Nearby Town News Highlights Community Life
Visits through the area weave a busy week with family, church, and farm events. Residents recall wind damage, rainfall, and a Topeka test feed trip, while weddings shine in Lynnville and Monroe. Local bands, picnics, and hospital runs color the social calendar as neighbors share news from Prairie City to Monroe.
Shoppers and Dinner Guests Visit Grinnell Area
New Salem residents Mr and Mrs Francis Smith went shopping in Grinnell last Saturday. The Smiths and family later dined with Sam Smith near Grinnell on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Francis Smith and family hosted Velma Kooistra for a Sunday dinner in Grinnell area. Sylvia spent Monday night at the Richard Van Doorn home. John Van d v Krol hosted Velma Kooistra for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Smith
Grinnell
Gerrit van Willigen
Sylvia
Richard van Doorn
Mrs. Francis Smith
Sam Smith
Velma Kooistra
John Vandv
Rozen and De Penning Families Visit Nearby Homes
Sally and William Rozen dal visited their son and daughter in law Ted Rozendaal near Sears boro last Tuesday afternoon. Herman De Penning and Larry visited at Lane De Penning’s home Tuesday evening. Henry Van Spankeren and son Larry of Phoenix called on Henry Welle Friday morning. C B Welle and family left for Wheatland Wyoming to visit Bart Reerink and then Colorado. Anne Wisgerhof will stay in Boulder for summer school. Henry Ver Steegh and wife Des Moines were Sunday dinner guests of K B Ver Steegh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Buttery
Charley Ward
Auten
Charley Ford
Reuben Yowell
Prairie City
Thursda
Grandma Hart
Sample
Red Rock
George Dailey
Des Moines
Dailey
Veterans’ Hospital
Clarke Koon
Richerd
Cordova
Bryan Karr
Albin
Murray van Hemert
Topeka
Kansas
Tanvilac
Ile
Aid
Ethelyn Core
Everett van Veldhuizen
Barthlyn
Flora Buwalda
Grace Karr
Charley de Mosseur
Nell Ridler
Ruth Perkey
Madge Hart
Oskaloosa
Nels Father
Mahaska County Hospital
Campbell
Dunreath
Reuth
John Vande Krol
Catherine Kooistra
Guy Vander Pol
Abbott's Hospital
Emma Kruseman
Sally
Ves and
Leona
John de Gaerts
Herman Vander Pol
Gerrit van Willixen
Sylvia
Henry Meppelink
John Rozendaal
Jef Willemsen
Ludwick School
R. Eysink
Gerritink
Leslie Vande Krol
Pella
Earl Northcutt
Jeff Shaw
Ray Ludwick
Mason City
Marjorie Ludwick
Mahaska Hospital
Ludwick
Ed Northcutt
Algar Taylor
Tempa Taylor
Lynnville
Gerrit Ver Steeg
Neal Vander Wilt
Leslie Vande
Dorothy van Gilst
Verda Earp
Betty Scott
Grace Graham
Agnes
Beatrice Willemsen
Arthur Dunnick
George Wood
Andrew Versendaal
Elmo Briggs
John van Zee
Janet Dieleman
John Eysink
Mathilda Brand
Elsie de Ruiter
Arie de Ruiter
Frank Baarda
John Baarda
Monroe
de Ruiter
Tunis de Ruiter
Baarda
Chalmers Johnson
Carrol Macy
Dave Breen
Henry Welle
Isaac Howard
Robert
Fargo
North Dakota
Minnesota
Lake Minniepoint
Fred de Vries
C.J. Sparks
Loren Eldridge
Issac Howard
McBride
Leonard Coulter
Donald
Springdale
Arkansas
R. D. Stone
Helen Vander Pol
Central
Simon Vander Pol
East
Frank de Jong
Raymond Drukker
New York
Christian Reformed Church
Henry Brower
Luke van Oenen
I: Aid of the Reformed Church
Joe Budding
Marjorie
Janella Rozendaal
William Rozend
Case Vonk
Faily
Fred van Dyk
Keota
Owen Flannigan
Grinnell
Adriannen
Harry R. Conn
Sedalia
Missouri
A. W. Wilander
Jennie Budding
Henry Willemsen
Kellogg
William van Genderen
Albert Buitenwerf
Oliver Wisgerhof
Ralph Vander Zyl
Baby
Anne van Arkel
George Vander Zyl
John Holdsworth
Albert Renaud
Muriel
Marion Kruseman
Elvin Vannes
Lusetta Martin
Will Smith
El‘Waters
G. Blom
R. Dieleman
Reformed Churches
Opal Morton
W. Wilander
William Rozendal
Ted Rozendaal
Searsboro
Herman de Penning
Larry
de Penning
Henry van Spanckeren
Phoenix, Ariz
C. B. Welle
Joan
Anne Wisgerhof
Wheatland
Wyoming
Bart Reerink
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Boulder
Colo
Henry Ver Steegh
K. B. Ver Steegh
Darlene
Donald Robertus
A. B. Goemaat
Jake Goemaat
John Leydens
Abraham de Zwarte
Henry H. Vanene
Beulah Hoksbergen
John Robertus
Maxine
Wilcox
Edward Roorda
Peter Hackett
Grace van Hemert
Marion
Joyce Smith
LeRoy
Abraham Goemaat
John Kamerick
Connie Nanktgeboren
Oska- Joosa
Jacob Goemaat
Elsie van Dene
Dwlene Robertus
Nelin van Dene
Gerri der Beek
Henry van Essen
Porterville Social Notes May Be Longridge or Not
Porterville area residents share visits and family gatherings across many households. Names like Goemaat Robertus Van Dene De Zwarte Kamerick Monster Vanden Baard Vander Waal and Poortinga appear among neighbors calling on ill or traveling relatives in Pella Oskaloosa Colfax and Des Moines with multiple Sunday and Wednesday visits and a birthday celebration for Pete Vanden Berg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Mol
Knoxville
Keuning and
Verwers
Minnesota
Gerrit Vander Waal
Colfax
Sam Steenbock
Syrus Kenning
Wm. Verwers
Frank Poortinga
E. Vander Hock
Lucy
Harrison
South Dakota
Pete Vanden Berg
Mother
Connie Vanden Berg
Wayne
Helen
John Vanden Berg
Kenneth Ving
Lewis
de Vries
Robert
Vera
Ralph Kuyper
Violet Ruth
Norma
Gerrit Carver
Greta
Des Moines
Verna Kooyman
Gerrit Klein
Bennie
Dave van Hatten
Myrna
Monroe
Local Hospital and Home Visits Reported
Fifield Miss Helene Gosselink daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gosselink underwent appendectomy at Mahaska hospital last Tuesday afternoon. Kenneth Vanden Berg had tonsils removed at Dr Carpenter’s Newton office on Wednesday morning. Mrs W Roush accompanied Mr and Mrs den Berg. Mrs Schroeder Mrs Win Zoe ers two sons and Mrs Arnold Dickema visited Thursday afternoon at John Blodsworth’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene Gosselink
John’ Gosselink
Mahaska Hospital
Kenneth Vanden Berg
Carpenter
Newton
W. ‘Roush
den Berg
Schroeder
Win, Zoeers
Arnold Dickema
John Blodsworth
Community Socials Reported Across Several Families
Otley residents visited Dow Poortinga home while Mr and Mrs Jake Aalbers and writer Elizabeth spent Tuesday there. Numerous relatives gathered with Neal Kuiken and others for house work and family time. Visits stretched from Mount Pleasant to Monroe and Sully as kin joined in Sunday meals and shared updates on health and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Aalbers
Elizabeth
Dow Poortinga
Wm. Rouwe
Neal Kuiken
Rouw
Hertha Brummel
Walter Brummel
Mount Pleasant
May
Gerrit Waardhuizen
Ariel Waardhuizen
Tunis Vonk
Near Or
Charles Vander Kolk
Henry Vriezelaar
Knoxville
J. B. Vriezelaar
Raymond Robus
Sunday social visits in Sully area noted
Killduff families and neighbors gathered Sunday evening in the Henry Zuidena and Will Van Sant homes for informal social time. Visits included Inez, Miss Gertrude Van Wyk assisting with housework, and a birthday dinner for William Van Arkel’s twelfth birthday with a large gathering of relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rozendahl
Sully
John Zuidema
West of Town
Inez
Henry Zuidana
Gertrude van Wyk
Will van Sant
Nellie
Berneda
William Vonk
Henry Zuidema
Pete van Arkel
William
Virginia
Clinton Wendell
Earl Stweenk
Dorothy Swank
Marjorie
Lucilla
Lloyd Smith
Ruth Schutty
Leo
Wayne van Sant
Mrs. C. de Bruyn
Beulah
Monroe
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Dorothy Waardhuizen
Otley
Anne Waardhuizen
Roy Karr
Will Baarda
Alice Kiene
Richard York
Adel
George Kiene
John Geenen
Cornelius Spoelstra
Peoria
New Salem
Serra
Porterville
Fifield
Phillips
Ulisten
Phillips Poly Folues
Columbia Network
Phill
Freda
Charles Adams
Martin Kiyn
Sul Ly
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