Local notes from South Holland and area
Miss Francis Vander Veen underwent mastoid surgery at St Francis hospital in Bat Peter. Sanicrothes remained seriously ill with erysipelas but shows improvement now. Henry J. DeBoer returned after three months with parents in Edgerton Minnesota. The Rev and Miss Dena Van Dyk returned from Manhattan Montana after attending their father’s funeral. A 100 percent outside paint ad offers coverage for a house. A basement is dug on Hast 15th Street for a new home by John Bare. Mrs. John Bottema remains ill. Black dirt hauling offered by local parties via Harvey 610.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bat Petar
Henry J. DeBoer
Edgerton
Minn
Dena van Dyk
Manhattan
Mont
Oule Lo Ie
Arthur Dykstra
South Holland
John Barehead
John Bottema
First Reformed Church to Welcome Rev J P DeJong
In Lansing Michigan Rev J P DeJong of Holland will conduct the service at the First Reformed church this Sunday. A congregational meeting named Rev Z Roetman of Lytton Iowa as pastor. Also noted are visits and illnesses including a sick infant and grippe among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. DeJong
Holland
Mich
First Reformed Church
Cowe
Michigan
Sofia Dykstra
Roseland
D. Kats
John Harkema
J. Kikker
Ustick
Z. Roetman
Lytton
Iowa
Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Home
A twenty-fifth wedding anniversary was celebrated April 17 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sjoerdsma. Many relatives and friends attended. The house was well decorated and a bountiful supper prepared by Mrs. Sjoerdsma and Mrs. Van Dyke. Guests stayed into the early morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sjoerdsma
S. Sjoerdsma
van Dyke
Bowen School Notes Highlight Palmer Awards and Globe Bowen Game
Palmer awards announced last Saturday include American Penman Harold Wilson and Palmer Buttons for Elizabeth Noff singer William Van Grace K and Daisy Otis. Gold Stars went to Ruth Otis Nick Pohl chinsky Irene Engelhardt Raymond McGeechee Delores Ripley and Tony Panozzo. Globe defeat Bowen 2 to 0 with Wilkens stealing home. Bush pitched a no hit no run game with 13 strikeouts and one walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wilson
Elizabeth Noffsinger
William van
Grace K
Daisy Otis
Ruth Otis
Nick Pohlchinsky
Irene Engelhardt
Raymond McGeechee
Delores Ripley
Tony Panozzo
Pointer
Bush
McKinley
Globe
Miss McMahon
Our Country Life
Theodore Hedtke, Jr
Little Red School
Bowen
Wilkens
Palmer
Jorand
Asparagus Bunching Machine Sold by Oak Glen Dealer
The patented Asparagus Bunching Machine is for sale by Wm. H. Sikma of Oak Glen Illinois. The device is marketed as a money maker for many users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Sikma
Oak Glen
Ill
New Roadster Buzz and Vegetable Exhibition Hints
Local column notes a new roadster body on a Ford and asks about exhibits at the September 5 Vegetable Exhibition at Bock's hall. It mentions residents like Mr. Gustav Volbrecht and Mrs. Inthout returning from California, and invites neighbors to welcome them home while sharing spring fever reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Volbrecht
Herman Volbrecht, Jr
Miss Dockweiler
Oakylen
Witrliet
Bock’s Hall
Edward Vander Bilt
Henry de Young
Nick Paamberg
Richard Kickert
Nick Vander Wolf
William Vander Wolf
Harry Verhaik
Inthout
Oakglen
Way of the Cross Sermon At Our Saviour's Church
Sunday school at 9 30. Sermon at 10 30 by the pastor on The Way of the Cross the Only and Certain Way to Heavenly Rest. Seventeen new members added during Lent and Easter are invited to attend. All members urged to be present next Sunday morning and bring friends.
St Pauls Lutheran Church May 8 Services and Youth Rally
Sunday services in German at 9 50 a m English at 10 45 a m and 7 80 p m with a youth oriented evening service. The sermon based on Psalm 51 10 urges a clean heart and right spirit amid modern temptations. A youth rally follows the evening service and a 2 p m congregational meeting.
Colorado Becomes Centennial State in 1876
Colorado earns the nickname Centennial State after joining the Union in 1876 amid the nation’s centennial celebration of independence. The designation reflects the 100 year anniversary of the United States.
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Colorado
Man on the Car Reflects on Gift Misgivings
A Toledo Blade quotation features the Man on the Car musing on giving versus receiving. He cites a gift delivered and later returned to the store, credited to the recipient’s charge account, as an illustrative dilemma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo Blade
Theatres Offer Series of Films and Plays at Local House
Saturdays feature Lefty Flynn in Breed of the Border with a cartoon and Jimmy Aubrey comedy. Sundays present Smoldering Fires with Pauline Frederick and Laura LaPlante. May 5 shows Life's Greatest Game with Emory Johnson. May 6 presents Flattery a gripping drama on human weakness at Dalton Branch High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lefty Flynn
Lefty
Jimmy Aubrey
Pauline Frederick
Laura LaPlante
Emory Johnson
Dalton Branch High School
Riverdale Theatre Weekend Film Lineup
Saturday Neal Hart stars in The Valley of Vanishing Men with fables and comedy. Sunday matinee at 2:30 features Richard Talmadge in Jimmie's Millions, billed as his fastest film. Wednesday and Thursday present The Swan with Adolphe Menjou Richard Cortez and Francis Howard, a romance where a swan girl challenges convention with a kiss that nearly wrecks a kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Hart
Nute
Richard Talmadge
Jimmie
Adolphe Menjou
Richard Cortez
Francis Howard
Ancient Cretan Phaestus disk crosses time at Johns Hopkins
Archaeologists pursue a 2000-year-old puzzle from Crete, known as the Phaestus disk, whose copy rests in Johns Hopkins Hospital Archaeological Museum in Baltimore. The disk was uncovered on Crete by a long-running expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archeological Museum
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Phaestus
Crete
Willing to Dicker Higgins and the Lonely Girl
In the Farm and Wire section a humorous exchange reveals Higgins kept daily letters to Helen for six months. Wiggins notes she offered to sell the letters to him for fifty dollars apiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
Helen
Wiggins
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Francis Vander Veen
Dr. Marcus
St. Francis Hospital
Harvey
Lansing
Riverdale
Bernice
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
138Th Street and
Leyden Avenue
THE
Riverdale Theatre
William Mau
Leyden Ave
Gladstones
Lot Ginghams Yard
Childs and Misses Athletic Union
Cooper
Trade and Save
137Th St
L. Cohen
Dolton
Theodore Werner
Michigan Avenue
Teninga Bros. & Co
House of Service
Puliman
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