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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1966
Page
10
A letter from April 14, 1966 recounts spring cleaning, Tulip Time prep in Pella, a Dutch phrasebook discovery in Phoenix, and memories of language shifts in childhood. Marie Dykstra of Pella shares a coffee visit, a peacock handcraft, and a recipe for an eggless pumpkin pie Melvin loves.
Marie Dykstra shares a marshmallow pumpkin pie recipe using canned pumpkin and marshmallows. Melt marshmallows, blend with pumpkin, fold in whipped cream and cinnamon, fill a baked shell, then chill and serve with optional extra whipped cream.
Overweight readers are urged to try SLIMODEX tablets sold by Ideal Pharmacy and Pella Mail Orders. Priced at $3, the product claims to reduce food cravings without starvation and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to work.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Terpstra and family visited his grandmother Mrs. H. Van Oenen. Easter hosts included Abe De Zwarte and Van Oenen family guests at Otley, Alicia Elscott at Sully, and Jean L. Watertor from Jonesboro Arkansas visiting her father C. Watertor. Jean is a psychology professor.
Prairie View and nearby towns share engagements and visits. Nancy Hoogen doorn of Pella to George De Vries of North Haledon, both Dordt College students. Local gatherings include a Sullivan Lions athletic banquet in Sully, birthday observance for Mrs. Willemsen, and multiple family visits among Van Zee, Ver Steegt, Van Wyk, and Veldhuizen households in Grinnell, Pella, and surrounding communities.
Mrs Marshall Meredith and the Brooks of Newton joined Captain Dennis Ferguson's parents to Boone for his Viet Nam death funeral. The Merediths and Brooks had earlier made a cattle feeders tour to Montana. Nellie Davis and Edward Renaud's party attended the April 11 wedding of Janet Renaud to Dennis Liston at First Congregational Church in GNell.
Mr and Mrs Sam Hall of rural Clear Lake marked their 60th wedding anniversary on April 4 near Hanlontown four miles south where they reside They have lived near Williams and Blairsburg and have long resided in the area with family and neighbors acknowledging the milestone.
Monroe citizens share family milestones and hospital news in Sully and nearby towns. Birthday events honor Mrs. Van Wyk, visitors travel from Grinnell Newton and Sigmaoury, while veterans and students advance in service and academics. Numerous hospital and travel updates accompany the community notes.
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