Nearby Towns News Highlights Local Weddings and Events
Miss Ross married Dean Vaught in Indianola at the bride’s home. Marvel McDaniel wed Lawrence Wilson near Monroe with a reception. couple plans to farm near Prairie City. Social events include showers for Mrs. Walters and Mrs. Vaughn, church gatherings, a prayer week, a cake festival, and a student recognition day with several college students. Local visits and family news round out the brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Label Ross
Peter Ross
Indianola
Dean Vaught
Mila Vaught
Monroe
Iowa
Vaught
Monroe High School
Iowa State College
Sinclair Oil Co
Marvel McDaniel
Lawrence Wilson
Miss McDaniel
Floyd McDaniel
Don Wilson
Prairie City
Monroe Telephone Go
McDaniel
Harold Walters
Walter
Henry Herwehe
Walters
Vera Walker
John Walker
Gene Vaughn
Hernehe Tool
R. V. McKeever
Wilbur Howald
A. Ver Schuur
Howard Herwehe
W. Tool
L. Rickabaugh
Hubert Jenning
Faye Rickabaugh
Wilma
Alice Tool
Mary Vaughn
C.D. Vander Ploeg
Wallace Oge
Cherokee
Mason Ogg
Baptist Church
Ralph Poortinga
Peter Pol
Otley
G. J. Klein
Mark Walker
Des Moines
William Breed
Inwood
Peter Breed
George Herwehe
Newton
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Stevenson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marion McKenzie
Iowa University
Elizabeth Pye
Dean Shaw
Cornell College
Robert, Romans
Central College
Pella
Mark I. Shaw
Methodist Church
W. A. Pye
Jim Crum
Chris Cramer
Farm Bureau Club
John van Roekel
Frances van Roekel
Howard Macy
Lynnville
Henry van Roekel
Harold Terpstra
Harold North
Henry Hernehe
Norman Lee
Lee Marshall
Robert
Ervin Walker
Bruce and Shirley
Gradus Vriezelaar
Kathryn
James
Jean Korine
Blaine
John Wittmer
O. P. Richmond
Gordon
Hubert
Grover Herwehe
Donald
Elise
Milan Herwehe
Perry
Merle Herwehe
John
Des Moine
Viola Herwehe
Minneapolis
Minn
New Year Notes From Cordova Community
Cordova readers hear New Year greetings as residents share visits and family updates. Mentions include parl Van Hemert and Allard at Murray Van Hemert home, Karrs at G Marshall dinner, Billy Core hospitalized in Oskaloosa, and Allen De Heer returning from Mercy hospital. Also notes obituaries of Mrs Vriezelaar and Mrs Robus, plus local calls, cattle projects, lamp purchase, and Burt Williams’s railway job and travel observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavon Dietrick
Murray van Hemert
Roy Karr
Ottumwa
Jim ‘Vriezelaar
R. M. Hart
Lynn Perkey
Grandma Hart
Lavers Dailey
Madge Hart
Parl van Hemert
Leo Allard
Clyde Karr
G .F. Marshall
Billy Core
Oskaloosa
Tom de Moss
Vriezelaar
Otley
Tony Robus
Allen de Heer
Mercy Hospital
Nadine Reed
Red Rock
George Dailey
Forrest and
Harold
Nellie Brouwer
Gerrit de Tong
Arie Klyn
Pella
Klyn
Burt Williams
Roxbury Road
Syracuse
New York
George Lemley
Des Moines
Burt
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
St. Louis
Buffalo
Fair Oaks
Monroe
Christmas visits and gatherings in Rose Hill area
Christmas day and week events feature Rose Hill and nearby towns. Families including Steegs, Oliver, Vander Werff, Dearinger, Menninga, De Ronde, Van Zante, and Van Veen hosted or attended gatherings in Sully Galesburg Pella Oskaloosa Otley and Prairie City. Noting a Rose Hill school vacation between Christmas and New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arther Steeg
Don Oliver
Harry Zickel
Sully
Neal Vander Werff
Arthur Dearinger
Mildred
Curtis Dearinger
Galesburg
Ruth Vander Leest
Herman van Veen
Raymond van Heukelem
Hope Seminary
de Ronde
Johanna de Ronde
John de Ronde
Helen Menninga
Bernie
Nick
Pella
John Vanden Berg
Bobby de Ronde
Peter Rus
Prairie City
Arie Vink
Joe Vander Wert
Art Gander Werff
Ed Dunnink
Lane Dunnink
Kathryn Vander Werff
Andrew Dykhui
Vander Krols and friends share visits across New Salem
New Salem residents visited and hosted gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Vander Krol with their baby, Leslie Vander Krol visiting Tony Vos’s parental home, Herman Kooistra as a dinner guest at Andrew Gertsma’s, and a miscellaneous shower for Miss Edna Renaud. Funeral attendees for Frank Brand of Sully were listed among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vander Krol
Baby
Wilburn van Wyke
Leslie Vander Krol
Tony Vos
Herman Kooistra
Andrew Gertsma
Harry Vander Krol
Iva
Neal Vander Wilt
Edna Renaud
Merlin
Ruth
Herman Vander Pal
Onward Sweep of Scouting Featured in New Calendar
Public buildings and businesses display the 1939 Official Boy Scout Calendar the Scouting Trail. Norman Rockwell painted it sponsored by Wormhoudt's Furniture Store. Dr H W Hurt says Rockwell captures the forward march of the Scouts and leaders in the spirit of citizenship. Ruby the local Scout Executive calls the picture timely amid propaganda, praising Scouting's aims and ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Rockwell
Wormhoudt
H. W. Hurt
National
Boy Scout Staff
Pio
Neer
Mr. Ruby
Rockwell
Social News From Sully Area Residents Then and Now
A flurry of visits marks a busy social period as families including Roorda Vander Pol Vander Wilt and Vander Krol share meals and guest duties. A December 1938 wedding unites Vander Wilt daughter Marjorie to Martin Van Wyke with a shower attended by local kin and neighbors. Milk and taste notes close the column with ISU expert Rudnick commenting on light exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Willgen
Amedia Andrews
Sully
Ernest Vander Kamp
Harry Vander Krol
Henry Vander Wilt, Jr
Ray Ludwick
Dirk Monsma
Herman Vander Pol
Town City
Freda
Vera Vander Wilt
Ada
Norma Roorda
Glenn Vander Krol
Nola Monsma
Russel Vander Krol
Gerrit Eysink
R. Eysink
Guy Vander Pol
Marjorie Vander Wilt
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Martin van Wyke
Otley Families Share Holidays Across Homes in Des Moines and Nearby
Otley residents visit relatives in Des Moines Minnesota and Illinois over Christmas and New Year. Carl Ruby Angove and Rozenboom families host and travel between Otley Pella Martinsburg and Newton while Ed Carter, S Korver, and others move between homes for celebrations and sickness in Tennessee and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Carver
Greta
Des Moines
A. A. Carpenter
Chicago
William Roush
Carver
Charles Vander Kolk
Ed Carter
Near Pella
Tennessee
Minne Rozenboom
Otley
Minnesota
Satuday
Rozenboom
Garlon Ruby
Bernice
Hayfield
Joe O'Haver
Eugene Angove
Albia
Charles Visser
Viola Dykstra
Pella
Pete Dykstra
Barb Horton
Harlan
Newton
Centennial Circle Visits and Family Gatherings Near Eddyville
Reports detail social visits around Eddyville and Oskaloosa from late December to early January. Families including Vander Haar De Jong Van Zante Verros De Zwarte Bogaard Van Heukelom Rempe Engelenhoven Ustermark Van Rockel are noted hosting and visiting in nearby towns and farms. The items reflect ongoing local social ties with relatives and neighbors in the Madison and Harvey areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Vander Haar
Peila
C. Vander Haar
Tony de’ Jong
Raymond van Zante
Eddyville
Gerrit Verros
Jim de Zwarte
Harvey
Henry Bogaard
Baby
Evert van Zante
Oskaloosa
Ing
Gerrit van Heukelem
Eddeville
Abe Rempe
John van Engelenhoven
Madison
Clayton Ustermarkt
Henry van Rockel
Visitors at Oska loo area homes Thursday and Friday
The item lists numerous visits by residents near Oskaloosa and Pella. Names include Dick Van Ommen, Richard Van Roekel, Floyd Ver Steegh, Barry De Bruin and Junior, G. P. Vander Beek and Esther and Mildred, Ray Hoksbergen, C Valster, Connie De Bruin and family, Guy Kelderman and family, Louis Van Heukclom and family, Tunis A. Van Haaften and Irene. An optimist comment closes the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way
Dick van Oimmen
Oskaloo
van Ommen
Richard van Roekel
Oskaloosa
Floyd Ver Steegh
Lacey
Barry de Bruin
G. P. Vander Beek
Esther
Mildred
Ray Hoksbergen
Taintor
Leon
Connie de Bruin
Rosetta
Willa Mae
Ronald
Orlo Wayne
Guy Kelderman
Gerrit van Heukclom
Elizabeth
Alda Mae
Margery
Louis van Heukclom
Pella
Tunis A. van Haaften
Irene
Probate notice in Knoxville Iowa of J H Thomassen will
Notice in Marion County Iowa states a filing exists in the clerk’s office for the last will of J H Thomassen deceased. A hearing is set for 10:00 AM January 30 1939 in Knoxville to prove validity. Objections must be filed by then. Also a Louisville report notes August DUI cases with five escapes and forty receiving nine days and a $19 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
J. H. Thomassen
Sai Court
Don L. Remy
Clerk of District Court
Louisville
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Central States
Cordova
Rose Hill
New Salem
Gerard Roorda
John Roorda
Gerard
Privious Veldhuizen
Henry van Wyk
Hents
Miss Vander Wilt
van Wyke
Ray
Irene Willemsen
Lloyd
Mildred Ludwick
Orville
Wilda
Carroll
Vera
Lester Vander Wilt
A. W. Rudnick
Peter Lubberden
Southwest Corner Square
Centennial Circle
Chicard Maerabl
Clark Street
George Francis Sadler
New York City
Berlin
Germany
van der Ploeg
Betty Crocker
Benteco Food Stores
J. van Dusseldorp Guerts’ Feed Mill
John den Hartog’s Groc
John Lanschuit Grocery Ver Meer Bros
T. Plette & Co
Stobes Super Market van de Voort’s Cash Groc
de Wild’s Grocery
de Wit
IGA
Gremuat
Mus
Wie
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