Local Social News From Nearby Towns
Gerrit Terlouw and Katie visit in Henry Willemsen home Wednesday afternoon. Grinnell visitors include Mr and Mrs Jessie Hill and Ivert Vander Pol ly. L G T club held an all day meeting Thursday. Funeral services for Mrs John Elscott held in the First Reformed church in Pella Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Terlouw
Katie
Henry Willemsen
Jessie Hill
Ivert Vander Polly
Grinnell
Rufford Pethoven
L. G. T. Club
Henry Elscott
John Elscott
Russell Vander Krol
Jennie Elscott
Jeff Shaw
Marshall Meredith
Harry Williams
Jennie
Ellen
Guy Elscott
First Reformed Church
Pella
Ellen Karr
Elaine
Gerty Core
Knoxville
Ruth Perkey
Murray van Hemert
Pete van Hemert
Donald Alley
Loren Moomaw
Roy Karr
Burt
Williams
Canajoharie
New York
Mohawk Valley
Marjorie
Josephine Vanden Berg
Cordova
Bethesda
Denver
Colorado
Chester Sloan
Hospital
W. M. Mitty
Chicago
Perkey
Lynn
Fred Brent
Harold Efnor
Red Rock
Maxine Cooper
Cordova News Births and Local Happenings Report
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Waardhuizen at Ma Haska County Hospital on Wednesday morning November 22 weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces. The column notes various local events, visits, illnesses, household movements, and community concerns across Cordova and Knoxville including hospital stays, a fundraising coffee and pie sale by the Rebekah lodge, hunting safety reminders, school updates, and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Son
A.W. Waardhuizen
Mahaska County Hospital
Junior
Elmer
Dorothy
Ruth
Howard Crozier
Larry Neal
Clarke
Knoxville
Timmy de Moss
Abbott’s Hospital
Oskaloosa
Phyllis Pos
C. E. Poe
Dunreath
Barthlyn
Fred Karr
Fred
Rebekah Lodge
Maye van Hemert
Keith Rankin
Summit Township
Otley
Fair Oaks
Pleasant Grove
Cincinnati
Pleasant View
Valley
Dorothy Jean
Mart Klyn
Henry Marinus
van Loon
Grandma Benitema
Pete van Hemert
George Dailey’s
Monroe
Otto Wynstekers
Otto
Ruth Kiyn
Seymour Howard
JiIma Vanden Berg
Pella
Harry de Heer
Roy Karr and Son
Harry
Roy
Rousseau Bridge
Leslie Waites
Attica
Neal Stanton
John Martin Visser
Newton
Clifford Williams
Martha Eden
Wabash
Udell
Miranda Clarke
Colleen ‘Alley
Eden
Community Visits and a Des Moines Group Tour
Rose Hill residents hosted and visited multiple neighbors including Art Vander Werff and Neal Vander Werff households. Des Moines guests of Lester Boat and family joined Neal Vander Werff and others for an evening gathering. A Des Moines group toured local homes spreading Buford religion, promoting opposition to churches, amid social calls and shared meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Vander Werff
Herman van Veen
Lester Boat
Des Moines
Neal Vander Werff
John Vanden Berg
Arie Klein
Roy van Haaften
South of
Pella
Lane Dunnink
Kathryn Vander Werff
Thurday
Delbert Schrader
Bert Shuts
Local families quilt and visit in early 1940s Iowa notes
Summit News records a sequence of social visits around Otley Monroe and Pella Iowa with quilting parties at the Edgar Ross home and guests including Mrs Bert Ross Mrs Ivan Ross Mrs Robert Ross Mrs Otis Ross Mr and Mrs Teddy Warner Mr and Mrs J H Shinn Gerrit Vanden Berg Simon Van Dusseldorp and others. Additional items note Brand sale near Pella and upcoming Otley moves. Birthday celebrations for Arthur D Vriezelaar and guests travel to Omaha and Newton festivities wrap with chorale rehearsal and local dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ross
Otley
Ivan Ross
Robert Ross
Monroe
Edgar Ross
Otis Ross
Teddy Warner
Baxter
Warner
Pella
J. H. Shinn
Locust
Effie Kathryn
H. W. Vriezelaar
J. W. Pringle
Newton
G. G. Gunderson
Clinton Gunderson
Alice Miller
Norman Batstone
St. Peter, Minn
Arthur D. Vriezelaar
Omaha
Nebr
Johnna
Joyce Vos
Peter Vos
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Community Notes From Pella Otley Area Church Events
Daughters of Ruth presented the play The New Minister's Wife at the Otley Reformed church to a large crowd and favorable response. Local residents attended social visits, including families from Pella and nearby towns, with several improvements and visits noted among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Roy van Essen
Jake Wouda
Otley Re
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Case News
Rose Hill News
Summit News
Gerrit den Hartog
Bleckledge
Lucille Vanden Baard
Louis van Rocke
A. L. Dykstra
Summit Home Project Committee
Don Poortinga
Marion
Harold
Frank Aalbers
Gerrit J. Vanden Berg
Everett
Joan
Henry van Esser
Roy Vanssa
Esmond
Como
Esmond Sunny
Oskaloosa Street
Chambray
Prince Albert
Velvet
Kentucky Club
Johnson
Navy
Rotary
Coleman Mantle
Philco
Conservator
NESCO
Thermos
J. van
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