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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1952
Page
4
John Koons lies in Collins hospital after another heart attack while wife Jane returns to Iowa City. The column shares Thanksgiving travels and family visits across Pella Newton Monroe Knoxville and Knox counties plus local notes on road closures hunting trips and school events.
Mrs. Leland Balmer Mrs. Mark Woody and Mrs. John Vriezelaar attended a pink and blue shower for Mrs. Delbert Barber of Newton. The record lists many visitors at the Vriezelaar home for dinners and gatherings across multiple days with names and towns including Monroe Oska Boulder Pella and Des Moines. The piece also notes Arthur Vriezelaar birthday festivities and participation in the All Iowa High School Music Festival in Des Moines.
A local Otley gathering honors Mrs. W A Vrieselaar on her birthday and marks the cast removal from an ankle injury. Relatives from Des Moines and nearby towns joined a Thanksgiving observance, with plans for Sgt. Wm Vrieselaar to return from Okinawa for Christmas. Families from Pella Oskaloosa Fifield and Des Moines attended meals and a large Thanksgiving dinner in Des Moines.
Local households from Rock Island to Indianola and Monroe shared varied Thanksgiving visits, with Slocums and relatives staying with parents, college student Mary Van Vliet returning from Ames, and extended family time in Maxwell Carnahan and Ustermarkt homes. A miscellaneous shower, belated dinners, and church group activities followed, including Lamp Lighters and Dorcas Society events, grab bag gifts, and plans for upcoming meetings.
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