Christmas News From Knoxvill e and Surrounding Areas
A retrospective of Christmas events and family updates in Knoxvill e and nearby communities. Neighbors travel to Missouri and Des Moines, visits to relatives, new television sets, illnesses, and hospital stays are noted alongside deaths and funerals of Seymour Howard and Clyde Wright. Families host dinners and Christmas parties while some members relocate or return from travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cécil Hodges
Missouri
Si Karr
Kenneth
Siapeon
Laverne
Violet
Ogg
Independence
Bricker
Duane
Ione Holmes-Ruckman
Roland Reed
Knoxville
Roland
Marshalltown
Lois Reed
Morris Test
59Th St
Marion Rinehart
Des Mos
Marion
Tessa
Henderson
Marzette Reese
Bob Sherwood
Charles
Lois Jones
Manhattan
Kansas
Norma Jean Bricker
Oskaloosa
Burt
Cora Karr
Seymour Howard
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Clyde Wright
Mr. Howard
Wanda Jones
Hugh Jones
Lloyd Warner
Peoria News A Gem of Truth Christmas Services Note
Poem inviting readiness for the trumpet and meeting the Lord appears beside a note on Christmas Day services at the church. Rev. A. leads, reflecting on faith, mortality, and eternal reunion as the crowd contemplates a spiritual horizon.
Christmas time family notes and town visitors
A week of family gatherings and church activities fills the community. Many guests visit from nearby towns and relatives travel home for Christmas. Various residents share news of surgeries, hospital stays, births, and postnuptial and other family events through the holiday period.
New Year Steps and Christmas News from Sully
The Sully News covers holiday travels as Mr and Mrs Melton Sjaardema visit from Denver and families head to Bastrop Louisiana while locals host Christmas parties at Battle Ridge School and the Christian and Independent schools. Fire calls, medical updates, and community gatherings fill the holiday period with many local families visiting relatives and service members on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Melton Sjaardema
Denver
Colorado
Pella
Roy Vande Krol
Bastrop
Louisiana
Vande Krol
Battle Ridge
Lester van Gorp
Robert Renaud
Marion Swank
Clarence Boot
John Boot
Virgil Boot
John Eysink
Dick Ver Ploeg
Paul de Penning
John van Zee
Jake Mol
Pfe
LeRoy van Zee
Raymond Terlouw
Wilson Dop
Camp Chaffee
Arka
Seattle
Washington
Betty Luske
Sully
Pisgah
Town
Chicago
Carlene Wisgerhof
Carolyn Northcutt
Judith Renaud
Judy Tynseling
Virginia Vos
Carolyn Pierce
Mildred Vander Zyl
Judy Meridith
Kay Wisgerhof
Linda van Weelden
Martha Vander Wilt
Jake Brand
Sally Christian School
Christian Reformed Church
Sully Independent School
Van Veldhuizen Christmas Party At Local YWCA
Oskaloosa News reports visitors join the annual Van Veldhuizen Christmas party at the YWCA building. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. M. Vande Krol and son from Sully, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm Day with family from Waterloo.
Christmas Dinner Guests Dozen in Various Iowa Homes
A roundup of Christmas day visitations among families in Leighton Pella Prairie City Grand Rapids and nearby areas. Guests included Mr. and Mrs Wm De Heer, Mr. and Mrs James Van Wyk, Ronnie. Mr. and Mrs Ralph Lewis. Jacob Grootveld and Henry Grootveld families. J G Newenhouse home hosts. W C Hamilton family. Pvt Thaymer Jonker returned from Camp Rucker. John Baas visited son Jack in Grand Rapids. Tunis Kelderman family at H Swank in Pella. Pvt Bill Van Hulzen back from Fort Sill for ten days. Roy Veerman return from Greenland Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rus
Gene
Dave Grands
Arthur den Adel
Wayni
Dennis
Andrew Vander Linden
Berets
H. Roose
Mahaske, Hoaghal
George Hollinhead
Averig
Lone Pine
Nebi
Randall
Waisigg
Avery Wetzig
Milton Vos
Mercy Hospital
Martin
John F. Westercamp
Mahaska Hospital
Frederick John
William Hagen
Kalamazoo
Michigan
John Hagen
R, Hagen Teaches School In Kalamazoo. the New Address of Pvt. Leonard Veldhuizen
Tio
San Francisco
Calif
Marion Franje
Jacob
Cornie Vos
The
Cornie
Stella Vander Linden
Jacob Dahm
Ralph Hoksbergen
Peoria
William Vander Hoven
Irene Roose
Pella
Tone Nibbelink
Lois van Kooten
Near Leighton
Bert Bandstra
Bruce
Ann Arbor
Gordon Vander Hart
Ronald
Vander Hart
Jacob Vander Hart
M. Vander Hart
Edd Sparks Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Grinnell
Sally Fire Dept
Rayford Meridith
Reink Zylstra
Sully
Lynnville
Marvin Norman
Community Church
Gerald Lamphier
P. G. Rozendaal
W. T. Conover
Lester Vander Wilt
W. B. Vos
O. H. Wisgerhof
Orval Vander Wilt
Jennie Sparks
Elsie Kling
Lamphier
Lloyd Terlouw
Wifred Renaud
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Wm. Nikkel
Fort Hood
Texas
L. G. Wisgerhof
John O. Terlouw
Clyde Hurst
Henry C. Terlouw
Bernie Fopma
Bryce
Garrit Vander Weerdt Jr
Pvt
Fred Willemsen
Marion Terlouw
Merlin
Prairie City
Arletta Terlouw
John C. Terlouw
Louis
Kors Harthoorn
Dorothy
Henry Maasdam
Margie Jasper
James Jasper
Orangelty
Harry de Jong
Ward Versteegh
Dana and Terrill
Vernon Vander Kamp
Craig
Carl
Gore Vander Beek
A. P. Vander Beck
Gary Verwers
Silver Springs
Maryland
Everett Verwers
Wm. Zegars Jr
Fort Leonard Wood
Garrit Vander Weerdt Sr
Garrit Hardeman
New Sharon
Ivan Zylstra
Orange City
D. J. Vos
Alice Willemsen
Cornelia
Henry Willemsen
Wm, de Heer
Leighton
James van Wyk
Ronnie
J. G. Newenhouse
Ralph Lewis
Pekin
Jacob Grootveld
Henry Grootveld
Legion Hall
Henry Boertje
Stan Boertje
M. H. Hamilton
W. C. Hamilton
Thaymer Jonker
Jacob Jonker
Camp Rucker
Ala
Jonker
John Baas
Jack
Grand Rapids
Tunis Kelderman
Oklahoma
Retha
A. van Tulzen
Pvt Veermans Stationed in Germany Christmas Service
Pvt William Veermans is now stationed in Germany. Church services were held Christmas morning at the Fire Christian Reformed Church. An offering was taken for the Lord's Day Alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Veermans
Germany
Fire Christian Reformed Church
Lord's Day Alliance
Recovery of Corwith Toddler After Farm Accident
Two year old Timothy Lee Sorenson of Corwith is recovering from a near fatal farm accident. He suffered a fractured skull when a farm tractor backed over him but is now about ready to leave the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Lee Sorenson
Corwith
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Clara Hartz
Park Bingley
Paul’ Bandstra
Gerrit P. de Jong
Peter C. Jonker
Sully News
Arletta M. Terlouw
Dick Rolffs
University Hospital
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Wayne
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Wheaton College
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Max, Jr
Victoria
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Black Hawk
Kelly Rand
Co-op
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John Deere
International Endgate
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Coronado
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Lizabeth Newenhouse
M. Vande Krol and Son
Wm. van Veldhuizen
van Veldhuizen
Y.W.C.A
Wm. Day
Waterloo
Airs Henry Grootveld
D-X
Montezuma Renderers Dept. Agri
Roy Veerman
Greenland
Denmark
Federal Land Bank Farm Loans
National Farm Loan Assn
D. Taylor Giant Taylor
North Market
Henry Vriezeiaar
Oskaloosa Sales Pavilion
Sales Pavilion
Oskaloosa Sales CO
Harold H. Lisk
International Machinery
Missionary Society of Friends Church of
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Jersey
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Smooth Mouthed Bay
Little Genius Gang
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