Wedding of Miss Wisgerhof Ratcliff in Sully Church
Miss Marcile Wisgerhof daughter of Mr and Mrs O I Wisgerhof Sully and Melvin Ratcliff son of Mr and Mrs Harold Ratcliff Lynnville united in marriage Friday September 18 at 7 20 pm in the Community church Sully Rev T Ellsworth officiated with a double ring ceremony altar baskets of yellow gladioli and white chrysanthemums. The bride wore a lace and tulle gown with a veil and carried a yellow rose bouquet. The bridal party included sister Carlene Wisgerhof as bridesmaid and Gordon Huyser as ring bearer. A reception for 170 guests followed in the church parlors. The bride will teach in Greenfield Iowa and the groom will resettle in Greenfield after serving as a highway patrolman in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcile Faye Wisgerhof
O. IL. Wisgerhof
Sully
Melvin Leo Ratcliff
Atlantic
Harold Ratcliff
Lynnville
T. Ellsworth
Delmar Schultz
Shirley Atwood
Chantilly
Carlene Wisgerhof
Mildred Sparks
Gordon Huyser
Conrad Brand
Bruce Banda
Clair Fenner
Larry Kooistra
Colo
Sue Wisgerhof
Marilyn Clark
Erma Voss
Diane Wisgerhof
Judy Renaud
Martha Vander Wilt
Carolyn Kooistra
Georgia Renaud
Mary Lou Vos
Audrey Crisswell
Fred de Vries
Virgil Kooi
Stra
Jacob C. Brand
Bruce Baarda
Wayne Zee
Armed Forces
Towa Highway Safety Patrol
Greenfield
Marion
Pella
Goldfield
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Des Moines
Baxter
Clear Lake
Showers for Nancy De Cook and Harley Van Roekel
Nancy De Cook and Harley Van Roekel were shower honorees at Leighton Hall on Saturday September 14 with hostesses Mrs. Wm Rempe and Mrs. Harry De Prenger. Additional showers followed September 17 and 19 with games and gifts as guests attended from Leighton Ottumwa and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy DE Cook
Harley van Roekel
Leighton Hall
Wm. Rempe
Leighton
Harry de Prenger
Ottumwa
Evelyn Dykstra
Alice Ter Louw
Evelyn Dykatra
Bonnie de Jong
Aletha van Rheenen
Elva Newendorp
Lavelle Brockway
Joyce van Roekel
Norma De'Bruin
Lorna Ver Ploeg
Ellen Rempe
de Gook
Mary Sytsma
Donna Goemaat
Janice Kane
Keith Blom
Jeanette Roorda
Helen Vander Zyl
Nellie Wyngarden
Mary Irene van Rheenen
Federated Women Entertain Pella School Staff Event
Under Mrs Dorothy Bean the Federated Women hosted Pella men and women teachers at the new Baptist church on Tuesday September 17 The program featured a panel from the Pella Public School Board led by Supt C C Buerkens with members M Heerema Emery Gaard J Gilbert Boat and Ed Wesselink They discussed Reorganization and How It Will Affect Pella Schools Guests toured the church and refreshments were served by Mrs Leonora Hettinga Separately Mr and Mrs Henry Rooda announced the engagement of their daughter Arene to Kenneth John De Jong No wedding date has been set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Bean
Women’ Federated Club
Women Teachers of
Pella
New Baptist Church
Henry Rooda
Route 2
Arene
Kenneth John de Jong
Gerrit A. de Jong
Tainter
Miss Rooda
Vandevoort
Mr. de Jong
Bert Swank
Peoria
Lynnville Sully FFA Members Buy Scale at Meeting
At the Lynnville Sully FFA Chapter meeting last Tuesday the members bought a scale to weigh hogs or sheep for members and farmers. A committee including Bruce Van Wyk Carroll Van Wyk Philli Pethoven and Norman Van Wyk was appointed to manage the scale and a bred gilt chain was discussed for later decision. An initiation party for the Green Hands is planned and project insurance from Wisgerhof Insurance Co was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville-Sully
FFA
Bruce van Wyk
Carroll van Wyk
Philli Pethoven
Norman van Wyk
Larry Renaud
Jerry van Hal
Norman de Jong
Norman van Manen
Green Hands
Project Insurance
Wisgerhof Insurance Co
Cattle Congress Draws 40 State FFA Members
More than 650 Future Farmers of America youths from 40 states attend the national contests aligned with the 46th National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa from December 28 to October 6. Two contests judge dairy cattle and dairy products while four National FFA Foundation awards honor top home farm dairy programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Iowa
F. A. Foundation
F.F. A
United State
Vernon Bloom
Oak Harbor
Ohio
One Driver Responsible for Half of Highway Deaths
Iowa safety officials report that in the first seven months of this year, 190 traffic deaths in Town were single-vehicle crashes, 50.8 percent of the total, while 184 deaths occurred in multi-vehicle crashes at 49.2 percent. Frank Ulish urges personal responsibility to curb fatalities, noting many drivers are their own worst enemy. A closing adage compares highway endurance to a race between man and horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dane
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Clifford Swanson
Chureau
Towa
Frank Ulish
Safety Education
Ulish
Drag racing on Iowa farm to market roads worries sheriffs
Iowa sheriffs report teenage drag racing on rural blacktop routes. Drivers organize with scouts and lookouts, using shortwave radios to monitor police activity. Some officers adopt code names to identify racing locations as they pursue these mobile gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Community Notes From Pleasantville And Nearby
Sunday visits linked Mr and Mrs Edward Olivier and family to Richard Olivier in Pleasantville. Leonard Neels family visited Parkersburg. From the Office Marlene Booy and Darrel Weiner wed September 21 at St Lutherans in Oskaloosa. Alsy Van Zee to replace Marlene in Traffic. Paul Pinkerton and family from Tallahassee Frs visited Connie Vanden Baard family. Ki Louis of France warned bakers under measure threatening beheading about dozen pieces in a dozen origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Olivier
Richard Olivier
Pleasantville
Leonard Neels
Parkersburg
Marlene Booy
Darrel Weiner
St. Lutheran's Church
Oskaloosa
Marlene
Darrel
Alsy van Zee
Paul Pinkerton
Tallahassee
Frs
Connie Vanden
Baard
Ki Louis
France
Sheriff Notes Painted Race Lanes At Meeting
A sheriff described race lanes and distances neatly laid out in white paint. This is one of the secondary road problems discussed recently in a joint meeting of sheriffs and state safety department representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Safety Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wisgerhof
Ratcliff
Leonard Pearce
P. G. Rozendaal
Julia Rozendaal
Mesdames
Ollie ‘Terlouw
Bernard Kooistra
Jacob Zwank
Edward
Florence
Ysseling
Monroe
Monroe Community School
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Dewayne Honnold
Clarence Fisher
Clark Carnahan
Frank L. Whaley
Hiemstra
Mabel Hughes
New Jersey
Elmer Gates
California
West Market Park
Leonard Hiemstra
J. W. van Gorp
Laura Denise Gosselink
John Gosselink
Knoxville
Pries
Hubert. Hiemstra
Clarion
John Passmore
Rtin van Essen
Leoninga
M Lee Vidani K
Jane
Mary Ann
John
J. J.’Buwalda
Newton
Leon Ray Rise
Ronna
Kellogg
Peter Westerkamp
Clifford Vos
Wm. de Prenger
Artie Hiemstra
Simon van Dusseldorp
Robert van Essen
H. W. Vriezelaar
Wm. J. Rice
Janice
Gerit Rooda
Nori
Gary
Roy van Vark
Otley
Gary van Rees
Cecil van Rees
Jean
Everett Jansen
Jim Vos
Melvin Vos
Henry Jansen
Marjorie
Connie Jansen
Jake Jansen
Joyce
Robert Schnell
Elizabeths van Rees
Betty
Lawrence van Rees
Lane van Rees
Ed van Rees
Ben Verhey
Charles Brand
Wilford Laverman
Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Baptist Ladies Aid Meeting
Ladies’ Aid
Esther Moat
Eva van ‘Foorn
Gerena Monster
Lynn Grove Rockettes
Ver Woert
Linda Ver Woert
Marcia
Diana Monsma
Beverly de Jong
Betty de Jong
Barbara de Penning
Linda Renaud
Sec.treas
Lins da Ver Woert
Marcia de Jong
Sheryl Wouda
Margaret Ann van’ Wyk
Glen Monsma
Beverly
Linda
Ruthanna Ver Woert
Margaret van Wyk
Federated Women Entertain
Cattle Congress
the Highway Story
Bob Hullihan
Rath
Tokay
FA Briardale
Robin Hood
Perry Creer
Ase
Ypuvesth
Pascal Icelery
Jonathans
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