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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1956

Page

4

Leighton area social notes outline holiday visits

Leighton residents spread Christmas cheer with dinner gatherings and visits across Oske loosa Pella and nearby towns. The week highlighted family celebrations, baptisms, public confessions, a wedding anniversary and church society meetings.

Christmas Family Gatherings Across Summit Area

Mrs H W Vriezelaar hosts relatives and friends for Christmas dinner in Summit with 36 relatives at the Richard Van Wyk home near Pella. Multiple families from Oskaloosa Monroe Ames and Newton visit nearby homes for meals and gift exchanges, including Marion Heemstra and Van Houweling households. Afternoon and breakfast gatherings follow Christmas Eve visits and holiday hospitality continues through Christmas Day.

Warren van Wyk Richard van Wyk Pella Earl Grandin Nellie van Waardhuizen Rene van Hubert van Wyk Gerald van Houweling Marion Hiemstra Jacob Vos Marion van Houweling Marion Heemstra Mary Beth Maria Rae Neal Heemstra Wayne Lubberden Rita Edward Shannon Monroe Dewane Roy Vander Ploeg Priscilla Ann Craig Sidney Bob de Long Knoxville Bill Woody Ames Mary Coralee Vriezelaar John Vriezelaar Susan John van Roekel Merritt Harold North Arlo Worth Janet Grinnell Dick Vander Kieft Newton Robert Breckenridge Jerry Sellars

Christmas gatherings listed for several families in Pella area

A long, dense notice catalogs Christmas dinners and gatherings across multiple households in Pella and nearby towns. It lists names and relations, visits by relatives, carols, a gift exchange, 4-H club events, and upcoming meetings, with minor notes on illnesses and a newborn Priscilla Ann born December 28.

Christmas Harmony and Social News in Otley and Surrounding

Otley community notes report visits by Vander Kolk Buwalda and Vander Schel families, Hoogenakker and Kaldenberg gatherings, and a Sunday School Christmas program at Otley Reformed Church with a large crowd. Delores Van Waardhuizen traveled through Des Moines to Kansas City, then Los Angeles to San Diego for holidays. Christmas events include multiple family gatherings, Bible class, carol singing, and gift exchanges among local residents and visiting relatives from Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, and Brunswick New Jersey.

Wm. de Heer J. G. Newenhouse Oskeloosa Fred van Zuuk Town City J. A. van Zuuk Wm. van Heukelom Howard Rowland Rose Hill Herman Tysseling Oskaloosa M. M. de Reus Abe Kempe John Else Linda Janie Hagen Don de Prenger Rena Meppelink John Boerelyn Virgil Dykstra Gerrit van Rokel James Vander Waal Pella L. van Roekel J. A. van Zouk 8. Vander Schaaf Ella Vander Schaaf P. A. de Jong Julia van Heukelem de Jong P.F.C Marion Klyn Ft. Carson Colorado Dave Boot Mitchelville Jane Ann Sherma van Heukelem Leighton Christian Reformed Kathy Sue Gary Vander Voort Joan Memmelaar Jeanette Westra Willing Workers Society of the Ebenezer Reformed Church H. G. Rempe Henry Sedrel A. van Haaften Ervin and Nelva Willis van Haaften Ina Elaine G. A. Hasselman Eileen Wayne Edward van Gent Wm. van Haaften Carol Connie P.F.C. Arlan van Haaaften France John de Prenger A. T. de Jong Danny Diane Central College Veterans’ Houseing Warren de Prenger Debby N. A. van Howard Buwalda Marhalltown George Vander Schel Glen of Sully Jacob van Whye Paul Buwalda Chet Fennema Glen McConeghy Monroe Tice Kaldenberg Dan Hoogenakker Frank van Zante Otley Reformed Church Jennie Dykstra Loretta West Franklin St Lawrence Dykstra Otley Delores van Waardhuizen Des Moines Kansas City Plaived Los Anglesngeles San Diego William van Waardhuizen del Rio Texas Schwab Jack Longdin Charles Johnson Jimmie Fred Beechout Knoxville Charle Vander Kolk Beechout Norman Roby Janice Kenneth Cornie Weber William Verwers Otley Sunshine Bible Class Delbert Denton Louis de Moss Bessie Kaldenberg John Vanden Baard Arthur van Waardhuizen Henry Kool Dick Kuyper Dick de Jong John Lille Donald Kingery Dop Gertrude Aalbers Leratta, Stiereneman Joe Horman Junior Khen Jim Vanden Dever Charles Vander Kolk Delbert Deaton Howard Dearinger Reasner Deaton Rei Martha Hool Deaton Lloyd Swank John Swank Peoria John Vanden Marvin Vanden Berg Brunswick New Jersey

Otley Area Christmas Roster of Visits and Events

A long list of Christmas visits and church activities across Otley and nearby towns details gatherings at numerous homes, baptisms, Sunday school changes, and a year end party. Residents including Van Wyk, Van Zante, Slocum, Ustermarkt, Bricker, Vanden Berg, Boat, and Van Hemert are noted with kin and friends in Pella, Newton, Monroa, Indianapolis, Danville, and Prairie City. The piece also mentions a church meeting, a baptism, a burglary, a star display, and a turkey supper among families during the holiday season.

Ents John Vanden Berg Hattie Vos Pella Myron van Wyk Robert’ van ‘Enen Clark Carnahan Reasner Maxwell Carnahan Loran Hummel Denver Andrew Ustermarkt Merion van Wyk Gysbert van Wyk Sully Jake Slater Oskaloosa George Ryké Clarence Findley Sandra Newton Janice Marlene Booy Gary Lee Elmer van Hemert Otley Reformed Church Ed van Ginkel Marion de Vries Carl Crane Monroa Frank van Zante Dei Orr Ha Indianapolis Indiana Mary Lou van Wyk Knoxville Clair Slocum Billy Gerald Anderson Gene Koons Doris Jean Bill Mra Otlegon Fred Kingery William Vanden Berg M van Zee Prairie City A. H. Boat Floyd Boat Grinnell Ernest Boat Marion Boat Hessel van Zante Clarence van Zee Dick Ustermarkt

Man Recovers Swallowing After Hypnotism Aid

After five years Marley Te Grotenhuis of Newkirk can swallow normally again. He had been paralyzed by bulbar polio and a mental block kept him from swallowing until hypnotism helped unlock the recovery.

Marley Te Grotenhuis Newkirk

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