Pella Society Hosts and Club Activities Report
Pella hostesses, clubs, and churches share society items. Edith Thompson entertained relatives at dinner. Miss Dickie Highland hosted the Golden Rule class meeting with Mrs. John Wisse assisting. Sunday school groups and Bible dramas highlighted church events, with the Second Reformed Aid organizing to fund Central College and a Bible memory contest awarding Virginia Kempkes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Thompson
Lindie Thompson
Sioux City
C. L. Thompson
Des Moines
the Baptist Sunday School
Dickie Highland
John Wisse
Fred Lautenbach
Clarence van Niewaal
Riverview Park
Second Reformed Aid Society
Central College
Joy Hackett
Margueretta Slob
Naaman
Bible School
Virginia Kempkes
Florence van Sittert
Courthouse Statistics and Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses list William Weisenbach and Dorothy Newton both of Knoxville among others. Birth notices include Harold Lewis and William George, with births in Harvey and Red Rock township in June 1931. A Sioux Center family, Ted Ver Meer and baby, visit J. Bosveld’s home with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Weisenbach
Knoxville
Dorothy Newton
Cleo Hood
Newton
Esther Schultz
Herman J. Riperberger
Lacona
Marcella Hoch
Herbert W. King
Helen B. Kubb
Irths Harold Lewis
George Mortis
Harvey
William George
C. D. Miksell
Red Rock Township
Ted Ver Meer
Baby
Sioux Center
J. Bosveld
Lunch Rooms Open In South Pella
South Pella residents and visitors will soon have multiple lunch rooms, with Pete Van Rees opening a refreshment stand on his lawn and Ernest De Geus operating a new lunch room one door east of Steenhoek's barber shop. The new establishment expects to open within a few days after a Tuesday afternoon delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pella
Pete van Rees
Steenhoek
Ernest de Geus
Local Injuries Reported After River and Farm Mishaps
Last Thursday De Vries of Peoria cut two fingers to the bone while chopping brush. Theodore Dorland contracted an infection after a nail puncture in his foot. Mr. Fisk north of town suffered chest and stomach wounds while swimming in the Skunk river, a dirt bank caved in, prompting his dash into brush. Bert Michmershuizen dislocated his shoulder during a high dive in the Skunk river. Jacob De Ronde north of town fell from a haymow and broke his leg last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Vries
Peoria
Theodore Dorland
Mr. Fisk
Skunk
Bert Michmershuizen
Jacob de Ronde
Bereavement Note From Gertrude De Penning
Gertrude De Penning thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy after the death of her husband Clarence De Penning and for the kindness shown since the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence de Penning
Gertrude DE Penning
Aged Resident Called To Eternal Reward In Pella
Holland on July 12, 1840. She came to Pella at age 16 and lived here since. She married Arne Van Haaften at 19 and bore eight children. First husband died 36 years ago. second marriage in 1899 to Jerry Ellerbroek. Survived by 28 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren, a sister, and numerous descendants. Funeral held at home and Third Reformed Church with Rev. Gerrit Menning officiating. Interment in Greenland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Nick
Oskaloosa
van Haaften
Jerry Ellerbroek
Walter van Gorp
New Sharon
Third Reformed
de Bruin
Third Reformed Church
Gerrit Menning
Graceland Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella
Gerald Paardekooper
Black
Hubert Marshall
Monroe
John Hasselman
J. P. Klein
George Jorgenson
Chicago
Arthur Kaldenberg
Iowa State Training School
Penn
Kaloosa
Spencer Memorial Building
Ruth Langerak
Antoinette Rietveld
Sara Klein
Ruth van Houweling
Ruth Pietenpol
Dorothy Payne
Elmwood Inn
N. Main St
United
Texas
Vienna
Ee Sas
Henry Scholten
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Helene Slob
Scholten
H. Slob
South
Our Children’s Dept
Sumer
LanRheenen
Pella, Iowa
Park Commission
Martin Paardekooper
Joss
Munsingwear
Brita
Catalina
Hollywood
RT 1
Monte Joinery
Wormhoudt-Kempkes Free Fire Works
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