Community events calendar June 16 to 22 at area churches
A series of church and community gatherings listed for June 16 through June 22. events include Vacation Bible School program at Ebenezer Reformed Church, a social at Sully Park by King's Helper Society, Tulip City Saddle Club horse show at De Jong Lumber Yard with rain date June 24, Cub Scout Pack meeting and family picnic at Swimming Pool shelter, Porter Grove Cemetery Aid at Cemetery chapel, Mother-Daughter Guild program in church sanctuary, and a Mission Rally at Calvary Church with Rev Samuel Vander Jagt as speaker. note date changes for some items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Ebenezer Reformed Church
King’s Helper Society of
First Reformed Church of
Sully
Sully Park
Tulip City Saddle Club
de Jong Lumber Yard
Porter Grove
Cemetery Chapel
Calvary Church
Christian Reformed Churches
Samuel Vander Jagt
G B Gradwell Dies Sudden at 55
G B Gradwell, 55, a municipal electric utility employee, died suddenly Tuesday night at his home 611 Morrow. He had been a city employee since January and previously worked in Central College’s maintenance department. Survived by wife Stella and daughter Ruth Ann Gosselink of White Bear Lake Minnesota. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Laurel Methodist Church. Van Dyk Duven funeral home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Gradwell
Municipal Electric Utility
Cradwell
Central College
Marshall County
Stella
Donald
Ruth Ann) Gosselink
White Bear Lake
Mian
Methodist
Laurel
Melbourne
van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home
Dutch Proverb Echoes Money Shapes Truth
A Dutch old saying notes that money can bend justice by making crooked things appear straight. The adage suggests financial power can influence perception and outcomes, reflecting concerns about corruption and integrity.
Rain and Wind Destroy Iowa Pella Area Homes and Land
Rain and wind storms sweep the Pella area for eight days leaving creeks swollen and lowlands inundated. The Des Moines and Skunk River basins see rising levels with flood stages exceeded in Des Moines and near Oskaloosa. A small tornado damages a Sully farm, fracturing a garage and scattering debris as crews mobilize to assist flood-impacted residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Rock Island District
Army Corps of Engineers
Raccoon
Des Moines
Skunk
Pellarea
Corps of Engineers
Skunk River
Cedar River
Oskaloosa
14Th St
Tracy
Architect John R. Lautenbach Dies At Home Rites Are Today
John R. Lautenbach 83 died Monday morning at his Route 1 Pella home. A native of Pella he shaped a New York architectural career with firms like Warren and Wetmore and McKim Mead and White before retiring in 1953 and returning to Pella. Requiem mass was held at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Lautenbach
Route 1
Pella
New York
N.Y
Lautenbach
Central Park
Richard R
Sara Bosma Lautenbach
John Richard Lautenbach
Proudfoot and
Bird
Des Moines
St. Louis
Washington University
Warren and Wetmore
le Brun
American Institute of Architects
Rome
Italy
Firm
McKim, Mead and White
Margaret Richey
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Lambert
Charles
Richard
Henry
Catherine) _ Brand
Harry
Dora) Viersen
Ira
Sarah) Brand
Marie Lautenbach
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Eugene Hoenig
Oakwood Cemetery
Band Delayed Concert Opening Set For Friday
The Pella summer concert band will retry its Central Park opener Friday at 8 15 p m after last week’s weather cancellation. Sixty musicians from Pella and nearby towns, playing tunes from stage productions to semi classics, will perform free. Gerda L Dippmann was named professor and chair of German at Central College succeeding Marianne Hayden as European study abroad director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central Park
Darrell Debernecker
Gerda L. Dippmann
Central College
James Graham
Marianne Hayden
Dippman
New York University
Mary Baldwin College
University of Erlangen
Germany
Coat returned to Pella resident after Samaritan’s gesture
The Pella post office seeks the owner of a green corduroy coat given to an Atlantic accident victim on April 1. The coat, addressed to Henry Van Zee, and a letter to John Van Zee, were mailed to Cass County after the hospital transfer. Several John Van Zees exist in the area, delaying pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Henry van Zee
Atlantic
Schwartz
Cass
County Memorial Hospital
John van Zee
John van
Reformed General Synod Elects Rev Harold Schut
The Reformed Church in America held a Bristol Tennessee meeting last week electing Rev Harold Schut D D as president. He is a Scotia New York pastor and former synod vice president with ties to Central College and Western Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Bristol
Tenn
Harold Schut
D. D
Schut
Central College
First Reformed Church of
Scotia
N.Y
Western Theological Seminary
Holland
Mich
Synod of New Jersey
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
First Reformed Church
Marion
Reformed Church of
Haganan
U.S. Army
Churchville
General Synod
Raymond Heukelem
First Reformed
Orange City
Iowa
Reformed Church Board of World Missions
Northwestern College
Corinth
Chicago
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Reformed Church
Reformed Church In America
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Reformed Synod So
New Brunswick
Hope
Central and Northwestern
World Missions
New Brunswick Seminary
Christian Educaion
Pella National Chooses President J G Leahy
J G Leahy of Rock Rapids will become president of Pella National Bank on July 1 succeeding J B Boat who remains chairman. Boat has served since 1939. Leahy led Lyon County State Bank at Rock Rapids as president after nine years in Nebraska. Leahy elected Tuesday. family will move to Pella to live at 1308 Boone St while Donald Meyer is on leave from Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Leahy
Rock Rapids
Pella National Bank
Leahy
J. B. Boat
Boat
Nebraska
Lyon County State Bank
Pella Bank
Mrs Leahy
Roger
Jim
Jane
Pella
Donald Meyer
Boone St
Meyer
Central College
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What
S Up
Melvin Mikkel
Mikkel
Prof
Dippmann
Madrid
Barcelona
Spain
New York University Graduate Association of Germanic Languages and Literatures
The
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of German
Virginia Ball
Hedrick
William Penn College
Ball
Chronicle
Samaritan
Ronald Heim
Awd
Kansas City
Maytag Company
Boat. Fur
Pella Golf and Country Club
Maytag Regional Mai
Bert Boat
Boat Furniture
Reformed General Synod
Reformed Churches
South Africa
Synod
Christian Education
Board of Pensions
Reformed Church In American
Pella National
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