Quilts and Collectibles on Display at Mills Gallery Bicentennial exhibit
Overman reviews a Mills Gallery show featuring quilts pottery and other antiques gathered by Maurice Birdsall. Notable pieces include a 1775 coverlet from Aaronsburg and an 1838 birds and fountains design from Newark Ohio, plus a Pine Tree quilt and rare Hemfield Railroad half. The exhibit runs weekdays 8 am to 4 pm with tours via Birdsall at Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Maurice Birdsall
Larry Mills
Joline de ‘Jong
John Vruwink
Margaret Ver Steeg
Mr. B
Aaronsburg
Ohio
Iowa
Birdsall
Shirely Weller
G. Sutch
Newark
Grandma Schultz
Pella
Lisa Mills
Veda
Verda Vander Pol
A.T. van Houweling
Dorothy Wormhoudt
Central College
Hospital Admission and Discharge Register Summary
A multi day admission and discharge list from Pella and surrounding towns records patients admitted or dismissed between March 29 and April 4. Entries include individuals from Pella, Knoxville, Sully, Reasnor, Monroe, Os kaloosa, Prairie City, New Sharon, and Central College, with names such as Mrs. Nick Koopman and Mary Peters. Several twins and babies born to local families are noted, alongside routine discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Koopman
Pella
Barton C. Bail
Knoxville
Gertrude den Hartog
Gertrude Andreas
Sully
Paul Koopman
John van Gorp
David Verschuure
Leighton
Mary Peters
Mabel Murray
Norma Leydens
Kelly Kelderman
James Findley
Georgia Stitzer
Lawrence McReynolds
Reasnor
Anthony Cianci
Central College
Orville Wendelboe
Knoxvill
Mintie Pals
Albert Beyer
Carl Tysseling
Gerrit Vander Weerd
John Plants
Lo van Bui
Dave Stitzer
Gary Schippers
Ersel Anthony
Duane Robus
Henrietta de Penning
Bessie Hollingsworth
Tiennie Boender
David Roland
Harvey
Richard — Horn
Oskaloosa
Eugene Herder
Jerry de Boer
Tilford Mathre
Phyllis Donnelly
Kenneth de Wild
Sam Lindaman
Robert Kaldenberg
Robert Roland
Pershing
Norman Rozendaal
Monroe
Donald Hewitt
Charles Keuning
FBI
Leonard Gosselink
Delana Vander Pal
Gerald Carter
Howard Worthington
Pleasantville
Barton Ball
Cornelia Goemaat
Tilford H. Mathre
Mel Beyer
Ed Plate
Prairie City
Henry Petersma
Fred Westercamp
New Sharon
John Bassett
William Ahrens
Montezuma
Delana_ Vander Pol
John R. van Gorp
Pelli
Norman van Wyk
Earl Duinink
SUN
Khalie Younes
Chester Alice
Albert Moore
Marinus Stravers
Lawrence Vander Werff
Wilbur Vos
Gerrit Vander Meiden
Pella community event calendar highlights April to May
A sequence of community events in Pella lists flower arranging at Historical Village on April 7 at 2 p.m. and multiple church and civic activities across April 8. Highlights include Women’s Spring Conference at 1st Reformed Church, ice cream social at Faith Christian Reformed Church, League of Women Voters annual meeting and potluck at Lois Vermeer’s home, Welcome Wagon at Mrs. Karen Johnson’s, and theater productions at Central College and Pella Christian High. Additional items cover concerts, sales, club meetings, Good Friday services, and dates through April 27 with school board meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Lois Vermeer
Cedar Dr
Karen Johnson
Hazel
Lee Zylstra
Parents Of Visually-Handicapped Children Meet Tuesday
Parents of visually-handicapped children plan an advocacy group meeting on Tuesday April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at The Heartland Education Agency offices in Ankeny. Des Moines and Heartland Agency staff will discuss educational programs for children in Area 11 Schools and share concerns and ideas on special needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heartland Education Agency
S.W. Third Street
Ankeny
Des Moines and
Heartland Agency
teachers _ and _ad
Area 11
Patricia Smith
Des Moines
Snydel
Also Mentioned on This Page
PageSix Pella Chronicle
Over
Blakelifelnide
Sonja Overman
Historical Village
1St Reformed Church
Faith Christian Reformed Church
Society
Pella Christian High
Central College Arena Theatre
Central College Chamber Singers
Cox-Snow Recital
Central College Swing
Drama Workshop
E. 2Nd St
Janie Cook
Lynn van Vark
Lake Prairie Homemakers Club
Mary Blommers
Pella Middle School
Esther Ver Ploeg
Main St
First Reformed Church
Floyd Cooley
Cox- Snow
Central College Concert Choir
Douwstra
Shirley Chisholm
America
Charles Hale
Mexico
Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Pella Community
Earl
Haeger
Renaud’s
Farm and Garden Center, Inc
Ted
Zylstra
Marion County Mutual
IMT
Tulip City
Washington
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