Long list of local gatherings and family events in Marion County
Readers report a busy period of family reunions, weddings, bridal showers, and visits across Pella Des Moines Monroe and Brooklyn. Attendees include H W Vriezelaar families, Heemstras, Vriezelaar kin, Pennington, Rozendaal, Gradus Vriezelaar, and Sally McCartney with notes on baptisms and a wiener roast. A photo donation and historical bridges by Marion County Auto Society are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Dykstra
Deaconess
Marshalltown
H. W. Vriezelaar
Mary
Coralee
Sally McCartney
Pella
Wayne Lubberden
Monroe
Marion Heemstra
Mary Beth
Marla
Heemstra
Birdland Park
Des Moines
Sally Pennington
Cecelia Craven
Lynn D. Hanson
Brooklyn
Paul Craven
Warren van Wyk
Lowell
Andrew van Zante
Henry Ver Woert
Martha
Glen
Bruce Thomason
Wittmer
Leland Balmer
Earl Danks
Waterloo
George Herwehe
Fred Forker
John
del Barber
Grover Herwehe
Newton
Gradus Vriezelaar
Kathryn
Blaine Vriezelaar
Dave Vander Ploeg
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Neal Heemstra
Jake Rozendaal
Marie Rozendaal
Charles Riemersma
Phoenix
Arizona
Janie van Doorninck
Gradus
James Vriezelaar
Arthur Vander Ploeg
Roy Vander Ploeg
H.W. ‘Vriezelaar
Mary and
Cotalee
Walter van Doorninck
Janie
Mickey
Kathrym
Max ‘Tool
Farmers’ Institute
Clinton County
Michael Tod Foster
Dean Foster
Lyle Partridge
Roger Lewis
Michael
Community visitors and gatherings around June events
Names and travel notes fill a local column as Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bump and Joel visit relatives in Pella, and Ed Van Baren heads to Chicago for a visit with Berniece. Fort Knox and San Francisco connections appear among reunions, showers, asthma clinics, and club meetings in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Bump
Joel
Phoenix
Arizona
Carl Crane
Leo Bump
Ed van Baren
Chicago
Ill
Berniece Vanren
Bob Klein
Fort Knox
Vern Klein
Delores Nelson
San Francisco
Cal
John Nelson
Cecelia Craven
J. de Long
Cecelia
Leo Padeski
San Diego
Jalkema
Henry Rozenberg
William Sparks
van Wyk
John Bloodsworth
Pella
Martha Viers
Doris
Guy Wilson
Jon
Freddie
Oklahoma City
Okla
Rex Scarbrough
Brookfield
Maude Scarbrough
Monroe
Bowans
Maytag Park
Archie Bowans
Duane
Elva Bowans
California
Betty Marshall
Bernard Hummel
Pearl Ad
Loren Bowans
Susan Dickman
Western Springs
Highway 84
J.howard Herwehe
Grinnell
Joe Cooper
Michael Pille
Des Moines
Keith McConeghey
Dove van Sant
Fireside Flower and Garden Club
Bess Notenboom
Donald Vander Pol
Lynn
Harold Keuning
Busy summer notes from Iowa town cousins and kin
A miscellaneous hometown record from Otley Iowa recounts birthdays guests travel and family events. Mentions Wyatts birthday in 1878 history musings and mail at 909 3rd Street. Many local names Karr Van Hemert Templeton and Knaut appear with recalls of decorations days visits to cemeteries and church picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geel
Vivian
Ryone
Sherry
Ike
Wyatt
Visser
3Rd Street
Iowa City
Iowa
Harriet
Lothar
Ann Knaut
South
Biloxi
Missouri
New Orleans
Otley
Aart Waardhuizen
Ial
Maud Rankin
Keith Rankin
Knoxville’s
Veterans Hospital
Graham
Bill
Tony Graham
May van Hemert
Beryl
Palmers
Reuben Smith
Ellen
Gerrit
Marie
Streeter
Templetons
Harvey
Mary Katherine
Templeton
Miss Raleigh
Knoxville
Junella van Haaften
Des Moines
Lorena van Hemert
Ethel Bell
Monroe
Lorena
Baptist Church
Ed Rock
Seventh Day Adventists Church
Bertha Buckman
Emma
Cecil
Daisy Buttrey
Gerty Price
Mabel Ford
Jake Langstraat
Ellsworth’s
Gerry Karr
Maud Richerd
Ray Whistler
Ed Klyn
Ella
Larry
Elaine
Berlin Ballard
Bill Karr
Kathryn Waardhuiten
Marvin van Haaften
Wilson Dop
Merl Price
Charles Hodgeod
Merle
Florida
Pleasant St
West End
Navy
Atermelon
Viola Karr
Dental College
Lester Elwood
Nellie Baughman
Colo
Tressa
Cora Karr
Leighton News Highlights Local Visits and Guests
Leighton News reports multiple social visits including Mr. and Mrs. George Van Dyk of Oskaloosa visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mel Brummel and sons. Marion Van Dyk visited the Brummel home. Gerrit Van Loenen of Phillipsburg Kansas and Edna Van Loenen of Alameda California joined supper at A. Van Zunk’s. John Van Woerkom and Bonnie Lou of Oskloosa visited Walter Newendorp’s home. Mrs. Durk Beintema hosted guests including Mrs. John H. Van Arkel on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George van Dyk
Oskaloosa
Mel Brummel
Marion van Dyk
Brummel
Gerrit van Loenen
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Edna van Loenen
Alameda
California
Social Gathering Notes From Leighton And Des Moines Area
Local social column lists receptions dinners and visits across Iowa and nearby Des Moines. Names include Van Linden De Jong Van Gent Hasselman Van Houten Van Wyk and De Haan amid a long string of friends and relatives. Attendees travel from Creston Artesia and Pella to share a miscellaneous shower and mingling at the Duffus and Thomassen households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Dens
L. W. Schakel
Mise Elizabetha Verrips
van. Linden
Edith A Y Edwin
Leighton
James Verney
Kattanooga
Tennessee
Henry ‘Tysseling
Austin
Minnesota
M. M. de Reus
Vander Schaaf
Miss I
Je Jong
Wm. van Heukelem
Des Moines
B. C. Gammon
G. D. Higginbotham
Id Mra
Art Ward
Janet
Mae Ward
Creston
R. S. Duffus
Charles Malefyt
Artesia
California
G. A. Hasselman
Eleanor
Eileen
Wayne
Edward van Gent
Merlin
Beverly van Wyk
Kenneth Glewen
Junior Dunkin
Gene Jennings
Engel de Kock
Kenneth Bailey
Virgil Dykstra
John Klyn
Dor
Birthday party honors Miss Sherma De Jong guests
The evening featured games and contests as Miss Sherma De Jong received gifts. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs Hanna, Mrs Sedrel, Mrs Jacob Stursma of Peoria, Mrs Tony Bokhoven, Carol and Mrs Julia Van Heukelom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othy Newendorp
Sherma de Jong
Marilyn de Cook
Hanna
Sedrel
Jacob Stursma
Peoria
Tony Bokhoven
Carol
Julia van. Heukelom
P. A. de Jong
Ina Elaine van Haaften
Connie Sedrel
Arlene Tuinstra
Sully
Wm. A. de Jong
Henry Sedrel
Paul From
Des Moines
Rebecca Lynn
From
Charlotte Sedrel
Also Mentioned on This Page
H.W. Vriezelaar
Marion County
Marynville
Attica
Duram
Durham
Herman Johnson
Marion County Barre Society
Bussey
Ditcher Service
Petia
H. W. Vrieselaar
Mrs
Roy Karr
Loren
Marguerite
Hudson Hornet
Hollywood
Hudson
Hudson Horne
Alli
American Motors
Oskaloosalowa
Caltteralat
Leighton News
Carol Ann Sedrel
Marion County Fairgrounds
Illinois
The
Marion County Fair
Floyd Vander Zyl
Jefferson Ph
Oliver
van Zee Implement
Pella Cooperative Electric Association
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