Lillian McConnell Missionary Society Meeting Report
The Lillian McConnell society of the United Presbyterian church will meet Thursday afternoon at the Neil Lake home. Visitations by Rev. J Heemstra J Brouwer L Brunsting and J Ver Grooten huis to Rev Brink occurred Wednesday to discuss Junior college. The Neil Sale family joined a New Year’s dinner at T Dykema’s Sheldon home.
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Lillian McConnell Society of the United Preschurch
Neil Lake
J. Heemstra
J. Brouwer
L. Brunsting
J. Ver Grootenhuis
Brink
Neil Sale
T. Dykema
Sheldon
Humme Family Spends Saturday in Hull Visit
Mr and Mrs John Humme and daughter Dena and Mr and Mrs William Humme and children of Hull spent Saturday afternoon in the Joe Kuyper home. Rev and Mrs D Mulder of Valley Springs visited at the Reformed church parsonage Wednesday morning.
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John Humme
Dena
William Humme
Hull
Joe Kuyper
D. Mulder
Valley Springs
The
Reformed Church Parsonage
J. W. van Sloten
Frances van Corwin
Rock Valley
William van Sloten
Hospers
Water Groeneweg
Meyn Visit to Sheldon for Kenneth Return
Mr and Mrs Wm Meyn drove to Sheldon on Sunday to visit the Meyn grandparents and to bring home Kenneth who had been their overnight guest.
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Wm. Meyn
Sheldon
Meyn
Kenneth
Mrs Gerrit Teeselink Spent Week in Coon Rapids
Mrs Gerrit Teeselink spent last week in the F Shaner home in Coon Rapids.
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Gerrit Teeselink
F. Shaner
Coon Rapids
Instructor Tom Ryan Visits An drew Belling Home in Missouri Valley
Tom Ryan, instructor at Missouri Valley high school, spent the weekend at the Andrew Belling home. Miss Mildred Belling accompanied him to Missouri Valley on Sunday after the holidays here. She teaches home economics at the Missouri Valley school.
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Tom Ryan
Missouri Valley High School
Andrew Belling
Mildred Belling
Missouri Valley
Dykstra and De Valois Visit Homes in Milford and Lester
Mr and Mrs John Dykstra visited in the John Van Wyk home at Lester New Year s day Dorothy De Valois and Pearl Scholten spent last week in the Bill Brouwer home in Milford
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John Dykstra
John van Wyk
Lester
Dorothy de Valois
Pearl Scholten
Bill Brouwer
Milford
Community Notes From Local News Briefs
Mrs R Kamminga has been on the sick list the past week. Mr and Mrs Frank Connor and granddaughters Frances and Joyce Kool of Sanborn and Jim Kool of Alton visited Emma Stutzman. Arthur Roggen and C N Haze visit Sheldon. Eldora Heitritter Bub and Floyd Fuhr visit Beldt. Seal money for used ones mentioned. Health class met in town hall with respiration topic.
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R. Kamminga
Frank Connor
Frances and
Joyce Kool
Sanborn
Jim Kool
Alton
Emma Stutzman
Eldora Heitritter
Bub
Floyd Fuhr
Donna
Beldt
Reverend Brink Visits Alton For Church Affairs
The text notes that Rev. Brink was in Alton Tuesday morning to discuss church matters, indicating a local clerical visit connected to church affairs and community religious activities.
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Brink
Alton
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness
The note expresses gratitude for kindness and gifts shown during illness. Names named include Gerrit Kooiman Ruthye and Maud Jackson Willis Vanderburg Connie Langstraat B H Kruse John H Tott and family. Blessings are wished to each friend.
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Gerrit Kooiman
Ruthye
Maud Jackson
Willis Vanderburg
Connie Langstraat
B. H. Kruse
John H. Tott
St John's Luther League Meets for Regular Devotion
The St John s Luther League held its regular devotional meeting last Sunday evening. By 7, Mr and Mrs Howard Verrips and daughter Sandra Lee of Sibley joined the Mlazgar family for New Year s Day dinner at their home.
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St. John’s Luther League
Howard Verrips
Sandra Lee
Sibley
Meyer Family Leaves for Texas After Week in Robert Moret Home
Mr and Mrs Ollie Meyer and their son Russell departed for Texas on Friday following a weeklong stay at the Robert Moret residence.
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Ollie Meyer
Russell
Texas
Robert Moret
Funeral attendants from Boyden at Mrs Sterrenberg service
Among those from Boyden who attended the funeral of Mrs Henry Sterrenberg at the Sheldon Lutheran church last Thursday were Mr and Mrs George Meyners, Mrs Charles Bergman, Mr and Mrs 8 C Green, Henry Bergman, Henry Pitstick, Mr and Mrs A E Miller, Fred Starkweather Sr, Mrs George Mlazear and daughter Esther, Mr and Mrs A Belling, and Mrs Emma Stutzman.
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Boyden
Henry Sterrenberg
Sheldon Lutheran Church
George Meyners
Charles Bergman
8. C. Green
Henry Bergman
Henry Pitstick
A. E. Miller
Fred Starkweather, Sr
George Mlazear
Esther
A. Belling
Emma Stutzman
Rock Valley Visitors Call on Mrs Stutzman Home
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ver Wey and Miss Zelpha Beckley of Rock Valley were Sunday callers in the Emma Stutzman home.
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Tom Ver Wey
Zelpha Beckley
Rock Valley
Emma Stutzman
Mrs Mary Hayes Visiting At Sandy Green Home
Mrs Mary Hayes of Long Beach California is spending time in the Sandy Green residence, joining family members and sharing social visits in town.
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Mary Hayes
Long Beach, Calif
Sandy Green
Obituary of Klaas Drenth of Boyden 1857 1937
Klaas Drenth died at his Boyden home on December 29 1937 born May 2 1857 in Groningen Netherlands he settled on a Hull area farm and retired in 1920 married February 29 1883 to Henrietta Harms eight daughters and six sons survived him with 41 grandchildren funeral led by Rev J W Brink at Boyden Reformed church with music by S G Vanden Brink and H DeJong among attendees from Clara City Sheldon Corsica and Ellsworth Iowa and Minnesota communities
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Klaus Drenth
Boyden
Gronigen
Netherlands
Hull
Eden
Dakota Territory
Henrietta Harms
First Reformed Church
Frank Heemstra
Santa Ana
Calif
Paul Anderson
Worland
Wyoming
Richard Reimers
Buena Park Calif
Bert Wallinga
Sheldon
Chris Schildauer
Montrose
S. D
Ernest Kammlade
Wm. Rehberg
Mary Drenth
At Home
Alex Drenth
Adrian
Minn
Ellsworth
Wiert Drent
Herman VandenBosch
Nick Drenth
Jake Drenth
Alex Drendt
Wm. Drenth
Wm. Rehrberg
Ernest Kamminde Jr
Jake Harms
Arthur
Clara City
Herman Wessel
Fortunes of Klaus Drenth Grow from Immigrant Roots
Klaus Drenth, once a poor immigrant boy in Boyden and vicinity, amassed a vast fortune. At death he owned sixteen quarter sections of land, enough to give each of his sixteen children a quarter section, plus substantial bonds, mortgages, and credits.
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Klaus Drenth
Boyden
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