Index generated by Nancy Kolk Reel # 20: November 12, 1926-October 30, 1928 Fulton Journal: Fulton, Illinois 1926: Nov. 12: Married: Paul Decker (John) & Jennie Van Zuiden (John), p. 1 Married: ? Balk (Corneil) & William Dykstra (Jacob), p. 1 Died: Effie Boerema, 86, Appingedam, Groningen: Mother of Jacob Boerema, p.1 Jacob Boerema receives citizenship papers, p. 4. 16: Married: Jake Ottens (William), Fenton & Inez Betts (Verne), Garden Plain, p. 1 19: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Temple, daughter, p. 2 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Leslie, son, Clarence Gilbert, p. 2 Died: Daniel Daley, Clinton (Married Margaret McNulty), p. 3 23: Funeral: Daniel Daley, p. 1 Funeral: Anna Van Zuiden, 30, p. 1 Married: Alice Bretz (John), Morrison & Bernard Kane (Henry), Fulton, p. 2 26: Married: Viola Timmons (Herman) & Charles Snyder (Howard), Fulton, p. 1 30: E. Clinton residents get electric lights, p. 1 Dep. Sheriff Bielema recovers flock of 87 geese, p. 4 Dec. 3: Ladies Aid of Spring Valley Presbyterian will hold annual chicken pie dinner, Dec. 10 7: Funeral: Mrs. Oscar Park, p. 1 Allan Wiersema has scarlet fever, p. 2 Died: Martha Bulthuis Vogel (Sikke), 89 In Memoriam: Mary Emily Emmons, 71. Married Oscar Parks, Garden Plain, p. 3 10: Funeral: Martha Vogel, p. 2 Married: Ben Bielema (F.) & Anna Buikema (Jacob), p. 3 Funeral: Josephine Klimstra Temple 23 (Henry), Newton (Claus Klimstra), p. 3 Died: Gladys VanVuren, 3 (Jacob), p. 3 14: Obit: Josephine Klimstra, p. 1 Married: Genevieve Cleary (John), Lyons & Harold Snyder (Alex), Fulton, p. 1 17: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tracy, daughter, Joan Marie, p. 2 Married: Angeline Kadyk & G. Lemon, p. 3 Married: Helen Jamison & Ned Mueller, Milwaukee, p. 3 21: Died: Carrie Evelyn Ross Agnew (William C.), 73 Died: Lucinda Webb, 84, Rock Island, p. 1 Died: C.W. Dutcher, 90, Lafayette, Ind., p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Olson, son Richard Elmer, p. 2 Dec. 21: Married: Reka Bos (E.) & Herman Van Kampen (Jacob), p. 3 24: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Huizenga, 9 lb. boy, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Junior Galusha, girl, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shear, 8 lb. boy, Eugene William, p. 1 28: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Byers, 6 ¾ lb. daughter, Gladys Muriel, p. 2 Married: Mary Borden & Harry Fay (Carrie), p. 3 31: Tribute to J.M. Fay as a businessman, Has new hearse: Eureka Side Loading, p. 1 1 1927: Jan. 4: Letter from R.R. Moton on # of lynchings in U.S., p. 1 Married: Gladys Durward, Morrison & Philo Staughter, Camanche, p. 1 Married: Gertrude Feldt (John) & Frank VanZuiden (John), Newton, p. 1 Burnie Bush becomes sole owner of pool hall. O’Brien partnership ended, p. 2 Funeral: Sarah Burkhardt, Clinton, p. 3. 11: Died: Maude Chapman Bierd, 64, pneumonia, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zeeryp, son, p. 2 14: Married: Mrs.Ella Temple (Peter Balk) & Ren Dykstra (Sebe), Thomson, p. 1 18: Operetta postponed because of scarlet fever, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pyse, twins, Vernon & Verna, p. 2 21: 40th wedding anniversary: Henry & Alice Huizenga Wiersema, p. 4 25: Argo Fa feed mill, owned by Joe Sikkema, wiped out by fire, p. 1 28: Details of Sikkema fire, p. 4 Feb. 1: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Norman, son, Gilbert, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schipper, boy, p. 2 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wiersema (Jeannette Busz), son Robert Considine becomes sole owner of Prochaska Manufacturing Co, p.3 4: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoese (Viola Sullivan), 9 lb. son, p. 2 Died: Ellen Harvey Sanburn (Henry), 85 8: Died: Elmer Dykema (J.H.), cerebral meningitis, 22. Married Marie Dykhuis, p. 1 Burial, Julia Martin, p. 1 11: Funeral: Elmer Dykema, p. 1 15: Died: William Farley, pernicious anemia, 77, p. 1 18: Married: Helen Van Zuiden, Morrison & John Prins (Albert), Thomson, p.1 Dean Byers has moved back to Fulton from Ashton, p. 2 Wm. Considine buys E.F. Johnson newstand, p. 3 22: Died: John Maynard Huizenga (Peter), 2 months, ill since birth, p. 3 J. Boerema, shoemaker, has leased R. Green & Sons store, p. 3 Feb. 25: Married: Ruby Engelkens (Okko), Thomson & Jacob Prins (Dora), Fulton, p. 1 Married: Gertrude Smith (Corneil), Garden Plain & John Sterenberg, (Burnie), p.1 Mar 1: Married: Inez Abbott (Lee), Fulton & Maynard Francis LaVerne Swanson, Moline, p. 1 Married: Mary Ellen Bennett (W.L.) & Percy Reedman, Clinton, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snyder (Genevieve Cleary), son, p. 2 John Brondyke opened new garage & salesroom: Chandler cars, p. 4+ 4: Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Bastian celebrate 55th wedding anniversary, p. 3 8: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Balk (Grace Duprey), daughter, Shirley Ann, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mills, son, p. 2 Married: Alice Vogel (Jacob), Fulton & William Bierman, (Henry), Morrison, p.3 11: Died: James Hoosack, 61, heart, p. 1 15: Died: John Housenga, Ustick, heart (Mary Eissens), p. 1 Died: Austin Bell, 64, leukemia, p. 1 Funeral: John Van Kampen, 76, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Flikkema, daughter, p. 2 18: New sewer system planned for Fulton, p. 3 22: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lyons, son, Edward Charles, p. 2 Died: Ella Randolph Price Kent (Marion), 70, ill 4 days, p. 3 2 25: Funeral: Mrs. Marion Kent, p. 3 29: Mr. and Mrs. John Amman celebrate 25th anniversary, p. 3 April 1: Died: Brown Wilkins (John), 45, stroke, p. 1 Married: Winnie Bylesma (Dick) & Henry VanderSchaaf (George), p.1 Married: Inez Borgman (Ed) & Minco Fanderclai (Albert), p. 1 Married:Delbert Hatfield, Savanna & Helen Timmons (H.M.), Fulton, p. 3 5: Died: Trentje VanderSchaaf Huizenga (Menno), 64, 7 month illness, p. 1 In Memoriam: Brown Wilkins, p. 1 Married: Rena Tervelt and William Klimstra (Claus), both of Fulton, p. 3 8: Funeral: Mrs. Menno J. Huizenga, p. 3 12: Claus Ottens celebrates 95th birthday, p. 1 15: Bernard Baker celebrates 90th birthday, p. 1 19: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder, son, p. 2 Died: Raymond DeVoss, 26, TB. Brother of Nellie Brondyke, p. 3 22: City election: Mayor, John Keil; City Clerk, John G. Dykema; 1st Ward Alderman, Andrew Bennett: 2nd Ward Alderman, George Ranson: 3rd Ward Alderman, William Rozeboom, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Workman, son, p. 2 April 26: American Legion auxiliary organized in Fulton, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Marx. Clinton, daughter, p. 2 29: Funeral: Charles Mathers, 52, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Ottens (Harriet TenBoer), son, William Bradley, Union Grove, p. 2 May 3: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Decker, daughter, p. 2 History of telephone in Fulton, p. 3 6: Free ice cream day at Fulton Sweet Shop, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Flannery (Sadie Keegan), daughter, Betty Jo, p. 2 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kane, Chicago, son, p. 3 10: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rush, son, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Dykstra, daughter, Mary Ellen, p. 2 Born to Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Ryder, Albany, 6 lb. daughter, Harriet Ella, p. 2 School personnel for school year, p. 3 13: Died: James Farragher, p. 3 List of veterans buried in Fulton, p. 3 17: Died: Klaas Ottens, 95, p. 1 E.A. McComb sells bakery to Gus Knauel, p. 2 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bailey, son, p. 2 Married: Zelma Farley, nurse, Preston, & Frank Daley (T.H.). Owns Daley barber shop, p. 3 20: Funeral: Claus Ottens, p. 2 Funeral: Mrs. Lafayette Hawkins, p. 2 Died: Ann Kane Tucker (Michael), 90, p. 3 Married: Andrew Sikkema & Fern Bielema, p. 3 Married: Nettie Wierema (Charles), Thomson & Francis Norman (Nellie), Fulton, p. 3 24: Lindbergh flies to Paris in 33 ½ hours, p. 1 Died: Elmer Rathgeber, p. 1 Born to Joe & Esther Leichti Schimmon, daughter, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bergman, daughter, p. 1 3 27: Died: Elmer Rathgeber, (P.C.), 36, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wiebenga, 8 lb. son, p. 2 31: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Neal Sullivan, daughter, p. 2 Married: Meryl Tracy, Fulton & Minnie Sheka, Mason City, Iowa, p. 3 June: 3: Died: C.E. Hansen, Rock Island, p. 3 7: Pictures of FHS graduates, p. 1 10: Funeral: Etta Wierenga, p. 1 Married: Ethel Rush (Bert) & Benjamin Wilkens (John K.) p. 1 Died: Mrs. William George, heart, Garden Plain, p. 3 14: Fulton American Legion Post incorporated, p. 1 17: Obit: Eva Adams George, (William), 55 June 21: Married: Stella Shipma (Nellie) & Epe Buikema, p. 1 Funeral: John Marshall, 86, auto accident, Los Angeles, p. 1 Died: Henry Damhoff (John), blood poisoning, 19, FHS class of 1926, p. 3 24: Funeral: Henry Damhoff, p. 1 Married: Howard Paulson, DeWitt & Ruby Griffin, Fulton, p. 1 Married: Luella Jacobs (S.), Fulton & Ray Jacobs (L.N.), Clinton, p. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Hoover, 8 lb. boy, p. 2 28: Married: Edward Kustes (George) & Bernadette Lummell, Louisville, p. 3 July 1: Married: Inez Opheim (Ole), Fulton & Frank Wennerstrom, Clinton, p. 1 Died: Wilhelmina Ohsann Reimer (John), 71, fell 5: Died: Margaret Buikema (Ren), 81, heart, p. 1 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Adams, p. 1 Married: Edward Kustes & Burnadette Foreman Lemmel, p. 1 Died: John Marshall, 86, southern California, p. 3 8: Died: George Robinson (Bradstreet), 62, stroke, Long Beach, CA p. 1 Died: Charles Parker, 74, Los Angeles, p.