Nearby Town News Reports Family Events And Local Happenings
Daisy Buttrey visits Knoxville with Gerry Price and travels to Sandyville for a cousins picnic. The Otley home of Mrs. John Vanden Baard hosts a Foods to Serve When You Entertain lesson led by Mildred Bell on Tuesday October 16 at 1 30 Th. Leland and Homer Balmer celebrate their 25th anniversary with a gathering at their home October 17 1951. Fair Oaks and Red Rock schools schedule Halloween programs October 29 and October 26 respectively. Rain and frost affect area gardens as a new cattle shed extension and aluminum siding finishes project upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Buttrey
Knoxville
Gerry Price
Sandyville
Mildred Bell
Home Economist
John Vanden Baard
Otley
Leland
Homer Balmer
Fair Oaks
Red Rock
Templeton and
Harvey's
Melvin Beetman
A. L. Dykstra
Patricia Langstraat
Collins Hospital
Laurie
Leonard
Lolaj Belle
1St. Street
Women’s Club
Bessie Hoeksma
Frank Lorenzen
Phyllis Merryman
Truro
Billy Jean
Jack
Harvey
Grandma Reed
Mabel Sellers
Darlene Karr
Wilma Ann Mullens
Sellers
Keith Sloan
Monroe
Gerald de Jong
Navy
Coal Ridge
Bonnie Nichols
Linda Karr
Corda Karr
Frank
Leah Heywood
Karr
Cecil Price
Dtnnet
Adventists Church
Cora Karr
Irene Smith
Centerville
Tracy
Ben Smith Jr
John Vriezelaar
Mr. Collins
Robert Kalderberg
Mingo
Pat Mather
Collins
Dwight Harveys
Templetons
Bill
Farm Bureau
Ben Rassmursen
Wes Norris
Maytag
Blanche Gilchrist
Stanley
Raymond de Moss
Marie Klyn
Lloyd Karr
Pastoral changes and community notices in Peoria
Rev A J Rus arrived and began duties at Peoria, first son of the church to enter gospel ministry. A new trio of ministers was named: Jaabaay, Van Laar, and Van Zemeren. Henry Vos funeral at Pella First Christian Reformed. Edification League held with 53 ladies. local visits and furloughs noted among Peoria residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Rus
Peoria
Rus
van Ens
Rikkers
Weekend visits and community notes from the Iowa town
A long neighborhood roundup details weekend guests and family visits across several households including Miss Janice Nell De Young in Chicago and Geraldine Van't Sant in Sully Iowa. It notes church visits, gifts to Korea, farm logistics, hospital stays, school activities, and local events as autumn colors and sunsets are admired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Nell de Youn
Chicago
John D. de ‘Young
Geraldine Van’t Sant
Sully
Iowa
Betty Van't Zant
Harvey Noordsy Jr
Central College
Pel- In
Betty Koehler
Monroe
Arthur Hockman
Harold Hoksbergen
Camp Leonard Wood
John Westercamp
Anna Bandstra
Pella
Henry Vande Voort
Edgerton
Minnesota
Berniece Hoekman
Patricia Jane de Jong
Korea
John Pethoven
West Church
Evert Holand
John C. Roose
Larks Club
Cornelius Boerelyn
Anna Marlene Westercamp
Melvin Dear
Peoria
Shelby
South Dakota
Chan Fleming
Fleming
Harold Pothoven
Carl Wayne
Bert Dahm
Martha Faye Pothoven
Chris Vos
Chrystal
Vos
Henry
A. C. de Jong
Arthur Wheelaar
Andrew Vander Linden
Donald Paterson
Spring Valley
Otley News social notes record
Otley residents host and visit across households including Vander Kolk Verwers Kaldenberg Slocum and Beardslee. Guests from Monro e Clinton Pella and Dakota share weekends and Sundays with local families and church figures.
Veroughts Welcome Son Alvin Gene at Still Hospital
Summit News notes the birth of Alvin Gene to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Verought on October 8 at Still hospital Des Moines with mother Betty Clark formerly. Also mentions Wilma Fisher's tonsil operation, visits with relatives in Monroe, and various local social notes including a visit by Peter Breed and David Van Helen families. The Des Moines Tribune article about Lt Col Hattilu White Addison and the WAC guest in 1940s ties to the Vriezelaar family history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Verought
Still Hospital
Des Moines
Alvin Gene
Betty Clark
Wilma Fisher
Des Moines General Hospital
Jean Reeves
Deborah Ann
Henry Herwehe
Monroe
Peter Breed
H. W. Vriezelaar
David van Helen
Frankfurt
Germany
Hattilu White Addison
Vriezelaar
White
WAC
Ft. Des Moines
Cpl
Arthur Vriezelaar
Amarillo
Texas
Monroe News Roundup of Local Births Travel and Military Notes
Local notes report births and family visits, including Jeffery Vance Wolcott and James Charles Hoagland. Families travel to Des Moines Knoxville and Ames, with service members Pvt Paul Ross at Fort Eustis and Sgt James Cochrane in Korea. Community visitors from Des Moines Reasnor and Artesia feature, plus a birthday celebration for Darth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Edwin Tibboel
Harry Tibboel
Mahaska Hospital
Berta Wittmer
Baxter
Harold
Frances van Ness
Caldwell
D Moines
Monroe
Des Moines
Arle Breed
Ottumwa
Peter Breed
Alice Clevenger
Boston
Mass
Lyle Clevenger
Susan
Arthur Vander Ploeg
C. D. Vander Ploeg
Wallace Ogg
Ames
C.D. Vander Ploeg
Ogg
Pvt
Paul Ross
Fort Eustis
James Cochrane
7Th Division
Korea
Cpl
Gene Scarborough
Scott ‘Field
Ill
Forrest Wolcott
Knoxville
Jeffery Vance
Alma McKeever
Walcott
Art Gilbert
Mark Woody
Jon
Dean
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Cordova
Maria Kay Mabie
Rex Hackney
Gifford
Town
Merl Price
Eldora
Dorothy Reed
Ozark
Ernie Reed
Sarah Harvey
Drake
Gil
Della Birkenholtz
Bill Karr
Carrie Paterson
New York City
Dunreath
George
Joey Buttrey
Mrs. Nichols
Buck
Roy Karr
Otto
Jennie Wersteker
Weems
May Waardhuizen
Irwin
Joe
Mary Templeto
Hugo Templetons
Dwight Haveys
Corda Mary
Worth Karr
Gerald Arment
Clyde Karr
Tan
Coronado
Ecoronado
Peoria News
Herman A. de Jong
Otley News
Chas. Vander Kolk
Marion Verwers
Carol
Marjorie Ann
Violet Ruth
Delores
William Verwers
Mary Shannon
Tice Kaldenberg
Muilenburg
Jimmie
Chariton
Tom Slocum
Clinton
Wisconsin
Zack Slocum
John Beardslee
Reformed Church
Lester Muller
Judith
Muller
Dakota
Henry Wielaard
Raymond Robus
Johnnie
Bruce
Janice
Kenneth
Duane
Connie Robus
Charles Vander Kolk
Arie Ver Heul
Harry Vanden Berg
Summit News
Hillcrest Sale Barn
Knoxville, Iowa
Hereford
Hillcrest Auction Co
Monroe News
Woody
He City
Black Hills
Chris Brodersen
Reasnor
T Week
Jamestown
North Dain
Ronnie Wearmouth
Ronnie
V. Wearmouth
H. Price
Rand
Harold Sparks Jr
Jennie Longear
Eddyville
Frank Nemeyer
Rose Taylor
Walter Blankenship
Carl Blankenship
Bartlesville
Okla
C. Knowles
Welington
Kansas
Pavig Beyer
Cornelia Kleinenhorst
Callen
Darth Birthday
Alpha
Tysseling
the Scorpion
John H. Klein
Draper Gravel Road
Jasper County
Guernseys
FORD
J. D
David Bradley
Ward Hammermill
Star Wilson
Stewart-Warner
Ladies’ Aid Society
Prairie City Reformed
Gertrude Klein
Earl Shields
Les Beyers
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