Newton News Visitors and Births Highlight Local Notes
Mrs Oskam of the Netherlands arrived Friday evening with her children and families Mr and Mrs Tony Odkamt Mr and Mrs Joe van Walbeek Donald Brixvoort son of Mrs Herman Brixvoort made profession of faith Sunday morning at the Christian Ref church Léster Van Peursem Lorena and Ronald Mrs Gertrude Boertje of Prairie City and Mr and Mrs John Swank and Norman visited Sunday afternoon in the Arthur Samson home Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Virgil Van Zee on the birth of a son at Skiff hospital Monday July 18 This is the third son in the home Mt Hope Homemakers held a morning coffee time at the home of Mrs Vern Soderblom in honor of Mrs Arthur Samson and Craig Those sharing in the courtesy were Mrs Ralph Clausen Mrs Kenneth Winn Mrs Everett Wasson Mrs Carl Anderson and boys Mrs John Swank Mrs Wes Marion Spain and one and all children A to the son
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Oskam
Netherlands
Tony
Odkamt’ Arid
Joe,Van Walbeek
Donald, Brixvoort
Herman Brixvoort
Church
Léster van Peursem
Lorena
Ronald
Lewis de Vries
Dennison and Partridge Lumber Co
Taintor
Anthony Bokhoven
Junior
Henry’ Nibbelink
Mahaske County
Marilyn. Nibbelink
Pélla
Henry Roose
Iowa ‘City Hospital
de Jong
Vander Schaaf
James Shade
Springfield
Pennsylvania
Shade
Janet de Jong
Pella
Martin de Jong
Marion Swank
John Westercamp
John van Wyk
Nellies Vander Hart
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pine Rest Hospital
Thomas SE
Michigan
Pekria Area News Harvests, Health, and Visits Highlight Week
Local notices recount medical procedures at Mercy and Mahaska hospitals including appendectomy and tonsillectomy for Peoria area residents. Social events feature Larks picnic at Lake Keomah, get togethers for Shade family, and visits to Newton and Grand Rapids. Members celebrate newborn Sandra Ellen Vander Voort as De Jong and Vander Schaaf kinship ties are noted along with camp plans and hospital care.
Jasper Leads In Tri County Bonds Sales
Jasper leads Tri County in bond sales with Marion County at 64 001 dollars and a six month total of 861 899 dollars toward a 1960 quota. Kuyper Pella and E Pi by Knoxville report Iowa June sales over 9 million dollars and a half year total of 78 705 172 dollars, the state’s highest volume among eight Midwest states.
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U. S
Marion County
Iowa
Kuyper
Pella
E. Pi Iby
Knoxville
Volunteer County
Towa
Family remembers hardships hauling water in winter
The speaker recalls the family’s routine of hauling billions of gallons of water, with others helping. They used to carry water in a big barrel on a sled. Alpha shares some of the same troubles, and the speaker notes heating with a gas stove and an oil stove on occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha
Leo Allards Take Boat Trip to Des Moines
Leo Allard and wife Nellie took a motor boat trip from the new river bridge to Des Moines one Sunday. They own a fiberglass boat with a new rotor and it took about 8½ hours upriver and a little over 2 hours back. The river ran high with drifting wood, a log was struck breaking a blade. The letter notes many local names and events, weather, crops, and social updates from Otley and nearby communities.
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Roy Karr
Leo Allard
Nellie
Wrofg
Linda’ ‘Karr
Postoffice Department
Otley
Lona
Corlove
Rae
Bandette
Anada
Clementson
Cordova
Sue
Sherry
Winona
Kauai
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
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Newton News
Marion Spain
Peoria
Kenneth Bokhoven
Simon
Bokhovén
Mercy Hospital
Gregg. Dahm
Arie’ Dahm
Rodney Rus
William Band
Stra
Sandra Ellen
Polk County
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Save
Allanted Ahervices
At -Pella
Ella
Gus Glaser
Van
Morrell
Frontier
U. OJ
Washington
Mrs
Jasper
Tri-County
Leo Allards
Des Moines
Raleigh Adams
Lola
Marion
Ernest Meyers
Dorothy Reed
SUI
Joe Templeton
Mary
Hugh Templeton
Jane Sherwood
Bob
Marjorie Legrand
Monroe
Olive Mallory
Earl Martinache
Marshalltown Hospital
Collins Hospital
May van Hemert
Adventist Welfare Center
Dailey
Dexter
Roy
Bethel Community ‘Center
Jane Templeton
Barbara Reese
Jane
Barbara
Miss Aalbers
Sharon Karr
Margaret
Jean Visser
Sharon
Worth Rankin
Jiy
Gladys Kennedys
Donna Karr
Jane Tennpleston
County’ Fair
Hersheys
Nabisco
Macaroni
Family Circle
Women’s Day
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