Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
On a Sully rural route farm near town, Vander Waal family hosts Chronicle visit. The 240 acre farm, partly in corn, shows drought effects and grasshoppers. Mr. Vander Waal urges landlords to let owners be boss, outlines family ties and aging assets, and recalls schooling and Hard Scrabble origins amid farm life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Girard Nollen
Vander Waal
Pella
Delis
Chronicle
Anxiou
Vans der Waal
Arie Vander Waal
Sully Road
Three Steenhock Children and Nearby Farm Life Scene
The text describes the Steenhock family on the Galesburg road with three children born on their place and a photo of the house. It notes Mr. and Mrs. Roat’s two sons Wilbur and Carroll, mentions a grandson’s fondness for Grandpa, and recalls farm life, a mounted hawk, and a brief visit by Richard before departing to the Maines river area for supper and camp with boys chaperoned by Rev. Nordlund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scholte Hei
Vander Waal
Tone Vander Waal
Kay
Arne
Andrew Hoksbergen
Martha Fay
Henry Aalbers
Marie
Arthur
Ray
Walter de Kock
Connie
Lew
Len
Hoksbergen
Scholte Heights
Gerrit Terpstra
S.J. Steenhock
Pell
Gilford John
Jayde Cornelius
Simon Jr
Armour Boat
Riv
William B. Boat
Nola Ruth
Pauline Ver Steeg
Ben Swank
Armour
Boat
John Boat
Holland
W. B. Boat
Clarence
Clarence Boat
Steenhoek
East First Street
Steenhock
Pella
Naldo Steenhoek
John Steenhoek
John
Naldo Steenhock
Galesburg Road
Mrs. Roat
Wilbur
Carroll
Grandpa
Richard
D Maines River
Nordlund
Interstate Transit Line Bus Schedule Fragment
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a California relay and a balance issue with accounts. It references an accident, a finger dislodgement, and a United States Senator asking to employ guards to protect records in his Washington office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmer
A. P. Vander Waal
Tice
Sully
Matt Woksbergen
Anie F. Vander Waal
Luella
Mr. Vand
Vernk
Tom Swank
Verlan
Andar Wibedee Pane
John Steenhock
Jake Swank
Bennie
Peter
Herman
The
Steenhoek Famiy
Lautenbach and Son
Clarence and Armour
William B.veral
Andrew Horsbergen
A. F. Vander Waal
Martha
Fay
Marie Hoksbergen
Matt Hoksbergen
Arthur Hoksbergen
Ray Hoksbergen
Cornice
Lou
Len Hoksbergen
Wilbur and
Mrs
Simon Ter Louw
John Ter Louw
W. B. Bent
Albert Verwers
Old Tice Farm
Interstate Transit Lin
California
Fies
Len Des Moines
Ottumwa
D. M. Elle
Arie Dem
M. Pem
Des Moines
Aba
Jay Bee
Gerrit L. Dykstra
Otley
Iowa
van den Berg Electri Co
South Side Square
Tae Elst
Joe Stientjes
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