Leighton area social notes outline holiday visits
Leighton residents spread Christmas cheer with dinner gatherings and visits across Oske loosa Pella and nearby towns. The week highlighted family celebrations, baptisms, public confessions, a wedding anniversary and church society meetings.
Christmas Family Gatherings Across Summit Area
Mrs H W Vriezelaar hosts relatives and friends for Christmas dinner in Summit with 36 relatives at the Richard Van Wyk home near Pella. Multiple families from Oskaloosa Monroe Ames and Newton visit nearby homes for meals and gift exchanges, including Marion Heemstra and Van Houweling households. Afternoon and breakfast gatherings follow Christmas Eve visits and holiday hospitality continues through Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren van Wyk
Richard van Wyk
Pella
Earl Grandin
Nellie van Waardhuizen
Rene van
Hubert van Wyk
Gerald van Houweling
Marion Hiemstra
Jacob Vos
Marion van Houweling
Marion Heemstra
Mary Beth
Maria Rae
Neal Heemstra
Wayne Lubberden
Rita
Edward Shannon
Monroe
Dewane
Roy Vander Ploeg
Priscilla Ann
Craig
Sidney
Bob de Long
Knoxville
Bill Woody
Ames
Mary
Coralee Vriezelaar
John Vriezelaar
Susan
John van Roekel
Merritt
Harold North
Arlo Worth
Janet
Grinnell
Dick Vander Kieft
Newton
Robert Breckenridge
Jerry Sellars
Christmas gatherings listed for several families in Pella area
A long, dense notice catalogs Christmas dinners and gatherings across multiple households in Pella and nearby towns. It lists names and relations, visits by relatives, carols, a gift exchange, 4-H club events, and upcoming meetings, with minor notes on illnesses and a newborn Priscilla Ann born December 28.
Christmas Harmony and Social News in Otley and Surrounding
Otley community notes report visits by Vander Kolk Buwalda and Vander Schel families, Hoogenakker and Kaldenberg gatherings, and a Sunday School Christmas program at Otley Reformed Church with a large crowd. Delores Van Waardhuizen traveled through Des Moines to Kansas City, then Los Angeles to San Diego for holidays. Christmas events include multiple family gatherings, Bible class, carol singing, and gift exchanges among local residents and visiting relatives from Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, and Brunswick New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. de Heer
J. G. Newenhouse
Oskeloosa
Fred van Zuuk
Town City
J. A. van Zuuk
Wm. van Heukelom
Howard Rowland
Rose Hill
Herman Tysseling
Oskaloosa
M. M. de Reus
Abe Kempe
John Else
Linda
Janie Hagen
Don de Prenger
Rena Meppelink
John Boerelyn
Virgil Dykstra
Gerrit van Rokel
James Vander Waal
Pella
L. van Roekel
J. A. van Zouk
8. Vander Schaaf
Ella Vander Schaaf
P. A. de Jong
Julia van Heukelem
de Jong
P.F.C
Marion Klyn
Ft. Carson
Colorado
Dave Boot
Mitchelville
Jane Ann
Sherma
van Heukelem
Leighton Christian Reformed
Kathy Sue
Gary Vander Voort
Joan Memmelaar
Jeanette Westra
Willing Workers Society of the Ebenezer Reformed Church
H. G. Rempe
Henry Sedrel
A. van Haaften
Ervin and
Nelva
Willis van Haaften
Ina Elaine
G. A. Hasselman
Eileen
Wayne
Edward van Gent
Wm. van Haaften
Carol Connie
P.F.C. Arlan van Haaaften
France
John de Prenger
A. T. de Jong
Danny
Diane
Central College Veterans’ Houseing
Warren de Prenger
Debby
N. A. van
Howard Buwalda
Marhalltown
George Vander Schel
Glen of
Sully
Jacob van Whye
Paul Buwalda
Chet Fennema
Glen McConeghy
Monroe
Tice Kaldenberg
Dan Hoogenakker
Frank van Zante
Otley Reformed Church
Jennie Dykstra
Loretta
West Franklin St
Lawrence Dykstra
Otley
Delores van Waardhuizen
Des Moines
Kansas City
Plaived
Los Anglesngeles
San Diego
William van Waardhuizen
del Rio
Texas
Schwab
Jack Longdin
Charles Johnson
Jimmie
Fred Beechout
Knoxville
Charle Vander Kolk
Beechout
Norman Roby
Janice
Kenneth
Cornie
Weber
William Verwers
Otley Sunshine Bible Class
Delbert Denton
Louis de Moss
Bessie Kaldenberg
John Vanden Baard
Arthur van Waardhuizen
Henry Kool
Dick Kuyper
Dick de Jong
John Lille
Donald Kingery
Dop
Gertrude Aalbers
Leratta, Stiereneman
Joe Horman
Junior Khen
Jim Vanden Dever
Charles Vander Kolk
Delbert Deaton
Howard Dearinger
Reasner
Deaton Rei
Martha Hool
Deaton
Lloyd Swank
John Swank
Peoria
John Vanden
Marvin Vanden Berg
Brunswick
New Jersey
Otley Area Christmas Roster of Visits and Events
A long list of Christmas visits and church activities across Otley and nearby towns details gatherings at numerous homes, baptisms, Sunday school changes, and a year end party. Residents including Van Wyk, Van Zante, Slocum, Ustermarkt, Bricker, Vanden Berg, Boat, and Van Hemert are noted with kin and friends in Pella, Newton, Monroa, Indianapolis, Danville, and Prairie City. The piece also mentions a church meeting, a baptism, a burglary, a star display, and a turkey supper among families during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ents
John Vanden Berg
Hattie Vos
Pella
Myron van Wyk
Robert’ van ‘Enen
Clark Carnahan
Reasner
Maxwell Carnahan
Loran Hummel
Denver
Andrew Ustermarkt
Merion van Wyk
Gysbert van Wyk
Sully
Jake Slater
Oskaloosa
George Ryké
Clarence Findley
Sandra
Newton
Janice
Marlene Booy
Gary Lee
Elmer van Hemert
Otley Reformed Church
Ed van Ginkel
Marion de Vries
Carl Crane
Monroa
Frank van Zante
Dei Orr Ha
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mary Lou van Wyk
Knoxville
Clair Slocum
Billy
Gerald Anderson
Gene Koons
Doris Jean
Bill
Mra
Otlegon
Fred Kingery
William Vanden Berg
M van Zee
Prairie City
A. H. Boat
Floyd Boat
Grinnell
Ernest Boat
Marion Boat
Hessel van Zante
Clarence van Zee
Dick Ustermarkt
Man Recovers Swallowing After Hypnotism Aid
After five years Marley Te Grotenhuis of Newkirk can swallow normally again. He had been paralyzed by bulbar polio and a mental block kept him from swallowing until hypnotism helped unlock the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marley Te Grotenhuis
Newkirk
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Mrs. H. W Vriezelaar
Frank A. O'Conner
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L. van Dusseldorp
Alfred van Wyk
Mitchellville
Gerrit van Wyk
Simon van Dusseldorp Lorence
Francis van Dusseldorp
David
Dian
Ellen Ruth van Dusseldorp
Sally Pennington
George Pennington
Columbus Junction
H. W. Vriezelaar
Elmer Vogelaar
Lenora
Marcia
Hiemstra
Clifford de Jong
Wm. J. Rice
Bobby Fisher
Carl Wayne Hiemstra
New Brunswick
Frank Hiemstra
Ray van Dyke
Ronald
Chilyn
Steven Hiemstra
Stevie
Peter Westerkamp
Tainter
L. J. Gosselink
Martin J. Hiemstra
Marvin
John C. Hiemstra
Don
Robert
Johnnie
Alayne van Dellen
John Terlouw
Nancy
Marilyn
Andy
Gerrit Roorda
Norma Kay
John
Gosselink
John Daryl
Mills of God
Norman
Leshann van Essen
County Line 4-H
Janice Rus
Ernest Blom
Baby Beeves
Max Rempe
Leighton
Arthur de Vries
Anne de Vries
Gerrit Vink
Everett de Vries
Will de Vries
Henry de Vries
Carl de Vries
Dick Kuiper
Donald Vander Pol
Bob Pennington
Walter Steenhoek
Ashtoners
Bob Beyer
Vicki
Vance
Otley News
Haddock
North State
Farmer's Union Co-Op Grocery
Jonathans
Florida
Betty Crocker
Ginger Bread
Ogc
Kingma Garage
Cpt
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Penney
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