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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
10
Local residents attend gatherings and visit relatives in Newton and Rock Island Michigan. Notables include Mrs. J G Rinemuth funeral, Des Moines visitors Norman and Carlson planning Australia, and new births at Newton hospital.
Peoria News notes Des Moines callers including Mr and Mrs Paul Vander Hart and family. Cornelius Roose welcomed a baby boy Lawrence Arthur born at Mercy Hospital. Local families share Thanksgiving visits and a Dec 11 soldiers homecoming banquet with Rev Honenga as speaker. other notable events include two newborns at Maasaka hospital and Thanksgiving at the Mulder and Dear households.
Thanksgiving day gatherings mark Otley life with families at Francis Poortinga and Norman Robus homes. The Otley school held a November paper drive while postmaster J M Vliet reminds about first class mailing for decorated greeting cards. Reformed church hosted Indian religious leader Rev J Samuel Savarirayan. Norman Robus hosted a birthday dinner with families in attendance as Henry Kool finishes basement and plans a new house. Otley school closed for Thanksgiving.
Vernon Van Rees enters Lutheran Hospital Des Moines for treatment. Mrs Dick De Jong of Prairie City visits aunt J Renaud. Geurt Van Hal Sr. undergoes major surgery at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa. Vera Van Langen of Kamyar Lona visits Sully home. Carroll Butin family host Thanksgiving. Harry Vande Krol taken to Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa for rheumatism. Delmar Shultz and L W Renaud visit Des Moines. Funeral for Mrs Barney Dunsbergen held First Reformed Sully. survivors include husband and four children. Burial Sully cemetery. Thanksgiving trip to Wichita. Alice Shutts injures forehead. three stitches. Oyster supper at Terlouw home. Death of Mrs Henry Steck Denver Colorado at 61. Funeral in Christian Reform church. Elxcott and Klyn families share Thanksgiving.
Ralph Carlson and family in Des Moines greet relatives in Nora Springs and Newton while Aunt Mrs. Alice Shutts hosts. Rev Robert Baer and family journeyed to Kansas City for Thanksgiving. A Dec 8 gospel meeting series led by T R McCulley from Springfield will run nightly except Saturdays at Sully. De Jong Swank and Mol family members visited Pella.
Cordova News notes multiple community happenings including school programs at Union and Fifield, a Red Rock supper with entertainment, and groceries given away. It records births, illnesses, and visitors among local families, with Thanksgiving visits and preparations for Christmas activities.
A long list of Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings across Tracy area towns. Families from Des Moines Indianapolis Pella Oskaloosa and nearby communities joined relatives in homes from Thanksgiving Day through the weekend. Local fire damage reported late week while many hosted guests including Steenhock and Van Ryswyk families and others from Hollandale and Cedar.
The Prairie City men's society of the Christian Reformed church met Monday with Martin Tibbeel of Pella sharing insights from the Netherlands. A fire at Concrete Products Co. gutted the building, damaging records, prompting firefighting calls at eight o'clock Tuesday morning and again later. S. Steenbock was hospitalized Wednesday and operated on Friday. funeral services for Mrs. Lucy A. Ford were held at the Prairie City Methodist church. D. J. Van Ryswyk attended Thanksgiving with John Vos family. Mrs. Maggie Cooper visited Monroe Thursday with relatives. Doyle Vande Lune studied in Chicago Forest Electronic School. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Beerends marked their thirtieth anniversary. Auke Vande Lune visited Jake Van der Leest home, and Bert Schuttinga and wife came from Highland, Indiana for a visit.
The community lists numerous Thanksgiving visits among the Aalbers Vriezelaar and related families in Pella Monroe and Osceola. It notes hospital stays, rug making lesson for the Summit Strivers 4-H club, and 4-H youth attending the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago with John Vriezelaar winning a trip and an electric Shearmaster for Iowa 4-H sheep shearing.
Polk townships will be held at the Otley school house Dec 6. The program is in charge of Polk t The program committee members are Mr and Mrs Bryan Karr Mr and Mrs Julian Garrett and Mr and Mrs Howard Karr. Miss Helen Dykstra instructor in the Fort Dodge school spent her Thanksgiving vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs A L Dykstra. John Vriezelaar shipped a pure bred ram this week to Olsen Bros Spanish Forks Utah.
Among the Jasper County youth showing baby beeves in the Coun ty Champion groups were Howard and Lucille Ritter, Rensner and Kenneth Murphy. Howard and Lucille Ritter are siblings of Mrs Joe Horman of Otley, leader of Summit Strivers 4 H club. Howard Ritter also won second on his Angus at Waterloo a week earlier.
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