Local Visitors Share News from Area Families
The Misses Alyda and Nancy Terpstra of New Sharoz Iowa visited their mother Mrs J C Warden for several days last week. Neal Kersbergen and wife from Wichita Kansas are guests of her parents Mr and Mrs John Brasshart this week. The Kersbergen children are already here. their parents vacationed in Colorado. Mrs T H Klein just returned from Dubuque Iowa where she stayed four weeks with her daughter Bonnie Mrs John H Smith. The Smiths welcomed a baby girl last week named Lord. Mrs Harry Neyeresch is visiting this week.
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Alyda
Nancy Terpstra
New Sharoz
Iowa
J.C. Warden
Neal Kersbergen
Wichita
Kansas
John Brasshart
Kersbergen
Colorado
T. H. Klein
Dubugze
Bonnie
John H. Smith
Smiths
Harry Neyeresch
Albert Tyrseling
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Gerald Vogelaar
RFC
New Sharon
Mercy
Oskaloosa Thurs
Houweling
Martin Langerakeroit
Michigan
Barney J. Brom
California
Jacob Brom
Lake Mills
Towa
Forest City
Lloyd Gnagg
Forest
Clara Roorda
Erma Vander Horst
Melvin Ver Meer
Germent Rus
Vander Ark
Henry van Ekeren
Corsica
South Dakota
Minnie Rillihan
Will Creighton
Des Moines
R. Engbers
John Gosselink Sr
M. Tibbeel
Netherlands
Margaret Hammer
Farmer City
Urbana
Margaret Thomassen
Pella
Forrest di Ie
Ira Vriezelear
Deckers
Linden
New Jersey
Ira Vriezelaar
Gerald Vriezelaar
Local notes from Oskaloosa and area widen small town life
Daughters and sons welcomed in local families with births at Mahaska and Mercy hospitals. Residents and visitors share travels, vacations, and career moves from New Sharon to Forest City. Community members attend church leaflets, care for relatives, and plan trips to the Netherlands and Colorado as summer unfolds with updated health and travel news.
Knoxville Girl Returns From First Girls State Visit
Miss Ada Mae Langebartels of Marion county was this year’s representative at the first Girls State held July 7 to 14 at Grand View college Des Moines. The event taught girls government by simulating city county and state operations including elections and officer appointments with lectures and recreation. A formal banquet capped the week at the Commodore hotel with participants and officers in attendance.
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Ada Mae Langebartels
Marion County
Grand View College
Des Moines
McCrea City
Virginia McCrea
American Legion Auxiliary
Carr
Commodore Hotel
Girls State Ends In Knoxville With Grand Success
Governor Blue and Commander Stuart of the American Legion oversaw a weekend program ending Sunday afternoon at 3. The event closed after church services at a location of attendees choosing, with all participants declaring the Girls' State a grand success.
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Blue
Stuart
American Legion
Church of Your Choice
Knoxville Express
One Divorce to Two Marriages in Marion County
Four new divorce filings in Marion county district court this week push total divorces since January 1 1946 to 54 while marriages reach 116 for the year. The data show many cases involve service members and spouses left at home, suggesting war’s impact on families.
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Marion County
Knoxville Journal
Rheumatism and Arthritis Free from Pain Claim
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington reports relief from rheumatism and arthritis after using NUE-OVO Laboratories treatment. She invites letters seeking information and offers to answer queries about her experience.
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Anna Pautz
Box
Vancouver
Wash
Musings of the Town Crier and Local Notes
A miscellany of local musings and social tidbits. mentions of a Christmas cue and planning, community clubs like the garlic club, neighbors and former students, and a Shakespeare quote. Includes brief notes on readers, editors, and small town gossip with names and pairings.
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Union
Edmundson
Parc
Ovenfield
George Cassrade
Courier
Lantenbach & Ver Daght
Coop
Frank
Bar Harbor
Haddock
Whiting
Carp
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
IM Adomon
Private First
Lacromse
Lecrecee
Ying Se
Crowe
Lecrome Ba
Lon
Eal
Bouteniseeate
S. Army
Des Moines, Ia
Elizabeth Boot
Children of the Hood
Dale
Betty Low Boot
West Walington Street
Jer Boot
Wilbur Lee Rozenberg
Sharon Kay Breen
Ronald Dean Sneller
Norman Wayne Sneller
Robert Lee Leydens
Clarence Leydens
Betty Lea Boot
Dale Boot
Peter C. van Gorp
Helene Bootsma van Gorp
Dora Bootsma
Bootsma
van Gorps
Holland Theatre
Joan Crawford
Jack Carson
Mildred Pierce
Zachary Scott
Eve Arden
Knoxville
de Joode Insurance Agency
Washington St
Dick Leydens
Betty
Ahieveen
Fowler Telephone Company
Chronicle
George Ver Steeg
Lien
Aly
Rosetta de Bruin
Bessie van der Ploeg
Henry Boeyink
Bob Kuyper
Dockendorf
Bob
Winstead
The
Baptist Church
Dominic Atkins
Shakespeare
Prain Ctc
van Roekel Plumbing & Heating Phone
Lows
Holland
Pella, Iowa
Ory
Bell Elliott As
Red Ryder
Dena Bosveld
Susie
Neuta
Aleine
Carson Tachary Scott
the Canning
G.i.s
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