Local Notes From Pella Community
A long list of townspeople are noted for illnesses, injuries, travel, and visits. Mrs. Henry Van Arkel is at Abbott hospital after a fall fractured her left hip. Several families are mentioned with pneumonia, appendicitis, or other ailments. Social visits include Des Moines trips, Des Moines basketball, and relatives’ gatherings. The piece also reports street conditions after a thaw and upcoming moves in housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Arkel
Abbott Hospital
van Arkel
Harry Renaud
Towa City
Hugo Kuyper
J. A. Kuyper
Des Moines
Pella
Wilton McCarthy
Fred Lankelma
H. H. Geelhoed
Geo. Stout
Ransom Awtry
J. V. Lankel
Local social notes from Galesburg and area
Miss Freda Terpstra and Dorothy Terpstra guest at A L Terpstra home Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs Floyd Tool Kilduff and Ed Dearinger returning from Newton A Christian Ladies Aid Society meeting held December 5 at the church featured a noonday potluck and quilting Members listed include De Bruyn Schnug Dearinger Filta Deaning Rohrdanz and Roerdanz various neighborly visits and calls are noted with multiple households in Newton Laurel Pella and Galesburg regions All events reflect community life and family ties in a rural Iowa town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Terpstra
Melbourne
Dorothy Terpstra
State Center
A. L
Newton Carlers
James Ramer
Vyrlee
Myrtle Rohrdanz
Henry Ramer
Curtis Dearinge
Lois van Wyngaarden
TA Brodersen
Ed Dearinger
Walter van Wyngaarden
Newton
Freda de Jong
Jessie Carpenter
Barney van Roekel
Andrew de Penning
Chalmer van Rheenen
Clarence Wittenberg
Bill de Bruyn
Sally
E. Poortinga
Curtis Dearinger
Laurel
Will Kling
Will Ramer
Alma de Penning
Richland
Freeman Hendricks
Delmer
Irene
Ralph van Rheenen
Dorothy
Albert Keuning
Margaret Hendricks
Andrew Schippers
Pella
Families depart for work and visits across states
John and Tunis Du Pree left Sunday for Pictesse to work in the Diamond T motor truck factory. Mrs E Groenendyk and her daughter Mrs John Ewing left Monday for a visit with daughter Mrs Ann Fleming in Beverly Hills. Mrs Murray Kersbergen, admitted to Mahaska hospital Monday, underwent surgery Wednesday. John Leydens from Des Moines visited Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John and
Tunis du Pree
Pictesse
Diamond T
E. Groenendyk
John Ewing
Des Moines
Ann Fleming
Beverly Hills
California
Murray Kersbergen
Mahaska Hospital
John Leydens
Local residents gather for visits and events in Iowa towns
Leighton and De Boer families travel to Leota and Peoria areas while Ver Ploeg and Van Maanen siblings attend a Pella declamatory contest. Relatives from Oskaloosa and Bluff Creek share visits with cousins and neighbors as chicken pox closes Lucille Ver Ploeg’s Bluff Creek school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. de Boer
William Mouw
Lavonne Joan
Leota
Minnesota
J. A. de Jong
Con Ver Ploeg
Lucille
Joyce
Janella van Maanen
Pella
Lawrence de Bruin
Oskaloosa
Robert Grandin
Dale Roorda
Abbott Hospital
Amaryllis
A. C. de Jong
Peoria
Ernest de Cook
Ellen Jane
Charles Newendorp
Henry
Eugene Sedrel
Chas. van Maanen
Harry Newendorp
Raymond
Freda
Len Hoksberg
Lucille Ver Ploeg
Bluff Creek
Eddyville
Community Social Notes From Pella Church And Families
Residents report social visits among local families in Pella with gatherings at the Dick Van Zee and Ben Fynaardt homes. The Willing Workers group met at the Reformed church basement for a devotional hour, business meeting, lunch, and a vocal solo by Ethel Brummel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. de Bruin
Pella
C. Ver Ploeg
Joyce
M Wm. van Duren
Thei June
Dick van Zee
Willing Workers Society of the Reformed Church
Mae de Prenger
Irene Hasselman
Ethel Brummel
William van Duren
J. A de Jong
Otto Ver Meer
Anthony
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Geraldine Aschenbrenner
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Frank de Wit
van Houweling Auto Co
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Emmett Edwards
Fred van Ness
Andrew Swanson
Mrs. E. V. Goad
John W. Rietveld
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Mattie Vander Linen
John Braashart
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Arie Klein
Anna Hiemstra
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John Rietveld
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Oskloosa
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White Way Auto Co
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Charles de Winter
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