loren Lee Rickabaugh
Methodist Parsonage
Troy
Kansas
George Waddle
Monroe
Cassie Rickabaugh
O. Burchinal
Hubert
Frank Kradle
Mary Hazard
Ottumwa
H. W. Vriezelaar
Patrician Mockenhaupt
Pershing
Raymond L. Thomason
Methodist Parsonal
Knoxville
Attica High School
Towa Power & Light Co
John Mockenhaupt
Iowa
Monroe High School
L. EB. Thomason
Iowa Power & Light Co
Norwalk
Donna McConeghey
P. Berta Wittmer
Merriam Lille
Gwyneth Bump
Jane Crumpacker
Donna
Glen McCoughey
John Breed
Marcene
Albert van Zee
Pella
Helen van Ryswyk
Peter van Ryswyk
John Ask
Danny Buckholz
Junior Hawkins
First Methodist Church
Newton
Prairie City
Kellogg
Colfax
Sully
Baxter
Mary Dykstra
Herbert
Dorothy
Gerrit
Groendyk Family Visits Colleagues and Weddings Reported
Tracy News notes Eldert Groenendyk and daughter Barbara visiting Donnelson relatives at the Arnold Beekhuizen home. Ben Groenendyk and Anna Grace Brummer wed near Leighton with a reception at Ben Groenendyk Sr. home in Pella. A male quartet from Second Chr. Ref. church in Pella performs Friday evening here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldert Groenendyk
Barbara
Donnelson
Iowa
Arnold Beekhuizen
Eldert
Ben Groenendyk
Anna Grace Brummer
H. Brummel
Leighton
Ben Groenendyk Sr
Pella
Indies Aid
Peter Groenendyk
Henry Roozeboom
de Leeuw
Wm. Vander Lugt
Mahaska Hospital
Elizabeth Kay
Community Programs and Local Visits Mark Weekend
A church program begins at 7 30 with open invitation and refreshments planned after. Mr and Mrs Elmer Vander Beck of Pella visited Bert Beckhuizen’s on Sunday and attended afternoon services. Severe wind and cold forced Tracy school to dismiss at noon Tuesday and no school Friday. Arnold Beckhuizen family received a cablegram that John Beckhuizen, serving in Germany, re enlisted and would send more details. the family hopes for a long awaited homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Tunis’ Vonk
Melvin
Oskaloosa
Norman Robus
Charles Vander Kolk
Dick van Gorp
Donald
Pella
Andrew Ustermarkt
Norma Lucille Dykstra
Arvin Gene Klein
Otley Reformed
Near Prairie City
Janice Arlene Robus
Hattie van Gorp
Andrew Uitermarkt
Aart Uitermarkt
Gerrit
J. M. van Vliet
Blue Cross Hospital
Raymond Robus
Elmer Vander Beck
Bert Beckhuizen
Tracy
Arnold Beckhuizen
John
Germany
States
Prairie City News social and family notices
Prairie City News items list visitors and gatherings from multiple families including Steenhoek Vander Leest and Van Ryswyk with church time, visits in Auke Vander Lune and Steenhock homes, and wedding announcements for Ernest Vogelaar and Wilma Van Zee. Barn fire on Ralph Thornton farm caused sizable losses, with several calves and hogs injured and substantial insured damages. Junior mentions of operations for Henriette De Graff, anniversaries celebrated by Neal Rus and Gerrit Brandenhorst families, and various relocations and sales postponements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rellie Pemberton
Henrietta Steenhoek
Raymond Steenhoek
Jake Vander Leest
Geraldine
Auke Vander Lune
Auke Vande Lune
Rey
H. J. Kuizema
Bert Steenhoek
Gradus Vande Lune
Des Moines
Ernest W. Vogelaar
Wilma van Zee
Wm. van Zee
Nelle de Reus
Art van der Leest
Fort Madison
Ralph Thornton
John Boertje
Pella
Dick van Ryswyk
Henriette de Graff
Gerrit de Graff
Anke Vande Lune
A. A
A. A. Steenhock
Dick von Ryswyk
Wilhelm Bros
Bill Conley
William Conley
Bill
J. K. Steenbock
Rube Steenbock
Nellie de Reus
Wreda Walker
Monroe
Maggie Cooper
Neal Rus
Gerrit Branderhorst
D. J. van Ryswyk
Gerrit Brandenhorst
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otley News
M. G. Knowles
R. D. Sullivan
Knoxville, Iowa
Freel’s
Poland
China
Runnells
Iowa State Fair
C. D. Freel & Son
Harry Duncan
Fair Grounds
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Duroc
Farrow
Mr. Tice
Wm. Tice
Reed
Lisk
van Zante & Harper
Tom Brown
Elbert van Maanen
Clerks
Cordova
Summit News
Sully News
Archie Bovans
Lord Wilson
Roy Vander Ploeg
H. T. Woody
E. Poortinga
Reasner
Carl Crane
Dave Rodwick
Lucille van Zante
Gerrit van Zante
Clarence Jabaai
Joyce
J. T. van Zante
James Wisse
Marcella O'Mara
Madeline Vriezelaar
Dale McComas
Wallace Bump
Mary
Roger Crane
Monroe News
Ae Harvey Dykstra
Lethbridge
Canade
Miura Dykstra
Mitch‘livilie
Shaw
Floyd McLaniel
Mason
Betty
Ty Lawyance i
Tracy News
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
Prairie City News
C. B. Livingston
A.C
B. Berton
Mills Worth’ & Vou Zante
Acts
Guernsey
John Deere
Jake Langstraat
M. T. Sels
Howell River
Knoxville-Pella
Jersey
Deering
T/Lam Cemetery Ladies Aid
Abr. P. Bogaards
Worth & van Zante
Bibert van Mbanea
Clack
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