Oskaloosa Church and Community Notes and Visits
Oskaloosa area church services at Cal Chr Ref and First Chr Ref, plus gatherings at Cedar school house. Social visits include Plate and Louws families, Veldhuizen, Boer, Knoot, Tennis, and Branderhorst households. birthday and anniversary celebrations, a cooperative dinner, and a tape record of visiting period. Rural residents attend school, birthdays, and church events with many neighbors sharing meals and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Doornbos
Cal
Church of
Pella
Walter Plate
Cyrus Louwsma
Lamberti Branderhorst
J. G. Newenhouse
Beverly Roozenboom
Leighton
Diana Beekhuizen
Pells
Ralph Houghtaling
Merle Jeaver
Wm. Keeran
Gene Ewing
F. van Veldhuizen
R. Ashman
Dexter
Lower Grove News Mostly Social Activities
Mrs Earl Boyd hosts and visits fill a busy week with family friends. Jonary Preyer Band met at the Boyd home for devotions Bible study and a poetry reading. Several neighbors called and shared meals and home movies during Wednesday and Thursday gatherings with extended family.
Community Notes From Leighton and Nearby Areas
Local social items list weekend and weekday visits among residents and families in Leighton and nearby towns. Guests include Carol Ann Pitan, Herbie Hagen, the De Heer and Kruseman families, Thomassen and De Bruin households, and the Overbergen family. Church group activity details and a De Jong hosted gathering are recorded, along with a short note on Carl Cruzen’s trip to Austin, Minnesota and a Wayne feed dealers banquet in Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Kempe
John de Bruin
Harry de Bruin
L. Overbergen
Don Kennedy
Willing Workers Society
Ebenezer Reformed Church
P. A. de Jong
Norma de Bruin
Carolyn van Dusseldorp
Carl Cruzen
Longview
Washington
Austin
Minnesota
M. M. de Reus
Howard Rowland
Rose Hill
Herman Tysseling
Oskaloosa
Henry Se
Otley Dorcas Society and World Day of Prayer Notices
Otley Dorcas Society meets Thursday at 1 35 p m in the church parlor with devotions program Bible study and a verse containing the word wisdom Hostess Edna Buwalda World Day of Prayer Friday at 2 p m in the church with the theme Who shall separate us Romans 8 36 Prayer for country during tense times Rev William De Jong preached at Otley Reformed Church Sunday evening Local gatherings include visits to the Ryke and Ustermarkt families and Gospel Team devotions next Sunday Barbara Horton Charles Vander Kolk attended visits Households held Family Night lessons 20 and 21 discussed Congregational call extended to Rev Louis Branning to become minister and to preach March 17 Regular Family Night activities held Tice Kaldenberg taken to De Jong nursing home.
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Dorcas Society
Julia Verros
Martha Kool
Grace de Geus
Edna Buwalda
Father
Gerrit Ryke
Pella
George Ryke
Aart Ustermarkt
Near Runnells
Andrew Ustermarkt
William de Jong
Trinity Church
Otley Reformed Church
Barbara Horton
Charles Vander Kolk
Hattie Ver Steegh
Henry Breuklander
Louis Branning
Otley
Local Social Notes From Otley Reformed Church Visit
Community members share weekend visits and greetings as residents from Kellogs Oska la Kalamazoo and Pella gather in homes to see neighbors. Barbara Horton of New d joins in as Mrs Verwers hosts at Hattie Ver Steegh’s residence with Marion Verwers family present. Missionary Holler from Kalamazoo offers sermon at Otley church. Abd Arabia connection noted.
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Kusorgie
William Verwers
Toate Berg
Poaty
Rane
Jo John Bogaard
South Main
Pella
Hattie Ver Steegh
Henry Breuklander
Marion Verwers
Kellogs
Ndae
William Oe Mod
Norman’ Kobus
Barbara Horton
New
Charl Vander Kolk
John Makeren
Oskala
Tors
Ben Grandia
Joosa
Holler
Kalamazoo
Mich
Otley Reformed Church
Arabia
Nine years ago rain recalled in Cordova note
Cordova residents recall a rain memory on this date. Dwight Harvey heads to Washington DC March 2 as a Marion County Farm Bureau voting delegate leading about one hundred. They will visit the national legislative branches March 4 and 6. Darlene Karr attended advanced sewing class with Lola Adams. 20000 bushels of sealed corn to be shipped from Otley, with Roy Karr and Tony Langstraat checking out. Ont and Marie stopped to say Howdy. Ont visited Veterans Hospital in Des Moines for eye check. Slim Rinehart ill recently. Hazel Bricker shopped in Des Moines with daughter Jean. Neal Stanton confined to bed. Mr and Mrs Mart Moneysmith celebrated a wedding anniversary on February 28, 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Harvey
Washington, D. C
Marion County Farm Bureau
National Legislative Branches
Darlene Karr
Lola Adams
Otley
Roy Karr
Tony Langstraat
Ont
Marie
Howdy
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Marion Rinehart
Slim Rinehart
Hazel Bricker
Jean
Neal Stanton
Mart Moneysmith
Peoria Notes and Local Social Happenings
Local items chronicle Cecil Price babysitting for Debbie Karr s children while mothers worked at the welfare center. District news covers travel medical visits, California trips, school events, bird houses for sale, printed school pages, and a push for better printing. Read also about hospitalizations, anniversaries, baptisms, bridal showers, and community gatherings across Pella and surrounding homes.
Couple’s 65th Valentine’s Day Celebrated in Manchester
Mr and Mrs Marion Hansel of Manchester marked their 65th wedding anniversary earlier this month. Inquiries ask who has been married longer than the Hansels, hinting at nearby couples with longer marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Hansel
Manchester
Wife
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