News of Nearby Towns and Rural Communities
Mrs Emma Redding accompanied her son and his wife from Marysville home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Homer Lancaster and Mrs Chas Lancaster were in Oskaloosa Saturday evening. Grant Kersey was taken to Iowa City Hospital Saturday night for strangulated hernia and to be operated on Monday afternoon. Miss Eleanor Kimmel was a business visitor in Knoxville Friday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Parsons returned Tuesday from a two week visit at the World's Fair and with relatives in Indiana. They report a wonderful time. The new sidewalks on Main street Harvey add to the town's appearance. About 25 young people from the M E choir attended services at Ashbury church Friday night and sang. Rue McNay, hog buyer from Louis, spent Sunday with friends, Mr and Mrs Everett Harrington. Friends of Mrs Lillie Harvey surprised her Tuesday evening. Refreshments were served and an enjoyable time was had. Mr and Mrs C M Wilson were at Ottumwa Sunday. W S Brodess does not improve as his friends hoped. Brain were Monday evening supper guests of Mr and Mrs Gerrit. Mr and Mrs Wallace Kling visited with Mr and Mrs A E Dennis Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Neal Boat and daughter Edna and son Reuben of Pella visited Mr and Mrs A C Boat Sunday. Mr and Mrs Gerrit Lo and family were visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs B C Heemsbing on Tuesday evening of last week. Mr and Mrs John Ter Louw and children were Pella visitors Saturday. Cor Halblom and daughter Alma and Mathilda Brand were Newton business callers Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Redding
Jim Redding
Marysville
Homer Lancaster
Chas. Lancaster
Oskaloosa
Indiana
Harvey
M. E. Choir
Ashbury Church
Rue McNay
Louis
Everett Harrington
Lillie Harvey
C. M Wilson
Ottumwa
W. S. Brodess
Brain
Gerritis
Wallace Kling
A. E. Dennis
Neal Boat
Edna
Reuben
Pella
A. C. Boat
Gerrit Lo
B. C. Heemsbig
Nick Hoksbergen
Howard
B. P. Huyser
Tunis de Ruiter
University Hospital
Iowa City
Bobby de Vries
Don van Zee
Gerrit van Zee
Pete Rozendaal
Lee Perry
Helen
Newton
Mr Vis
Rex Rowley
Knoxville
Hattie Burham
Kellogg
A.C. Boatham
Fern Kruseman
Everett Kruseman
Milo
Maxine
Huser
Artie
Hubert
Emma Kruseman
Arlene Kruseman
Fred Smith
Catherine
Lane van Zee
Nick
Arthur de Jong
Will Blom
Donald
Frances de Re
Paul Wehrle
Rarl Lona Jack Miller
David Longate
John de Jong
Maytag Farm
A. B. Rouw
Neal Vander Wilt
Max Miller
Elvin Garner
Blanche Phelps
Olene Cranston
Keith
David Longaker
Mary Burtles
G. M. Garner
Helena Palmer
Earl Longaker
Max’ Miller
Glen Craver
Mable Ascot
Anna Northcutt
Dorothy Saunders
Vern Wehrle
Martin’ Osmond
Harold Dunwoody
David, Earl
Lester Longaker
Miss Palmer
Helena
Joan Rouw
Elizabeth van Dyke
Floyd Garner
Ilda Garner
Farm Bureau
Madison Hall
Grinnell
Max V. Miller
Otto Pethoven
Des Moines
Pearl Hall
Barnes City
John H. Vander Beet
Betty
Albert John
A. B. Row
Pauline Dimit
Harold Dimit
Ray Ludwick
Community Notes and Local Visits in Otley and Pella
Neel Kuiken and family report potatoes look good. Louis Schuring and family moved to Otley, Nick Schuring family moved from Louis place. Local visits include Kooymans in Bondurant, Mrs Verwers and Mrs Kooyman’s mother. Red Rock church program drew a large crowd. Several visits among De Raad, Bloodsworth, Hiemstra, and Vander Wal families. Tom Andrews works road between Pella and Fifield. Anne Dickema from Otley visited Bloods. Word reaches Mrs Klein ill with gallstones near Otley. Verwers attended Knoxville sale. Mol family visited Keuning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Kuiken
Louis Schuring
Otley
Nick Schuring
Louis’ Place
Martin Kooyman
Bondurant
Red Rock
Jasper de Raad
de Raad
van Zee
Pella
Arie de Raad
Tom Andrews
Fifield
Gerrit Vander Wal
Wm. Zegers
Anne Dickema
John Bloods
North
Neal Kuken
John Vanden Berg
Klein
Near Otley
Rean Verwers
Knoxville
Local Social News From Pella and Surrounding Areas
Sunday dinners with the Huyser and Hoksbergen families are noted alongside visits from Des Moines to Newton. Operations at University of Iowa Hospital are reported for Tunis De Ruiter. Kids battle chicken pox, and several residents travel to Napier and Knoxville for church events, conventions, and birthdays.
Community Social Fill-In: Local Families Hosting Friends
Local residents hosted gatherings and visits, with Mr and Mrs Paul Wehrle and others sharing Sunday and weekend activities. Several residents attended meetings, dined with relatives, and attended a birthday surprise for Miss Helena Palmer, while neighbors assisted with farm work and club crafts.
Local Social Circles Verse Through Oskaloosa and Pella Families
A sequence of social visits unfolds across Oskaloosa Pella and nearby towns. Residents from Sully Kalmazoo Peoria and Pel a exchanged calls and hosted gatherings at relatives homes through midweek and the weekend. Numerous Van Haaften Ver Ploeg Newendorp Groenendyk and De Jong family members are noted with visits to and from several households.
Meade No. 7 pupils host November program in Madison township
Mrs H Overbergen and Mrs C Kruseman celebrate 76th and 73rd birthdays with guests from Pella Leighton and Oskaloosa. Meade No. 7 school pupils and Miss Mabelle De Jong perform a program for about eighty attendees. A Dutch psalm singing club and Madison township Farm Bureau meeting run nearby. Oyster supper boosts Leighton basketball team morale and funds.
Local social notes from Galesburg area visitors and visits
Galesburg and surrounding area residents hosted and visited friends and relatives over Sunday to Saturday. Names include Van Zee Van Rheenen Van Dyke Vander Zyl Dykhuis Steenhoek Mathes Steenhock Dykhuis Holmes Terpstra Schnug Rouw Van Dyke Hiemstra Van Rheenen Romans Hendricks Tool plus CCC camp mention in Indianola.
Delta Woman In Serious Accident
Mrs. Maggie Shelby suffered a likely serious fall at her Delta home Monday morning. She struck her head during a stair plunge and lay unconscious until about noon, with a large forehead bump and blood at nose and mouth. Her husband found her at the bottom, and she remained unable to recall the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Shelby
Shelby
Ari i
Mrs. Shelby
God Our Ever Present Helper in Times of Trouble
A sermon on Isa 41 10 assures believers not to fear for God is with us in salvation sickness sorrow and life. It frames God as present helper who strengthens sustains and upholds believers with his righteous right hand through weakness harm and death toward heavenly hopeful perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Thomas
Bethel
Jerusalem
Christ
Paul
Christ's Kingdom
Jesus
Mr. Edison
God
Immanuel
Armistice Day Sermon Blames War Munitions Makers
A Second Reformed church Armistice Day service drew overflow attendance from the Van Veen- Van Hemert Post American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary. Rev. Jacob Prins warned that war is driven by munitions makers, urged Christ’s hold on hearts, and cautioned against repeating the horrors of World War I. He spoke of peace through spiritual renewal and the dangers of industry profits fueling conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Reformed Church
van Veen- van Hemert Post American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Jacob Prins
Prins
Roger W. Babson
Europe
Christ
Soviet
Russia
Japan
France
Power of God and saved by His righteousness
The sermon argues that salvation comes only through God's power and agency, not human merit. It urges listeners in sin to trust Christ as the door to fellowship and righteousness, inviting Him to be a life partner in all actions for a complete and perfect day. The message recalls Rev. F. N. Byram's funeral preached years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
Ste
David
Job
Dr. Henson
Portland
Oregon
Des Moines
Henson
F. N. Byram
Cellist Vera Poppe Delights Lecture Audience With Encore
Miss Vera Poppe, noted cellist, gave a fine concert for the lecture course audience on Monday evening. She performed works by Bach, Boccherini, Boellmann, and Popper with an encore of Saint Saens The Swan, After a Dream, Song of Pan, and Popper’s Poeme. Accompaniment by pianist Miss Bertha Hagen praised as exemplary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Poppe
Bach
Ludly
Boccerini
Boellman
Miss Poppe
David Popper
Lizst
Old Virginny
Gavotte
Popper
Bertha Hagen
Halloween night shooting injures two children
Mary Helen Vernon, living with Mrs. James Cotter, was hit by shot last Wednesday evening while out on a Halloween party with other children. Jewell Whitlatch was struck near the eye as a 15 year old, Benoni Shinn, armed with a 410 shotgun, fired from a rear porch toward a lilac bush where the group hoped to seek refuge near the N. D. Shinn home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helen Vernon
James Cotter
Jewell Whitlatch
N. D
Mr. Shinn
Mary Vernon
Whit
S. 8
Fisher Yard
Whitlatch
Pennsylvania railroad orders 57 streamlined electric engines
Benoni Shinn was upset about the affair and wished he had not shot into the lilac ash. The Pennsylvania railroad placed orders Saturday for 57 streamlined electric engines geared for regular duty at 90 miles an hour, at a cost of 15 million dollars. The new fleet will cut express service between New York and Washington to under three hours and be in service early in 1985. Chronicle want ads bring results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benoni Shinn
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Washington
Lemons for Rheumatism Bring Joyous Relief
An old advertisement promises relief from rheumatism or neuritis with a lemon juice mixture. Dissolve REV PRESCRIPTION in a quart of water with four lemons, costing only a few cents daily. Pain relief claimed within two weeks, with money back guarantee.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cordova
Sally
Tainter
Leighton
Eva Meppelink
Sully
H. Rempe
M. van Haaften
Kalmazoo
Michigan
Newendorp
J. A. de Jong
Amaryllis
A.C. de Jong
Peoria
Peter Vos
Ntal B. Groenendyk
G. W. Vander Wilt
Marcella Jean
Eleanor Ruth
Ben Ve Vries
Walter Newendorp
Louise
Dorothy
Andrew Steenhoek
Bernice Ver Ploeg
Doreatha Vogelaar
Pela
A. Korver
Catherina
Beulah
A. W. van Haaften
Wiig
Arlan
Jim Rempe
Kathryn Henry
Leona Newendorp
Lucile
C. Sedrel
Harmon Sedrel
James Sedrel
Oska- Joosa
J. B. Roovaart
A. Roorda
Charles
H. Overbergen
C. Kruseman
John Vander Voort
A. Vander Voort
Will Vander Voort
C. H. Gosselink
Robert Lautenbach
Cora
Lillian de Jong
Topsy Turvy
Ralph Krusecman
Mildred van Donselaar
Hiram and Mirandy
Art Gallery
Wildwood
Mabelle de Jong
Elmer van Zee
Madison Township Farm Bureau
John Else
Lois Nadene Hoksbergen
A. van Haaften
de Jong
Dutch Psalm Singing Club
B. Groenendyk
Wm. van Durenen
Sup
Arthur Dale
Esther June
Os Kaloosa
Galesburg
Lawrence van Zee
Chalmer van Rheenen
C. R. van Dyke
Walter Vander Zyl
Mildred Dykhuis
Naldo
F. W. Mathes
Naldo Steenhock
Andrew Dykhuis
Maggie
Reinder Poortinga
Charles Holmes
Floyd Holmes
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Aid
Albert Terpstra
Harold Schnug
Indianola
Clyde Romans
Margaret Hendricks
Lloyd Tool
Killduff
Delta
E. V. Good
Elijah
Baal
Orike Ezekiel
Earth
Celestial City
Peter
Isaiah
Hallowe’en
Dan Dingeman
Wilhelmina
Gorp
United Paint
Body Co
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