Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
The article details social calls around Otley and nearby farms, noting Mrs. Dan Aalbers and family on Roy Vander Waal's farm, plus visits from relatives, neighbors, and a remembered wedding photo. It mentions coffee rituals, birthday events, church activities, and numerous local names and addresses, all recorded as part of a community notes column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Aalbers
Roy Vander Waal
Otley
Mrs. Aalbers
Vander Waal
Monroe
Roy Vander Wai
Margarets of Dunreath Help Maids in Town Tale
Gaylen and Duane and Margaret Schrader of Dunreath aid Mrs Aalbers as she heals from a tonsil operation. Miss Schrader has escaped one thing few Margarets can claim she has never been called Maggie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylen
Duane
Margaret Schrader
Dunreath
Mrs. Aalbers
Miss Schrader
Margarets
Maggie
Aalbers Family Children Impress Paper Photographer Visit
The Aalbers family features six brothers and two sisters with four and two and a half year old brothers among them. The older boys enjoy each other’s company while caring for a dog and a pet lamb. Glenn, the youngest at 18 months, was away visiting Napper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aalbers
Glenn
Napper
News From Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs D Geenen of Pella enjoy a few vacation days here with friends and relatives while Mrs Geenen recovers from a tonsil operation. Newton shoppers, new babies, injuries, and social visits fill a busy stretch of community notes from area residents and churches.
Funeral Rites for Miss Jennie French Held in Monroe
Miss Jennie French longtime Monroe Public Schools teacher died recently and funeral services were held at Crum Packer Funeral Home with Reverend Moser and Reverend Findley presiding. She is survived by three sisters including Mrs A F Baldridge and Miss Nellie French. Interment was in Monroe cemetery. Local items note community events including band, chorus, and various visits in Monroe with residents traveling to Des Moines Ames Knoxville and Pella.
Local visits thread through Porterville area families
Porterville residents recount weekend calls and stays among Den Otter Monster Van Dene Sytsma Goemaat Vanden Baard and Vander Syde households. Relatives from Des Moines Pella Oskaloosa and nearby towns share visits while Verlan De Zwarte helps care for Marilys Van Essen. A Mary Baker Eddy quote on integrity closes the note.
New Salem Hosts Miscellaneous Show For Mrs Willem’s
New Salem Misses Katie and Wilma Nickel and Velma Kooistra were joint hostesses at a miscellaneous shower in honor of Mrs Henry Willem s on Thursday afternoon at her home. The honorees received many beautiful and useful gifts. Those present included Mrs Anne Terpstra, Mrs Verle Marchant, Carryt Butler of Lynnville, Mrs Abe Klyn of Killduff, Lena Marie Susie and Johann Meppelink of Sully, Mrs Henry Surber and Celma, Mrs Ray Ludwick, Treva and Lucille Vande Kro, Mrs Guy Elscott, Dorothy and Betty, Mrs Andrew Gertsma, Ruth, and Mrs Herman Vander Pol and Catherine. Refreshments consisted of ice cream and cake. Mrs Catherine Kooistra and Mrs John Vande Krol visited Friday afternoon with Mrs Francis Smith. Those who attended the sale at Grinnell Friday were Harold Van de Krol, Neal Vander Wilt, John Vande Krol, Gerrit Versteeg, Leslie Vande Krol, Henry Meppelink, Francis Smith and Herman Van der Pol. Mr and Mrs Ben Terlouw and family of Killduff were Sunday afternoon visitors in the Guy Van der Pol home. Mr and Mrs Marinus Geurts, Lester Melvin and Luella visited Sunday afternoon in the Herman Vander Pol home. Mr and Mrs John Vande Krol and family spent Wednesday evening in the Mrs Emma Kruseman home in Sully to help celebrate her birthday. Mr and Mrs Guy Vander Pol were Oskaloosa callers Friday. The power loom was introduced in the woolen trade of Scotland about 1830 and tweeds were then known as Tweels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Oteheak
Ceri
Des Moines
J. Laskwitz
W. Carrier
Sarah Jane
Ge Snell
Newton
Amel Andreas
Susie Castorf
M Yin Shultz
Dorothy Ann
Fred Castorf
Evelyn
P. Rozendaal
Leola
Adelaide
Gormand
Jennie Holdsworth
Stanley Woods
Earlham
Briggs
Ruth
Lena de Vries
G. Vis
Norma and
Carrol
Elizabeth Verwers
Amelia Andreas
Andreas
Anna Ot
Geo, Kiene
Emerson
Alyce
Harris E. Boat
Gordon
Connie Welle
Joan
Wm. Steenhoek
Harilyn
Betty Lou
M. Sjaardema
Duane
Marvin
Clarence
Kaldenberg
Community Church
O. Wisgerhof
W. Smith
Elsie Waters
Thompson
Nell Welle
Flora _Gortsma
Mamie Boat
Mildred de Jong
F. de Jong
Gradus de Jong
Volga
S. D
R. de Jong
Paul
Claire
0. C. Flanagan
Grinnell
Margaret Monsma
Mr. Longaker
Max Erly
Mary Allee
New Sharon
Eva Swisher
R. Kaldenberg
June Darlene
Wm. Steenbock
Kruseman
Dick de Jong
Arthur
Walter de Jong
Prairie City
Carl Crook
Enid Lee
Springfield
Ohio
I. Howard
Junior Howard
Margaret Vos
Pella
Margaret Dieleman
Girls’ Society of the
Chr
H. Willemsen
Janette
Agnes
E. Willemsen
Ray Welle
Arthur Cook
Waterloo
Gordon Boat
Gary Verners
W. Klyn
Jet Adams
Ladies Aid of the Reformed Church
Earl Atwood
Ira
C. H. Wisgerhof
Marcile
Dick Baarda
Carl de Prenger
J. de Prenger
D. Geenen
Cornie Vos
Aric van Weelden
Lynnville
Cornie van Maaren
Betty de Jong
Arie van Weelden
Henry Swank
Jack Bur Doyle
Lois
Melvin
A. C. Boat
Hattie Burnham
Jennie Budding
Joe Budding
Searsboro
S. Howard
Velma Dielgman
Flora Gertsma
Elma Wisgerhof
Wm. Sjaardema
Sam de Cook
Pete Rozendaal
Cad Vander Leest
Moes
Katie
Wilma Nickel
Velma Kooistra
Henry Willems
Anne Terpstra
Verle Marchant
Carryt Butler
Abe Klyn
Killduff
Lena
Marie
Susie
Johann Meppelink
Sully
Henry Surber
Celma
Ray Ludwick
Treva
Lucille Vande Kro
Guy Elscott
Dorothy
Betty
Andrew Gertsma
Herman Vander Pol
Catherine
Catherine Kooistra
John Vande
Krol
Francis Smith
Harold Vande Krol
Neal Vander Wilt
Ben Terlouw
Guy Vander Pol
Marinus Geurts
Lester Melvin
Luella
John Vande Krol
Emma Kruseman
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. L. Dykstra
D. Vander Ploeg
Robert Poortings
Cornelius de Geus
Dykstra
Chronicle
Cyrus Louwsma
Elmer
Dan
Neal Hiemstra
Oliver Wisgerhof
C. de Prenger
PART
DAN Aalbers Group
Margaret Shrader
Aalbers Boys
Monroe R. F. D
Dog
Iers
van Gorp Tire Co
van Gorp’s Hatchery
Jennie French
Crumpacker
French
Hampton
Spencer
A. F. Baldridge
Nellie French
Denver
Colorado
Bessie McComas
R. R. Moser
Findley
Monroe Cemetery
Joyce Shaw
Knoxville
Tenn
Mark I. Shaw
Murray van Gilder
Sedalia
Missouri
van Gilder
Belinda Coffman
Bert van Ness
John Thomassen
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Oskaloosa
Horace Cash
Newoon
Illinois
Donald Cash
J. W. Walcott
Winifred Martin
Cecile Legrande
Worthington, Minn
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Miss Martin
Jasper County Rural
Mary Crane
Car
Crane
University of Iowa
Mae Moser
Nick Hiemstra
Wm. Brunia
Nathan
Billy
Neal Heemstra
Marian
Effie Kathryn
Marion Hulleman
Henry Hulleman
Willis Nearmeyer
Golf Links
Blaine Vrie~ Claar
Blake Worth
Carl Wilson
Carl Matherly
Earl Kaldenbers
Dwayne van Rockel
Bobby Porter
Rover Roush
Walter Donahue
Lloyd Herwehe
Rawleigh Vander Waal
James Guffey
Porterville
Bert den Otter
Gloria
Cornie Vanden Baard
Antoinette Monster
H. van Gilst
Cornelia van Dene
Murray Sytsma
Edith Sytsma
Peter Hackett
Cornelia
Agnes Jansen
Henry H. van Dene
Koen Verrips
Anne Brower
Dirk Goemaat
Edward Scott
Connie Vanden Board
Huber Vander Syde
John Robertus
Verlan de Zwarte
Henry van Essen
Marilys van Essen
Hon van Essen
Connie Vanden Baard
Norman
Shirley
Will Monster
Darlene ‘Robertus
Pelle
Mr. and Mire
Harry Stoker
Mary Baker Eddy
New Salem
Scotland
Natura
Chiropractic
R. M. Martin
Pella, Iowa
McCormick-Deering
McCormick-Deering Tractor
Vogelaar's
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