Neighborhood Notes From Pleasantville and Nearby
A stream of brief neighborhood items notes births and visits. Born to Mr and Mrs John Gos selink on Monday July 8 a son. Elton Cade and family visit Albert De Joode home. Mrs John Waardhuizen suffers from neuritis. Reno Aalbers and Don Roxenberg visit hospital patients in Oskaloosa. De Koekkoeks host Leighton visitors. Henry Van Buren of Pella visits Klaas Van Baren home. Arie Huisman visits parents. Francis Portinga undergoes appendicitis operation in Oskaloosa and recovers. James Vanden Bard assists in the drug store. Portinga family duties and hospitals noted. Ladies Aid and Girls Society plan a joint bazaar near the Baptlet church. Jessie Vander Kieft gives birth to a daughter. Don Portinga returns from Os kaloo sa area. mother Portinga remains at bedside. Town relatives visit, painting and farm visits reported. Christian church gospel team from Newton leads services at Community church. Camping trip planned for Muscatine. Family dinners and visiting friends across Otley, Pella, and Monroe noted.
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John Gosselink
Elton Cade
Pleasantville
Albert de Joode
John Waardhuizen
Reno Aalbers
Oskaloona
Don Roxenberg
Francis Portinga
de Koekkoek
Leighton
Henry’ van Buren
Polla
Klaas van
L. F. Shutts
Ste Callie Williamson
Farmington
Fred Andreas
Brockman
Missouri
William Smith
Fred Smith
Christian Church
Newton
Community Church
C. van Gorp
Henry Welle
Carl Dunninck
A. M
E. C. van Ness
Albert Kling
Earl
Muscatine
Virgil Holdsworth
John Holdsworth
Vacation Guests and Local Celebrations Reported in Sully
Special correspondent notes Herbert and Rosetta Hook vacationing with grandmother Mrs. Van Arkel. Joint Christian Reformed and First Reformed church Fourth of July lawn celebration described. Numerous local visitors and extended family gatherings listed, including Macy and Welle families, Beignon visitors, and turns at Anne Van Arkel’s residence.
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Herbert
Rosetta Hook
Exceptional Program At Orpheum Theatre
The Orpheum Theatre Des Moines vaudeville house presents two talk ing pictures via RCA Photophone and two big vaudeville bills this week. First half runs Wednesday to Friday with international comic Al Trahan headlines The Curtain Speech. Nara and Lili Lockford perform adagio numbers. Lester and Irving do hand balancing. Lina Basquette stars in Come Across the talking film feature. Cast includes Reed Howes Flora Finch Craufurd Kent Gustave von Seyffertitz. Short sound and talking subjects complete the bill. Saturday to Tuesday brings Behind the Curtain a 100 percent all talking screen attraction starring Warner Baxter with Lois Moran Gilbert Emery and Phillip Strange. Charlie Chan aids Scotland Yard in a love mystery from England to Africa and San Ni Baskahnd. Bubbles and Bee Starr appear in vaudeville with modern singing and dancing. Ve Starr joins in a vaudeville act with sound dialogue.
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Orpheum Theatre
Des Moines
al Trahan
Nara
Lili Lockford
Paris
Lester
Irving
Lina Basquette
Long Island
Reed Howes
Flora Finch
Craufurd Kent
Gustave von Seyffertitz
Post
Earl Derr Diggers
Orpheum
Warner Baxter
Old
Arizona
Lois Moran
Gilbert Emery
Phillip Strange
Charlie Chan
Scotland Yard
England
San Ni Baskahd
Bubbles
Bee Starr
Sun Baths for Health Gains Backed by State Health Dept
The State Department of Health urges daily sun exposure for children, saying regular sun baths prevent rickets and ward off illnesses. Mothers across communities are taking their kids outside for sunning, with claims of improved color, alertness, sleep, appetite, and overall well being, and guidance for safe infant sun exposure follows.
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State Department of Health
Sunlight and baby care notes from a past guide
A fragmented, period style guide discusses safe sun exposure for babies and children, urging gradual skin exposure, shaded areas, and avoiding midday sun. It notes improvised sun suits, ten minutes of direct sun rising to an hour split morning and afternoon, and cautions about window glass blocking rays. It also includes stray facts on Germany's population, spiders' egg counts, and the English poet laureate.
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Neighborhood News
Otley
Sully
Germany
Senator Blaine
Wisconsin
Crumbaugh
High Ave
West Oskaloosa
Iowa
Valias
Innis
Oskaloosa
Simmons
Beautyrest
Southeastern
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