Local notices and health tidbits from Pella area
In December 1948 updates, Pella residents report numerous hospital visits and recoveries. Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa sees patients including Will Grandin and Mrs G T H Klein while others like Andrew Van Zee and Mrs Anie G Bensink are ill at home or hospitalized. Church bulletins note aging infirmities for Henry Vos and Catherine Lubbers. Local families provide care as Keith Emmert recovers from polio and Tena Roose undergo surgery. Activities include a Consumers Cooperative meeting in Kansas City with 2500 attendees and Vander Linden relatives gathering for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Will Grandin
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Andrew F. van Zee
Pella
Rochester
Minnesota
G. T. H. Klein
Anie G. Bensink
Jane Bos
First
Christian Reformed Church
Henry Vos
Marie Vos
Catherine Lubbers
Ed den Besten
Brooks Klyn
Keith Emmett
Ted Emmert
Killduff
Iowa
Second Reformed Church
C. P. Dykstra
Mahaska Hospital
Tena Roose
Henry van Wyngarden
New Sharon
Mercy
John Ed Klein
Leslie Bogaards
Kenneth L. Koopman
Pella Farmers Union Co-op
Consumers Cooperative Association
Kansas City
Howard A. Cowden
L. G. Ligutti
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Des Moines
A. B. MacDonald
Farmer Cooperatives
Washington, D. C
Henry G. Bennett
Point 4
Fire at W. R. Conrad home starts from cabbages
A barrel of cabbages in the W. R. Conrad residence overheated due to spontaneous combustion. The fire, found after start, burned away the barrel’s lower portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tytton
W. R. Conrad
Musings Of the Town Crier In Pella
A Town Crier column lists civic leaders and organizations in Pella including Mayor Klein Central College School Supt Vander Lugt the Chamber of Commerce and various clubs such as Masonic Lodge Eastern Star Rotary Kiwanis and the Boy Scouts all urged by a unifying blessing from Tiny Time praising community groups and churches in a communal benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Lugt
Central Colle
Buerkens
F. M. Huizenga
Bob Klein
Chamber of Commerce
Pete Kuyper
Rolsereen
Art Klein
Postoffice Force
Hoge Sadler
the Chronicle
Charley Dykstra
Great Rock Island Railroad Co
Dominies
Will van Sittert
The
Pella
Storm Lake accident days hit Luhmann family hard
Misfortune struck the Luhmann family in Storm Lake last week as Miss Mabel Luhmann slipped and broke her arm. Her brother hurried home with the injured sister but their car was struck by a truck causing about $300 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luhmann
Storm Lake
Mabel Luhmann
1951 Iowa Events Pamphlets Ready For Distribution
The 1951 edition of Iowa Four Seasons Funland has arrived from printers and is ready for distribution. It lists tourist events through December 1951 including food festivals and traditions, with dates for Drake Relays state high school basketball tournaments and the Missouri Valley tennis tournament. Most pamphlets go to tourists visiting Iowa, with chambers of commerce and hotels advised to request copies from the Public Department Iowa Development Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chambers of Commerce
Public Department
Iowa Development Commission
Owl disrupts power line in Waukon for minutes
A horned owl caused a brief power outage in Waukon last week when it flew into a power line, disrupting service for about fifteen minutes before authorities restored electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Man Found Dead North of City, Linemen Report
An unidentified man was discovered dead about one mile north of the city by linemen working nearby. The corpse was found at the scene and authorities began standard inquiry procedures. Identification and cause of death were not provided in the readable text.
Winged figure described with scorched wings in two places
A descriptor notes a figure with 40 inch wings that are scorched in two spots. The fragment implies a dramatic injury or damage to large wings, but lacks context about who or what the creature represents or where the incident occurred.
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Sauda
Don R. Reinertss
Madrid
Towaas
Rein
Reinertson
Engineering Se State College
Ames
Ertsens
Hear
Steamboat Springs
Font
Cali
Frands
Howard Vander Linden
Bernie Vander Linden
Howard
Rexall Company
Owl Drug Stores
Rexall
National
Los Angeles
Vander Lindens
Altadena
Pasadena
Ira Vriezelaar
Wayne Schakel
Kathryn
Schakel
Wayne
WHK
Cleveland
Ohio
Heerema
Darwin Squibb
Fred Heerema
Mark
Jimmy
Woodward
Town
Charles Vander Ploeg
Towa
Earl Pohlmann
Hartley, Towa
Patty. Vriezelaar
Iowa Antats
Teachers College
Jess. Vierelaar
Vorelaar Pontiac
Fred Lautenbach
Hill and
TL. K. Pals
Cedar Rapids
William Probert
Myron Pals
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Diller Vander Ploeg
John W. Vander Linden
Wayne Pos
John Anthony
Ackley
Leonard van Soelen
Pleasantville
Mian
Pella Auto Company
Hudson — Service
Merry Christmas
George F. Sadler
Mayor Klein
City Council
Kooyman
Joe Stientjes
Waechter Lumber Company
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