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Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Farewell Party
A long list of visits, anniversaries, and social events unfolds across Boyden and nearby towns. Families such as De Vries, Slothauber, Grooters, and Van Ommeren populate a week of dinners, hospital calls, and picnic gatherings. A farewell party honors Mrs. Koolbeck as she relocates to Garner, Iowa, with bridge games and a handkerchief shower.
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Leonard de Vries
Bigelow
Minnesota
Wm Reimers
Gerrit Slothauber
Free Grace Reformed Church
Middleburg
Minnie Scholten
John Dokter
August de Boer
Dena Cambier
Alton
Tony Slothouber
Vernon van Ommeren
Case van Oort
Rock Valley
Jennie Dellar
A. Niewendorp
Bellflower
California
Bert Engelsman
Canada
Bernard Grooters
Janet
John Grooters
Andrew Rosenboom
Henrietta Boethof
Marguerite
Sheldon
Dick Koerselman
Joe van Velzen
Judy Dethmers
Clarence van Velzen
le Mars
Iowa
Wm. Moon
Wilbur Rook
Near Doon
Gerrit Roetman
Sam Ver Hoef
Edwin Bernisse
Roger
John de Kruif
Chandler
Gladys van Voort
Norman Prange
Glenn Orange
Holland
Nebraska
Wm. Meyn
Minneapolis
Scott Sneller
Lori
Ray Smit
LeMars
Leo Starkenberg
Siem Schortinghuis
Jake Koolbeck
Garner
Koolbeck
Arthur Kreulen
Fred Starkweather
Norman Bell
Dale Moen
Ethel Meester