South Holland Memories Bring Thanks From Soldier
Henry Voss Jr thanks South Holland chamber for gifts from Macon Georgia camp. He notes rain and warmth are misleading and says the camp is old but well kept. Meanwhile Miss Jennie C Van Drunen, long tied to South Holland kin, dies at 84 with funeral in De Young chapel and Oaklawn Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland Chamber of ‘Commerce
Macon
Jennie C. van Drunen
East 159Th St
John C
Cornelius Dykstra
Miss van Drunen
South Holland
Cornelius van Drunen
de Young and Sons
I. Westra
Oaklawn
Anker and Boonstra Wedding United at Lansing Church
Janet Anker daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter J Anker of South Holland and Rogee Boonstra son of Mr and Mrs Peter Boonstra of Munster Indiana were married January 27 at the First Christian Reformed Church of Lansing. Rev Blaauw officiated. The bride wore a white satin gown and fingertip veil carrying a white leather Bible. Lois Boonstra sister of the groom was bridesmaid and Lt Melvin Meyer of Homewood best man. The couple will begin Army service after a brief family reception following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anker-Boonstra
Janet Anker
Peter J. Anker
South Holland
Rogee Boonstra
Peter Boonstra
Munster
Ind
First Christian ‘Reformed Church
Lansing
Blaauw
First Reformed Church of
Lois Boonstra
Melvin Meyer
Homewood
St. ‘Angelo Army Air Field
Texas
Geo. Huizenga
Harold Keissen
Harriingen
Roosevelt P T A forms library committee speaker invite
The Roosevelt P T A selects a committee to establish a public library and invites all to hear Mrs Bernadine Mc Laughlin Chicago Regional Librarian speak February 16 on Organization of Library. Property owners along 157th Street conferred with the South Holland village board to widen and convey proper right of way in a special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt P. T. A
Bernadine McLaughlin
Chicago
157Th St
South Holland
Village discussions lead to street and sidewalk improvement plan
Local officials plan an investigation led by Engineer Robinson and Attorney Mc Gowan after a thorough discussion. Several residents including Harry Rinkema and Henry Voss Jr. are on furlough from camp. Community notices mention a rummage sale by the Ladies Aid of the First Reformed Church to fund a War Bond and church building fund, with James Gouwens as auctioneer on Feb 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
McGowan
Harry Rinkema
Henry P. Ravesfoot
Clyde Kiel
Henry Voss, Jr
Henry Kickert
Jacob Mossell
Martin Mulder
John Viietstra
First Reformed Church
Chhurch Building Fund
James Gouwens
South Holland
War Stamp and Defense Bond Council
Defense
Jan
Roosevelt
Christian
McKinley
Leonard van Driel
South Holland Christian School Society
Bethany Church
Ted P. de Young
James
Edgerton
Minn
J. E. B. Mou
William Brandt
Ronald Lee
Wm. Gibson
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Lester van Deursen
Robert Bothwell
John Mulder
Lagestee Mulder Bride In Double Ring Church Ceremony
Lenora Lagestee daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Lagestee of East 159th street became the bride of Martin Mulder seaman second class son of Mrs Mattie Mulder of 16522 South Park Avenue on January 27 in a Bethany Christian Reformed church parsonage ceremony. The bride wore white satin with lace veil carried white roses and baby’s breath. Attendant was her sister Shirley in yellow lace and net with red rosebud headpiece. Willis Mulder brother of the groom was best man. A reception for about fifty relatives followed at the McKinley school. Seaman Mulder heads to Camp Waldron Farragut Idaho for duty. The bride stays with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Lagestee
Leonard Lagestee
East 159Th St
Martin Mulder
Mattie Mulder
So. Park Ave
Hidersveld
Bethany ‘Christian Reformed Church
Shirley
Willis Mulder
McKinley School
Seaman Mulder
Camp Waldron
Farragut
Idaho
In Memoriam for Maurice Dunker
In loving memory of our daddy Maurice Dunker who passed away January 29 1936. Wife and daughter note the loss and honor his memory. Farmers are urged to buy new gasoline engines from Wagnum Implement Sales in Hebron Indiana with orders invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Dunker
Hebron 39
Hebron
Ind
Public Auction In Lansing For Farm Equipment Sale
Public auction set for Saturday February 12 at 1 30 p m at Meeter s Warehouse Inc Wentworth and Penn R R Lansing Illinois featuring an Oliver 7Orow crop tractor on steel and starter 1939 Oliver tractor cultivator McCormick hay rake side rake power mower grain binder McCormick end gate seeder asparagus weeder riding sugar beet lifter OK Champion potato digger Planet Junior feeders onion cultivators horse outfit with friddy tanks double harness wagon and assorted farm implements Terms cash Meeters Inc Pro James Gouwens Auct
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeter’s Warehouse, Inc
Wentworth and
Penn, R. R
Lansing
Oliver
McCormick
H. McCormick Tractor
van Brandt
Oliver Field
Planet
School Children to Get Tuberculosis Skin Tests
South Holland Health Center and the Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago announce that consent slips will be issued to all South Holland school children on February 7 for tuberculosis skin tests. The annual screening checks potential exposure and is explained as harmless. Public health nurse Mrs. Edith B. Freeman leads the campaign with local staff. contact Harvey 1955 for details at the village hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland Health Center
Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago
Cook County
South Holland
Edith B. Freeman
Harvey
Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive Underway
The crippling disease has struck nearly 1500 people in Cook County and the fund drive to combat it is now on with Herman Rinkema, postmaster, named local chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County
Herman Rinkema
South Holland 1944 Vehicle Licenses On Sale
Vehicle licenses for 1944 in South Holland available at the collector’s office village hall. Passenger cars $2.50, trucks $3.00, with a $0.50 increase after March 1. Includes assorted local sale notices and farm products from area listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland
South Holland Village
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Jacob Fisher Sr
We express sincere thanks for kindness and sympathy shown on the death of our beloved wife mother and grandmother Mrs. Jacob Fisher Sr Special thanks to Rev P H Eldersveld for comforting words and to those who sent flowers lent cars aided the Dalton police and to soloist Gilbert Vander Aa and organist Gladys Vanderbilt. Jacob Fisher Sr and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Fisher
P. H. Eldersveld
Dalton Police
Gilbert Vander
Gladys Vanderbilt
Farmbprs Get your new gasoline at Hebron Ind
Local classified blurb urges readers in Hebron Indiana to place orders for a new gasoline product offered by an unnamed provider. The short text implies immediate availability and a call to action. No further details or contact information are provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagnum Implement Sales
Hebron
Ind
Farm Equipment and Fence Posts Plentiful in Dyer Supply Listing
Farmers urged to contact Dyer Supply Co for old Fairbanks Morse or New Idea gasoline engines to sell or junk. The catalog notes a carload of Tennessee red cedar fence posts and a fresh shipment of hotshot batteries, with Dyer Indiana contact details and a note about limited yearly stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer Supply Co
Dyer, Ind
Dyer
Fairbanks Morse
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Yours, Henry Voss, Jr
Radio Crusade
Christian Reformed Church
Henry Schultze
Calvin College and Seminary
WCFL
P. H. Eddersveld
Meeters, Inc
Auct
Plymouth
Marion
Ph. Harvey
Green Valley
van Buren Bros
Holland, Ill
Adv
Bea
Jean Jagger
John Carradine
Mary Brian
The
Cecil Kellaway
James Brown
Helen A Walker
Alladin
Walt
159Th and
Indiana Avenue
Holland
E Paulette Veronica Colbert
Goddard
Lake
Piaca al Loka
DE Young & Sons
Park Ave
South
Helland, ML
Tel
Robert Paige
Louise Allbritton
Diana Barrymore
Walter Abel
Walter Catlett
Ernest True
Alan Dinehart
George Dolenz
Richard Lane
Rex Ingram
Mystery of the
S. Chicago Rd
South Holland, Ill
Ham
Res
Dalton
WDR
Samuel KE
Avery
Hohman Ave
Hammond, Ind
E. 137Th Street
Riverdale
Donald “Red” Barry
John Litel
Alan Baxter
Long S'Way
William ‘Gaxton
Virginia Weidler
Tommy DIX
Nancy Walker
June Allyson
Kenny Bowers
Gloria Dehaven
Jack Jordan
Garden of Eatin
Uchie
Leopard Man News
Medicine
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