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Community Notes From Peoria Area Church and Town
Local church services in Brookfield and Pella featured Rev Harold Bossenbroek and Verdala absence. Announcements cover township meetings at Gerrit Vander Molen home, roller skating party at Newton rink, chaperones Vander Linden and Van Wynden, and youth societies led by Vander Linden and Van Wyngarden. Reports mention a bathroom project at Henry Vande Voort home, Willard Ohio birth of Rev Beelen’s granddaughter, cattle shipments to Chicago via California Zephyr, Queen Esther Circle officers, and Central College A Cappella Choir TV appearance with Jim Dahm.
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Harold Bossenbroek
Pella
Verdala
Fannel Oree
Brookfield
Arthur Hoekman
Mothe
de Hoogh
Monroe B. de
Gerrit Vander Molen
Gerrit Rus, van der Hart
John Revetcame
Ing
Marion Vander Linden
Donald van Wynden
Vander Linden
van Wyngarden
Henry Vande Voort
Stanley de Jong
New Bharon
Verduin
Marvin Beelen
Willard
Ohio
Lew
Anne Dahm
Harold Pethoven
John Westercamp
Peter
Chicago
Ottumwa
Queen Esther Circle
Tts
Nellie Kelink
Dorothy Rus
Wilma Bokhoven
Margaret Boerelyn
Nellie ‘Vander Hart
Sunshine Sec
Tena Westercamp
Bertha Roose
Oskaloosa
Charivari
Gene
Dop
Annette Rooda
Peoria
Central College
Jimmy Dahm
Vander Lugt
Central