Homefront Happenings and Local Notices in Mahaska County
A roundup of social updates from Mahaska County includes hospital visits and discharges, births and illnesses, and community events. Notables include Marie Lefeber and Cornelia Wilson learning of a Netherlands death by cablegram, several hospital stays, a baby born at Mahaska Hospital, and local social visitors from Oakland and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Wilson
Marie Lefeber
Marie
Netherlands
Mr. Lefeber
Melvin Ver Meer
Mahaska Hospital
Meiron Smardema of
Sully
Mahaska
Lynnville Council Awards Water System Contract
Lynnville council awarded bids totaling 42 691 to build a city water works with work to start within 30 days. Kling and Bishop Co. won the general construction bid at 22 900, Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co. received 12 960 for the 50 000 gallon storage tank, Thorpe Well Co. 1 731 for pumps, Verners Well Co. 1 600 for digging, Cliff Bouma to build the pump house for 3 500, Patera Engineering Inc. as project engineer, financed by water works revenue bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville
New Sharon
Verners Well Co
Sully
Cliff Bouma
Patera Engineering Inc
Des Moines
Water Works
Voices at the Coffee Table Reflect on Growth of Communism
Jan van Pella and Pete van Central discuss war, taxes, and the Cold War over coffee. They frame deeper shifts in values, urging support for Central College and its library as bulwarks of faith, education, and leadership amid rising communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark E. Schakel
Pella
Jasper County Farm Bureau
Mark
Towa State College
Ames
Newton High School
Towa
Voc. Ag
Jan van Pella
Pete van Central
Korea
Pete
Jan
Jr.p
le Sunshi
P.v.c
J.v.p
Pwv.c
Europe
J.v.c
J.P
Dominic
Dan
J.P. da
F.v.c
Kingdom of Christ
Jwv.p
Pyr.c
Russia
Joe Stalin
Red
Church
Jx.p
Central
Kingdom of God
Central States Electric Company
P v C Sees You Tomorrow Gbye Exchange
A brief, fragmentary note records a casual farewell between two individuals identified as P v C and J P Ja. The lines indicate plans to meet tomorrow with informal goodbyes and a generic Pete appears in the exchange. No official context or event details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Crating
Iowa
Iowa Power and Light Company
Des Moines
First Iowa Creamery Began at Spring Branch in 1872
The first Iowa creamery started at Spring Branch in 1872 and by 1876 Iowa butter earned first prize at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Spring Branch
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Accals
the Chronicle
Gerrit van Heukelem
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Thurday
Sw Ke de Witt
Leighton
George Crompton
Rock Island
Miinais
Mrs. I. Grandad
Marty
Mick Blecha
Janes Evers
Davenport
C. Evers
Raymond van Steenis
Monty Ray de Jong
Tainter
John Brummel
Otley
W. D. Hal
Dorothy
Marion Vanden Dever
Michael Cherkala
Bruce
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Monmouth
Mlinois
Mara
Monmouth College
Carleton College
James Arthur
John Breuklander
Washington Street
Open Bible Church
Darel Menseh
Keota
Katona
Kenta
West Ch
West Chester
Jacob Prins
D.D
The
Reformed Church In America
Central Reformed Church of
Henrietta Nibbelink
K. R. van Zee
B. van Gilst
Clara Gosselink
Wm. J. Klein
J.brommel
Lynnville Council
Friends and Voters
Marion County
Sarah E. Hollingsworth
Democratic
Voice of
J Pwv.c
Jwo.p
Gabardine
Gabanaro
Town & Country Shop
Life Insurance
Ence
Warner van de Voort
Main St
Equitable Life of
G'bye
J.P. Ja
T'Morrow
G’bye
Beardsley
WM. S
Bill) Beardsley
Republican State Central Committee
Chise
Citizens Committee
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