Local residents visit and call across towns in Iowa and nearby states
Mrs. John Veenekamp of Presho S D spends two weeks with aunt Mrs Emma Luymes. Several couples and families from Orange City Sheldon Hospers Rock Rapids and Sibley visit in homes of relatives including the Kammalades Grooters and others. A Reed more note adds that a Reporter Classified can sell goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Veenekamp
Presho, S. D
Emma Luymes
Emma Laymes
Rock Valley
Local residents share weekend hospitality across multiple towns
A series of social visits unfolds as families from Sanborn Sheldon Hull Luverne Primghar Rock Rapids and Spencer meet at relatives homes in the area. The notes include Sunday dinners and Saturday gatherings with the Mouw Westra Van Nyhuis and Bomgaars families among others. Funeral services for Mr. Bomgaars are noted with a gathering in Middleburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe van Velzen
Dick Koerselman
Arie Bomegaars
John Dykstra
Pete Baartman
Pete Baartman Jr
Frank Bomgaars
Middleburg
Radio Figures and Programs Highlight 1940s Broadcasts
Ginger Jones returns to radio to play Jane Browning on NBCs Right to Happiness beside husband Les Damon who plays Dr Dick Campbell. News notes include Tom Brenemans 106 year old Breakfast in Hollywood guest and prize hunts on Truth or Consequences. The Guiding Light runs a Kit For Needy Children contest with Smart Knitting Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Theatre Wing
New York
Ginger
Jane Browning
NBC
Les’ Damon
Dick Campbell
Les
Tom Breneman
Hollywood
ABC
Guiding Light
Smart Knitting
Europe
CBS
Local families visit from nearby towns on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Ray Smit and daughters visited in the S Van Rooyen home at Ashton Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ed Donkersloot of Sioux City visited in the Henry Auberg home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Tom Ryan of Missouri Valley spent the weekend in the Andrew Belling home. Mr and Mrs Vernon Versteeg and family of Newkirk visited in the Wm Micouw home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Meyn
George Foreman
Orange City
John Post
Sheldon
Morris Moon Home
Little Pamela Viet
Harvey Viet
Sioux Falls
Nase Janssen
Ed Oldenkamp
Newkirk
Sam Faber
Sheldoh
Dick Koerselman
Henry Helwege
Bill Kwikkel
Henry Heusinkveld
Ashton
Elmer, den Hartog
Andrew Bruns
Hs Elmer Sleeper
Sibey
Klaus Drenth
Wiret Drenth
Ellsworth, Minn
Ernest Kammalade
Gerrit Roetman
Sanborn
Bill Kwikkle
Len van der Hoeven
Joyce Phillips
Mrs. K. Klausen
Sibley
Jerry Haskins
Luverne, Minn
Sam Heemskerk
Peter Ten Klay
Primghar
Henry van Nyhuis
Mrs
Frank Conner
Emma Stutzman
Jim Fleiger
Maurice
Larry Salmon
Harry Beldt of
Matlock
S. G. Vanden Brink
Ray Smit
S. van Rooyen
Ed Donkerslooth
Sioux City
Henry Auberg
Tom Ryan
Missouri Valley
Andrew Belling
Vernon Versteeg
Wm. Micouw
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Tony
Tony Slothouber
Prop
BLISS
Pennick & Ford Golden Syrup
Rockwoods
Clinton
Rinso
Freestone
Bob den Hartog
Boyden
Iowa
Lowae
Farmers Co-Op
Boyden, Iowa
John D. Landhuis
John Lubbers
Ray Lubbers
Robert Dethmers
Henry Boelsma
John Grooters
Bill Grooters
Hospers
Joyce Phillip
Arthur Drenth and Son
Rock Rapids
Morris Mouw and Sons
Joe Mouw
Huip Maris
Joe Stientjes
Walter Dickevers
Hilda Long
Hull
Spencer
Marilyn
Peter S. Westra
Pete de Zeeuw
Klaus de Zeeuw
Holland, Minn
Orie Klein
Tony Moermond
Logan Vanden Brink
Lawrence Haze
Sally Welles
Ginger Jones
Chicago
Stage Door Canteen
Betty Anderson
Ralph Edwards
Berry Kroeger
Reed Bannister
Berry
Shubert
Beethoven
Wagner
Lowell Thomas
Columbia Broadcasting System
Tommy Bartlett
Marian Shockley
Carol Brent
Marian
Beauty
Ags
PNG
John Byker
Ted Vanden Bosch
Nic Rouwenhorst
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