Local Family Travels from Iowa to Quebec for Insurance Convention
Mr and Mrs Warner H Vande Voort and daughters Bonnie and Letha depart Tuesday on a motor trip to Memphis Chattanooga Roanoke Washington and Quebec where Warner will attend an Equitable Insurance Co convention July 1 4. Mrs Julia Vander Ploeg joins them from Denver and Miss Marlene Boerefijn undergoes major surgery in Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa June 11.
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Warner H. Vande Voort
Bonnie
Letha
Memphis
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Roanoke
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Quebec
Canada
Warner
Equitable Insurance Co
Iowa
Julia Vander Ploeg
Denver
Vande Voorts
Marlene Boerefijn
Leighton
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
John Goodman
Barbara van Sittert
Mahaska Hospital
Marion de Bruin
Mercy
Clarence Melvin
Frank Ryken
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Kirkville
Jacoba Vander Lugt
G. T. Vander Lugt
Wayland Academy
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin
Paul Arthur Boertje
Baby
Paul Boertje
Paul
Navy Hospital
Seattle
Washington
Grand Rapids
Charles Sadler
Lita
Ottumwa
Ogan Sadler
Selma
Nellie Trout
Douds
Alvessa Baker
Birmingham
Dick J. Roun
Sunnyside
J. B
Bertha Vos
Flor Geurts
Joan
Sigourney
Dave de Cook
William Probert
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Fred Lautenbach
Probert
Lautenbach
John Nieburg
Theresa
Ames
Peter van Gilst
Cedar
Helen Menninga
Henry de Zwarte
Michiga
Max Kuyk
Navy
Great Lakes
Kenneth Warner
Loyd’ Warner
W. Doedyns
R. L. Dodds
Virgil Warner
F. L. Koder
Harvey
Illinois
Kenneth
Fort Belvoir
Pittsburg
California
Gene Wormhoudt
Leon Vander Schaaf
Colorado
Gene
Andrew Ver Ploegh
Ver
Peter van Haalen
Elmer van Zee
Mahaska
George T. Bauer
John Blom
Donna Mae Goemaat
Gerrit Rozenboom
Army reenlistment rules after WWII raise into new grade
Army veterans with specific Military Occupational Specialties may reenlist at a commensurate grade based on skill and experience if honorably discharged on or after May 12, 1945 and reenlisting before July 1, 1946. Over three quarters of a million have joined the Regular Army. aim for a million. Full details at Army Camps Posts or Recruiting Stations.
Vander Lugt earns Colby scholarship at academy
Miss Jacoba Vander Lugt daughter of Dr and Mrs G T Vander Lugt graduates with high honors from the Academy receiving the Colby scholarship two years at the University of Chicago amounting to 300 dollars per year plus an honor roll certificate and a gold pin. Local families travel to see Campfire and circus events while others plan trips to Colorado Texas and Des Moines with several relatives visiting hospitals and camps in Iowa and nearby states.
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Academy
Beaver Damsin
Jacoba Vander Lugt
G.T. Vander Lugt
Colby
University of Chicago
C.F. Dykstra
Will’ van Sittert
West
Texas
Denver
Colorado
Kims
Leonard Allen
June
Judy
Cole Brothers’ Circus
Des Moines
Nebras A
Resurfacing Highway 14 Gravel Bids Open in Iowa
Bids were received for gravel resurfacing on 16.5 miles of State Highway 14 in Marion county with work north of the Des Moines River to the Jasper county line and south of Knoxville to the Lucas county line. Additional gravel resurfacing was sought in Lucas county near Chariton and in Wayne county. Separate stretches include 13.5 miles on Highway 127 in Monroe county Albia to Eddyville, plus sections between Eddyville and Oskaloosa and from New Sharon to the Poweshiek line.
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Marion County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Knoxville Journal
Des Moines
Jasper County
Knoxville
Lucas County
Chariton
Wayne County
Monroe County
Betwee Albia
Eddyville
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
New Sharon
Poweshiek County
Birthday note marks sixty for Mrs Welle at Home for the Aged
On June 11 the Home for the Aged remembered Mrs Peter Welle turning 60. Visitors included Dr C B Welle and daughter Joan of Newton, and many neighbors and relatives from Des Moines Red Oak Prairie City Galesburg and Alleman.
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Peter Welle
C. B. Welle
Joan of Newton
Henry Welle
Louis Bosveld
Red Oak
Smorenberg
John den Hartog
Henry den Hartog
C. den Hartog
Cornie Vos
Peoria
John de Vries
Dick Hagen
Maggie van Houweling
Bert Vande Lune
Prairie City
John Vande Lune
Sarah van Ryswyk
Dewey Kaldenberg
Jerry Vanden Berg
Galesburg
Ida Jonker
Peter de Jong
Dirk Rietveld
Des Moines
Anne de Bruin
Gerald den Hartog
Alleman
Iowa
G. W. den Hartog
Gene
Gertrude Griffioen
W. den Hartog
Marinus Aalbers
Nick de Ronde
Keuning Family Visits Friends in Grand Rapids and Sully
Peter Keuning and his two daughters Miss Johanna and Miss Irene Keuning of Grand Rapids visited Mrs. G Bosma. Mrs Leonard Van Genderen of Sully visited Miss Mary Brand in a brief social note.
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Peter Keuning
Johanna
Irene Keuning
Grand Rapids
G. Bosma
Leonard van Genderen
Sully
Mary Brand
Oskaloosa Ref Congregation Plans New Central Reform Church
The Central Reformed congregation under Rev. Arend J TePaske announced the purchase of a quarter block at South A Street and Second Avenue West for a new church. With about 150 families, the growing membership has outgrown the current church on South Second Street, prompting the move though no firm building plans exist yet due to labor and material shortages. The deed was filed after purchase from I. O. Anderson, and services have used William Penn College chapel.
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South A Street
Second Avenue
Central Reformed Church
Arend J.tepaske
Oskaloosa
Anderson
TePaske
South Second Street
Pulpi
William Penn College
Cure for This Hour From The Christian Science Monitor
Fanny De Groot Hastings writes that the nation’s inertia threatens its stride and citizens’ worth, calling for a cure through turning from false gods and embracing steadfast truths. She urges loving God first and loving others as oneself to restore wholeness.
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God
Fanny de Groot Hastings
Chr
Science Monitor
Workplace recoveries and family notes fill local pages
Rolscreenings Henrietta Nickel returns to work after appendix removal. Wilma Jacobs visits her parents in Rensner. Ben De Wild spends weekend with family in Rock Island Illinois. Evalena Van Engelenburg tests eyes in Newton. Lois Binns joins metal slat dept. Royal typewriter delivered. Window glass arrives for double glazing panels for Pella Casements. Vera Baughman marries Pete Horman amid wedding nerves. Margaret De Wild hints at hair braiding tips with her brother helping, following a six week jiujitsu course.
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Henrietta Nickel
Wilma Jacobs
Rensner
Ben de Wild
Rock Island
Illinois
Evalena van Engelenburg
Newton
Lois Binns
Vera Baughman
Pete Horman
Vera
Margaret de Wild
Margaret
Albinism in robin on exhibit at Brookfield Zoo
An albino robin found by Lynn Slika of Hazeltown is now on display at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The white color phase, or mbinoism, occurs in many species and is sometimes seen in robins among other birds, though rare.
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Lynn Slika
Hazeltown
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
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