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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
6
Local notes report travel to California for a funeral, church society meetings, and holiday visits by families from Monroe Knoxville Pella and Sully. Married couples Bud Balmer Kaldenberg Van Wyk and Kane receive congratulations. a Monroe basketball game results. baptist and church events include Sunday school officer elections and missionary activities. A newborn girl joins Simon Van Duseldorf Jr. family on Christmas morning.
An advertisement notes 666 Liquid or 666 Tablets with 666 Salve or 666 Nose Drops relieve cold symptoms the first day. The copy cites Ady as the source. The item reads as a wartime era medical patent claim aimed at quick symptomatic relief.
Summit News notes Mr and Mrs Dale Lille Otley welcomed their first child Nancy Lee born December 29. Mrs G J Vriezelaar spent Friday with her daughter in law Mrs James Vriezelaar. Summit Strivers 4 H club rescheduled meeting to January 18 due to county 4 H banquet on January 11 at Knoxville Methodist Church basement.
Nursing staff changes noted as a nurse departed while Mrs. Varenkamp stays. Dr. and Mrs. O C Carpenter hosted a Friday dinner for Frank Carpenter and family, plus Miss Gladys Howell returned for a week visit. Several local residents joined New Year’s gatherings, with trips to Denver for Bethesda Sanatorium and multiple family dinners recorded.
Friday afternoon at 1 45 p m Rev E Huibregtse pastor of the Reformed Church of Prairie City delivered a sermon on Psalm 90 9 After prayer and psalm singing he preached He noted all our days are spent in thy wrath and our years as a tale told A new inmate Elmer Van Donselaar joins the home all rooms filled Mrs P Jonker and Mr and Mrs Martin De Jong reside there
Community notices record visits and celebrations among the Van Vught, Vriezelaar, Vander Putte, Heemstra, Van Doorinck, Breed, Vogelaar, and Kool families across Otley Pella and nearby towns. New Year greetings births marriages clergy and a Daughters of Ruth bazaar highlight social life and parish activities.
Multiple Leighton residents hosted guests at the Ver Ploeg home. Major surgery performed at Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa. Mrs Rempe celebrated 78th birthday with family from Pella Suilla Cassville and Oskaloosa. Ladies Aid re elected officers. School reopened after holiday break. Norens Grandin admitted Mercy hospital for medical treatment.
Rose Hill notes list visits among Vander Werff Vander Lest and Vanden Berg families. John Van Veen and Gladys Verwers of Kilduff wed on Old Year’s Day near the Herman Vang property by Rose Hill school. New Year visits include Rich Vander Leyst Sams, De Ronde, Kiein, Nollen and Dearinger households amid bad roads and winter weather.
The Sully News reports the Martha Circle of the Reformed Church meeting in the church basement with Mrs. Sophia Rolffs in charge of devotional, Bible study by Mrs. Arthur Vander Floyd, and refreshments by Mrs. Adrian Rozendaal. The notes also list hospitalizations, travel to California for studies, and multiple visits among local families, including births and service in Mercy hospital.
Goulooze of Holland and several families from Oskaloosa Sully Montezuma and Sandridge visited friends including Mrs. M Van Gorp C Den Hartog and D Den Hartog. Mrs Van Wyk and Miss Janet Den Adel were among those called on. Our Wont Ads bring resulta.
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