Local social notes span visits from Chicago to Sioux City
The column records Mr and Mrs Murray Nesbit and son Gordon returning from Chicago, various family visits in town and surrounding areas, travel to Rochelle and Des Moines, and local social events. It notes a J C Penney interior upgrade, Miss Jennie Vos returning home, and notes on residents attending summer schooling and church picnics. Also mentions mercury in Wichita and a New Mexico snow sighting.
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Murray Nesbit
Gordon
Chicago
Ralph Kaldenberg
Chariton
J. C. Penney
Kate Beard
Martha Firth
Newton
Marie Griener
Marion Kuiken
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kuiken
Indiana
Ohio
Jennie Vos
Central College
New Sharon
Ralph Grundman
Sioux City
O. T. Burtness
Grandma
Burtness
J. B. Smith
San Diego
Cal
Humeston
Wichita
Kans
Inlaw
Mercury
New Mexico
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Farmer Is Found Dead In Field Under Plow
Prairie City News reports Will Stoner died Tuesday evening from heat during field work. Last seen at 5 pm his daughter brought water, wife searched when supper was missed, body found beneath riding cultivator handles as temperatures neared 100 F. Dr. Van Voorhis declared death occurred some time earlier.
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Prairie City News
Will Stoner
C. H. van Voorhis
Will
Glory Ed en burlesque film mocks radio fame in Pella show
Ginger Rogers stars as Glory Eden in a burlesque of radio broadcasting at the Pella Theatre on June 19 2021. The spoof features a beauty schooled by a “Dream Man” from Kentucky while defying sponsors morality clauses. Co stars include Norman Foster Gregory Ratoff Zazu Pitts and Allen Jenkins with direction by William Seiter Maurine Watkins wrote the screenplay.
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Glory Eden
Ginger Rogers
Rko-Radio Pictures
Pella Theatre
Glory
Ipswich
Kentucky
Jim Davey
New York
Spitfire
Norman Foster
Miss Rogers
Sweeteart
Gregory Ratoff
Zazu Pitts
Allen Jenkins
Frank McHugh
Lucien Littlefield
William Seiter
Maurine — Watkins
Otley News Social Roundup and Local Visits
Otley community notes list numerous visits and gatherings at local homes in Pella and nearby towns. Families such as Kuiken, De Hoedt, Rouwe, Roush, Harveys, Verwers, and Vriezelaar are mentioned with multiple Sunday and weekday calls. The Banner Bearers met June 8 and plan a June 20 social on the Reformed church lawn. Packy the dog and new livestock feature in a light domestic item.
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Frank Wielard
Pella
Gerrit Davelaar
Marion J. Kuiken
Eva Dornbos
Muskegon
Mich
Mr. Kuiken
Neal Kuiken
Joe Kool
Evelyn
Albert de Joode
Gradus Kuyper
Baby
R. Heeron
John William Rootesellar
Prairie City
Henry Vriezelaar
G. L. Dykstra
R. Dykstra
Gerrit Ryke
Near Pella
R. Hee
de Koekkoek
John Wassen
Leota
Minn
Richard Postma
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Cornie Muilenburg
Alice Postma
Helen Fennema
Monroe
L. F. Beyers
G. den Hartog
Reformed Church
Otley
Cat Is Mother To Skunks On Montezuma Farm
William McFarlin and son Marvin found three baby skunks after plowing and placed them under an oil barrel with a mother cat that had just.weaned. The next morning the cat cared for the skunks as her own, washing their faces and feeding them while the kits played with kittens in the same barrel.
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Montezuma
William McFarlin
Marvin
McFarlins
McFarlin
Local residents attend gatherings amid tight community ties
Peoria News chronicles multiple social visits in the area. Families including Westercamps, Stursmans, Vander Veen, Vander Molen, and Bokhoven share evenings at various homes. A Ladies Aid Bazaar is announced for Thursday afternoon at the church basement with refreshments and a cod prog. Obituary notes Mrs Jima T Gimbrel, widow of long time residents, dies at 88 years. Funeral held at Methodist church in New Sharon with local pallbearers.
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Piet Westercamp
Lesterman Gorp
Sandridge
Ladies Aid Society
Henry Stursman
Sibren de Vries
Dorothy de Vries
Peter Franje
Martin Vander Molen
Jacob Stursma
Fred Vander Schaaf
Des Moines
Griffion of
Sully
Vitor
Weidenaar
Tabe Vander Veen
Janet Dunwoody
Oskaloosa
Andrew Bandstra
M. A. Bokhoven
Rense Nieusma
Ben Vander Molen
Piet Franje
Marion John
Garret Roozeboom
Tracy
Dick Vander Veen
Mins Janet de Jong
Pella
Jake Stursma
Jake Stursma. Dr
Danhof
Jake
Henry Spoelstra
Cornelius Spoelstra
Charlie Vos
Old People’s Home
Ho Fel
John Sterk
Paul Nieusma
Jimima T. Gimbrel
Methodist Church
New Sharon
South Side Cemetery
Herman Bokhoven
Henry van Kooten
Tunis Bokhoven
Martin Vander Melen
Margaret
Gimbrel Farms
Ray Cranston
Alvin Miller
Charlie Good
Johanna Sterk
John
Nellie
Margaret Vander Molen
Jacob Rus
Postmaster and Young Man Debate Stamp Yell Publicity
A humorous exchange reveals a collegeish twist as a postmaster questions a young man about his odd stamp placement. The student explains he is taking an International Correspondence School course and cites the class yell as the reason for his method.
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International Correspondence School
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Chris le Cocq
Maurice
Donald
B. Blommers
Kenneth Crum
H. Crum
Vera Sadler
Vella
Jeanette de Jong
Anie C. de Jong
Peoria
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Tim Plate
Walter Heyveld
Betty Blommers
Herbert Klaaren
Third Reformed Church
Gosselink
Martha Beyer
Edna de Vries
Henry Scholten
Sioux Fils, S. D
H.slob
Main Street
Margaret Slob
Henry Post
H. E. Beyer
Weleetka, Okla
H. Beyer
Robert de Goey
Walter Catlete
RKO Radio Picture
Low Brock
Uot Sarie
White Eagle
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Dodge
Hudson
Essex
Packard
Company
Cahill
The
State Auto Insurance Association
Iowa
Pete Heerema
Eeony
United Paint and
Otley News
Packy
Cat
van den Berg
ACT
van den Berg Electric Co
Peoria News
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J. van Dyke
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Pena
Crown Gasoline
Atlas Tires
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