Nearby Towns and Rural Community News Notes
Mrs. Van Genderen suffers a broken hip after a fall at her daughter’s home and is hospitalized at Skiff Memorial. The issue records many local deaths, births, family visits, and community events from Sully and surrounding areas, including discharge notices, weddings, and farming updates with numerous Van Wyk, Terlouw, Renaud, and Van Kampen family references.
Prairie City News notes local visits and marriages
Local residents including Mrs. A P Kennedy of Chicago visited Mrs. H S Van Vark and Mrs Helen Shearer. Rodger Boertje was ill and admitted to Des Moines Lutheran hospital. Mary Zegers and Marion De Penning wed February 6 while Bernice De Graaf and Beryl Dodd wed February 14. T-4 James H Van Arkel received an honorable discharge. The G W Club met at Mrs H S Van Vark's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta M. Steenbock
A. P. Kennedy
Chicago
H. S. van Vark
Helen Shearer
Rodger Boertje
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Mary Zegers
Marion de Penning
Bernice de Graaf
Beryl Dodd
James H. van Arkel
G. W. Club
HS. van Vark
Clarence van Vark
Pella
Robert van Vark
Robert L. Vander Hart
Fire Control Ofice Usntc
San Diego
California
Pfe
Donald B
Boertje
Sqd. C
Consolidated
AAFBU
TAAF
Topeka
Kansas
Currie Wiggins
Brunner
Martha Kleinenhorst
Wm. LeGrand
Monroe
Francis Randall
Harry Wassenaar
Joe McKiveen
John Ballagh
Letta Lurber
Pete van Pearsem
Marie de Bruyn
Lawrence Stravers
Marion Ger
Nellie de Graaf
Gerrit’ de Graaf
der Wiel
Christian Reformed Church
Cordova News Notes Family Ailments and Local News
Cordova local items report Dorothy Templeton ill with pneumonia then resting with her mother in Indianola. Fern Allard suffers dental extractions and heart attack scare. Viola Karr missed a week of school. Patricia Van Engelhoven had appendicitis and was treated in Pella. Several residents, including Gerrit KI and Griffith Mik, faced illnesses. Wedding of Margaret Ann Visser noted. Ada Kingery hospitalized with transfusion for unspecified reason. Military notes include Howard Rankin’s return to Town and Forrest Dailey’s March mail, plus Bill Karr’s hospital discharge and Fort Belvoir address. Community events cover Valentine parties at Red Rock and Jasper County schools, landscape planning meeting in Knoxville, Farm and Home Week in Ames, and Co-op Dairy meeting in Sully. Roadwork plans for Cordova and coal transport at Monroe noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Karr
Dorothy Templeton
Indianola
Fern Allard
Viola Karr
Patricia van Engelhoven
Pella
Gerrit
Klyn
Griffith Mik
Tan
Mr Ell
Betsy
Moe
Henry Mits
van Hemert
Griffith
John Martin’ Visser
Margaret Ann
Collins” Memorial’ Hospital
Knoxville
Ada Kingery
Collins
Marion
Howard Rankin
M Dane
Howard
Marland
Calif
Henry van Wyngarden
Fort Sill
Fort, Brace
Fort Ord
Cal
Forrest Dailey
Martin Visser
Melvin Roetman
Orance City
Raymond Kar
Harold Clark Karr
Trinidad
Florida
Billy Gene Karr
Bill BK. Karr
Co. C
ASPTC
Fort Belvoir
Freda Ballard
Fair Oaks
Red Rock
Jasper County
Monroe
Darlene Ballard
Monroe High School
Melbourne
Carliste
Rhodes
Landscape Planning
Lizzie Reese
Mary Templeton
Knoxville Woman's Club
India
Central College
Mia. Fruth
Delbert Barr
Mohler
Dunreath
Ames
Falcon County Co-op
Aus’n
Christian Church
Don Vanden Berg
Sully Co-op Exchange, Creamery and Oil Co
Sully
E. C. Kruseman
Wilson
Hickenlooper
U. S
Bth
Dist
Paul Cunningham
Des Moines
Peter, Visser
Bussey
Tunis Klein
Irwin Wallace
Hamilton
Murray van Hemert
John van Hemert
Evalena van Hemert
Chester Bricker
Clarence Bricker
Dick Alley
Dorothy Ellis
Bryan Karr
Moravis
Grandma Jones
Joe Templeton
John Hagselman
Summit News Valentine Party at Summit School Enjoyed
Mrs. Art Van Zee led pupils and teachers in a Valentine party with games contests and a Hidden Heart winner Coralee Veiezelaar. Ice cream and cakes were served and valentines exchanged. Nearby visitors and local events noted through the week include farm sale attendance and several social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Veiezelaar
Art van Zee
Summit School
Coralee Veiezelaar
Peter Breed
Fairmount
Aalbers
G. Vanden Berg
Pella
Vanden Berg
Neal Theemstr
Willa Mae van Doorninck
Jean Ammer
Monroe
Albert van 4
Paul Vos
JL. W. Vriezelaar
A. L. Dykstra
Earl Umble
Marion Co. Co-op
Dairy Breeders Association
Th Christian Church
Knoxville
D.’ Vander Ploeg
Don Vriezelaar
Arthur
Mary
Coraleo Vriezelaar
Roy Vander Ploeg
Craig
Vander Ploeg
Summit Township
Gradus Klein
Catherine Fruth
Community Notes From Maple Lake Area Visit and Events
Maple Lake Minnesota residents recount visits to Jane Rozenberg home. Accidents at Annandale school left Carolyn and Margaret with stitches after steel folding chairs toppled on them. 4 H club met at Andrew Schut home with games and lunch. Various visits to Rozenberg and related households noted along with a hospital operation for Mrs. John Cumfferman and a Valentine party disrupted by drifting roads. Jeanette Topher of Minneapolis visited her parental home. Ladies Missionary Band to meet in church basement hosted by Mrs A Vandergon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christena Rozenberg
Ray Swan
Cassel
Andrew Schut
Loretta
Gloria
Doris
Joanne Klemz
Jane Rozenberg
Carolyn Rozenberg
Arlene Schut
Margaret Dierks
Annandale
Carolyn
Margaret
Henry
John Smith
Mia
Dick Rozenberg
Lois
John Cumfferman
Buffalo Hospital
Henry Plaggerman
Her
Rain Bow Girls installation noted in Knoxville event
Monroe News reports Mrs Richard Postma and daughter Darlene attended the Rain bow Girls installation in Knoxville Tuesday evening. Mrs Postma stayed to celebrate her mother Mrs Alice Rinco wicks 76th birthday. Other items note Helen Van Ryswyk of Des Moines with parents, Miss Mildred’s evangelistic work, births, anniversaries, and community visits across Monroe Newton and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hf. W
Harold Witt Lutheran Hospital
Paul Allen
Tittle
John Wagner
Memphis
Tenn
Mo J. Miles
Newton
Miles
Uella Oldham
Monroe
Peter Breed
Breeds
Burton
Jay Gil
Missouri
Mildred
Baptist Church
Ais
P the Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Laurel Ds
Tra Nolin
Dale Nolin
Forrest Warner
Roy Vaughan
Aling
Gisborn Shay
Mvline
Vaughan
Local News Briefs From Oskaloosa Kansas Area
Oskaloosa News reports marriages in 1946 Prinsburg and Rose Hill involving Gysbert Rozenboom and Roscoe Sarver, plus Sgt. Marion Van Wyk’s honorable discharge after 3 years service. Family health updates include Delores Van Kampen’s pneumonia recovery and Alien Van Kooten’s hospital treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Wand plan a California move after a February closing out sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick van Wyh
Prinsburg
Minn
Gysbert Rozenboom
Margaret Forteny
Minnie Balsa
Bill Carr
Troy
Kansas
Gladys G. van Arkel
Dennette van Arkel
Roscoe’ Donald Sarver
Rose Hill
Marion van Wyk
Delores
Jake van Kampen
Mahaska Hospital
Alien Wesley van Kooten
Albert van Kooten
Mercy Hospital
Martin Wand
Sal
California
Rose Hill News highlights local social visits
Mary Vanden Berg reports a series of community visits in Rose Hill Jasper County with Mr Dear of Peoria soliciting for the Banner. Couples and families including Vander Werf Vanden Berg Elacott Ver Steeg Van Zan te and Beek are listed visiting relatives and attending meetings and Newton calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Vanden Berg
Dear
Peoria
Johny Vander Werf
Vanden Berg
Des Moi Caliers
John Vanden Berg
Harold Fisk
Joe Vander Werff
Newton
Otley Farmers Co-operative Association
Frances van Zante
John Elacott
Lynnviller
Roy Vander Beek
Pella
Arie Ver Steeg
Albert van Zante
Minnie Rose
Otley News and Local Social Notes
Otley notices include visits by Mr and Mrs Wayne Angove and children to the I B Glenn home in Agency and other neighbors in Otley and Monroe. Matthew De Leeuw, home on furlough from five years service with three overseas years, returns from China and announces his marriage to Jean Marie Symon in California. Mrs Peter Vander Kolk passes away near Runnels after two years and ten months of caregiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Lille
Wilhelmina
Charles Nander Koll
Raymond Robus
John Clyde
Chas. Vander Kolk
Norman Robus
Janice Arlene
Kenneth Eugene
Duane Ray
William Roush
Knoxville
Charles Vander Kolk
Sandma Beintema
van Houten
Christ In Reformed Church
Visser
Vonn
Colorado
John Vanden Baard
Preent
George Vander Beck
Sequel
California
Gerrit Vitermarkt
Near Pella
Abs
Ben Vos
Near Leighton
Marion Vitermarkt
Daughte
Andrew Mollenaar
North Dakota
Farmers Co-op Exchange
Otley
NSW Service Women
Claude O'Haver
Hayfield
Minn
Garlon Ruby
O'Haver
Army Signal Corps
Andrew Ustermarkt
FreddIe Elsensohn
Ottum
T. W. Angove
Wayne Angove
I. 8
Glenn
Agency
Town
Jess Vriezelaar
Patty
John Vanden Board
Ra. M. PB. van Iemort
Pella
Janice Arlene Robus
Anna de Leeuw
Monroe
Matthew de Leeuw
China
Jean Marie Symon
Presbyterian Church
Pacific Beach
Peter Vander Kolk
L. L. Carnahan
Runnells
Jim Colyn
Ciosa
Thos
Wuraday
Prairie Gi
Nana Il Te
Peoria News Social Roundup in Peoria and Nearby
A string of local social updates from Peoria and nearby Pella and Oskaloosa members. Guests, greetings, visits, and wedding anniversary wishes accompany reports of trips to Chicago and California. Notable notes include Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Roose celebrating their 45th anniversary and several families moving or visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Vander Molen
Janet de Jong
Mi Ella Vander Schaaf
Pella
Jacob Stursma
Nellie Tibbeel
Chicago
Martin Vos
Peter Rus
Melvin Deur
T. Vander Veen
Cecil Vander Melen
John Vanderslat
Oskaloosa Callida
William van Sant
Anice Ruth
John van Sant
Anthony Roose
An Ustermarkt Brunsting Visit in Hull Iowa
Mrs Brunsting of Hull Iowa visits at the home of her son Rev John Visser and his wife and their son.Mr and Mrs Andrew Ustermarkt are also mentioned as parents in the same visit context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Ustermarkt
Brunsting
Hull
Iowa
John Visser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sully News
Arletta Terlouw
Wm. van Genderen
Paul Vander Kamp
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Emma O'Brien
Harry O’brien
S. Art van Ma
Thursding
Tunis Blom Hom
James Vas
Skil Hospital
Wilbur van
Myron Ren
Gerrit van Norden
Case van Norden
Chelsea
Edward Huyser
Joe Oddy
Maxine
Byron Ver Steegh
Ver Steegh
Sargeant
Port Ord
Roy Roten
Janet Vander W
Roten
Sally Coopnen
Vander Zyl
Jinas
Califfora
Rex Brush
Mercy Mc
Dick van Wyk
Ray van Wyk
Lester van Wyk
Anna Mae
Mary Grace van Wyk
John W. van Wyk
M. J. de Zwarte
Wm. van Wyk
John van Maanen
Ronnie
Guy van Wyk
Bernard de Zwarte
Linda and
Carroll
Henry van Wyk
Connie Jansen
Elmer van Wyk
Jerry Lee
Gerrit Jochums
Peter
Lou van Wyk
Mary Lou
Dick van Weelden
Roy van Wyk
Cheryl
Herman Bruxvoort
Donnie
Ralph de Vries
Leonard
Wallace
Armour
Clarence van Wyk
Reva de Zwarte
Raymond Brand
Wilburn van Wyk
Francis Shutts
Bert Shutts
Worts
John Rozenboom and Sons
John
Tertouw
Milo Kruseman
Wm. van
Mise Ku van Wyk
Jacob Ozinga
First Reformed
Gay van Wyk
Fayola
Gertrude
Esther van Gent
Dorothy Elscott
Dorothy de Jong
Robert
Gyshert
Frances Branksma
Jeanette Willliams
Ralph
Guy
Anna Mae van Wyk
Ernest de Jong
Henry John "Terlouw
Trude
Grae
June
Dave van Wyk
Bob Tunsbergen
Chirenee van Wyk
Februa
Fred) Willemsen
An & Ib
Sony Konall Gene
Grinnell
Martha Terlown
Ralph’ Katdenchet
Bellflower
Valit
Aloe Tallzer
Kaldenbere
Mery
Palmner
Maxine Oddy
Carroll Vander
Jessie van Wyngarden
Movn
M. Gorton
Trent-Knight
Congregational Church
Ben van Wyk
Will IL
Klein
J. W. van Wyk
M van Wyk
van Wyk
Tenis van Wyk
Neal van Wyk
John van Wyk
Gerrit van Wyk
Wm. Lanser Sr
Lane van Zee
P. C. Runia
R. J. de Jong
M. van Maanen
Kate Huyser
Herman de Penning
de Verne Renaud
John H. Jansen
Henry C. Terlouw
Harry de Jong
St. Thomas Hospital
Marshalltown
Clarence Renaud
John Vande Krol
Sam Munson
Baby of
Alice Shuts
Bert Shuts
Oskaloosa
Wendell Sparks
Bert Renaud
Muriel and Verland
Charles Renaud
Hen van Kampen Hone
Sam Vanden Berg
Minnie Veldhuizen
Bowen
Friends Church
Inville
Wm. Huyser
G. J. Vander
J. B. Vanhaven
John O. Terlouw
Wayne Jansen
Robert Renaud
FJ. de Jong
Glen Monsma
Tawies
Halbloom
Glen
J.B. van Engel
de Jong
Nn Maanen
Peter van Maane
Ben van Kampen
Virgil Kooistra
Virginia
Vernon
Bruce
Lucile Vande Krol
Mark de Graaf
Bernard Kooistra
Carla Rae
Larry
Lynnville
Catherine Kooistra
John Kooistra
Farm Service
Gerrit Loverink
Green
Prairie City News
Cordova
Clyde Karr
Burlington
Ethel Jones McConnelley
Henry Pontus
May van Hemert
Calvin, Talbot
Wayne
New Guinea
Hollan Aml
May van Hemert and Son
Monroe Coal Co
Monro
Summit News
Maple Lake, Minn
Monroe News
Oskaloosa News
Rose Hill News
Otley News
Peoria News
Gerrit Rus
James Vander Wal
Leendert “Monster
William Vander Molen
Harold Nicuwsma
G. Andringa Sr
Cecil Vander Molen
C. Stursma
Tena
Greda Vander Molen
Leona Belle Swank
Walter van Wyngarden
van Wyngarden
Andrew Bandstra
Minnie Hol
William van Vliet
Frank Klynsma
Cathryn Pethoven
Mae Ruth
Lambert van
Henry Dahm
Andringa
Nellie Tibboc
Mac Ruth Stursma
George Stursma
William Roose
Cil Vander Molen
Tillie Vander Molen
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
Colfax Sales Company
Larly
Colfax
Newton Sale Barn
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