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Local notices and life events from Pella area
The bulletin lists births, hospital dismissals, and visits for December 29 through January 3 in the Pella and surrounding Mahaska County area. It names families such as the Schakels and Branderhorsts, hospital stays in Oskaloosa and Newton, and tabled social visits among locals including Van Rees, Evers, and Vos families along with Carried travel to Des Moines, Aurora, Sterling, and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kilpatrick
Y Hospital
Oskalossa
Mark E. Schakel
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Schakels
Linda
Julie
Bess Schakel
George Ver Steeg
Pella
First Christian Reformed Church
van Gilst
Elbert van Maanen
Franje
T. van Rossum
Arie Schilder
Des Moines
P. Meyer
N. Branderhorst
Town University
Knoxville
Will Baer
Chevrolet
Rosscreen Co
Ulrich Motor’ Co
Mra
G. Vogelaar
Pont Verros
White Way Auto Co
Ralph L. Vander Waal
Ford
Robert W. Rouwenhorst
Pontiac
Louis de Moss
Otley
Willys
Kooyman
Max Slaughter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr.laughter
Tom Slaughter
Ed Ver Meer
Ver Meer
Ed. van Toorn
van Toorn
al Bill
Forest Lake
Minnesota
Woodrow Leonhart
Vogelaar Pontiac
Omaha
Nebraska
Carrie Muilenberg
Marion County
Robert Larson
Larsons
Albia
Iowa
Larson
Simon Kooyman
Janet Ann Hol
Monroe
Henry Rood
J. E. Vander Zyl
Tom Jarris
Nancy Sue
Washington, D. C
Auburn
Melvin Hagen
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Don Postema
Chicago
Diller van der Ploeg
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Nellie Vas
December List
Mahaska
Melvin Nikkel
Sully
Roy Klein
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Judy
Elmer Klein
Mercy
William Bandstra
Mercy Hospital
Verla
David Kooistra
Ben Engbers
Kalamazoo
Gerrit Engbers
J. P. van Rees
C. Douglas
Aurora
Illinois
M. C. van Gorp
Sterling
M. C. van Gorp Jr
Fox
Cynthia
New Hampton
C Evers
James Evers
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Evers
Denver
Towa
Bob Evers
Colo
Retta Pas
Detroit
Mich
Miss