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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
7
Community updates list visits across New Sharon Oskaloosa Colfax Monroe and Des Moines. Socials include church meetings Christmas events gift exchanges and meals. multiple households host gatherings. local clubs and churches held seasonal programs and prepared gifts for Salvation Army.
Mrs. H W Vriezelaar extends season greetings and thanks. Bridal shower for Miss Donna Schippers at Cecil Rector home. Installation of Summit Homemakers officers including Esther Loyachan and Marilyn Olson. Reading and lesson plans announced. Holiday program at Summit School with "The true story of Christmas" and social hour. New baby Byron Craig born to Edward and wife. Rozendaal welcomes daughter born December 17.
Harold Wagner and John Van Roekel, both near Monroe, died December 15 when their boat sank in a gravel pit south of Percy. The community notes a busy period with names, family updates, school events, and holiday plans across the Red Rock region.
In Osksladen hospital a Christmas gathering included Coralee Vrieselaar of Cedar Falloree visiting with two other children, Norman and Bonnie. Family guests from Newton and nearby towns joined Leland Balmer and others for a Sunday dinner, as two weeks of vacation followed by parents Je W. Vrieselaar Fred Forker Del Barber and John Balmer were noted.
A damaged wire text reads loosely about nothing significant, with unclear subject and missing details. The fragment mentions a wire off something for nothing and contains few identifiable names or places.
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