Local Notes on Decorating and Town Happenings
John Bosveld is painting the Klyn and De Winter meat market. Miss Jeanette Van Roekel visits her grandparents on Broadway. Wilbur Johnson attends a store managers convention in MoLine. A. B. Van Houweling and others return from Detroit with new cars. A birthday and many social visits fill the week. Vacation Bible school opens in Spring Valley. The Pella church votes over $1,000 for improvements including new carpet. Various residents travel, visit, and celebrate family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bosveld
Klyn
de Winter
Jeanette van Roekel
Louis van Roekel
Near
Otley
Soada
Anne Vriezelaar
Broadway
Wilbur Johnson
J. C. Penney
Moline
W. Vander Hart
Everdena Bruins
Davenport
Morningside
G. Lovering
H. Breuklander
Leona
Sioux County
Amsterdam union Sunday school shines with music
Miss Clara Van Steenwyk organ and Joe Woods violin enliven Amsterdam Union services. The East Amsterdam school reports two weeks left before closing. Des Moines River rose several feet last week but has fallen back to current level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam Union
Clara van Steenwyk
Joe Woods
East Amsterdam
Des Moines
Funeral for Miss Sarah Story Held at Baptist Church
Funeral services for Miss Sarah Margaret Story were held last Friday at 2:00 PM at the Baptist church in Ottumwa with Rev. R. T. Nordlund officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood. Attendees included relatives from Grundy Center Waterloo and Epveesth Town, and many local mourners. Story, born September 4, 1870, in Wypworth Oaknave County, Iowa, died May 22, 1988, in Ottumwa after a long life of community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Sarah Margaret Story
Ottunmwa
R. T. Nordlund
Oakwood
Bird
C. K. Des Marins
Grundy Centers
A. Jd. Story
Lows
Rio Oitemwsa
Sageh Susco
Lay Workers Training Class In China Land
Leona Vander Linden reports from China that a Lay Workers Training Institute opened May 13 after Chinese leaders endorsed the plan. She leads the effort with Broek ema and asks for prayer and guidance, noting the motto I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me and the dispatch of 26 Chinese letters to preachers urging careful delegate selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Vander Linden
China
Second Reformed Church
Christ
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A. B. van Houweling
Leonard Ver Ploeg
James Rooyart
Oren van Niewaal
Mike Langerak
Detroit
Mich
Dodge
Plymouth
Walter de Wit
Oskaloosa
N. de Wit
P. D. Wagaman
Prairie City
R. O. Woods
Colfax
Walter van Doorninck
Monroe
Bart Vander Waal
Peter Vander Waal
Lower Grove
G. S. Steenhoek
Will Ver Meer
Peter Duinink
Pete Bloem
J. Bloem
William de Wit
John Bloem
Govert Hackett
Mrs. Hackett
Bloem
Bill Klyn
Marcy
G. R. van Heukelem
Thresa
Betty Jean
Annabell van Heukelem
St. Luke Hospital
Arleta Hosack
Ottumwa
Viola de Winter
Denver
Estes Park
Knoxville
W. WH. Langerak
Anna Vander Hart
W. van Doorninck
Kate Beard
H. Ss. Keab
Moines
Dick Janz
Bert
Los Angeles
California
Mrs. Janz
Neal Schuring
H.C. Payne
KE. H. Edwards
E. V. Goad
Ontra Cafe
Erma Walker
Lena Carrico
Tesla
Cora Meade
Miss Carrico
Dorothy Breiter
Brighton
Iowa
Esther Jenkins
BK. Enoch
Clara
Bertha Shiskavi
Marie
Ver Heul
Esther Groetvel
Jerrselink
Tied
Relink
Iowaversity Hospital
Pella Japtist Church
T. H. Kaldenberg
Abe Elyn
Killduff
David Ter Louw
Attica
John Hof
Bose
Luzhton
Friegx
Ray N. Joksbergen
Leighton
Dorothy Nell
Mac de Oruter
Pierre
Gertrude Dikens
Pella
Galesburg
Pega Ales
Tistine
Gay Beer Vishges Tee
Lee Stes
A. B. van Houweling Auto CO
Amsterdam
Miss Story
Nebraska
Vander Linden
Rexall
BU Pont
Rane Varsieds
DU Pont
On Trim Jeheri As
Y PT
DUCO
Kuyper
Farmers Union Co-Operative Oil Association
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