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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
7
Mrs Gerrit Terpstra thanks friends relatives and Rev Coller for prayers gifts visits and cards while she was at Mercy Hospital and after returning home Special thanks go to Dr P Y De Jong for comfort prayers and calls
Peter F. De Jong expresses gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for the cards letters and prayers received during hospital stay and after returning home. He says these acts of thoughtfulness will long be remembered and appreciated.
The article notes Julie Ann Van Wyngarden's baptism at the morning service as the church crowd overflowed for Christmas observances. It covers holiday travel by Calvin students, family visits to Grand Rapids and Chicago, a hospital surgery recovery, and various local gatherings, marriages, and birthday acknowledgments among the Van Wyngarden and Vander Linden families in the Des Moines Pella region during December.
The Girls' Society held a Tuesday Pray and Work meeting with a Christmas gift exchange. A tray lunch with candlelit cup-cakes and other refreshments followed. Guests included Dennis Rene's family, Alfred Assink and relatives from Kanawha Town, and nearby families. The Marion Swank family planned a Monday visit to the Rozendaal home near Sully.
The Galesburg Christian Ladies Aid met December 21 for a church basement Christmas party with committee members Mrs. Wilbur Sparks Mrs. Hoyt Woody and Mrs. Martin Dearinger organizing. Devotions sang carols and a star themed program followed by games prizes lunch and a gift exchange. Several guests and local families joined in, plus a school Christmas party with pupil performances and a lunch to close.
Mrs. Byron Versteegh returned home Sunday to a surprise birthday visit from relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dewey Simon Van der Pol Ward Versteegh and others with baskets and lunch. Several other gatherings followed in town with families hosting Christmas and dinner events and guests listed.
Ma and Sherrill Blom Doris Spar yon and Darrell Brand join relatives for a holiday visit at the Hanon home in Norfolk. Cornelius Van Hal spends Christmas with his parents while stationed at Camp Chaffee. Melvin Vos of Great Lakes visits family. A large Van Zee family gathering with turkey dinner includes many relatives. Des Moines visitor Mrs. Donald Schultz cares for a bedfast mother. Community church children present a Christmas program and film O Holy Night, followed by treats. A Sunday program by Robert De Vries ends the weekend activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vander Wal and daughter of Oskaloosa visited Mr. and Mrs. L. Wielaard. Mrs. Creighton and two boys of Des Moines visited Mrs. Rillal. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Rozenda and family visited Mrs. Eggink. Pete Pol Langstraat and Langstraat families visited Mrs. Leendert Langstraat. Hesselink and son of Oskaloosa visited Mrs. Albert Van Heukelom.
Locals Mr and Mrs Gerald Van Wyn and son Michael of Grand Rapids Michigan are spending two weeks of Christmas vacation with Mr and Mrs Walter Van Wyngarden and Mr and Mrs P W Steenhoek. Mr and Mrs Norman L Annis and Eric are in Milwaukee with Mrs Annis's brother's family. Dr and Mrs Gary Kempers of Dixon Illinois visited William De Bruyn over Christmas and plan to travel to Sioux Center Iowa and then San Antonio Texas where Dr Kempers will join the army.
Mrs Cornelia Runia Miedema 76 died Thursday night December 8 at Sibley hospital after a long illness. She was born January 10 1879 in Capella Holland and married Peter Runia in 1897. Surviving are four sons, three daughters, two sisters, 41 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren. Funeral December 12 at the Holland Home Sheldon Iowa and burial in Wilson Township cemetery.
Gerald Crawford suffered serious burns after falling against a hot stove during a seizure in Osceola. The room interior burned badly and he barely crawled from the house to escape the flames.
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