Vander Horst Dies in Pella at 65 After Stroke
William Vander Horst born December 2, 1872 in Chicago died December 6, 1937 at his home 1200 Columbus street Pella after a sudden illness marked by a stroke and paralysis. Survived by his wife Kate four children ten grandchildren and one great grandchild three brothers a sister and many relatives. He joined the Methodist church as a boy, then Christian Reformed, later First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, where he remained active. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 and 2 PM at the tran Reformed church First Chris
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William Vander Horst
Chicago
Ill
Columbus Street
Pella
Iowa
Wm. Vander _ tion
Horat
Kate Vander Post
Anna
P. W. Keldeman
Minnie Phillips
D. EB. Adkinson
M. Visser
Methodist
Buszey
Christian Reformed Church
Tracy
Vander Horst
Nime
Jme
Henry
Washington Street
Holland Stock
Walter
Beacon
Bert Vander Horst
Merle Edward
Len Vander Horst
Dorothy
Minnekas Visser
Peter Visser
Walter Visser
Bussey
D. E. Adkinson
Marysville
Archie Gordon
Lester Flanders
Eddyville
Raymond Vander Horst
Walter Vander Hi
Ottum
Mino Shipp
Oskaloosa
Harry Vander Horst
Hollandale
Minn
Bill Duinsbergen
Searsboro
Joe Hoekman
New Sharon
John de Leeuw
Pauline
Monroe
Loren Cooney
Knoxville
William
Funeral service for Tone De Cook and Gysbert Ver Meer
Rev. Frank De Jong officiated with Mrs Tone De Cook and Mrs Gys bert Ver Meer singing Safe in the Arms of Jesus. Interment was in Oakwood.
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Frank de Jong
Tone de Cook
Gysbert Ver Meer
Jesus
Oakwood
Famous play coming to the Shrine Temple in Des Moines
Radio Stations WHO brings Jed Harris production of A Doll's House to Shrine Auditorium on Monday night November 15. Cast led by Ruth Gordon Dennis King Paul Lukas and Sam Jaffe. Thornton Wilder version of Ibsen drama premiering in Des Moines before Chicago New York or London. Advance seats at Shrine Auditorium Des Moines Iowa.
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Iowa
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines
Jed Harris
Tbsen
Paul Lukas
Ruth Gordon
Nora
Dennis King
Sam Jaffe
Grand Lama
Living Theatre
Hendrik Ibsen
William Archer
Thornton Wilder
Ibsen
Chicago
New York
London
WHO Artists Bureau
Irving Grossman
Towa
Demonstration of Writing Method For Local Schools
Powers and Mr. Harry Andrews represented the publishing company and conducted a demonstration of the writing method used in local primaries. With Miss Beebe absent, a group of first three grade pupils visited Central college for the demonstration observed by Miss Hunter Miss Laird Supt. Buerkens and Normal Training students and teachers.
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Powers
Harry Andrews
Miss Beebe
Lincolnrimary
Central College
Miss Hunter
Marion County Farm Boys Enter Competition at Exposition
Marion County youths from Knoxville and Pleasantville enter the 1987 International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Six boys exhibit baby beeves raised by themselves while C. L. Teter shows Shorthorn steers in open classes. Iowa youth entries compete in the junior livestock feeding contest opening November 27. Judges include Alexander Ritchie of Royal Farms Windsor England, visiting by royal permission.
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Chicago
Marion County
Chicago Stock Yards
James Sherlock
Eugene Harvey
Clifford Harvey
Donald Cox
Danny March
Knoxville
Herbert Rees
Pleasantville
C. L. Teter
Iowa
Alexander Ritchie
Royal Farms
Windsor
England
Ritchie
King George
Divorces Are Uncertain Too Remarried in Missouri
Mrs. Louise Gardner of Selma and Harley Chaplain of Troy remarried Saturday in Missouri. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Marl Traschel. The couple first wed June 6 1985 and were divorced June 11 1937. They reside on the Elmer Chaplain farm.
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Louise Gardner
Selma
Harley Chaplain
Troy
Missouri
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Van Hemert
We express our thanks to all who helped and sympathized during our mother Mrs. 8. M. Van Hemert illness and death. Special thanks to the American Legion and Auxiliary for their support and the beautiful floral tributes.
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American Legion and Auxilary
8. M. van Hemert
Obituary of Mrs. Fred Westercamp of Iowa and Michigan ties
Anna Marie Verkou born January 26 1878 in Enspijk Holland joined Neder Duitsch Hervormde Kerk at 22 and moved to the United States in 1907. She married Fred Westercamp October 17 1907, lived near Pella and Peoria Iowa, joined Christian Reformed church, later near Oskaloosa. Died November 3 at Abbott Hospital after pneumonia and asthma at age 59 years 9 months 8 days. Survived by husband four children two grandchildren three sisters and four brothers. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery Pella Iowa.
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Fred Westercamp
Anna Marie Verkou
Enspijk
Holland
Neder Duitsch Hervormde Kerk
United State of America
Pella
Iowa
Peoria
Christian Reformed Church
Oskaloosa
Abbott, Hospital
John
Brenus
R. E. Rodgers
New Sharon
Martinsburg resident saves boy from fire. burns dreadful
Eli Heninger of Martinsburg aged 80 shielded Robert Duane Toomire from a gasoline blaze last Thursday. He smothered the flames with his body to save the child who suffered burns. Both survived with injuries, expected to recover per doctors. Incident started when matches were found near gasoline during nail sorting at the Toomire home.
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Eli Heninger
Martinsbur
Robert Duane Toomire
Leo Ive
Martinsburg
Saint Joseph's Hospital
Ottumwa
C. A. Toomire
Heninger
Toomire
4 H Annual Congress Opens in Chicago
Chicago November 8 The 48th International Live Stock Exposition will host the National 4 H Club Congress from November 27 to December 4. About 1200 youths from nearly every state will attend, competing for national honors with free trips to the stock show. Roosevelt trophies and a health champions contest highlight the week, along with stock judging, beeves, lambs and pigs exhibitions, scholarships, and youth exhibits.
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Chicago
Agricultural College
Professor Gould Dines Cast of Duley Play at Jordan Hall
On Monday this week Professor Gould hosted the Homecomings cast and staff of the play Duley with a 6 o’clock dinner in Jordan Hall. Cast members recalled performances and presented a traveling bolt to thank him for his efforts. Davenport detectives pursued a 10 year old boy Saturday night who assaulted Elmer Nagel, a magazine stand operator in the post office, and stole $4.90.
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Professor Gould
Davenport
Elmer Nagel
Blini
BAPTISTS DISCUSS FIELDS OF WORK AND MISSION EFFORTS
After a church pot luck supper, Rev. M. C. Carstensen and Rev. Charles B. Smith spoke on evangelism and foreign missions. Carstensen urged larger scale work with workers and funds to grow small churches, while Smith described Africa mission challenges and the potential for Christian change. The couple endured lightning destruction of their home but remained grateful for family.
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The
Baptist Church
M. C. Carstensen
Iowa-Nebraska
Charles B. Smith
South Africa
Carstensen
Rev. Smith
Washington Man Fined 300 for Driving While Intoxicated
W. A. Shields, 37, of Washington, was fined 300 by Judge P. J. Seigers in Keokuk county district court. He received a suspended three month jail term for driving while intoxicated after an June 6 accident with Mrs. Van Clevenger of Ollie on Road No. 149 six miles south of Sigourney. Shields was arrested by county officials, waived to the grand jury, and released on 500 bail after a true bill was returned.
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W. A. Shields
Washington
P. J. Seigers
Keokuk County
Shields
van Clevenger
Ollie
Sigourney
San Francisco man fined after resisting arrest
Carlyle Campbell of San Francisco greeted officers with a tip of his hat for 90 days following his resistance to arrest on a wire desertion charge. Municipal Judge Theresa Meikle delivered the sentence on Saturday after the incident where Campbell tore off a police officer’s buttons and badge.
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Carlyle Campbell
San Francisco
Theresa Meikle
Campbell
Training School in Summit Township Summit Township meeting for home project notices
The first Home Project Training School for Summit Township was held November 8 in the Otley area. Miss Mable Rockhill led a lesson on refinishing furniture with twelve ladies from Otley Summit Cincinnati Pleasant View and three from Red Rock Hickory Grove Liberty Corner. The Red Rock group will meet December 9 at Mrs. Dick Van Zameren's home, Summit at Otley December 2. Seven pieces of furniture were worked on and stains removed from a tabletop. The session included the history of songs By the Waters of Minnetonka and Steal Away to Jesus, and listening to them to aid recognition.
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Summit Township
One
Mable Rockhill
Otley
Summit
Cinnennati
Pleasant View
Red Rock Township
Hickory Grove
Liberty Corner
Red Rock
Dick van Zameren
Minnetonka
Jesus
Pass Flinging Hoosiers Next for Iowa Eleven
Iowa City November 10 A pass hitting Hoosiers team visits Iowa for the final 1937 home game and the fourth annual American Legion day. Indiana and Iowa present a likely high scoring shootout with Nile Kinnick facing Frank Filchock as both teams show strong passing attacks and solid reserves. Tickets will be available on game day with expectant crowds of 15 000 to 25 000.
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Iowa City
Midwest
Iowa
Nile Kinnick
Indiana
Frank Filchock
Towa
Iowans
Oskaloosa Herald Mentions Local Lingo Ping
The Daily Herald of Oskaloosa reports that pool billiard and snooker tables owner B P Groenendyk of Cedar husked 45 acres of corn for him, reflecting farm labor and local trades in the Cedar area.
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Daily Herald of
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Herald
B.P. Groenendyk
Neighborhood dinner served for men at noon by 13 women
The report notes a noon dinner for men prepared by 13 women of the neighborhood. Mr Groenendyk recently fell while shingling a corn crib and fractured a leg. Corn yield recorded at 75 bushels per acre. Additionally, 19 powers asked Japan on Saturday night about peace talks with China through a smaller group.
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Groenendyk
Japan
China
Fort Dodge Driver Pleads Guilty in Fatal School Crossing
Frank Peterson of Fort Dodge aged 22 was found guilty Saturday of reckless driving for the car that struck and killed 11 year old Marjorie Ryhkus as she walked home from school. He was fined $100 by Peace Officer Paul McCarville. Mrs. George Albert Smith aged 68, claimed as Nevada’s first white child born, died Friday after a long illness.
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Frank Peterson
Fort Dodge
Marjorie Ryhkus
Suttle
Paul McCarville
George Albert Smith
Nevada
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