News of Nearby Towns And Rural Communities
Emmet Johnson traveled to Quincy to attend the death of his mother Mrs. Bertha Johnson buried at Burton. Various local notices detail births, illnesses, visits, funerals, and social events featuring residents from Monroe, Des Moines, Sac City, Fairmount, Creston, Knoxville, and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Vriezelaar
Emmet Johnson
Quincy
Tlinvis
Bertha Johnson
Burton
Madge Idle
Leland Baimer
Reasner
Emma McCauley
J. M. Stevenson
Des Moines
Sle
Harold Eugene
K. CG. Veon
Monroe
Union Thaing Servier
Baptist Church
Bernard Brannen
H. C. Young Construction Company
Fred Brannen
J. L. Clarke
England
Arthur Vriezelaar
Terry
Martin van Essen
Fairmount
W. S. Cash
Carl Ammer
Rodney
Sac City
Horace Cash
Gerrit van Wyk
General Hospital
William den Otter
Kansas City
John Vriezelaar
Patricia Alexander
Phyllis Davis
Jack Umberger
Burton Snook
Newton
Robert Burns
The
Lasswell
Creston
Iowa
Guy Hamilton
Carl E. Peterson
Portland
Oregon
Grace McDaniel
Ralph N
Wichita Falls
Texas
Kyle R
Kahoka
Roy Vander Wal
Carl Crane
James Walcott
M.C. Cramer
Ralph Gloyd
L. Martin
Martin Brown
Dunreath
Mark I Shaw
Lola Orcutt
Dean Shaw
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cordova News: Local Ills and Family Losses
The Cordova News notes the death of Merrill Breese, aged 39, at Creston Iowa, after a brain tumor, leaving a wife and two sons. It also reports Nelson Ves and Ethel Jones Donnelly ill with virus pneumonia in Des Moines and Bur sister Mary Temple ill at the hospital. Other items include W A Richerd’s recent hospital care, Melvin Vos’s son ill from vaccine reaction, Johanna Vanden Berg noted as the child’s mother, and a mention of Joe Vanden Berg attending the 60th wedding anniversary of Den Hartog at the Home for the Aged in Pella. Family night at Izaak Walton club near Knoxville is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Breese
Merrill
Creston
Iowa
Donald
Nelson
Blank Memorial Hospital
Des Moines
Ethel Jones Donnelly
Bursister
Mary Temple
W.A. Richerd
Collins Memorial Hospital
Melvin. Vos
Pella
Joosa
Johanna Vanden Berg
Joe Vanden Berg
den Hartog
Vanden Berg
Izaak Walton Club
Knoxville
Fhelet
Pave
Summit News: County Line 4-H Club meetings and events
The Lester Ver Dught home hosted the County Line 4-H Club with Elwyn Ver Dught reelected president and Coralee Vriezelaar as vice president. Names were drawn for the Christmas gift exchange. December meeting set at Bruce and Merritt Van Roekel. Visitors included county superintendent Sylvia Platts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Vriezelaar
Lester Ver Dught
County Line 4-H
Elwyn Ver Dught
Coralee Vriezelaar
Mary Vriezelaar Lee-Treas
Twila Jean Ver Dught
Bruce
Merritt van Roekel
Ver Dught
Sylvia Platts
Summit School
Happy Hearts Club
H. W. Vriezelaar
John Vriezelaar
Monroe
James van Vliet
Sully News highlights community as ties strengthen
Local events unfold across Sully from hospital visits to family gatherings. Jed De Jong recovers after a heart attack in Detroit while Walter Van Maanen undergoes surgery in OsKaloosa. Farmers Cooperative banquet draws attendees from Sully and Des Moines. Sully and Baxter contest opens the basketball season with Sully boys winning 29 24 while Sully girls fall 48 25. Various showers and social gatherings honor Aletta Van Sant and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arletta M. Terlouw
Henry Elscott
Lynnville
John Jansen
Jed de Jong
de Jong
Henry Develin
Detroit
Michigan
B.J. de Jong
Walter van Maanen
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Earl Coakley
Loren Eldridge
Stuart
Farmers Cooperative
Hotel
Fred de Vries
Onie Wisgerhof
Dick Ver Ploeg
Everett Kruseman
Henry van Roekel
Sully
Baxter
Sully Boys
Sully Girls
M. R. Anderson
Mamie Boat
South America
Gladys Howell
Rayford Meridith
James McMakin
Bert, Renaud
Roy Roten
K. H. Peirce
Helen Vander Leest
Jonah
Lois Vos
Sylvia Vander Beck
Annie Vander Pol
Nellie Vander Pol
Jean Yonk
Kathryn van Wyk
Ida Lou Mol
Lois Price
Clarina de Jong
Joy Vonk
Sylvia Vander Beek
la Venne Zegars
Genevieve de Kock
Alma Jane’ Rozendaal
John Veenstra
Arnold Bleeker
Corsica
South Dakota
Gerrit van Norden
Marion Swank
Adrian ‘Rozendaal
Veenstra
van Norden
Henry C. Terlouw
Harlan
Phyllis
Bernie Fopma
Kellogg
Robert Wisgerhof
New Market
Iowa
Kerrilyn
Weekend guests and local notes from Peoria area
Weekend visitors from Holland Minnesota stayed with Mr and Mrs Henry Roorda and family. Prairie township residents took chest X rays at Tainter and New Sharon. Measles spread widely. Several locals visited relatives, attended church, or received medical care. Crushed rock laid on the Peoria river bridge approach. severe March weather noted. Local societies and visitors from Pella Newton and other towns attended events and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. de Jong
Hollandale
Minnesota
Henry Roorda
Case G. Reynew
John
Manford “Peterson
Gerrit de Vries
Prairie Township
Tainter
New Sharon
Herman de Jong
Rosalie Ann
Arne Vander Linden
Rose Hill
Ernest
Tunis Fynaardt
Cornelius Boerelyn
Jacob Vander Molen
Ray de Groot
Cecil Vander Molen
Johnny Kiyn
Lewis Vander Molen
Connie Vander Hart
William Vander Molen
Vernon Vance
Peoria
New River Bridge
First Christian Reformed Church
Runner
Pella
G. W. Nibbelink
Community Notes From Local Social and Church Gatherings
Sunday worship services were held with visitors Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vander Wal and Mr. Gilbert Haan from Chicago stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dear. Linden hosted a Friday party with many neighbors and friends, a Dutch Psalm-Sing was enjoyed Sunday evening, and John A. De Jong joined as a Sunday dinner guest of the Henry Vander Linden family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aletta van Sant
SF. Vanden Ig
Tunis Blom
Floyd van der Kamp
Milo Vander Kamp
Alice Shutts
John van Zee
Donald Vander Kamp
Miss van Sant
Frank Andreas
Don de Jong
Mans Rozentoom
O. HL. Wisgerhof
Pete van Arkel
Chirenee’ van Sant
Thelma Jown
Art van Mannen
Herman Bruxvoort
Bruxvoort
Dow van Sant
John van
Janet Vander Wal
Kenneth Shutts
Newton
Vera van Langen
Algona
Carroll Shuts
Community Church
Council Bluffs
J. W. Bosveld
Pella
Fred Bosveld
Carl Hackett
Sully
Hackett
Everett Kruseman
Henry Jansen
Jom Vander Leest
Wm. Schakel
Andrew Huyser
D. F. Halbloom
John O. Terlouw
William Terlouw
Ben Monsma
M. J. de Zwarte
Robert Renaud
John Renaud
Abe Vanden Berg
Myron Steenhock
John Van _Englehoven
Glen Monsma
E. C. Kruseman
F. J. de Jong
Irvin Huyser
Connie van Hemert
Jim Vander
Leest
Cornelius Hackert
Everett de Jong
Walton Conover
Wm. B. Vos
Trust
Obey
Lester Vander Wilt
C. Vander Wilt
E. Kling
Irwin Erickson
Charles Roten
P. G. Rozendaal
Fred De_ Vries
Ray Sherman
Wilburn van Wyk
Frank Sparks
Gerrit A. de Jong
Gaylord Francis
A.C. de Jong
Minnie Roose
Ron Nicuwsma
Mahaska Hospital
Bernice Veenstra
Helen Vos
Chicago
Ilinois
John Vos
John Kloosterman
Oskaloosa
Dan Klosterman
John C. Roose
Abe Bos
Lester Pethoven
Robert Wayne
Phillip John
Howard James
Lois Jean
Raymond Lester
Henry Rooda
Dick Rooda
Hollandale
Minnesota
Bert de Goey
Iowa
Jake Duim
Monroe
Nelly Vander Linden
Andrew Vander Linden
Herman A. de Jong
John C, Jr
A. C. de Jong
Peter Vander Wal
Gilbert
Raymond H. Haan
Illinois
Melvin E. Dear
Henry Wassink
Steenhock
Dixie Kay
Carroll Elscott
Henry van Wyngarden
Logan Ver Ploeg
Loren Duane
Marion Vander Linden
Wilfred Rempe
Sara Mac Rempe
Arnold Ozinga
John A. Mulder
John A. de Jong
Henry Vander Linden
Galesburg News Social Round Celebrates Local Figures
Mrs K Carpenter notes a Tuesday dinner at the Heemsbergen home with Freeman Kling and Archie Casebolt family members visiting. Numerous local residents from Newton Monroe Brooklyn and Sully attended events, quilting sessions, and Sunday dinners as birthdays honored Mamie Kling and Mrs Melvin Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Carpenter
Freeman Kling
Archie Casebolt
Linda
Frances Heemsbergen
Bob Terpstra
Connie
Gerald Terpstra
Pella
Galesburg
Christian Church Ladies Aid Society
Loell Carpenter
Kenneth Carpenter
Newton
Etta Terpstra
Eldred Schnug
Monroe
Clyde Rawlins
Chariton
Arthur Dearinger
Reasner
Roy Lust
Marjorie
N. W. Miller
Dennis
Karla Kay
Porter Winters
Wanda Graham
Brooklyn
Chester Zickel
Rose Ann
Sully
Francis Heemsbergen
Charles Awtry
Shirley
Giles Awtry
Nancy Harklerode
Omaha
Norma Lust
Des Moines
Alfred Lust
Ray Dearinger
del Prindle
Roy Dearinger
Yella W. Menninga
Merle Zickel
Kathy
Clifton Zickel
Harry Zickel
Harry Fenner
Archie” Casebolt
Melvin Schultz
Dorothy
Mamie Kling
Corn Crib and Farm Fire North of Tracy
About 900 bushels of corn burned when a double crib at the Chet Casebeer farm one mile northwest of Tracy was destroyed at 1:30 pm last Thursday. Tenants Stephen De Geest were in a distant field as Oskaloosa firemen and Tracy high school students fought the blaze. Wind spread sparks to a barn and tree. only half the crib was full and the corn inside was not insured. The crib was a recent fall structure. The Casebeer family resides in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Casebeer
Tracy
Stephen de Geest
Oskaloosa
Tracy High School
Casebeer
Knoxville
Knoxville Express
Season Closes For Several Iowa Game Species
The conservation commission reports the squirrel season ended November 15 after a successful run. Short quail season closed November 16 across multiple counties with light bird pressure. Short zone pheasant season ended November 17 in several counties after fair hunts. Duck season closes November 29 and all protected species fishing ends November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation Commission
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Clayton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Marshall
Guthrie
Adair
Adams
Page
Louisa
Monona
Cass
Madison
Union
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Clarke
Fertilizer Short Course Set at Iowa State College
Efficient fertilizer use will be the theme of the Fertilizer Short Course to be held at Iowa State College on December 15 and 16. Dr. W H Pierre, head of the Department of Agronomy, notes farmers seek methods to maximize returns from fertilizers and that dealers need the latest information to assist farmers in wise purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
W. H. Pierre
Department of Agronomy
Short Course Planned on Fertilizer Use for Dealers
Decisions in fertilizer use are outlined for a short course to inform dealers. It notes potential fertilizer shortages in 1950, improved supply of recommended ratios and grades, and urges dealers to visit farmers to maximize crop returns. The program covers research results on fertilizer, soil testing, phosphate types, and fertilizer placement within soil management, including Timothy with lespedeza and sweet clover as spring supplements.
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Monroe News
Otley Amvet
Gerrit Witzenhung
Katherine Vriezelaar
Dee Vanden Berg
Junelia van Haaften
Clarence
Bessie Talbot
Dorothy Templeton
Gayle
Vander Zyl
Prairie City
Melvin Roetman
Lorena van Hemert
Morris
Red Rock
Joe Templeton
Ruth Rodman
Eddie
Burt
Mabel Stevenson
Mrs
Joe
Roy Karr
Cordova
Summit News
A. L. Dykstra
Auaerter
Marion van Wyk
Melvin
Mary Lou
Frances Larry
Frank van Zante
Otley
James Vriezelaar
Clint
Gradus Vriezelaar
Sully News
C._O. Macy
Ella Hunziker
Kasson
Arlin Marti
Andrew van Sant
Clarence van Sant
William van Arkel
Genevieve van Sant
Stoffel Huyser
Lane van
Jyn van Zee
Ralph de Vries
Tunis Ver
Donald Miller
Sully Cafe
Sully Creamery
Peoria News
Oskaloosa Street
A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
Jersey
Colfax
Hulls
R. G. Anspach
Albert Pearson
Earl Shields
Johnny Kain
Pleasant Hill Church
Percy
Ollie Kain
Hampshire
Township 77 North Range
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid
Edward, Earnest and
Fred Kain
Prairie City State Bank
Fellers
Cy the
Hot One
Zeke
jSorpethia’ Ray New Lan
Nox Furnace
Lennox
Toker
Kersbergen & Co. Plumbing and Heating
Pella, Iowa
DR. C. B. Dunshee
1St Ave
West
Colfax Sale Company
Sam McFadden
Shields Jank
Frida
Harry Singir
Mr. Cyn Dor
Mr Tr