Pella Chronicle Yearend News From 1955 Highlights
Local notices from Pella Iowa recount holiday travels and visits among families. Nellie Beckering spent Christmas with daughter and son in Williamsburg. James Nugteren enters Mercy hospital Oskaloosa with rheumatic fever. Several residents celebrate hospital admissions, travel to Des Moines, and family gatherings. The section notes insurance milestone for Gradus De Kock and many relatives visiting from Chicago Omaha and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Beckering
Eugene
Tanner
Williamsburg
Iowa
Pella
James L. Nugteren
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Gradus de Kock
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Des Moines
H. Gosselink
A. T. Ver Meer
Bud Ver Meer
Jay
Jana
Janie
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Connie A. Vander Hart
Mercy _ hospital
John de’ Vries
Mercy
Dick Jansen
Sully
Walter Vander Krasts
Ma- Baska Hospital
James LeRoy Nugteren
Henry van Ekeren
Marvin Vander Werff
Charlies Petersma
Marcia
Newton
Delmar Petersma
Iowa City
Janice Ver Steeg
Donald D. van Zee
Biggs Afb
Texas
Ruth van Zee
Houston
Martin van Zee
George B. van Zee
Craig
Herman E. van Zee
Sandra
Terry
Prairie City
Leland Bachman
Roger and
Lyle
Onawa
Dallas
Meyers Celebrate 35th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs P R Meyer marked their 35th anniversary at the home of their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Dale De Young with a buffet lunch attended by a list of relatives from Pella Oskaloosa Knoxville Monroe Newton Prairie City and more. The event followed by a notice of upcoming American Association of University Women meeting and a PEO chapter gathering with local speakers and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerrie Grant
Burbank
California
Clyde Renaud
Tuais Kempkes
Elisabeth
Mary
Biloxi
Mississippi
Daugs
Philip
St. Joseph
Kai Missouri
Atkins
George Brown
Newton
Browning
Carrie Muilenberg
Spencer Grond
Retu
Bowling Green
Ohio
Harry Grond
H. P. van Rees
Bud Ver
G. Rapids
Michigan
Paren
A. T
John
Diller Vander Ploeg
Henry M. van Ekeren
Judy
Betty
Linda
Henry Vande Voort
Great Lakes Naval Base
Henry
Hank) van de Voort
P. R. Meyer
Dale de Young
Wm. van Dort
Pella
J. de Boer
J. de Boer, Mr. and Mrs. L. Branderhorst, Mr. Hessel van Ryswyk, Jr
Oskaloosa
Wm. Branderhorst
Knoxville
G. Branderhorst
P. van Ryswyk
Monroe
H. van Ryswyk
J. Schut
J. Monsma
Prairie City
E.oostes
Parkersburg
and . L. Veenstra
H. Vroom
Tracy
Wilma van Dort
American Association of University Women
Wedneday
G. Lugt
C. C. Buerkens
C. B. Caldwell
Elmer Ver Meer
Chicago Stock Yards 90th Anniversary Celebration
The Chicago Stock Yards marked its 90th anniversary on Christmas Day, recounting over 1.08 billion animals arriving since 1865. A September 1954 milestone celebrated the billionth animal, a Hereford steer nicknamed Billy the Billionth, with a $1,120 check awarded to Bert Fevold and Sons of Humboldt Iowa. Estimates note a world-spanning line would wrap around the equator 40 times, and a parade pace would take 160 years to pass any point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Billy
William Wood Prince
Bert Fevold and Sons of
Hum-boldt
Jows
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Jack Battistello
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Edward Crispin
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Lee van Hemert
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Joyce Dieleman
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