Sewing class covers pattern alteration and sleeve setting
Homemakers learned pattern alteration methods and take home directions at a Monday night session led by Miss Anderson. The group demonstrated bound buttonholes and fitting, with lunch served. An upcoming session on January 21 will teach set in sleeves and collars, with participants asked to bring fabric and tools and completed garments for a fitting demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andeson
Sesson
Trene
Alma Bloodsworth
Norma van Dyke
Black Oak Farm Bureau Meeting At Van Heukelom Home
A Black Oak Farm Bureau gathering was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Van Heukelom, with Walter Steenhoek presiding. Members discussed a directors meeting, with about 18 new township members reported, plus updates on women's meetings and a film program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak Bureau
van Heukelom
Wm. van Heukelom
Black Oak Farm Bureau
Walter Steenhoek
Ray de Rew
Ray de Reus
Gerrit
Vancemere
Claire Gorden
W. d. Smith
John Boerelyn
Wilbur de Bruin
White goods and quality bed linens for peacetime buys
Nora Workman of Iowa State College advises careful selection of peacetime white goods. Expect gradual sheet and pillowcase supply, but beware label changes postwar. Check thread count, weight, and sizing to ensure lasting wear, with muslin options offering everyday use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Bureau of Home Economics
Remder
Miss Eleanor Ver Ploeg Weds Harry Gaass in Pella
Miss Eleanor Ver Ploeg daughter of Mr and Mrs John G Ver Ploeg of Pella married Mr Harry E Gaass son of Mr and Mrs Edward Gaass of Runnells at the First Reformed Church of Pella Thursday December 27 at 7 00 p m The double ring ceremony was performed by Reverend A Hav erkamp in the presence of seventy five relatives and friends Lawrence Blom and Jarold Steenhoek were ushers Lawrence Blom a bride’s cousin sang Oh Promise Me accompanied by Miss Faye Grandia as the wedding march Lohengrin by Wagner was played by Miss Grandia afterward the bridal party exited to the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Ver Ploeg
John G. Ver Ploeg
Pella
Harry E. Gaass
Edward Gaass
Runnells
Town
By Parents
A. Haverkamp
First Reformed Church
Elegant wedding under blue arch in rural Iowa ceremony
A decor filled wedding featuring a white silk gown with lace trim, a fingertip veil, and a seed pearl crown. Miss Helen Gans and Miss Ganss served as bridesmaids, while Filip Ver Ploeg stood as best man. The couple, tied by the bridegroom Byron Van, received a two course luncheon as family and friends gathered. The bride, a Pella High School graduate, taught in rural Marion and Mahaska counties, and the groom, a Prairie City High School alum, recently returned from service with 87 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gans
Miss Ganss
Sucan Ver Ploeg
Lorna Mac Ver Ploeg
Byron Dean van 1
Lawrence Blom
Faye Grandin
Mendelssohn
Faye
Janeta Grandin
Wilma Steenhoek
Hazel Tysseling
Ada de Jong
Mildred Gosselink
Alfred Gosselink
Abe Vanden Berg
Dave den Hartog
Baptist Ladies Aid Meeting Set For Thursday Afternoon
The Ladies Aid will meet in the church Thursday afternoon with hostesses Mrs. de Van Rockel, Mrs. Veda Menseh, and Mrs. Mable Littleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid
Hestesses
de van Rockel
Veda Menseh
Mable Littleton
Hollanders Letter of Thanks From Concentration Camp Survivor
A clothing donation led to a letter from A Hsma of Drente Netherlands dated January 12 reporting receipt of a coat sent December 16 to Belly in October. The writer, held nine months in a concentration camp, describes extreme hunger with meager rations of bread soup and scarce food in the final months.
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van Dirk de Bruin
3Rd Reformed Church
Holland
A. Hsma
Drente
Netherlands
Tisnin
Payments to Aged and Blind in Marion County Report
The Iowa Department of Social Welfare mailed 736 Old Age Assistance checks in January to Marion County residents with an average payment of 30.87 dollars. Seventeen 161 blind recipients averaged 34.40 each. Seventy seven dependent children received checks averaging 40.34 per family and 15.62 per child.
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Iowa
More Low Cost Clothing to Be Available Soon
OPA state director Walter D. Kline says supplies of low and medium priced clothing should reach retail stores early in 1946. Scarcity stems from high demand by armed forces and textile redirection to higher priced garments. A joint 1946 program aims to boost production of cheaper outfits and pre ticketing below set prices aids shoppers and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Kline
OPA
Kline
Leather Repair Shop Seeks New Town Location
A northern Town town leather repair business operator informed the Town Development Commission of seeking a new site in a town with 2000 to 5000 residents. His current lease has expired and no alternative sites exist in the town. Communications to the Iowa Development Commission will be sent to the interested party.
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Town Development Commission
Iowa Development Commission
If to be good we have to be miserable line
The fragment ponders virtue and misery with a cryptic biblical allusion and a request for meaning where death is absent and sorrow lingers. It reads as a reflective motto rather than a reportable event.
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Eldeen Club
H. A. Veenstra
Moonlight Mission Band
M Taverkamp
Arthur van Haaften
John van Haaften
Ernest
Tone Nunnikhoven
Case Nunnikhoven
Frank van Haaften
Will de Vries Ani
Carter—Johnson
Carter
Oskaloosa
Towa
Lola Carter
Harold Johnson
Otto John
Forrest. L. Richeson
Portland Avenue
Ian Church
Napolis
Minnesota
6Th District Naval Separation Center
Mr. Johnson
Reigh
U. S. Navy
Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Indiana
Minneapolis
Decatur
P.E
Lankelma
Pter BU
Ethel Lankelma
Ae A
Grammar School
Andrew Schilt
U. S. Army
Jacob van Dusseldorp
Marion van Dusseldorp
Carolyn Luann
Dwight Karl
Abe Nunnikhoven
Hen
John van Elsw Brouwer
Nellie Brouwer
Federated Club
Jordan Hall
Federated Clubs
Lautenbach
Reading Circle
R. J. Vanden Berg
Mason Olcott
Garret Vander
Methodist Circle
Len Kaldenberg
John Weyers
Bessie Brooks
Des Moines
Ore
Isie Monkman
M. E
Hillegom
M. J. Kampman
John Hoeksema
Bethany
van Hemert
Bert Vanmert
Elijah
Peter J. Zwank
Carmel
Lester van Gorp
Tony de Koch
Marvin Swank
Simon Ter Louw
Dick Ver Ploeg
John Boot
Hubert Kaldenberg
Paul Bandstra
Marion Swank
John R. van Gorp
Peter J. Swank
A. J.ter Louw
Tunis Klein
Johnna Vos
Otley
Louis van Wyk
John de Jong
Gradus Ver Ploeg
Richard van Wyk
Rus van Zante
Ruth Green
P. N. Vos
Joyce
Gilbert Stravers
Gerrit van Wyk
Tony Stravers
Gerald van Zee
Walter Ver Dught
Dorothy
Herbert Fennema
John de Vries
Robert
Mee
Ann
Henyl Ketra
Lucille
Ira
Francis G. Poortinga
Lorraine Carol
Raymond van Steers
Evelyns Ete Ces
Mary Lois
Gradus Dylstra
Henry
VER
Ploeg—Gaass
Hollander
Dirk DE Bruin
Marion County
Leather Repair Shop
John Lasschuit
Journey’s End
Masland
America
Masland Wilton
Masland Argonne
Boat Furniture Company
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