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Local News From Pella and Vicinity This Week
New Sharon guests at Mrs John Elscott home on New Year's Day. Mrs Bogaards treated at Mercy hospital Oskaloosa. Families visit in Pella area including Steenhoek, Van Vark and Vander Wal households. Mayo and Mercy hospital news, transfers, travel, and holiday gatherings among local residents. Community notes include church call to Rev Steigenga, Winter travel to Florida, and highway rumor near Pella Knoxville route upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Elscott
New Sharon
John Elscott
Philip Bogaards
Mercy
Joe Clark
Joe
W. C. van Vark
Gerrit Vander Wal
Colfax
C. H. Vander Meulen
West Second Street
Vee van Vark
Redfield
Eoen Verrips
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
J. d. Steigenga
Secret
Christian Reformed Church
Rand Rapids
Michigan
Hugo Grundman
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Grundman
Floida
John Gris
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Davenport
Iowa
Harold Haverkamp
Earl Miller
C.J
Connie) van Viiet
Motor Vehicle Department
Pella
James van Vliet
Otley
Harry Renaud
Des Moines
Knoxville
Rock House
Leonard van Soelen
George Cummings
Koen
Mt. Pleasant
Virgil Ford
Seymour
J. Visser
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jon
Paul de Wit