Local Beehive of Travel in Pella Area News
Mr and Mrs Jake Sjaarde return from Phoenix on March 1 with Mrs John Vos. Denver visitors Mr and Mrs Dan Van Gorp arrive April 2 for Easter with his parents. Sioux Falls visitors Mr and Mrs Dick Vis visit Fair Haven and Pella Manor. Orange City guest George De Jong visits Alicia Elscott at Fair Haven. Dr C Langerak of Palo Alto California spends weekend with De Zwarte family and visits Langerak relatives in Pella Community nursing home. Albert Langerak of Clinton Iowa visits Sunday. Mrs Henry Van Oenen of Fair Haven spends Thursday with daughter Win Vander Ploeg near Monroe. Jim Brass attends Chevrolet honor club banquet at Hotel Fort Des Moines. fourth year Legion of Leaders member. Bernie Vogelaar of Moline Illinois spends weekend with father Ben Vogelaar and Bob Klein family. Dick Gosselink returns March 30 from two months with daughter and Bob Boerema in Miami Florida. visits Bible Town in Boca Raton. Ed Hoeksma returns March 29 after four months in Florida. Hoek sma reports deep sea fishing and shuffleboard. Mrs Hoeksma planted two tomato plants December 10 and harvested eight ripe tomatoes in Florida. Abe Vander Peek spends weekend in Grand Rapids Michigan with Richard Ballasts family. Esther Vande Noord Grinnell hospitalized in University Hospital Iowa City awaiting surgery. room 6-13. Hattie Van Cleave sails to Muskegon Michigan with Vernon West. address 1193 Ransom Muskegon MI 49442. Donnie Paris flies to Los Angeles after driving Kay Paris back to Pella. Kay Paris spent six months visiting her son. Mrs John W Vos returns March 31 from winter in Phoenix visiting Don Vos family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Langerak
Palo Alto
California
Marion de Zwarte
W. W. Langerak
Pella
Albert Langerak
Clinton
Iowa
Henry van Oenen
Fair Haven
Edwin Vander Ploeg
Monroe
Jim Brass
Chevrolet
Hotel
Fort Des Moines
Jim
Legion of Leaders
Bernie Vogelaar
Moline
Hlinois
Ben Vogelaar
Bob Klein
Dick Gosselink
Bob Boerema
Miami
Florida
Bible Town
Boca Raton
Ed Hoeksma
Hoeksma
Michigan
Richard Ballasts
Esther Vande Noord
Grinnell
University Hospital
Iowa City
Hattie van Cleave
Vernon West
Muskegon
Ransom
Donnie Paris
Los Angeles
Kay Paris
John W. Vos
Phoenix
Arizona
Don Vos
Admits and Discharges at Pella Community Hospital
The Pella Community hospital records show multiple admissions on March 30 to April 2 including infants and adults. Names include Kimberly Rippery John Ver Ploeg Corrine Unloh Raymond Orr William Wilson Norman Bebout Gerrit Van Halen Becky Westra Barbara Ver Meer Barbara Oda Ruth and others with varied discharges and transfers to Iowa City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Orr
Knoxville
Pella Community Hospital
William Wilson
Oskaloosa
Norman Bebout
Gerrit van Halen
Iowa City Hospital
Henry Russ
Elmer Tukker
Otley
D. A. Freed
Herman Crum
Clark King
Attica
Apri Becky Westra
Oda Ruth of Reasner
Barbara Ver Meer
Harry Terpstra
Birth of Girl Glenda Jean Bogaards in Pella
Mr and Mrs Dale Bogaards Route 2 Pella announce a 7 pound 2 ounce baby girl named Glenda Jean born Thursday March 31 at Pella Community Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lester Bogaards of Pella and Mr and Mrs Lester Van Peursen of Prairie City
Bertha Nunnikhoven 1934 1966 Obituary
Bertha Nunnikhoven daughter of John Langstraat and Anna Vander Hart was born September 17 1934 in Pella Iowa and died March 30 1966 near Pella after a four month illness. She married Anthony Nunnikhoven Jr September 17 1954 and had three children Alvin Bryan James and Beth Marie. Funeral service held April 2 1966 at Trinity Reformed Church Pella with interment in Oak Wood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Nunnikhoven
John Langstraat
Anna Vander Hart
Pella
Iowa
Marion County
Knoxville
Anthony Nunnikhoven Jr
Alvin
Bryan James
Beth Marie
Otley
Gloria
Earl van Wyk
Monroe
Joyce
Scott Pearson
Phil
Williamsburg
Trinity Reformed Church
George C. Muyskens
John D. Vanden Berg
Norman Stursma
Norman Nieuwsma
Henry Schuring
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs De Jong Dies at 3 Days
Michael Howard De Jong, infant son of Howard D and Dorothy J De Jong, was born March 20 1966 at Pella Community Hospital and died March 23 1966 at age 3 days. Funeral held March 24 at Van Dyk Duven Chapel with graveside at Evergreen Cemetery Leighton. Surviving are parents sister Anna Marie and extended grandparents and great grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Howard de Jong
Howard Duane
Dorothy Joan Slings de Jong
Pella Community Hospital
van Dyk- Duven
John H. Piersma
Evergreen Cemetery
Leighton Town
Anna Marie
Harold Slings
Leighton
Henry de Jong
Pella
Gerrit de Boer
Isaac Slings
Henry van Oenen
Dirk G. de Jong
Pella man attends short course for service station supervision
Melvin Toom of Pella Iowa attends a one week Service Station Supervisor School in Kansas City Missouri. The course is sponsored by a cooperative manufacturers and wholesale group serving about 1791 local cooperatives including Farmer's Coop Exchange where Toom works to provide technical training for managing local stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Toom
Pella
Iowa
Kansas City
Missouri
Byation
CCA
Farmer's Coop Exchange
Toom
Joyce Van Zee Engagement Corrected in Pella Chronicle
The Pella Page notes a correction to the engagement announcement of Joyce Van Zee and Raymond Vos. Joyce is identified as a 1964 graduate of Pella Christian High School, not Pella High School as previously stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce van Zee
Raymond Vos
Pella High School
Joyce
Pella Christian High School
School Menu Highlights
A school menu lists meals for Wednesday through Friday. Wednesday features hamburger gravy with mashed potatoes buttered peas scholmade pineapple rolls peaches and milk. Thursday offers pizza with buttered corn fruit cup sandwich orange juice chow mein noodle casserole cinnamon rolls apple sauce and a raisin bar. Friday serves hamburger on schoolmade buns with oven steamed potatoes green beans and cherry cobbler.
Lily Day supports Easter Seal Society effort in Iowa
Lily Day on April 8 and 9 mobilizes hundreds of volunteers across Pella and other Iowa streets to sell white paper lilies. Proceeds fund services for crippled children and adults and employ handicapped workers who craft the flowers, aiming for a $300,000 goal in the Iowa Easter Seal campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Easter Seal Society
Clarence de Penning
Lily Day
de Penning
Rotary News Meeting Discusses Anti Poverty Program
The Pella Rotary Club met on Tuesday March 15 at Central College student union. Guest speaker Mitchell Green regional OEO consultant outlined the anti poverty law, noting 94 countries in Iowa and Towas involvement and a Job Corps center in Clinton. He said Iowa impact will differ from eastern urban areas and develop slowly. M O Hanson of Knoxville also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central College
Mitchell Green
Office of Economic Opportunity
Green
Towa
Clinton
Iowa
M. O. Hanson
Knoxville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jake Sjaardema
Dan van Gorp
Denver
Colorado
Mrs
John van Gorp
Dick Vis
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Hattie van Gorp
T. G. Fultz
Pella Manor
George de Jong
Orange City
Alicia Elscott
Berkshire
Kimberly
George Rippery
John G. Ver Ploeg
Charles Dop
George Kincaid
Pleasantville
Corrine Unloh
Michael Howard
Howard D. de Jong
Pella Streets
Rotary News
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