Reverend John Hurst of Ireton Dies
Obituary notes the death of Rev. John Hurst of Ireton and mentions services led by Rev. J. D. Pikaart at the First Christian Reform Church. Other items report Harrison Township Farm Bureau meeting at Cedar School with a potluck, and officer elections for Bureau Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hurst
Ireton
First Christian Reformed Church
J. D. Pikaart
Z. Vander Waal
Ankeny
Harrison Township Farm Bureau
Cedar School
Duane Hackett
Homer Ferguson
Gary van Ommen
Richard Hoover
Mary Cadwallader
C and H Boosters
Sheryl Keeran
H. Hagen
Beaver
Kara Houghtaling
Marcella Else
Barbara Houghtaling
Karen Picken
Marilyn Houghtaling
Local Visits Highlight Sunday Dinner Guests
Lower Grove News notes Mrs Earl Boyd hosts and lists Sunday dinner guests. Mr and Mrs Les Nikkel and family of Sully visited Mrs Walter Jackson. Emil Allen and children joined Clareene Catshall at Frank Gruber’s Davenport home. Junior Clancy and daughter of Newton dined with Ivyl Allen and Mrs Walter Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Nikkel
Sully
Walter Jackson
Emil Allen
Clareene Catshall
Frank Gruber
Davenport
Junior Clancy
Newton
Ivyl Allen
World Gospel Mission Prayer Band meet in Grinnell
Tuesday afternoon and evening attendance at the Grinnell event featured two missionary speakers Mrs Edna Kuba and Mrs Doris Vespers. Colored Honduras work slides were shown by Mrs Wear. Several local visits followed including Chris Wickhart home near Leighton and a pink and blue shower for Mrs Wilmore Walston in Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rina Jones
Ferdinand Vogelaar
Louis van Roekel
Art Hoksbergen
Earl Boyd
Grinnell
Edna Kuba
Japan
Doris Vespers
Honduras
Wear
Chris Wickhart
Leighton
Ivy Allen
Orville Allen
Ronnie
Local Monroe News Highlights Community Events
Residents attended a Sunday gathering at the Paul McCono ghey home and a Fireside Flower and Garden Club pot luck at Grant Williams’ home. The Reformed Church marked its 80th anniversary with 2000 attendees, including various solos and readings. Others reported visits, travel, and health updates, with injuries and a death noted among locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Michmerhuizen
Fred van Zee
Julian
Pella
Paul McConoghey
Chris Vander Pol
Oskaloosa
Joyce
Leroy van Zee
Cecil
la Verne
John den Otter
Arnold Brower
Ie Noteboom
But van Wyngarden
Reasner Methodist Church
Bert Wassen
Martin Terpstra
Janet Nollen
Joan Walraven
Cherry Tool
Glenda Dickerson
Don Wheeler
Newton
Dewayne Brown
Ent
Don Woogend
J. EB. Cunningham
McCelland
Donald Vander Pol
Darla
Robert Pensington
Daniel Im Ames
Bruce Walker
Ozarks
Leonard Steward
Grenola
Kan
Harold Hulleman
Marion Hulleman
Mervin Lambert
Fred Jensma
Peebles
PF. W. Barber
Memorial Hospital
Colorado Springs
Colo
William
Monroe
John
Denver
Margaret Willsey
Barbers
Local families visit and travel across towns this weekend
The report lists multiple local residents visiting relatives and hosting guests from Hespers Sully Ames and Knoxville. Notable mentions include Mrs Martha Ver Heul visiting her mother Florence Hetherington, Harold and Florence Bowie returning from Colorado via Kansas City, and several Zickel and Brower households hosting dinners and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Barber Lumber Co
Martha Ver Heul
Hespers
Florence Hetherington
Harold Bowie
Colorado
Kansas City
Kan
Florence Fisher
Max Fisher
Garrett Brower
Town City
Ora Gildersleeve
John Brower
Lloyd Zickel
Melvin Zickel
Everett Zickel
John “Kloostra
Cedar
Clare Butin
Eugene Dewey
Sully
R. T. Duncan
Minneapolis
Minn
Steven Singbusch
Alma McKeever
Knoxville
Cassie Rickabaugh
Lena Reese
Wm. Jones
Effie Sherwood
Cora Currie
Mira Tool
Ella Walker
Ray Hagen
Tom Elwood
Canada
Douglas Huigen
Ames
C. J. Huigen
Sunday church notices at Coal Ridge
Sunday school at 9 30 am and preaching at 10 30 by Rev R Ritzhaupt. Ladies Aid Society met Thursday with 11 members at Mrs Wm Franklin home. Visitors Mrs Helen Hargesheimer and Philip Anderson. Quilting served as afternoon work. Next month at Mrs Lonnie Nichols home. Mrs Ernest Anderson returned home from hospital Saturday forenoon with their new daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Ritzhaupt
Ladies Aid Society
Wm. Franklin
Helen Hargesheimer
Philip Anderson
Lonnie Nichols
Ernest Anderson
Local Residents Share Weekend Visits and New Home Move
Weekend visitors gathered at several farms and homes including the Ernest Anderson residence hosting Mr and Mrs W A Anderson Mrs C J Anderson and Diana last Saturday. Sunday guests included Robert Blackman Jeno and Billie Des Moines and Carroll De Zwarte family near Knoxville. Additional gatherings involved Wilbur Crosby’s guests and a move by Robert Mavin and sons to a newly purchased northeast Knoxville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Anna Lucena
Ernest Anderson
W. A. Anderson
C. J. Anderson
Diana
Robert Blackman
Jeno
Billie
Des Moines
Carroll de Zwarte
Knoxville
Helen Hargesheimer
Philip Anderson
Wilbur Crosby
John Coater
Dan Crosby
Pella
Robert Mavin and
Ed de Zwarte
Paul Langstraat
Keith
Don de Zwarte
Corydon
Community potluck gatherings span extended family network
A large Sunday potluck at Clark Anderson's near Columbia drew 53 attendees from W A Anderson, CG Anderson, Jimmie Anderson, Ray Anderson, Harry De Haan, Sue Core, Wilbur Mathes, Thomas Anderson and families. Guests included Philip Anderson and others from C J Anderson house. Additional visits featured Frank Karr and Raymond Karr. A birthday basket event honored Chester Bill Charley Bailey and Nina Kingma. A Bishard Bailey shower occurred. Marjorie Heffelfinger visited Alma Avery in Indianola. Alma Avery later visited her daughter and her family at Harry Ver Steeg's. Ver Steeg home hosted Richard Ver Steeg and baby, Marie Avery and Geo Sherlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Anderson
CG. J. Anderson
Sue Core
Ray Anderson
Harry de Haan
Jimmie Anderson
Wilbur Mathes
Thos. Anderson
Clark Anderson
Columbia
Philip Anderson
Mr. and
Bishard Bailey
Chester Bailey
Marjorie Heffelfinger
Indianola
Alma Avery
Harry Ver Steeg
Ver Steeg
Richard Ver Steeg
Marie Avery
Geo. Sherlock
Ver Steeg Transferred From Big Springs To St Paul
Mr. Richard Ver Steeg has been moved from Big Springs Texas to St Paul Minnesota in a formal transfer. The relocation updates an employee assignment between the two locations. Evidence of official personnel movement is noted in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ver Steeg
Big Springs
Tex
St. Paul, Minn
Humboldt to name new city clerk after 26 years
Harry Jakway announced his retirement effective January 1 marking the first clerk change since 1900. He becomes the second city clerk in Humboldt since 1900, following Arthur Parker who served from 1900 to 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humbolt
Harry Jakway
Arthur Parker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oskaloosa News
Susan Beaver
Marcelia Else
Linda
Gloria Hagen
Julia Hibler
James van Wyk
Wm. de Heer
Ro. McBurney
Ternoon
Hhe Music Boosters Club
Fremont
Deane Dinsmore
Homer Hy
S. M. Massie
Crepo Park
Burlington
Dell Whitmer
H. Vanden Heuvel
Laccey
Leroy Sopher
Charles Street
Mary Louise
T. H. Meinders
Lizabeth Newenhouse
Lower Grove News
Jamestown
Good Housekeeping
Liberty Street
Ruth Verhoef
Neal van Hemert
Monroe News
H. W. Vriezelaar
Viking
Mori
America’s Finest
Pio
Hammer Mills
Viking Mobi
Ver
Ploeg
Coal Ridge News
Ernest de Cook
Pella, Iowa
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
RTS
PT Ae Toto Id
Cras
Tres “Best Buys
Ridgemore
Lees Dignity
Lees
Mayfair
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!