Farmer Puts Old Sam to Rest and Finds New Hope
An old farmer retires his faithful mule Old Sam then finds the creature alive in a well after being buried by dirt. Sam survives by shaking off each load and stepping out. The tale ends with a lesson on facing setbacks and choosing resilience over despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Rothenberger
Dale Carnegie & Assoc., Inc
New York
Old Sam
Sam
Cordova
Edith Heemstra
Jennie Deitrick
Beulah Mae Roose Engagement Announcement
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Roose of Pella Ja announce Beulah Mae Roose to David Vander Plaats son of Rev and Mrs Gerrit Vander Plaats of Hull Town Both Miss Roose and her fiancé will be seniors at Dordt College in Sioux Center Ia this fall No date for the wedding Swiharts camped in Agate Camp grounds and notes of travel and sparrows after the storm
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Maddy Miller
Deitrick
Sue
Kentucky
Karla Karr
Pella
Eve
Monroe’s Baptist Church
Howard Clark
Carmen Clements
Grandpa
Grandma Ballard
Ballard
Pete van Ryswick
Mike Lubberden
Wayne
Katheryn
Des Moines
Lubberden
Otto Wynsteker
Roy
Prairie City
Iiocen
Prairie Cty
Wilbur Roose
Beulah Mae
David Vander Plaats
Gerrit Vander Plaats
Hull
Town
Miss Roose
Dordt College
Sioux Center
Swiharts
Agate
Bill
Colo
Darlene
Royal Gorge
Sherry
Grandma
Newton News Socials Show Dutch Guests and Local Moves
Wednesday evening at May tag Park a gathering honored Mrs. C Piet Scheene and Miss Marie Scheene of Amsterdam guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Samson. Attendees came from Prairie City Sully Peola Burlington Baxter Mitchellville Colfax Reasner Newton and California. Eleven more names and places appear among dinners visits and hospital updates with remarks on Marlene Steenhoek surgery and a planned skin graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottey
Gertrude W
Murray
Lorena
Gunnar Hjortshoj
Sharon
John Hiortshot
Larry
Carol Deikema
Hawaii
Elmer Williams
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Prairie City
Wed
John de Haas
Williams
Emma Dearth
Colfax
Arthur Samson
Maytag Park
C. Piet Scheene
Marie Scheene
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Andrew Samson
Samsons
Sully
Peila
Burlington
Baxter
Mitchellville
Reasner
Newton
California
Kenneth Magnus
Joyce
David
Arkansas City
Kansas
John van Wyngarden
Wilbur van Wyngarden
Mabel Lust
Gary Lust
Leland Lust
Fairborne
Ohio
Herman Nollen
Keith
Pella
Glen. Vander Schel
Charlotte
Glenda
Artie van Wyk
Carolyn
Eldred van Gory
Verlan
Duane
Wendell van Wyngarden
Wallace Pedigo
Laurie
Timmy
Colorado Springs
Cole
Ron Gross
Sioux City
Son
Charlie Samson Sr
Lettie
Iona Smith
Violet Schultz
Duane Walker
Marlene Steenhoek
Luthieran Hospital
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Robert Ross
Methodist
Monroe
Hiddleson
Mr. Ross
Iowa City Hospital
Harold Sellers
Skiff’s Memorial Hospital
Sue Karr
Okoboji Lake
Triggs Lakeshore Motel
Gary Swiharts
Pike’s Peak
Gary
Almont
P. O
P. Master
Smith
Grace Karr
Roose
Newton News
John Henken
John Geels
Alto Christian Reformed Church
Alto
Wisconsin
Christian Reformed Church
C. Plet Scheene
Neweton
Grand Forks
North Dakkota
Molenaars
Eldred van Gorp
Sheryl
Jim
Kathy
Ruth Ann
Craig
Red Haw State Park
Chareston
Wilma Schulenklopper
Dale Carnegie
Central College
THE
Pella Chronicle
Moris L. Norman & Associates
Burmuda
MEN& Boys
A. E. Evers
Phys
Associa
Tion
Kenneth Monsma, M
Medicine
Franklin
Pella, Iowa
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