Monroe County social notes and local events 1964
Nell Bender visits in Pella and travels to Grand Rapids. Des Moines visitors celebrate Mother’s Day with the Bricker and Karr families. Injuries in a Prairie City truck collision with a tractor. graves found near Vermeer farm and relocation plans to Price cemetery. Many local signs and garden notes, showers, births, and community travel updates with names like Ballard, Balmer, Van Hemert, Verner, and Dykstra.
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Cordova
Nell Bender
Kate Muilenberg - van Hemert
Pella
Kate
Nell
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Marie Muilenberg
Spahn
Chester Bricker
Des Moines
Otley
Marjorie
Purl
Monroe Baptist Church
Brickers
Clyde Karr
David Kuyper
Baptist Church
Dea Kennedy
Prairie City
Dea
Burrough
Berlin Ballard
Oklahoma
Ballard
Ralph Westcott
Rock Island
Vermeers Farm
Iifield
Jess Dee Road
Mabels Yard
Iowa
Delores Timmerman
Tracy
Arthur Waardhuizen
Kansas
Durham
Burt
Rose Williams
Glendale
Calif
New Orleans
Chicago
How to Fall Safely Proper training for kids and parents
An article from National Safety Council explains that most injuries come from how a person lands after a fall. It urges teaching children to relax and roll, using steps for forward sideways and backward falls to reduce force and injuries, with tips on arm position, head protection, and rolling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Marion County
Wedding Shower for Judy Van Hulzen Held in Newton
A miscellaneous shower honoring Judy Van Hulzen who will marry Dean Vos in June was hosted by Mrs. Wilbur Ramner. Guests wrote recipes for the bride to be, admired gifts, and enjoyed a blue and white decor table with an umbrella. A lunch was served by Mrs. Wm Hendricks and Annie Marks. Nearby residents Judy Elaine Van Hulzen Betty Van der Velden Blanche Van der Putte Helen Steenhoek Janice Patricia Van Wyk Cora Ramer Sybil Schnug Doris Hendricks Leona Horman and Denise attended. A group from here later planned a North fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Ramner
Judy van Hulzen
Dean Vos
Judy
Wm Hendricks
Annie Marks
Marjorie Ramer
Elaine van Hulzen
Betty van der Velden
Blanche van der Putte
Helen Steenhoek
Janice
Patricia van Wyk
Cora Ramer
Sybil Schnug
Doris Hendricks
Leona Horman
Denise
North
Death notices and family visits reach Iowa City and Chariton
Mrs. Fern Franks of Chicago died of a heart attack. Funeral Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zickel visited son Chester in Iowa City hospital. Alvin Van Wyk and Wallace Van Wyk families visited relatives in Iowa City. Birthday dinner honors Kyle Hendrick, age six, at Bryce Hendricks home in Chariton. Beverly Rawlis takes a spring vacation from Vernon factory Newton to help her mother.
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Minnesota
Freeman Hendricks
Fern Franks
Chicago
Harry Zickel
Iowa City
Chester
Alvin van Wyk
Wallace van Wyk
Shyrel van Wyk
Wm. Hendricks
Royce Hendrick
Bryce Hendricks
Klye
Chariton
Beverly Rawlis
Vernon Factory
Newton
Woody Woodys Visit Des Moines for Alumni Banquet and wedding
Summit notes report Mr and Mrs Wm C Woody Russell and Claire traveling from Phoenix to Des Moines arriving May 23. They will visit Hoyt Woody Reasner and H W Vriezelaar homes and attend the Monroe High School Alumni banquet May 29 celebrating Mrs Woodys 1954 class 10th anniversary. Coralee Woody to be soloist and matron of honor at Coralee Vriezelaar wedding June 6 where Mary Vriezelaar wed. Locust plagues threaten one eighth of world population periodically.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Wm. C. Woody Russell
Claire
Des Moines
Hoyt Woody Reasner
H. W. Vriezelaar
Woody
New Jersey
Goodyear
Monroe High School
Woodys
Vriezelaar-Schendel
Monroe
Coralee Woody
Mary Vriezelaar
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Price
Benjamin Talbot
Roy
Taylor Street
Washington and
Taylor
Columbia
Donald Balmer
Donald
Karr
Vivian
Vivian’s Mother, Mrs. Balmer. Dorothy de Moss
Billie” de Moss
Washington D.C
Geneveive
Merlin Glade
Grimes Hospital
Darwin Lea
David
Dorothy Kuiken
Marie Langstraat
Katherine Johnson
Harvey J. Helgeland
Melba van Memert
van Hemert
Don Thompson
Michele
Karl
Koki
Russell Simons
Jeanette Schippers
Lutheran’s Hospital
Garden Chapel
Mrs. Leonard Verner
East 14Th St
Harold E. Hughes
Ida Grove
Ida County
Congress
Bert Bandstra
Mariona County
Robert D. Fulton
Waterloo
Blackhawk Co
Secretary OF State
Gary L. Cameron
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Lorne R. Worthington
Lamont
Decatur County
Paul Franzenburg
Conrad
Grundy County
Secretary OF Agriculture
Kenneth E. Owen
Yangoe
Stanley M. Herberlin
Fof
Pleasantville
Marion Co
G. .H." Fankhauser
Knoxville
Ralph A. DE Cook
Jack B. Carpenter
Knoxville, Marion County
Justice OF the Peace
Loren Jarman
Polk Longo
Preg Hige
Centerville
Appanooge Co
Lawrense
F. Scalise
Carlisle
Warren County
Don Wilson
Polk County
Arthur van Waardhuizen
Victor Whitlatch
Board OF Supervisors
Paul Bandstra
John DE Ronde
Cornie Vandenberg
Su Og
Wetston
Soe
Pao
Ellis
Marion
Board of
Chrysler — Fedders
Don’s Radio & TV
Galesburg
Wilbur Sparks
Frank Davis
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