Lynville-Sully FFA Elects Officers At Regular Meeting
The Lynville-Sully FFA chapter elected officers at the recent meeting with 34 members present. A popcorn committee of Larry Renaud, Kenneth Hachet, and Dick Van Wyk will rent land for future popcorn sales. A Knoxville highway patrolman spoke on safe driving and left ideas with members. Carroll De Zwarte earned a belt and buckle for top grade improvement. Prospective members for fall invited to summer meetings. The star farmer of the year will be chosen from the Iowa farmer applications. Miss Shirley Postma of Pella Christian Grade School received a scholarship from the National Union of Christian Schools and will study at Calvin College this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville-Sully
Larry Renaud
Kenneth Hachet
Dick van Wyk
Knoxville
Carroll de Zwarte
Towa
Shirley Postma
Pella
National Union of Christian Schools
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Postma
Calvin College
Moonlight Mission Band to Meet at Vanden Oever Home
Members of the Moonlight Mission Band will gather Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Miss Henrietta Vanden Oever's home. Miss Dorothy Gosselink, engaged to Wendel Zylstra for May 23, received a miscellaneous bridal shower Tuesday at O. I. Wisgerhof's home in Sulll. Hostesses were Judy Renaud, Lynda Vander Kamp, and Carlene Wisgerhof. games followed by gift printing and refreshments. Senior girls from Lynnville-Sully high school attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moonlight Mission Band
Henrietta Vanden Oever
Dorothy Gosselink
Wendel Zylstra
O. I. Wisgerhof
Sul I
Judy Renaud
Lynda Vander Kamp
Carlene Wisgerhof
Lynnville-Sully High School
Missex Devonna Vande Krol
Wanda van Norden
Janice Kruseman
Carolyn Vander Pol
Marilyn ‘Renaud
Jean Terpstra
Karen Hackett
Linda Harris
Lucille Rozendaal
Marilyn van Zante
Carolyn ‘Northcutt
Alma Dunnick
Louise Brown
Community guest day and wedding listed in church notes
The League for Service Society met May 14 at the First Reformed Church basement for Guest Day with devotions on The Christian Mother as a Home Maker and a Mother's Day meditation. Brides Anita Locker and Donald Jones wed at the Church of the Open Bible, with reception at the Jones home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League For Service Society
First Reformed Church
McKee, Grayhawk
Anvil
Jackson County
Leonard van Genderen
C. Stoppels
Dolly Rozendaal
Don de Jong
Mesdames Leonard van Genderen
Dick Ver Ploeg
Susie Buitenwerf
Gerrit van Genderen
L. W. de Penning
Fred de Jong
Tunis Hartgers
Maggie Elscott
Henry van Roekel
Stoffel Muyser
Everett Kruseman
Gerrit de Hoedt
John de Kruyff
Henry van Wyk
John Beyer
Pete van Gent
Anita Locker
Kenneth Locker
Bussey
Town
Donald Jones
James Jones
East 2Nd Street
Church of the Open Bible
Wilma Locker
Lavern Visser
Dorothy
Janice Locker
Margaret Rumbaugh
Richard Jones
Local Christian Women Groups Hold Meetings Across May
The Methodist Circle met May 7 at Mrs Myrtle Van Dyk home with hymns devotions on Mothers of the Bible and a social hour. Card gifts and a $26 sympathy gift went to Mrs Marvin Kooyman. B W W Society met May 1 at Mrs Clarence Van Gorp home with thirteen members and plans for June. John Sybenga of Sybenga Studio won top state awards for portraits and wedding print in Iowa Professional Photographers contest. Black Oak and Scott Strivers met at Leighton Hall with 15 members and plans for 4 H Camp. Chapter B0 P E O set for May 28 at Miss Cornelia Rhynsburger 514 Broadway. Baptist Ladies Aid to meet in Church Parlor at 2 30 with hostesses Mrs Kate Thomas Mrs Edith Gezel and Miss Emma Gilchrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle van Dyk
Cornelia Kooyman
Pres
Alice Hoeksema
Marvin Kooyman
God
Agnes Weyers
Clarence van Gorp
B.W.W. Society
Raymond Provost
Korea
Pella
John Sybenga
Sybenga
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Abe Nunnihoven
Pella Route 8
Nella de Jong
G. A. Elliot
Trinity Ref
Sybenga Studio
Black Oak and
Scott Strivers
Leighton Hall
Kenneth de Bruin
Donald van Roekel
Ben David Peterson
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Broadway
Baptist Ladies Aid
Kate Thomas
Edith Gezel
Emma Gilchrist
Rally Day Honors Marion County 4-H Officers
About 200 4-H girls mothers and leaders gathered at Knoxville’s Junior High for Rally Day. Sandra Core was elected president for 1958 59 with Dorothy Miller vice president Judy McCombs secretary treasurer and Connie Bumgardner historian. Barbara Clawson spoke on her Japan trip and the International Farm Youth Exchange. Winners in the Better Groomed Contest were Janet West Roseann Worthington and Phyllis Walraven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Core
Pat Dykstra
Marion County 4-H
Knoxville
Club Caucaus
Dorothy Miller
Judy McCombs
Connie Bumgardner
Rosalie Jordan
Kathy Hollingshead
Carolyn Cline
Barbara Clawson
Internation Farm
Japan
Miss Clawson
Iowa 4-H Club Foundation
Federal Extension Service
United State Department of Agriculture
Janet West
Roseann Worthington
Phyllis Walraven
Janet Clark
Jenny Hanna
Joye Jolly
Sandra Corey
Joint 4-H Meeting Focused on Lighting Safety
The County Line Lake Prairie and DUR-BEST 4-H clubs plus parents held a joint electrical meeting at Otley School House on March 24, 1958. Dale Achling showed a lighting film and Iowa Power and Light and Pella REA demonstrated proper lighting use. The event educated attendees. The County Line 4-H Club met April 28 at Jimmy Blom Dyann Ver Dught's home where a clothes care demonstration and a discussion on hazards were presented. Lunch was served by Betty Blom and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Rustlers 4
Peoria Township
George Vande Voort
Larry and
Jim Engber
Keith Nollen
Alvin and
Morse Roose
Alvin Lee Roose
Larry Engbers
Larry
Jimmie Engbers
County Line
Lake Prairie
Otley School
Dale Achling
County Extension
Iowa Power and Light Company
Pella Rea
County Line 4-H Club
Jimmy
Betty Blom Dyann Ver Dught
Betty Blom
Marion County Savings Bonds Sales Keep Climbing
Marion County continued to rise in savings bond sales through April, reaching 61 percent of its annual goal with $754,833 in four months. Iowa totals climbed to $13,188,088 for April, up over $2.0 million from 1957, with a four month sum of $61,421,551. Other counties report Mahaska at $415,622 and 36 percent, Jasper at $883,478 and 48 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
United States Savings
Iowa
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
F. L. Job
Knoxville
Volunteer
Mahaska County
Jasper County
Injured in Sheller Incident Near Eddyville
Mary Gray of Eddyville was injured while helping her brother shell corn when her clothing became caught in a power take-off leading to an accident that was reported recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gray
Eddyville
Marion County Superintendents Confer On Basketball Schedules
Marion County Superintendents Club met in March and April to discuss questions about the school basketball season. They debated whether there are too many games, unequal competition, potential harm to pupils, a trend to de-emphasize athletics, restricting games to Friday and Saturday, and financial problems in athletic departments. Schedules may soon change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Pella Teachers Picnic At Pool Park
The Pella Teachers Club held its annual spring picnic at the Swimming Pool Park on Tuesday May 13 in the evening. Seventy two people attended and enjoyed charcoal hamburgers potato salad cole slaw pickles soft drinks and ice cream before spending the rest of the evening playing baseball with children giving parents a workout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Teachers Club
Worth Darnell Appointed to State Committee
Worth Darnell of Knoxville, Marion County Farm Bureau president, was named to the State Resolutions Committee for 1958 by Town Farm Bureau President Howard Hill. The group meets at the Des Moines Mmer Conference June 3 and 4 to review county resolutions shaping 1959 Farm Bureau policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Memorial Bridge Second Span Start Planned This Year
Construction work on the second span of the Town-l Illinois Memorial Bridge across the Mississippi between Bettendorf and Moline is scheduled to begin this year. The second span will cost about 6,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Bettendorf
Moline
Also Mentioned on This Page
FFA Chapter
FFA
Lynn In Sully
Harlan Struik
Philip Pothoven
Robert Pothoven
Jerry van Hal
Ronald van Manen
Sentinel
Norman de Jong
Norman van Manen
Richard Schnell
SULLY
Church League For Service
Locker—Jones
American Legion Auxiliary
Third Reformed Church
Jo Smorenburg
Nellie Tucker
Helen Douwstra
Gladys Rinehart
Lorna Schakel
Minnie van Dyke
Judy Grandin
Judy
Joe Smorenburg
Nellie Vander Wilt
Ethel Ver Meer
Carrie Ries
Millie Schakel
Smith—Steenhoek
John Smith
Maple Lake
Minn
Winnie Steenhoek
Edward Smith
Henry Smith
Connie Kooiman
Everett G. Ward
Bobby
Sharon
E. Goad
Oskaloosa Association
First Baptist Church
Paul Smith
Town Baptist Convention
L. K. Eckols
Evangelism
Fred Diederrich
Susan
Richland Rustlers
Pella National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoria
M. E. Circle
Bethany
Black Oak
Marion County Savings
Nick
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