News of Nearby Towns And Rural Communities
Community notes from Knoxville and surrounding areas recount visits and dinners among the Vriezelaar, Van Essen, Hiemstra, De Vries, and Barber families in Marion and Jasper counties. Birthdays and anniversaries mark gatherings in Newton, Prairie City, Oskalo, and Des Moines with multiple excursions to Mon roe, Pella, and Knoxville venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Bernard Zerley
Knoxville
Simon van Dusseldorp
Hesbert van Essen
Sie Hiemstra
Sei
Jake Hiemstra
Ronald Hiemad
Prairie
Monroe
Kathryn
Leland Baimer
Fred Forker
John
Newton
del Barber
Sherry
Randy
Sherry Baker
Roy van Essen
Nora
Albert Hiemstra
Prairie City
Howard de Prenger
Beth Ellen
Leighton
Arthur de Vries
H. W. Vriezelaar
Marion Co. Historical Society
Belknap’s
Sedrel and Rempe families share community visits
Leighton residents from Springfield Bussey Ames and Oskaloosa joined neighbors in social calls and church activities. Notable events include H M Rempe attending Joe De Rooi’s 80th anniversary and Dick De Jong’s 40th wedding anniversary. Various gatherings occurred at the homes of Van Zonk Vander Wilt Barnard Van Maanen De Reus Rinehart and De Bruin with Ebenezer Reformed Church groups canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Sedrel
Springfield
Missouri
Ben Sedrel
Bussey
Henry Sedrel
Abe Rempe
Wm. de Heer
Ray de Reus
R. E. Thomassen
Lewis Vander Wilt
Ames
Robert Ver Ploeg
J. A. van Zonk
Alvin Goemaat
Connie
Nancy
Don Kennedy
Don Rinehart
Oskaloosa
C. M. Vroom
Fred van Maanen
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Priscilla the Ebenezer Reformed Church
John de Bruin
John
Irs
George Slagter
Michael and Lee
H. M. Rempe
Dick de Jong
Monroe News Briefs Highlight Local Deaths and Events
Monroe area notices report J R Crumpacker's heart attack and hospital care in Des Moines. Funeral held for 88 year old Berkenbosch at Methodist Church with six children and 13 grandchildren noted. Social visits include Theron Bierma and Ola Churchill birthdays, and dinners honoring Mrs Merlin Morris of Kellogg. Various engagements describe bridal shower for Shirley Aalbers and upcoming marriage to Ralph McGregor. Community clubs, hostesses, and birthday acknowledgments listed with multiple local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Crumpacker
Methodist
Des Moines
Berkenbosch
Methodis
James Sloan
Lela Roberts
Gerald Berkenbosch
Henry Steenhoek
Fern Franks
Hazel Tomlonovic
Wilma Hendricks
Griffith Cemetery
Monroe
Theron Bierma
Indianola
Ola Churchill
Mary Shannon
Churchill
Shanno
Lea Tool
Merlin Morris
Kellogg
Chester Dawson
Newton
Max Tool
Debbie Reeves
Morris
Chris Vander Pol
Frank Boat
Pella
Anne Ver Dught
Jacob Vogelaar
Arthur Vriezelaar
John Vriezelaar
Roy Vander Ploeg
Priscilla Ann
Edwin Vander Ploeg
Rawleigh Vander Waal
Arthur Vander Ploeg
James Vriezelaar
Bob Beesley
Blaine Vriezelaar
Ray Donnahue
Doyle Wadle
John Breed
Bert Vaughn
Herbert Marshall
Mason City
Ralph Sheeler
Ralph Buckley
Hugo Vander Velden
Shirley Aalbers
Jerry Aikin
Kenneth McGregor
Willard McGregor
Mesdames
Tone Aalbers
Laslie McGregor
Ed Scheffers
Donald Terpstra
Clyde Laird
Roy Brock
Kenneth van Wyngarden
Lewis Schultz
Arther Schuur
Bob van Gorp
Dave van Sant
Myrtle McKinney
Marilyn Schultz
Wanda van Gorp
Patty Aikin
Carolyn van Sant
Miss Aalbers
Ralph McGregor
Clarence VanderWerff
Monroe Mothers’ Club
Devayne Honnold
Price Supports for Grains Announced By ASC Committee
The ASC committee fixed 1966 corn support at 81 percent of parity or $1.40 per bushel for commercial areas with acreage allotments. Barley oats rye and grain sorghum 70 percent of parity. flaxseed and soybeans raised. 1966 national rates: barley 98 cents, oats 59 cents, sorghum 1.80 per cwt, flaxseed 3.09 per bushel, soybeans 2.15 per bushel at 75 percent of parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill L. Robuck
Marion County
ASC
Iowa
More Pork Less Fat and Rempe's Pork Breeding Plans
Rempe, a Pella High School junior, aims to raise leaner pork to meet homemaker demand for meat with less fat. His litters have earned blue ribbons at county fairs, with hopes to display at county and state fairs this year. Family dinner included Carroll Rempe and local residents. social visits followed, and a fall at downtown resulted in a wrist fracture for Francis Van Ness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Pella High School
Gerald Rempe
Bunker Hill
Pella
Ray Broderson
Frank Gunsaulus
Newton
Bert Wood
Reasnor
Dale’ Wood
Harold Sellars
Ivy Dingeman
Dorothy Hewitt
Mary Shannon
Minnie Nearmeyer
Mi Ora Jones
Don Hewitt
H. D.’ Machin
Duane’ Sellars
Jerry Sellars
Earl Curry
Joyce Groth
Duane Bowans
Ames
Archie Rowans
Francis van Ness
Fii
FFA
Carroll Rempe
Wheat and corn price support rules for 1956 outlines
The 1956 wheat price support is fixed at a minimum of $1.81 per bushel or 76 percent of parity. A July recomputation may raise the rate but not lower it. Corn support in 23 designated commercial counties, including all of Iowa, requires acreage allotments to qualify. Outside these counties the rate drops to about $1.05 per bushel. Allotment and marketing quotas apply to 1956 wheat as in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
May Lose Eye After Picket Crib Accident
Forrest Hinder of Nashua may lose sight in one eye after helping a neighbor with corn shelling. A wire supporting a picket crib was cut and one end struck his eyeball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Hinder
Nashua
Connecticut Courant, Hartford Founded in 1764
The Connecticut Courant, among the oldest American newspapers, began in Hartford in 1764 founded by Thomas Green. The paper’s long lineage marks a milestone in early U.S. press history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
Connecticut Courant
Hartford
Thomas Green
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Mrs. Henry Ver Woert
Martha Carol
Glen
Vern Hevelin
Elmer Eveland
Pauline Dykstra
Otley
van Essen
Wilcox and Garland
G. Vink
John H
Wm. A
van Zee
Joyce
Leroy van Zee
Douglas
Bob Beyer
Bryan
Elaine Ver Ploeg
Warren van Wyk
Gradys Vriezelaar
Jake Rozendaal
Lawrence Bogaards
Oskalo
Earnest Boat
Don
Andrew Boat
Vickie
Vance
Tom Bloodsworth
Jasper
Willis Sheeler
Julia Johnson
Crumpacker Funeral Home
Bob Pennington
Lane
California
Mrs. Pennington
Summit News
H.W. Vefezelaar
Leighton News
Carol Ann Sedrel
Monroe News
Zelpha Colvin
Cedar Falls
Ida Wood
Rempe
ANE
Allis-Chalmers
West 2Nd Street
New Idea
Winpower
Charlyn
Litchfield
Bart Leavens
Earl and
Bill Shields
Jasper County Savings Bank
Barker and
BUS
Cornland Plant Foods
Grinnell
Bakker
Rus
Bekker
Elmer Dykstra
Wayne Geetings
Cornland
Wallace’s
Farmer Bakker and Bus Seed & Feed CO
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