Community Musings Amid Wide Travel and Visits
Local residents made visits to Des Moines and beyond while attending hospital admissions and returns.Notable trains and buses carried residents between Pella, Monroe, Eddyville, and Chicago as family members traveled for funerals, illnesses, and holiday reunions. Several patients and relatives were noted in relation to the Lutheran Des Moines hospital and Mahaska Osceola facility. town tradesmen and workers continued their routine business and social calls.
Daughter of Rev. Catlin Is Dead
Leora Mae Hadland, daughter of Rev J Frederick Catlin and Mrs Catlin of Pella, died in Council Bluffs hospital on December 30 two hours after the birth of a baby girl. Funeral services were held January 2 at First Baptist Church Council Bluffs with ministers Van Winkle Fletcher Anderson and Cooper officiating. She was born March 11 1903 at Pella and baptized into the Baptist church by Rev Catlin. Surviving are her husband a baby daughter and a brother Gienn Catlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dena Gosselink
Mitchellville
Steinwike
H. Sedrel
Chester Comer
Bussey
Ed LeCocq
Fred Kool
Des Moines
William W. Veldhuizer
Cedar
Lutheran Hospital
Veldhuizer
Tunis
Ed Plette
J. van Vark
Jake Nieuwendorp
Dick van Beek
Sheldon
Sam
John
William
Neal van Hemert
Tunis Klein
Eddyville
Auto
Prairie City
Pella
T.G. Fultz
A. Waechter
Dave’ Thomas
Valley Junction
Lois Brooks
Swan
Miss Brooks
W. J. Wagner
Palo Alto
Cal
Dave Renaud
St. Louis
Minnie Buewalda
Oren Postma
Monroe
J. Frederick Catlin
Central University
Iowa Baptist
Iowa Baptist Convention
Leora Mae Hadland
Council Bluffs
First Baptist Church
George van Winkle
C. W. Fletcher
Frank Anderson
Francis E. Cooper
Hadlund
Catlin
Ames
Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Gienn Catlin
Beintema Dies at 82 After Pneumonia
Thomas M Beintema aged 82 and a long time Pella resident died Wednesday after pneumonia. He had moved to Newton last year to live with son Peter Beintema. Funeral Friday at Murdock in Newton, burial in Oakwood Cemetery beside his wife. Survived by two sons and four daughters. son Ed was killed in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Nunnikhoven
Hewls Brandt
Des Moines
Rex Rowley
Cork Itth Soldiers Hospital
Knoxville
Thomas M. Beintema
Pella
Newton
Peter Beintema
Murdock
Oakwood
Mr. Beintema
Annual stockholders meeting at Security State Bank
The Security State Bank held its annual stockholders meeting Tuesday morning with most stockholders present. Officers were re-elected and new presidents chosen, with N. Van Vliet succeeding to the presidency as J. Van Gorp steps down to focus on other business. Also noted were officer elections for Pella National Bank and routine director re-elections, followed by an oyster stew gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
van Gorp
Pella
N. van Viiet
van Viiet
N. van Vliet
A. T. Klein
John Vander Ploeg
S. Bert Baron
J. H. van Vliet
Tunis H. Klein
J. B. Roovaart
Hattie Gezel
Pella National Bank
George C. Gaass
E. S. Cook
J. H. de Vries
H. H. Geelhoed
H. P. Scholte
H. S. Nollen
George G. Gansa
J. H. DeVries
C. Smorenberg
Will Baer
De Koning Widow Had Local Roots Since 1900s
Mrs. De Koning, born from Holland and settled nearby, died after living on a farm at least 15 years ago near Pella. Survived by daughter Katherine, a city librarian who shared the home, sister Miss Vander Syde, and brother Av ed Vander Syde. Husband died in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
de Koning
Pella
Katherine
Bar
Miss Vander Syde
Aved Vander Syde
County Assessors Begin Annual Task in Marion County
Marion county assessors began their yearly duties after receiving instructions from county auditor Fred O. Hall. Thirty five assessors spent the day in Marion county receiving directives. A Chicago woman, Elsie Gurran, faced a debt suit and offered a ten year payment plan if longer was not possible. Eloise Challier, daughter of a Marseilles banker, eloped with the family chauffeur, a former army officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Marion County
Fred O. Hall
Mr. Hall
Elsie Gurran
Chicago
Mile
Eloise Challier
Marseilles
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. 8
Keables
Elizabeth
Henrietta Verheul
Hank van Oostrum
Central States Electric Co
Edith Mac Arthur
Mac Arthur
John Keables
Fred van Doorninck
Boulder
Colo
Martin Paardekooper
Jean Mullinex
Ross Schakel
Connie Ver Ploeg
Pueblo
D. Ver Dught
Raph Ver Ploeg
Arigerak, Moeat Aan Gon
Norman
George Ramsey
Otley
George Gibson
Woodrow Washing Machine Factory
Misa
Jennie
Harrison
G. Mening
Third Reformed Church
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
G. J. de Kock
United Self-Serve
H. W. Vander Lindén
Leighton
Bert Baron
Hubert Moore,Jr
Dixon, Il
Abe den Adel
Nellie
Frank den Adel
Ralph Huisman
C. Huisman
T. M. Beintema
Creafe
Earl van Donselaar
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
L. van Rees
Pella, Iowa
East Side Square
Freda. Carpenter i
Central States Electric Company
Miss Carpenter
Axminster
Steve van Roekel
South Side Square
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