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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1960

Page

2

Locals note widespread Christmas travel and visits

Local residents plan Christmas and holiday visits across Iowa New Jersey Arizona South Dakota Minnesota and California. Families travel by plane train and car to join relatives and celebrate with numerous get togethers and dinners.

Local births and a death in Mahaska County area

List of newborns from families in Madison, Sully, New Sharon, Oskaloosa, Pella, Leighton and nearby towns with birth dates December 12 to 16 at Mahaska Hospital and Clarkson Memorial Hospital. Notable death: Tunis Vander Wilt, 65, apple grower, burial at Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.

Vander Wilt Pella Tunis Oskaloosa Mercy Hospital Leighton William J Margaret Kempkes Vander Wilt Leighton-Oskaloosa Ared Mathew Kempkes Oakwood Cemetery

Hospital News From Mahaska And Des Moines

Lawrence H Rook returned home from Veterans Hospital in Des Moines last week Friday after satisfactory recovery from surgery. Wm De Groot admitted to Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa Tuesday Dec 13. Joel Van Berkum, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Van Berkum, entered Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa Tuesday Dec 13. Laura Beth Gritters dismissed from Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa Tuesday of last week. Nellie Van Ekeren admitted to Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa last week Friday. Armour Boot returned home Wednesday from Town Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines after two and a half weeks of treatment and care.

Lawrence H. Rook Veterans ‘ Hospital Des Moines Wm. de. Groot Mercy

Messiah to Be Presented at Ebenezer Reformed Church

The Ebenezer Reformed Church of Leighton and the Christian Reformed church will present Handel’s Messiah on Christmas Eve at 7 30 p m. Conductor Mrs Melvin Brimmel leads the choir with Dale Fleck as organist and Mrs Frank Terpstra Jr pianist. Soloists include Carol Boerelyn and Rev Jack Vander Laan. An offering will support the Children’s Retreat in Grat Michigan. Public invited.

Ebenezer Reformed Church Christian Reformed Church of Leighton Georg Frederick Handel Melvin Brimmel Ebenezer Church Dale Fleck Boulder Colorado Frank Terpstra Jr

Mrs Fay Porter Dies at 73 in Newton Memorial Hospital

Mrs Fay Porter 73 of Monroe Iowa died at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton Friday December 16 1960 Born October 28 1887 in New Ski to Wallace Wolcott and Jen Kisor lived in Monroe sixty years Married Fay Porter February 9 1960 in Monroe to whom three children were born Surviving husband Robert J Porter of Legit Town NJ daughter Winifred Mrs George Rake of Macos Colorado son Edith Mrs John A Murray Monroe one brother Will Wolcott Monroe and one sister Edith Mrs Harold Whitney She was a member of Monroe Methodist Church Services were held at Garden Chapel Funeral Home Pella with Rev Orin Young Interment was in Monroe Cemetery.

Robert van Houweling Baumholder Germany Aungblind Rob Maggie Frank de Wit Henry John de Wit Prairie City Grand Rapids Michigan Paul Harold Theurer Sioux Falls South Dakota Bert van Pal Pay Porter Ne Wolcott Monroe Iowa Newton Wallace Wolcott Jen Kisor New Ski Monros Fay Robert Legittown New Jersey Winifred George Rake Macos Colorado Eecott Edith John. A. Murray Monroe Harold’ Whittney Will Porter Monroe “Methodist Chu Garden Chapel Fusie Pella Orin Young Methodist Church of Ing Connie Huigen Hames Cash Ray Kingdom Howard Roberts Otis Bell Will Ver Steeg Monroe Cemetery

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