Locustdale Farm cottonwood tree stands as living landmark
A giant cottonwood on Locustdale Farm near Otley endures since the 1880s, witnessing changing roads and a spring water source still used today. Mrs. H. W. Vriezelaar, who came to the farm in 1920, recalls storms, White Way traffic, and early farm life including hatching eggs. The article notes the tree’s decline but its status as a local memorial and lists area students named to dean’s lists.
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Locustdale
H. W. Vriezelaar
Locustdale Farm
Otley
Vriezelaar
Dixson
Henry
Locustdale Farms
Pella Swimmers Finish Fourth in Conference Meet
Pella placed fourth at the Central Iowa swim conference meet held Saturday July 17 at Southeast Polk high school. Grinnell led with 574 points followed by Newton SE Polk and Pella with 190. Joel Kooyman won the 11 and 12 year old backstroke, with numerous runners up and third place finishers across events. Coaches are Matt Weller Scott De Bruin and Cassie Van Zee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central Iowa
Southeast Polk High School
Grinnell
Newton
SE Polk
Centerville
Oskaloosa
Indianola
Sigourney
Knoxville
Joel Kooyman
Darcy van Maanen
Carol van Ee
Lana van de Kamp
Marty van Vliet
Kyle Timmer
Dan’ Dingeman
Janelle Bender
Julie Heerema
Roxanne Gordon
Sherri Timmer
Mindy van Nimwagen
Lisa Murtha
Dean Dingeman
John Shearer
Kevin Upton
Joe Lavery
Scott Lavery
Keith Folkerts
Todd Toom
Doug Vander Wiede
Tim Folkerts
Curtis Kerger
Jerry Jansom
Matt Weller
Scott de Bruin
Cassie van Zee
Pella junior tennis beats Grinnell in July meet results
The Pella city junior tennis team faced Grinnell on July 9 with a full slate of singles and doubles results. Match scores list numerous players, including Bowles, Williams, Jansma, Glendening, Norquist, Hagen, Ecton, Van Vark, Brom, Beintema, Brom, Baker, Harvey, De Jong, and Petersman among the singles and doubles, followed by a section detailing mens results and doubles pairings. Steve Pleima, son of the Nelson Pleimas of Pella, graduated from a West Chicago horticultural school June 26, with a program focused on plant growing, marketing, and greenhouse management. He is employed by De Jong Greenhouses Inc. in Pella and Oskaloosa.
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Pella City
Grinnell
Pella
Dave Bowles
Mike Ellis
Troy Hagen
John Christopher
Kraig Ecton
Rene de Jong
Shelly Mertens
Teresa Petersman
Lisa Jepsen
Bowles
Williams
Minear
Taylor
Jaarsma
Glendening
Manning Pederson
Norquist
Edton
Rebec
Martens
Blom
Johnson
Steve Pleima
Nelson Pleimas
Dupage Horticultural School
Steve
de Jong Greenhouses Inc
Oskaloosa
July 21 Ice cream social Otley Reformed Church
Community notices list events in Otley with meals and gatherings. Ice cream social at Otley Reformed Church served 5 to 8:30 p.m. July 21, plus transportation help via 628-4571.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Antonie Martenus van Zee
West Market Park
Bottle Ridge
Pethoven
Everett van de Voort
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Vriezelaar
Towa State University
Steven George Carson
Burton Kent Joosten
Janice Kay Pethoven
David Henry van Haaften
Neal V. van Veen
Monroe
Fred Leroy de Joode
James Charles Hoagland
Marilyn Jean Roorda
Donna Sue van Wyk
Lynnville
Gelene Joy Veldhuizen
University of Iowa
Jay Anthony Stravers
Jean van Roekel
Coe Pella
Helen Vos
Augustana
Mary Vriezelaar
Des Moines Community College
Denise de Koning
Twila Vos
Cheryl van Dyk
Sheryl McConeghy
Glen Robinson
Sally
Gerald Brand
Barbara Schnell
Pella Christian High School
Terrace Inn
Paul de Jong
Zelda
Jansen
Engbers
Geneva
Kloostra
Ednabel
Ver Meer
Vos
Elizabeth
Rus
Boender
Letha
van de Voort
van Dyk
Marvin Klyn
Marion Klyn
Lawrence Borst, Jr
Afton Roose
Southeast Polk
Doug Vander Weide
Ann Gritters
Jeff Dingeman
Nancy Toom
Bruce Warner
Curtis Kooyman
Kevin Rowe
Anita de Ruiter
Denise van Maanen
Brenda van Dusseldorp
Carol Toom
Dave Williams
Paul Taylor
Jeff Jansma
Mike Minear
Eric Glendening
Mike Mertens
Daryl Norquist
Todd Howard
Baker
Wilkinson
Beintema
Petersma
Kingery
van Draska
DeJong
Harvey
Dixon
Schmitz
Christophers
Hagen
Ecton
Dick Bowzer
Carter
Mark Wesselink
Jin Strickler
Jim van Hoeven
John Martinek
Jim Graham
Dave de Long
Don Te Ronde
Jim Kissane
John de Jong
Roger Koester
Wesselink
Te Ronde
Martinek
de Long
Bowzer
Graham
Strickler
van Hoeven
de Jong
Guroff
Kissane
Pleima
West Chicago, Ill
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
West Des Manes
Ten
Ivana.terrell
Marion County
Harold Robinson
E.J. (Jr
Dennison Knoxville
The
Board of Health
Court House
Gao
Gqares
Iowa
Tulip City Real Estate
Corner Square
Robert E. Zylstra
Martin Heerema
Gladys Nieuwsma
Neal Leydens
Dan Dieleman
Bel Asters
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