Local residents share updates from Iowa Falls and Oskaloosa
Local news notes Tuesday and weekend visits including Rev Paul Christensen and family at the Baptist Assembly in Iowa Falls, Mrs M Boat and Elmer en route to Dakota for a relative's funeral, and several visits to Oskaloosa. Illnesses include Mrs Louisa Wheeler and Grandma Benitema, plus Mikesell with stomach trouble and Billy Jim Muilenberg's fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Christensen
Richard
Harriet Kuyper
C. Richardson
The
Baptist Assembly
Iowa Falls
M. Boat
Elmer
Dakota
J. Hackett
Leona Hoksbergen
Oskaloosa
Dan Rillihan
Joe Rillihan
J. J. Rillihan
Louisa Wheeler
South Pella
John Braashart
Neal Kersbergen
Bess Brooks
Lois
Cowman
Percy
Fishing trip yields no catch on Cordova Saturday night
A Cordova group fished Saturday night with no fish reported. Ruth Templeton and Melvin Rootman visited the Joe Templeton home over the weekend. A bee sting incident left Mrs. Cal vin Bricker with two broken bones in her left arm. Clarence assisted transport to Pella for setting. Several local visits and a Kingery picnic are noted. A vehicle collision near Knoxville injured a child and several occupants. two cars suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Templeton
Melvin Rootman
Joe Temeton
Calvin Bricker
Clarence
Pella
Marjorie Bricker
Red Rock
Beverly Muilenberg
Angie Klyn
George Dailey
Kingery
Aulé's Park
Knoxville
Charles Cadwallender
Gail Cronkhite
Hastings
Callie Cronkhite
Dallas
Roy Karr
Gail
Indianola
Alpha Calhoun Ridgeway
Near Runnells
Harold Gibbons
Beech
West End
Gene Tunning
Gibbons
Harvest Field News From Rose Hill and Newton Visitors
Rose Hill reports Donald Meyer returned Monday evening to continue harvest work in Kansas. Newton visitors included Mr and Mrs Arie Vink and family and William Verwers on Thursday evening. Local families hosted gatherings with H J Van der Werff and Vander Leest households. Funeral attendance noted for Marinus Lille in Otley with Vander Werf family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Meyer
Kansas
Arie Vink
William Verwers
Newton
Lewis van Vari
Little Son
H. J. Vander Werff
Roy van Haaften
Rich Vander Leest
Art Vander Werf
Marinus Lille
Otley
Andrew Schippers
Arie Meyer
Amsterdam Weather and Local Social Notes Update
Rain totals reached one and a half inches on Thursday and half inch on Sunday with scattered effects on farms. Corn prospects look strong if weather holds. The new road now open with two new bridges easing travel via Amsterdam to the Wabash road. Various local visits include Nellie Woods from Des Moines, and gatherings at the Vos and Oostrum households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Woods
Des Moines
Jake
Mary
Amsterdam
Wabash
la Martin
Phyllis Oostrum
Knoxville
John Kamerick
D. Oostrum
Garl Hackett
Aber Vanden Berg
Oostrum
John Kamericks
Wm. Schakel
Rev. M. Monsma
John W. Vos
Lane van Soelen
Jenie van Hal
Sully
Donald Vos
Arthur van Waardhuizen
Delores Jean
Harold Vander Ploeg
John Vos
Agnes Vos
Four C’s
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Emma Tandy
Westchester
J. Visser
C. J. van Dellen
Cedar Rapids
George Gans
Luke van Dellen
Gerrit van Gorp
Louise Gezel
Town Falls
George Gezel
Alton
Harlan
Lake
9 Mile
Highway 163
Logan van der Leest
Gerrit Hoksbergen
Hoksbergen
Gerrit
McDonald's Road Gang
Bill Versteer
Tommy Gibbons
Sherman
Grandma Benitema
Flower Club
Blanche Templeton
Lavery Dailey
John Plafer
Billy Jim Muilenberg
Beryl
Margaret Vanden Berg
Helen
Hugh Pontus
Pete van Hemert
Griffas Mikesell
Joe Vanden Bergs
Cordova
Rose Hill
Icen
Ulrich Motor Co
Ford Dealer
Big Value
Marlboro
Euzo
Rockford
Sox
Chambray
East Side
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