Fulton Journal

Reel # 39: A9463

January 4, 1967-December 25, 1968

(Kolk: Sept/Oct.2011)

1967

Jan.4: (dark/blurry, barely readable)

Died: Rulof VanVuren, 83. Married Marie Bokholt, p. 1

Funeral: Ray Ruppe, 80. Married Ethel Curley, Thomson, p. 1

Died: Roy Hansen, Glendale CA. Married Harriet Hanson, p. 1

Died: Alice Cormick Leonard (Michael), 85, p. 1

Died: Ann Klimstra Brondyke (Jacob), 68, p. 1

Married: Ruthanne Dempsey (Richard) & Gary Schlarbaum (Gilbert), p. 2

11:Barely readable

Died: Earle Rush, 70. Married Alta (H?)irt, p 1

Bastian: Early Albany, p. 1 & 5

Married: Clark Curley (Delbert) & Carol Bailey (Willis), p. 2

18:Barely readable

Died: Anna Haval Brown, 84. Married Joseph Kallau & Pace Brown, p. 1

Died: Wm. Luckritz, 79. Married Amelia Frederickson, Clinton, p. 1

Died: Alice Timmons Ruch (Roy), 56, Clinton, p. 1

Died: Dorri Sharar (Roger), infant, p. 1

Died: Peter Aggen, 71. Married Olive Church, p. 1

Died: Roy Jamison, 66. Married Ruth Bilsbee, p. 1

Died: Mary Shaffer Moore (John), 87, Thomson, p. 1

Married: Rheba VanVuren (Otto) & Darwyn Guller (Andrew), p.13

Married: Elizabeth Hanson (E.Don) & James Wertz (Wm.), p.13

25:Bastian: Cutting ice, p, 1+

Died: Lester Alspaugh, 79. Married Ellen Johnson, Thomson, p. 1

Feb. 1:Died: Minnie Allen McCullagh (Alex), 81, p. 1

Bastian: Artificial ice, p. 1 & 2,

50th anniversary: AnnaOttens & EdwardTemple, p. 4

(Print improves midway)

8:(Print OK)

50th ann & photo: Minnie Legel & Claus Prins, p. 2

Married: Terry Hans (Elmer) & Evelyn Prins (Albert), Thomson, p. 5

15:Died: Mary Anglese Pollard (John), 94, Albany, p.1

Died: George W. Bush, 63. Married Leona Pyer, p. 1

Died: Harold Flannery, 66. Married Sara Keegan, p.2

Married: Sue Endress (Sam) & Lyle Stoecker (Adolph), p. 2

Brent Bielema, 4, reading newspaper, p. 8

1967

Feb.22:Died: George Groenewald, 80. Marshalltown, Il, p. 1

Bastian: Cholera & smallpox, p.1 & 5

60th ann. Alice Smith & David Wierema, p. 2

50th ann. Reka Vogel & Ray Dykhuizen, p. 2

Married: Karen Anglese (Clarence) & George Berridge (Eric),Albany,p. 2

Mar. 1:Died: Ruth Bouvia Olson (Clifford), 68, p. 1

Died: Luther Williams, 97. Married Charity Martindale, Thomson, p. 1

Died: Mary Hoving Buikema Dost (Albert), 85, Sebeka, MN, p.1

Died: Edna Klimstra DeWeerdt (Frank), 69, p. 1

Died: Edward Toomey, 35. Married Ann Riordan, p.2

Married: Marie Sharer (Gerald) & Harlan Walters (Harold), p. 2

Eagle makes rare visit, p. 5

8:(Hard to read)

Died: Cornelius Huizenga, 74, single, p.1

Bastian: Prohibition, p. 1 & 5

Married: Linda Baker & Marvin Huizenga, p. 6

16:Died: Clarence VanZuiden, 66. Married Winnie Buikema, p. 1

Bastian: Prohibition, p.1 (dark)

Married: Robin Eagle (Kenneth) & Robert Hunter (Robt.), p. 11

22:Died: Rensie Bos, 60. Married Lorene Bough, p. 1

Married: Rita Bentley (Ed) & Ronald Rowe (Lulu), p. 4

Married w/photo: Cheri Stage (Wm.) & Steve Dell, p.11

29:Died: Gerald Ottens, 50. Married Margaret Vos, p. 1

(p. 2 dark)

Apr.5:Died: Harry VanKampen, 85. Married Elsie Huizenga, p.1

Died: TenBoer infant (Stanley & Phyllis), p. 1

Bastian: Early Fulton businesses, p. 1

Died: Tena Langland Bokholdt (Nick), 73, Berwyn, Il, p. 1

Died: James Morgan, 49. Married Geraldine Fulcher, p. 1

Died: Mary Klimstra (Ren), 92, p. 1

50th ann. Henrietta Eissens & Peter Wiersema, p. 5

Died: Wayne Groharing, 61. Married Ruth Hartvigsen, Thomson, p. 10

12:Died: John P. Balk, 76. Married Anna Eissens, p. 1

Died: Ellen Johnson Anspaugh (Lester), 76, p. 1

Died: Marjorie Summers Pierce (Melvin), 85, p. 1

19:Bastian: One air mail flight, p. 1 & 5

Died: Henry Jaarsma, 64, single, p. 2

Married: Colleen O’Donnell (Lorin) & Gary Anglese (Clarence), Albany, p. 11

26:Died: Frederick Near, 100. Married Leona Mason, p.1

Married: Janice Venema (Elmer) & Dwayne Schipper (Eugene), p. 2

1967

May 3:Bastian: Fulton drug stores, p. 1

Died: Ralph Bielema, 61, single, p. 1

Married: Mary Lynn Sikkema (Wilfred) & Nolan Bogaard (Clifford), p 2

Died: Zella Rathgeber Hoff (Walter), 79, p. 2

Married: Beverly Strating (John) & Gene Voss (Herman), p. 4

Married: Judith Wiebenga (Donald) & Dale Turney (Fred), p. 7

Married: Carol Ann Schipper (Glenn Bartlett) & Raymond Babak (Helen), p. 11

10:Died: Phyllis Hoerler, 36, single, p. 1

Died: Jennie Spoolman, 89, p. 1

Died: Norma Barber Melvin (Glen), 51, p. 2

Married: Brenda Faber (Donald) & James Kettler (Charles), p. 2

17:Bastian: Cemetery markers, p. 1 & 5

50th ann. Mr. & Mrs. John Michalak, p. 4

24:Died: Jeannette Wierema Wiersema (Jacob), 59, p. 1

Died: George Badger, 73. Married Doris Dalton, p. 1

Married: Cheryl Smith (Franklin) & Ronald Lartz (Walter), Thomson, p. 2

31:Bastian: Cemetery markers, p. 1+

Died: Wm. Sikkema, 89. Married Anna Oostenryk, p. 2

50th ann. Kathryn Boelkens & Henry Wierenga, p. 4

Graduation issue

June 7:Died: Mark Cox (Thomas), 9. Traffic accident, p. 1

Died: Cora Hoyt Howell, 92, p. 2

55th ann. Lida Nyweide & David Flikkema, p. 5

14:Died: Annie Loots Housenga (John), 79, p. 1

Died: Hazel Bouvia Fargusson (Leonard), 66, p. 1

Bastian: County area failed to develop, p. 1

Died: Shirley Bruins, 39, single, p. 2

Died: George Doescher, 45. Married Bettie Foster, p. 2

Married: Irma Fontenoy (August) & Leo Wills (Kenneth), p. 4

Married: Jon Abbott (Lee) & Sandra Barnes (Harry), p. 4

Married: Linda Norman (Alfred) & Larry Russell (George), p. 9

Married: Mary Armstrong (Wm.) & David Vogel (Marion), p. 11

Died: Jule Miller, 79, single, p. 11

21:Died: Courtney Munson (Paul), 6 months, p. 1

Died: Fred Isenhart, 55. Married Ella Cratty, p. 1

Married: Linda Geerts (Paul) & Dennis VanderBeek (Abe), p. 4

Married: Dianne Vance (Harold) & Richard Londo (Hubert), p. 5

28:Died: Dave Wierema, 85. Married Alice Smith, p. 1

Bastian: J.M. Fay, p. 1

Died: Clarence Hawk, 71. Married Fern Burch, p. 1

Married: Linda Edwards (Warren) & Steven Stuart (Harold), p. 4

Married: Bonnie Garrett (Russell) & Carelton Moores (Carl), p. 5

1967

July 5:Born to Mr. & Mrs. Laverne Sterenberg, daughter, Dawn, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Richard Haan, son,p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Stoecker, son, p. 1

Died: Ralph Smith, 85. Married Kate Voss, p. 1

Died: Jacob Vander Schaaf, 83, single, p. 1

Married: Karen Eissens (George) & Glenn Stockwell (Floyd), p. 5

12:Bastian: Fulton’s 1st telephone, p. 1 & 2

Died: Anna Hoos Feldt (Frank), 79, Clinton, p. 1

Died: Dennis Foster, 62. Married Helen Decker, p. 1

Married: Janice Brackemeyer (Donald) & Jerry Sheetz (Frances), p. 4

Married: Pat Zuidema (Frank) & Wayne Witt (Harold), p. 5

Married: Michaelene Morrissey (Michael) & Donald Ruchotzke (Elmer), p. 9

19:Died: Walter Sikkema, 59. Married Evelyn Agnew, p. 1

Died: Bertha Hine Smith, 84. Married John Beukema & Hein Smith, p. 1

Died: Marion Schaver, 51. Married Rena Brackemeyer, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Steven Balk, daughter, p. 4

Married: Betty Tegeler (Ben) & Earl Engelkens (Arthur), p. 9

Died: Catherine Miner Adams (Wm.), 94, Thomson, p. 11

26:Died: Helen Bielema Huizenga (Wm.), 84, p. 1

Bastian: Water lilies, turtles, red-winged blackbirds, p. 1 & 5

Died: Grace Fisher Buikema (Jacob), 91, p. 1

Died: Simon Bush, 80. Married Maggie Pessman, Dorothy Huizenga, Kate Maring, p. 2

Married: LaVonne Naftzger (Harlan) & David MacGrath III, p. 4

Married: Betty Sterenberg (Harry) & James Herlein (Carroll), p. 5

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Medenblik, daughter, p. 5

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Steven Potter, son, Christopher, p. 5

Aug: 2:Died: Anna McGinty Lewis (Norman), Thomson, p. 1

Married: Sara Beswick (Taylor) & Thermon Stuart (James), p. 11

9:Bastian: Woodmen riots, p. 1 & 5

Died: Velma Mae Reynolds Ege (Everett), 70, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Dale Ratcliff, daughter, p. 1

Died: Mary Storm Hook (John), 79, Argo Fay, p. 2

Died: Peter Chase, 95. Married Georgia Simpson & Belle Maples, p. 2

16:Died: Thomas Klimstra 70. Married Jennie Juist, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Russell Kiger, daughter, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Snyder, daughter, p. 2

Married: Trudy Kopf (G.A.) & James Brown (Roland), p. 4

50thann. Mr. & Mrs. John Morhman, p. 4

Married: Barbara VanderPloeg (Edward) David Wiebenga (John), p. 5

23:Died: Frank Feldt, 82. Married Anna Hoss, p. 2

Married: Sharon Wiersema (Ed) & Norman Criss (Ed), p. 4

Bank section: Old bank clock will run in Hampton, p. 2

Bastian: Home guards at bank, p. 4

1967:

Aug.30:Died: Anna Smith Carroll (Rush), 81, Thomson, p. 1

Died: Frances Helsinger, 43, single, p. 1

Died: Margaret Starck Collins (Raymond), 66, p. 1

Bastian: Militia in Fulton (MWA), p. 1 & 5

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Donald Klount, daughter, Eileen, p. 1

Bethel moves to new building, p. 1

Married: Mary Kay Kuhn (Ben) & E.Don Hanson, Jr., p. 4

Sept. 6:Died: Samuel Zimmerman, 98. Married Elizabeth Howe, p. 1

Died: Bernard Martens, 42. Married Geraldine Buikema, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. James Zahnle, son Jeff, p. 1

Bastian: History of local schools, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. John Armstong, son, Guy, p. 1

Died: Ella Maltas Ashpole (Frank), 74, p. 2

Married: Eva White (Harold) & Lawrence Woods (Thomas), p. 4

Born to Lloyd & Linda Davis, son, Marvin, p. 4

Married: Sheryl O’Donnell (Lorin) & Terrance Dymski (Theodore), p. 5

13:Died: David Bailey, 85. Married Jessie Rick, p. 1

Died: Dave Shipma, 85. Married Alice Norman, p. 1

Married: Shirley Stuart (Jacob) & James Bertolasi (Joseph), p. 2

Married: Diane Koenes (Henry) & Arvid Housenga (Ed), p. 2

Married: Arlene Fanderclai (Minco) & David Fox (Robt.), p. 4

Married: Ruth Balk (John) & Dennis Ratcliff (Kenneth), p. 4

Married: Karen Wray (Russell) & Harlan Foster (Ed), p.11

Born to Mr.& Mrs. Dave Heusinkveld, daughter, Beth Ann, p.11

20:Died: John Honn, 78. Married Nellie DuBurg, p. 1

Bastian: Autumn, p. 1

Died: John E. Wilkins, 63. Married Hazel Blodgett, p. 1

Died: Neil Sullivan, 77. Married Olga Nelson, p. 1

Married: Terry Begley (Ralph) & Loren Wierenga (Howard), p. 4

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Shear, daughter, Melinda, p. 4

Married: Florence Schaver (James) & Larry Shipma (John), p. 5

Married: Judy Reed (Howard) & Donald James (Harold Vance), p. 5

27:Died: Jennie Balk Dykstra (Dewey), 72, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Ammon, girl, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schrader, girl, p. 1

Oct. 4:Died: Julia Chervenka Evans (J.L.), 66, p. 1

Bastian: History of fire dept., p. 1

Died: Arie Post, 85. Married Gertrude Hamminga, p. 1

Glenn Honn indicted in murder of his father, John Honn, p. 1

Died: Ethel Curley Rupple (Ray), 78, Thomson, p. 11

11:Died: Alice Zeeryp Vogel (Jacob), 88, p. 1

Died: George Kustes, 71. Married Kathryn Engler, p. 1

Married: Alice Dewitt (Wm.) 7 Forrest LeBaron (Forrest), p. 43

Married: Carolyn Thomas (Kennard) & Wm. Lamp (Wm.), p. 5

1967:

Oct.18:Bastian: History of Fulton water system, p. 1

Born to Verlyn & Velma Ludwig, daughter, Susan, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bland, daughter, p. 1

Died: Susan Blystra Bosma (John), 79, p. 1

Died: Elmer Hill, 95. Married Minnie Daw & Ada Lewis, p. 1

Married: Sheila Wade (Ed) & George VanKampen (George), p. 2

25:Died: Earl Gooch, 66. Married Bernice Bundridge, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Huizenga, son, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wiebenga, twin daughters, p. 2

Married: Carol Ottens (Gerald) & Robert Massey (Walter), p. 4

Married: Angela White (Harold) & Daniel O’Neil (Arch), p. 5, Sec. 2

Nov. 1:Died: Fred VenHuizen, 51, p. 1

Died: Larry Wiersema (Don), infant, p. 1

Bastian: Witchcraft in Fulton, p.1 & 5

Born to Mr. & Mrs. John Hook, son p. 2

Died: Rebecca Costello (Michael), infant, Albany, p.2

8:Died: Herman Timmons, 89. Married Dorothy Hauck & Luella Farwell Green, p. 1

Died: Oscar Owen, 57. Married Cecilia Gerhard, p. 1

Died: Alice Dykema Sikkema (Joe G.), p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Nolan Bogaard, daughter, Melissa, OrangeCity, p.1

Married: Mary Dornbush (Kenneth) & James Damhoff (James), p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Richard Huizinga, daughter, p. 2

15:Died: Walter Below, 83. Married Pearl Petters, p. 1

Died: Ethel Hoek Post, 76. Married Robert Kooi, Claus Zeeryp & Tony Post, p. 1

Died: Alice Conner Dyson (Wm.), 55, p. 1

Died: Tena Wiersema Stuart (Fred), 72, p. 1

Bastian: Wildlife refuge, p. 1 & 2

Died: Henry Post, 80, Ockeyedan, Iowa, p. 1

22:Married: Marla Hartman (Ray) & Craig Drury (Burton), p. 4

Married: Mary Ellen Fahey (Katherine) & Stanley Venhuizen (Jacob), p. 5

29:Bastian: Biographies of early settlers, p. 1 & 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Meinsma, son, p. 1

Died:Lillian Finch Bielema,64. Married Lloyd Udy & Frank Bielema, p. 1

Died Tena Hook Shipma (Mitchell), 69, p. 1

Died: Marie Fanger Agnew (James), 92, p. 1

Married: Ruth Wade (Loren) & Robert Harrison (Bennie), p. 5

Dec. 6:Died: Jacob Workman, 71, single, p. 1

Died: Maurice Strukoff, 71. Married Mabel Rogers, Thomson, p. 1

Died: Louis Newendyk, 60. Married Gertie Buikema, p. 1

Photo: 60th ann. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Damhoff, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Elwyn Vogel, daughter, Katrina, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hook, son, Kurt, p. 2

1967

Dec. 6:Married: Barbara Schroeder (Gordon) & Anthony Huizinga (Richard), p. 4

Married: Diane DeWild (Charles) & James Thompson (Edolph), p. 5

13:Bastian: Early Fulton history, p. 1

Died: Henry Cossman, 75. Married Elsie Jacobs, p. 2

Killed: Richard Drolema, 48. Married Genevieve Voss, p. 2

Killed: Michael Huizenga, 5, grandson of Richard Drolema, p. 2

20:Died: George Stumphy, 61. Married Stella Waitas, p. 1

Died: Bertha Schaffer Legel (Louis), 79, p. 1

Died: Mary Beauvais Utz (Fred), 95, p. 2

27:Died: Clayton Stone, 78. Married Lepha Murphy, p.1

Died: Menstje Sinning Borgman (Rikkert), 80, p. 1

Died: Albert Huisenga, 80. Married Clara Brondyke, p. 1

Bastian: WhitesideCo. bridges, p. 1 & 5

Died: Luella Rus Huizenga (Kenneth), p. 1

Died: Effie Decker Huizenga (Albert), 76, p. 1

Died: Maurice Bradley, 50. Married Renetta Heine, p. 1

Married: Shirley Brondyke (Robt.) & Kenneth Wierenga (Clifford), p.2

Married: Sharon Gould (Willard) & Keith Weuste (Ed), p.4

1968

Jan.3:Died: Angela Letcher (Donald), infant, Albany, p. 1

Died: Otto Stuit, 93. Married Annie Wiersema, p. 1

Died: Aleck Houzenga, 74. Married Rena VenHuizen, p. 1

Died: Kate Buikema Smith, 81 (Garrett Housenga & John P. Smith), p. 1

Died: Trace Diephuis VanLandt (Bert), 74, p. 5

Married: Janice Geerts (Charles) & Arthur Lodge (Arthur), p. 5

10:Bastian: Joseph O’Neil’s burial, p. 1

Died: Hattie Beveroth Nelson (Bert), 76, p. 1

Died: Mary Dudeck Huggins (Roy), 78, p. 1

Mississippi Tavern burns, p. 1

Died: James Jones, 90. Married Ella McIntyre, p. 2

Married: Carleen Wiersema (Marvin) & Richard Barsema (Milton), p. 4

17:Died: Fay Glesson, 88, single, p. 1

Bastian: Fire at old Central House, p.1

Married: Marcia Wiersema (J.J.) & David Renkes (Vernon), p. 4

Married: Mary Burns (Donald) & Jerry Pilgrim (Donald), p. 4

Married: Carol Sours (Calvin) & George Christiansen (Carl), p. 5

24:Died: Gloria Cossman Birt (George), 49, p. 1

Died: Carrye Moore Hicks, 81. (Frank Heacock & James Hicks), p. 1

Died: Albert Hurley, 65, single, Albany, p. 1

Died: Anna Bastian McKune (Charles), 71,p. 1

Died: Burnie Vogel, 63. Married Marjorie Barsema, p. 1

Acquitted of murder: Glenn Honn, p. 1

Died: Marie Jones Velasquez (Fred), 61, p. 2

1968

Jan24:Married: Judy Boelkens (Robt). & Kent Springman (Herbert), p.4

31:Bastian: Fulton’s Grist Mills p. 1 & 5

Died: Virgil Miller, 90. Married Lola Reynolds, p. 1

Died: Irene Wolfe Lahey (Timothy), 76, p. 1

Married: Lawana Smith (Stewart) & Larry Norem (Durward), p. 4

Feb. 7:Born to Mr. & Mrs. Gene Pessman, daughter, Becky, p. 1

Bastian: Annan’s Mill, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs.Leonard Faber, daughter, Michele, p. 1

Born to Mr.& Mrs. Wm. Flynn, daughter, p.1

Married: Gloria Temple (Alvin) & Steven Wiersema (John), p. 5

Married: Vicki Housenga (Ed) & James Workman (Jacob), p. 7

14:Married: Diane Balk (Elmer) & James Workman (Irv), p. 4

21:Bastian: Pfundstein farm, p. 1

Died: William Matthew, 71. Married Marie Hyler, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Harry Dornbush, son,Kevin, p. 1

Died: John Housenga, 83. Married Annie Loots, p. 2

28:Died: James Gray, 73. Married Cinderella Haley Baird, p. 1

Bastian: Hotel Martin, p. 1

Died: Paul Lewis, 73. Married Ethel Smith, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kerr, daughter, p. 2

Married: Janice Yarbrough (Robt.) & Arnold Drolema (Richard), p. 4

Married: Patricia Stansberry (John) & Dennis Woods (Thomas), p. 4

Married: Cheryl Grater (Earl) & Ronald Bielema (Raymond), p. 5

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Sikkema, son, Timothy,p.7

Mar. 6:Born to Mr. & Mrs.Milton Bush, daughter, Becky, p. 1

13:Died: Ella Decker Pyse. Married George Dykema, Charles Wier, Peter Pyse, p. 1

20:Bastian: Roman Catholic Total Abstinence & Benevolent Society, p. 1

Died: Kate DeWind Bielema (Dick), 92, p.1

Died: Claus Ottens, 70. Married Johanna Sikkema Ottens, p. 1

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Boonstra, son, Kurt, p. 1

50th ann. Mr. & Mrs. Lee Morgan (Photo), p. 4

27:Died: Margaretta Fisher DeWind (Henry), 94, p. 1

Died: John Isenhart, 80. Married Edna Bailey, Myrtle Tremayne & Jennie Dykhuis, p. 1

Died: Jacob Temple, 75. Married Anna Flikkema, p. 2

Apr 3:Bastian: Main Slough & Ware’s Lake, p. 1 & 5

Died: Edw. Von Alten, 89, single, p. 1

Died: Cathryn Burns Curry (Robert) 70, Albany, p. 2

Married: Barbara Hunter (George) & Gary Pessman (Lambert), p. 2

Married: Trudy Youngsma (Grace Bielema) & Edwin Wierda, p. 4

10:Died: Julius Medenblik, 66. Married ? DeVries, p. 1

Died: Roland Calhoun, 70. Married Minnie Heinold, p. 1

Died: Jacob Fisher, 90. Married Anna Sikkema, p. 1

1968

Apr.10:Died: Mary Huggins Hardy (Earl), 83, Albany, p. 1

Married: Shirley Newlon (Joel Toomsen) & Arlyn Tegeler (Clarence),

p. 13

17:Died: Karl Dahm, 73, single, p. 1

Died: Hattie Potter Wilt (Charles), 92, Thomson, p. 1

Bastian: Spanish-American War, p. 1 & 5

Married: Patricia Schaver (Lloyd) & LaVerne Pessman (Allen), p. 2

Married: Minna Borgman (Bernard) & Thomas Brewster (J.), p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Norman, son, Mark, p. 2

Married: Rita Brondyke (Albert) & Larry Zeeryp (Harold), p. 4

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wade, twin boys, p. 4

Married: Marda Roselieb (George) & Richard Hoff (Elmer), p. 5

24:Died: Henry Damhoff, 81. Married Anna Voss, p. 1

Died: Henry Holsinger, 78. Married Bertha Bonneur, p. 1

Married: Patricia Dykstra (Frank) & Kenneth Merema (Robert), p. 2

Married: Virginia Beswick (Taylor) & James Fay (Llewellyn), p. 2

Died: Mabel Rose Kamphuis (Wm.), 96, p. 2

Died: Kate Smith Workman (John), 92, Morrison, p. 2

Died: Grace Barber Pearson (Allan), 83, p.2

Married: Sharon Tichler (Phernie) & Marion Sterenberg (Gertrude), p. 5

May 1:Bastian: Human interest tidbits, p. 1 & 5

Died: Ida DeWeerdt Vos (Barteld), 80, p. 1

Died: Luella Farwell Timmons (Herman), 83, p.2

Died: Bert Goff, 84. Married Mollie George,p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Gary Larson, son, p. 4

8:Born to Mr. & Mrs. Rueben Kamper, son, Donald, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Ed Kolk, daughter, Heidi, p. 2

Married: Charmion Michelick (Anthony) & Douglas Weidman (Donald), p.4

15:Bastian: Second Culvert, p. 1

Died: Richard Oostenryk, 84, single, p. 1

Died: John Wiersema, 77. Married Alice Wilkens, Anna Jaarsma, Elizabeth Vogel, p. 1

50th ann. Nell Smith & Martin Vogel, p. 4

Died: Asa Eads, 74. Married Ruth Bradley, p. 2

Died: Michael Davis (Wm.), infant, p. 2

Born to Mr. & Mrs. David Schafer, daughter, Teresa, p. 2

22:Died: Eveline Olson Hammett (M. Halwill), 66, p. 1

Died: Henry Medema, 85. Married Fannie Van Dyke,Morrison, p. 1

Died: Amos Meinsma, 74. Married Sarah VanKampen, p. 1

Married: Evelyn Witteveen (Albert) & Ronald Medenblik (Julius), p. 4

29:Bastian: Cemetery markers, p. 1 & 5

Died: Lawrence Drury, 59. Married Vada Graham, p. 1

Died: Blanche Hoogheem Bronkema (Peter), 48, p. 1

1968

May29:Born to Mr. & Mrs. Roger Luchies, daughter, Jonelle, p. 3

Eulogy to Blanche, p. 3

Died: James Wiersema, 56. Married Mossie Holt, Morrison, p.14

June 5:Died: Dick Blink, 75, single, p. 1

Died: John Seeser, 73. Married Ruth Kuchel, p. 1

12:Died: Mabel Knapp, 63, single, p. 1