Nearby Town News Reports Mild Rain and School Events
The column notes recent light rainfall easing the long dry spell and mentions the upcoming annual Meld Day at Pella West Market Park with Rev. G A Hytenza of Leota Minnesota as speaker. It covers local births marriages illnesses and visits, plus planned Vacation Bible School at the Presbyterian Church beginning May 26 and Ascension Day services. Also reports a Galesburg man Charles Holmes death after rare blood disease, with details on survivors and funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenin
Ain
Pella
Sally
Peoria
West Market Park
G. A. Hytenza
Leota
Minnesota
Kew House
A.L. Roose
Minnie Bokhoven
Hh. W. Bokhoven
D. J. Hoitenga
Kenmore
N. J
J. G. van Gorp
P. de Vries
Bart Vander Wal
Otto Vos
Oskaloosa
Bert van Wyk
G. W. Andringa
A. Bos
andMs
P. Bocelyn
Tracy
University Hospital
Alice Derens Randolph
Reasnor
Town
Helen Aileen
Francis Rae
Charles Holmes
Galesburg
Floyd Holmes
Gales Burg
Delia de Bruyn
Ida Brand
Mudget
Christian Church At
J. McClelland
Rensner Methodist Church
Glen Bryn
Scott Heedson
Albert Kloppenwerf
Clifford Woody
Earl Gearhart
Louis Groves
Hewitt Cemetery
Summit News Items From Prairie City to Des Moines
Local residents across Prairie City Ot tumwa and nearby towns gathered for weekend visits birthdays and social events. Families including Vander Ploeg Van Haaften and Vriezelaar shared time with relatives. students and staff from Monroe High School and local farms discussed Percheron horses while others celebrated birthdays and Mothers Day. Jean Vriezelaar departed for Washington DC to join Civil Service work in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander ‘Stors
Fritz Ross
Prairie City
Tom Foreman
Ottumwa
Edgar Ross
Robinette Ross
Roy Vander Ploeg
Wallace Oi
Lona Vander Kiett
Vrrvaelan
Jon Vos
David. .L. van Dddorp
Artie Hiem
W. A. Pye
Locustdale Farm
Marion Sulleman
Harold
Wayne
Neal Hiemstra
Peter Breed
Anne
Fairmount
Korrine Veiezelaar
Des Moines
Philip Pringle
Newton
Hl. W. Vriezelaar
BO 21d Run 0 Box Swill Call on You
In a brief, cryptic OCR fragment a score or note appears with phrases like run 0 and call on you involving names or terms such as BO and Swill. The readable text is limited and lacks full context for a clear event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallyy Lowe
Fire damages tenant house on H J Johnson farm
Fire damaged the tenant house on the H J Johnson farm occupied by Mr and Mrs Lester Jones. Monroe and Newton fire departments prevented total loss. The column also notes births, visits, and local events including marriages, church attendance, and a Memorial May 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Johnson
Lester Jones
Monroe
Newton
Ray Nearmeyer
Aletha Bell
Anne Vander Kolk
John Gezel
Dorothy
Pella
DeWayne Honnold
Waterloo
Iowa
Dewey Ford
Honnold
Albertha Kersbergen
Maytaxe Park
Fred Hummel
Betty
Robert M.shall
Unionville
Marshall
Me. Marshall
Monroe High School
Central College
Priday
Lee Marshal
Unland Funeral Home
Pl Mudgett
University of Iowa Hospital
Town City
Mr. Mudgett
Hewitt Cemetery
Galesbury
Tharp
Frank Fisher
W. M. Livingstone
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Kenneth Rexroat
Lutheran
R. B. McDonald
Norman
Rock Island
Illinois
Willadeun
Miss Mott
Darlene Ballard
Ruth Ellen Patterson
Marcia Lee Sweeney
Joyce Valentine
Saral_ McCuen
Ruth Stine
Darlene Rush
Wanda Mae Kuldenberg
Shirley Armstrong
Willa. Lou Shoemaker
Crystal
Hello Dingeman
the Ledges State Park
Boone
Ray Molmes
Otley
Marion County
Centennial Circle News social notes and school outing
Mrs Gerrit Van Roekel of Denver visits in Pella guests include John Prenger family and John Van Ingenhoven OsKaloosa callers call on Mrs Vander Beek and baby Patricia Rose Centennial school girls give a fine program with coffee time ice cream cake and cookies Junella Van Maanen teaches the outing to Oskaloosa and back by train to OsKaloosa high spirits and hiking noted in the report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Roekel
Denver
Colorado
Pella
John E Prenger
John van Engelenhoven
Oskaloosa
Charles Vander Beek
Patricia Rose
L. Overbergen
Harry de Bruin
Caroline Ammerman
Central College
Henry van Roekel
Glenn van Heuk
Ant. de Jong
Tony de Jong
Willa Mae de Bruin
Lou van’ Rockel
Leighton
John de Prenger
Centennial
Black Oak
Junella van Maan
Mind Park
Cordova News Local Social Blitz and Minor Incident Recap
Cordova residents including Gerrit Klyn and Everett Veldhuizen visited Bart Kiyo Clyde Karr and families last Sunday. Mrs Lynn Perkey spent Mothers Day with his mother. Boyd Perkey ill with septic sore throat. R M Hurt injured by a cultivator accident. possible nose fracture. Elmer Waardhuizen at Otto Van Piesen. Bill Van Genderen painting home. Case Van Gilet aiding cream truck. Bible class with Martha Kool. Vander Zyl from Monroe mine bought ambers from Clifford Eden. Bryan Karr planted 11.4 acres of sweet corn destined for Pel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit
Klyn
Everett Veldhuizen
Bart Kiyo
Clyde Karr
Weiman
Des
Grandma
Lynn Perkey
Boyd Perkey
R. M. Hurt
Larry Crozier
Elmer Waardhuizen
Otto van Pisen
Bill van Genderen
Case van Gilet
Martha Kool
Vander Zyl
Monroe
Ambersrom
Clifford Eden
Bryan Karr
Free 122 page book on Colon Disorders and Constipation
The McCleary Clinic at HEGOL Elma Blvd Excelsior Springs Mo offers a free postpaid 122 page book on colon disorders piles and constipation with charts diagrams and x ray pictures. Write today a postcard will do to the address given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
Hegol Elma Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Style Leadership in 1941 Frigidaire Ad Shines
The 1941 Frigidaire electric refrigerator displays American design leadership with a striking blue crepe print, dolman sleeves, and decorative buttons. A halo-brim hat and red turban accompany the ensemble, while other outfits feature chartreuse coat dresses and Navy blue toppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Snk
Red Rock Farm Notes and Local Incidents
Red Rock residents report bloom on Clyde Cove farm honey locust trees and a series of family visits. John Ford recovers at home then falls ill again at Roy Shilling home while an aircraft display near Cordova entertained locals. Gerrit Slykhuis visits Ray Karr. Van Memert and Rankin families host Sunday gatherings. A mishap during hitching a friend’s tug caused a head injury. Lightning struck Jo Tom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Kuiken
John Vanden Berg
Clyde Cove
Red Rock
John Ford
Charley Ford
Roy Shilling
Cordova
John van Hemert
Murray van Memert
Gerrit, Slykhuis
Ray Karr
Fred Rankin
Pete van Hornet
Bil
Hill
Feners
Death Notice for Walter Pierson and Ora Gilchrist Kin
Walter Pierson and Ora Gilchrist are named in a death notice. He leaves 14 grandchildren and siblings including Mike Marian Ed Myer Mrs. Jeanette Kingery Harry Allen Herman Maude Rankin and Rosa Dailey plus stepmother Mrs. Pete Van Hemert. The cause of death is undetermined with prior leg injury and paralysis. He plowed on Saturday and visited Cordova Sunday before illness. many relatives from Watk ins Minnesota attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Pierson
Ora Gilchrist
Mike
Marian
Myer
Jeanette Kingery
Harry
Allen
Herman
Maude Rankin
Rosa Dailey
Pete van Hemert
Cordova
Fd Ne Heer
Watkins
Minnesota
Marion
Oklahoma
Travel inquiry to Rock Island Agent for Dykstra
A request seeks complete travel information or a mailing address for C. F. Dykstra via the Rock Island Agent. The note underscores urgent need for directions or correspondence details to reach Dykstra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
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Peoria News
Ity
Gysbert Aulbers
Dow
Harry Ross
Near Percy
W. A. Stewroe
Summit
Presbyterian Church
Lee Marshall
R. Marshall
Gradys
Frank Aalbers
Marilyn
Mrs. Aalbers
Summit News
Monroe News
Centennial Circle News
Feed and Supplies
Shinn Hatchery
East First Street
Pella, Iowa
U.S
Preton House
Viola Karr
Ames Dieleman
Dad
Bart Klyn
Rewben Schnkel
Hutchinson
Kansas
Ancie Klyn
Joe Vande Bone
Des Moines Hospital
Colleen Alley
Robert Poston
Billy Gene Kary
Jean Poston
Hern
Aoson
Rene van Engelhoven
Bling de’ Heer
Tousley
Dunreath
Viany Kingery
Beulah
Blanche
Allen's Se
Federal Discount Corp
M. Naaktgeboren
Mar
Market St. Oskatoosa
Rock Inland
C.F. Dykstra
C. C. Gardner
Locust Street
Mit Island
Pan OS Med Frigidaire PteRon Uy
New Mack Cel
Marenore
Hasexel
Milne
Phillips 66
Florida
Lee
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