Nearby Town Family News Highlights Reunions and Travels
The De Reus family reunion took place at Leighton Hall with relatives from Des Moines Altoona Prairie City Otley Sully Pella and Leighton. Visits by Mrs. Ray Hoksbergen and Miss Irene Van Haaften are noted along with twin birthday celebrations for Jimmy and Jerry. Other items include wedding attendances church society meetings and moves to Des Moines and Grand Rapids Michigan for relatives and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Reus
Leighton Hall
Des Moines
Altoona
Prairie City
Otley
Sully
Pella
Leighton
Ray N. Hoksbergen
Irene van Haaften
Lincoln
Neb
Henry Edrel
Fan Haaften
Walter Brummel
Floyd Brummel
Carol
Lester Brummel
Kenneth
Judy
Marilyn
Oskaloosa
Marion van Hal
Bruce
Mel Brummel
Jimmy and
Jerry
Warren de Prenger
Debby
Harald Hoksbergen
Ronnie
Charlene
Carroll Lee
Henry Sedrel
Connie
Ben Sedrel
Roy Sedrel
Marilyn Gross
Fir Covenant Church
Harold de Bruin
Gary Bogerd
John
Ruth
Holland
Michigan
Ruth Verhoef
W. Hays
Ray Johnson
Sandra
Susan
Richard
Sally
Aaron Brummel
Jacob de Hean
Lois
Rodney
Mary
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Tunis Dykstra
R. E. Bannister
E. C. Kruseman
John Grandin
J. A. van Zonk
J. C. den Hartog
Wm. de Heer
Gene Jennings
Lynnville Community Notes and Social Gatherings
A roundup of local social events includes a pot-luck supper at Lynnville hosted by the Former Neighbors Club with residents from Pella Monroe Sully and Newton attending. Visitors joined throngs at a Mt. Pleasant thresher picnic and a pink and blue baby shower for Janet Bryan. Funeral attendance, 4-H ribbon winners, family birthdays, and weekend visits across Lynnville Tainter New Sharon and Des Moines are listed along with travel plans to Alton Ill, St. Louis and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Mick
Mr Menninga
Helen Menninga
Armour Boot
Pella
Ie Mick
Ronald
Vernon
Monroe
Bernie Menninga
Reasnor
Casal Antle
Mills Monsma
Sully
Nifford Gullet
Marshalltown
Robert Mick
Newton
John Hartsock
Virgil Benson
Mt. Pleasant
Howard Farrens
Rocekers
Debbie
Peoria
Clair Gifford
Carl McMain
Alton
Ill
Widows’ ‘Club
Ada Wagam
Quire
Nellie Davis
Nellie Warbel
Alverta Ratcliff
Rose Jones
Edna Benson
Gertie Beyer
Blanche Conover
Gertrude Meredith
Vina Renaud
Ruth Ratcliff
Carrie Quire
Wagaman
Carl D
Canada
Frank Dornsbach
Randy
Gene Ver Steeg
Bruce Lewis
Ray Ver Steeg
Gene and Clark
Ed Ver Steeg
Larry van Rees
Shawn
Killcuff
Iff
Lynnettes 4-H Club
la Venne Geurts
Coal Ridge Sunday praises and Labor Day visits noted
Sunday School at ten, Labor Day visitors to the Anderson and Durham families in Fairfield, and several local families hosting meals and guests. A Coal Ridge picnic drew decent turnout in Knoxville with plans for next year on the school yard. attendees from the community included Coster Cros byt Bailey Jordan and W A Anderson. Dan Crosby of Pella visited Wilbur Crosby. Franklin family and Andersons hosted Sunday dinners with Hargsheimer and others present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Crosby
Chas. Bailey
Ray Jordan
W. A. Anderson
Dan Crosby
Pella
Wm. Franklin
G. H. Franklin
Ernest Anderson
P. J. Hargesheimer
Clarence
Local dinner guests and upcoming Ladies Aid meeting
Glenn of Ottumwa visited with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Newquist Diana Darrell and Sherelyn of Albia and Mrs Raymond Karr and Linda at the Karr sister’s home near Pleasantville. Mr and Mrs Harry De Haan of Des Moines stayed with Mr and Mrs W A Anderson and attended Knoxville picnic. Ladies Aid Society will meet at Mrs Tonie Nichols’ home near Tracy on the afternoon of September 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonie Nichols
Tracy
Lower Grove News Highlights Local Visits and Meetings
Mrs Jerald Vogelaar returned from a Colorado trip with her parents and visited Fort Collins Estes Park and Colorado Springs. Local residents shared visits in Oskaloosa New Sharon Martinsdale and past Warren district neighbors attended prayer band in Tracey Boyd home led by Mrs Ferdinand Vogelaar. A magazine Bible study and a lunch were noted as part of church activities with several residents traveling to Martinsdale to join the Carter family at the trailer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerald Vogelaar
Phil Bogaards
Oskaloos
Colorado
Fort Collins
Estes Park
Look Out Mountain
Colorado Springs
Royal Gorge
Skyline Drive
Canon City
Colo
Warren Nicholson
Nicholsons
Bognardies
Warren
Vina Boyd
Goldie Carter
Oskaloosa
Earl Boyd
Elsie Henysel
Grace Wilson
Walter Jackson
Homer Boyd
John
Dick Boyd
Kathy
Boyd
Mary Mortland
New Sharon
Tracey Boyd
Ferdinand Vogelaar
Lena Boyd
Local families visit Sunday in area churches and homes
Ville and family traveled through the country to Pella with Mr and Mrs Sammie Schmidt and son. Mr and Mrs Charles Burton and family of Leighton and Mr and Mrs Bill Harringer of Chariton attended Sunday School. The Burtons gave a musical number and Harringer spoke briefly. Mason Stewart visited the Walter Johnson home Sunday afternoon.
Farmers Attend Albia Field Day At Pasture Farm
Marion County farmers met at Albia Pasture Improvement Farm for field day. Attendees included Ray Mosher James Brooks Ray Brooks Walter Johnson Bill Den Adel and Jake De Haan of the Pella Co op. Participants discussed Vernal alfalfa for pasture sorghum trial plots and land clearing and seeding practices. Vernal alfalfa pasture boosted production about 25 percent over bluegrass and outperformed Birdsfoot Trefoil in tests. Hybrid forage sorghums showed strong growth with guidance to harvest for silage at 50 percent hard dough stage and caution about early cutting. Seed timing affected trefoil stands and early seeding yielded better results than delayed seeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
Ray Mosher
James Brooks
Ray Brooks
Walter Johnson
Bill den Adel
Jake de Haan
Pella Co-op
68 000 Iowa Farms In the Soil Bank
More than 68 000 Iowa farms joined the soil bank with sign-up closing in 1956. Iowa farmer agreements cover 1 277 480 acres and potential payments exceed 54.4 million dollars for corn, plus 111 572 dollars for 209 wheat agreements covering 5 667 acres. County figures show Marion County with 904 corn agreements on 21 519 acres worth up to 850 136 dollars, and two wheat agreements on 10 acres. Top counties include Woodbury, Plymouth, Story, Boone and Calhoun for corn, with Mills, Pottawattamie, Fremont, Taylor and Woodbury leading wheat agreements. Figures may revise after paperwork review.
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Iowa
Merrill L.robuck
Marion County
ASC
Robuck
Woodbury County
Plymouth County
Story
Boone
Calhoun
Polk
Kossuth
Harrison
Sioux
Mills
Pottawattamie
Fremont
Taylor
Woodbury
Pottawattamie County
Pottawattaast
Pottawatta
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Henry Zuidema
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Richard Sylvester
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Randy Dornsbach
Newton and Clark Ver Steeg
Richard Morris
Omaha
Grace Gifford
Barbara Norman
Harold Macy
Ray McMain
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Barnes City
Pamela Fox
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Louie Vander Pol
Dale
Jansen
Danny
Pelia
Cecil Gertsma
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John Lesher
Springfield
Ary Green
Gertrude Davie
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Howard Macy
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