Vanden Berg Birth Prompts Local Family News
Summit News reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vanden Berg at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, with mother Junie Van Doorninck. The item weaves many neighborhood visits, funerals, and travel notes across Des Moines, Newton, Pella, Monroe, and Phoenix among relatives and friends, highlighting social ties and a hoghouse fire incident near Monroe.
Swanks Celebrate 20th Wedding Anniversary With Guests
Mr and Mrs John Swank marked twenty years of marriage Monday with a celebration hosted by Mrs Swanks siblings. A 52 piece dinner set was presented. Guests included extended Olsthoorn Hartgers and Van Wyk families, plus friends from Newton and Mitchellville. Other social visits and Harmony Helpers meeting at Newton church basement are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swank
Bernie Vos
Henry Olsthoorn
Cheryl
Melvin Hartgers
Kenny
Louis Hartgers
Walter van Wyk
Jerald Kuiper
Harry Hartgers
Norman Swank
Norman
Art van Harselaar
Wesley Barnett
Peter Swank
Newton
Andrew Samson
Arthur Samson
Des Moines
Harmony
Newton Chr
M. Fetters
The
Christian School
Don Fopma
John Brouwer
Herman van Zee
John Kel
Dean Ward
George Carson
Herman Bruxvoort
Raymond van Zee
Stanley Rooda
William Roose
Jerald Veenendaal
Harris van Zante
Harry Lanser
Glen Summers
William van Arkel
Kermit Rietema
Peter van Arkel
Joe Sjaardema
Richard Bruxvoort
Mitchellville
Local church delegates attend Oskaloosa meeting
Newton residents and families gathered for the Ladies' Bible Hour delegate board meeting at Oskaloosa Christian Reformed Church on Tuesday afternoon. Community night at Albee school featured a program, lunch, and a talk by Jim Meyer on his California trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carson
Willam Branderhorst
K. Rieterna
Newton
Ladies’ Bible Hour
Oskaloosa Chr
Albee School
Ben K. Ver Steegh
Wesley Barnett
Jim Meyer
California
Robert Finn
James
Joyce
Marion Welle
Paul
Carl
John
Craig
Vern Soderbloom
Nancy
Lyle Pyle
Chuck
Karen
Art Samson
Jimmy
Kathy
Ruth Ann
Kenneth Ver Steegh
Ben Ver Steegh
Vernon
Virginia
Duane
Marvin
Jerald Dykstra
Monroe
Jerald Veenendaal
Jeanne
Donald
Shorty) Pierce
Art van Harselaar
England
van Harselaar
Joan
Sylvia
Cornelia
Calvin
Gerald van Hemert
KCOB
K. Rietema
King's Choraliers
Coal Ridge Sunday Services and Community Visits
Coal Ridge hosts Sunday School at 9:30 and morning preaching at 10:30 with a Midweek Prayer meeting at 7:00 on Wednesday. The column records numerous local visits, dinners, and family gatherings including the Nelson Lambert family, Tom Richie of Knoxville, the Bailey family, and many others across Des Moines, Pella, Oskaloosa, and Knoxville, noting church activities, hospital calls, and open houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Lambert
Bailey
Tom Richie
Knoxville
W. A. Anderson
Harold Bailey
Ernest Anderson
New Baptist Church
Ed de Zwarte
Paul Langstraat
Kieth
Harold de Zwarte
Dallas
Jake Goemaat
Pella
Clarence Anderson
Judy
Diana
Snake den
R. Wisse
Il. Kennedy
H. Kimberling
W.M. Adams
A.B. McCown
J. Q. Adams
Mary McCown
Longmaid
Percy Clement
Jess Stiers
Rhodes
Celebrations and visits mark Sully community life
Mrs Tunis Blom and Mr and Mrs Milo Kruseman celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary with afternoon and dinner guests including Everett Kruseman Van Wyk De Penning Vander Zyl and Kruseman families. Numerous local families attend birthdays births hospital updates and church activities across Sully Newton Knoxville and Oskaloosa with many social calls and Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Kruseman
Everett Kruseman
Will van Wyk
Herman de Penning
Carroll
Howard
Lucille Vander Zyl
Larry de Penning
Randy
Wilburn van Wyk
Bruce
Louise
Lois
Barbara
Janice
Joyce
Julia
Jean Kruseman
Clarence Renaud
John Kooistra
Floyd Reynolds
Newton
Catherine Kooistra
Edna Vande Krol
Jacob C. Brand
Darrell
Duane
Don de Jong
Marie Brand
Verne Eichner
Duane Brand
Connie Brand
Audrey Crisswell
Sherma Blom
Darrell Brand
Vicki Brand
K. Rietema
Clarence van Essen
Cedar
Jay Wesseling
Brookfield
Henry Roelofsen
Sully Community Women's Clu
Kryn Struik
Tunis Blom
Myron Beerends
Mercy
Harry de Jong
Vernon Vander Kamp
Garne
Jacqueline Schmidt
Fred Schmidt
Community Hospital
Grinnell
Gertrude van Soelen
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Lawrence van Rees
Mrs Dale Verought Faces Major Surgery in Des Moines
Mrs. Dale Verought entered the Wildens Osteopathic hospital in Des Moines on Friday to undergo major surgery on Monday March 3. Funeral services were held for Leroy Richardson, 44, at the Methodist Church in Kellogg. he died of a kidney ailment and leaves a wife Joy, two sons Gary and Dennis, his parents, and a brother. Richardson managed Rich's U Save grocery in Monroe for ten years. Burial was at Union Cemetery in Newton. Don Vriezelaar marked his 75th birthday with a family dinner hosted by Terry and Beth Vriezelaar. Several relatives attended, including H W Vriezelaar and the Vriezelaar family. Various locals, including Ora Gildersleave and the Brouwer family, visited Town City for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Verought
Wildens Osteopathic Hospital
Des Moines
Leroy Richardson
Methodist Church
Charles Richardson
Kellogg
Joy
Gary
Dennis
James
Richardson
Monroe
John ‘Vriezelaar
W. J. Rice
Janice
Bobby Fisher
Ora Gildersleave
Garrett Brouwer
Town City
Jim Dunaway
Ames
Mary Dunaway
Sunday Supper and Local Visits Highlight Lower Grove News
Lower Grove notes recount Sunday supper at Homer Boyd’s with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Van Zee and visits by Mrs. Bert Slings of Pella to John Boender’s home. William Boender of Oskaloosa called. Mrs. Boender improved after hospital stay. Barbara Allen ill with strep. Virgil Schakel visited Virgil Boyd’s sister. Mission prayer at Jerald Vogelaar home with devotions led by Mrs. Van Roekel and Bible study guided by Homer Boyd. Vogelaar played a special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan van Zee
Homer Boyd
Bert Slings
Pella
John Boender
Boender
Slings
William Boender
Oskaloosa
Arthur Hoksbergen
Barbara Allen
Emil Allen
Virgil Schakel
Virgil Boyd
Jerald Vogelaar
Louis van Roekel
Prairie City Notes Include Blooms in Oregon and Local Births
Correspondent reports from Silvertown Oregon with mild winter and early spring bloom. Notes say no killing frost yet and Willamette Valley fruit crop at risk if frost returns. Local items include birthdays, cooperative oyster supper, church meetings, births in Prairie City, and funeral for Govert A. Van Zee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergil Pettit
Silvertown
Ore
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Martin van Essen
Lynnville-Sully High School contracts awarded
Roth and Associates to build the Lynnville-Sully High School with a total of 357,136 for general construction plus 70,848 for plumbing and heating and 22,777 for electrical work. The school bond issue of 426,000 funded the project on a 21 acre site east edge of Sully opposite the Sully Christian Reformed Church. The building will cover 35,000 square feet at a cost of 10.20 per square foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville-Sully
Sully
Sully Christian Reformed Church
Roth and ‘Associates
Storm Lake
L. E. Voitmann
Marengo
Rhoades Plumbing and Heating Company of
Jefferson
Dale Lint Plumbing and Heating
Grimes
van den Berg
G. H. van den Berg and Co
Pelli
Meisner Electric
Newton
C. H. Wisgerhof
Lynnville- Sully
Oskaloosa Daily Herald
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Summit News
Kenneth Vanden Berg
Methodist
Junie van Doorninck
John Vriezelaar
Delor
Ewton
Thar
Leland Balmer
Henry Ver Woert
Martha
Glenn
Hubert Glachrist
Roy van Essen
Nora
Jake Rozendaal
Marion Heemstra
Marion van Howeling
del Barber
Susan
Evert de Vries
Douglas
Arthur de Vries
Dave Vander Ploeg
Phoenix
Arizona
Gradys Vriezelaar
Kathryn
Ella Walker
Earl Danks
Waterloo
Clarence Braniff
Merle Herweke
Vriezelaar
Walker
Danks
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Phyllis
Arie Beyer
Henreka van Essen
Walter van Doorninck
Arla Jane
Carl de Vries
N. A. Vos
Ed Vos
Charles
Bonnie
Jake Vos
Melvin Vos
Dale
Vos
Loville Brockway
Gradus Vriezelaar
Southwest
Merle Herwehe
Fred and
John Herwehe
Bill Woody
Wilma van Wyngarden
San Francisco
Louis van Rockel
Robert van Rockel
Redlands
Old Mexico
Duane van Taaften
Paul McConoghey
Marion van Haasten
Keith McConoghey
Mel
Phyli Ralph Sheeler
Don Kuldenberg
Arthur
Reasnor News
Westfield Home Makers
John Deere
FORD
New DeLaval
Excello
Carl E. Evans
Earl and
Bill Shiuds
Poweshiek County Nati Bank
Coal Ridge News
Daniel Mason
Julia Mason
Melcher
D. Mason
G. H. Franklin
Mary
Bill Koopman
Mercy Hospital
Ruth Fisher
Frank Karr
Raymond Karr
Wm. Franklin
G. ML. Franklin
Sully News
Mrs
Norman Dunaway
Jens Jensen
Ralph Buckley
Hugo Vander Velden
Jamil
Keith McConeghey
Lyle Herwehe
Jerry
Lloyd Zickel
Bobby
Carroll Birkenbosch
Suzan
Harry Jack
Gerald Lancaster
Baby
Fort Madison
Iowa
Harris E. Willet
Hove
al Distucts
Marion de Penning
Tainter
Howe Machin
Herbert Bosch
C. R. Boughman
Henry Wormhoudt
Florence Fisher
Harold Bowie
Walter Wilson
Walter Jr
Roy Brock
Jack Findley
Cedar Rapids
Findley
Emmett de Vries
Carl Elrod
W. C. Elrod
Ernest Warrick
Prairie City
J. W. Wagner
Earl Wagner
Horace Oldham
James Oldham
John van Baale
Rina
Ogelaat
Marion Rheenan
John Stowie
Leighton
Linda Boender
Stowie
Kenny Stowie
Sherrine Nikkels
Walter Jackson
Sammie Schmidt
Earl of Sully
Earl Boyd
Goldie Carter
Vena Boyd
Carter
Boyd
Walter de Cook and
Glen Dunwoody
Mrs. S. Allen
Carl Latchman
Neal Brisker
Mr. Burton
Sherrie Nikkels
Monroe News
H. W. Vriezelaar
Lower Grove News
Prairie City News
Verda
Pauline Berkenbosch
C. H. Phearman
Phearman
Andrew Ostlin
John Henkin
Norman Roorda
John Smits
Neal Dikkenberg
Russell J. Redeker
First Reformed
Marinus Aalbers
Wilden Hospital
Aalberses
Gerald Lovett
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Linda Lou
Glenn Neideigh
Des Moines General Hospital
Glennale
First Reformed Church
Govert A. van Zee
Roth and Associates
Lynnville-Sully School
E., Huibregtse
Martin
Chester
William
Katherine Boot
Harry
Raymond
Wilma
Buitenwerf
Aart de Kock
William Vander Wilt
Memorial Gardens
Donald Ryerkerk
Steven
Carol
Tim Plate
John van Engelenberg of
Ray Keuning
Robert
American Legion Auxiliary
Gertrude Dykstra
Jennie Schuttinga
Gertrude Scott
Myrtle Timmons
Nettie de Gooyer
Erma McFadden
Hallie Kingdon
Helen Hayes
Lottie Bauer
Nancy In’t Weld
Angeline Cannon
Gertrude Hanel
Gertrude Kikkenberg
Myrtle Tim
Ed de Haas
Lester Hall
Chariton
Hall
Marion Co. Artificial Dairy Breeders Co-op
Masonic Temple
Western Auto Associate Store
Main Street
Ray Woodford
American Cancer Society
Wisconsin
Dept. of Agriculture
Gilman Bergh
Hixton
Harold H. Lisk
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Westin
Karl Herwehe
Earl Shields
Park Bingley
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