Pheasants hunt and local life in Cordova 1951
Community notes from Cordova and nearby towns recount armistice reflections on pheasant hunting in Marion County, local illnesses and hospital visits, school events at Red Rock and Union Schools, PTA style gatherings, and farm updates. Names include Trickett, Sheets, Klyn, Mikesell, Huff, De Heer, Karr, Vander Hart, and Reed estate implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Marion Co
Andrew Trickett
Knoxville
Jonnie
Albert Reins
Adventists Church
Bybee
Bob Sheets
Willene Klyn
Bertha Klyn
Seattle
Washington
Bertha
Japan
Korea
Willene
Calvin
Lida Talbot
Davenport O.k
Danny Zoebreck
Huff Mikesell
Newton's Hospital
Irene Smith
Bernice Donahue
Coretta Buttery
Cecil Price
Mary Templeton
Lydia Nichols
Daisy Williams
Mary Meadows
Daisy Buttery
Red Rock School
State Dept
Capper
Union School
Opal de Heer
Sarah Harvey
Mullins
Drake
Red Rock
Bertha Ruckman
Aid
Metal Sponge Sales Corporation
North Tenth St
Philadelphia
Penn
Adventists Doreas
Kathy Alley
Pleasantville School
H. W. Vriezelaar
Summit Two
Junella van Haaften
Dorcas
Otley
Pella
Marvin
Tessin
Jo Dana de Heer
Donald
Ellen
Kate
Gene
Joe Templeton
Ellen Karr
Corda
Worth Karr
Mary
Local News From Leighton And Cedar Area
Oskaloosa News reports visits by Mr and Mrs J G Newenhouse and Lizabeth to Leighton home of Mr and Mrs De Heer and other area guests. Yokohama lecturer Mrs Shoji spoke at Central Reformed Church on China and U S relations, with Eddyville Knoxville Leighton and Oskaloosa churches sponsoring. Cedar residents C Groenendyk buy Lincoln Warner property east Cedar. Groenen dyks to farm 22 acres. Dekkers of Chicago to rent house. Jones of Claire and Hamilton host weekends. Waterloo family Day visitees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Newenhouse
Lizabeth
Wm. de Heer
Leighton
James van Wyk
Ronnie
Yokohama
Japan
Shoji
Central Reformed Church
Eddyville
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Ferris Seminary
U.S
Wm. Day
Waterloo
Cedar
Lincoln-Warner Place
Chicago
Dekker
And
Mirs
A. J. Jones
Claire
H. N. Hamilton
Lewis Cole
Aunt and Cole Hamiltons host over long weekend visit
The narrator spent Friday to Monday with Aunt Mrs Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Cole Hamilton at their home. The Coles departed Monday morning for California to spend the winter there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hamilton
Mrs
Cole Hamilton
Coles
California
Monroe News Misses Dinner Guests and Moves
Monroe area social notes report numerous dinner guests and movings. Cornelia Kleinnedorst teaches in Monroe schools hosted by Mr and Mrs Martin Vans en. Des Moines visitor Charlotte McCoughey stayed with Keith McConoghey family over weekend. Several households welcomed guests from West Plains Missouri and Des Moines. Halloween party at the Emma Woods home featured masked second graders and games. Local birthdays and youth fellowship events noted along with hospital stay of Mrs Velta Jarnagin and surgery. Systemwide relocations include Haworth family moving to Des Moines and multiple families moving to new apartments in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia
Martha
Drieke Kleinnedorst
Prairie City
Martin Vansen
Cornelia Kleinnedorst
Monroe
Charlotte McCoughey
Des Moines
Keith McConeghey
Roy Marshall
Dale McConeghey
Gary
Earl Gray
Donna
Bob Adey
West Plains
Clare Cross
Ted
Bert Vaughn
Elmo Blackledge
Floyd Wilson
Joy Richardson
Emma Woods
Joyce Tilden
Gary Richardson
Bruce Woods
Jerry Tilden
Donnie
Judy Tool
Woods
Ralph Warner
Dwight, Warner
F. A. Whitted
Velta Jarnagin
Alvena Whitted
Earl Phifer
Dwight Warner
Rickey VanderWerff
Rickey
Victoria. McConoghey
Methodist
Pheasant Season Notes Amid Local Socials and Visits
The 1981 pheasant season page records social visits and church events in the area. Arlene De Jong dined with Anna Westercamp. Evert Hol lost a tractor in a fire. Families from Palla Michigan, Grand Rapids, and nearby towns visited Rev Mrs De Jong and Henry Vander Linden. John A De Jong and James Hagen attended dinners. Drak Van Wyngarden and Donna Mae Andringa recovered from illness. Melvin Ozinga and Gerald Nieuwsma publicly professed faith at morning worship. Mrs Johanna Vander Hart returns from hospital near Savannah Missouri and attends church. Kenneth Ozinga dined with Gary Bokhoven. John Roozenboom of Oskaloosa visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Arlene Carol de Jong
Anna Marlene Westercamp
Evert Hol
Melvin E Dourhter
de Jong
Palla
Fridall Michigan
Nois
Grand Rapid
Jacob A. de Jong
James Hagen
Ronald Jay Vander Linden
John A. de Jong
Henry Vander Linden
Drak Davonne van Wyngarden
Marion Hol
Donna Mae Andringa
Esther Mae de Vries
Melvin Ozinga
Gerald Nieuwsma
Johanna Vander Hart
Savannah
Missouri
Kenneth Eugene Ozinga
Gary William Bokhoven
John Roozenboom
Oskaloosa
Peoria News A Gem of Truth and Community Notes
A Peoria News item portrays a youth sharing a religious tract with a skeptical man, leading to a conversion. The column lists baptisms, military addresses, visitor notes, and local happenings. It mentions relatives visiting, a hospital furlough, weather shifts, corn harvest, and a hospital discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Christ
Death of 82-year-old Gottlieb Fritz in Sumner
An 82 year old man named Gottlieb Fritz died in Sumner last week while changing a tire. Authorities report carbon monoxide exposure as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol Gottlieb Fritz
Sumner
Automobile Incident Sparks Startling Mechanism Report
An automobile case emerges as a man started the motor without opening the hood or switch, suggesting a mechanical mishap or attempted ignition sequence. Authorities examine the scene for any fault or external interference.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Karr
Frank
Neal Willemsen
Wally Morris
Clyde Karr
Harold Sellers
Herman de Heer
Bud Williams
Harold Karr
Hugh Jones
Paul Vander Hart
Arctie
Marion
Jasper
May van Hemert
George W
Karr
Fifield
West Cemetery
Legrand
Knoxville Express and Journal
Sully
Lynnville
D-X
Montezuma Renderers Dept. Agri
Oskaloosa News
Lizabeth Newenhouse
Monroe News
Green Colonial
Carpenter Drug Store
Iowa
Cohol
Peoria News
Herman A. de Jong
A. J. Rus
Carl Wayne Pothoven
Harold Pothoven
Ralph Hoksbergen
Army’ Hospital
Washington, D. C
Lois van Kooten
Ray Hoksbergen
Pvt
Leonard Veldhuizen
C.P.S
Arthur Hoekman
Peter Rus
John Hagen
Peoria Christian School
Connie Vander Linden
Bastian Vander Wilt
Janice Nell de Young
Mlinois
Dale
Retha June Stursma
Marcia Ann Klynsma
Larks Club
John Kloosterman
Bert Swank
Mercy Hospital
Wedness
Martin Lubbers
Iddhted
Sharon
Barnes City
Spring Valley
Hampshire
Chevrolet
Jeanetta J. Lubbers
A. J. Kutch
Taintor Savings Bank
DAIRY
Pella Sale Barn
Guernsey
Cornie Vander Zyl
Mgr
Hollywood
John Deere Farm
Legion Hall
Main Street
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