Leighton News A Family Night at Ebenezer Church Begins
Leighton notes describe a Sept. 8 dinner gathering at Mrs. Hughes sister's home with Robert D. Hughes and family, plus extended relatives and friends. Des Moines visitors Elmer Hessing and others also joined, and local church and club activities are reported alongside hospital and visit updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Hughes
Craig
Tom Montclair
Calif
Sybren de Vries
Hughes
Elmer Hessing
Des Moines
Peter Hessing
G. A. Hasselman
Edward
van Gent
Elissa
Macy, Neb
Carl ‘van ‘Didseldorp
Mahaskd Hospital
Shéld
Ebeneze
Elmer’ Hessing
Henry Sedrel
Leighton Wctu
Herman Hasselman
R. J. Ongna
Gibbsville
Wis
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Oskaloosa Jaycee
Art Dunham
Hotel Downing
Des Moines
Avalon Road
Iowa
Monroe Community Notes Share Social and Church Events
A long list of local visits and gatherings fills the Monroe scene. Dorothy Graham of Des Moines joined Doyle Waddle’s Sunday, families from Mason City and Clear Lake visited, and many neighbors attended church services in Ebenezer Reformed Church. Students from Leighton attend colleges, and several local households hosted guests, including a San Francisco visitor, a German grandmother, and a Kansas City trip. Events spanned baptisms, reunions, and dinners at homes and churches around Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Graham
Des Moines
Doyle Waddle
Newton_ high
schoolIfu
Burl
Stepléton
Rita
Mason ‘City
Verna Stepleton
Clear ‘Lake
Catch
Stepleton
Henry
Harper and
Gelia
Kay Stepleton
Norman Stepleton
Cedar Rapids
Jack ‘Findley
Penn
Oskaloosa
Ervin van Rheenen
Omaha
Neb
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Men’s Brotherhood of the Reformed Churches of
Pella
Ernest de Cook
Beulah Klein
Henry Sedvel
Connie
Guild For Christian Service
Connie Sedvel
Edward Roorda
Judy
Robert Brouwer
Mechanic School
Kansas City
John H. Brouwer
Oska- Tosa
Wayne Hasselman
Henry Sedrel
Jerry de Prenger
Tommy
Lincoln
Don de Prenger
Marty and
Scott
Wisconsin
Roy. Broch
Rubsell
Ronald Mick
Cedarville ‘College
Cedarville
Ohio
Lorraine Webber
Webber
Monroe High School
Harold Bowie
Henry Wormhoudt
Andrew Wormhoudt
Bess Wormhoudt
Gene
Marion Wormhoudt
Kamp Wormhoudt
Marshfield
Roy Brock
Carl Crane
J. T. van Zante
James Wisse
Donald Brong
W. P. Creger
Kansas
Anne Bauer
Hanau
Germany
Floyd Strand
Monroe
Bauer
Mrs. Strand
Oskaloosa News reflects local church and family visits
Local religious leaders exchanged pulpits with a Cedar student pastor and families from South Holland. Reports detail gatherings at JG Newenhouse and relatives, supper visits, and birthday honors. The CCC Club met at Mrs. Harold Brown’s with nine members. Baptisms occurred at the First Christian Reformed Church for three infants.
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Wryshout
Tayl
Cedar
Ted Huisengai
South Holland
Fred’ Karberg
JG. Newenhouse
Neal Newenhouse
Martin Rickard
J. G. Newen House
Harrison
Farm Bueau
Hazel Houghtaling
Fern Oldham
Wm. Dryshout
Chr
Church
J. D. Pikaart
G.vant Arendonk
CCC Club of
Fremont
Harold Brown
Loren Neff
Ernest Bieshaar
Larry Eugene de Groot
Darrell Gene de Jong
Mark Allen van Engelhoven
Ted Huisenga
Fred Karberg
Ill
Local social notes from Ottumwa and vicinity
Residents and visitors across Ottumwa, Melcher, and surrounding areas are listed in a sequence of social calls and family milestones. Tim Timothy Allen Putney, born Sept 11 to Arlene Putney, is noted as the newborn of G H Franklin’s sister. multiple visits, birthday celebrations, and house-moving preparations are recorded among Franklin, Clement, Anderson, De Zwarte, Tubbs, and Bailey families with emphasis on interwoven kinship and community routines.
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Joon
Mabel Nickels
Attica
Percy Clement
William Franklin
Raymond Karr
Percy ‘Clement
Timothy’ Allen
Putney
Franklin
Arlene
C. J. ,Anderson
W. A. Anderson
W. A
Anderson
Ed de Zwarte
Grandma Robuck
Knoxville
Ted Tubbs
Harold de Zwarte
Melcher
Joan
Paul Langstraat
Des Moines
And
Ernest Ander
Helen Hargesheimer
Ottumwa
Alvin Rietveld
Sharon
Judy
Jimmy
Percy, Clement
C. J. ‘Anderson
Diana
Diane
C. J. Anderson
Ted Snow
Ernest Anderson
W. ‘A. Anderson
Delgo
Cordova News Personal Notes and Local Sightings
Cordova community notes recount visits by Cecil, Ollie Mikesell, Joy and Lloyd Shilling, and Dick De Jong. Corn observations south of Merle’s house praise Marion Rinehart, with daily Otley corn and boxcar livestock movements en route to the state fair. Rain totals, funnel cloud sighting, and health updates on May Van Hemert round out a slice-of-life column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Merle
Marion Rinehart
Ollie Mikesell
Joy
Lloyd Shilling
Dick de Jong
Elmer Tukker
Roy Karr
Otley
Wabash
van Buren
Carrie Vriezelaar
Clyde Karr
Marjorie van Hemert
New York City
May van Hemert
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Charles Pigg
John LeGrand
Floyd Wilson
Coal Ridge
Lynnville
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Lynette
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