News of Nearby Towns and Rural Communities
Local notes report Sunday visits to Mrs Maude Goodner in Oskaloosa area and hospitalizations including Mrs Rlowatt’s amputation after embolism. Community events describe entertaining gatherings at Taintor and nearby homes, aid for Mrs Gertsma and Wehrle families, post nuptial party, teach plans, and a church program The piece lists many residents by name across New Sharon, Taintor, Pella, and surrounding towns with illnesses, visits, and social activities through mid spring.
Porterville Residents Visit Nearby Families
Porterville and Mrs Henry M De Zwarte with daughter Junella visited the parental Jacob Gorman home last Monday evening. Mrs Cornie Vanden Baard visited with Mrs Will Monster and daughter Antoinette last Sunday afternoon. Cornelia and Jacob Monpent spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J J Monster and family. Donald called in the Henry H Van Dene home Tuesday afternoon of last week. Mrs Agnes Jansen and Mrs C Vanden Baard and children were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Jacob Goem
Ruth
Est
Edward Scott
Misa Ruth Grind University Park
Cornie Vanden
Anna
Elsie van Oeene
Abraham de Znwarte
John Robertus
Donald
Huber van der Syde
Pella
Henry M. de Zwarte
Junella
Jacob Gormant
Cornie Vanden’ Baard
Will Monster
Antoinette
Sund
Cornelia
Jacob Monpent
J. J. Monster
Henry H. van Dene
Agnes Jansen
Local Iowa families gather for visits and news
Cordova W R Karr and others visited at Karr and Dailey homes while Des Moines trips loom for furloughs. Neighbors trade reports on weather and crops as rains arrive, plowing slows, and spring wheat and rye look late but healthy amid measles and social calls in Pella and Prairie City.
Top of the Town at Rivola Oskaloosa four days from May 7
Universal musical comedy Top of the Town heads to the Rivola Theatre in Oskaloosa for a four day run starting Friday May 7. Doris Nolan leads with George Murphy in the male lead, joined by Gertrude Niesen Ella Logan and a lineup of ten comedians including Hugh Herbert Mischa Auer and the Three Sailors. Directed by Jimmy Meade with Harold Adamson the project lists Lou Seltz and Charles Rogers as producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivola
Oskaloosa
Screen
Universal
Rivola Theatre
Doris Nolan
New Screen
George Murphy
New York
Roberta
Gertrude Niesen
Onal
Ella Logan
Hugh Herbert
Gregory Rateoff
Henry Armetta
Mischa’ Auer
Jason
Robson
Blue
Ray Mayer
Richard Carle
Jack
Seven Sons
Jimmy Me
Harold Adamson
Lou Sociate
Charles Re Rogers
Prairie City Notes and Local Housekeeping Movements
Mrs Clarence B ted with Kate Van Homert in Prairie City while R M art s b p wired on to the high line this week Marion county opens a new barn at Dunreath to store county s graders and other equipment Billy Core took part in the I S chiss play at Knoxville on Wednesday Thursday nights He is a senior His folks from here attended Lynn Perky and the IM Harry have rented part of the cold storage plant at Knoxville for their meat Friday Lynn butchered and took their meat This will be a saving for ther if he doesn t live too far from town The Joe Vanden Berg family called on Grandma Hart Saturday John Buwalda plans two closets of wall board in the upstairs at the Barthlyn home Alberta Core and Nita Johnson went after mushrooms in the Murray Van Hemert farm pasture Joyce and Mary played with Martha Saturday The homes of R M Hart and George Dailey are fitted up with new electrical equipment Buwalda Karr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Br
Ted
Kate van Homert
Prairie City
R. M. Art
Marion County
Dunreath
Billy Core
I. S. Chiss
Knoxville
Lynn Perky
Harry
Lynn
Joe Vanden Berg
Grandma Hart
John Buwalda
Barthlyn
Alberta Core
Nita Johnson
Murray van Hemert
Joyce
Mary
Marth
R. M. Hart
George Dailey
Buwalda
Local Social News and School Excerpt Highlights
Leighton hosts Vander guests with Pleasant Ridge pupils and Miss Josephine Van Heukelem staging an in formal assessment in language and drill. Mothers receive handiwork prizes as pictures are taken. Nearby, the De Bruin home hosts a two course lunch for Mr and Mrs Gerrit Rookel prior to their Denver departure. Henry Rempe celebrates his third birthday with family. Various visits from Eddyville and Valley Junction families noted along with Central College student Miss Be nice Ver Ploeg over weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge School
Josephine van Heukelem
Wille
Bernie Em
de Bruin
Pella
Gerrit Rookel
Denver
Colorado
Dan Rillihan
Valley Junction
C. Heemstra
William Rempe
Velma Newgard
Dorotha Voxelang
Anna Bess Mallory
Josephine Snake
Central College
Benice Ver Ploeg
Weekend visits from multiple Iowa towns appear in Des Moines report
A stream of visitors from Galesburg Searsboro Pella Leighton Grinnell and nearby towns spent the weekend with relatives and friends in Des Moines Waterloo and Grinnell. Notable trips include Mrs Ben Rozendaal sailing to the Netherlands for four months and a Junior-Senior banquet at Bishop's Cafeteria Des Moines with Jesse Burry and several locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Rohrdanz
Galesburg
Nell de Bruyn
Bertha’ Budding
Searsboro
Jennie Budding
Marion Kruseman
Pella
Emma Kruseman
Oscar Ioldsworth
Oxcar
Carpenter
Macy
Des Moines
Harold de Bruin
Ethel Brummel
Near Leighton
Gerrit Vis
Jemnie Fortuin
Peter Rozendaal
Ben Rozendaal
New York
Netherlands
John Verwers
F. Andreas
Grinnell
Ilene Kruseman
Sully High School
Bishop's Cafeteria
Jesse Burry
Poly Gas promises extra power with 66 Shield logo
An advertisement touts Phillips 66 Poly Gas as delivering more power and mileage through a patented polymerization process. It claims weatherproof performance and a 10 percent customization at no extra cost, urging motorists to seek the Orange and Black 66 Shield for purchase.
Local graduation events and community toasts from Sully
A toast program featured King Dutchman Jesse Berry and Little Dutch Girl Betty Little Dutch Mill, with seniors and juniors named among attendees. The baccalaureate sermon will be held at the Christian Reformed church, and commencement is planned for May 13 at the First Reformed church with Dr Irvin Lubbers as speaker. Local families and visitors from Hollandale and nearby towns attended events and a Paramount theater party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Sherman
Elizabeth
Treva Buitenwert
Jeanett Kalde Xbers
M Kruman
Rosa Marie We
C. Palle
Norma
Florence Grier
Nellie Elliott
C. R. Bode
de Woods
Paramount Theater
Roy Gregory
Kellogg
Tunis Hartgers
John Rynen
Betty
Antoinetta
Bernice
Hollandale
Minnesota
William Rozendaal
Jeff Willemsen
Irene
Peter Roendaal
Christian Reformed Church
Ed ‘Thompson
Rnion
First Reformed Church
Irvin’ Lubbers
Pella
Wolf Cubs and Mother Shot Near Farmington, Iowa
Noah Courtney found four wolf cubs southwest of Farmington with their mother in a log den. Dewey Shulcher and Dag Lucas of Farmington killed the cubs and the mother when she refused to abandon them. The den was near the Lee County and Van Buren County line as reported by Cantril Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Courtney
Farmington
Dewey Shulcher
Dag Lucas
Lee County
van Buren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Taintor
Homer Till
Douglas
William Allen
Maude Goodner
Cecil Gertema
Mah
Isma
Rlowatt Hospital
Sam
John Taylor
New Sharon
Tittle
Mary Duise
Ludwick
Anid Fusi
Iwick
Chair
Ska
John Mansma
Zell Wehrle
Paul Wehrle
Pauline Voegh
Wehrle Hom
Ceeil Gertsma
Gertrude Dahm
Nellie Vroegh
Andrew Bandstr
Glen Grant
Fey
van Baalen
George Garner
Nebraska
Wich
Linsted
Qin
Anna Northcutt
Town Wesleyan
Mollie Stilwell
Sune
Cutt
Ina
Jake Veldhuizen
Leonard Johnson Fami
Tainter School
Caring Ick
Porterville
Cordova
W. R. Karr
Karr
Roy Karr
Brian Karr
Henry Slykhui
Nell Muilenberg
Ellen Karr
Blanche Templeton
Hoksberg
Arjorie Bricker
Pellariday
Agnes Klyn
Telia Roush
Benz
Gerder’s Baby
Chia
Benteco Ik
AE Theag
Zar
Rey
MBS
Stewart's
Tunis
Benteco Salmon Mission Peas
Ihe
Gni-Stato Tristate
NYS Css
Sener
RIVOL
Sat
Sun
Mon
Henry Armitin
Mischa Auer
Leighton
de Marry Vander
1, Linden
Mr. and
W. Wedn
Sally
Super Colossal el
Wysterion Rong
Phillips Poly Follies
Columbia Network
Phill
Phillips
King Dutchman
Jesse Ber
Macob van Gorp
Monroe
Huibregtse
Reformed Church
R. A. de Jong Reformed Church
City
Marion
Sully
Courthouse Oskaloosa
Iowa
White
Rolli Hos
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