Local social notes mix travel and humor in small town
A stream of visits and events fills a Knoxville Newton Des Moines Des Moines Des Moines area diary. Families attend reunions, relatives visit, and a theater vote in Sioux Center sparks local chatter. A Lights Out radio rumor leads to a humorous misfire by the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Fee
Knoxville
Peter Lubberden Jr
Fee
Lubberden
Paul Lautenbach
Margaret Varenkamp
Varenkamp
Ed Wise
Newton Sun
Dorothy Payne
Des Moines
D. C. Thomas
Dave
Marshall
Uptown
Duck
Curb Squad
Sioux Genter
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Clara de Jong
Peter de Jong
Leighton
Miss de Jong
Overall Company
Arnold Schippers
Beatrice
Elbert van Honweling
Mahaska Hospital
Will Vander Ploeg
Connie Breaklander
Doris Hoagland
Cornelius Leonard
Cordova
Otles
John Wormhoudt
Ottumwa
Pella
Mt. Pleasant
Edna Bell Ver Meer
Martha Ver Meer
Oskaloosa Herald
World Wide Guild Girls of the Baptist Church
Baptist Assembly
Iowa
Mee
Fiat
Tie van Cleave
Harve van Gorp
Oskaloosa
Fred Lantenbach
Lautenbach
Meservey
Sophia Ver Stece
Tautenbach
Rolscreen Company
Barney Mensch
Mary Stroughan
Taintor
Veda Tice
Tice
Land
Aschenbrenner
Nellie van Rockel
Jack Sixsmith
Howard Vander Linden
Tulip Town
Vanden Berg
Pe Stubenranch
John van Dyke
Will Michmershuizen
Huck Finn
William Vande Kieft
Bill
Tim
Murray Nesbit
Evert Blom
John Pethoven
Harold, Freda
Ruth
Martha Faye
Peoria
GR. van Henketom
Willis de Goey
A. Y. Ver Meer
Masonic Study Club
Rose Hill
Thuysda
Masonic Lodge
Melinda Thompson
Esther Thompson
Nellie Black
Leona Vos
Ed Vos
Herman Vander Pol
Lynnville
Janella van Haatten
Bert van Haatten
Peter Beintema
Newton
Peter Bloem
Dudek Langerak
U. S. Army
Fort Des Moines
W. PF
di T Crew
Baby
Pennsylvania
Robert
University of Pennsylvania
Will Wachter
Son Hollis
Harper
J. E. Renaud
Charles Wichart
Gerard Lubbers
Mrs. Everett, Kruseman
Kansas City, Mo
W. B. Vos
Virgie Mosby
West Union
Towa
Ed Halverson
Anna Mac Langerak
Lor Meulpolder
Harriet Schilder
Keath Vogelaar
Madeleine Vander Zyl
Ota de Winter
Dorothy Bean
Camp Hantesa
Boone
Albert Ver Meer
Clear Lake
Okiboji
Sioux County
Elvin Hollebrands
Cora
Jack Blyer
George Constantine
Sioux City
Josie Vroom
A M. H. Ver Meer
Henry de Bruin
John H. van Zee
Andrew Vander Wal
Mercy Hospital
Raymond Youngberg
Happy” Sybenga
Ma Frances
Ray) Gannon
Detroit
Mich
Ave
Dora Vander
Myrtle Vander Meulen
C. H. Vander Meulen
Ralph Huisman
H. L. van Rees
Alfred Steinkamp
Mr. van Rees
Spry
Cen P & G Soup
Marion County Credit Bureau
Pella Division
Amr
Ong
Wormhoudt
Frank Kester
Star
The
West Market
Delbert McFall
Delbert
Sally Vriezelaar
UE EV
D. Des Adel
Leona Schilder
Miss Virginia
John Heerema
Des Moine
Ross Schakel
South Main
Robert Sadler
Hedrick
Frank Brom
Robert Bolt
Jacob Vander Syde
Vander Syde
Jnne de Goey
S. G. Onstine
James van Hemert
Janna Lou Popman
C. Evers
M. Vander Linden
Will de Bruyn
J. H. Vander Linden
Hattie van Cleave
Verne West
Muskegon, Mich
Hattie
Bebe van Arkel
G. W. van Arkel
C .C. Buerkens
Ames
Carl Nolte
Fred
Central States Electric Co
Harry van Hemert
Douglas
John van Hemert
North Main
Waterloo
Mr. van Hemert
Henry Ford
Henry Vander Dever
East Washington Street
Harold Schutt
Marion
Gertrude Plender
Hudsonville, Mich
H. Fikse
Famil
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