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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
8
Local notes recount visits, meals, and fabric repairs among Cordova residents. A major accident injures Marvin Van Haaften on a Fordson tractor while several families plan California trips or attend funerals for Miss Nannie Hyatt and John Mott. Grasshoppers devastate crops as heat persists, with spraying efforts and weather details shared.
The column records visits from Seattle and Oskaloosa guests to Mrs. Will Gray and A R Meredith recovering from surgery. It notes picnics at Pella pool, dinners in Des Moines and Grinnell, and a busy schedule of 4 H clubs, cattle judging at Henry Van Wyk, and local family visits culminating in a birthday surprise for Mrs. Terlouw. Andrew Van Zee loses two fingers in a silo blower accident.
Sunday dinners and weekend visits populate this social roundup. Families including Burnham Sparks James and Sparks, Wisgerhof Ratcliff Etting and Merediths travel, host, and host, with trips to Ft Leonard Wood Miami and California. Hospital visits and birthday celebrations mark a busy period of relatives, friends, and neighbors.
Sunday services at First Christian Reformed Church were led by Rev. Wm. Huyser of Prosper Michigan in Oskaloosa with morning and evening worship. Rev. C. R. Veenstra spoke at Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella. J. G. Newenhouse home hosted visitors James Van Wyk and Ronnie. Harrison Hustlers 4-H Club met at Robert Houghtaling’s home with seven members and one leader Clyde Osterfoss. Charles Oldham led in absence of officers. Short Course report given by Robert Houghtaling. Lois Van Arkel visited Luane Kline for weekend. Herman Swank of Pella spent several days in the area.
The Central Reformed Church Sunday School held its annual picnic at Edmundson Park. Cedar High School Class of 1941 hosted a Cedar School grounds picnic supper Sunday evening. Families of Tunis Kelderman and others enjoyed meals at local spots including Krizer’s Roadside Park. S. M. Massie and party visited Le Claire Iowa with Supt and Mrs A J Jones. Massie hosted Lafalot Club. guests included Hoffman from Oskaloosa and others from Fremont.
Sherry and Debra Day of Waterloo spent last week with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Jacob Grootveld while their parents vacationed at Leech Lake Minnesota. Thrift is a wonderful virtue particularly in an ancestor.
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