Local News on Gerald Koopman Recovery and Visitors
Gerald Koopman, badly hurt in a Monday June 2 accident on the REA line, is recovering well at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa after earlier fears for his life. Mr and Mrs H G Lee and sister-in-law of Van Zante visit the Van Zante home. Lees live in Indianapolis and arrived Tuesday. Harry De Cook of Illinois, a friend of M Zante, was the visitors during the week. Central College was also mentioned with F Dyke and Mrs Will Van.
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Gerald Koopman
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
H. G. Lee
van Zante
Wees Lees
Indianapolis
Harry de Cook
Fellinois
Fred
Vias Central College
Local Society Notes And Alumni News From Pella
Astenie Klein recovers after a serious illness at home following hospitalization. Henrietta Ver Meer of PelIa, Iowa, among 31 University of Illinois students recently initiated into Sigma Delta. Couples visit relatives in Sioux Center and Des Moines. Dr Fred Rosveld buys a Cres ton Iowa dental practice and plans to move with family. Many neighbors travel for weddings and visits in Knoxville and Tama Iowa.
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Astenie G
Tone
Klein
Henrietta Ver Meer
Pel- Ia
Towa
Ilinois
Sigma Delta
Epsi- Inn
J. W. Rosveld
Fred Rosveld
Alice
Sioux Center
Ted Ver Meer
Fred Bosveld
Creston
Iowa
Vander Zyl
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Marcia Kuyper
Viversity
Henry Kuyper
Tis Rosveld
Loms
Dani
West Third Street
Ella
Mrs. HK
Rock
Cerem Plain
Warold Sehut
Schut
Neiseh Hors
Hagerman
N.Y
Michael Cherkala
New York
BF. Vander Linden
Cherkala
Bernace Vander Linden
Earl Spooner
Tama
Lowa
News from the Home for the Aged Visitors and a Kentucky mission visit
Residents at the Home for the Aged receive many calls from Hawarden and surrounding towns including De Jong Van Hartog and Langstraat families. Rev Nick Gosselink and family from Grayhawk Kentucky visited June 7, entertaining inmates with speaking singing and mission pictures.
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Kruseman
John
Martha
M. van Gorp
Peter Keuning
Johanna
Nick de Ronde
Marinus Aalbers
G. Bosma
Joe Vanden Berg
Neal Jabaai
L. Jabaai
Gertrude Griffioen
W. den Hartog
Peter Hackett
Edward Roorda
Lena Langstraat
C. N. Weeda
Adrian Vander Plas
Luctor
Kansas
Gerrit Marinus
Nick Gosselink
Grayhawk
Engel van Baale
Monroe
Joe van Baalen
Lavers
Prairie City
Anne de Bruin
Henry Welle
Sully
Wagner
Springfield
Livetor
Effie Lepeltak
Couple hosts soldiers at sunny How Ella home
A young couple in How Ella and their Navy yard neighbors opened their home to service men in the Christian Reformed and Reformed churches. Sunday and Wednesday gatherings provided fellowship and refreshments while donations funded church and hospital work. Letters praise the Groene walds for blessing others and saving money through generous giving.
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Sunny Howella
John Groenewald
Ewald
Soren
Mar
Tinkelenburg
Groene Walds
Chritian Reformed Church
Chicago
Hazen St
Norman G. van Heukelem
Honolulu
Oahu
India
Old Friend Writes From California Letter From Mrs Lindhout
A letter dated May 6 from Mrs. P. Lindhout of California to Mr. and Mrs. A Ver Ploegh in Pella describes her health and life. She is blind yet writes in English with aid from a device guiding her hand. She discusses pernicious anemia, care by doctors, and family news including a sister in Holland and a son lost to Germany.
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A. Ver Ploegh
Pella
P. Lindhout
Kent Street
Os Ans
California
Lindhout
North Broadway
Tor
Siter
Holland
Cicadas Arrive, Uncle Henry Terlowow Reports
Chronicle notes February 14 entry about 17 year cicadas due this year. Scouts trek three miles to dunes to observe them in vast numbers. Report emphasizes harmless insects and teases further details on wings marked with a W.
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Dune
Esk Woods
Henry Terlow
Conserving Soil Confronts State Call to action during Iowa Soil Conservation Week
Director J. K. Bliss of the Iowa State Extension Service warns that soil conservation is a national and state priority during Iowa Soil Conservation Week starting June 17. He stresses that protecting soil resources sustains both farms and towns and notes heavy cropping has depleted soils, urging sound practices to preserve agricultural wealth for industry and the state’s future.
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Lowa
J. K. Bliss
Iowa Cultural Extension Service
Iowa
Robert D. Blue
Bliss
Office expands as new workers join and plant upgrades underway
Over the past week two new workers, Mae Goll and LeRoy Baughman, joined the office force bringing total staff to forty one. Margaret De Wild returned after months away helping with typing. Leona Swank and Doris Armstrong faced minor incidents at work. New hires in paint and metal slat departments, a new incinerator facility designed by Laclede Cristy Corp will burn waste scraps, and a factory rearrangement is planned after preliminary work. Weddings loom as Erma Kaldenberg and Helen Toom marry this week with Helen Buwalda set for Friday.
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Mae Goll
LeRoy Baughman
Margaret de Wild
Ottawa
Jeanette A . Des Moines
Braam den Adel
Rosscreen
Erma Kaldenberg
Bill Wallace
Erma
Ned Rt
Helen Toom
Helen Buwalda
Iowa Farm Index Advances Sharply This May
The Iowa Farmers index rose from 204 in April to 211 in May, the sharpest gain in months driven by grain price climbs and moderate livestock increases. Truck crops are minor, all feeding ratios fell, and the corn hog ratio stands at 11.4 while dairy and egg feed ratios also lag five-year averages.
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Iowa
Soil conservation urged amid crop strain and shortages
The director calls for intensified soil management as world food shortages persist and cropping places heavy demands on fertility and erosion hazards. He urges people to be especially conscious of soil conservation this year to offset these pressures.
Insurance and savings pitch linked to Bully Sully offer
A dated sales notice urges securing farm and city insurance and starting a savings account with life coverage. It promises income for retirement and family security, directing readers to call Phone 60 or write P. O. Box, mentioning WM. DIELEMAN of Sully, Iowa.
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Box
Dieleman
Sully
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