College Tea Hosted by Senior Dorcas Society of First Reformed
The Senior Dorcas Society sponsors a College Tea at the First Reformed Church on Thursday afternoon December 7 at 2 00. Mrs J R Euwema will be guest speaker. All women are invited to attend.
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Dorcas Society of the First Reformed Church
J. R. Euwema
Pella
S. Vro
J. Borst
Edward Tanis
E. Tanis
Anderson
Vroon
Gritters
Haverkamp
Tanis
Borst
Perron
Leighton News Local Social and Hospital News Summary
Leighton notes report a Tuesday luncheon at Mrs. Alvin Wimer west of New Sharon with Mahaska county Farm Bureau Women's chairman hosting the county board. Four Leighton patients were discharged from Mercy Hospital. among them Mrs. Gerald Versteegh, Mrs. Walter Steenhock after major surgery, and Miss Bet y Joyce Den Hartog post tonsillectomy. Thanksgiving gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. John Van Rockel of Clarion and Lou Van Rockel. Leighton Parochial School held a birthday party for David Vander Klay and Georgene Ludemann. Thanksgiving Day at the Grandia home included Otto Brummel and extended family.
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Ben Anderson
Ike Henry
Alvin Wimer
New Sharon
Wimer
Mahaska County Farm Bureau
Leighton
Mercy Hospital
Gerald Versteegh
Robert Hagen
Richard Lee
Betty Joyce den Hartog
Walter Steenhock
Steenhock
Will Kempe
Mary Beth Hagen
William de Prenger
Gail Versteegh
J. A. van Zuck
Martha Versteegh
Gary Vande Haar
Oskaloosa
Phyllis Vande Maar
John van Rockel
Clarion
Lou van Rockel
John de Prenger
Leighton Parochial School
David Vander Klay
Georgene Ludemann
Otto Brummel
Grandia
John Grandia
Abe
Faye
Clarence van Zee
Don
Walter Grandia
Edwarda
Robert Veenstra
Bobby
Cynthia
Muscatine
Roy van Toorn
Centerville
Lou van Toorn
Thanksgiving social notices from Pella area
The Chronicle lists numerous local residents visiting relatives and attending events over Thanksgiving. Families from Hedrick Oskaloosa and Pella share dinners and visits with kin including Vander Linden Van Zee De Prenger and Van Roekel households. Christian Endeavor delegates from Pella attended a Prairie City convention with Bonnie Van Zomeran. Local church services were held and community members visited hospitals after a relapse of Mrs. Gerald Versteegh.
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Norman Vander Linden
Jeance
Hedrick
Brummel
Gene van Zee
Stevie
Kenneth Perkins
Cedar
Howard Glendening
Richard
Linda
Indianola
N. van Vliet
John de Prenger
Herman Wyngarden
Oskaloosa
Warren de Prenger
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Dick van Zee
Clarence van Zee
Don
Andy Lubbers
Pella
John Brower
Glen van Zee
Council Bluffs
William van Heukelem
John Boerlyn
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Betty Rempe
J. A. van Zuck
Elmer Veldhuizen
Virgil Dykstra
Phyllis Vande Haar
Darlene van Zomeren
Christian Endeavor
Reformed Church
Prairie City
Bonnie van Zomeran
Harold den Besten
Pla
Jay Downey
Davenport
G. G. Versteegh
William Rosenberg
The
Gradus Aalberts
Aalberts
County Farm
Lou van Roekel
Neal van Hemert
William van Heukelom
M. M. de Reus
Ray de Reus
Darrell
Don de Prenger
Chronicle
Gerald Versteegh
Tragic Barn Fire Claims Child Near Ackley
A young girl named Carol Ann Abbasm of near Ackley was briefly ablaze while her parents were milking in the barn. They extinguished the flames, but she died several hours later from injuries sustained.
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Carol Ann Abbasm
Ackley
Toys Make Them at Home From Iowa State College Toy Bulletin
Child development experts at Iowa State College say good toys are do with experiences that teach and engage. Simple home built projects like a cookie can train engine and a drum from a coffee can illustrate making toys from household items. The Town State College bulletin outlines tools, materials, and age appropriate projects including a train, pegboards, and a rocking horse with step by step directions.
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Iowa State College
Daddy
Town State College
Bulletin
Ames
Iowa
Native born Iowa governors and their terms
Native born Iowa governors are few in number with eight having been born in the state. Four have served since 1939, including the current governor. Beryl F. Carroll was the first native son elected governor, serving from 1909 to 1913 after earlier roles as state senator and state auditor. Carroll was born in Davis County in 1860.
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Iowa
Beryl F. Carroll
Carroll
Davis County
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