Community dinner rounds in Prairie City and Ottumwa
Reports list numerous Sunday gatherings and visits across Iowa towns. Families including Bartlow, Nelly, Edwards, Zickel, Walker, Dalbey, Sinnard, King, Richardson, Van Dyke, McAlister, Mac Heyveld, Moorman, Briggs, and Schuring attended meals, weddings, or festivals. Travel noted includes Oregon and Minnesota trips, plus local memorial days and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Bartlow
Marvin Nelly
Prairie City
Earl Edwards
Trigid
Oregon
Frank Zickel
Daryl Walker
Leona Schakel
Sunda
William Dalbey
Ottumwa
Harry Sinnard
Paul
Beech
Alumni Association Dinner Draws Two Hundred Attendees
The College Alumni Association held its annual dinner with about 200 attendees including former students and faculty. Rev. Garret Roorda presided. honoring the class of 1956, and Gerald Mokma shared insights from his career as U S Consul general in Genoa. The evening featured gifts, new Century and other club awards, and the election of officers with Rev R Van Heukelom named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
Wits
Garret, Roorda
Walden
N. Y
Bob Omick
Pella Area
Gerald ‘Mokma
Mokma
United States
Genoa
Italy
Hungary
Neal Kuyper
Richard Decker
Orville Dykstra
Gerrit van Roekel
G. T. Vander Lugt
Alumni Association of Oifficers
Des Moines
Anthony Tysseling
Pella
Roorda
R. van Heukelom
van Heukelom
Nick Gosselink
Modesto
Wheat Allotment For Marion County Set at 835 Acres
The 1957 wheat allotment for Marion county is fixed at 885 acres, with 1956 at 1288 acres. Individual farm allotments will be mailed by June 18, enabling voters to decide on marketing quotas in July. Nationally, 1957 allotment is 55 million acres, Iowa bears 115,485 acres, with 20 counties receiving no allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
ASC
Iowa
Monona
Harrison
Fremont
Mills
Page
Lee
Woodbury
Pottawattamie
Montgomery
Des Moines
Season To Watch for Chiggers Across Regions
Warm weather signals chiggers or red bugs become active, leaving itchy bites on tight clothing. Benign larvae invade skin during garden work and outdoor tasks, especially in the Midwest and South. Entomologists urge using repellents on skin and clothing, and to ask at drugstores about effective products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
Iowa
State College Extension
Midwest
South
Planning wedding pictures for the big day
A bride and family should coordinate with the professional photographer and include candid family snapshots. The article emphasizes briefing the photographer on the schedule, capturing sudden moments, and ensuring both formal and casual images are recorded for a complete album.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trousseau
John van Guilder
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Chronicle
Chronicle News
Frat Row
Heerems van der Ploeg
Row
Lila van Vliet V
Joey Wi Othy Needham Brooks
Margar Jearema Johnson
Ruth Brammel Vize
Merk
Sede Ploeg
Warren V. Ploegh
Jean Ver Heul
Ye Kock
John Vander Werl Gaase
Warren
de Pri Charles Vander Ploeg
al Bert van Houweling
Ray Rouw
Gerrit Vander Meiden
Kenneth V
E Country Club
Ge van Wyk
Jean Lew Si
Ai Bob de Ronde
Dyk
Mali
C. A. King
Santa Rosa
California
Floyd Richardson
Freda van Dyke
Vernon van Rees
Sarah McAlister
Newton
Zoar Reformed Church
Alla Mac Heyveld
Dan Crosby
Gilbert Moorman
Lola Ann
Art Schuring
Lou Ann Butler
Thomas A. Baty
Tom Baty
Knoxville
Grinnell College
Harold Baty
Nelson Roozeboom
Keota
Orlo de Bruin
Lake Kabatogama
Minnesota
Marilyn van Essen
Marlyn van Ee
Merle Vander Schaaf
Retha Vander Haar
Joan Geurts
Geneva
Wilma Dicleman
Chester Terpstra
Wilma
Chester
Emeline
Ed Ves
Charles
Bonnie
Edith Gezel
Ft. Dodge
Laverne Sabin
Dolliver
George Gezel, Jr
Manchester
Harry van Hemert
Syracuse
Indiana
Pel-la
Louise
J. B. van Hemert
Missouri
Marlene Dykstra
Gib van Wyk
LaDonna Bieshaar
Melvin Hartgers
Lake Ahquabi
Indianola
Riverview
Gladys de Wit
Ray
Gladys
Peoria
Mildred Westerkamp
Rock Creek Lake
Kellogg Memorial Day
College Alumni Association
Century Club
Honor Club
Marion County
Cal
Cui
Archie Long
Edjean Selaar
Gould
Morrel's
Carnation
Velveeta
Charmin
Birdseye
Arizona
del Monte
North State Strawberries
North State
Happy Host Peas
LUX
Wisse
Uquid
Farmer's Union Co-Op Groc
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