Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
A long screening of neighbors in Leighton Iowa details visits to De Jong Groenendyk and Van Haaften households. It notes pensions, land deals, family histories, and Holland to America migration, highlighting Albert De Jong and C Groenendyk as central figures and quoting views on Roosevelt era policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
South Pella
Jake van Wyngarden
Holland
Mr. Groenendyk
Land of the
Free
Brave
Ife
Bart
Groenendyk
America
Old Country
Weather and politics in Washington in midwinter
Washington notes describe a heavy midweek snow totaling eight to ten inches and colder conditions. The piece reports Senate debates on adherence to the World Court, with a likely two thirds vote. House action focuses on a vast public works relief bill allocating 4.88 billion dollars to create about 8.5 million jobs, to be signed by the President. It also mentions Roosevelt sending reports to Congress from the National Resources Board and the Public Works Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Resources Board
Congress
House
Senate
Hubert Utterback
Washington, D. C
Washington
Iowa
Capitol
House of Representatives
United States
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley Committee
Public Works Administration
News of Nearby Towns and Rural Communities
Mr. Charles Vos of Pella visits his daughter Mrs. William Roose and family. Jim Ten Hagen stays with his sister Mrs. A. F. Kool. Births announced: a daughter to Rev. and Mrs. Wm. A. De Jong in Paterson New Jersey, and a thirteen pound baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Ver Hal in Sully Newton. Various visits and illnesses noted among local families including measles at Galesburg school and bronchitis in Donald son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Vander Molen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Albert de Jong
Henry C. den Hartog
Mr. de Jong
Yelte de Jong
Albert
William of
Swan
Bert Slings
Givin
Cornie
Near Leighton
Margaret
Charlotte
Roy de Wild
Pella
de Jong
Steenhock
Gerrit Steenhock
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Townsend
Mrs. de Jong
Gertrude
Peter Vander Waal
Oskaloosa
Andrew
Walter Steenhoek
Agnes
John H. Plate
Marie
Richard
Edna
Clara
Brand van Maanen
Renaud
John J. de Kock
Cornie DE Jong
Connie de Jong
Elizabeth Michmershuizen
Michmershuizen
Arie H. van Haaften
Neal de Jong
Bert Jansz
California
C. Groenendyk
Groenendyk
B. Groenendyk
Charles Vos
William Roose
Jim Ten Hagen
A. F. Kool
Wm. A. de Jong
Patterson
N. J
John W. Stuursma
Grand Rapids
Mich
Donald
Gerrit Vander Molen
C. Spoelstra
John
Bert Nibbelink
A. Westra
John W. Veenstra
Bert Spoelstra
Monroe
Jake Ver Hal
Sully
Newton
Galesburg
Clarence Boat
Wilbur
Naldo Steenhoek
Henry van Rheenen
Irene
Clifford
Ralph Visted
Freeman Hendricks
Gerald Berkenbosch
Frank Martin
William Hendricks
Local social notes from Porterville area
Porterville society page lists visits and calls among residents. Mary Sytsma, Connie Vanden Baard, Norman LeRoy, W A Jansen, Will Monster, Antoinette Monster, Murray Sytsma, Edith Mae, John Kamerick, Mabel Goemaat, Minnie Hackett, Henry Hackett, Hubert Vander Syde, John Robertus, Anna Van Dene, Cornelia Van Coenen, Elsie Van Coenen, Abraham DenZwarte, Will Monster, Lane Monster, Gert Hoekstra, Gerit Hoekstra, and others are shown hosting, visiting, or traveling to Oskaloosa and Pella, with a note on a three months old child recovering from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sytsma
Henry van Dene
Connie Vanden Baard
Norman LeRoy
W. A. Jansen
Will Monster
Antoinette
Murray Sytsma
Edith Mae
John Kamerick
Mabel
Abraham Goemaat
Minnie
Henry Hackett
Hubert Vander Syde
John Robertus
Gerrit Hoekstra
Abbot Hospital
Peter Hackett
Cornelia
Henry
St. Vander Streek
Anna van Dene
Henry de Zwarte
Maxine Robertus
Pella
Huber Vander Syde
Local births and a parsonage fire report in Galesburg
Galesburg records list the seventh baby for the De Bruins, a twin birth for the Allgoods at Abbott hospital with weights six and a half and four and three quarters pounds, and attendance by Ardell Preston formerly a telephone operator. A parsonage garage fire at Rev. P Hodgson’s residence caused partial insurance coverage. Mr Naldo Steenhoek was a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl de Bruin
Royce
William Hendricks
Henry van Rheenen
Henry Mathes
Sully
Arthur Allgood
Oskaloosa
Abbott Hospital
Naldo Steenhoek
Library Notes: Maritime Piracy to Pioneering Trails
A concise note on Mitchell V. Charnley’s Jean Lafitte biography for youth, Mary Jane Carr’s Children of the Covered Wagon chronicling a wagon train to Oregon, Edward C. Ash’s Puppies training guide, Margaret Carson Hubbard’s No One to Blame set in Africa, and Useful Quotations offering prose selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Lafitte
Mitchell V. Charnley
South
Lafitte
Mary Jane Carr
Jim
Jerry
Western Plains
Stephen Company of Pioneers
Williamette Valley
Oregon
Edward C. Ash
Captain Hobbs
Tailwaggers’ Club
Margaret Carson Hubbard
Rhodesia
Portuguese East Africa
Dose Count Laxatives Emphasize Fixed Liquid Form
A vintage health note advocates liquid laxatives as the easiest to dose. It warns against overdosing and promotes reduced dosage for real constipation relief. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is praised for regulating bowels with natural senna and cascara and a pleasant taste. Your druggist can supply it.
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L. J. Roose
Dick van Ryswyk
Peoria
G. Kloosterman
Dan Kloosterman
Neal Kloosterman
Dennis
Connie
Cedar
Ben
P. G. Gaass
Pete
Bart Groenendyk
Grovenendyk
Gaass
Roosevelt O
Mr. Gaass
Ben Groenendyk
Eddyville
Mr. van Buren
Senate Committee
Gerald P. Nye
John Barton Payne
Central Committee
The
American National Red Cross
Judge Payne
the Red Cross
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lafayette Square
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Mexico
Anne Merriman Peck
Pitt L. Fitzgerald
Ghost
Ghost-of-a-Wolf
Ohio Valley
Yellostone Park
Pat
Silver Bush
L. M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables
Edward Island
Jingle
Mestead
Prince Or
Halary
Congressional Digest
Porterville
Library Notes
Tractor Development
Star Auto Co
Sailie
Sandridge School House
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Osborn
McCormick- Deering
M. A. van Haaften
Gerrit de Boer