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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
7
Local notes include visits at the Tunis Blom and Ma Haska hospital news from Oskaloosa and Newton. A California wedding links Almetta June De Jong and Ward Versteegh with Hollywood attendees, while Allan Wortman and other community members mark birthdays and visits.
Rose Hill residents Mr. and Mrs. Jake De Ronde and Mr. and Mrs. Neal De Ronde spent Wednesday evening at the John Vanden Berg home. Mr. and Mrs. Art VanderWerff and family visited Wednesday evening at the Huber Sukkel home. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Vos of Sully visited Thursday at the John Van den Berg home. Mr. and Mrs. Aric Beyer of West of Pella visited last week at the Lane Dunnick home. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Van Veen and Joe Vander Werff spent Friday socializing with neighbors.
Case News records numerous social visits among the Elscott and Willemsen families. Oskaloosa and Grinnell trips are noted, with hospital calls to Mercy and Mahaska hospitals and several Sunday and weekday visits among relatives.
Fifield News reports the arrival of a baby boy weighing 9 pounds born on Saturday to proud parents. The notice notes family celebrations and visits, including Arie Vande Geest with foot soreness from stepping on a Mr. and Mrs. John Amos and Evelyn, and mentions events at the C. J. Kuiken home with relatives attending a G. G. Klyn sale and a mass meeting of the Pella Young People's League at the Second Christian Reformed Church.
Cordova community activity includes visits between Dailey and Van Hemert families, Rickabaugh working in Ankeny, and Bible class led by Gertrude Hoksbergen. Farm Bureau gatherings, school exemptions for exams, injuries from icy doors, and a rail fault incident near town are reported alongside naval enlistments, new addresses, and a newborn daughter for the Van Essen family.
The Monroe community reports numerous visits and dinners among local families including Parl Van Hemert and the Monroe Baptist Church youth meeting, several guests in the Van Dusseldorp, Breed, Van Wyk, and Vriezelaar households, and a hospital trip for Burton Den Otter after an eye injury from a holiday air rifle incident. Several births and moving to new farms are noted along with illnesses improving.
Centennial Circle residents recount visitors including Mrs Terry Douglas and son Kenneth of Leighton and families from Pella and Lucey. Neighbors note moves into the circle, farewell party for Dale Van Duren heading to Des Moines army service, and blessings on newlyweds Arnold Van and his bride.
A social roundup recounts visits by Mrs. Gene Koons and daughters to the Slocum home, gatherings at the Ustermarkt and Zandstra households, and multiple calls by Ver Heul, Van Waardhuizen, and De Haan families from Otley, Monroe, Pella, and near Prairie City. A Dick De Haan sale drew attendees, and Harry Vanden Berg’s birthday was celebrated with a large gathering as Rev. Folkert returned from Holland Michigan.
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