Society Women of Wheat Grow Enjoyed Meeting
Mrs. H A Tysseling hosted the Wheat Grow district women of Black Oak township on Tuesday afternoon November 19. Seventeen members attended the first home project lesson “Color and Design in the Home” given by Mrs. G Vander Wilt. Refreshments followed. Next lesson will be led by Mrs Abe Vander Beck and Mrs Wm Engbers at Mrs Jacob Ver Meer’s home. ROZENBOOM-DE BOEF wedding held at George Rozenboom’s Wright Iowa home as Jeanette Rozenboom wed Arthur De Boef in a 2 pm ceremony November 15 1940 officiated by Rev J D Pikaart. Bride wore peach chiffon. attendants included sister Martha Rozenboom in aqua. best man William De Boer. The event featured music, a two course luncheon for eighty, and out-of-town guests. The couple now reside near Lacey on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Tysseling
Black Oak Township
G. Vander Wilt
Abe Vander Beck
Wm. Engbers
Jacob Ver Meer
Martha Rozenboom
William de Boer
Gysbert Rozenboom
P. H. Groenendyk
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Wassink
Holland
William Branderhorst
Lacey
Willemsen
Ramer
John Willemsen
Lynnville
Iowa
Marjorie
Wilbur Ramer
Dewey Ramer
Galesure
Haverkamp
First Reformed Church of
Pella
Grace Rozenberg
Henry Willemsen
Pearl Vander Beek
Janet van Wyke
Evelyn Dunnink
Mendelssohn
Gerrit Klein
Wm. Ramer
Tom Swank
Gertrude van Dyke
Wilma van Roekel
Leola Rozendaal
Margaret van Wy
Wanda ‘Terpstra
Myrna Jean van Haaften
Delores Swank
Genevieve de Kook
Margaret Josehine Willemsen
Wedding Dinner and Three Tier Cake for Kellogg Couple
The couple celebrated with a course dinner and a pink and white wedding cake as decorations spread through the evening. Cooks included Mrs. Louis Perry and others. Cars full of friends from Kellogg and nearby towns serenaded them. Mr. Ramer works at Midwest Stamping Company in Kellogg. They plan to live in Lynnville, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Perry
Dick Renaud
C. J. Potter
de Kook
Jacob Terpstra
Leo Davis
Tater
Kellogg
Galesburg
Sully
Tainter
Lynnville
Ramer
Midwest Stamping Company
Iowa
Thanksgiving Week Services At Local Churches
Churches hold multiple services with sermons on worship and gratitude. At The Churches Baptist Church morning Communion meditation on Worship, evening sermon by Leo Van Etten. BY speaker Tunis Prins on The Real Worth of Personality According to Jesus. Thanksgiving service and food gifts planned. Second Reformed Church offers Thanksgiving service, Sunday school, morning worship Christ and the Christian, Gideon's Army in evening, Junior and Senior C E topics. First Reformed Church lists morning worship Emptied Himself, Holland Service, and Evening Praise A Leper White As Snow with a Thursday Thanksgiving service The Source of Our Blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church Church School
Leo van Etten
Tunis Prins
Jesus
Second Reformed Church
R. J. Vanden Berg
Christ
The
Gideon's Army
C. E
Vera Jane Dekker
C. F. Topi
Edward Hibma
First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
Holland
Church Services and Radio Sermon Highlight Local Faith Lineup
Reformed and Second Christian Reformed churches list Sunday school at 9 30 with lessons on attitudes toward the gospel and sonship references. Holland service features The Golden Calf at 2 00. Radio sermonette by Rev John Vander Ploen will air on KSO Des Moines next Sunday at 10 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Reformed Church
G. Menning
First Church
John Vander Ploen
KSO
Des Moines
First Christian Reformed Church Sunday Services and Gospel Meetings
Rev J Van der Ploeg leads a 9 30 a m sermon with 11 00 a m Sunday School and 2 00 p m Dutch preaching. Evening talk at 7 30 p m Infant Baptist debate. Gospel services held in Sully and Pella theatres this week with Farquharson speaker. December 5 church program by Daughters of the King Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. van der Ploeg
Infant Baptist
Gospel Hall
Sully
First Christian Reformed Church
Daughters of the King Society
Infant De Cook Dies at Mercy Hospital
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs G De Cook of Leighton were held at Evergreen Cemetery at 2 p m today. The infant died shortly after birth at Mercy Hospital on Tuesday morning November 19 1940 Oskaloosa Herald
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Cemetery
Leighton
G. de Cook
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Marion County Sends 36 to State College enrolls 6567
Iowa State College lists 6,567 fall enrollees with Marion County contributing 36 students across divisions including Engineering 1956, Home Economics 1788, Agriculture 1860, Science 814, Veterinary Medicine 248. The sophomore class leads with 1,881. freshman 1,850. juniors 1,189. County names include Doris Adams Mari Knowville Richard Boyland Leland Bradley Ruth Bradley Glenn Cameron Paul Dickeron Edith Dyer Harriet Dyer Kenneth Dyer Donald Fi Mary Fortne Gasparovich son Howa man Betty Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Marion County
Iowa State College
Uate Stuarial
Iowa State
Doris Adams
Mari Knowville
Richard Boyland
Knoxville
Leland Bradley
Ruth Bradley
Glenn Cameron
Paul Dickeron
Edith Dyer
Pleasantville
Harriet Dyer
Kenneth Dyer
Donald Fi
Mary Fortne Gasparovichson
Howaman
Pella
Betty Holland
Plea
Local names listed for obituary and notices in Pella area
A list of individuals including Irwin Harve Santville George Heeven Niles He lingsworth Craise Johnson and others connected to Knoxville Pella Bussey Slater O'Hare Columbus Dallas appears as a reader notice. Read as a community roster without context or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santville
Irwin Harve
George Heeven
Pella
Niles Helingsworth
Pleasantville
Craise Johnson
Knoxville
Martha Johnston
Stuart Kuyper
Lawrence Liggett
John Maddy
Keith Maddy
Paul Maddy
Francis Moses
Bussey
Slater O'Hare
Don J Reins
Edwin Remy
Warnie Sage
Columbia
Charles Shivvers
Margaret Stone
William Vande Kieft
Don van Houweling
Bernard Vogelaar
Frances Wilson
Dallas
First draft calls two men from Marion County for the draft
Uncle Sam's call on Marion county began with two men last week and a second call on Wednesday for 150 more to be supplied between now and June 30, 1941. Two Knoxville youths volunteered as the first, John W. Cooley 18 and Arthur B. Geil 23. Cooley is under 21 and not listed. Geil is in the registration list with serial number 181 and order 132. The county apportionment totals Iowa 11 748 for seven months, with Marion assigned 156. Other nearby counties receive varied allocations as part of the draft plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Marion County
Knoxville
John W. Cooley
Arthur
Geil
John Cooley
Arthur Cecil
Josephine Cooley
Marion St
Clark Cecil
Pershing
Iowa
Selective Draft Board
Des Moines
Polk County
Scott County
Mahaska County
National Guard
Marion
Mahaska
Lucas
Monroe
Poweshick
Jasper
Clarke
Warren
Madison
Knoxville Journal
Iowa 4-H Club Livestock Boys Win Show Trips
Three outstanding Iowa 4-H meat animal producers Herbert Rees 15 of Pleasantville William Hunter 17 of Town City and Delmert Sanders 19 of Eagle Grove will visit Chicago for the 19th National Club Congress as guests of Cudahy Packing Company. Each has a long record of state fair victories and breed championships in beef sheep and hog projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Chicago
Edward B. Syndergaard
Herbert Rees
Pleasantville
William Hunter
Town City
Delmert Sanders
Eagle Grove
Cudahy Packing Company
Herbert
Cate Cassig
Virgil Ford to Lead Brooklyn High Athletics
Virgil Ford, former Seymour and Central graduate, is elected Brooklyn High School coach replacing Ellsworth Miller who moves to Pella High. Ford, from Redfield, is a 12 letter man with Central College ties and will oversee football basketball and track beginning next week. Miller exits after five years with Brooklyn with a higher salary and broader future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Iowa
Elsworth Miller
Pellach
Virgil Ford
Seymour
Central
Hhe
Seymour Igh School
Ellsworth Miller
Miller
Pella
Redfield
Central’ College
Kings
Moor School
Herdsmen Course Beginnings at Ames January 2 1941
Iowa State College will start the annual Herdsmen's Course on January 2 1941 led by W F LaGrange animal husbandman. The three month program trains men for livestock dairy and herd management with optional supervision roles. It has run 28 years with over 1700 graduates and requires two three month periods for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
W. F. LaGrange
LaGrange
Ames
Public Opinion On Iowa Traffic Safety Poll Results
A state survey of Iowa residents shows strong support for traffic safety measures. Questions covered driving habits, license tests, vehicle inspections, pedestrian enforcement, and speeding controls with majority votes favoring stricter standards and safety education.
Questions go out to 2725 registrants in draft
The Marion county registration board began on Monday November 18 to mail question blanks to 2,725 young men who reported for the draft three weeks earlier. It will take days to complete. The questions cover identification health education and employment details in thirteen divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Registration Board
Interesting Letter on Nazi Economy and Censorship
A reprint from the Emporia Gazette presents a letter from occupied Holland describing a cynical view of Nazi economic manipulation. The note suggests destroying districts to create work for builders, then printing money to pay wages, illustrating perceived self-defeating economic logic with blunt, dismissive tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia, Kansas
Gazette
Holland
Irony of notes and a German censor in a Dutch satire
A letter mocks German censoring while praising frugal living and limiting tea and coffee as unhealthy. The piece notes nationalism, travel restrictions, and the idea that notes circulate domestically, ending with a playful jab at the German official and a Dutchman’s irony.
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Library Board Library Board
Masonic Lodge
Robert Lantenbach
den Hartog
William J. den Harto
Peter Lubberden
W. JT. van Zante
Moonlight Mission
Moonlight Mission Band
Henry Klyn
G. T. A. Society of the First Reformed Church
Starsman Andringauesday
Evenig
Jeanette Stursma
J. J. Stursma
Peoria
William, Andringa
Gerrit W. Andringa
D. Hoitenga
G. W. Andringa
Federated Club
Woman's Federated Club
Jordan Hall
C. Nolte
Harry Ray
Music Parents Club
Ruby
Eldeen Club
H. J. Vanden Berg
Minnie
J. F. Dykstra
Broadway
A. D. Ver Steck
Clarence Wilkins
Paul Blommers
Goodrich
Litentufs
M. Monsmia
DE Cook Infant
State College
Jemson
Brooklyn High
Towa Department of Public Safety
Town Highway Patrol
Town State Safety Council
Brough
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Mrs, Ji
Boertje Building
John Boerelyn
Betty Jo Vande Geest
Ae Watayay
Emporia
Kanaus
Munsingwear
Nylon
Dupont
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