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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
2
A long list of holiday travel visits, hospital updates, and social events in Pella Iowa and surrounding areas. Several residents recover from operations at Mercy hospital Oskaloosa, others visit relatives in Des Moines Keokuk and Chicago. Local students and visitors share plans for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Joyce Vander Kooi recounts seventeen hundred 4-H members from 44 states and Canada touring Chicago during the nineteenth National Club Congress. Highlights include a Morrison Hotel stay, Elevation views from the 46 story tower, a Central Church service, guided tours of Washington Park and the University of Chicago campus, and a sequence of events with notable speakers like Thomas E. Wilson and entertainers such as Bob Feller and Patty Berg. The experience blends education and culture with a grand parade, Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium visits, Edgewater Beach luncheon, and the Grand Ballroom ceremony at Stevens Read Hotel culminating in a memory that endures.
The Monroe Normal Training Club enjoyed a pot luck at Mrs. Duncan's home with poems, blessings, games, and a school stunt plan. A Christmas dinner occurred at Grimes hosted by the Ammer family. A Glee Club vesper followed by an oyster supper and a December 27 lecture by Naomi Drake and her guide dog is announced. A Fair View Bureau meeting on December 20 will cover county soils with a films and discussion. Mrs. Creger hosted a Christmas party for her Sunday school class on December 17.
Dykstra and Mrs H Kiezelaar attended a Home Project meeting in Knoxville on Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs G J Vanden Berg of Pella called at the Frank Aalbers home and later all drove to Prairie City to visit the Joe Goemaat home. Farm Bureau Membership drive should be completed by Monday evening with a victory dinner planned in Knoxville and prizes for membership work. Christmas programs were held by Liberty School pupils on December 20 and Otley Church on December 23. Neal Vogelaar and Elmer Vogelaar with Lenora visited Wilbur Vande Noord in Oskaloosa. Mrs Vogelaar cared for her daughter and grandchild after birth. Mrs Jim Vriezelaar returned from Skiff Memorial Hospital after goitre operation and is recovering. Blanche Vande Putte staying with her. Neal Vogelaar hosted a dinner and spent the evening with Elmer Vogelaar. Jake Diekema and Larry attended events with Jim Vriezelaar and Neal Heemstra party. Heemstra’s x-ray visit led to a hospital stay. Jean and Korrine Vriezelaar, students at a Des Moines college, are home for the holidays.
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