Otley Community Notices and Visits
Otley residents shared visits across families including Arie Van Weelden Bert Blom families and Mrs A B Rouwe with near Tainter. Several local relatives hosted gatherings at Wm Rouwe Gysbert Ereentiage and Nick Heemstra homes as Grace Heemstra celebrated a birthday. A meat slicer accident injured Ethel Vander Gaarda at James Van Vliet grocery. she received four stitches from Dr McLaughlin. Andrew Diekstra and Anne Diekema traveled to Rock Island Illinois. Mrs John Hoffeland of Orange City visits relatives in Otley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arie van Weelden
Bert Blom
A. B. Rouwe
Near Tainter
Arie Beyer
Neal Kuiken
Kuiken
Gysbert Ereentiage
Prairie Ity
Ethel Vander Gaarda
James van Vliet
McLaughlin
Joe Kool
Connie Muilenburg
Henry
Pella
Wm. Waardhuizen
Saranina
Hue
Leonard Figgs
Dora van Nimwegen
Gus van Vliet
Klaas van Buren
Clarence
Henry Hulleman
Neil Heemstra
Nick Heemstra
Grace Heemstra
Harold Walraven
Near Pella
Wm. Rouwe
Evelyn
John Bloodsworth
Andrew Dykstra
Anne Diekema
Rock Island
Ill
Diekema
Anna Diekema
Bill Harvey
Pella area visitors and family gatherings noted
Paul Nieusma and family and Mrs. Martin Vander Melen and daughter Rachel and Marlina visited in Pella Tuesday. Numerous locals hosted relatives and friends from nearby towns. A birth at John Walter Slates' family in Platte, S D is recalled, and a Chicago visit by Rev Weidenaar ends with a welcome home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nieusma
Martin Vander Melen
Rachel
Marlina
Pella
Jake van Gorp
Christina
Jake
Dorothy de Vries
Wm. van der Meide
Oskaloosa
Cornelius Spoelstra
Henry Wynia
Polla
John Jones
Gerrit Andringa Sr
Gerrit Jr
Sibren de Vries
Johnnie Wortman
Conrad
Louis Ozinga
Labor Day
Wm. Ozinga
H. Nieusma
Sarah
John Nieusma
Bert Spoelstra
Monroe
John Walter Slates
Platte, S. D
Slates
Peoria Christian School
C. Groenendyk
Marie
Leighton
L. J
Tabe Vander Veen
Henry Bosveld
Arne Huisman
Leighton News Wraps Local Visits And Births
Leighton residents report visits among neighbors including Rene Vroom near Galesburg at Henry Rempe home and Henry Rempe family. A baby girl weighing eight pounds was born to Lawrence and wife southeast of Leighton on Wednesday September 6. Dorothy Van Ommen near Oskaloosa visited cousin Anna Van Haaften, and Helen and Margaret Vander Linden were guests at Rev and Mrs J. A. De Jong. Otto Ver Meer family joined Brant Ver Meer at Friday visit. James Van Duren and Raymond Brummel traveled to Chicago for the Century of Progress and returned Saturday. H. Rempe family of near Beacon visited H. L. Meppelink. Genella Van Heukelom also visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Vroom
Galesburg
Henry Rempe
Leighton
Lawrence Hasselman
Dorothy van Ommen
Oskaloosa
Anna van Haaften
Helen
Margaret Vander Lin‘den
Revivand
J. A. “de “Jong
Otto Ver Meer
Brant Ver Meer
James van Duren
Raymond Brummel
Chicago
Century of Progress
H. Rempe
Near Beacon
H. L. Meppelink
Genella van Heukelom
Charles Newendorp
Edith
Elmer
Harry Newendorp
Charles
Harvey
Lena Newendorp
Pella
G. A. Hasselman
Ray N. Hoksbergen
Ralph
Harold
Lois
Simon den Hartog
Pel-la High School
Freda den Burger
Margaret Vander Linden
Clarence den Adel
Bernice Ver’ Ploeg
Florence
Florene den Adel
Eva Mae de Kock
J. Ustermarkt
Clayton
Wm. A. van Haaften
Gerrit van Heukeleman
Lewis
Jeanette
Elizabeth
Gretchen Fennema
Margaret Croxton
A. C. Rempe
Vermillion
Rempe
Medical School
State University of South Dakota
H. Meppelink
H. Baron
H. Rempe Sr
van Roekel
J. A. de Jong
I. Newendorp
Smith
Selvester Shoemaker
Turn Back the Clock at Princess Oskaloosa Sunday
Lee Tracy stars in Turn Back the Clock at the Princess Theatre Oskaloosa for four days starting Sunday Sept 17 with a 11 30 midnight show Saturday. Peggy Shannon recalls her rise from chorus tryouts to Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway before Hollywood. Mae Clarke Otto Krug George Barbier and C Henry Gordon also star in this drama about a man reliving his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Tracy
The
Oskaloosa
Princess Theatre
Peggy Shannon
Charine
Ziesfeld
Little Peggy
Ned Wayburn
New York
Picure
Ziegfeld
Peggy
William A. Brady
Fanchet Tone
Broadway
Ernest Truex
Hollywood
Miss Shannon
Mae Clarke
Otto Krug
George Barbier
C. Henry Gordon
Clara Blundick
Leighton social notes and local visits reported
The Leighton community records weekend visits and events. Families including Van Haaf Newendorp Ustermarkt Ver Ploeg De Jong and Van Haaften are mentioned with gatherings, ball games, charivaris and tutoring arrangements. A car accident injures Lewis Van Roekel while Century of Progress attendance is noted.
Forestation Army Reports Weight Gains Among Recruits
The forestation army reports that enrolled men have gained an average of 10 pounds per man since April, indicating improved conditioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forestation Army
Porterville Social Notes Reach Various Local Homes
Mrs J D Van Zante and daughter Wilma visited Mrs Henry Wielard and daughter Johanna last Thursday afternoon. Connie Vanden Baard and spouse spent Wednesday evening with John Robertus family. John Kamerick and family visited Will Monster family on Wednesday evening. W A Jansen visited Joe Vanden Berg family near Cordova Sunday. Dirk Goemaat returned home from Des Moines Lutheran hospital after gall stone operation two weeks earlier. Antoinette Monsters spent Tuesday with Johanna Wielard. Baard family visited M Van Hemert family near Cordova Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. van Zante
Wilma
Henry Wielard
Johanna
Connie Vanden Baard
John Robertus
John Kamerick
Will Monster
W. A. Jansen
Joe Vanden Berg
Cordova
Dirk Goemaat
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Antoinette Monsters
Johanna Wielard
M. van Hemert
Work of Iowa Forty-fifth General Assembly Reviewed
The regular session of the Forty fifth General Assembly of Iowa established numerous legislative records. More bills were introduced than in any previous session in the last eight years. A total of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-fifth General Assembly
General Assembly
Iowa
Iowa General Assembly Statutes and Budgets Highlight 1930s Record
The article notes 1152 measures proposed, the earlier high 1606 in 1923-24, and only about a quarter becoming law this year with 273 operative. It discusses emergency measures amid Depression, Democrats holding both houses, shifts in farmer and lawyer representation, and major focus on debts, banking, insurance, and government costs. It cites analyses by Swisher and Gallaher for the Iowa Monograph Series and reports an $11,866,000 appropriation for state departments and Board of Control and Education. Political mock exchange closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
General Assembly
Jacob A. Swisher
Ruth A. Gallaher
State Historical Society of
Forty-fifth General Assembly
Board of Control
Board of Education
Couple in Court Over Domestic Dispute
In a rural courtroom a judge questions Sambo about a domestic dispute with his wife. The exchange hints at tensions and suggests alcohol was not the cause, as Sambo insists his wife was the aggressor in the latest incident.
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Menry Crum
Gerrit van der Geest
Floyd ‘Tool
Henry Crum
Tibbel
Freeman Hendricks
Reasnor
Henrietta Neilson
N. B. Neilson
Anna Oltshoern
Tunis Hartgers
Ed Dunnick
Newton
Otley News
Peoria News
Leighton News
Ant “Lee
Tracy Fom
Ire
Porterville News
Oice
Baltimore
Sambo
Jay Bee
Gerrit L. Dykstra
Otley
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