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Parish News From Pella Area Prairie Town
A busy weekend in Pella area homes features visits from Edward Vander Ploeg of Sioux Center and Des Moines guest Mrs. Case Hols Jr. Easter gatherings include Minerva Schakel's illness and many neighbors hopeful for recovery. Community notes cover illnesses, travels to Davenport piano contest, and local family events with births, visits, and school re-elections.
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Edward Vander Ploeg
Sioux Center
Dick Vander Ploeg
Case Hols Jr
Des Moines
Pella
Minerva Jane
L. J. Schakel
South Street
Professor Sadler
Davenport
Women’s Federated Music Club of Iowa
Eileen
Anne de Neef
Charley Dykstra
L. M. Henry
Frank Franken
William Verwers
H. L. van Dellen
E. V. Goad
Ed Vas
Philips
Lumbago
Gene Ver Heul
Dick Ver Heul
Mahaska Hospital
Gerrit, Bennink
Will van Buren
Jake de Ronde
Keith Fox
Keota
Grandpa Fox
Robert Baron
Northwestern University
Chicago
Marjorie Baron
Dorothy Falck
Garwin
Towa
Bert Baron
Earl van Rees
Charles City
Paul Blommers
Shenandoah
Albert Langerak
Baby
State Center
Jaws
Langerak
Herman Douwstra
Chelsea
Iowa
H. Douwstra
Chelsea School
J. W. van Doorninck
Otley
Ant. G. Klein
University Street
C. Sedrell
Leighton
Gysbert Vos
Highway 163
Grinnell
J. W. Vander Linden
Clinton
Harold Kaldenberg
California
S. F. Cole and Jr
Len Kaldenberg
Otto van Speren
Oskaloosa
Ed van Ginkel
Barney Mensch
James_ Gardner
Nellie Sadler
Omaha
A. Doedyns