Pella Chronicle notices on attendees and local moves
Local news from Pella Iowa April 11 1957 highlights include Walter J Fowler and others attending the 62d annual Iowa Independent Telephone Association convention in Des Moines with goals for dial conversion. Hospital admissions and discharges, family visits, travel plans to Holland, and a funeral in Sheldon with Neals De Jong.
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Pella
Iowa
Chronicle
The
Walter J. Fowler
Virginia P. Pruitt
M. I. Thompson
Donald
Barbara Mall
Roger Moser
Fowler Telephone Company
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
Des Moines
Fowler
Lt.a
Legislative Committee
Forty 4-H leaders meet in Knoxville discuss plans
Twenty leaders attended the Knoxville meeting Monday evening to review 4-H camps fairs and related activities. Billy McCorkley of the Franklin Friends 4-H Club spoke. County Line leaders Ernest Blom and Peter Rus and Summit Strivers leaders Marisrie De Witt and Joan Walravers were noted. Debbie Reeves from Monroe who had a tonsillectomy visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Gradys Vriezelaar.
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Knoxville
Billy McCorkley
Franklin Friends
Ernest Blom
Peter Rus
County Line
Marisrie de Witt
Joan Walravers
Summit ‘Strivers
Debbie Reeves
Monroe
Mrs. Gradys Vriezelaar
Community Guests Visit Vriezelaar and Relatives
A chain of visits and stays across families centered on the Vriezelaar and De Vries households. Leonard Voss and Sam Poortinga guests in Balla Bis, Win De Prenger and Leighton, J J Buwalda in Newton, Atuie Kiemstra and Sendreka Van Essen, Henry Ver Woert, and others joined by Martha and Glen, with visits to Woert home and nearby towns including Grinnell Monroe Pella Sully and Des Moines.
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H.W. Vriezelane
Leonard Voss
Sam Poortinga
Balla Bis
Win de Prenger
Leighton
J. J. Buwalda
Newton
Atuie Kiemstra
Sendreka van Essen
Henry Ver Woert
Martha
Glen
Tueday
Woert
Ross Rateliff
Gary
Grinnell
John Vriezelaar
Susan
Jake Rozendaal
Wilbur van Zante
Sully
Edward Aalbers
Peggy
Gerrit ‘Terpstra
Bernard Zerley
Monroe
Howard de Prenger
Beth Ellen
Arthur de Vries
H. W. Vriezelaar
Knoxville
Arthur D Vries
Anie de’ Vries
Pella
Walter van Doorninck
Verle Ver Dught
Carolyn of
Births and health notes from Monroe News briefings
Debbie Reeves underwent a tonsillectomy in Newton on April 2. Mr and Mrs Melvin Simpson welcomed a son born April 1 at Collins Hospital Knoxville. Mrs Charles Hitler and sons moved from Veteran Breed property to the Ed McDuff property. Mr and Mrs Breed sold their acreage to Mr and Mrs Max Tool and will move to the vacated Hulen property. Beth Vriezelaar had a tonsillectomy at Lutheran Hospital Des Moines on Thursday.
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Debbie Reeves
Newton
Melvin Simpson
Collins Hospital
Knoxville
Charles Hitler
Veter Breed
Ed McDuff
Breed
Max Tool
Hulen
Beth Vriezelaar
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Local families host weekend visitors and birthdays
Morning April 4 notes a series of visits and gatherings across central Iowa. Marines member Charles Schafer spent the weekend with his parents Ray and Mrs Schafer while Dr Paul Van Wyk and Mrs Van Wyk welcomed a daughter born April 1. Numerous relatives from Ackley Monroe Des Moines Newton Grinnell and Ames joined dinners and Sunday visits at various homes.
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Marion Heemstra
Rick Hulleman
Frank Plath
Chicago
Ill
Laura Frances
Sara
Sara Buwalda
Pella
J. J. Buwalda
Newton
Buwaldas
Jake Rozendaal
Jerald Kuiper
Charles Schafer
Ray Schafer
Carl Crane
Monroe
Frank van Zante
Otley
Paul van Wyk
Reinbeck
Tenis van Wyk
Neal Prewitt
Paul
Carl
Ackley
Iowa
Boyd Worth
Barnard van Wyngarden
Doyle
Linda
Donald Vander Pol
Darla
Bruce Walker
John van Wyngarden
Helen Towne
Wayne van Wyngarden
Bernard van Wyngarden
Delbert Schrader
Reasner
Arthur Wallace
Arnold Pille
Des Moines
Keith McConeghey
Michael Pille
Ivan Woody
Dick Postma
C. M. Wilson
Dot Jackson
C. E. Galloway
Jack Frost
Harold Wittmer
H. C. Dickman
Donald Fish
Maynard
O. B. Kerr
Fredericksburg
Howard Hernehe
Joe Cooper
Grinnell
Charles Coppersmith
Pontiac
Mich
Bernice Spratt
Arthur Vander Ploeg
Roy Vander Ploeg
Wallace Ogg
Ames
Donald Livingston
Social Notes from Pleasantville and Surrounding Towns
Moville and Des Moines hosts share dinner stories as families gather for visits. Mark Summers plans move to Phoenix with attendees including Kool, Whitted, Warn er, Jarnagin and Summey clans. Local club leadership updates and travels to California and Arizona conclude this regional social roundup.
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Ross Spencer
Moville
Town
Abram Kool
Elva Whitted
Nettie Warner
Velta Jarnagin
Leslie Summey
Pleasantville
Mark Summey
Des Moines
Herman Summey
Marshalltown
Mark Summers
Phoenix
Ariz
All Must Join in Effort to Bring Heaven to Earth
A religious proclamation asserts collective effort to achieve divine aims and proclaims the Power of God. It declares the collapse of Communism as inevitable and asserts that the world will recognize the Lord God of Hosts.
Memorial Rack Honors Pella High School Student Sally Shultz
A freshman at Pella High named Sally Shultz died in an automobile accident. The Freshman class and Student Council organized donations to fund a memorial. A large magazine rack was bought for the school library and a formal memorial ceremony will be held.
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Pella High School
Pella High
Sally
Perso
Sally Shultz
Look What I Found in the Office Items List
An office finds list describes items left behind including two pairs of grey-rimmed glasses and various mittens for the cold season. It notes a purse belonging to Shirley V. G. stayed in the office for weeks along with study materials such as pencils and pens and a collection of silky scarves for girls.
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Shirley V. G
Students nominate candidate citizens for school honors
Reporters list the freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors nominated as citizen ships. Freshman girls Edith Nollen Joyce De Geus Beverly Boatsma. freshman boys Charles Stykhuis Lee Rempe Bob Vander Waal. Sophomore nominees Kay Kuyper Joan Nollen Delores Van Roeker Mark De Cook Jim Redeker Stan Nolen Donna Klyn Carolyn Van Dus seldorp Hilma Schagen Marvin Hiemstra Ron Rinehart Don Gosselink. Junior nominees Don Gosselink is listed among others. Senior nominees Lavelle Brockway Kane Joyce Van Roekel Tan Bont Norm Ver Ploeg Stanley Beyer. Final election was held last week with results to be announced in May.
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Palladium
Edith Nollen
Joyce de Geus
Beverly Boatsma
Charles Stykhuis
Lee Rempe
Bob Vander Waal
Donna Klyn
Carolyn van Dusseldorp
Hilma Schagen
Marvin Hiemstra
Ron Rinehart
Don Gosselink
Lavelle Brockway
Kane
Joyce van Roekel
Tan'‘Bont
Norm Ver Ploeg
Stanley Beyer
Lost items urge owners to claim at office
The notice lists bracelets and lipsticks along with a red coin purse containing money. It asks anyone who recognizes these long lost articles to visit the office, which will be glad to be relieved of them.
Thirteen Pupils Escape Uninjured After Bus Collision
A Hartley school bus carrying 13 kindergarten pupils collided with an automobile but all children escaped unharmed. The driver and occupants were checked by responders with no injuries reported. Community officials are investigating the crash circumstances.
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Hartley
Lakota honors 30-year service with telephone leader
Leo Smith, service chief for the Lakota telephone company, was feted to mark thirty years of service. He has led the local operations and contributed to network improvements over three decades.
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Leo Smith
Telephone Company
Lakota
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