Rural School Riders Visit Metcalfs and Visser Farm
The article notes Catheryne Visser daughter of Ellis and Metcalf families, and Gerrit Visser with a Des Moines River area farm nearby. It describes the Robert Vissers as pleasant neighbors and invites readers to find pictures of their home, pond, corn picking, and the family group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visser
Ellis Metcalf
Catheryne
Mr. Visser
Gerrit Visser
Des Moines
Robert Vissers
A. J. Hanna
Knoxville Road
Pella
Robert Visser
Metcalf Place
Vissers
Metcalfs
Modernized Home With New Kitchen And TV Hobby
The Visser family adds a kitchen expansion by removing a partition and relocating the range to a counter area. They install storage cupboards, a sink, fridge, and improve access between living room and bedroom. Heating relies on floor and wall furnaces, powered by bottle gas, with electricity from Iowa Power and Light. Mrs. Visser, a former Ri er Ridge teacher now in Knoxville, praises television for education and notes her two boys, Bruce and Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Vissers
Bruce
Carroll
Stock and Conservation Pond Built on Visser Farm
On Knox ville road near Pella Ellis Metcalf hosts Rob ert Visser and family who built a stock pond on their 185 acre farm. Corn yields were strong with estimates of 65 to 75 bushels per acre. The pond, 1.2 acres when full, features a spillway and a hydrant setup for livestock water. Visser raises hogs and poultry and uses conservation farming with planned rotations.
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Visser Farm
Robert Visser
Pers
Leonard Steele
Knoxville
Vissers
A. J. Hannas
Ellis Metcalfs
Hanna Place
Robert
Visser
Allis-Chalmers
John Deere
Midwest
New Holland
Knoedler Burr Mill
Births and visits noted at the Home for the Age
On October 12 Epp Roorda turned 74 and on October 13 Leendert Wielaard reached 76. Visitors from Chicago Leighton Newton and Orange City called on residents including Mr and Mrs Geenen Mrs Langstraat and Alicia Elscott. Ella Johnson fell last week and is confined to bed.
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Epp Roorda
Leendert Wielaard
Jacob Sjaardema
Chicago
Dirk Geenen
Donald Elscott
Ray Gifford
Newton
George de Jong
Orange City
Alicia Elscott
Ella Johnson
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Chronicle Farm Photos
Lola
and Feeder Sale
Hillcrest Sale Barn
Hillcrest Auction Co
Knoxville, Iowa
Home For the Age
Pete Pol
Pete Langstraat
Paul Langstraat
L. Langstraat
Raymond van Sant of
Leighton
Albert van Heukelem
Pete Ros
Joe Vanden Heuvel
van Wyk
Linda
Alonzo Ver Ploeg
Gerrit van Wyk
Hartford
Re Insurance Service
Earl Pohlmans
Stey
Ben Keller
Monroe, Iowa
Charles Graham
Prairie City
Highway 163
Marvin D. Neely
Earl and
Bill Shields
State Bank of
Min's & Boys
Seans
S&h
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