News from Nearby Towns and Rural Communities
Dick Fleming, about 83, recovering after a fall on ice. William Stuursma and Miss Vander Ploeg wed Feb 17 in Grand Rapids. Births include a boy for Nibbelink and a baby girl for Gerrit Roose who died days later. Peoria Young People’s Society held a program. Rev Hoitenga ill then back. Oren Fleming visited Oklahoma then served as juror in Oske loosa. Vander Hart mission work in Carisso NM. 20th wedding anniversary for Vander Wal neighbors. Wilbur Roose and Bertha Stuursma to marry. ceremony by Rev Hoitenga. couple to live on farm east of Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Fleming
Gee. Stuursma
William Stuursma
George Stuursma
Miss Vander Ploeg
Dirk Vander Ploeg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Stuursma
Vander Ploeg
Pella
John
Ayn Vander Ploeg
Michigan
Leighton
D. J. Hoitenga
Peoria
Oren Fleming
Oklahoma
Oskaloosa
Gerrit Roose
Cornelius Vander Hart
Rehoboth Hospital
N. M
Carisso
Vander Harts
New Mexico
Christian Reformed Indian
Peter Vander Wal
Wilbur Roose
AL. J. Roose
Bertha Stuursma
J. J. Stuursma
Monroe News Social notes and moves in town
Monroe residents report moves including Mr and Mrs B Overfelt and sons relocating to Chillicothe Missouri where he will work as a telegraph operator. Local events include Jarnigan hosting Monroe girls basketball team. visits by Mrs N W Boone and Mrs Morgan Carter. Cornelia Van Gorp wed Gerrit De Leeuw and plans Michigan home. Bob Burlingame spoke to students and at the Monroe Commercial club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Overfelt
Bill
Jack
Chillicothe
Missouri
Overfelt
la Baun Jarnigan
Monroe
C. O. Ammer
Betty Lou
Rodney
W. S. Cash
Madeline Vriezelaar
Roger Crane
Newton
N. W. Boone
Seattle
Washington
L. C. Helms
Morgan Carter
Des Moines
Cornelia van Gorp
Gerrit de Leeuw
Holland
Michigan
Bob Burlingame
High Schoor
Monroe Commercial Club
Betty Lou Ammer
Ruth Ellen Patterson
Carl Ammer
Hybrid Corn Pioneers Honored On 25th Anniversary
Bloomington area ceremony marks 25 years since first commercial shipment of hybrid corn in the Corn Belt. Funk Bros Seed Co president Z D Funk and VP Dr J R Holbert honored by a regional association, receiving chrysanthemums as gratitude. The speech lauds their pioneering partnership, likens their work to a modern Pygmalion, and asserts the enduring impact on agriculture and national bounty. They are hailed as part of a Hall of Fame for advancing public welfare and natural resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingtor
Z. D. Funk
J. R. Holbert
Funk Bros. Seed Co
O. J. Sommer
Pygmalion
Ike Pygmalion
Nehemiah
Dominion
Gulf
Funk
Dr. Holbert
Community notes recount birthdays and local visits
Mary Curtis, Roger Crane, Jean Ammer and others attended a Home Project Lesson at Mrs. Stewart Guthrie's home on Quality Standards in the Home. Scouts members Billy Overfelt and Jack Wilson were installed as Tenderfoot Scouts. Families relocate as Howard Roberts moves to Missouri and Leland Cook hosts a Seymour gathering. Judy Joann Schneider joins Monroe household from Des Moines hospital nurse. Donna Lee Schneider returns from New Brank o to Waterloo grandparents visit. A senior sustains a fractured hip after a fall. daughter and son-in-law arrive for aid as assistance arrives at the hospital. Leonard Vander Velden Mason McDaniel and Francis Debfoss leave for camp in Louisiana. Mrs. Martin Van Essen visits Prairie City. Mrs. Howard Young shops in Pella. Curtis Wiley relocates to Missouri. R. Burton improves after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney
Mary Curtis
Roger Crane
Jean Ammer
Madeline Vriezelaar
Philip
Betty Lou Ammer
Fairview Township
Stewart Guthrie
Masdames
John Throckmorton
Cecil Reetor
Ernest Wagner
Mark Woody
George Stine
Mabel Rockhill
Koy
Billy Overfelt
Jack Wilson
Billy
Monroe
Bissouri
Mra
Howard Roberts
Seymour
Towe
Leland Cook
Leo Schneider
Judy Joann
Des Moines
Donna Lee Schneider
New Branko
Ands. G. Schneider
Waterloo
Nebraska
Neway
Mire
Lawrence Birkenholtz
Theospital
Leonard Vander Velden
Mason McDaniel
Francis Debfoss
Reasner
Louisiana
Martin van Essen
David Jabani
Prairie City
Howard Young
Summit area social notes and local visits
Mrs. Dave Vander Ploeg and others visited Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Gradus Vriezelaar and Kathryn F. Van Houten. Rev Van Houten will officiate at a wedding in Chicago. Several families, including Van Roekel, Van Essen, and Vriezelaar, were seen visiting in Knoxville Pella Monroe and Fairmount areas. A mattress program training meeting was held in Enpeville, and illness among Summit pupils led to postponement of February 1 activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Vander Ploeg
Robert van Essen
van Essen
Gradus Vriezolaar
Kathryn F. van Houten
van Buren
Otley
Chicago
van Houten
Louis van Roekel
Banas
Peter Breed
Fairmount
Martin van Essen
Artie Hiematra
Simon van Dusseldorp
H. Vriezelast
Knoxville
Elmer Vogelaar
Lenore
Mennenga
Muonday
Gerrrit, Brouwer
A. L
Dow Vriezelaar
Monroe
M. J. Hiematra
Elmer Vogelsar
H. Vriezelaar
Genghter
Madeline
And
Funeral Attendees Travel In Pella and Newton Areas
Louis Van Rockel attended funeral services for their great uncle Wm. Visser of Pella on Thursday. Neal Vogelaat visited Newton to see Mrs. W. A. Steven son in the hospital there. Gerrit Vander Kieft Mabel and Verna visited Joe Kool in Otley Friday evening. Leonard Gosselink and family of Rolla visited Elmer Vogelaar and Lenore Friday evening. Neal Vogelaar and Barcroft were dinner guests in the Elmer Vogelaar home Sunday. Peter Breed of Fairmount also dined with Hl. W. Vriezelaar family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis van Rockel
Pella
Wm. Visser
Neal Vogelaat
Newton
W. A. Stevenson
Gerrit Vander Kieft
Mabel
Verna
Joe Kool
Otley
Leonard Gosselink
Rolla
Elmer Vogelaar
Lenore
Neal Vogelaar
Peter Breed
Fairmount
Hl. W. Vriezelaar
Local Families Attend Visits and Sales Across Congregations
Case News notes multiple visits and gatherings in rural households. Mr. and Mrs Tunis Van Maanen and children spent Sunday with Tarrison Terstra and children at Roy Fortuin’s home. Elscotts, Linsteds, De Jongs, and Gause families are listed at various homes. Jack Linsted held a closing out sale on Monday February 24 and will move to Taintor in March. Des Moines visitors join in Sunday meals, and flu illness affects Floyd Pothoven as Dr Venable is called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis van Maanen
Tarrison Terpstra
Roy Fortuin
Guy Elscott
John Elscott
Carroll Linsted
Oskanoosa
Jack Linsted
Paul de Jong
Milo de Jong
Lester Gause
Helen Gause
Virgil Bason
Lynnville
Anna Monsma
Henry Willemsen
Ward Williams
Catherine Vander Pol
Glen Vande Krol
Russell Hills
Des Moines
Jessie Hill
Dr. Venable
Floyd Pothoven
Rufford Pothoven
Bruce
John Mep Pelink
Taintor
Guy Fiscott
Lewis Jansen
Kilduff
New Salem Wedding in Sully Community Church
Miss Catherine Van der Pol and Ward Williams wed in a Sunday spelled ceremony at the Community Church Sully with Rev Woortman officiating. A two course luncheon followed with many Vander Pol and Williams family members listed as guests and hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Vander Pol
Herman Vander Pol
Ward Williams
Earl Williams
Grinnell
Howard Cope
W. V. Woortman
Sully
Gerald
William Veldhuizen
John D. Geurts
Harry Ritter
Orval Vander Wilt
Dor 0
Ess
Dorothy Vander Pol
Luella’ Geurts
Glen Vande Krol
Martin van Wyk
Community notices of gatherings and anniversaries in Vande Krol families
Social notices outline visits and gatherings among the Vande Krol and related families including Ward Williams and Glen Vande Krol households. It lists attendees such as Elscott, Meppelink, Vander Wilt, Vander Pol, Willemsen, and Gertsma families, with multiple Sunday and Tuesday visits noted.
Cordova community notes include meetings and illnesses
Cordova News reports Bible class met at Ethel Hart's with thirteen present, and a later meeting at ten Karr's despite weather. Flower club at Delight Karr's had six attend. others ill. Billy Gene Karr back to school Friday. Norma Jean Bricker ill. Clarence Bricker undergoing treatments. Several residents and relatives, including James Templeton's family, Wynsteker in Pella to care for her father, Ruth Klyn injured in a car crash, Nellie Miller sewing covers for furniture, and various Cordova residents active or ill as noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Hart
Karr
Delight Karr
Billy Gene Karr
Norma Jean Bricker
Clarence Bricker
James Templeton
Mra
Wynsteker
Pella
Bryan Karr
Roy Karr
Joe Templeton
Gerrit Hoksbergen
Clyde Karr
Walter ‘Pearson
Raymond Croziers
Wilma Core
Ellen Karr
Connie Vanden Berg
Sigourney
Dunreath Coal Company
Dunreath
Clyde, Williams
Knoxville
Cordova
Hex Woody
Nellie Cochrane
Ray Clarke Jr
Couple Leaves for Ohio Dairy Farm Work
Kenneth Simpson spent Sunday in Cordova with the boys. Grandma Shilling was very low on Thursday and all her children were called home. She rallied and her condition remains the same. John Perkey is not able to be out of bed now and he has to be propped up as he can't rest lying down. Jolly Waites and three sons visited Sunday at Ainsworth. Will Waardhuizen and family were to spend Sunday afternoon at Anne Waardhuizen's. Mr and Mrs Joe Templeton called to see John Perkey on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Pygmalion
Galatea
Illinois
Bei
Cora
Ohio
Kenneth Simpson
Cordova
Grandma Shilling
John Perkey
Jolly Waites
Ainsworth
Will Waardhuizen
Anne Waardhuizen
Porterville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Porterville residents share a busy week of calls and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Peter Hackett and Cornelia visit Will Monster family. surprise party for Will and Cornelia Den Hartog hosted by Henry and Cornie Klyn in Pella. Den Har togs plan to move to a farm near Oskaloosa.
Local Social Notes Reflect Pella Area Moves and Celebrations
Albert Weyers enjoyed a Sunday afternoon. Mrs John Robertus visited Mrs Roy Van Haaften on Monday. The Henry M A De Zwarte family moved from Pella to their new home south of town. Mr and Mrs M A De Zwarte will live with her brother John Goemaat near Prairie City and Mrs De Zwarte will care for the Goemaat baby after the mother died last winter. Baard family attended the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Van den Baard in Otley with open house, drawing 70 to 80 guests Saturday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Williams
Glen Vande Krol
Jake Elscott
Ruby
Joe Banrda
Howard Cope
Dale Ratliff
Russell Renaud
John Elscott
Jennie
Ellen
Grace
Gladys
Andrew Gertsma
Gourt Vande Krol
Maurine
Leslie Vander Krol
Gerrit
van Willigen J
Sylvia
William Veldhuijzen
Guy ‘Vander Pol
Jannia Monsma
Clair Ludwick
Lyle Montgomery
John [Meppelink
Earl Williams
Russell Vande Krol
Neal Vander Wilt
Vera
Wiebe Goodyk
Lena
Marie Meppelink
Lucille Vande Krol
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Gar Taylor
Henry Vander Wilt
Herman Vander Pol
Catherine
Etta Elscott
William Veldhuizen
Sully
Harry Vande Krol
Guy Vander Pol
Geurt Vande Krol i
John Willemsen Lof Lynnville
Gerrit van Willigen
Peter Hackett
Cornelia
Will Monster
Cornie Vanden Bard
Will den Hartog
Henry Klyn
Pella
den Hartog
Oskaloosa
Gerrit den Wild
Abraham de Zwarte
J. D. van Zanto
Wilma
Albert Weyers
John Robertus
Roy van Haaften
Henry M. A. de Zwarte
M. A. de Zwarte
John Goemaat
Prairie City
de Zwarte
Goemaat
Connie Vanden Baard
John Vanden Baard
Otley
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Peoria News
Jno
J. van Dyke
Monroe News
White Wyandottes
J. H. Shinn Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Ping
Curtis Wiley
R. Burton
Summit News
Case News
New Salem News
Porterville News
Vander Linden
Rexall
Auto Furniture Loans Lane
Federal Discount Corp. M. Jaktgeboren
Mer. Market St
Forney
Allpen Kranter
John Lasschuit
Laaschuit Grocery
FORD
Ulrich Motor. Company
Mercury
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