College Band Entertained At Director's Home
Central College band members were entertained at Mr and Mrs Groeters home at 308 Broadway on Saturday. Officers for the year were elected: President Bob Kolk, Vice president Mary Ver Hoef, Librarian Marvin Vanden Berg, Treasurer Carolyn De Jong. Band to wear uniforms in homecoming parade. 29 in uniform, 10 in sport clothes. The band has been playing at football games this fall and faces a uniforms shortage.
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Laurence Grooter
Central College Band
Broadway
Bob Kolk
Fulton
Ilinois
Mary Ver Hoef
Sioux Center
Iowa
Marvin Vanden Berg
Otley
Iowa Lee
Treas
Carolyn de Jong
Annville
Kentucky
Groeters
Vander Schaaf and Hoksbergen wed at church ceremony
Shirley Vander Schaaf daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Vander Schaaf married Alvin Hoksbergen son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Hoksbergen in a candlelight wedding at the Second Christian Reformed Church. The 8 p.m. September 28 1950 double ring ceremony was officiated by Rev H Vander Kam as the bridal party processed down a white carpeted, small decorated aisle.
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Celia van Zee
Antonie van Zee
Oskaloosa
John Martin de Vries
Andrew de Vries
Mitchellville
Ebenezer Reformed Church of
Leighton
H. Vander Klay
Leighton Christian Reformed Church
Patsy van Zee
Paul de Vries
Arthur de Raad
Shirley Menninga
Leona Mae de Raad
Helen van Zee
Margery de Vries
Lester de Vries
Raymond van Zee
Second Christian Reformed Church
Shirley Vander Schaaf
Fred Vander Schaaf
Alvin Hoksbergen
Isaac Hoksbergen
Rev
H. Vander Kam
Elegant church wedding ends with Niagara Falls trip
Chrysanthemums adorn church pews as Ella Vander Schaaf and Carl Vander Schaaf wed before palms and candles. The bride’s satin dress and rhinestone accessories drew attention while attendants in pale blue and blue business suits witnessed the ceremony. A 140 guest reception followed at the First Christian Reformed church parlors with a two course lunch. The couple departed for Niagara Falls after the celebration. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Ruth Gabrielse and Dale Gosselink are engaged. Ruth, a Calvin College alumna, hails from Sheboygan and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gabrielse.
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Ella Vander Schaaf
Carl Vander Schaaf
Bertha
Stephan Nelson Pleima
Merle Vander Schaaf
Dorothy Hoksbergen
Niagara Falls
Steve Gabrielse
North Twenty-fourth Street
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Ruth
Dale Gosselink
Dick Gosselink
Pella
Iowa
Central High School
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Mich
Autumn Bride and Groom Tie Teaching to Oostburg School
Autumn Bride and Groom now teach at Oostburg Christian school in Oostburg Wisconsin. Mr Gosselink holds a diploma from Pella Christian high school and studied two years at Calvin college. He works with his father in a carpentry business and is linked to the Southern Army from Corinth Mississippi. A Southern picket captured a Union soldier wearing a Knox Hat, whose fine headwear demoralized the Southerners and triggered a retreat south.
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Oostburg Christian School
Oostburg
Wisconsin
Gosselink
Pella Christian High School
Calvin College
Corinth
Miss
Knox Hat Advertising During Civil War Retrenchment Claim
The passage notes Knox hats shown resourceful in Civil War era ads. It mentions a Knox hat as a factor in a retreat, reflecting period promotional versements asserting hat influence on battlefield outcomes.
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Knox
Birthday memories mark October at the Home for the Age
The Home for the Age marked October birthdays including C N Weeda who turned 77. Families visited and celebrated with Weeda, Lubberden, Van Gorp, Kruseman, and Den Hartog relatives, sharing calls and visits with residents and staff across Otley and Des Moines corridors.
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C. N. Weeda
Dick Weeda
Emma Weeda
Alta Marie Boeyink
Tingley
Peter Lubberden
B.C. Kruseman
M. van’ Gorp
van Gorp
John Val
Good Book Buys For Boys and Girls
Town's boys and girls have a lot of good reading coming their way from a list suggested by Marjorie Clark at Lown State College. Each year Miss Clark prepares a new reading list, selecting books new to libraries and shops, known as the Boys and Girls Reading Club List.
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Marjorie Clark
Libi N
Lown
State College
Miss Clark
Boys and Girls
Maxie
Clu
Reading hooks for children and families offered
Miss Clark outlines updated reading hooks available to parents and youths through the County Extension Home Economist or Director or directly from the Iowa State College Bulletin Office. The list features bright color pictures and engaging titles for ages 4 11, plus many options for older youths, teens, and family reads.
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Clark
County Extension Home
Bulletin
Lowa State College
Hank
Kitten
Reading List Recall Helps Her Organize Shelf
A woman notes that having a reading list on hand proves useful for organizing her shelf. She mentions a neatly kept list as a handy reference when selecting books to read next.
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Gladys Crum
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Hoksbergen
Charlotte
Autumn
Kelly Studio
First Christian Reformed Church
Jim van Hemert
Holland
DE Jong Seed CO
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Auk Us
Daffodils
Crocus
Home For the Age
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Pete Vander Wal
Ilbert
Mr. Rutley
Pete Pol
John Langstraat
L. Tangstraa
Ep den Hartog
Sam den Hartog
John den Hartog
C. den Hartog
Warren van Wyk
Mrs
van Wyk
Frank Heslinga
Oska- Joosa
G. Helinga
AL van Houkelom
Martin van Essen
Prairie City
Cole van Gorp
James
Der
Service
Paul
You
Mrs. Taxpayer
Marion County
Knoxville
Marion County Mutual Insurance Association
Beulah E. Hayes
Marion County Recorder
Henry J. Rhynsburger
State University of
U. S. Navy
U. S
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Central States Electric Co. In
Gion Hall
Central States Electric Co
Newton
Des Moines Tribune
the Tribune
Peoples Natural Gas Co
Omaha
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Omaha Company
Oskaloosa Herald
Peoples Natural Gas Co. of
Knoxville Expressse
Central States Electric Company
Central States Hleetrie Company
Knosville
Des Moines ‘Tribune
Tribune
Lowa
Shenandoah, Inc
Iowa Power and Light ‘Co
Central States
Central States Electric
Citizen's Committee
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