Marriage and community notes from nearby town
Mrs Herman De Jong reports a weekend of visits and social events. A baby girl arrived to Mr and Mrs Ben Veenstra. Marjorie Dahm wed Richard Fepma at a Toda home ceremony. Rev John Mulder officiated. Snow fell Sunday as local youths and church groups held activities at Second Christian Reformed in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. de Young
Marion Vander Linden
Ben Veenstra
John A. Mulder
Henry Nibbelink
Second Christian Reformed Church
Pella
Marjorie Dahm
Richard Fepma
Henry Dahm
Henry Vander Linden
Dale de Young & Speech
M. A. Bokhoven
Arnold
Oskaloosa
Simon Bokhoven
A. C. de Jong
John C. Roose
John C. Jr
Dick Ryken
Gary Wayne Nibbelink
Summit News Family Notes and Illness Updates
Glen Ver Woert is ill with chicken pox. Coralee Vriezelaar passed candy bars at Summit School as her turn. March 14 marked her birthday. Mr and Mrs Walter Van Doorninck and Janie visited Pella for X Rays. Janie has shown improvement after six weeks of virus illness. Will and Mrs Vriezelaar visited the Martin Van Essen home near Fairmount. The Cincinnati threshing ring met at Dr De Geus home for a business and social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Vriezelaar
Glen Ver Woert
Coralee Vriezelaar
Summit School
Walter van Doorninck
Janie
Pella
Janice
Will Vriezelaar
Martin van Essen
Fairmount
Cincinnati
Dr. de Geus
Wierenga
Arcot Theological Seminary
Vellore
India
Roy van Essen
Lester Muller
Joe Horman
Paul
Charles Vander Kolk
William Verwers
Rodney
Norman Robus
Connie
Arthur Waardhuizen
Otley Auxiliary Members Attend Marion County Meeting
Otley news notes the Otley Auxiliary attended the Marion County meeting in Knox with officers elected, upcoming events planned, and a social hour in Otley school basement on Friday March 24 featuring speakers Mr. and Mrs. Starrett from Newton on their Europe trip. The column lists local visits, birthdays, anniversaries, church activities, and community notices through Otley and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Marion County
Knox
Mar
John van A
Vriezelaar
Stierremann
Vriez
Marion County Rand
Kathryn and
Lurette
Maxwell Carnahan
Newton
Rhemann
William Verwers
Cordell
Darlene
Marion Verwers
Willard Klein
Bastian Goemaat
Otley Amvet
Starrett
Bill
Charles Vander Kolk
Torebo
Gullingen
Sween
Carl
Fred Larson
Ivan Bell
Mary Bell
Alyce Bell
Harold Nolen
Monroe
Donald Rexroat
Donald Kingery
Knoxville
Truth Seekers
Otley Reformed Church
Elmer van Hemer
Evelyn van Dusseldorp
Harold van Zee
Alvin Klein
William Vanden Dever
Consistorial Union of Pella Classis
Central Reformed Church
Oskaloosa
Local Socials And School Notes From Galesburg Area
Galesburg residents and neighbors share visits from Linville and nearby areas. Families celebrate a Golden Wedding anniversary, a first birthday, and illnesses like flu and mumps among students. A Christian Church Ladies Aid quilting session, and a school election with Wilbur Sparks reelected mark community activity in small town Iowa.
Community Guests and Visits Noted in Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Andrew Hoekstra Ann of Richland Mrs Anna De Bruyn Sully stayed overnight at Francis Heemsberg home. Mr and Mrs Duane Oswalt Sully were Sunday dinner guests at Margaret Schnug home. Mr and Mrs Eba Poortinga were Sunday evening guests at Jake Laverman home. Mr and Mrs Harold Slings and Marilyn Mrs Etta Terpstra were Sunday dinner guests at Charlie Dick home Yetta Romans in Newton Mrs Ida Parish Killduff visiting Wilbur Sparks home a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loell Carpenter
Fred Zimmerman
Bas Heemsbergen
Lynnville
Francis Heemsbergen
Yella N. Menninga
Ray Dearinger
Christian Church Ladies Aid Society
Aid Room
Curtis Dearinger
Clifford Dearinger
Monroe
Joyce Baarda
Galesburg
Joe Kaldenberg
Chester Zickel
Lorrce Miller
Anne Swank
A. A. Rockwell
Springfield
Missouri
Jacob van Wyk
Pella
Harold Schnug
Earl de Bruyn
Oelwein
Sully
Charles Awtry
Prentice Russell
Russell
Charles Earp
Henry Klyn
Dale White
Emmet Klyn
Baxter
Edward Earp
Warren
Virginia Louise
Killduff
Harold Sehnig
Marilyn
Etta Terpstra
Woods
State Center
Wilbur Sparks
Andrew Hoekstra
Ann
Richland
Anna de Bruyn
Duane Oswalt
Margeret Schnug
Eba Poortinga
Jake Laverman
Harold Slings
Charlie Dick
Yetta Romans
Newton
Ida Parish
Conservation effort notes local cooperation and field layout help
The report credits district cooperation and the local P M A office for soil conservation work. It praises the Soil Conservation Service staff and their SP-5 and SP-6 aids, whose instrument layout help enabled peak layout season efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
4 H Talent Show At Knoxville Theatre March 29
The 4 H Talent Show will be March 29 at the Marion Theater Knoxville starting at 8.00 pm. Don Good and Helen Brooks are co chairmen. Twenty two 4 H clubs will perform including choruses skits songs piano and vocal numbers directed by Mrs Rankin Mrs Shivvers Dwight Harvey and Mrs Harvey with county officers and Extension staff assisting. Tickets are available from club vice presidents and 4 H leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Good
Helen Brooks
Cochairman
Marion Theater
Innoxville
Lester Rankin
L. C. Shivvers
Dwight Harvey
Eugene Harvey
Back Home Letter Misrouted to Crete Illinois
Postal services for two months tried to deliver a letter mailed from Postville to Crete Illinois but the state name was missing in transit causing routing delays and confusion for recipients and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Crete
Illinois
Letter Traveled From Island to Crete Four Postmarks
A fragment notes a letter journeying from an unspecified origin to the island of Crete and bearing four postmarks. The readable portion emphasizes the extensive transit details and the mail’s destination. No further context or dates are provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Crete Indicates Wide Search for Addressee
Crete reported it had scoured the island in an effort to locate the addressee, indicating ongoing, widespread search actions across multiple areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peoria News
Herman de Jong
Esmond C. Lasswell
W. P. Crecer
Edwin Vander Ploeg
Daugh
Summit News
Otley News
Chas. Vander Kolk
K. Carpenter
Euttiar
Zteavers
America
Chevrolet Trucks
Chevrolet
White Way Auto Company
Pella, Iowa
FOLY
Briggs & Stratton
H.p
John DE Nooy
Franklin
Knoxville Theatre
Burdock’s
Cut Rate Lumber Co
Burdock
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Colfax Sale Company
Bell
Shields Flrst National Bank
Caspian Sea
Persia
Clean Constant Flame
Charleston
West Virginia
George Washington Dedi
Com
American Engineering
American Industries
Lous
Central States Electric Company
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