Leighton Birthday Party and Local Weddings Leighton News
Belated 18th birthday party for Verna Boerelyn hosted by Mr and Mrs John Boerelyn included Judy Van Zee Jerry Nikkel Nellie Kaldenberg and other friends. Reports of weddings Rev Vander Laan and Rev Hoksbergen officiated. Community notices cover surgeries accidents a cement project and local visits with many names and places across Leighton Monroe and nearby towns.
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Leighton
John Boerelyn
Verna
Judy van Zee
Jerry Nikkel
Nellie Kaldenberg
Loren Veldhuizen
Mary van Heuke- Jom
Pat Rempe
Maxine Wyngarden
Linda Stouwie
Carol Vander Ploeg
Joan Vander Beek
Greta Moes
Lawrence Jellema
Rich Vander Hart
Virgil Dykstra
Charles Bogaard
Verna Boerelyn
Esther Steenhoek
Owen Ver Meer
Janice Wyngarden
Stan Bogaard
Lana de Vries
Carolyn Fynaard
Steve de Cook
The
Christian Reformed Church
Alvin Hoksbergen
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Rural water grants urged by Congressman Bandstra
Iowa congressman Bert Bandstra backs federal grants to build rural water systems. He told the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee that up to 30,000 rural communities lack reliable water, supporting legislation to authorize up to 25 million dollars annually for storage, treatment, and distribution projects.
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Washington, D.C
Bert Bandstra
Dem
Iowa
Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Bandstra
Fourth
United States
Senate
Farmers Home Administration
Senate Committee
Father s Day Rain Keeps Cordova Humble
Cordova notes a rainy Father s Day with three showers and winds light enough to spare hail. Families including Carol Vriezelaar and Lyle Clevenger visited Alrie Clevenger while Gary Swihart’s group spent weekend with Fred Smith before returning to Des Moines. Fred Smith injured his back lifting a co
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Cordova
Carol Vriezelaar
Jim Vriezelaar
Lyle Clevenger
Alrie Clevenger
Gary Swihart
Fred Smiths
Des Moines
Sun
Nebr
Fred Smith
Trip With Family Turns Cozy Homey Shopping Day
Jack and Clar ence Willemsen travel with Donna to Flower Cit on Hickman Ave to view antiques and modern pieces. They enjoy lunch at the Pancake House and shop for trinkets before a coffee break on the way home, thanking the Brickers for the outing.
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Des Moines
Chester
Donna
Nanette Bricker
Saylorville
Nanette
Jack Gertrude Willemsen
Clarence
Mazel
Donna Torcheus
Hickman Ave
Brickers
Scholarships to area students at Iowa State Univ
Iowa State University has awarded 393 general scholarships for the 1965 66 year totaling 94680 to upper classmen. Awards range from 100 to 345 with 333 recipients having at least one quarter of study completed. Recipients earning 100 have 25 GPA or higher and 345 awards go to students averaging at least 25 with financial need.
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Ames
Towa
Towa State University
Town State
Iowa State
Pella
Linda C. Ward
Science
Prairie City and Osceola Names Inaugurate New Education Posts
Prairie City lists Arlyn W. Perkey forestry and Verlyn K. Anders forestry among educators. Knoxville assigns Robert D. Black engineering and Roger T. Kovacic science. Oskaloosa names Verlyn K. Anders forestry and Billy G. McKee science. The note appears in the Home Economics Education section dated June 29, 1965.
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Prairie City
Arlyn W. Perkey
Knoxville
Robert D. Black
Roger T. Kovacic
Roger C. Murr
Oskaloosa
Verlyn K. Anders
Billy G. McKee
Medal Awarded To Bloomfield Man At RAF Alconbury
Kenneth L. Rominger of Bloomfield received the Air Force Commendation Medal while stationed at RAF Alconbury England, cited for his work as editor of the base newspaper The Photogram. Turkey Roy Grady reported a record large weigh in thirty years, weighing pounds and measuring 81 inches in length.
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Kenneth L. Rominger
Bloomfield
Raf Alconbury
England
10Th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
the Photogram
Turkey
Roy Grady
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Marion Vander Zyl
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Anthony Ver Meer
Jim van Engelenhoven
Everett van Eng
J. A. Zuuk
Allen Reese
Reese
Gail Ver Steegh
van Zuuk
State Teachers College
Alamosa
Colorado
William Ver
Leonard van Staalduinen
van Staalduinen
Kingwood Drive
Little Falls
New Jersey
Mark Vander Wilt
Alvin Vander Wilt
Connie de Jong
Ottumwa Hospital
Harold Vande Haar
Kansas
Mary Davidson
Joliet
Winois
Visnari
Joe Visnari
Morris
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Roy Hamburger
East North Street
Ilinois
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Billy Sellers
Duane
Wilma Ann
Newton Hospital
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van Wyke
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Tenis
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Sue Maddy
Russell Crozier
Methodist Hospital
John den Otter
Lutheran Hospital
Duane Ruckman
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Ruth
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Marjorie van den Berg-Vos
Monroe
Dunn
Dobbs
Linda Kennedy
Collins Hospital
Fred Jensma
Henry W. Vriezelaar
Juanita Cronkhite
Detroit
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Wisconsin
Mary Waddle
Sue Karr
Phil
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Washington St
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Don Hewitt
Radcliff
Iowa Power and Light
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Kathy
Jim McCormick
Colter Bay
Wyo
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Tulsa
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Alpha Vanden Berg
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James
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Drake
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Arthur Vriezelaar
Bowling
Harold Rankin
Bill Peyton
Curt Swarm
Clevenger
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Sherry
Larry Davis
Muscatine
Darlene
Sue
Lana Runyan
Mt. Pleasant
Leland
Irene Clements
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Berlin
Ann
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Ballard's
Loren Rowans
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LaVerne Simpson
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Oskaloosa, Iowa
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