Tornado strikes Kansas City area killing thirty two
A first hand summary from Summit News describes a weekend visit to Kansas City Missouri by Mr and Mrs W J Rice and family. The narrative details prayers during a tornado outbreak at Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills causing 32 deaths and over 200 injuries. Martial law and Red Cross aid followed as neighbors opened homes and provided clothing.
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Kansas City
W. J. Rice
Ruskin Trading Center
Missouri River
Wornall Road
Penn Valley Park
Vernon Abraham
Swinney School
Bobby Fisher
Kansas
Janie Marie
Bill
Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills
Red Cross
Gradus Vriezelaar
Kathryn
George Wittmer
Colfax
Orlo de Bruin
Pella
DHIA
Neal Hiemstra
Monroe
Marion Heemstra
John _Vriezelaar
Susan
Veishea
Ames
Bob Pennington
Henry Ver Woert
Martha
Glen
John Brown
Albia
Anne Beyer
Lloyd van Wyk
Elaine Vander Hart
Lynnville-Sully pupils picnic and park outing
The 7th and 8th grade pupils enjoyed a Friday picnic in the Lynnville gymnasium due to rain delaying plans for Old Settlers park. Later the group walked to the park as weather cleared and played games under the guidance of teachers Mrs. McCarger, Mrs. Ann McDowell, and Mrs. Don Renaud.
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Maria Rae Heemstra
Kathy de Vries
David van Dusseldorp
Keith de Vries
Dale van Wyk
Larry
Ed de Vries
Byron
Arthur de Vries
Arla Jane
Glen
Arvin Klein
Laura Gay
Valerie
Galen
Francis van Dusseldorp
Otley
Harry van Wyk
Marion Heemstra
Lana Kay
Kathy
Des Moines
Myron van Wyk
Prairie City High School
Marcene
Maxine van Wyk
Joyce
Gary van Wyk
Alfred van Wyk
Mitchellville
Summit School
Mary Lou van Wyk
Lana Kay de Vries
Glen Ver Woert
Francis van Wyk
Mary Beth Heemstra
Joan van Wyk
Mary Lou
Lynnville-Sully
Lynnville
Old Settlers Park
McCarger
Ann McDowell
Don Renaud
Wm. Stewart
Ray Ver Steeg
Clair Fenner
A. R. Meredith
Nancy Stewart
John van Weelden
Dick van Weelden
Pella
Wm van Zante
Jessica James
Newton
Anne van Weelden
Robert
Diane
Larry van Rees
Shawn
Frank Baarda
John Baarde
Monroe
Harold
Betty Jean Baarda
Tunis de Ruiter
Cecil Gertsma
Laurence Gertsma
Clevland, O
Renee Lynn
Joan
Otley and Oska loosa families share holiday gatherings
A community notices several Mother's Day visits across Keota Otley Pella and Oskaloosa including Sparks Rietveld Breen Ustermarkt and Vander Kolk families. Cynthia Joan born May 14 in Des Moines and various Amvet Auxiliary meetings are recorded along with a Korver and De Leeuw family reunion planned for Memorial Day in Pella with Corena Hardy's California departure.
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Bill Sparks
Near Rose Hill
Alvin Rietveld
Bill Ustermarkt
Sheryl Sneller
Everett de Vries
Albert Ustermarkt
Oskaloosa
Andrew Ustermarkt
Otley
George Ryke
Joe
Peter Ryke
Ottumwa
Hattie Ver Steegh
Tracy Ver Steegh
Centerville
M Hilda Vanden Berg
Louilla
Duane van Haaften
Cynthia Joan
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Henry Rozenberg
Pella
John Wiser
Marilyn
Ruth
Raymond Robus
John
Bruce
Gregory
Charles Vander Kolk
Otley Amvet
Cannisters
van Vliet
Arnold Klein
Pleasantville
Robert van Essen
Amvet
Otley School
Joyce van Gorp
Mabel Vander Veer
Phyllis Vander Veer
Lucille Vander Beek
Cecile Vander Beek
Ethel Wittenburg
Loretta Stierneman
William Verwers
Ed van Toorn
Mag
Junior Klein
Kaldenberg
Korver
de Leeuw
Corena Hardy
California
Leo Douglas Receives 60-Year Mason Pin at Storm Lake
In Storm Lake Leo Douglas is awarded a pin marking sixty years as a Mason reflecting his long service and commitment to the fraternal order. The ceremony highlighted his dedication and lifetime membership within the local lodge.
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Storm Lake
Leo Douglas
Phillips 66
Woman badly burned by fuel oil stove blast near Tama
Mrs. William Novak of near Tama sustained severe burns when she poured fuel oil into a wood stove in a basement causing an explosion. She was hospitalized with about 45 percent burns and her glasses melted from the heat.
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William Novak
Tama
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Summit News
Church of the Nazarine
Edward Aalbers
Peggy
Elizabeth Aalbers
Jake Rozendaal
Jeff Willemsen
John Elmer Willemsen
Warren van Wyk
Lowell
Rene van Englehoven
Lester Steenhock
Paul
van Wyk
Allen Brower and Son
Prairie City
Joe Wil- Temsen
H.W. Vriezelaar
Commission
Farmers National Farm Loan Assn
M. D. Taylor Clark Taylor
Marion County
Henry Vriezelaar
Knoxville
Sally LY
Peoria
Lynnville News
Vina Renaud
Friends Church
Wallace Williams
Earl Macy
Roscoe Sparks
Edward Nelson
Japan
India
Lester Woogie
Henry Elscott
Vern
Warren Lincoln
Norma White
Oak Grove
Lillian Vander Krol
Roberta Beason
Nancy Stanley
Cheryl Brush
Russell Vander Krol
Roberta Benson
Carolyn Sparks
Melvin Guerts
Sherry
Harold Guerts
Lavonne
Kenneth Sparks
Carolyne
Marjorie
Lillian
Warren Stanley
Nancy
Glenn Vander Krol
Dorothy
Judy
Cleo Brush
Cheryl
Dora Swank
Diane van Weelden
Lloyd Sparks
Lloydeana
Roberta
Joyce Benson
Ross Ratcliff
Ollie Clatt
Marshalltown
George McCoy
Holland Theatre
Tyrone Power
Kim Novak
Technicolor
Cineemascopee
Comanma
Rex Thompson
James Whitmore
Wmshepperd
Eddy Pelea
Columbia Picture
Rina
Ford
Ulrich Motor CO
Iowa
Otley News
Leslie Breen
Gary
Leslie
Keota
Winnie Breen
Dave Breen
Gie van Toorn
Parturs
Perroulum Coupany
Grootveld Oil Co
A. D. Vermeer
Oskaloosa St
N. W. Corner Square
Marv Kooyman
Case Goodyk
Pella, Iowa
Gerrit Steenhoek
West End
Renaud and
Vander Krol
Sully
Flite-Fuel
Trop-Artic
Neal DE Jong
Leighton
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