Local News From Leighton Area Highlights Visits and Club Events
Mr and Mrs Gerrit Van Zomeren spent evenings with neighbors while families from Pella Ottumwa and Oska loosa visited relatives. The Priscilla Sisters Society held a successful bazaar for missions. The Heap o Livin Club planned a Christmas dinner and outings. Rev H Vander Klay accepted a call to Owen Sound Canada and will depart December 8. Des Moines church activities and community gatherings filled the week with yoeman effort by Ebenezer Reformed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Zomeren
Wm. de Heer
Roy Else
New Sharon
Elizabeth Verrips
Pella
Mary Beth
Rene de Reus
Ottumwa
R. S. Duffus
Oskaloosa
Linda
Janie
Herbie Hum
Martha Versteegh
Wm. van Heukelem
Peter Dykstra
Howard Glendening
Madison
Wis
R. Baker
H. Vander Klay
Claude Douglas
Ronnie
Tracy
Don Kennedy
John
Donna June
Henry Bandstra
Bryce
H. Vee Klay
Canada
Heap O’ Livin
R. E. Bannister
Don de Prenger
Fm. de Prenger
Ve Hospital
Knoxville
G. Versteegh
Harold de Bruin
T. D. Beintema
Leighton
Terry Douglas
Des Moines
A. van Engelenhoven
A. Rempe
G. Aalberts
Huibregtse
Men's Brotherhood Sunrey
Eveready
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Carol
Ann Sedrel
Norma Jean de Bruin
Carol Ann Sedrel
Masela ‘Kleine
Matinella
al Carson
Iowa’ Power and’ Light Co
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Panel discussion on world affairs at local church gathering
Cordova News notes a Methodist Church basement panel at 8 p.m. Thursday with Metho dist leader Wallace Ogg and high school speech students plus three farmers debating. Also mentions accordion trophy for Joan Ball, ill Twila Van Hemert, 4-H banquet plans, church activities, and local visits and illness among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Knoxvill
Wallace Ogg
Joan Ball
John Ball
Rhodes
Town
Monroe
Colfax
Nevada
Tama
Albion
Baxter
Green Mountain
Joan
Mise Joan
Twila van Hemert
Fifield Polk
Knoxville
Rachel Davis
Winona
Attica
Suny
Attica Methodist Church
John C. Turner
Sue Hall
MYF
Olive Chapel
Merle Hill
Women's Society
Pearson
Drake
Des Moines
Clyde Karr
Ben
Bessie Hoeksma
Corda Karr
Ronnie Balmer
Burton
Donald
Bill Kane
Bill Legrand
Prairie City
Dale Core
Conn de Moss
New Mexico
Flo
Las Vegas
Myr de Heer
California
Kate Karr
Joe Templeton
Vivian Karr
Janet Karr
Susie
Gene Light
Harry Stevenson
Charles Hodgson
Lloyd
Norman Karr
Wellsburg
Dwight Harvey
Hugh Temple
Local notes and adventures around Knoxville and vicinity
Townsfolk share weekend trips with Tony Langstraat and friends near Melbourne and Dunbar. Beavers with weights and measurements are logged, theater work and family gatherings detailed. A.M. and Lida exchange Xmas towels, church fundraisers raise 81 dollars, and Bethel center cleanup precedes Thanksgiving. Road construction near Fifield expands crews and supplies for the Wabash line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
Dunbar
Tony Langstraat
Roy
Bill Karr
Melbourne
John Ball
Joan
Karen
Radcliff
Leroy
Martha Karr
Pella
Luemmi Leonard Palmer
Moravia
Palmer
Monroe
Clinton
Arlene Rinehart
Bill Kerr
Tressa Wilbur
Oletha Wilbur
Duane Sellers and
Bill
Darlene
7Th Day Adventist Church
Des Moines
Kathy Alley
Emma Giles
Roberta Hodgson
Merle
Cecil Price
Knoxville
Cecil
Cora Karr
Bert Karr
Lloyd
Irma Karr
Lida
Martin
Gladys Graham
Jipe Pearson
Later Day Saints
Loretta Baumgardner
Elaine Prunty
Irma
Myrtle Rankin
Dorothy Core
Helen Karr
Bethel Community Center
Red Rock
Mose Meador
Bud Williams
Zack Ruckman
Grandma
Sherry
State Center
Marjorie
Norma Jean
California
Purl
Ames
Jess
Ruby
Fifield
Sam
Mistaken details cross amid wires at local site
Report mentions coal run into a car on Thursday the first since late last winter. A crusher under cover with windows and a door nearby suggests sides will be enclosed. The writer notes weeks of work on the structure with spot welding and crocheting in the description. A starling on a hiline pole repeats its tunes daily. Mrs Ballard Roy and I dined at Bills Thursday noon. Chicago trip events appear mixed in.
Birthday gathering at Mrs Kling's home in Kilduff area
Surprising birthday party held Thursday at Mrs Mamie Kling's home marking her birthday and that of Mrs Pearl Rohrdanz. Oyster supper enjoyed by many including the Oswalt, Schultz, Fenner, Rohrdanz, Kling, Schnug and Ver Steeg families. Cards and visiting followed with gifts for the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Kling
Pearl Rohrdanz
Robert D.oswalt
Melvin Schultz
Sully
Harry Fenner
Carroll Rohrdanz
Terry
Killduff
Grace Schnug
Sheryl
Virginia
Wilburger Steeg
Newton
Wilbur Sparks
Larry de Bruyn
Fis Heemsbergen
Tode de Bruyn
Clear Lake
Anna de Bruyn
Earl Hendricks
Janet
Merlin Schnug
Kenneth Carpenter
Harry Zickel
Bob Rohrdanz
Clarence Zickel
Kilduff
Hattie Carpenter
Joe Kaldenberg
Arie Ver Steeg
Arthur Dearinger Spenlt
Art Ver Steeg
John de Cook
Pella
Darrell de Bruyn
Wilbur Ramer
Dewayne
Henry
Anna Marks
Thanksgiving service and community events in Monroe
The Community Thanksgiving service at First Baptist features Rev Ralph Donaldson speaking on True Praise with participation by Rev Russell Nye and Rev Donald Brong and music by Coralee Vriczelaar. Local news notes illnesses visits weddings travel and a funeral in Prairie City and Des Moines areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ralph Donaldson
United Presbyterian Church
Russell Nye
The
Methodist Church
Donald Brong
Baptist Church
Coralee Vriczelaar
H. L. Husted
W. B. Wisecaver
Dean
Chicago
Emma Sweeney
Charlie Sallade
Des Moines
Twila Jean Ver Dught
Wm. Deuscht
Deuscht
Belgian Congo
Prairie City
George Marshall
Des Moines Hospital
Nona Conney
Monroe
Orville Marshall
L. C. Marshall
Colfax
Frank Chipps
Methodist Hospital
Glen Noon
Methodist
Marvin Smart
Carlisle
Still Hospital
Smart
Monroe High School
Martin van Essen
Wm. de Prenger
Leighton
Mercy
Oskaloosa
de Prengers
Ankie” Robinson
Gem of Truth and Faith in Daily Prayers
A Peoria News religious verse celebrates God's promises and guidance. Community notes report Leonard Veldhuizen's return from Korea, family visits, a welcome home for Helen Vos, farm-sale activity, and pheasant hunting after rain, with local households and social visits among the names Veldhuizen Vander Linden De Jong Vos Hoeman Nibbelink Slagter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Veldhuizen
Korea
Jacob Veldhuizen
Connie Vander Linden
Henry Vander Linden
S. E. Nibbelink
Helen Vos
Flint
Michigan
John Slagter
Janice Marie Hoeman
Arlene Carol de Jong
Couple Welcomes Baby Son November 22 1952
Joe Roozenboom and John C. Vander Hart organized neighbor solicitations for C.R.O.P. during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Vander Hart celebrate the birth of their first child, a baby son, born Saturday morning November 22, 1952. Mother and son are reported as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Roozenboom
John C. Vander Hart
C.R.O.P
Jacob Vander Hart
Pioneer Dies At Adel Frank Barner 84
Adel resident Frank Barner died November 2 at age 84. He had lived his entire life in the Adel community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adel
Frank Barner
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Cordova
Roy Karr
Fowler Telephone Co
Galesburg
K. Carpenter
Monroe News
H.W. Vriezelaar
Harold Beyer
Hampshire
FFA
Harold
Southern Hustlers
Harold North
Ruth Werth
Gene Ingraham
Christian Church
Garwin
Norths
Dick Vander Keift
Joe Willemsen
Sandra
B. Vandervelden
Earl Kaldenberg
Town City
Orville Kaldenberg
Harold Sparks
Cindy
Reasnor
Price
Wilbur Boderson
Reital
Elmer Broderson
Peoria News
Herman A. de Jong
F. Martin Bates
Ug Gas
HEET
DeMert Dougherty, Inc
Add
Dieleman Auto Supply
S. A. Kooyman
Mahaska Hospital
Pioneer
Pella, Iowa
Rayatte
Lanolin
Franklin Street
Colfax Sale
Price Plain
Sam McFadden and Son
Ronald Bruce
Colfax Sale Company
Bell, Clippenger
Shields
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