Oskaloosa and Pella News Briefs Highlight Local Jobs
Cosmetology graduate Shirley Van Zee works for Ruth Medema in Oskaloosa while births and hospital notes across Mahaska County reflect May 17 18 19 events. Several moves hospitalizations and visits involve Van Sittert Vander Linden Vander Wal De Jong Besko and Welle families with church bulletins noting recoveries and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley van’ Zee
Ottumwa Beauty Academy
Ruth Medema
Ruth
N. Market St
Oskaloosa
J. B. Grandia
Mahaska Hospital
Steve Grandia
Frank Boot
First Reformed Church
Verlan D. van Gorp
First Christian Reformed Church
Jake Vander Wal
Ska
Junior Christensen
Henry Goodyk
Sully
Sever
Two Otley Students Finish Eighth Grade at Otley School
Two Otley youths completed the eighth grade at the Otley school. Hattie Barnes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Barnes, and Myra Jean Verros, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Verros two miles west of Otley. Otley school is a two room school with 48 pupils. The ceremony included a community pot luck dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Barnes
Bert Barnes
Otley
Myra Jean Verros
David Verros
Myra Jean
Pella High School
Take Special Care Of Valuable Papers
Among spring house cleaning, care tips emphasize safeguarding business records and valuable family papers. The piece advises establishing a secure system for organizing and protecting important documents. It highlights practical steps to prevent loss or damage and to maintain accessibility for future reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jon
Towa State College
Miss Listen
Do’s and Don’ts in Parenting Warned by Reader
A mother’s letter criticizes excessive household do s and don ts as negative conditioning. She argues constant orders become background noise, eroding child attention and emotional bonds. suggests quiet guidance and necessary commands are more effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Ren
Prairie City Weekend Visitor Notes
Rol screenings and social visits mark a quiet Prairie City weekend. A. W. Den Adel and Grace Slykhuis hosted guests, while Cora Beaning visited Shenandoah, and Tommy Fisher's wife remained in Iowa City hospital. Evelyn Richardson joined the Phillips reunion in Carlisle as Alla Mae Heyveld visited Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Moorman attended an uncle’s funeral in Chariton, and Mrs. Durham learned she is a grandmother again from Culver City. Clarence Vander Veer shopped in Oskaloosa on Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. den Adel
Grace
Wilma Slykhuis
G. Schuttinga
Gerrit Dykstra
Prairie City
Cora Beaning
Shenandoah
Tommy Fisher
Iowa City
Evelyn
Floyd Richardson
Phillips
Park
Carlisle
Lile Dickerson
Alla Mae Heyveld
Newton
Gilbert Moorman
Chariton
A Miscellaneous Shower for M Fore Engbers Held
Marjean Gosselink hosted a miscellaneous shower in honor of M Fore Engbers who weds next week. Doris Zomeren Glenda Klyn and Eleanor Boot assisted. A lavender yellow and white theme framed menu and decorations. Twenty seven guests attended. Mrs Catherine Dyttmer and Miss Coretta O Donnel of Minneapolis visited Zelma Rysdam for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Arends
Clearwater
Fla
Lo Hemert
Aret
Munsing Company
Iowa
Marjean Gosselink
Catherine Dyttmer
Coretta O'Donnel
Minneapolis
Zelma Rysdam
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Pella
Chronicle Wey
the Chronicle
CTI
Hoksbergen
Jerry Kloostra
Murray Fynaardt
Kenneth Monsma
Marion Vos
John S
Leonard Gosselink
Georgene Ludemann
Janice Engbers
Nellie Blom
Frances van Weel- Nieuwema
Joyce Yn Boothstrow
Johanna van Lune
Wilma Jansen
Henrietta van Soelen
Dona Zimmer
Clara van Gorp
Glennyce den Besten
Elmer E. Hagens
Still Hospital
Des Moines
Julia Ruth
Elmer Hagoens
Jacob Vander Wal
Mabaska Hospital
Lowell Bay Holliday
Viola ‘Holliday
Mercy
Gerrit D. de Jong
Home
Stanley Boertje
Judy Kay
Connie Tukker
Gysbert Janssen
Mahaska
John de Ronde
Lowell
Viola Holliday
Lloyd Vander Streek
Gerrit de Jong
T. van Rossum
John Vander Ploeg
Sarah Nieuwsma
Marion Pol
Nellie Beckering
Williamsburg
Williamsburg High School
Patricia Tanner
Wilsburg
E. S. Tanner
Randolph
Wisconsin
Tilma
Emmet Edwards
Carl Besko
Wilbur D. Vos
James Sparks
Lynnville
Tudor Kempkes
John Ver Meer
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
Men's Apparel Club
Fort Des Moines
Lester Welle
S-Gravenhage
Netherlands
Paris
Brussels
Will van Sittert
Leona Vander Linden
Michigan
Bedford
Stella Rysdam
Zada McCluen
Phoenix
Arizona
E. V. Goad
Galesburg
Ill
Stuart Goad
Chicago
J. A. Veldman
American Reformed Church
Orange City
Louis de Koster
Central College
Northwestern
Henry Klein
Ohio
John A. Vander Wal
John van Wyk
Hull
Ben Vogelaar
Western Theological Seminary
Holland
Kenneth
John van Roekel
Erie
Cornie Vroom
Henry Rook
Albert van Heukelem
A. T. Ver Meer
Wayne Pos
John
John W. Vander Linden
Frank Tromp
Grand Rapids
Martin Pethoven
Trump
Pethoven
Gene Thorngren
Mission, Kans
Wayne Hill
Thorngren
Hill
M. Houtman
Ore
Fepide
Town and Country
Men’s Apparel Club
Hotel Ft. Des Moines
Bob Klein
Eddyville
Besko
Emmett Edwards
Clear Lake
Bill Peters
David Bevan
Carol Visser
Bill van den Berg
Mary Caulk
Gunnison
Colorado
Miss Caulk
Western State Teachers College
Elna Grimjes
Leora Quinn
Quinn
Rolscreen CO. Pelle
Lowa
Otley School
Aston Smith
S. A. Kooyman
Marion and
Mahaska Cortion
Lautenbach
Insurance Agency
911 Broadway
Eeay
Ulrich Motor Co
Biomanta
Alemire
Stewart-Warner Corp
Miss Gwynne DeCoverly
Alamite
Ulrich Meat Market
Mrs
Clarence Vander Veer
White Way Auto Co
Veenstra ‘Appliance
Ner
The
al Reisser
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