Local neighbors share visits and family events in Oskaloosa area
A flurry of calls and visits dot the week as Gouloose relatives from Holland and Chicago meet in the Kruseman home. Nancy Arlene Goemaat is born at Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa, joining Connie as a sibling. Numerous gatherings unfold at church, with Priscilla Sisters missions, 4-H clubs, birthday celebrations, and parish activities across Oskaloosa and nearby towns.
Oskaloosa News Briefs Highlight Local Travels and Home Changes
Miss Anna Hanstra leaves July 9 for Lafayette Indiana to visit family and returns August 1. Mr and Mrs Jack Peters sell 1009 Penn Blvd and buy the former Olson home on Third East. Rev and Mrs J D of Brooten Minnesota purchase Peters home on Penn Boulevard. Harold De Penning family visit Gysbert Groenenboom near Eddyville. Cpl and Mrs Melvin Hols of Fort Leonard Wood Missouri spend weekend with Jake Hols. Frank V Veldhuizen family leave Cedar for Bowling Green Kentucky to visit Helen Gwin. Wm V Veldhuizen family visit M Vande Krol near Sully. I J Beerends of Pella visit daughter Mrs Ernest Bieshaar. Thomas Lee Van de Lune’s Navy address listed in San Diego. Infants of Bokhoven and Van Wyk families baptized at First Christian Reformed. Pvt Edwin H Van Kampen and Tena Van Meekeren wed July 3 at Hollendale Minnesota. Edwin heads to Europe. Son born to Della and Virgil Birkenholtz at Giwell hospital. they have another child Danny. Raymond De Moss torn porch and chimney. to rebuild open porch. Will and assistance from Will’s son. Harry and Cleora Cronkhite visit. Kathy Roddy to stay. Alvin Waardhuizen works for Merl Price. pontoon placed in river for drag line.
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William Gouloose
Eldora and
Charles
Holland
Michigan
Eugene van Heukelem
Chicago
Illinois
E. C. Kruseman
Nancy Arlene
Alvin Goemaat
Mercy Hospital
Oskal
Nancy
Connie
Harry Newendorp
Pella
Tunis Goemaat
Wayne Brummel
Ray Brummel
Gresham
Oregon
Earl Brummel
Melvin Brummel
Iowa
J. A. van Zonk
Doner
G. Aalberts
Marvin de Penning
Marion Tysseling
Mark de Prenger
Carol Sedrel
H. G. Rempe
Wilbur de Bruin
Eileen Hasselman
Carol
Henry Sedrel
Myrna
Margaret Aalberts
Jen
Mary van Heukelem
Mry
Claude Douglas
Tracy
Dean Douglas
Bussey
L. van Roekel
Gradus Aalberts
Fannie Beltman
Christian Endeavor
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Lake Keomah
Fir
Don de Prenger
Aalberts
Rochester
Minesota
C. H
Roger
Jimmy
Mason City
M. M
Kathy Kerr
Donald Kerr
Douglases
Kerr
Margaret Douglas
U. S. Navy
Carol Benitema
Santa Monica
Calif
Chester
Celia Brockett
Anna Hanstra
Good News Chapel
South St
Lafayette Ind
Jack Peters
Penn Boulevard
Howard Olson
Third East
J. D
Brooten
Minn
Peters
Harold de Penning
Gysbert Groenenboom
Eddyville
Melvin Hols
Ft. Leonard Wood
Jake Hols
Frank V. Veldhuizen
Cedar
Helen Gwin
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Herman Bokhoven
Marvin van Wyk
Edwin H. van Kampen
Tena van Meekeren
Hollandale
Christian Reformed Church
A. Koning
Edwin
Europe
Skiff Hospital
Newton
Harold Clark
Shrader
Della
Virgil
Jerri Michelle
Home Sun
Kathy
Alvin Waardhuizen
Merl Price
Cordova News shows light hearted notes after convention
Local items recount laughter at the Republican Convention Puerto Rican delegate. Des Moines hospital return, oat field work, and family updates. Death of Uncle John Van Haaften with funeral plans, travel to California and Gulf of Mexico, medical visits, weather notes with rain, birthday parties and gifts, and a reported infant loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Templeton
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Dwight
Anna Arment
John van Haaften
Lester van Haaften
Lorena van Hemert
Jess
Bess
Joan Stevenson
Cecil Powers
Joe's
Myrtle’s
Douglas McArthur
T.V. Dean
Wilma Clark Shrader
Howard
Monroe News social notes and obituaries recap
In Monroe many locals attended services and social events. Funeral services were held for John Hoogland at Monroe Baptist Church, and J W Berkenbosch's funeral followed his July 10 death after surgery at Mercy Hospital Des Moines. George Eichner 83 was found dead in a business building room. coroner cites heart attack. Neighborhood Club hosted by Lara Van Wyngarden with 12 children present, sewing quilt blocks and serving refreshments. Several residents visited relatives in Des Moines Los Angeles and Ames while others traveled for weekends and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Breed
Mathilda de Hoog
Grace van Dragen
Jenevieve Breed
Raymond Breed
Inwood
Iowa
John Hoogland
Monroe Baptist Church
Hoogland
Lutheran
Des Moines
David
Anna the Hoogland
Monroe
J. W. Berkenbosch
Mercy Hospital
Berk‘enboseh
George Eichner
Ralph Toland
Kellogg
Missouri
Lara van Wyngarden
Stella Tool
Jean Vander Velden
Jeannette Schiffers
Carolyn Timmons
Bessie Brock
Martha van Wyk
Betty Bensink
Rachel Meek
Pearl Wilson
Bertha van Genderen
John Beyers
Ralph van Wyk
Rose Johnson
Louisiana
G. H. Shaw
Clyde Forman
Wain Sloan
Helen King
Peoria
George Rout
Otley Bible Hour program to be held at church
Otley Bible Hour Society of the Otley Christian Reformed Church will render a program on Wednesday evening July 23 at 8:00 at the church. Free lunch will be served and an offering taken. Everyone welcome. Also notes on society guests, travels, and local visits follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Hour Society of the
Otley
John Ter Louw
Ed Hiemstra
James Vanden
Lester W. Muller
Judy
New England
Atlantic Sea
New Brunswick
Canada
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Ira de Leeuw
Cynthia
Muscatine
Norman Robus
Hattie Vos
Pella
Myron van Wyk
Tice Kaldenberg
4-H
Gerrit Klyn
Bryan Karr
Martha Kate
C. L. Perkey
Francis Poortinga
Andrew Kuyper
Carol Klien
de Heer
Uitermarkt
Dick Uitermarkt
Gerrit Uitermarkt
Jake Uitermarkt
Evert de Vries
Ray Keuning
Prairie City
Runnells
Henry Ryke
Oska
John Meyers
Harold Vander Hart
George Ryke
Harry Ver Steeg
Knoxville
Hattie Ver Steeg
Jennie Vander Kieft
Andrew Ustermarkt
Maxwell Carnahan
Cornie Klootwyk
Monroe
Peoria News notes on faith and local visits
A Peoria column records candid remarks by candidate William Bursma read at church. It notes Mrs Henry Vander Linden returning from Mercy hospital and visiting her father John A De Jong. Families Gerrit Vander Melen Donald Gladys Veldhuizen Marvin De Jong at Kessler AFB Mississippi spent time in New Orleans Mobile Pensacola Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bursma
Peoria
Henry Vander Linden
Mercy Hospital
John A. de Jong
Mia
Gerrit Vander Melen
Donald
Gladys Veldhuizen
Marvin
Kessler Air Force Base
Mississippi
New Orleans
Mobile
Alabama
Pensacola Beach
Florida
Connie Vander Linden
Gerrit Rus
Rodney
Frank
Klynsma
Marcia
J. de Vries
Iown City
Iowa
Melvin E. Dear
Phyllis
Grace
Funeral and community notices from a Iowa town
A local column records travel to Chicago and New York area sites, visits by families, and the funeral of Calvin Van Kooten at Penn College Chapel after an auto accident en route from Fort Hood Texas. It notes ongoing community sympathy, religious exhortations, and a flurry of social calls among De Jong, Roose, Vander Linden, Kolenbrander, Ver Meer, and Van Groot families with visits to Hull, Sioux Center, Pella, and Chicago areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Springfield
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Ocean
Calvin van Kooten
Henry van Kooten
Penn College
Ft. Hood
Texas
Cornelius Kuiper
Zuni
New Mexico
Martin A. de Jong
Pella
A.C. de Jong
Lewis de Vries
Esther Mae
Bert Roose
Marion Vander Linden
A Neigh
Three Die In Crawford County Auto Fatalities
In Crawford county, three people died in two automobile crashes within a 12 hour span one weekend. Authorities reported multiple injuries and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford County
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Groom
T. D. Beintema
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Beintema
Argonne National Labateries
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Mary
Elmer de Prenger
Claudia
Jake de Haan
Albert de Bruin
Keith
Charles Lytle
Ottumwa
F. B. Denburger
Denburger
al Wanders
Linda Douglas
L. B. Barnes
LaPlatta
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Church Park
Howard Glendening
Lester Klein
Mel Brummel
Wilbur Kempe
Len Vos
Abe Rempe
William Deenger
Bert van Arendonk
Oskaloose
Robert Hagen
Howard de Prenger
Allen Rempe
Stanley
Linda, Jane
Herbie Hagen
E. C
Oskaloosa
Jay
H. L. Meppelink
Charles van Maanen
J. A. van Haaften
Ben Sedrel
Gerrit Hasselman
William van Haaften
Fannie
Beltman
Groenendyk
G. Stewie
James van Wyk
Ronnie
New Sharon
William de Heer
Bert Slings
Cornice de Jong
Federal Land Bank Farm Loans
National Farm Loan Assn
M. D. Taylor Clark Tay
North Market
Knoaville
Henry Vriezelaar
Pharis
STC Store
Max and
Helena Slaughter
Oskaloosa News
Lizabeth Newenhouse
Cordova
Roy Karr
Monroe News
H. W. Vriezelaar
Ed Scheffers
Charlene Westbrook
Los Angeles
Cecelia Craven
Simpson College
Indianola
C.D. Vander Ploeg
Ames
Wallace Ogg
Abram Kool
Dean
New York
Archie Bowans
Lost and Lake
Otley News
Chas. Vander Kolk
the Kaldenberg
van Baalen
Johanna Rouwenhorst
Dorise
Lloyd Swank
Charles Johnson
Ozarks
Dale Wheatcraft
Harvey
Wayne Angove
Larry
Linda
Arvin
Norma Jean Angove
Methodist Hospital
Vada Lille
James A. Shields
Harold van Essen
de Ronde
Gradys Klien
Rean Verwers
Charles Vander Kolk
Williams
William Louwsma
Burlington
Christina Louwsma
Bernie Menninga Insurance
Peoria News
Herman A. de Jong
Borhood Club
Kate Kolenbrander
Edward Ver Meer
de Jong
Alvin Lee Roose
Harriet Huyter
Cornie Vander Linden
Cornie Vander den
Miss Huyser
Jacob Vos
Elmer
Id Miriam
Dick Kolenbrander
Steen
William de Jong
Hull
Peter A. de Jong
Sioux Center
John van Gorp
Arne Vander Linden
Donald Patterson
Barbara Jo
Pella Construction Co
Hudson Hornets
Groeling
Detroit
Hudson
Tim Flock
Michigan State Fair Track
Bud Shuman
Herb ‘Thomas
Pella Auto Company
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