Otley News A Roundup Of Local Happenings And Visits
Otley notes report visitors including Mrs Vande Gaarde and Mrs G Vande Kieft while Mss Martha Atkins stays with Art Van Zante kin. A bridge and road work extends west toward Tennis Van Zante with crews clearing trees and dirt. A near miss at Holland Coal Mine injures Loren Rickabaugh, plus a barn fire at Dave Vander Ploeg. Community members attend Des Moines pentecostal services and a Kaldenberg wedding prompts a local celebration invitation from the Pella chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vande Gaarde
Pella
Rob Kaldenberg
G. Vande Kieft
Otley
Martha Atkins
Chicago
Art van Zante
Wm. Vriezelaar Sr
Methodist
Des Moines
Wm. Klein
Dan Hookenakker
White Pole
C. van Vark
Grinnell
Ray Shannon
Charley Baker
M. Aalbers
Hoksbergen
Dirk Freeken
Knoxville
Dave Vander
Clarence Renaud
R. V. McKeever
Don van Speren
Oskaloosa
John Markus
Grundy Center
Louis Edward Wittenberg
Markus
Dunbar
Robert Kaldenberg
Kaldenberg
van Ginkel
Rural Community Center gains from traffic and power
The rural community center grew through the automobile and farm electric light and power plants. State agricultural colleges aided by evening programs and speakers, enabling better access to gatherings after dark. Rural schools once lit by oil lamps now glow with brighter evenings.
Rural Schools Benefit From Electric Light and Film
The article highlights electric lighting as a cheerful, practical upgrade for rural schools enabling stereopticon shows and motion pictures. It lauds film for education and universal appeal, noting a knightly honor to General Dumont for Anderson. It also reports Barry Manufacturing’s record freight shipment via water to San Francisco and Mississippi River shipping troubles including the Washington and Henry G. Dress incidents with long delays and passenger lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Big River
E. F. Medary
Waukon
Boy Scouts Meeting Reports Chain Tag and Tales
Tuesday meeting opened at 7 15 with Foxes present excluding Casper Bruins Eagles absent Adrian Bruins Tu nis Du Pree tardy Paul Blommers and Richard Tysseling. After pledging the flag Chain Tag then Are You Ready Brother were played followed by signaling practice. Paul Blommers told a Radio Jim story William De Grafft shared a detective tale and William Van Doorninck narrated Jibby Jones. The scout oath was recited and the meeting adjourned. Raysmond and William De Grafft will leave town leaving a vacancy in the Eagle patrol and the assistant scoutmaster position. Old paper donations may be offered to any scout or phone 217 Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxes
Casper Bruins
Eagles
Adrian Bruins
Tunis du Pree Tardy
Paul Blommers
Richard ‘Tysseling
Chain Tag
Brother
Mr. Brunin
William de Grafft
William van Doorninck
Jibby Jones
Raymond
Eagle Patrol
French Legion of Honor Medal for Eldon Anderson
General George A L Dumont, military attache of the French embassy in Washington, awarded Eldon Anderson of Council Bluffs the Legion of Honor for bravery in France. Anderson lost a leg in the battle. The presentation occurred at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, with Anderson appearing on crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of Honor
Dumont
Anderson
George A. L. Dumont
Washington
Eldon Anderson
Council Bluffs
Germany
France
Ft. Omaha
Nebraska
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Ben Vroegh
C. Tucker
John Tilma
Buffalo
N. Y
R. J. Tilma
Carl Freeken
Prairie City
John Breen
North Dakota
Barry Manufacturing Company of
Muscatine
Ben
Guttenberg
Prairie du Chien
Lansing
Henry G. Dress
Lynxville
BOY Scouts
Black
Hallowe’en Remembrances
Hallowe’en
Ray Collins
Jeweler 119
High Ave
J. C. Penney Co
High Avenue
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Walton Clothing Co
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