Nearby Towns News Roundup Recaps Family Visits
The column lists numerous local social visits and travel. Mr and Mrs John evived a telephone ering from their daughter in Des Moines announcing their grandson Kenneth Ken had been killed in action after joining the Marines. Various families hosted guests and attended dinners in Oxville and Prairie City. A farewell party for Albert Witermarkt in Des Moines drew 35 attendees, with gifts and refreshments. Mrs Donnie Zandstra and Bertha Brummel traveled to OsKaloosa and Town City to visit Mrs Leonard Hiemstra in hospital, where slight improvement offered some hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Carl Franken
Des Moines
Kenneth Ken
Henry Nankte
John Hardin
Oxville
Wilford van Gorp Boren
Ronald
Berni Bogaards
Polly
Norman Robns
Neal Kuiken
Delbert
Charle ‘Ander Kolk
Torning
Gerrit van Waardhuizen
Arie van W. Dlhuizen
Jacob
Will Vanderever
Town City
Iowa
Leonard, Hiemstra
Heemra
Abraham Bogaard
Chas. Kolk
S. Ted Dorland
Korve
Minnie Jean
Norman Robus
Jve Arlene Robus
Arin Waardhuizen
Ed Gaass
Prairie City
On Bere ‘Tha
Ed Ga City
M Ned Hone
Doreas
Buseme Church
Mrs. Hostess
Vink
Cordova News Fragments Chronicle Local Life and Loss
Local notes record deaths and family movements including Reuben Vowell’s death at Prairie City. Mention of Harry De Heer’s decline, barn work and homestead updates. Seventeen details cover travel to Notre Dame, farm sales, visits between Riherds and Eathers, and a creamman couple welcomed as new parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry de Heer
New River
Harvey
Jaune
Jim Klyn
Fifield
Kenneth Riherd
Donahue
Mankato
Minnnesota
Riherd
Pete van Hemert
Howard Rankin
West Bend
Ind
Notre Dame College
John Hasselan
Ted Su
Nail Condra
Indiana
Paoli
Southea
Grandma Hart
Pleasantville
John Ethers
Marilyn of
Grove
Mary Emmers
Columbia
Roy Karr
Haning Hme
Bes- Haning
Etherington
Bramerson
Drive Carefully and Local News From Des Moines Area
A jumble of local notes reports family visits, moves, school arrivals, and farm activity around Red Rock Monore and nearby towns. Mentions of teachers Ellen and Mary Turner, Van Hemert illness, and draft board calls accompany war bond purchases and tax changes as part of August civic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
Wyke
Maw Knowles
Max
Mary ‘Turner
Bend School
Destie Bruce
Red Rock
Bar Territ
van Hesen
Ellen
War goals and rationing shape wartime policy
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass by October 1 a law to stabilize living costs and farm prices at parity, with wages also stabilized. He warned inaction risks economic chaos undermining the war effort. The report covers Allied air operations over France, Pacific, and China, naval losses, lend-lease reciprocity, selective service actions, submarine threats, and WPB measures on refrigerators and meat conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Compress
Congress
U.S
MacArthur
New Guinea
Milne Bay
U.S. Army
Chinafi
Nanchang
Blue
Calhoun
South Pacific
United Nations
Atlantic
Washington
Iowa University leads centennial history project
University of Iowa history researchers are compiling Iowa centennial history with six volumes issued and six more planned. The project aims to cover prehistory to the present, with forthcoming works on agriculture, penal institutions, transportation and communication, government, manufacturing, prehistoric life, and military history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Iowa
Sovie
Towa
Army to Use Grinnell College for Training Camp
Grinnell College will host Army administration officers and instructors with about 750 men arriving around October 1 and 100 extra as officers. Seven dorm buildings will house trainees, gym remains, meals in quadrangle dining room, and regular students stay in four reconditioned houses. President to vacate portions of his home for club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Hans
Army Administration
Coltooday Ho
Oskaloosa Herald
USO Drive Tops County Figures in Marion Drive Report
Marion county reports show Liberty and East Knoxville townships surpassing quotas in the USO fundraiser. Glen Rose leads Glen Rose financials, Otis Stroud fills for ill Doyle Uateh, with $10.16 and $20 over the quota respectively. Summit township clocks 25 percent over, while Tracy and Swantown also exceed targets as Knoxville campaigns gain momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
East Knoxville
USO
Marion County
Glen Rose
Otis Stroud
Doyle Uateh
Swantown
Tracy
Pella Mort Goodwin Nores
Summit Township
Jon Coun
United Serviceations
Carroll Johnson
News from the Home for the Aged Canning Totals and Visits
Figures on canning show 2000 quarts of apples and 1539 quarts of vegetables totaling 3546 quarts with more apples to come from three Awuma trees. Settling into September a birthday for Blom was noted and visits from several families including Vander Hart and Vos clans to Mrs. De Jong, Mrs. Van Gorp, and Miss Meyer were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blom
Onen
Peter de Fong
Orat
Tom Vander Hart
Marinus Vander’ Hart
Ben Vos
Peoria
Peter de Jong
John Vos
R. Vander Hart
A. B. van Donselaar
M. van Gorp
Josie Meyer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otley News
America
Central Park Cafe
Union Pacific
Cordova
George Francis Sadler
Lincoln Building
Knoxville
State of
Board of Supervisors
Tommy de Moss
Thursda Condra
Loren Stevenson
Lloyd Shillime
Iniogue
Russell
Roy Shilling
Dorothy Alley
Monin
Terim Voluntary Conservation Prosgram
Treasury Department
Margenthaw
Treasury
Commerce Department
U. S
Office of War Information
Jsles
OWT
Presid da
Army and Selective Service
War McCloy
U. S. Army
Ameri
Gether
Army
War Department
Selective Service
Navy and Shipbuilding
Navy
Knox
Labor Day
Maritime Commission
War Production Board
WPB
Ia. University
Ory
AML Knoxville
Campaissy Johnson
Activ
O.K
Knoxville Journal
Ben Enyville
Andrew van
Denison
Town
van Zee
Henry
Wilt
Vander Wert
Abington
Mel Pos
Holn
Eto Leytak
John Dedong
Tracy and Leendert
John den Hartoge
Betty
C. den Hartos
Gerrit Klein
Sioux Center
Henry Groenenboom
Rose Hill
Lena Vos
Nicholas Ver Meer
Station
Chandler
Arizona
Key
Meulenhur
Orange City
An Gerrit Gaselink
Mrinus Aalbers
Otley
de Boor
Grand i
Tow
Doe Vn Bers
Oth
John Griffoen
Ifioen
Wilma van Veen
Knoville
Fred Dykens
Dirk van Ryswyk
Anne
Sargent
United St
Conrad van der Leest
West First Street
Pella
Monumental Sales & Mfg. Co
St. Cloud, Minnesota
West Third Street
West Market Park
Weber
Zenith Radio
Noritake Nippon
Bissell
Cadillac
Fred Lankelma
Jeanette Geelhoed
van Maanen
Ver Meer
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