Local social notes and school news from Leighton
Leighton residents host visitors from Pella and nearby towns over the weekend and midweek. Local families gather for church society meetings while seventh and eighth graders take exams at Leighton school. Residents arrange housing changes, with De Vries and De Jong families moving, and farm help from Dick Groenenweg due to a hand injury. Brant Van Maanen has undergone an appendectomy at Mataska hospital.
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Clara Alfert
Pella
Elma van Heukelom
Mary Irene de Cook
John Vander Linden
John Sedrel
Black Oak Township
Leighton School
Mildred de Reus
Elmer van Duren
Wm. van Haaften
Anna
G. A. Hasselman
Porterville Visit Highlights Goemaat Family Ties
Mrs. Bastian Goemaat and daughter Lillian Esther along with sister Magdalene Schippers visited at the A. B. Goemaat home last Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Van Weel also attended the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastian Goemaat
Lillian Esther
Magdalene Schippers
A. B. Goemaat
Herman van Weel
Local residents share visits and school trips in Porterville area
Sunday and Thursday visits mark social ties among Van Oene Hoekstra Van Zante Monster Kamerick and Vanden Baard families. Pupils Darlene Robertus Cornelia Van Dene Dorothy De Zwarte Florence Hackett Elizabeth Van Scheinkhoven Henry Monster traveled to Pella for the county eighth grade exam.
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Den
Wilma Louise
John Dale
Wilma
Harold van Zante
Cornelia van Oene
Dorothy Goemaat
Jake van Woertand
J. D. van Zante
Herman van Weelden
John VanderWerff
John Vanden Berg
Des Moines
Mary Sytsma
John Kamerick
South Porterville School
Peoria area residents visit friends and work chores noted
Mrs John L Veenstra spent Monday afternoon at the Vander Molen home. Henry Bosveld and family visited Tuesday evening at the Vander Hart residence. Minnie Roose works two days at the Rev Weidenaar home. The Nieusman family and Harris Glen and Esther Merle spent Wednesday with the Garret Andringa family. Various local residents visited homes for gardening work and social calls through midweek in Peoria and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Veenstra
Ben Vander Molen
Henry Bosveld
John Vander Hart
Minnie Roose
Stursma
Tena
Walter van Wyngarden
Marvin Lee
Willard Dale
Weidenaar
Gysbert Ryken
Near Oskaloosa
Siben de Vries
Bert Nibbelink
John W. Stursma
Peoria
Dirk Vander Veen
Fred Vander Schaal
Helen Peterson
Peter Langstraat
Wm. Ozinga
Pella
Garret
Paul Nicusma
John de Noey
J. Sterk
T. Vander Veen
Jacob Dunwoody
Drunken Driving Charge Against Ottumwa Man
D J Vorhies of Ottumwa pleaded not guilty in Keokuk County district court to a drunken driving indictment connected with a head-on crash on April 2 near Hedrick on primary road 149. Five people were injured including Harold Jones and Grace Cassel residents of Ottumwa. Vorhies was arrested April 24 and bond set at 1 000 pending hearing.
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Keokuk County
D. J. Vorhies
Ottumwa
Hedrick
Vorhies
Homer Beasley
Frank Bechly
College Notes Highlight Year End Events At Central
Weather delays picnic and events. senior teaching placements rise. Dorothy Payne wins prize in peace oratory. Miss Seabury donors fund inter-collegiate prizes. Y M C A speaker Rev De Jong and chapel talks emphasize character through adversity. Central College performs dormitory concerts, A Capella tours, and a college play season with tickets at 25 cents.
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Central College
Simpson College
Dorothy Payne
Central
Helen and
Mary Seabury
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Simpson
George Mennin- Ba
Peterson
Mr. Toms
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Iowa
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College
Gaass and
van Houweling
Keables
Menninga
Underhill
Neifert
de Velder
Otis
Roelofs
Reiner
Grundman
Hunt
van Arkel
Jongewaard
Sullivan
Gullion
Hoogheem
Leavengood
Stemmel
Kregel
Hansen
van Pernis
Fulton, Ill
God
J. A. de Jong
Leighton
de Jong
Sioux Center High School
The
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Oskaloosa
Second Reformed
Knoxville
Goverment’s Hospital
American Legion
Dean Pietenpol
Dr. Stuart
Mrs. Stuart
Chicago
Jewel Peterson
Joan Kuyper
Stuart Kuyer
Phyllis Ver Ploeg
Emilyuyper
Frances Bailey
Paul Stoye
Oscar Wilde
H. W. Pictenpol
American Bible Society
Yale
Sunstrum
SIUST
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Ceek
Udell L. Hendricks
Insurance Agency
Rozenberg Radio Shop
Main
Gezel Car Shop
Gezel Blacksmith Shop
E. Hollebrands
Osteopathic
DRS. Kramer & Kramer
Pellap
C. Ganss
de Haan
Pell
Nellie D
H. HH
Washington Street
Schoc Co
LMEN
John Blommers
Bert van Vark
John Hoeksema
Oh. J. Dixson van Dusseldorp
Abe den Adele
F. M. Frush
van der Linden
P. van Sittert
Wormhoudt
George G. H. Lankelma
D. S
A. Veenatra
Mber
Ommerce
George H. Lankelma
Hugo Kuyper
Ficials
V. Paardekooper
Don L. Remy
D. D. Galvin
Paul Grundman
Sadie Battenobert
T. Johnson
F. M. Roberts
Harold Clements
F. F. Carpenter
Franklin Street
Dr. C. I. Fox
Liberty Streets
J. J. Sybenga, M.D
Keable
Dr. Aschenbrenner
Ofice
H. C. Payne
Broadway
Square
Main Street
John N. Vailen
George Ver Steeg
American Legion Auxiliary
H. Byers
Wm. Vander Voort
S Federated Club
Ed. le Cocq
R. C. Amidon
Exie Waechter
Katherine Grandman
Elizabeth Liggett
S. S
Christian ED Church
D. Hollebeek
Christian Jed Church
Dankot
Reformed
J. Veldman
Rock Island
Wabash
Howell
Kuyper
North Side Square
Star Auto Co
A. W. Gysen
Wormhoudt & Plette
Jake van Zante
Harry Worth
Monroe
NEW England Granite Works
John Liter
Bos & Wynberg
Cook & Son
Chevrolet Service
White Jroco
Allaneas Auto CO
Chevrolet
P. van Niewaal Coal Co
Hk Coal
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