Dutch Letter Seeks American Correspondent for Netty De Roos
A Dutch granddaughter Netty De Roos writes Uncle Henry Zuidema through The Chronicle seeking an American fiancé. She outlines age about 19, farm life, loves outdoors, music and movies, and asks for a suitable farmer near Henry’s area. She plans to visit next year and provides her Hague address for replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuidema
Henry
Chronicle
Holland
Tam
Netty
Opoe
Vriesland
America
No Tulip Time Kate Protests From California
In a letter from February 7 1946 Catherine Jansen urges Pella Chronicle readers to revive Tulip Time on a smaller scale and praises town spirit. She recounts California travel and a jet era moment while noting local and Dutch community ties and plans to visit Iowa. The piece blends nostalgia with a call for coordinated community effort.
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Westwood Village
Pella
Geo
Kate Johnson
Bill
Tudor
Lon
Ralph
Arie
Chronicle
Michigan
Connelly
Phil Watkins
Lincoln
Nebr
Daniel de Jonghe
Holland
Watkins
Miller & Payne
Dave ‘Thomas
Iowa
California
Los Angeles
Birmingham Hospital
Prank den Adel
Stanley
Frances
Old Houten Klop
Catherine Jansen
Rolscreenings Faces Material Headache With Quotas And News
Rolscreenings year demands 35 carloads of steel 55 carloads of lumber 22500 gallons of paints plus enamels and many other items. Venetian Blind quotas set for four months for 2000 dealers as strikes tie up steel lumber glass and cotton. News includes staff absences discharge of Captain Stuart Kuyper return home to Pella and production rebound with wood blinds. A George Washington hatchet tale is corrected noting its lack of factual basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purchas
Pella
C, EF. Sanford
Atlantic Insulation Co
Greensboro
North Carolina
Maxine van Vark
Grace van Dellen
Cora van Veen
Katherine Menninga
Stuart Kuyper
Army
Civilian Products Administration
Washington
Arie van Gent
Alent Segal
Jeanette Aalbers
Monroe
Evalenan Engelenburg
Aga
Erma Kaldenberg
Gladys Schuring
Bill
John Ver Steeg
Relsereen
Bul Vankel
F Cos Hagen
Des Moines
Louise van Hemet
Dune de Zarte
Estellane Visser
Jerry Reed
Central College
Central
Casement Order
Ray Mugen
Navy
George Washington
Papa Washington
George
Georgie
Birthday observance at Home for the Aged noted
On February 15 residents and visitors gathered to mark Miss Christina Van Gorp turning 46. Peoria guests Mr and Mrs Van Baalen visited Mrs Anne De Bruin. Numerous local families called on residents including Van Gorp, Van Essen, De Vries, Van Rees, Van Heukdlam, and Den Tar tog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina van Gorp
Peoria
Jong
Joe van Baalen
Anne de Bruin
Peter Vos
van Gorp
Christina
Rillihan
John den Hartog
CL den Harts
John Sterk
Gerrit, Dausen
John de Vries
Henry van Rees
B. van Rees
Albert van Heukdlam
Henry den Tartog
Rose Ifill
Mary van Veen
John Rand
Floyd Yit de
Peter de M
Local visiting and hospital updates in Newton area
Residents from Newton and nearby towns visited Miss Mary Brand while Mrs. Walter Nollen sought treatment at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa. Several families named Den Hartog Vanden Berg Ver Dught Fennema and others were recorded visiting relatives, with Gertie Plender confined to a three week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Vanden Berg
Johnnie
Walter Ver Dught
Philip Vaughn
Dorothy Ver Dught
Johanna
Vanden Berg
William den Hartog
William Lanser
Sully
Dirk Geenen
Joe Vanden Heuvel
Fennema
New Sharon
A. van Houweling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Zuidema
Near
Newton
Indy
Netherlands
Netty de Roos
Bloemfontein Straat
den Haag
Nederland
Kate
Mrs. Catharina Jansen van Gorp
Pella, Iowa
James Craig
Donna Reed
Marjorie Main
MacKinlay Kantor
Charles Starrett
Carole Matthews
Texas
Bob Wills
George F. Sadler
Hollywood
ED Gardner
Charley Cantor
Eddie Greene
Ann Thomas
Victor Moore
Marjorie Reynolds
Barry Sullivan
Bill Bendix
Eddie Bracken
Robert Benchley
Bing Crosby
Crosby Boys
Cass Daley
Arturo de Cordova
Brian Donlevy
Barry Fitzgerald
Paulette Goddard
Betty Hutton
Lana Lynn
Veronica Lake
Alen Ladd
Dorothy Lamour
Sonny Tufts
Adm
Uke
van Gorp Hatchery
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
Nellie D
H. H
West First Street
Ss. Kooyman
Lems
Congress
Rolscreen Company
National Association of Manufacturers
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