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Pella Area Notes Include Church Visits and Events
Local notes list visits by Mrs. C W Vroom to Prairie City and Mrs J H Shinn returning to Knoxville. Rumors of threshing trips by Van Heuklem party to Melvin Town and Forsythe visits between Humboldt and Pella. Clergy from Schenectady and Denver preached in Pella churches, while Rev LeGrand's Kansas City pastorate is noted. Community members travel to Des Moines Omaha and Oskaloosa for visits and business, with local elections, a parade of social events, and a baseball tournament planned in Knoxville. Meredith and Harding addressed speakers for upcoming Pella Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Forsythe
Humboldt
T. H. Klein
Marjorie Sloan
Clarence
Minerva DeCook
Olivet
John DeCook
Des Moines
G. Hospers
Omaha
James Doedyns
H. van Veldhuizen
Prairie City
Vist
Y. Neels Visted
Oskaloosa
H. M. Fisk
Lenox
Iowa
Pella
A. LeGrand
Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church of Kansas Ciy
Mr. le Grand
Vermont Street
Democratic
Peter van der Ploeg
H. H. Sadler
M. T. Slob
Lake Prairie
Henry van Dyk
John Blommers
Otley
A. Vander Lane
Leighton
R. R. Beard
Nashua
Josie Wesselink