Local families gather for visits and celebrations across town
Local residents including Mr and Mrs Duane Van Vaarten and Mr and Mrs Henry Ver Woert hosted visits with relatives in their homes. Calvin College alumna Gerlene Van Gorp returned from Grand Rapids to spend time with her parents. extended family from Des Moines Knoxville and Holland visited, celebrating birthdays and attending a funeral.
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Duane van Vaarten
Paul McConeghey
Robert van E
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
John van Gorp
Alice Vandehaar
Valley View Vi
Des
and Vandehaar
Vince Criss
Debbie
Ben- Arthur
Larry
Willian
Ni Ploeg
Winter Haven
Florida
Mirrit Dee
Barbara
Holland
Nick van Gorp
William
Vos
Chula. Vista
California
Local residents noted for hospital and social visits
Amid routine community notices, residents like Mrs. Maek Thomasson and Ronald Whineharty were dismissed or admitted at Pella Community Hospital around April 4. Debra Jane De Bruin, infant daughter, also admitted. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kelderman, Mr. and Mrs. John Den Nooy, and others. church events were held by Berean Baptist and Open Bible churches with Fair Haven participants.
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Delta Community Hospital
Ronald Whineharty
Pella Community Hospital
Maek Thomasson
Dennis Heerema
Ella Rempe O
Monda
Donald Freed
Marvin Zylstra
Debra Jane
Orlo de Bruin
John den Nooy
Christian den Nooy
Francis Poortinga
Jennie Klyn
Frank Veldhuizen
Gradus Veldhuizen
Cornellia Schinkel
C. Willamson
Warner Williamson
Berean Baptist Church
Fair Haven
Fair
Hattie van Gorp
Orange City
Iowa
Open Bible Church
Birth announcements highlight multiple area families
Mr and Mrs Donald Malcom announce Barbara Ann born April 1 at Pella Community hospital. Grandparents are Lester Thompson and Wesley Malcom of Montezuma. Barbara Ann welcomed by sister Pami Sue. Marion Slater and Ronald Brandderhorst announce births with family details. Dr Eugene Gosselink and families note birth in New Haven with Barbara Ann referenced.
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Donald Malcom
Independence St
Barbara Ann
Pella Community Hospital
Lester Thompson
Wesley Malcom
Montezuma
Pami Sue
Slater
Marion Slater
Route 1
Keith Eugene
Henry Vander Horst
John Slater
North Sixth
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Branderhorst
Ronald Branderhorst
Prairie City
Sharyl Lynn
Raymond Bandstra
Otley
Guy. Branderhorst
Monroe
Gosselink
Eugene P. Gosselink
New Haven
Connecticut
City Hospital
Ray B. Gosselink
Pella
Floyd Larson
Clarendon Hills
Ill
Pella Tulip Time 1941 Festival Arts and Dutch Heritage
The 1941 Tulip Time festival in Pella featured modest entertainment with local color and historical scenes. Queen Margie and Queen Leona Schilder appeared, crowds enjoyed the parade and antique displays, and the event drew praise from visitors and officials for hospitality and cultural ambiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Holland
Chronicle
Pella
Historical Society and
Tulip Time Committee
Margie
Leona Schilder
Sad Jer
Harry Vander Bay
Hoge van Sadler
Darwin Vander Squibb
Ernest van Forbes
Kenneth Vander Bean
Reginaald van Blecha
Bing van Miller
E. A. Vande Carpenter
C. F. van Nolte
Bel Vander Schroeder
Myron Francis Nellegaboren
Arthur Vander Bosch
Mortimer de Goodwin
Leonard Allenpol
Margie Veenman
Toren
Garden Square
Murray Nesbit
J. E. Schulz
Theresa Wordhoudt
Ji Janet Palmer
Norman
Bhirley Vanden Baard
Royal Court
Chamber of Commerce
Rosscreen
Henrietta Ver Meer
Betty van Vliet
Alice van Zee
Pella Residents Promote Local Publicity Momentum
Community voices praise the city’s hospitality as visitors spread word of their enjoyable experiences. Local organizers highlight neighborly sharing as the strongest publicity medium for Pella.
Obituary of Mrs Hattie Bruinekool Van Vark of Pella Iowa
Hattie Bruinekool Van Vark born July 13 1889 in Pella Iowa daughter of Peter Bruinekool and Elizabeth Vanden Berg. She married Frederick Van Vark November 16 1917 and spent her life in Pella dying April 2 1966 at age 76 years 8 months 19 days after a long illness. She was a Baptist church member Phila thea Society and Order of the Eastern Star. Survived by nieces and nephews funeral April 5 1966 from Van Dyk Duven Chapel Pella with Rev Everett G Ward officiating interment Oakwood cemetery casket bearers Lester Vander Pol Dale Vander Pol Dick J Ver Meer Ronald Ver Meer Edward Koob Charles Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Bruinekool van Vark
Pella
Iowa
Peter Bruinekool
Elizabeth Vanden Berg
Frederick van Vark
Pella Community Hospital
Fred
Herman
Henry
Cornelius Bruinekool
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Bob Brouwer
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Des Moines
Cornie Wymit
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Ner Gues
Fair Haven News
Pete Kelderman
Gertrude Hodges
Lip Kempkes
Jean van Gorkum Lake
Lois Vanden Berg
Marge Veenman van Zee
Helen Klyn Vande Kieft
Virginia Kempkes Ver Meer
Malcom
D. M. Register
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