Town News Mixes Family, Travel and Harvest Echoes
Readable notes from a rural community recount visits, illnesses, and travels. Maggie Perkey babysits near Knoxville while relatives, deer sightings, and local chores appear. Thanksgiving gatherings, farm work, town events, and several health and transport incidents illustrate a busy patchwork of daily life.
Thanksgiving gatherings reach across towns in Iowa notices
Otley and Monroe residents visited relatives across Pella and Des Moines areas for Thanksgiving. Names include Lille Rexroat Aalbers Tice Vos Den Hoedt Kool Carnahan Slocum Ravenhorst Breen Fraken among others. A local church event invites attendance on December 2 at Monroe Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lille
Otley
Dick Lille
Alvin
Shirley
Monroe
Marinus Aalbers
Maureen
Janet
Richard
Pella
Rene Aalbers
Donald Rexroat
Line Tice
Gertrude Hellman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Tice
Des Moines
Arie den Hoedt
Knoxville
Donald
Henry Kool
Nancy
Alvin Rietveld
Connie
Kathy
Clark Jo
Maxwell Carnahan
Tom Slocum
Barbara Ann
Clinton
Wisconsin
Connie Joe Slocum
Rock Island
Ill
Zack Slocum
Johanna Ravenhorst
Vinton
Iowa
Doris Lee
Mra
Ira Breen
Ottumwa
Carl Fraken
Son Weldon
Sun
Baby born in Oskaloosa on November 24 1961
Mr and Mrs Henry Nieuws mia became parents of a baby daughter at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa. Delivered by caesarian the child is the third daughter in the family. Also notes on local visits church services and Thanksgiving reflections with elders deacons elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nieuwsmia
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Harold E. Hoksbergen
c/o
San Francisco
California
John C. Roose
Mer Hospital
Molensar
Gerrit Witermarkt
Palla
Peoria
Ralph de Vries
Sully
Iowa
Wilbur Veenstra
Mercy Hospital
John Klyn
Lois Hoksbergen Klyn
Des Moines
Lester Pethoven
Kenneth John de Jong
John
Betty Huyser
Frank Blom
Arkansas
De Jong Family Notes and Local Society Election
Weekend visitors from Muskegon and Hull shared stories and prayers as Rev Jacob A De Jong died and was laid to rest in his birthplace. The Men’s Society met midweek with fifteen members. Vander Hart led as president Dahm as vice president Rus as secretary De Vries as treasurer Vos as delegate. Money distributed to kingdom causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vande Lune
Muskegon
Michigan
Wilbur Vande Lune
John A. de Jong
William C. de Jong
Hull
Iowa
Grand Rapids
J. A. de Jong
Jacob A. de Jong
Frank Buurstra
Men’s Society
Thomas Vander Hart
Jacob Dahm
Peter S. Rus
Lewis de Vries
Ben A. Vos
Ebenezer Re formed Choir to present December 7 program
Leighton News notes plans by Ebenezer Re formed Choir for a December 7 program. Social items report hospitality visits and family gatherings, including birthdays for Glen Wilson, veterans from Korea, and updates on Linda Glendening’s asthma. Several local families are mentioned in weekend and weekday hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Reformed Choir
Tunis Dykstra
Marcene
Virgil
Gene Sedrel
Mike
Chrissie
Jan
Terry Douglas
Ernie Wilson
Grinnell
Douglas
Glen Wilson
Bob Phillips
Korea
Don de Prenger
Linda Glendening
Henry Sedrel
G. A. Aalberts
Myrna
Margaret
Fannie Beltman
Minnie Aalberts
Orange City
Anniversary of the Everetts in church circles
The Senior Ladies Aid of the Christian Reformed Church and husbands entertained their pastor Rev H Vander Klay at his home on his birthday Monday November 19 Refreshments were served and a briefcase was presented to Mr Vander King by the society Other social notes cover Thanksgiving gatherings of local families and visits by relatives from the Netherlands and Des Moines with multiple households hosting meals and services at area churches including Central College Leigh Otley and Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Johnny Klyn
Gerrit Klyn
U.S.A
Sidney Klyn
Lester van Haaften
van Haaften
Clyde Karr
Gerty Karr
Maud Richerd
Roy
Lloyd Shilling
Bob Jones
Grace
Amos Jones
Korea
Florida
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Twila
Dee
Fruitland
Bill Legrand
Joe Templeton
Bill
Ajax
Nancy
Sherry
Scott
Winnie Breen
William Verners
Oskaloosa
Darlene
Tunis Vonk
Percy Clemens
Wisconsin
Neal Williamson
Charles Vander Kolk
Frankestra
Gene Coons
Doris Jean
St. Ansgar
Zack
Hattie Ver Steeg
Ben Pullen
New Market
Murray Ver Steeg
Dick Lille
Albert and
Shirley
Monroe
Rene Aalbers
Jeanelia
Pella
Gerrit de Jong
John Lille
Bert Barnes
Hattie
Norma Bricker
Clarence Bricker
Pearl van Hemert
Danville
M. P. van Hemert
Bricker
Gradus Klien
Wayne
Willard Klien
Geraldine Klein
Wayne Angove
John de Ronde
Gerald Angove
Everett. Engelhoven
Christian Reformed Church
H. Vander ‘Klay
Vander King
Herman Meppelink
Henry Wyfhuizen
Netherlands
William van Heukelem
Joy Denburger
Cedar Falls
Harry Denburger
Miss Denburger
Elijah
Town State Teachers College
Men's Brotherhood of the Ebenezer Reformed Church
Frank van Haiten
Don de Prenger
G. G. Versteegh
G. Aalberts
Otley Reformed
Gerrit Vander Lugt
Central College
Leighon
Carl van Dusseldorp
John Slagter
New Sharon
van Dusseldor
C. M. Vroom
John Engelhoven
F. B. Denburger
Joy
R. S. Duffus
Jim
Jack
Floyd Lowman
Ruth Ann
Eddyville
Tena Ludemann
Ruth
Georgene
H. Vander Klay
Barney Memme- Jaard
Peter de Boer
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Cordova
Roy Karr
Maggie Perkey
Boyd
Dunreath
Mary
Perkey
John Ball
Marie Klyn
Yiarry de Heer
Core Bridge
Here
South Bridge
Dwight Harvey
Roland Reed
Red Rock
Rroll de Heer
Iowa Packing Co
Gerent
Hugh Templetons
Virginia
de Moss
Pinkerton
Corda
Worth Karr
Tennessee
Georgia
Heatherlin
Loren Karr
Frank Karr
Frank
Worth
Loren
Sarah Harvey
Ellen Roberts
Grace McDonald
Grace Schell
Tony
George Daily
Des Moines Register
Jake Dingeman
Mabel Sellers
Dingeman
Tink Battery
James Templeton
Buttrey
Henderson Reese
Templeton
Harvey
Gerald van Zante
Albert Dykstra
Dykstra
Joy Shilling
Runnells
Dr. Tharp
Hazel Bricker
Norma Jean
Marjorie
Pearl
Lyn le
Montezuma Renderers Dept. Agri
Otley News
Chas. Vander Kolk
Politi
Chrisian Science Monitor
Monitor
Chetan Selene
Mass U
Weme
Peoria News
Herman A. de Jong
Henry Roorda
Henry Vander Linden
Gerrit Vander Melen
Rense Nieuwsma
Henry Nibbelink
Otto Vos
Jacob Vander Molen
Bert Dahm
Tunis Fynaardt
Lambert Nieuwland
John A. Roose
Leighton News
Comro
Pella, Iowa
Galant
Elty
Vas
Enna
Ben Vos
Minnie van Maaften
Arie van Haaften
Gerrit Hasselman
Willis van Haaften
Marilyn Groenendyk
Calvin College
Peter Groenendyk
C. Groenendyk
Gerrit Veldhuizen
Leroy
John Roozeboom
Mary Ann
H. M. Rempe
Kenneth van Mannen
Rempe
van Maanen
Charles van Maanen
H. L. Meppelink
Clarence van Zee
Ering
Robert Grandia
Pelli
Robert Hugen
Bert Hugen
Hugen
Dick Hugen
Ray den Hartog
Glenda
Neal de Jong
J. C. den Hartog
O ‘Irene Perkins
Gene van Zee
Stevie
Chester Beintema
Chicago, Ill
T. D. Beintema
William de Prenger
Howard de Prenger
Wilbur Rempe
Robert Hagen
Herbert de Prenger
Iowa City
Bert van Arendonk
B. Groenendyk
Walter Newendorp
Andy Steenhock
Pete Vos
Harry Vander Wail
William de Jong
Joe K. Brummel
Iowa State College
Joe Brummel
Dwight Douglas
Mabel Card
L. W. Upton
Kenosha
Wis
C. H. Bogaard
Mae Bogaard
Elton Ver Ploeg
Harold Vande
Ee LaLaa
Smka Rekha
Tracy, Iowa
Leighton Oil Station
Crookham Place
Rhode Island
Farmall
John Deere
New Idea
Kelly Ryan
Briggs & Stratton
McCormick- Deering
McCormick-Deering
Cormick-Deering
Ruth Circle Society
Leighton Christian
Vander Zyl and
van Zante
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