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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
6
Local notes recount visits among Muilenberg, Karr, Hart, Perkey and other families in surrounding towns. Trips to Des Moines and Knoxville referenced. Grandmother Hart improving. Dunnink and Vanden Berg families involved in farming and vehicles. A farm house fire loss noted and multiple community events described with spouse visits, sales, and exams.
The Peoria community reports a cold snap and a mixed weather outlook. Highlights include a 25th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs H W Bokhoven, a move announcement for the De Jong family, church services by visitors from Eddyville and Oskaloosa, a surprise for Martin Stouwie, and upcoming talks by Rev J Griffinen. D W Van Gorp ill with flu like symptoms.
New Salem News notes Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vande Krol visiting Pella on Wednesday and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meppelink and family visiting Oskaloosa on Thursday. Many locals attend Taintor annual meeting. A shower honors Nola Monsma. Several families and relatives visit and travel between Pella Oskaloosa Sandridge and surrounding areas. Mrs. Andrew Gertsma hospitalized in Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa.
Fifield News records extended Kuiken family visits from Chicago and Marion County committee actions in Knoxville. The piece notes Johanna Tiene’s election as Home Demonstration Agent, a 25th wedding anniversary party near Killduff, dental work in Pella, and flu bed confinement affecting Dora Mel and Dorothy Keuning. Local visits include Mrs. Arnold Diekema and Mrs. Bar tus Klyn hosting and Connie and John Vanden Berg travels.
Mrs L De Vries and son Bobby join Norma Jean Kuiper and others as Banner Bearers at Otley Reformed church lunch for Verwers sale. Several families visit, travel to Oskaloosa for a tonsil operation, and celebrate Kenneth Vanden Berg’s birthday. Neighbors and friends, including Vander Kieft, Kuiper, Keuning, Verwers, and Beyer families, spend afternoons and Sundays with relatives and at local homes.
Centen nial Circle reports a family oyster supper for Mr D De Prenger on his birthday with relatives including De Prenger Rempe and De Cook families. Other notes mention visitors, a Phyllis Vander Haar third birthday, First Reformed church visits, a John Deere tractor show, trips by Pella high school students, and the birth of Joyce Marilyn Van Roekel with local family celebrations.
Mrs Terry Douglas of Leighton spent the night with her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Wilson in Julius Ustermarkt called on Miss Henrietta Gaass in Pella Monday afternoon Miss Gaass who has been sick for several months is not improving Her sister Mrs J B Hamilton of Aberdeen South Dakota is caring for her Hamilton and Ustermarkt were intimate friends before Hamilton moved to Dakota They had not seen each other for thirty years
Case News notes funeral services for Gersrit Vos in Otley on Wednesday with Mrs Gay Elscott and daughter and Mrs John Elscott at a miscellaneous shower for Nokw Monsma in the Geurt Vande Krol home Friday afternoon. Allied social visits include Newton site visitors on Tuesday and a 25th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Paul Renaud on Saturday. Henry Willemsen Vander dies grandfather Henry Vander Wilt of Sully reported.
Community members from Rose Hill gathered at the Vander Werff and Van Vark homes to aid with wood cutting and butchering. Attendees also attended Gerrit Vos’s funeral in Otley and visited relatives in Galesburg and Pella. The brief notes mention multiple Vander Werff, Van Veen, Vanden Berg, and Van Vark relatives helping, visiting, and paying respects during the week.
The text records weekend attendance by Mr and Mrs Rich Vander Leest and Mr and Mrs Lane Dunnink at the funeral of their uncle Abram Monster in Pella. It also notes that school children had a day off for teachers institute in Newton on Monday.
Local notices report multiple residents visiting, moving, and attending events in Pella Monroe and surrounding areas. Family and neighbor updates name Van Essen Van Dusseldorp Van Eck Van Wyk Van Doorninck and others with moves, anniversaries, a birth, and a chicken pox recovery.
Jany spent Saturday with Philip and Betty Lou Ammer while LaVonne Carlson and June Kinart joined Betty Lou and Velma in the afternoon. The girls enjoyed a very nice Valentine party. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Essen visited Pella Saturday, and Mrs. Robert Baker from Monroe stayed over Sunday at the Neal Heemstra home. Neal Heemstra’s wife, Mrs. Neal Heemstra, has been ill but is improving and now sits up part of the day.
Gerrit Vink marked his birthday with a surprise visit from brothers and sister as relatives gathered in Otley. The evening featured games and visits from Avie Vink and family, Anna Mae and Junella Grace, Martin Vink, John Raymond family, Pete Dyiestra and others bidding well wishes. Neighbors later prepared a lunch before departures.
A gathering near Pella honored Mr. and Mrs. Arie De Vries as they prepare to move to New Sharon. Friends and relatives from several households shared visits, games, and lunch. Also celebrated were the 25th wedding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Will Rouwe and Mr. and Mrs. Van Ee with a large turnout and gifts.
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