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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1954
Page
6
Galesburg residents record visits and birthdays across nearby towns. Families gathered for dinners and parties, with church activities including a fellowship potluck and quilting. Community members share birthdays, neighborly visits, and upcoming meetings at the Galesburg Christian Ladies Aid and church circles.
Mrs Roy Karr reports a long list of nearby town and rural community items. Items include meetings of the Sully Co operative Exchange, births and illnesses, travel to Des Moines and Missouri, farm labor and field work, new TV aerials, a polio drive, Red Cross drive, and a Bethel community pot luck. Names include Marie Klyn, Joan Ball, Don Atwood, Gerrit Den Hartog, and many others.
Marilyn Olson presented a February meeting study on legal helps regarding estates at Summit Homemakers held February 9 at Mrs. J. M. Van Vliet’s home. Eleven members and three pre school children attended. installation of officers planned for March with salads as the lesson.
Rev J C Van Wyk preached dedication in Wisconsin for Alto Reformed Church. G Van Arendonk and sons visited Clifford Cruzen near Wright. J G Newenhouse and Lizabeth joined C Newenhouse at Pella for dinner. W Van Zomeren and family dined with T D Van Zomeren. Cpl William Groenenboom returned home after Camp Carson discharge. W Darland Connie and Larry were supper guests at Dale Veldhuizen home. Was Veldhuizen family visited in Veldhuizen home. W Plate and son along with John Pearson of Wright called on.
The excerpt records several social items from Cedar region: Mrs. Joe Swanson’s home, Alicia Van Sweden leaving for Chicago on a buying trip, Mr. and Mrs. W. Rempe visiting the R. Veldhuizen home, Cedar Livestock Club members and families dining at Fremont school, Mrs. in hage tables decorated in patriotic colors, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Vande Krol with family visiting Sully.
A jet plane crash near Long Beach recently killed seven people. Among the victims is Grace Miller, a former resident of Bibley. The tragedy drew local and emergency responders to the scene as investigators began inquiries into the cause.
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