Nearby Town News and Rural Village Notes
Avie De Rand and daughter Gertrude of Pella visited at the home of Jaspar and Rand family. Gerrit Vande Keift’s young Newfoundland dog is missing. notify him if seen. Dust and dry weather reduce farming news while fields await rain. Vander Keift and family visited Prai. Blodsworth stayed in Fifield. Blodsworth works at Maytag in Newton. Zegers family from Galesburg visited William Zegers and family. Bloodsworth family visited Jasper De Rand. Sverett Verwers drove to Waterloo for a new dvillis machine. Lester Wisgerhof of Meringo spent the weekend at Gerrit Wisgerhof’s. Case Vis and daughter Delores of Pella visited Gerrit Vis and John Verners’ homes. Ladies Aid met at church parlors with Mrs. Harry Branm hosting. they planted flowers around the church and had lunch. Carroll and By visited Grinnell. Byran rode free to the Register and Tribune plane launch named Good Iv.
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Avie de Rand
Gertrude
Pella
Jasper Dy Rand
Artie Zegers
Tom Andrews
Gerrit Vande Keift
Ge i Vander Keift
Gerrittinga
Prai
John Blodsworth
Fifield
Blodsworth
Maytag
Newton
John Zegers
Galesburg
William Zegers
John Bloodsworth
Jasper de Rand
Harry Branm
Carroll
Grinnell
Byran
Register and Tribune
Local Families Gather for Events and Visits
Sally and Gerrit Gerritsen and children of Leighton visited at Mr and Mrs Peter Rozendaal’s home Saturday evening. A son was born to Geny Arkema and his wife last Tuesday morning. John Van Spankeren of Pella and Elbert Reerink of Wheatland Wyoming dined with Henry Welle last Thursday. The Vis motor trip to Pella last Thursday to see The Worlds All Right at the high school. Isaac Howard and John Verwers business trip to Iowa City last Thursday. Elva Kari and Carroll Wisgerhof attended the Drake Relays in Des Moines Saturday. Roscoe Howell of Long Beach California visited Dr C C Carpenter Wednesday and Thursday. Lee Perry and daughter Helen were Sunday visitors in the Ehner Road home in Newton. Rev R De dongvis-
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Pella
Isaac Howard
John Verwers
Iowa City
Elva
Kari
Carroll Wisgerhof
Des Moines
Roscoe Howell
Long Beach
California
C. C. Carpenter
Lee Perry
Helen
Ehner Road
Newton
R. de Dongvis
Bill de Brayn
Sully
Dan Diclei
Apple Home
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Lads Aid
Galesburg
Hlizabeth van Dyke
Iichland School
Leona Dodong
Carpen
Henry van Rheenton
Gerald
Gilbert Ste
Clarence Boat
Red Berkenholts
M C. Breen
Harrison Wrindle
Log Pendleton
HJ. Woorly
Ire Swank
Hagen
Robert Rutin
Go AL Print
Vander Hoyt Wooditha Poortinga
Kenneth Lornahan
Winer Mercier
Una Rae Breen
Shirley Ann Carnahan
Bev
Fred Borkenboll
Mncheon
Breen
D.C. Huis
John Steenbock
Dik Ipple
Knoxville
Raymond Martin
William Hendricks
Sundys Kaneral
Christie Cooper
Christian Church
Penies Conner
Swedish Old Ladies
Hoone
Glearn Carpenter
William Schippers
Nalde
Steenhoek
Dykhu
Walter Marks
Ning
Ty Uni
Idny Eve
Ralph van Rheenen
Gerald Steenbock
Poortinga
Howard [Tusanl
Phyllis Irene
Anderson
Indiana
R. J. Danhof
Helene Marilyn
John William
Henry van Rheen
Howard Russel
van Rheenen
Sun
Local social notes from Galesburg and Sully gatherings
Social column items list visits and calls in Galesburg Sully and nearby towns. Names include Galesburg residents Miss Elizabeth Van Dyke Leona Dodong and Mr Mrs Carpenter Mr and Mrs Henry Van Rheen ton. Visitors from Anderson Indiana Knoxville Pella and Chamberlin areas are noted along with church meetings and a few small events.
Local Family News From Ol Jeanette De Hamer Area
Mrs. Win Van Roekel of Rose Hill and her sister Jeanette De Hamer were visitors in the past week. Mr. and Mrs. G. Leighton and Mr. and Mrs. Vander Lin were noted residents returning from visits at the Herbert Aalbe home near Ol. Edward Van Zee hosted relatives during the week.
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Mrs. G
Herbert Aalbe
Jeanette de Hamer
R.N
Ever Hamer
Win. van Roekel
Rosehill
Town
Edward van Zee
Bottoms Up at Rivola Theatre Opens May Six
Pau Paterson leads in the romantic comedy Bottoms Up opening at the Rivola Theatre in Oskaloosa on Saturday May 6 for three days. John Boles co stars with Paterson. the cast includes Mundin Silvers Green Emmett O Connor Kaaren Wood and others. Director David Butler also appears in the week end pages noting song numbers and film lore.
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Pau Paterson
Charming Bane
Rivola ‘Theatre
Oskaloos
Racy
John Boles
Groes
Boles
Miss Paterson
He Mundin
Sid Silvers
Green
Thelin
Hollywood
Katy
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Dell Henderson
Suzanne Kaaren
Douglas Wood
David Butler
Pat Paterson
Rivola
Oskaloosa
Pat” Paterson
Spencer Tracy
Hier Con
Local Social News From Pella And Leighton Areas
Community notices record births birthdays visits and school events in Pella and Leighton. Families celebrate anniversaries attend parties and a nurse attends hospital surgery while teachers Chosen for Leighton school and Black Oak No 7 closes with a picnic and games.
Local Social Notes From Leighton Area Visitations and Edits
Peoria Mrs. G Stowie of Leighton visits with Mrs. Martin Vander Molen and relatives. Miss Wilma Nibbelink had tonsils removed in Newton last week. Mrs. Ben Vander Molen visited Friday at Mrs Adrian Vox’s home. Ben Brouwer had an appendectomy in the cy hospital Saturday night. Henrietta Franje of Pella spent the weekend with Mr C Boerfijn. John J Van Gorp left for Chicago with cattle. Richard Veenstra and family visited the R Niewsma home. Gladys Pothoven returned home after two weeks in Newton hospital for mastoid operation. Sibren De Vries and family visited Mrs Henry Sturama’s home. Bert Nibbelink ill and likely to undergo gallstone operation. Sibren De Vries’s grandson Sibren Ryken had an appendicitis operation. John W Stursma and family visited Cecil Vander Molen. Mrs Martin Vander Molen and children Jacob and Martina visited Herman Bokhoven. Arnold Vander Hart underwent appendicitis operation Sunday in Mahaska hospital. Community records many sick residents and best wishes for speedy recovery.
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Wilma Nibbelink
Newton
Ben Vander Molen
Adrian Vox
Ben Brouwer
Cy Hospital
Henrietta Franje
Pella
C. Boerfijn
John J. van Gorp
Chicago
Richard Veenstra
R. Niewsma
Gladys Pothoven
Otto Pothoven
Newton Hospital
Mia
Sibren de Vries
Johnnie Voortman
Henry Sturama
Bert Nibbelink
Sibren Ryken
Gysbert Ryken
Okaloosa
John W. Stursma
Cecil Vander Molen
Martin Vander Molen
Jacob
Martina
Herman Bokhoven
Arnold
Marinus Vander Hart
Mahaska Hospital
Porterville Families Visit and Hospital Calls
Porterville residents Mrs John Robertus and daughter Maxine and son Huber Lee spent Monday evening visiting Mercy family and Dirk Goemant with family. Mr and Mrs Peter Hackett and Baard visited. W A Jansen and family joined Mrs W A Jansen to Iowa City to see Oscar Hinkerton last Saturday. Thursday afternoon Mrs Tunis Goma hospital visit with pneumonia noted.
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John Robertus
Maxine
Huber Lee
Peter Hackett
Baard
W. A. Jansen
Mabel
Mercy
Dirk Goemant
It. Hoekstra
Will Monster
Edward
Oskaloosa
Connie Vanden Baard
Mabel Vander Syde
Pella
Jane
W. A
Connie Vanden von
Dick Goemaat
Tamily
L. de Wild
Slumber party and visits among Oskslooss residents
Oskslooss area visitors and hosts are named with Earl Longaker and Edlyne Woulern visiting Oakdale friends. A group of seven girls held a campfire breakfast at Evelyn Longaker’s Saturday night. Joan Rouw helped her sister Mrs. Menninga, while other local folk attended winter Sunday school picnics near Cordova.
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Earl Longaker
Edlyne
Carl Woulern
Oskslooss
David Loncaker
Jack Miller
Joan Rouw
Anna Heimstra
Otley
Evelyn Longaker
Dimples Swan
Dotty Cranston
Dylene Cranston
Anna
Erlyne Northcutt
Evelyn_Longaker
Cecil Cranston
Earl
Milo De_ Jong
Henry Menninga
Menninga
Eur Cordova
Marl Northcutt
Sunday Visits Share Time Across Local Families
Children and spouses visited the J. D. Hull home on Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Dutch Simmins called on the parental Scott Simmins home. Mr and Mrs Madison Hull and Clair were Sunday visitors near Montezuma.
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J. D. Hull
Dutch Simmins
Scott Simmins
Madison Hull
Clair
Montezuma
Beware of Imposters Warns Bureau Chief in Iowa
Des Moines officials warn against impostors soliciting fees from elderly applicants for old age assistance. Byron G. Allen of the Iowa Old Age Assistance Commission says reports indicate a man posing as an official in Moldyville Mahaska county and others in natural counties are sending circulars. Applications for aid should go through county boards and the state commission, no middleman needed.
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Des Moines
State Commission
Byron G. Allen
Iowa Old Age Assistance Commission
W ‘Erd
Commission
Moldyville
Mahaska County
Allen
Falls From Car Escapes Unhurt Warren Smith
Warren Smith, four, son of Rolla and Mrs Smith near Deep River, fell from the back seat of a moving car last week. His parents failed to notice his absence until he was found by the front-seat mother with a draught. Warren, bruised but unafraid, was seen pursuing the car as it turned back. He wears glasses and apparently found his way some distance away.
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Warren Smith
Rolla Smith
Deep River
Warren
Man Receives Broad Morning Card In Breakfast Egg
A man found a handwritten message on an egg that claimed it was packed by a girl in Kashta Canada who sought to marry the eater. He cabled back “To marry you.” The reply said she was now married with three children.
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Kashta
Canada
500 Sheets Yellowed Paper for 40 Cents at Chronicle Office
A brief notice states 500 sheets of yellowed paper are available at the Chronicle office for forty cents. The offer emphasizes quantity and bargain pricing, with no additional details about condition or pickup.
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Chronicle
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