Numerous Des Moines Area Social and Health Notes
Mrs. John W Vander Linden and others visited in Des Moines on Monday while Harry Sixsmith reported friends in the drug trade. Notes detail visits, illnesses, recoveries, travel to Los Angeles and Tokio, hospital stays in Oskaloosa and Mahaska, a Navy reserve officer completing duty, family moves to Lynnville, and local schooling, with social calls spanning Iowa Michigan New York and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Vander Linden
H. P. van Gorp
Fred Lankelma
Mina Carpenter
Des Moines
Examination Announced for Rural Carrier at Otley
Civil Li has announced a fill the position of rural carrier at Quy Iowa. Examinations will be held at Pelle Towa. Applications close April 24. Rural carrier pay scales depend on route length and number of routes, with equipment costs and maintenance allowances. Promotions advance through grades with years of service, under Public Law 134 from 1945. Eligibility requires U.S. citizenship or allegiance, residence in the vacancy territory, and form 1977 submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Li
Quy
Iowa
Pelle
Towa
Fen
United States
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington 25
D.C
Commission
Washington
D. C
Obituaries for Anderson Postma Geurts in 1947 local notices
Obituary notices detail Joe H. Anderson's death at Mahaska Hospital Oska te on March 14 and services March 18 and 20 at Baptist and Methodist churches with multiple survivors including spouses siblings and in laws. Henry Postma dies March 13 at Home for the Aged aged 12 years 5 months 16 days with survivors and church ties noted. Card of thanks from Mrs Henry Postma thanks neighbors friends and Reverend Vroon with mentions of flowers and sympathy. Additional brief lines recount Avie Geurts death and family expressions of gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Postma
Vroon
Mr. Postma
Billboard War Prompts Scenic Highway Vision
Will J. Ver Ploegh argues for reducing highway accidents over billboard bans. He suggests replacing signs with landscape plots featuring flowering shrubs and small display screens, artistically arranged, noting consumer names in a small panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Report
Chronicle
Will J. Ver Ploegh
Kaloosa Presbyterian Church Officiating Interment
Interment was at Oak Wood Cemetery in Pella following the service officiated by Kaloosa Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaloosa
Gratitude from the Van De Noord family
The family of Henry Van De Noord thanks neighbors in Oskaloosa and Pella for kindness during illness and after his death. They acknowledge sympathy and flowers sent in respect and regard. Mrs. Henry Vande Noord
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Pella
Henry van de Noord
Henry Vande Noord
Mrs. A. T. Van Helten Dies at 92 in Pella
Mrs. A T Van Helten aged 92 died at her home in Pella at 7 15 o'clock Tuesday March 18 Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Friday March 21 at Van Dyk Funeral Home with Reverend Simon Vroom in charge Interment in Oakwood cemetery A fuller life story to appear in The Chronicle on March 27
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. van Helten
Pella
van Dyk
Simon Vroon
Oakwood Cemetery
Arie Geurts obituary born in Gelderland Netherlands dies 1947
Arie Geurts son of Nicolas and Adriana Geurts born May 24 1867 at Dodawaard Gelderland Netherlands. He passed away at his son Richard's home on Sunday March 16 1947 at age 79.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arie Geurts
Nicholas and
Adriana Geurts
Dodawaard
Province
Gelderland
Netherlands
Richard
Death of Henry Vande Noord of Oskaloosa
Henry Vande Noord born in Gelderland Netherlands November 14 1879 arrived in America as an infant settling in Pella later moving to OsKaLoosa where he died at his home on Saturday March 15 1947 aged 67 years 4 months and 1 day He married Cornelia Van Gorp in 1906 and had six children Gertrude Mrs Andrew Kool Knoxville Wilbur OsKaloosa John Pella Clarence OsKaloosa Harold Pella and Reuben OsKaloosa He belonged to First Reformed church in Pella later joining the Presbyterian church of OsKaloosa Funeral services were held Monday March 17 1947 at 2 p m at the First Reformed church with Rev Emil Carlson of OsKaloosa officiating He was survived by his wife the six children and four grandchildren with his parents two sisters and one brother preceding him in death and he was the last surviving member of his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Postma
Willem Stuursma
Pella
First Christian Reformed Church
Vroon
Oakwood
Ars
Cornelia Vink
America
Nick
Richard
1St Christian Reformed Church
First Christi Reformed Church
Henry Vande Noord
Jan Vande Noord
Gerredena Kleinhaar
Gelderland
Netherlands
Amerie
Cornelia van Gorp
Gertrude
Andrew Kool
Knoxville
Wilbur
Oskaloosa
John
Clarence
Harold
Reuben
Oskaloos
First Reformed Church
Presbyterian Church of
Emil Carlson
The
Easter Seal Sale Brings Joy to Crippled Kids in Iowa
Des Moines reports say the Easter Seals drive under W I Griffith funds medical and corrective treatment and camping programs for disabled children. A featured tale shows Teddy, once delinquent, finding care, skills, and happiness through Iowa Society for Crippled Children services. The sale runs through April 6 Easter Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
W. I. Griffith
Griffith
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and the Disabled
Teddy
Iowa Society For Crippled Children
Eas
Ier
Iowa Society
Towans
Fixing Up the Home By Lane Grett
Kitchen Is Food Laboratory I like to cook yet the joy is gone without proper equipment and tools. I need everything within easy reach and a well arranged kitchen to keep surfaces clear and clean. I clean as I go and avoid extra cleanup after the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wai
Pella
First Egg in Five Years Delights Sheldon Visitor
Gerrit Van der Meulen, an American-born man who moved to The Netherlands in 1928, enjoyed his first egg in five years last week in Sheldon. He connected with Ike Boerema relatives and came to Sheldon to live, after his mother and father spent much of the past five years in a concentration camp. He says the abundance in America remains hard to believe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Gerrit van der Meulen
Gerrit
Netherlands
Ike Boerema
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry B. Sixsmith
Mrs. Sixsmith
Jack and
Betty Sixsmith
Ed Boland
Cathryn
Near Albin
Gertie van Roekel
Minnie de Winter
Los Angeles
California
Andrew de W
Ota de Winter
MacArthur
Tokio
Japan
Seattle
Hattie van Gorp
Mercy Hospital
Peter van Haalen
Mahaska Hospital
Albert van Zee
Mahaska
Martin
Ayn Stursma
M. M. Docke
Doris
Wahington
Dockendorff
Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Navy Reserve
New York City
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Dell L. Hendricks
Lumbus Street
Emery Gaard
Marshalltown
Mr. Gaard
Marshall Canning Company
John Heeren
Baby
Chicago
Lens Heveren
Klazina
Newton Yhiter
Anna Dykhus
Rochester
Minn
Mary Vanden Board
Worrel Hospital
Fila Vanden Board
I. H. Sadler
Dean
Fort Dodge, Ia
Mrs. S. van Hemert
Lynnville
van Hemert
van Hemerts
Mr. and
Dick Cadder
Sue
Ames
Meyer Langerak
Mike Defliase
Nebrasa
DeBiase
Hut
NASA
Ray
Des Moines Tribune
de Biase
Eam Ver Steeg
Sigourney
Mrs. Ver Steeg
Gray
Gilbert Demry
Webster
Veterans
Dena Roovaart
Omaha
Nebr
Fred and
Jay Hesselink
Bob Menning
Dec” Dykstra
Pete
Douglas Charles
P. Dykstra
Doc
Arizona
Louise Schnur
Cole
Dykstra
Cornelia Breen
Carpenter Drug Store
Didate
Ralph J. Ver Meer
Otley
Schimmel
John Schimmel
Tracy
Wm. H. Vande Voort
Leighton
Henry John Vande Voort
Route 1
Linda Ann Vande Voort
Joe H. Anderson
Oskate
Ivay
Cora Smith
Clio
Michigan
Grover Clark
Meadow Lake
Saskatchewan
Canada
Baptist Church
Wm. G. Winstead
Barin
Barron
Wisconsin
Avie Geurts
Voice of
Delrich
Great Northern Beans
Co-op
Uncle Sam
Gerber
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
Johns-Manville Rock
BEN Hoeksema
van Gorp Hatchery
Lane Grett
van Zee Electric
New
Rock Island
J. J. Cunningham
5Th & Main Sts
Davenport
Rock Island Lines
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