Amvet Aux Met at Van Vliet Home
AmvetAux met at the home of Mrs Ethel Van Vliet with seven ladies present. After business, they visited and lunch was served. Next meeting at Nettie Vriezelaar’s home with a picnic supper July 10. Mention of Doris Lee’s return from Germany and memories of old times. Marina notes and local social details follow. Semper Fidelis noted as Marines motto since 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvet
Ethel van Vliet
Ethel Wittenbure
Anna Klein
Mag
Gie Vanden Baard
Taretta Stierneman
Nettie Vriezelaar
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Grace
Allen Wittenburg
Roberta Klein
Sarah Ann
Harry Gaff
Miami
Olla
Leonard Verwers
Aovianl Verwers
Harvey Carpenter
Pleasantville
Des Moines
Jennie Vander Kolk
Centerville
Hattie Vei Steegh
Colfax Sale Attracts Strong Bid Buyers Sizeable Stock
Colfax sale drew a good crowd for 1456 head including cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle sold 16 to 22 dollars with steers 17.25 to 22.00 average, heifers up to 22.00, stockers 17.00 to 19.40 per cwt, calves 20 to 37 per cwt. Hogs and sheep offered strong demand with head prices 12.50 to 16.90 for hogs and lambs 17.00 to 18.20 per cwt. ewes with lambs 15.00 to 21.00 per pair. Sale notes and next Newton sale scheduled Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wgt
Ry Hola
Youngaby
Gontign
Eclales
Newton
Cordova Boy Rescued From Drowning In Gravel Pit
A local boy was saved when he drowned in a gravel pit after diving from a bank. Companions pulled him from the water, an ambulance took him to hospital, and a large crowd gathered at the scene. No name given. Front-page note details small-town life, visits, and local events including farms, health, and family milestones. A 1954 Navy blimp endurance record is cited as a distant historical footnote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal de Heer
Marie Langstraat
Des Moines
Becky de Heer
Fay
Renee de Heer
Carroll
Bill de Heer
Joe Templeton
Lutheran
Sarah Harvey
Central College
Alcatraz Island
Dorothy Templeton
Catherine Waardhuizen
Freda Clark
Gladys Bowans
Tay
Cecil Price
New River Bridge
Anthony Vande Wege
Elaine
Karen
Dean
Denver
Colo
Pete van Maanen
Lynnville
van Maanen
Jan van Dusseldorp
Neal
Gertrude
Clarence van Waardhuizen
Blanche Roush
Winterset
Maggie Roush
Mary Emerson
Knoxville
May van Hemert
Lloyd Karr
Burt Karr
Corda Karr
Paul
Peoria Boy Injured Sorting Hogs In Iowa
Twelve year old David Swank son of Mr and Mrs Marion Swank injured his leg while helping his father sort hogs. Doctor Van Zee treated the wound which required fifteen stitches. The Peoria Cadet Club with fifteen members held a cookout in Tunis Fynaardt s timber Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Swank
Marion Swank
van Zee
Peoria Cadet Club
Tunis
Fynaardt
Robert Nikkel
Leo Fynrdt
Kenneth Fynaardt
de Nooy Pes
de Vries
Washington Street
Old Peoples
Pella
Peoria
3Rd Reformed Church
Arthur Hoekman
Hoekman
Sioux Fall
South Dakota
Frederick John Westercamp
Fremont
Iowa
David Rogers
R. E B. Rogers
Conference Board Meets in Knoxville
The Marion County Conference Board met at the Knox ville courthouse to draft the county assessor budget. Assessor Merle Maddy announced the budget copy will be released soon. Maddy was reappointed for six years starting Jan 1, 1961, while Dan Dingeman’s Board of Review term ends Jan 1, 1962 and he will not seek reappointment. Efforts to add a new member from the Pella area continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Rickabaugh
Knoxville
Dorothy
Harry Ustermarkt
Tony Langstraat
Wynsteker
Roy
Jane Clark
Marion County Conference Board
Merle Maddy
Maddy
Dan Dingeman
Board of Review
Dingeman
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Vliet
Mrs
Chas. Vander Kolk
U. S. Marine Corps
Colfax Sale
Colfax Sale Company
Earl and
Bill Shields
Star Cooking
Jeb
Cordova
Ellen Karr
Bryan
Ellen
Martha
Jeff
New London
Leo
Nellie Allard
Michelle
Pete van Ham
Pauline Plate
Juneau
Alaska
Chicago
Colgate
Sith Gard
America
Pella, Iowa
Vander Wall
Pamela
Deborah
Carla
Florida
Tom Vander Mart
Barbara Thomson
Gerald Vander Hart
John West
Gysbert Vroegh
Pella Community Hospital
Twyla Vander Molen
Mahaska County
Martin Vos
Carol
Lois Zimme
Andrew Bandstra
Mary Bandstra
Keosauqua
Town
Franz Kellers
Dick Helmhoudt
Cecil Vander Melen
Gerrit Klyn
Home For the
Henry Vander Linden
Town City
Arvin Bandstra
Dick Bandstra
Evelyn Joyce Hol
Evert Hol
the Pella
D. Vander
Miriam Vos
Jake Vos
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Henry Vande Voort
Linda
Janice
Debra
Wilma Joan de Young
Conference Board
Coop
Ysses
Nylon
Black Sidewails
Farmers’ Co-op Exchange
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