Nearby Town News Shares Town Events And Notices
News from nearby towns and rural communities recounts local misfortunes and milestones. A tiling worker lost a finger at work, a Pleasantville man died at 79 with funeral held, and a baby born to Randolph and wife Katherine Louise at Collins Memorial Hospital Knoxville. Many residents are ill or recovering, others share travel notes and home updates. Community events include school gatherings, social bowls, and the Rural Family Living program with talks on electrical appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Karr
Jack Simpson
Will Clark
Pleasantville
Joe Templeton
Bruce Clements
Leland Clement
Des Moines
Rheumatism and Arthritis Relief Testimonial
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington praises freedom from pain after using NUE-OVO Laboratories products. She states she can work again and offers to answer inquiries for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Pautz
Box
Vancouver
Wash
Otley Church Homecoming and Local Social Notices
Otley Christian Reformed Church hosts a Thursday 7 30 p m homecoming program with Rev F W Van Houten from Oskaloosa and a society program followed by lunch. Otley Amvets Unit 201 attended the 5th District Convention at Indianola with Kathryn Vriezelaar and Mrs John Vanden Baard among delegates. several visitors listed. Ladies Aid held a guest meeting for 40 attendees with hostess duties noted and a fine program. Local sales and cattle movements tied to area families including Ustermarkt and Booy entries. purchases by Gardner Ruby and Henry Kool noted. Multiple family visits and travels reported among Uitermarkt, Robus, Miller, Vriezelaar, Beintema, and Van Hemert families. The Otley lunch room moved into town and opened election day. Connie Carnahan staying with grandparents as Monroe school bus serves her route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Vander Kolk
Otley
John Vanden Baard
Gradys Klein
Mriam Vriezelaar
Charles Vander Kolk
Ladies Aid
Christian Reformed Church of
John Ryken
George Ryken
The
Aid
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Raymond Robus
John Clyde
R. V. Hawk
Des Moines
William Vriezel
Parl van Hemert
Pennsylvania
Barbara Horton
Con Bille
Connie Carnahan
Max Carnahan
Monroe
Korrine
Vriezelain
Washington D.C
Willard Klein
Siedrith Menninga
Bert Menninga
Christian Reformed Church
Dick de Jong
Marion Ustermarkt
F. van Houten
Van
Pella
Alp
Freeman
Adel
D. B. Rasmussen
State Hill
Indianola
Weines
Merritt van Rockel
Teache
Movinn
Henry Kool
Wayne Klein
Sth
Summit School
Marion
Eme
Kathryn Hiemstra
White Breast
Polk
LPT
Victory Strivers
C.S.C
Summit Strivers
Martha Karr
Bernard van Wyk
Stirnemann
Peter Breed
Arie
John Breed
Mareene
Arthur Vriezelaar
I. W. Vriezelaar
Kathryn de Kenning
Marion Co. Women's Project
Knoxville
Arthur Vrieze- Jaar
Essex
England
Herman Maddy
County Library
Farm Bureau
Sully People Attend Funerals and Share News
Mrs Edna Shutts and Mrs Delmar Vander Pol attended the funeral of their aunt Mrs S C Youngkin in Lynnville with graveside rites at Woodland Cemetery. Jessie Wyngarden's funeral was at First Reformed with burial in Sully cemetery. Community notes record births, visits, showers, and local visits from Stuart Stuart and Killduff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arletta Terlouw
Edna Shutts
Delmar Vander Pol
Des Moines
S. C. Youngkin
Woodland Cemetery
Lynnville
Rey
Edd Thompson
I Youngkin
Sadie Smith
Newton
Shutts
Kate
Etta Elscott
Etta Elscott Visted
Neal Vander Wilt
Leland Eldridge
Clinton
Iowa
John Vander Weerdt
Grinnell
Jessie Wyngarden
First Reformed Church
Deniston and Partridge
Killduff
A. B. Berry
Bert Renaud
Ben van Kampen
Gerald Lamphier
Carmen
H. C. Renaud
Harley Renaud
Francis Shutts
Sam Munson
Marcia
Mary Ann
Monroe
Reuben van Hemert
Kenneth Shutts
Mabel O'Brien
Alice Shutts
Erma O'Brien
Melvin Shu
Joe Baarda
Bobby
M Guy van Pol
Minnie Veldhuizen
Harthoorn
Hital
Harry Vande Krol
Cheryle Fern Ratcliff
Arnold Ratcliff
Spears Sanitarium
Denver
Colorado
Bruce
Blair
M Everett Vander Pol
Rayford Ratcliff
First Reformed
Bert Shutts
Loren Eldridge
Stuart
Alice Shuts
Ray Gove
Donna Rae
Nancy Kay
Max Sparks
Japan
Vernon Vander Kamp
Harry de Jong
Ilda Lou Mol
Adelaide Rozendaal
Anna Mas van Wyk
Gertrude van Wyk
Berneda
Joy
Buddy Vonk
Lucille
Joyce van Genderen
Wm. Sylvester
Marjorie
Tunella Rozendaal
Irma Mae de Jong
Vander Kamp
Paul Vos
Lester Geurtaas
Ray Buitenwerf
Henry Roslofgen
Eva’ Mine de Penning
Ward Var’ Steegh
Gererude van Wyk
Margaret Briggs
Artie Blom
Ray van Rees
Adam Kling
Prairie City social notes and church service plans
Mrs Jennie Langerak of Pella visited her niece Mrs Maggie Cooper and Mrs Lenna Brown sold her property to Anne Nooteboom last week. Families from Pella visited the Steenhoek home. Mrs Henry De Reus returned from Boston after a month with the Campbells. Gerrit Brandehorst and families visited the Steenhoek home. Rev I J Kuizema preached in Des Moines and Rev F M Huizenga preached at home. D J Van Ryswyk is sick. Armistice Day service set for Sunday at eleven in the Reformed church with Rev Lepeltak as speaker. Rev Nelson Velman to preach both services in the Chr Ref church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Steenhoek
Jennie Langerak
Pella
Maggie Cooper
Lenna Brown
Anne Nooteboom
Marion Steenhock
Gerrit Steenhock
G.S
Gerrit Brandehorst
A. A. Steenhoek
I. J. Kuizema
Des Moines
F. M. Huizenga
D. J. van Ryswyk
Henry de Reus
A. A. Shenhoek
Long Awaited School Buses Begin Operation in Tracy
The community notes that two school buses have arrived and started running for a week to bring in out of town students except those from the island and Harve. Local residents and families are mentioned with visits, church events, and social gatherings. several residents returned from travels and helped neighbors, with pheasant hunting and local sales also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Harve
Marinus Rootboom
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ladies Aid
de Leeuw
Wm. Wanders
Stanley Koning
Pella
Misa Henrietta Boozeboom
Tainter
Ray
Nick Hoksbergen
Evert Roozeboom
Oskaloosa
H. G
Rev. Greenfield
Leighton
Marinus Roozeboom
Greenfield
Gilbert Roozeboom
Tracy
Wilbur Roose
Near Leighton
Marion Roozeboom
B. L. Vander Linden
Gerald Vander Linden
Edward
Bud” Groenendyk
Tunis Hoksbergen
Luke Vander Linden
Blom
Peter Visser
Leonard Vander Horst
Bussey
Tunis Hoksbe
Summit News Briefs From Vermont to Pella Social Roundup
Miss Hannah Herwehe of Des Moines stayed with Mrs. Mamie Vander Ploeg. The Lake Prairie Summit North Polk Farm Bureau township meeting moved to November 8 at Otley school due to Knoxville events and a 4 H party. Program includes a Farm Outlook panel and a puppet show with pot luck coffee. Various residents, including the Ver Woerts, Vriezelaar and Vander Ploeg families, held visits and hunting trips around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Shank
Iowa State College
Pella
Legion Hall
Jeanne Bryant
Farm Bureau
Otley
Polk
Marion County
Trank Walton League
Knoxville Telephone Company
Henderson Reese
Murray van Hemert
Stirnemann
Beverly Rickabaugh
Harold Rickabaugh
Rosscreen
Fingler
Norma Jean Bricker
Des Moines
Chester
Marjorie van Hemert
Pennsylvania
Ernest Simpson
Cleve Murray
Billy
Jack Simpson
Ethel Bricker
H.W. Vriezelaar
Hannah Herwehe
Mamie Vander Ploeg
Jake Ver Woert
Henry Ver Woert
Gradua Klein
Will A. Vriezelaar
H. W. Vriezelaar
Lake Prairie
Summit
Glenn
Edwin Vander Ploeg
Dwight Mathes
Arthur
John Vriezelaar
Marshalltown
A. T. Blom
Ernest Blom
Gradus Vriezelaar
Community honors local veterans and Halloween events
The Otley Christian Reformed Church hosted a surprise homecoming for Willard Klein and Siedrith Menninga, with others honored including Dick De Jong and Marion Usterma rt. Rev. Van Houten, once chaplain, now pastors in Oskaloosa, attended. Various Halloween parties, school activities, estate sale attendance, library talks, and community events were reported, highlighting local veterans' recognition and youth club activities.
Monroe News Highlights Local Visitors and Community Activities
Monroe News reports Mrs. Charles Black of Evansville visiting Rev. and Mrs. Ketcham and Loretta Palmer among others. Vriezelaar returned from the East Coast after two weeks’ visit. Youth for Christ Service at Monroe High drew about seventy five youths with Rev. Collins Pinkard as speaker. Ballards assisted neighbors with farm work after Berlin Ballard’s hospital stay in Savannah Missouri. A long list of helpers with tractors and equipment is named. Birthday card shower honored Mrs. Needham Worth. Southern Hustlers 4-H Club met at Viola Beyer’s home with multiple members listed. Laurel Kool returned from a Vietnam era service in Japan. Mrs Archie Bowens and Mrs Ray Shannon visited Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin Ballard
Mr. Ballard
Savannah
Missouri
Don Kaldenberg
Loris Miller
Peter van Ryswyk
Audrey Prather
Ernest Johnson
Ralph Rinemuth
Picker
Hubert Price
Ray Munger
Loren Bowens
Roy Brock
Junnor Hjo
Gordon Munger
Needham Worth
Southern Hustlers
Viola
Harold Beyer
Donald Fisher Gay Port
Waterloo
Dwight Warner
Pleasantville
Loyd Yates
Donald Fisher
Paul Zickle
Helen
Dixie
Robert McAnnelly
Frances
Wayne Worth
Larry Duncan
Johnny
LaVern Nearmeyer
Harold
Harvey Reyer
Local Social Roundup in Peoria and Oskaloosa Visits
Mr and Mrs Jake Vander Moren and children were supper guests in Gerrit Bokhoven s home Thursday. Oskaloosa callers included Mr and Mrs Wm Vander Mol en Mrs Leonard Roose Mr and Mrs John Nicuwsma and family and Mr and Mrs Frank Klynsma. Andrew Bandstra received honorable army discharge and returned home. Leonard Roose hosted Anthony Bokhoven and Robert for supper Thursday. Eld der Dear could attend church services again Sunday after a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Vander Molen
Gerrit. Bokhoven
Wm. Vander Molen
Leonard Roose
John Nicuwsma
Frank Klynsma
Oskaloosa
Andrew Bandstra
Anthony Bokhoven
Robert
Elder Dear
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