Local notes from The Rella Chronicle February 1962
Mrs. Jim Waters and daughter Jack of Kokomo Indiana spend weeks in Kokomo at the Roorda home. Mrs. Joe Stientjes travels to Arvada Colorado to visit her daughter and family. Memorials Chairman named for North Marion County American Cancer Society. Mrs. Walter Van Zemeren travels to Brigham City Utah to visit daughter and help care for granddaughter Aleen. Andrew Pethoven returns from sunny California. Group of ladies honored at Bruinekool Onstine home for birthdays. Henry Wyma and wife observe 45th wedding anniversary February 7. Walter Verought visits Scottsdale and plans trip to Long Beach. Local hospital headlines with multiple patient admissions and discharges. Missionary Frank Bakker ill with hepatitis in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter van Zemeren
Brigham City
Utah
Doris
Aleen
Jerry Stump
Pella
Paul Crews
Knoxville
Keith Vriezelaar
Frank Overman
Harry Pippel
Veteran’s Hospital
Des Moines
Frank Bakker
South 15Th East
Salt Lake City
Births in Pella Area Evening News
Capt and Mrs Lester Conk of Pella welcome Toby Andrew a 9 lb 6 oz son born Jan 31 at Pella Community Hospital. Grandparents include Mrs Marinus Meulpolder and Mr Mrs William Conk. Also noted are Karl Jay Thompson, Judy Lynn Rozenboom, Aleen Kay Enserink, Michael James Marshall, and Mary Jen Meerdink with their birth dates and family ties to Des Moines Otley Esterville Ripon Knoxville Oostburg Fillandale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Conk
Pella
Toby Andrew
Pella Community Hospital
Marinus Meulpolder
William Conk
Hingham
Wisconsin
Donald Thompson
Des Moines
Karl Jay
Murray van Hemert
Otley
Theodore Thompson
Esterville
Iowa
Twyla van Hemert
Henry Rozenboom
Judy Lynn
Methodist Hospital
John Rozenboom
Henry Hoekstra
Mary Lou Hoekstra
Richard Marshall
Knoxville
Michael James
Glenn Meerdink
Mary Jen
Arthur W. Meerdink
Oostburg
John Bell
Fllendale
North Dakota
Ricky
Bernie Spoelstra
Gener
Charles Spoelstra
Mary Bandstra
Enet First Street
John C. De Bruin 79 Pella resident dies at home
John C. De Bruin 79 of Pella died at his home on Friday February 2. He married Helmina De Wild in 1910 and after her death in 1911 wed Henrietta De Wild in 1913. He leaves a son Marion a daughter Gertrude and Johanna, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral held Monday at Third Reformed Church with Rev. Wilbur Ringwalda officiating. Burial in Black Oak cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. de Bruin
Pella
Cornelius
Johanna (Reuvers) de Bruin
Hélmina de Wild
Marion
Helmina
Henrietta de Wild
Gertrude
Johanna
Third Reformed Church
Raymond
Gertrude) van Steenis
Thomas
Nellie) Cummings
Dirk
J. C
Will
Minni R. van Heukelom
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List Follows
Record of several Pella and Knoxville residents admitted or dismissed in early February. Includes Christina Brom and Irwin Vander Zyl, both admitted February 1, Pamela Weldhouse and Dennis Schuring admitted or noted, with various discharges on February 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Brom
Pel-la
Irwin
Connie Vander Zyl
Pella
Jerry McMillen
Knoxville
Pamela
Jay .Weldhouse
Dennis
Arthur Schuring
Marion Schipper
Bursitis and Chiropractic Management Notes
Medical note discusses bursitis symptoms including joint pain and inflammation. It mentions the shoulder as a common site and references calcific deposits and a “frozen shoulder” scenario. It outlines chiropractic assessment of joint factors, abnormal calcium metabolism, and nerve and blood supply normalization leading to recovery.
Health Engineers Study Pollution of North Skunk
A hearing on alleged pollution of a tributary to the North Skunk river east of Sully is set for February 18, per the state health department. Sewage from Sully town and the Sully Cooperative Exchange Creamery is blamed. Forty-one residents along the river and a 2 mile tributary have filed complaints. Earlier requests from Jasper county health officials prompted the state to investigate, with the state conservation commission noting a fish population decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Skunk
Sully
State Health Department
Jasper County Board of Health
State Department
State Conservation Commission
Shelby County’s oldest resident celebrates 104th birthday
Hans Anderson, the county’s oldest resident, recently celebrated his 104th birthday at a Harlan nursing home. A retired railroad car repairman, he formerly lived in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby County
Hans Anderson
Harlan
Council Bluffs
Local Veterinarian Voices Cold War View
Dr T G Fultz, a longtime local veterinarian and Pals club member, argued after dinner that Russia is losing and that communism aims like decolonization will fail. He spoke on global struggles and Soviet ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G Fultz
Pals Ae Club
Fellivers
Extension Group Plans Meetings For Swine Producers
The Mahaska County Extension Service will sponsor three meetings on all aspects of swine production February 7 14 and 21. The first meeting will be next Wednesday from 9 20 a m to 8 00 p m in the Farm Bureau basement Oska Joasa with Animal Husbandman McAlivyn J Whitaker discussing nutrition and management. No charge or registration required. more information on the next two meetings will follow. Jerry and Tracy Gaunt of Zearing note ten living grandparents all in Zearing plus one in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Oska- Joasa
McAlivyn J. Whitaker
Town State University Extension Animal Husbandman
Mahaska County
Jerry and
Tracy Gaunt
Zearing
Arizona
Injured Man From Exita in Acc at Merk Grain Co
Ernest Madsen suffered a mangled leg in an accident at Merk Grain Co in Audubon while working with a corn auger. An antique scale in Love's Rexall Drug in Albia, in use since 1874, recalls the building’s long history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Madsen
Exita
Merk Grain Co
Audubon
Scales
Love's Rexall Drug Store
Albia
Cousins
Phil Visser Leads Pella Cooperative Electric Association
Phil Visser serves as manager of the Pella Cooperative Electric Association, guiding operations and community service strategies for the utility in Pella and surrounding areas. He oversees member relations, service reliability initiatives, and organizational governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Visser
Pella Co-operative Electric Assn
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Jim Waters
Jack
Kokomo
Indiana
Dave Roorda
Joe Stientjes
Arvada
Colorado
Keith Lautenbach
William Gosselink
North
Marion County
American Cancer Society
Lloyd Vander Streek
Andrew Pethoven
Sunny
California
R. M. Martin
THE
Rella Chronicle
Wm. Bruinekool
John Onstine
Bruinekool
Wed
IT. A. Veenstra
F. F. Carpenter
Henry W. Wyma
Huber St
Wyma
Spoels
Walter Verought
South Holland
Ill
H Man Tuinstra
Scottsdale
Azona
Long Beeth
Irl In
Vander Zyl
Pemela
Thompson
Rozenboom
Enserink
Bert Enserink
Aleen Kay
John Enserink
Ripon
Marshall
Uven
Harmon Wiérenga
Peter G. Gaass
Donald Waechter
Richard Tynseling
John Ver Heul
Lester H. Claussen
Klaas
Oakwood Cemetery
Charles Cadwallader
Norwich
Aan Oe
Neo
Thomassen
Pella, Iowa
Bernie
Menninga Ins
Agency
Kenny
Lois Grooters
Russia
United States
Fultz
Albertha
405 University
Dale Carnegie
Clinton
Homes & Gardens
American Dairy Association of Iowa and
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Insurance Exchange Building
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