Nearby Town News and Sept. 3 Homecoming Report
Visitors at Alma De Penning's home included Betty Lou Ver Steeg and Irene Van Rheenen. The local churches raised 25.30 each for an entertainment program with Clark Oberlies of Lincoln as speaker. A Pella band concert preceded two diamond ball games, Reasnor beating Reliable 11 to 4 with Eke homering. Van Gorkum in charge. The event drew about 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma de Penning
Betty Lou Ver Steeg
Irene van Rheenen
Clark Oberlies
Lincoln
Nebraska
Pella Band
Reasner
Reliable Department Store
Newton
Harry Eke
Washer City
Lufkin
Wheeler
Reasnor
Wilson
Carrier
Eke
Reliable
Galesburg
George van Gorkum
Pella
John Oltshoern
Fred Aherns
Laurel
Curtis Derringer
Wilma van Roekel
Andrew de Penning
Jans Ramer
Freeman Kling
Will Kling
Hazel
Merlin Schnng
William van Rheenen
H. M. Smith
M. RE
Lola de Penning
Dorothy Rohrdan Munday
William de Bruyn
Albert Terpstra
Reinder Poortinga
Bernie Menninga
Freeman Hendricks
Century of Progress
Agnes van Rheenen
Agnes Mathes
Isagore Landmesser
Jasper County
J. O. Pritchard
Killduff
Hewitt Cemetery
Mr. Landmesser
Elk Crek Township
Nicholas
Louise
Keller) Landmesser
Ella Mick
Paul
Landmesser
Luther
Richard
Wright
Near
Kilduff
Hugh Parker
Henrietta Hieman
Bernice van Dusseldorp
Oberlies
Baxter
Florence Oswalt
Duane
Stanley
James Oswalt
Henry Postma
Edward van Hemert
van Hemert
Legion Hall
A. D. Woods
State Center
A. L. Terpstra
Henry van Rheenen
Sally and Thelma Pageant and Local Social Notes
Sally Vander Linden visits in the area while Case Vonk Bert Van Rees Arnold Christianson and Fred De Vries attend state fair. Thelma Marsh of Newton hosts a piano recital at Community church with Marsh Conover Van Der Pol and other performers. Local visits include Miss Geenen with relatives near Lynnville and Newton. Community church group meetings, school openings, and visits across Sully mark a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Vander Linden
Leighton
Case Vonk
Bert van Rees
Arnold Christianson
Fred de Vries
Thelma Marsh
Newton
Miss Marsh
Louise Conover
Mathilda Brand
Merlin Gertsma
Helen van der Pol
Ruth Gertsma
Rev. Butler
Sally Girls
Alma Halblom
Ruth Braam
Mathil
Rosina Quick
Iowa City
Lewis Shipman
Donald
Helen Perry
Lee Perry
Sally Go Getters
H. Club
Helen Vander Pal
Sully Girls
Gladys Howell
Paul Knaupp
Marilyn Steenhoek
William Steenhoek
Pella
R. de Jong
Sully Public Schools
Charles Polk
Chris Huigen
Monroe
Florence Grier
Deep River
Ellis
Mystic
Iowa
Anna Wisgerhof
Elliott
Lynnville
Sully Christian Reformed School
Andrew van Zee
Grand Rapids
Nellie Dooyema
Kenneth
Minn
Sully
Kellogg
Ben Nielemans
Hollandale
A. P. Johnson
Ahoo
Nebraska
A. W. Willaner
Mary Cox
Gon John
Edward Essex
Indianapolis
Ind
Butler
Cox
Will van Wyke
Ha de Jong
Thayer
Leighton area farewell gatherings and church notices
Esther Overbergen stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Simon Den Hartog from Wednesday to Sunday. A farewell party for Rev. and Mrs. Spencer De Jong occurred Monday night at the Den Heers as they move to Lucas Michigan. Attendees included the Newendorps, Wolbrinks, Hasselmans, Van Dhaaftens, and De Jong relatives. The De Jongs will visit and travel to Leota Minnesota, then to Hampton Iowa. The Sunday school picnic of the Reformed Church happened at Baker’s yard. Various locals visited, and the Priscilla Sisters Society of Ebenezer Reformeds set a bazaar for September 12 at seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Overbergen
Simon den Hartog
Spencer de Jong
Tunis de Heer
de Jong
Lucas, Mich
Charles Newendorp
Harry _Newendorp
Walter Newendorp
Evelyn Dykstra
Charlotte Sedrel
Near
Tracy
Wm. Wolbrink
Monroe
Dakota
A. P. Hasselman
Pella
Wm. Vandhaaften
Reformed Church
Nick Rozenbaam
Minnesota
Western Theological Seminary of
Holland
Mich
Martin A. de Jong
J. A. de Jong
Amarylis
Dorothy de Boer
Leota
Dorothy DeBoer
N. de Boer
Aber Klaaren
Patricia
Crum
Hampton
Iowa
The
Baker’s School
Leighton
Dick van Ommen
Wilma
Bernice
Janet
Oskaloosa
Clayton Ustermarkt
Y. de Jong
Sioux County
Priscilla Sisters Society
Ebenezer Reformed Church
D.tolsma
Grand Rapids
Michigan
B. Groenendyk
Weekend visitors to Mrs De Vries include Willetts and Willets
Mrs. Fred De Vries hosted guests over the past week with Sunday callers Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willetts and Ed Willetts of Knoxville John Lee and Mrs Ed Willetts who assisted in caring for her grandson accompanied them home Max Wisgerhof of Town City spent the weekend at parental Gerrit Wisgerhof home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred de Vries
It Happened One Night at Princess Theatre Oskaloosa
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert star in the Columbia romantic comedy drama It Happened One Night. The pair meet on a Miami bus, hitchhike cross country, and share adventures that mix romance and humor. Frank Capra directs with Robert Riskin adapting from Samuel Hopkins Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Clark Gable and
Columbia
Princess Theatre
Oskaloosa
Gable
Miss Colbert
Ellie Andrews
New York
Miami
Frank Capra
Robert Riskin
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Sunday Visitors and School Start In Taintor Area
Sunday afternoon visitors called at Mrs A B Rouw home while New Sharon High School and Taintor area students resumed classes. Families from Searsboro and New Sharon visited local households Saturday night. The guest club hosted a party at Floyd Garner's home with games music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Rouw
Taintor
New Sharon
Bill Septor
Searsboro
Joe Budding
A. T. de Gooyer
Nellie
Floyd Garner
Altho
Inspectors to Check Coal Dealers for Weighing Abuses
Iowa state heavy scale inspectors will reweigh coal to ensure resale haulers properly weigh loads and issue tickets showing gross, tare, and net weights. Earl Beaty of Nevada heads Des Moines area inspections, with W W Sullivan and C V Rowe also on the team, operating with dairy and food inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Earl Beaty
Nevada
Des Moines
W. W. Sullivan
Algona
C. V. Rowe
Albia
Cordova Farmers Union Meeting At Fifield School
The county farmers union meet ing was held at the Fifield school house Friday night. A program was given by the Fifield local and after the business meeting ice cream and cake were sold. A good crowd was present. Several local families visited neighbors and relatives in the area during the weekend. The Field school opened Monday with Miss Blanche Karr as teacher and several residents noted ongoing farming tasks amid recent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farmers Union
Fifield
John Bloodsworth
Lenard Heimstra
Helen Vanden Berg
Edna Ver Dught
Rean Verwers
Martin Zylstra
Anna and
Gerald
Anna Paulina van Zante
Nicholas Schuring
Arthur de Raad
Local families share visits across Iowa towns
Tainter and Vander Krol families called on Neal Vander Wilt. Longaker reunion in Tama included Earl Longaker and sons Lester and David. A B Rouw with Bert and Esther and A T De Gooyer with Nellie visited Os kaloosa near John Vander Beek. Carl Northcutt with children visited Hulls. Dutch visitors A T De Gooyer Nellie from Veenenaal visited Rouw. Erlyne Northcutt stayed with Freda De Jong near Sully. Rouw and Joan and De Gooyer and Nellie visited Budding near Searsboro. Tunis Goemaat and children Alvin Edna Jean Silvia mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gert Vander Krol
Neal Vander Wilt
Earl Longaker
Lester
David
Tama
Iowa
Longaker
A. B. Rouw
Bert
Esther
A. T. de Gooyer
Nellie
Carl Northcutt
Anna
Lowell
Voyain Junior
Gordon, Vernon
Carl Wavern
Freda de Jong
Sully
Joan
Joe Budding
Searsboro
Tunis
Goemaat
Alvin
Edna Jean
Silvia
Long 19 foot cottonwood root displayed at fair
The Monroe county fair featured a 19 foot cottonwood root removed from a well at Walter Cozad's Albia home by five men. The roots filled a 10 inch tile and grew from the surface toward water, shaping the well when wet and shrinking when dried. Subscriptions show strong cash interest in Treasury bonds as oversubscription nears eight times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Walter Cozad
Albia
Cozad
H. E. Billings
Homer Danes
Harry Estes
Walter Hope
Monroe County News
Four Washington autograph books sold in Philadelphia
Four books bearing George Washington's autograph were sold in Philadelphia for 7700 dollars. They had been bought in 1875 for 27 dollars, reflecting a dramatic rise in value tied to the historic signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Philadelphia
Confidence and the Times The recovery mindset
The Times argues confidence is a mental matter not weather or stars. Fearful bankers and crepe hangers have bred gloom, but the public is waking to value and security. Brave work by thinking men aims to overcome capitalist hardship, toward a broader recovery and brighter tomorrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Bench
End of an epoch and a new social order
Plans fail if based on an antiquated system and wealth should serve all mankind not millionaires. The speaker foresees capitalism fading and a future where wealth serves society, not people serving wealth, as fear is being swept away and progress begins.
Thirty States Represented In Cattle Congress
Waterloo special report notes more than thirty states and several Canadian provinces will compete for national supremacy in livestock exhibits contests and displays during the Silver Anniversary Dairy Cattle Congress and Allied Shows held in Waterloo during the first week of October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Dairy Cattle Congress Silver Anniversary Highlights Growth
The Dairy Cattle Congress of 1934 marks 25 years of growth as the mecca for dairy events. More than 8,600 workers support the show with 18 state college judging teams, 114-H teams, 250 Belgian cattle, 1,000 dairy cattle, 300 4-H calves and thousands of poultry and waterfowl exhibits. A father and son who started attending in 1910 will again exhibit, continuing a 25 year legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stec
Dairy Cattle Congress
Towa
America
Five firms showcase at farm implement exhibition for 26 years
The piece notes five firms among the farm implement exhibitors with ongoing demonstrations on the grounds for 26 consecutive years. It also reports Boulder Dam as the top public works project, two years ahead of schedule, with over half of 3,400,000 cubic yards of mass concrete already in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder Dam
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Federal Land Bank Loans
M. D. Taylor
Treas
Clark Taylor
Act
Alsop’s
Northeast Corner
Lee Cook & Son
Aek Solins
Dixie
N Dixie Gas
G. B. Ver
Steeg
Sally
Cordova
Tainter
Uncle Sam
Treasury
the Times
Cattle Congress
Chronicle
Professor Sadler
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