Local notes on family visits and community events
Dr and Mrs H C Wormhoudt hosted a family gathering for Marion Wormhoudt with out of town guests from Des Moines and Newton. Numerous residents attended church events, visits, and student activities, including a Bible conference in Bloomfield, and a Baptist association meeting in Ottumwa. The column catalogs local travel, guest visits, teaching plans, and community engagements across Ottumwa and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Wormhoudt
Marion Wormhoudt
Henry Wrmhoudt
Des Moines
Dump” Wormhoudt
Newton
Ralph Nordlund
Bloomfield
Baptist Oskaloosa Association
First Baptist Church
Ottumwa
R. T. Nordlund
L. de Vries
H. H. Sadler
E. V. Gond
Robert Renaud
C. Richardson
Minnie Vanden Berg
E. Dunkin
FB. Carpenter
A. Z. Vander Beek
J. W. Vander Linden
Hattie Vander Meulen
Paul Lautenbach
Charles
Keith
Colorain
Missionary Union Meeting at Third Reformed Church
The Women’s Missionary Union of the Pella Classis met at Third Reformed Church Pella for annual business with devotions led by Mrs G Muyskens. Officers elected include President Mrs George Muyskens and Treasurer Mrs Geo Mennenra. Dinner planned Sept 29 at Oskaloosa Friends Church College Ave. Lunch served by Oska loosa church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Church Missionary Meeting
Women's Missionary Union of the
Pella
George Muyskens
Nellie Beckering
J. Prins
W. Bosch
Treas
Geo. Mennen
Masonic event features grand officers and gifts
Dr Fultz led the initiatory program with Grand Matron Ada May Davis receiving wooden shoes inscribed in gold by Ton Wormhoudt. A hosted luncheon followed. Grand officers from Knoxville Newton Oskaloosa Bussey and Pella attended along with chapters Newton Oskaloosa Prairie City Bussey. About 150 cans were donated to the Masonic home at Boone Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fultz
Ada May Davis
Ton Wormhoudt
Dr. Fultz
Bert de Bruyn
E. Black
Mae Thomassen
Hattie
Will Gezel
Ethel
James van Vliet
Knoxville
Bessie McMurray
Newton
Lois Earle
Adai
Oskaloosa
Gladys Haycock
Bussey
James Davis
Geo. Sadler
Pella
Prairie City
Masonic
Boone
Iowa
Revolt in Hat Styles for Men and Other News
As early as August 1935 hat fashion shifted to wider brims and lower crowns with off the face wear. Wormhoudt & Kempkes advertise fall hats suits and top coats. Tombstone hosts a poetry contest as pistol era image shifts to poets laureate. Carnegie-Illinois Steel warns wage increase not granted at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homburg
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
Tombstone
Ariz
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Pittsburg
Health posters used in Marion Co schools
About 750 health posters and 187 copies of a model unit titled Good Health and Good Man will be used in fall classes across Marion County. The materials, part of the Southern Town Regional Tuberculosis Association program, target health laws and disease prevention including tuberculosis. Distribution reaches 108 rural and 79 town teachers, funded by Christmas Seal effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Southern Town Regional Tuberculosis Association
Marion County
Higher Lines in New Shoes
Footwear aims for autumn fashion with high cut shoes that resemble tiny boots. The style is stylish yet requires graceful slender ankles and careful choice to avoid awkward looks. Other high cut styles offer alternatives for those less daring.
Third Ref Church Sunday Sel Alleson Sub Real Contact
A fragmented notice mentions a church event with Sunday services and a call to real contact with Jesus. The Dutch phrase de toebereiding van het 130 appears, alongside the claim that the greatest sentence ever written was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleson
Jesus
Darling Will Address Group at Keomah Lake Park
J N Ding Darling famed Des Moines cartoonist will address the Southeastern Town Conference for Wildlife Protection on Sunday afternoon October 4 at Keomah Lake State Park near Oskaloosa. The free public program features Darling as acting chairman of the General Wildlife Federation and former head of the U S Bureau of Biological Survey. Chronicle Office seeks clean cotton rags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.N
Ding) Darling
Des Moines
Keomah Lake State Park
Oskaloosa
Darling
General Wildlife Federation
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
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John den Hartog
Chronicle
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Lena Heeren
Roelof
John Heeren
C. Cunningham
Chicago
Blommers
Chris LeCocq
Sharon
Margaret Ann Varenkamp
Anna Grace Clark
John Uban
South
Herman Veenstra
Indianapolis
Ind
Andrew Klyn
Town City
Joe Ernisse
Central College
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, Mich
Angeline Waardhuizen
Union
Wilma Bensink
Anne Bensink
Bethel
Walter de Wit
Paul de Wit
Earl
Dorothy ‘Toom
Henry de Wit
Marguerite Visser
Derby
C. de Leeuw
Lansing
Albert Veldhuizen
Dick Bognard
Arnold
Nancy
Dulce
New Mexico
Margaret van Zee
Agnes Mathes
L. H. Klein
J. E. Forbes
Centerville
Main Street
Murray Nesbit
The
Legion Auxiliary
Younker’s Tea Room
Dean
Society News
Eastern Star Meeting
Masonic Hall
Edith ‘Thompson
Hand Orig
Inmient
Myumi
Hank
V8 Motor Exchange
Ulrich Motor Co
UCC Finance
Marion CO
T. B. Association
Chronicle Office
Vander Linden
East Side Square
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