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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1950

Page

14

Leighton 4-H booster meeting covers girls and boys clubs

The Black Oak and Scott Townships 4-H clubs held a joint booster meeting at Leighton town hall on November 22. Officers for U-Need-Us and Leighton Happy Hearts were installed, with county officers assisting. The program featured speeches, songs, a skit, and a gift to winning county reading contestant Joyce Van Rockel.

Black Oak Scott Townships Leighton Margie Brocrman Rosemary Barnes Joan Brummel Kay Bukter U-Need-Us Leighton Happy Hearts Club Connie Peterson Frances van Maanen Delores Rempe Barbara Denburger Mary Hoksbergen Elsie de Jong Darlene Lamers Joyce van Roekel Coombs Earl Burmmel Black Oak Strivers Tom Jager Carlton Meinder Howard Vos Melvin Montgomery John Vander Haar John de Bruin Jacob van Whye John van Whye Ed Denburger Leighton Happy Hearts Frances Constance County Home Economist Omer Fleck van Heukelom Otto Brummel Scott U-Need-Us Livestock Club Scott Strivers Edward Denburger Joyce van Rockel Happy Hearts Club

Betty Petersma Weds Marvin Vander Werff in Pella Nuptials

Betty Petersma daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Petersma of Pella married Marvin Vander Werff of Baxter in a Wednesday November 15 ceremony at the Baptist Church parsonage Pella Rev C Perron officiated at 8 30 PM The bride wore a light grey suit with red rose corsage Joyce Petersma bridesmaid Raymond De Jong was best man A reception for eighty followed in the church parlor The newlyweds plan a honeymoon in Missouri Kentucky and Tennessee before settling in Pella The bride a 1949 Pella High School graduate worked at Roscreen Company The groom a Baxter High School graduate 1947 is employed by John Vander Werff of Pella

Betty Petersma Henry Petersma Pella Marvin Vander Werff Baxter Baptist Church C. Perron Joyce Petersma Dorothy van Ekeren Rosscreen Company Baxter High School John Vander Werff Betty Lows

Household Workers To Come Under Social Security in January

The Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Social Security Administration unveiled an envelope reporting system for regular household workers starting January. 13,000 Iowa households will use the form. workers earning $50+ in a calendar quarter with 24 days or more of work for one employer count toward old age and survivors insurance. The employer’s 3 percent tax is split with the worker’s 1.5 percent share. the employer matches this amount.

Bureau of Internal Revenue Social Security Administration Social Security Frank M. Halpin Internal Revenue Leo W. Smith Des Moines Iowa Smith Halpin Tcial Security Office Collector of Internal Revenue Aes

Obituary notice from Home for the Aged: Mrs Smorenberg

Mrs Smorenberg nee Jane Brandt died December 2 1950 at the Home for the Aged. Born September 7 1859 in Dubbeldam Zuid Holland Netherlands she was 91 years old. She entered the Home in 1928 and funeral arrangements from Van Dyk Funeral Home with Rev H Vander Kam.

Smorenberg Jane Brandt Dubbeldam Zuid Holland Netherlands van Dyk Funeral Rev. H. Vander Kam

Birthday Visit Notes and Interment at Oakwood Cemetery

An obituary fragment notes officiation and interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Movements include visits on December 3 by Mr. George De Boer’s family to celebrate his two year birthday, and various visits among the Van Wyk, Hartog, Langstraat, Ott and Vander Wilt families from Des Moines Sully Grand Rapids and Sully Brand as part of the community notices.

Oakwood Cemetery George de Boer John Meppetink Evelyn Atman Grand Rapids Mich Ter Vos Barnes Maggie Vandee Des Moines He Vander Wilt Paul Lanestraat Ls Langstraat Ep den Hartog Sam den Hartog Henry den Hartog John den Hartog C. den Hartog Alonzo Ver Ploeg Sully Gerrit van Wyk Catherine E Mary Ott Sully Brand

Christmas gifts aid by Mrs Steele to Norosolyar

Mrs Inga Steele of Belemond has sent Christmas gifts to the entire Norosolyar community since 1845. The village has faced hardship since the Nazi invasion, and Santa Claus will rely on her long standing support as he travels Europe.

Santa Clause Europe Inga Steele Belemond

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Mahaska Scott-Black Oak Bureau Heyveld Scott-Black Oak Farm Bureau Gary Heyveld Oskaloosa County Home Second Reformed Aid Society Ladies Aid H. W. Pietenpol C. F. Dykstra D. C. Renaud Bess McBride T. Prins John Hackett T. H. Liggett P.E.O Jane Gosselink Anne Tysseling Martha Lautenbach Adelaide Sybenga SCOTT Edith Szystma Howard Barnes van den Baard Shirley van den Baard Victory Strivers 4-H Club Doris Dockendorff Menninga Graham Hall Norma van der Horst Carol Veenstra Maxine Hiemstra Amvets Auxiliary Christmas Party Amvets John Vandenberg Columbus St Petersma—Vander Werff Raymond de Jong Bertha Rozendaal Mrs Sind Charles Pope Geraldine Klein Beverly Taylor Mary Armstrong Henry van Ekeren W.C. T. UL The Womens Christian Temperance Union A. A. van Roekel V. F. W. Auviliary V. F. W. Auxiliary Dora Carson Lucretia Bogaard Fine Watches Hamilton Elgin Bulova Wyler Wallace Reed & Barton Wilson Jewelry Co Assists Town & Country Shop International Harvester
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