Nearby Towns and Rural News Roundup
Rain showers cooled conditions with reports of ice on shallow water Saturday morning. Mrs M Vander Hart returned from Denver with Rev D J Hoitenga and others, while a meeting of the Agricultural Conservation Association of Ma haska County in Peoria Township Hall seeks township committeemen for Richland Township for the 1940 Farm Program. Rev R J Hoitenga conducted services at Prairie City Christian Reformed church and Rev N Veltman preached here. The Women’s Christian Edification League’s Peoria gathering drew about 200 attendees from Pella and surrounding areas. Miss Marie Vos at Zuni Mission School in New Mexico is ill and receiving treatment at Rehoboth hospital. Rev and Mrs Hoitenga will travel to Grand Rapids and Cutlerville for a Christian Psychopathic hospital board meeting, and Mrs Hoitenga will visit her mother there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Vos
Zuni
New Mexico
Rehoboth Hospital
D. J. Hoitenga
Grand Rapids
Cutlerville
Michigan
Hoitenga
Christian Psychopathic Hospital
Gertrude Passmore
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Ivy
Fifield
Grandma Jones
Boyd
Oskaloosa
Leo Etherington
Fair Oaks
Marjorie
Fred Karr
Gene Reed
Billy Gene Karr
Ohn van Hemert
Murray
Cecil Price
Rena Klyn
Pfister
Prairie City
Arthur Vriezelaar
Bryan Karr
Bryan
Cecil Reese
Henry Hulleman
Jacob Yonkers Farms
Otto Wynsteker
Mr. Poe
Ryan
Howard Karr
John Vanden Berg
Roy Karr
Hugh Templeton
Summit Township
Pete van Hemert
Wynsteker
Delight Karr
Blanche Templeton
Ellen Karr
Murray van Hemert
Marion County Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Otley
Massmans
Charles W. Williams
Des Moines Street
Red Rock School
Farm Journal
Farmer’s Wife
Parl van Hemert
San Francisco
Europe
Jake de Hoedt
Lou Henley
Robert Romans
University Hospital
Iowa City
Robert
Carl Ammer
Wm. Cash
Bethany
Missouri
Ralph Cash
Kansas City
Ralph
Avie Vriezelaar
Pella
C. D. Vander Ploeg
Arthur Vander Ploeg
Monroe
Benita Herwehe
Benita
Helen Herwehe
Otley Finlay
Lawrence Vander Werf
Sully
William Terpstra
Kellogg
Kendall Wilson
Kelloggy
Basil Johnston
Jasper County
Waterloo
Earl Amble
Roger
Mark
John Honnold
Ben van Wyk
Ira Honnold
DeWayne
Tri-county teachers meet and fall vacation report
A Newton meeting of teachers from the three counties filled the day while students enjoyed a clear fall day. Fourteen Fair Oaks pupils are listed by name with teacher Bernice De Graaf in her second year. The Building of Our Nation, new histories for seventh and eighth grades, are on sale again. Joe Vanden Berg broke his right thumb after a hay rack fall Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Fair Oaks
Marjorie
Josephine
Alpharetta Vanden Berg
Esther
Edward
Kenneth
van Gent
Harris
Alvin
Johnny Waardhuizen
Norma Jean Bricker
Edward Ryken
Ruth Waardhuizen
Carl
Earl van Wyke
Bernice de Graaf
Joe Vanden Berg
Des Moines area obituaries and community notes
Gertrude Passmore dies at Lutheran hospital in Des Moines after a long illness. Funeral held in Des Moines and Ivy church. She taught in Fifield and leaves a husband, daughter, and relatives. Various local updates include aid meetings, nearby funerals, farm activity, road work, school items, and residents traveling to funerals or visiting relatives.
Rose Hill Notes on Local Meetings and Visits
Rose Hill residents report a teachers meeting in Newton causing school children to have a vacation day. Arthur Vander Werff and family hosted visitors from Corsica and Chicago while Arthur undergoes x rays in Oskaloosa. George Peery delivered 500 bushels of clover seed to John Vanden Berg and Art Vander Werff. Esther Ruth Van Zante to accompany family returning from Leighton visit. Will Janson stopped by Lane Dunnink home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Schrader
Newton
Arthur VanderWerff
Arthur
Oskaloosa Hospital
George Peery
John Vanden Berg
Art Vander Werff
Albert van Zante
The
Reformed Churches
Leighton
Esther Ruth
Will Janson
Lane Dunnink
Neal Hiemstra
John Hiemstra
Indianola
John Ryerkerk
John Dykstra
John Lee
Prairie City
Robert van Essen
Artie Hiemstra
Simon van Dusseldorp
Max Antle
Jeanette van Wyk
Tunnel van Zante
Gerrit Amlbers
Hattie
Pella
Gerrit van Wyk Jr
Maxine Carol
Roy van Essen
Edgar Ross
Des Moines
Ruth Waterhouse
Teddy Warner
Grace and Gallee
Mr. Warner
Ross
Arthur Vriezelaar
Pfister
Dallas
Lacona
Marion
Mahaska
Frank Aalbers
Gerrit J. Vander Berg
John Klein
National Seed Corn Co
Neal Heemstra
Gerrit Aalbers
Jacob Aalbers
Gradus
Nellie Vriezelaar
Walter van Doorninck
Robert Baker
Monroe
Will Brunin
Harold Wittmer
Dave Vander Ploeg
Otley School
Gradys Vriezelaar
Lee Marshall
Henry Herwehe
Summit School
Anna Keuning
Summit News Social Roundup From Local Families
Summit area residents and relatives held a busy week with visits and ceremonies. Local couples and guests from Leighton Indianola Prairie City and Reasner joined friends at homes in Pella and Des Moines. A fall institute and AAA meeting were noted among community events.
Social Roundup and Local Visits Noted in Des Moines Region
Mrs Ross Kane of Fairmont and Mrs Dave Vander Ploeg spent last Tuesday in Des Moines. Roger Amble proudly owns a Shorthorn Baby Beef bought at the Knoxville sale. Mrs Frank Van Zante Tanner and M Vander Ploeg were Des callers on Monday. Mr and Mrs J W Pringle and family with Fred Shenton of Newton visited the W Vriezeinar family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Kane
Fairmont
Dave Vander Ploeg
Des Moines
Roger Amble
Knoxville
Frank van Zante
Tanner
M. Vander Ploeg
J. W. Pringle
Fred Shenton
Newton
Sam Poortinga
W. Vriezeinar
Golden wedding honors and marriages in Monroe area
The Monroe News notes the September 25 1939 Golden Wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. W J Marshall with a 3 tier cake and 15 guests. It also reports the May 18 1939 marriage of Bertha Oliver to Arthur Ustermarkt in Monroe. they reside in Prairie City. Further items include local visits, church events, and gatherings involving residents from Polk City Newton Leighton and Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Marshall
Monroe
Andrew Uitrmarkt
Runnells
J. M. Carlson
Prairie City
E. Edgerton
Polk City
Woreley
Paul Middleton
Marshalltown
Howard Herwehe
John Anderson
Wilhelmina Duim
Arie
Marion van Haaften
Leighton Wedne
C.D. Vander Ploeg
Pella
Robert Underwood
Curtis Crane
Amy Rose Henley
Newton
Local Social and Hospital Notes Highlight Community News
A list of area residents and families details hospital stays, visits, and gatherings. Robert Romans is ill in Iowa City University Hospital. Families from Pella Monroe Kellogg and Prairie City attend birthdays anniversaries reunions and church events. Local 4‑H, seed corn company visitors, and a Des Moines reunion are mentioned along with hospital transport and dance.
Miss Geneva Vander Pol Undergoes Tonsillectomy Tuesday
Case News reports Miss Geneva Vander Pol had her tonsils removed Tuesday in Sully by Dr. Carpenter of New on. The De Jong family visits extended to the parental John De Jong home Sunday afternoon. Everett Vander Pol family joined Joe Harthorn home near Monroe for a Sunday visit. Marie Meppelink helps sister Mrs Henry Willemsen with domestic tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Vander Pol
Sully
Carpenter
Newon
Milo de Jong
John de Jong
Everet Vander Pol
Joe Harthorn
Monroe
Marie Meppelink
Henry Willemsen
House Cleaning This Week For Mrs Ray Hoksl En
Elscott starts house cleaning this week for Mrs Ray Hoksl en, taking on tasks around her residence. The note confirms upcoming cleaning duties and the helper's assignment this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nie Elscott
Ray Hokslen
Tools Stolen From Woodrow Washer Plant On Seventh Street
The Oskaloosa police were told by J A Van Wal that tools were taken from the Woodrow Washer plant on south Seventh street. Stolen items include end wrenches with initials J B W and L A, a brass-headed hammer, and a set of drills set on a pedestal rack. Entry was gained through a window left open on the near side of the building in the past 11 nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Washer Company
South Seventh Street
Oskaloosa
J. A. van Wal
J.B.W
L.A
Oskalo Herald
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Murray Brown
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