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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
7
Local residents share family visits and travel across towns including Cherok ee Monroe Monroe Pella and Des Moines. Notable events include cattle transports to Des Moines, gardening training in Knoxville, sales and social visits, a bridal party shower, and several households hosting guests from Fairmount Monroe Otley Newton and Prairie City.
Monroe records note the 1848 settlement at Tool's Point later renamed Monroe while selecting the state capital site. Early settlers included Adam Tool William Highland John Frost and John Vance with Willis Green joining soon after. Mrs. M J Shaw was elected county historical society president and local events include sports wins and anniversaries across Monroe community.
The piece notes Mrs F A Whitted Mrs Ralph Warner Mr and Mrs Martin Van Essen visiting Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Harold Gates in Des Moines. Van Essen and Mrs Gates are sisters. Mrs W A Stevenson improves after three weeks ill. C A Long and J D Long travel to Portland Oregon due to the death of Mrs C O Lange's brother Murphy. Dwight Van Roekel is improving though very ill. Grandmother Mrs John Gezel visited in the Harry Van Roekel home.
Lynnville residents are shown visiting relatives and friends across nearby towns. Henry Willemsen was taken for observation in Town City. Several households report hospital stays, showers, farm sales, and birthday celebrations. Names include Willemsen, Montgomery, Engle, Macy, Monsma, Van Weelden, Terpstra, Zegers, Vander Wilt, Dearinger, Elscott, and others with visits to Sully Baxter Des Moines Pella Knoxville and Newton.
Sully News covers Tuesday night for Miss Helen De Penning with Grace Buitenwerf. P T A of Christian school met last Friday at the church with pupil songs and a Bible baseball game. Wives of school board members served lunch. Local dinners and callers from Lynnville, Pella, and Galesburg are listed, including wedding attendance at the Van Dusseldorp home near Leighton.
The report lists a mix of social happenings in Pella and Jasper County including a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. De Penning and attendance at a Jasper County Historical Society banquet. It also notes church calls, school staff visits, a closed Christian school due to illness, birthday dinners, and P.T.A. activities with programs and films on visual education.
A series of social visits and gatherings in Newton and surrounding towns are listed. The meal arrangements for an evening event include Mrs. Gerrit Vis Mrs. Dave McCulley and Mrs C B Welle with John Horseley Simpson College personnel director giving a talk on vocational guidance. Local families share meals and Friendly visits across Grinnell Pella Newton and nearby homes including Vande Zyl Van der Pol Vande Krol Geurts Vos and Vander Beek households. The closing sentence observes the idle rich remain busy guarding their wealth.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vande Krol spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Vos and family, and with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Vander Pol, Delmar, and the Herman Vander Pol family in New Salem.
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