Vander Werff boys grew up at Coalport not yet tractORIZED
Weekly visit to Vander Werff family at Coalport details farm life since boyhood days. Mr Vander Werff recalls hill prone to mud and ice dangers and notes changes from horse power to tractor, road conditions, taxes and political views. He owns 264 acres, has four children John Arthur Catherine Bert, and emphasizes modernization and transportation shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Dekker
Dominic
Reformed Church
Oak Tree
New Jersey
Art Vander Werff
Vander Werff
Neal
Gerrit
Henry
Coalport
Hood
Vander Werf
Des Moines River
Coal Ridge Church
John Vander Werf
East Third
West River Ridge
Coal Ridge
Jake Hegwood
Tink Bailey
Mr. VanderWerff
Breen
Walter Vander Kraats
Congress
John
Arthur
Catherine
Bert
Galesburg
Neal’ Vander Werff
Lane Duinink
Vander Werff family busy with crops and travel notes
Art Vander Werff tends corn with a single row cultivate tractor while Arthur Vander Werff, son, took a French leave to trail a mug shooter but was captured. The item lists visits from relatives, travel plans through Montana, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Denver, and local weddings and anniversaries in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Vander Werff
Arthur Vander Werff
Art VanderWerff
Don’t Sleep When Gas Presses Heart Adierika Ad Claim
An advertisement from Vander Linden's Drug Store promotes Adierika as a remedy for stomach gas pressing on the heart. It claims one dose relieves gas and cleanses both upper and lower bowels.
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Adierika
Vander Linden
Lake Keomah Opens With Camping and Fishing Rules
Lake Keomah near Oskaloosa opened on Wednesday June 15 offering camping and fishing. Fishermen may take up to 12 fish a day including up to five bass and seven crappies or 12 bullhead. Legal bait will be sold there while inspected minnows may be used to guard against buffalo and carp. A landing dock will be provided for private boats.
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Ce Keomah
Oskaloosa
Nearby Towns and Rural News Bits
Billy Core injuries from hayload fall. Mrs. Eden welcomes a baby boy home from hospital. Otto Wynsteker's tractor incident injures seat and steering wheel. Social visits unfold with Calvin Bricker and Grace Karr. Clyde Core vaccinating hogs for cholera. Extra train of cinders unloaded near Dunreath. Various locals visit or travel, including church and alumni activities. Families, remodeling work near Melcher, and community meetings recur amid daily rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Core
Wife Visits Fr iday Evening in Brief Incident
A wife drove up to visit Friday evening. Roy Karr called Thursday evening at the Arie Waardhuizen Jr. residence.
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Roy Karr
Arie Waardhuizen Jr
Tax Sale in Prairie View Kansas Next Tuesday
Prairie View Kansas prepares for a tax sale as delinquent lands are sold by the county to the sheriff for nonpayment. The buyer will receive clear title with no right of redemption, amid a town full of vacant lots and irregular acreage. Wheat prospects are favorable, with harvest approaching as grain elevators expand and concerns about freight cars and labor rise. The obituary notes the death of Mr. Quirinus Huyser, a Benthuizen, Holland émigré who lived 87 years, survived by wife Wilhelmina and three sons.
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Kansas
Quirinus Huyser
John
Benthuizen
Holland
Wilhelmina Schutte
Anne
Cornelius
Henry Boerwinkle
Denver
Schakelaar
Smith Center
Misa Dena Schakelaar
Bris. Boerwinkle
Jacob Tillema
Randolph
Wig
Aletta A. Rus, R. N
Reho
Monroe Townsman Dies After Long Monroe Life
Monroe Wr. F. Yoakum longtime resident dies at home Saturday June 11 1938 at age 79 years 4 months 4 days widow and four stepchildren survive funeral at Baptist Church conducted by Rev J M Carlson Busily noted local social items include new Buick delivery to Vander Ploeg Motor Co and owner purchases C A Lang Harry Worth and G H Orcutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wr. F. Yoakum
Monroe
Forest
Mary
Charlie Johnson
Chester Marshall
J. M. Carlson
Baptist Church
Vander Ploeg Motor Company
C. A. Lang
Harry Worth
G. H. Orcutt
G. J. Klein
Couple marks 52nd wedding anniversary in June
The couple observed their 52nd wedding anniversary on June 12. Relatives came from Manor Pennsylvania Irwin Newton Pella and other areas. Mrs A Vander Waal and Maria of Des Moines visited Roy Vander Waal home. The Baptist Ladies Auxiliary will meet at church parlors Wednesday afternoon. R B Hendershot learned his brother Chas Hendershot 69 died June 2 leaving a son and a daughter.
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Lester Pfister
el Paso
Pfister
Herman Plate
Prairie City
Harry van Zee
Gove van Zee
Michigan
A. R. van der Ploeg
Montezuma
Forest Johnson
Dallas
Dunreath
Wabash
Charley Ford
George Dailey
Lewis
Wabash Bridge
Cordova
Otto Wynsteker
William van Rheenen
Wynsteker
Loren Perky
Orpha
Olivier
Pella
Monroe
David Scoles
Fleming
Tor
Delight Vander Gaarde
Billy Jim Muilenberg
Ellsworth Shilling
Imogene
Ellsworth
Nell Muilenberg
Nell Muilenberg Bender
Chicago
de Goey
Newton
Red Rock
Telia Roush
Henretta Hoksbergen
Fifield
Joe Long
Aid
Maud Richerd
Bryan Karr
Murdy
Marion Keeton
James Templeton
Nell ‘Uilenberg
Roy Karr
Murray van Hemert
Twila
Towa
Missouri
Ben Toeksema
M.S. Brown
Manor
Jess Walton
Irwin
J. H. Wallace
Henry Roelofsen
Nosma Jean
A. Vander Waal
Maria
Des Moines
Roy Vander Waal
The
Baptist Church
R. B. Hendershot
Chas. Hendershot
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Vander Werff Boys
Skunk
N. M
Navaho
Luctor
van Houten
Johanna Kats
Lena Dekker
Melvin Rupke
Connie Kuiper
Joe E. Hogan
Alva
Okla
Gerrit Polinder
Lynden
Wash
Montana
Minsota
Iowa
Nebraska
Alamosa
Puget Sound
Anna van Wyck
Bert Walcott
Klazeen Schemper
John Spiik
Mich
Harsevoort
Synod of the Reformed Church
Asbury Park
N. J
Ringle
Wisc
Phillipsburg
Roy’ van
Tom van Diest
Faith Jacobs
Roy
Our City School
Bellflower
Calif
John Vander Wal
Jeanette Schemper
L. A. Schemper
M. T. Vanderwege
Gerrit Boland
Calvin College
Gysbert Rozenboom
John Hollebeck
Lynden, Wash
William Heynen
Orange City
Garret Vande Riet
Overisel
Gerald Vander Plas
Sioux County
Lela Ledeboer
Tony Ykema
Hawarden
Tony
Kathryn
John Vander Werff
Lake Keomah
Central Park Cafe
ENB Gate We Pes BN Pty
van Gorp’s Hatchery
Prairie View, Kansas
Akon
Ats
McCormick-Deering
Farmall
International Harvester
McCormick - Deering
Vogelaar’s
Standlind
Quaker State
Standard
Iat Standard Oil
Peter Lubberden
Southwest Corner Square
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