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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1946
Page
8
Reported happenings from Otley and surrounding areas include social visits among families Robus Vander Kolk and Klein stork shower for Vern Klein, with gifts. Funeral services for Mrs Dick Lille held in Monroe. Otley Reformed Church groups photographed for 75th anniversary book. coop banquet in Des Moines attended by area members.
See me for insurance on farm and city property and bail on crops and automobile coverage in various branches. Start a savings account with life insurance for income in old age. Insure with good companies at low rates. Call 50 Sully or write P. O. Box 146 and I will call. William Difleman Sully Iowa.
Walter Van Wyngarden returns home from Mercy Hospital Os Kaloola with a fractured leg. Mr and Mrs Cecil De Vries attend the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jacob De Vries of Pella on January 19. Congregational reception for Rev and Mrs John A Mulder and three daughters held January 17. Leonard Van Wyk and Miss Gretta Nieuwsma unite in holy matrimony on January 16. Mr and Mrs Bontof and Gerrit Rus visit with Har y Kuyper and son at Pella on January 17. Chaplain and Mrs Jacob De Jong visit relatives last week. Mrs Otto Pethoven visits Mrs Jacob Stursma Thursday. William Roose visits Mrs John A Roose Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Jacob Starsma visit with Mr and Mrs Frank Klynsma Sunday evening.
Fern Meinders of Denver visits parental Meinders home in Os ka loosa. Franklin Schuring of Michigan visits Stam home. Pvt Evert Jansen spent days with parents Ben and wife. Peter Van Weelden ill at Mercy Hospital. Irit Stam to depart for Zuni New Mexico. Clergyman Vander Ark led services two Sundays. Alla Vanden Heuvel to Mercy Hospital for treatment. Rev John Verbrugge declined local church call. Harold Heslinga discharged from army. Roy Fidel seeks Mercy Hospital care. C Van Engelhoven welcomes newborn son Ko.
Carries Awtry neighbors held a Thursday farewell. attendees included Mrs Hl, Mr Charles Rufus Vande Lun skin, M Ray, Mrs L Prouty, Mrs D John Buck, Mrs John Johnson, M Uemminger, M ley, Mrs Milt Adai Schut. Rev and Mrs Wmnberg honored at Thursday reception. Idena Steenhoek and J K Steenhoek married Jan 26 at First Reformed. Meppelink 30th anniversary attended by Schut family. Harold Vander Ploeg bought C L King property. Various local deaths, hospital stays, job changes, and new addresses listed for Prairie City residents.
A local reader recalls school photos with a lighthearted fear of x rays and celebrates teachers in public and Christian schools. He shares memories of Grandma's birthday, old dances, kitchen parties, and Groundhog Day lore, then recounts small-town humor about a rural mail carrier, a parson, and a Mason visit in Pel la.
Local column recalls neighbors, visits, and a miscellaneous shower for Lois Reed Test. It also recounts a long travel narrative from Mission Texas with Anna Waardhuizen, descriptions of daily life in the Rio Grande valley, agriculture, transport, and reflections on Mexican labor and living conditions observed during the trip.
Mrs. Dick Lille, 67, death from double pneumonia and heart trouble led to funeral services Sunday afternoon at Crumpacker Funeral Home in Monroe. She died Wednesday at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton, with services noting her illness and passing. Other items mention local travel, family visits, and veterans Lee Rickabaugh and Ralph Bartlett among recently honorably discharged servicemen.
Summit News notes a Farm Bureau meeting Friday evening February 1 at 7 30 in the Otley school basement open to all members and friends. Knoxville visitors included Mr and Mrs Walter Van Doo ninck and Sally and Miss Kathryn Vriezelaar. Mr and Mrs P I Vos were in Knoxville on business Monday afternoon. Blue Cross banquet drew several locals in Knoxville Monday evening. February 4 is the enrollment deadline for Marion County. Coralee Vriezelant visited Shirley Zickel at Monroe school on Friday. Sum- pupils’ activities continued at Sum- continued.
Mit school observed a vacation day while their teacher participated in the county wide TB test. Mr and Mrs Gerritt Van Wyk and family of Prairie City visited Sunday at the parental L Van Dusseldorp home. Guests at the H W Vriezemar home on Sunday included Mr and Mrs Peter Breed, Mr and Mrs John Breed and Marcine, Anna Mae Ballard, Donna Ballard, and Don Vriczelanr of Monroe. Mr and Mrs Marion Hulleman were in Pella on business Saturday afternoon.
Mary Vanden Berg reports neighbors and relatives from Rose Hill attending gatherings at various homes. Visitors include Howard Dearin family, Arie Klein, John Vanden Berg, Van Veen, Vander Werff, Kaldenberg, and Kaldenberg families. A Ray Vander Leest sale drew a good crowd. County committee meeting at Newton was attended by H J Vander Werf with Merlin Schnug and Bert Shutts.
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