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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
10
Local society notes list travels and visits across Pella Sully and surrounding towns. Families Kruseman Terlouw Sherman Dick De Jong Price, Vander Beek and Ver Steeg figures appear with hospital runs, funerals, anniversaries, and a major operation. A Dutch American community records births and moves including Vander Kamp Paltzer and Van Rees households.
Oskaloosa News lists a Thursday evening Farm Bureau meeting at Mary Cadwallader’s home in Wright. Local clergy Rev H L Van Dellen of Pella attends Sunday School and services and plans retirement in March. Community notes mention visits and family gatherings across Irksville Harvey Harvey area and Wright with multiple neighbors and Dixie Rae’s first birthday celebration.
Peoria area notices record funeral of Tabe Vander Veen at Peoria Christian Reformed Church with interment at Peoria Cemetery and choir performances. Births include a baby girl Alice Faye Vander Molen. Multiple visits, gatherings, and church events are noted among De Jong, Vander Wal, Bokhoven, Bandstra, Menninga, Hendrick, and Langstraat families. Prolonged social calendar references include school board events, visits to Newton and Oska loosa, and a birthday celebration with a quilt project and miscellaneous shower.
Mrs. K Carpenter and Mrs Freeman Kling attended gatherings at the Marinus Stravers home on Wednesday evening. A surprise birthday dinner honored Mrs Florence Oswalt at the Harold Schnug home Sunday with many relatives present. Attendees included Mrs Oswalt Mrs Schnug and family Mr and Mrs Bill Ver Steex of Monroe Mr and Mrs Del Elscott and daughter of Newton Pearl Rohrdanz and son of Killduff Mr and Mrs Earl Hendricks and daughter Mr and Mrs Merlin Schnug and Mrs Mamie Kling and Mrs Bud Breen Mrs Harold Schnug and Marilyn attended a college play at Pella Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Charlie Frazier of Newton visited Darel De Bruyn and Larry Sunday. Merlin Schnug visited the Marinus Stravers home Wednesday afternoon as well as Church Ladies Aid meeting at the aid room with a soup dinner and daylong session.
Mr and Mrs John Breed and family from Fairmount and others visited family and friends across town. Nora Van Essen marked her eighth birthday with candy favors, while Lorence Van Dusseldorp returned to school after illness. Several trips to Des Moines Monroe and Newton are noted, plus a traffic of relatives from Grand Forks and South Dakota.
In Leighton Ebenezer Reformed Church the Morrell Chorus of Ottumwa presented a varied program including older hymns and negro spirituals, with 11 year old polio victim Bobby Simpson delivering two inspiring solos to a large audience. The Heap Of Livin' Club held its first 1950 meeting January 20 at the township hall, featuring roll call, etiquette lessons, a contest, and resolutions for the year led by president Mrs Harold De Bruin and program chairs Mrs Howard Glendenning and Mrs Dirk Bientema.
Haaften and Mrs Don De Prenger took part. Refreshments were served by Mrs Karl Brimmel and Mrs Patterson. Hostess was Mrs Dee Beanmel. The next meeting will be at the township hall with Mrs Win Van Heakeloom as host.
A pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs John Vriezelaar and Mrs Leland Balmer honored Miss Shirley Lai Medford Oregon with a gathering of relatives and friends in Monroe. The article also notes local visits, obituaries, and family updates including Lawrence Birkenholtz of Newton dying after a heart attack and other kinship mentions in Monroe area.
A Clarion group drove to Humboldt and staged a chinivari at a house, alarming the occupants who were a newly wed couple. When no one answered, they frightened the neighbor so severely she fainted while attempting to call police.
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