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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1954
Page
14
Community updates span births marriages deaths and farm moves in the region. Families Weldhuizen Adams Jones Stevenson Van Risewick Ballard and Templeton are mentioned with farm relocations and visiting relatives. Local illnesses funerals school officers and travel to events appear amid routine rural life details.
A string of weekend visits and gatherings unfolds in Leighton with Abe and Mrs Kempe spending Sunday with the Stephensons, De Heers visiting parents in Oskaloosa, McPhersons from Des Moines as guests at Van Zonk's, and multiple families hosting or visiting in town. Other items include church services led by Prof Ralph Stob, Ruth Circle meetings, travelog attendance in Pella, and regional dinners plus express trip notes.
Mrs B Memmelaar and Rev Gerrit Boerelyn traveled from Pella to Grand Rapids Michigan for a Mission Board meeting while Rev Boerelyn led the First Christian Reformed Church service in Pella. Nearby, Mr Raymond Boertje and Mrs Connie De Goey hosted visitors from Prairie City and Ebeneezer Reformed Church members attended the Packing Tea. The group also noted family visits including Albert Van Heukelem’s surgery and seesaw of relatives from San Jose and Oskaloosa.
The Peoria column reports the Hoekman sisters had tonsils and adenoids removed at Mal Hospital with Dr Phelps of New Sharon performing the operations. It notes Bastian Vander Wilt's Democratic bid for Mahaska County Supervisor in 1956 and lists 7th graders' testing at the Elk's building in Oskaloosa with 14 students from Peoria. Also covered are PTA activities, church visits, and local gossip including new store ownership changes and social visits among families.
Reports from Grinnell Iowa recount visits by Mr and Mrs Gilbert Bandstra and others to Mrs Gil bert Bandstra at the Community Hospital. Mentioned events include the birth of Jerry Eugene, preparations for baptism and The Lord's Supper, and the Annual Young People's Banquet with prayers, music, recitations, and slides. Members of Queen Esther Circle hosted the meal.
Galesburg News details Sunday and weekend visits across Newton and nearby towns. Residents visit relatives at Dalton Lafoon and Curtis Dearinger homes, with hospital trips, jaundice cases, and social callers including Ver Steeg Schnug Wickland Sparks and various families.
Sunday dinner guests in Archie Casebelt's Brooklyn home honored Mrs. F C Kling on her birthday anniversary.
The Harrison Township Farm Bureau met at Cedar school house with new members honored. The C and H Boosters 4 H club met March 16 at Pat Ireland's home with fifteen members, two leaders and two visitors. Demonstrations covered using patterns and pattern alterations. notes included sewing material, 4 H memberships, and pattern laying on plaid fabric.
The group sang and a meal was served by hostess Marilyn Van Zoveren and her mother Joanne Van Zoveren of Fremont with their sister Nan at Pella. Nancy attends Central College. Those from Fremont at the Hasselman Kooyman wedding were Mr. and Mrs. W Van Zomeren, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Perl Strunk, and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Jones. Local Christian school pupils had vacation Friday March 26.
In Pleasantville, FFA members have rented a 130 acre farm and will manage all work themselves using their own equipment.
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