Social events mark Pella area Christmas season
Long article details pre nuptial showers for Miss Wilma Matthews and wedding plans for Miss Henrietta Schippers, plus multiple Christmas parties hosted by families and businesses in Pella area. Highlights include Mrs J P Durham hosting a pre nuptial courtesy, Van Maanen’s honors, J C Penney employees Christmas party, many local family dinners, and gifts exchanged at church group gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Schippers
Henry Schippers
Sadie Schippers
Eddyville
Miss Schippers
A. Schippers
Bastian Goemaat
J. P. Durham
Pella
Wilma Matthews
Glen Neely
William Vanden Berg
Neal, Albert
Josie Wesselink
Dick van Zee
Prairie City
Gradus Klein
G. H. Vanden Berg and
Helen Boat
Myron Brink
Orange City
Kenneth
Keith
Charles City
Ray Fox
Jack
W. S. Leaty
Ed. Schreiner
Jean
Warren
Gerald Paardekooper
P. Johnson
J. Elliot
Vance
Alberta Mater
Knoxville
Frank Warner
Dick van Gorp
Fred van Rheenen
Walter Johnson
Edith Thompson
Willard de Winter
Des Moines
R. Kyger
J. W. Jewell
Lincoln
Vander Pal
Delwin de Haan
Chris Vander Pol
Monroe
Dora Vander Pol
Verda Vander Pol
Marion van Gorp
Truth Seekers
First Reformed Sunday School
Cornelia Hospers
Miss Hospers
Christmas Program At Second Reformed Church
Second Reformed Church presents its Christmas program with junior and senior departments performing hymns, recitations, solos, and dramatic pieces. Participants include Mary Jane Van Vliet, Madelene Vander Zyl, Patricia Collins, Warren Van Sittert, and many children from Edna Boat, Gertrude Bruinekels, Ruth Pietenpol, and Elma Le Cocq classes. The program features “Away in a Manger,” “We Want To See,” “Why Do Bells for Christmas Ring,” and a pantomime, concluding with a candy distribution and closing prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Hackert
Mary Jane van Vliet
Madelene Vander Zyl Arbeath Vogelaar
Albert Breuklander
Jane Allen
Philip Kempkes Vera Jane Dekker
Wayne Martin Henry
Lorraine Meulpolder
John Wm. Lankelma
Lela Belle Jarmen Farl Vander Zyl
Joe Michmershuizen
Lorraine le Cocq
Dorothy Hoeksema
Colleen Klein
Tone Lankelma
Betty Crum
Phillis van Ee
Patricia Collins
Mary Esther van Haaften
Judson Waechter
Edna Boat
Ruth Pietenpol
Phillis Bogard
Clyde Evers
Christmas Newsboys
Gertrude Bruinekels
Jesus
Elma le Cocq
Christ
Gertrude Hankamp
Elma
Warren van Sittert
Anthony Tysseling
Jean Veeman Melva le Cocq
Laverne Lee Maxine van Vark
Freda Russell
Gertrude Braashart
Dorothy Jean Grundman
Alberta Kersbergen
Tunis Kempkes
Local Socials And Stage Acts Highlight Pella Events
Junella Bogaards and others host social afternoons with nutrition talks and carol singing by Gleaners Sunday School class. Broadway style vaudeville and film lineups at the RKO Orpheum feature Vogues of 1931, Cohen and Kellys in Africa, Joe Stanley and Company, the Briants, and a surprise act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleaners
Second Reformed Church
Pella
Arthur Wagner
RKO Orpheum
Cohens and Kellys
Africa
George Sidney
Charlie Murray
Vera Gordon
Kate Price
Joe Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Sue Bandman
Molly Stein
Briants
Big money at Des Moines Orpheum Theatre
At the Orpheum Theatre Des Moines a six star program titled Big money comes next Wednesday December 24 and runs through Saturday Eddie Quillan stars as a messenger boy who befriends his employer’s daughter and becomes entangled with gamblers and gangsters risking the romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theatre
Des Moines
RKO Orpheum Theatre
Eddie Quillan
Wall Street
Passenger Bus Schedule Through Prairie City and Surrounding Cities
Bus schedule lists four daily round trips via Prairie City Monroe Pella Oskaloosa with three Monroe connections to Knoxville. Special round trip rates offered. Parallels routes between Pella Des Moines and Oskaloosa Ottumwa. Odd OCR note on immigration belief appears, not part of transit items. Chronicle want ads referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
Monroe
Pella
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Des Moines
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Dahlin—Meinders
Lester Dahlin
Pete E. Dahlin
Carrie Meinders
Henry Meinders
J. D. Pikaart
A. Ave
West
Josiah Meinders
Bessie Vander Waal
Wilbur Johnson
J. C. Penney
Lois Rietveld
Miss Rietveld
H. G. Carson
Albert van Maanen
B. van Maanen
Black Oak Cemetery
F. H. Calhoun
D. H. Mann
San Francisco
Calif
Betsy Cox
al Clark
Ed van Gorp
Norman
Jim Sheehy
A. W. Graft
Clarence Vander Linden
John Vander Voort
South Side Square
Vander Ploeg’s Bakery
Nick Vander Ploeg
Diller” Vander Ploeg
Junella Bogaards
Dick Longerak
Margaret Vander Linden
Mabel Hoekstra
Holy City
Reuben van Maanen
Farm Bureau
Carol
Hi-Lo Club
Quillan
James Gleason
Robert Armstrong
Miriam Seegard
Margaret Livingston
Robert Edesen
Dorothy Christy
Bebe Moffie
Curry
de Sylva
Jimmy Byrne
Russell and
Marconi
England
France
Ross
Costello
RKO
Puritan Drug CO
Ideal Pharmacy
Ottumwa
Labor Department
United States
America
Chronicle
J.C Penney Co
Children
City OF Pella Electric Dept
Pella, Iowa
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