Nearby Town News and Rural Community Notes
Pvt Gerrit Kuiken spent the weekend with his parents in Pella and joined dinner at the BH Meinders home. The Kuiken family and relatives visited, with transfers from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Flooding from heavy rains forced basements to be emptied and livestock moved to higher ground. Local school Halloween activities included a wiener roast and games despite rain. Community visits covered Otley Pleasantville and Silver Grove district activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Kuiken
C J. Kuiken
Uiken Naily
BH. Meinders
Pella
Jacob Kuiken
Leonard Schippers
Gerrit
Wolters
Texas
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Clarence Vansen
Ben Klein
John Vanden Bere
Gerrit Klein
Otley
J. We van Gorp
Rolland Knopf
Dirk Weyers
Dorothy Kuiken
Gysbert Aalbers
Silver Grove
Liberty School
Trene van Haaften
Johnnie Klein
Monroe
John Vanden Berg
Van Hemerts Visit and Hospital News in Cordova
Cordova residents Mr and Mrs John Van Hemert and daughter Evalena spent Sunday afternoon with son Murray and family in Cordova. John Kamerick formerly Ustermarkt was taken to Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa for surgery on a large tumor last Monday. Murray Van Hemert and daughter Twila along with Mrs Calvin Bricker and Mrs Howard McDaniel drove to Oskaloosa to visit. She showed improvement Friday but remains in the hospital for some time. Charley Vander Kolk of Otley is on a vacation. Rohus cares for the depot while Wandered grumbles. The piece notes shuckers and European imagining, plus Bryan Karr with two one-row corn pickers this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Hemert
Evalena
Murray
John Kamerick
Ustermarkt
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Murray van Hemert
Twila
Calvin Bricker
Howard McDaniel
Charley Vander Kolk
Otley
Rohus
Ike
Europe
Bryan Karr
Local farm notes relay corn and cattle activity in Otley area
Dave Baumgardner ordered one corn hound from Kentucky and it arrived Thursday. Arie Waardhuizen's work on a new corn crib at Bob Kaldenberg's faces rain delays. Avery Terry gathers corn for Pete Slykhuis, who lost a cow last week possibly due to lightning. Many residents update on farms, building, and community events amid road delays and changing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Baumgardner
Kentucky
Arie Waardhuizen
Bob Kaldenberg
Avery Terry
Pete Slykhuis
Pete
Pete Terry
Pleasantville
Garag
Howard Crozier
Bohaldenberg
Howard
Murray van Hemert
Rex Woody
EB. Cochrane
Monroe
Clifford Simpson
Bert Stevenson
Ernest Simpson
Ivan Ross
Des Moines
Calvin Bricker
Knxoville
Ethel Bricker McDaniel
McDaniel
Fred Long
Roy Karr
Maye Waardhuizen
Melvin Valentine
Ray Clarke
Mesdames Eden
Boyd
Core
Crozier
Alley
Mary Slykhuis
Leland Crozier
Ast Haning
Junior
Elmer Waardhuizen
Lloyd Karr
Harry Stevenson
Township Farm Bureau
Vanden Buard
Otley
Pete van Ghent
Verwers
van Ghent
Bill Verwers
Fifield
Wayne Vanden Berg
Red Rock
Cordova
Ios Waites
Clifford Eden
Otto Wynsteker
Henry Kole
Mra. Wynsteker
Tunis ‘van Dyke
Dick Brower
Don Vriezelaar
California
Pella Town Notes Mix Mailbox Tales and Tulips
A hometown column blends rumors and humor from Pella. Stories recount a gun incident involving a local man named Roger Thompson, garden gossip about Kenneth Bean and tulip planting, birthday jokes about Bernie Vander Linden, and community notes on smoking room chats, Halloween misadventures, Christmas shopping, and local social events at the Monroes and bridge clubs.
Weekend Visits and Ankle Injury At Local Homes
Miss Elizabeth Pye visited Swan City with her parents Supt and Mrs W A Pye. Freda Ballard stayed with Ruth and Lois Den Otter and with Harold Caster and Ronnie of Des Moines. Ruth and Mela Foreman hosted Clyde Foreman family. Martin Van Essen and wife visited Pella. Jim Van Hemert and wife from Des Moines stayed with M P Van Hemert family. Robert Jarnagin and Linda Kay from Ottumwa spent days with Jee Worth family. Sunday dinner guests included Arlo Worth Clair Livingstone Billy and Linda Kay. Mrs Jack Andeweg fell Monday injuring her right ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Pye
Swan City
Iowa
W. A. Pye
Freda Ballard
Ruth
Lois den Otter
Harold Caster
Ronnie
Des Moines
Mela Foreman
Clyde Foreman
Martin van Essen
Matthew Hoksbergen
Pella
Jim van Hemert
M. P. van Hemert
Robert Jarnagin
Linda Kay
Ottumwood
Jee Worth
George Worth
Arlo Worth
Clair Livingstone
Billy
Ottumwa
Jack Andeweg
Monroe Families and Obituaries Highlight Local News
The notice details birth of a son to Mr and Mrs William Kool with mother maiden name Alice Kersbergen. It reports the funeral of Clinton Gildersleeve, 67, in Newton with burial at Monroe Cemetery, and obituaries for W L Wallace 79 with Monroe ties. It also mentions the Des Moines wedding of Miss Alice Hamilton and Malcolm McKenzie and local visits by Lois and Nadine Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kool
Alice Kersbergen
Morgan Funeral Home
Newton
Clinton Gildersleeve
Ora Gildersleeve
Gladys Berkenholtz
Monroe
E. L. Patterson
Methodist Church
W. W. Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Oxford
Japer Co
John McKenzie
Cornice Tuyen
Douglas
David Hoagland
Marion McKenzie
Town City
Alice Hamilton
Des Moines
Malcolm McKenzie
First Methodist Church
Malcolm
Flyin
Lois
Nadine Reed
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fifield News
GG. Klyn
Lubertha
Arnold Klyn
John Vanden Baard
Bert van Zee
Harriet
Meo
Mia Hie Willemsen
Jim van Weelden
Wm. Zegers
Jim Vander Loest
Lasschuit’s Grocery
National Defense
Union Pacific
Chicago
Omaha
Central Park Cafe
TVR
CLL
Tom de Moss Sr
Tommy” de Moss
John Buwalda
Angie Klyn
Bart Klyn
Hazel Smith
Garden Grove
Ol' Man Winter
Mr. WiSe
Quaker State Se Polarine
Standind
MR Wise
Standard
Pianci
Louis DE Vries
Franklin and
East Third
Roger Thompson
Closter
New
Jers
Happy
Tap
Keneth Bean
Kenneth
Bernie Vander Linden
Bernie
Berni
C. U
Our
Jimmy Lankelma
George Ver
Marion
Maurice Valentine
Charles Schaffer
Dick Hunt
Donald Cash
Jimmie Jones
Larry Duncan
Dwight Young
Gerald Kaldenberg
Jerry Matthews
Brad Holm
Dwain Bowans
Billy’ Armstron
Marion Vander Waal
Bryce Hendershot
Arthur Long
Mesdames D Vaught
Ted Revtz
Ralph Rimuth
Clarence Yowell
Longe
Hendershot
Mrs. Long
Sergeant Bluff
Mr. Long
C. C. Ammer
Philip
Betty Lou
Horace Cash
Donald
Madeline Vriezelaar
Carl Crane
Mary Curtis
Roger
C. O. Ammer
Delphian
Betty Lou Ammer
Alice Low ‘Thomassen
Pauline de Leeuw
Lois Reed
Pauline
Donna Montgomery
Freda
Darlene Ballard
Madeline Vriezelain
Delores McConneghey
Mary Stanbury
JQVID
Carter
Sadler Publishing Company
Dodge
Berr
Franklin St
Pella, Iowa
Cle Pelgevty
Monroe News
George W. Waleonroe
Lula Mae Woody
Alice Kane
Lovesich
RAAD
Central States Electric Company
Awtry & Lankelma
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