Surprise postnuptial courtesy celebration noted
A surprise post nuptial courtesy was held in honor of Mrs. Elton Ver Ploeg on Saturday afternoon in Leighton. Guests included Mrs. Gerrit Van Zemeren and many others. The event featured informal time, a gifts shower, and an attractive lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton Ver Ploeg
Gerrit van Zemeren
Leighton
Ver Ploeg
Margaret van Zante
D. C. van Houweling
B.A. van Zante
J. E. Ver Ploeg
Wm. Overbergen
Dick Ver Ploeg
J. Boot
Albert Rietveld
Forrest Ver Ploeg
Connie van Engelhoeven
Ernest de Cook
Fred van Maanen
Wm. van Maanen
Christine Brower
Beulah de Pringer
Tillie van Zante
Mabel van Zante
Mary Vanden Baard
Anna Dykhuis
NEW SOCIETY FORMED IN LOCAL CIRCLE MEETING
The A B C Circle met on Tuesday with Mrs V. Two biographical sketches were read, sparking lively discussion about local endeavors and future activities.
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NEW Society
A. B. C. Circle
Interesting Program At Webster School Annual Program Highlights
Webster School staged its annual program last Thursday at the high school. First grade presented Sleeping Beauty while second and third grades sang Jack Frost. Doll’s Carnival followed by Autumn Smiles from fourth and fifth grades. Sixth grade boys performed a minstrel and harmonicas, then Sixth grade girls sang I Can’t Do This Sum. The junior high closed with the pageant The Melting Pot about cultural differences.
Immigrant children perform in native costumes at school program
The piece notes that newcomers become Americans after time and that children from various countries dressed in native costumes participated. The Junior High School Band provided music and teachers earned praise for their work, with large attendance showing local interest in the grade school program.
Activities of City Churches Schedule for Second and Third Reformed
The Second Reformed Church lists 9:30 a.m. church school 10:45 a.m. Lily among Thorns 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor 7:30 p.m. The Christian Court or Almost Persuaded in the third series on Dramatic Scenes from the Book of Oaks. Third Reformed Church morning worship 7:45 afternoon 2:00 with Rev H J Pietenpol in charge. Evening subject The Fatal Refusal Thanksgiving Service Thursday Nov 26 9:30 Holland language Godliness With Contentment. First Reformed Church morning The Communion of Saints afternoon The Brands of a Christian evening Practical Questions IV How Strong Are You.
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Second Reformed Church
Church School
the Lily Among Thorns
Christian Endeavor
The
Christian Court
Third Reformed Church
Prairie City
H. J. Pietenpol
Holland
First Reformed Church
Communion of Saints
Library Notes on Readers and New Book Reviews
A column credits Miss Margaret Vande Keift for correct answers to a mixed-title puzzle and lists multiple book titles and authors reviewed in the Gay Bandit of the Border era. It previews forthcoming patron lists and summarizes several novels including Windymere, Black Daniel, and Finch's Fortune with brief descriptions.
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Margaret Vande Keift
Tom Sawyer
Iggs
Call of the
Call of the Wild 7. Ivanhoe
Hans Brinker
Daddy Longlegs
Swiss Family Robinson
Heidi
Smoky
Call of the Wild
Lady Dog
Little Shepherd of
Gill
Ted Radcliffe
Yale
Paco Morales
Don Paco
Mexico
Vaqueros
Cather
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Frontenac
Windymere
Culver
New England
Mary Moffat
Daniel
Morrow
Daniel Webster
Caroline Leroy
Caroline
Senate
The Border: A Missouri Saga recounts a Civil War tale
A young mother and her six sons stand at the Kansas Missouri border as their Civil War era fortunes unfold. Doneghy’s tale traces family courage and survival amid frontier strife and shifting loyalties.
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Missouri
Doneghy
Kansas- Missouri Border
Senior Class Play The Phantom Pilot Opens This Week
The senior class presents The Phantom Pilot by Katherine Kavanaugh with Dorothy Rozenberg as Maizie Wendel Seabrook and Hespers Kuyper as Bimp. Other cast include Donavan Dykstra Lavina Klein Rudolph Ul drich and more. Basket ball practice began with about thirty players and classes plan a tournament at season end.
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Katherine Kavanaugh
Dorothy Rozenberg
Maizie Wendel Seabrook
Wendel
Hespers Kuyper
Bimp
Epidemic
Magnolia
Donavan Dykstra
Lavina Klein
Rudolph Uldrich
Alfred Vander Ploeg
Geraldine Gosselink
Esther Groetveld
Viretta van Zante
Hector Bevans
Laurence Fennema
Holland Bible 200 Years Old in Van Baren Family
Will Van Baren of 515 East First street guards an old Holland printed Bible accepted for print in 1637 and brought to America by his grandfather in 1847. An Old Testament family Bible with distinctive long s and well preserved leaves and binding.
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Will van Baren
East First Street
Holland
America
B. van Baren
New Sharon Man Is Active at 99 Years
Gunder Johnson of New Sharon, nearly ninety nine, visits Frank Younken in Mercy hospital, showing unusual vigor for age. The same area notes two registration curiosities: Leslie Gorusch, six feet four, tallest Mahaska County registrant, and Ross Moore at 350 pounds, heaviest driver license applicant.
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Oskaloosa
Gunder Johnson
New Sharon
Frank Younken
Mercy Hospital
Johnson
Leslie Gorusch
Mahaska County
Ross Moore
Mystery Death of Albian Farm Youth Stirs Iowa Inquiry
Albia authorities awaited an analysis of Chester Haney's stomach contents after his body was found along the roadside. The 20 year old farm youth died following an evening with three companions who were questioned and released. Officials cited possible alcohol poisoning or smothering as causes.
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Chester Haney
Oskaloosa
Albia
Iowa
Haney
Famous Clown Renews Long Acquaintance
New Sharon star Al White the famous circus clown visited John A. Day in Brighton where childhood friends reconnected after forty years. White, linked with Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey for half a century, boasted he knows every railroad track ever built and toured nationwide. He also called on Rev. A B Cornell and was a dinner guest.
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New Sharon
al White
John A. Day
Brighton
Mr. White
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey
United States
A. B. Cornell
Local Names Gather For Oska Losa Event At Ada Moriarty Home
A social gathering was held at the home of Mrs Ada Moriarty with attendees including Mr John Spradling a civil war veteran Mrs Anna Strouse Mr and Mrs Carl Carlson all of Oska Losa and Mrs Ellen Mansfield of Marshalltown.
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Women’s Federated Club
G. H. Waechter
T. G. Fultz
L. F. Bousquet
Jane Gosselink
Ruth Blake
John Blommers
G. F. Sadler
Ada Moriarty
John Spradling
Anna Strouse
Carl Carlson
Oskalosa
Ellen Mansfield
Marshalltown
Gets Pheasant But Another Takes It Prairie City News
Prairie City resident Ben Norris wondered who drove away with his pheasant on main street after a mix up involving Rusty Morhauser and John B uptown. Rusty had promised one of his three pheasants but the bird ended up in the wrong Buick, leaving Ben without his prize. Mrs Grace Bauman visited Ottumwa Sunday with her sister Rene Vander Linden and family.
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van Veen- van Hemert Post
Legion Auxiliary
G. A. R. Post
L. M. Henry
Legion Post
H. Beyers
The
Bernie Mulder
Mulder
United States
Kenneth Henry
Dorothy Jean Grundman
Paul Grundman
Gold Star
Ben Norris
Prairie City
Rusty Morhauser
Ben
Rusty
John B
Grace Bauman
Ottumwa
Rene Vander Linden
Passenger Bus Schedule From Pella to Des Moines Today
Bus schedule lists trips from Pella to Des Moines at 9:81 unclear time, 2:81 p.m, 7:46 p.m. and from Pella to Oskaloosa at 9:34 a.m, 8:34 p.m, 7:49 p.m. All buses depart from Hotel Pella.
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Pella
Des Moines
Bella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerald Paardekooper
Mae Thomassen
Bert van Vark
Henry van Haalen
First, Reformed
Willard de Winter
Francis Pals
Fraklin van Gorp
Mizpah Guild
H. W. Pietenpol
S. N. van Vliet
Christ
J. J. Sybenga
Orient
Mary Noon
Monroe
Earl Vander Meide
Jack Schiele
A. and J
M. T. Klein
Oskella Club
Connie Smorenburg
Ben Kuyk
J. A. Kuyper
Ralph Grundman
College
Matt Klein
Klein
M.G. R. Club
Kensington Club
Women’s League For Service
J. Vogelaar
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
G. Gosselink
Merry-Fu Club
Theo. le Cocq
Grace
de Jong’s
DeJong Floral&Seed Co
Webster School
Library Notes
Home Economics
Leila Hindman
Susanne Hollebeck
Wormhoudt
Kempkes
Mary Liggett
George Vande Noord
Andrew Klyn
Layina Klein
Roy van Vark
Elmer Vander Waal
Martha Zylstra
Wilma van Dort
Eve Mae van Wynga
Helen Vander Waal
Prairie City News
Sunnyside
Mrs. Jessie Sadler
Grant’s
Vander Linden
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