Markers Placed At Sites In Sioux County Bicentennial
The Sioux County Bicentennial Commission unveils markers for unplowed prairie plots on the Martin Cullinan farm north of Rock Valley and a flour mill site along the Rock River cut-off. Local representatives Marie Buckley Leonard Rensink Tom Noteboom and Henry Van Aartsen attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County
Cullinan
Virgin Prairie
Marie Buckley
Rock Valley
Leonard Rensink
Boyden
Tom Noteboom
Orange City
Martin Cullinan
Henry van Aattsen
15Th Street
Rock River
Rock Mills
Roantree
Engagement announced for Miss Ruhr Higgins in Midwest union
The engagement of Miss Diana Elizabeth Ruhr to Mr. Thomas Francis Higgins is announced. Ruhr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Frank Ruhr of Strandburg South Dakota, will wed in September. Higgins is the son of Mrs Leona Higgins and the late Ambrose Higgins of Rock Valley Iowa and farms near Rock Valley. Ruhr is employed by Sullivan Inc in Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Elizabeth Ruhr
Frank Ruhr
Strandburg
South Dakota
Thomas Francis Higgins
Leona Higgins
Ambrose Higgins
Rock Valley
Iowa
Miss Ruhr
Sullivan, Inc
Sioux Falls
Local Weekend Visitors Fill Homes Across Sioux County
Numerous guests visited families in the area including Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Calsbeek from Sioux Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kuiper from Platte South Dakota. The De Kam family welcomed a baby girl Sandra Lynn born June 17 at Sioux Center hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Lottswold
Ralph O'Connell
Sioux Falls
Gerard Knorr
Gretthen
Ed Schmidt
Harold Jongewaard
Rock Rapids
J.C. McCune
Long Beach
Calif
McCune
Jim de Kam
Rock Valley
Sioux Center Hospital
Sandra Lynn
Clarence de Kam
Rural Rock Valley
Wilbur Boer
Frank de Graaff
Roy Miner
Robert
Mitchell
Debbie Pudwill
Alice Bothmer
Tom Brands
Sheldon
Obituary for Mrs William Meendering of Rock Valley
Mrs Meendering 84 of Rock Valley died June 18 after a long illness in a Rock Valley nursing home. Services were June 21 at the First Reformed Church Rock Valley with burial in Valley View Cemetery. Born Marie Van De Vegte August 8 1893 Hospers she married October 15 1912 Rock Valley. Survivors include five daughters 30 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Meendering
Rock Valley
First Reformed Church
Roger Voskuil
Valley View
Meendering
Marie van de Vegte
Hospers
Sioux County Bicentennial Events Schedule and Stone Map Plan
Sioux Center hosts July 3 4 events including a July 4 religious service with Harold Hughes as guest speaker and a July 5 baseball stunt show and fireworks. Iowa plan to build a Stone Map at the State Fairgrounds invites Sioux County stones, for 25 by 12 inch markers, with contact Tom Noteboom or William Top. Gerald Meendering attended a Black Hills outdoor survival workshop sponsored by South Dakota State University per Warren Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hughes
Tom Noteboom
William Top
Sioux County
Gerald Meendering
Rock Valley
Black Hills
South Dakota State University
Warren Williamson
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John Blankespoor
Inwood
C.E. van Zanten
Omaha
Nebr
Carla Cress
Carla
David Cress
Clarence Cress
Henry Ykema
Michigan
Wanda Ykema
Grand Valley State College
John Feenstra
Eastmanville
Clarence Miller
Joe Gilman
Julie
Mankato
Minnesota
Alfred Claussen
Claussen
Sherman Park
Sidux
Sioux Center
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