Local Fourth of July visits and notable residents in Pella
Pella hosted a wave of visitors and residents over the Fourth. De Reus of Knoxville assisted an old Legion post celebration, while Vander Zyls joined Prairie City crowds. Emmerson of Knoxville discussed county fair plans. Miss Martha Crew, once of Pella, visited friends from Iola Kansas. Herman Vander Meulen, a June Iowa State University medical grad, heads to a Los Angeles internship after a six and a half day drive. Henry Renaud recovers at home after a hospital stay. Several locals, including Anne and Will De Gooyer and Nettie De Gooyer, spent Independence Day with family in Pella. Families from Ames and Oklahoma visited, and Hajo Pals and C L LeCocq hosted relatives amid Fourth festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bration
Martha Crew
Iola
Kansas
Pella
Herman Vander Meulen
Los Angeles
Herman
Medical College
Iowa State University
California Hospital
Lester C. Welle
Chicago
Lester
Fuller Brush Company
Anne de Gooyer
Ellendale
Minn
Will de Gooyer
Sioux City
Nettie de Gooyer
Prairie City
W. W. Sadler
Henry J. Ed
Pleasant trades and travel dot Howell area notes
Amsterdam News reports Mrs C L Vander Linden of Percy rode eastbound to Pella for Ath. Miss Dena Van Veen visited Miss Iva Tanner. Mrs James De Vries of Otley visited Friday. Mrs Tone Van Veen and Mrs Gerrit Samson with children rode to Tracy for home. Iva Tanner returned to Penn College after spending the 4th at home. Wabash painters work at Howell station this week. Perry L Evans of Des Moines visits with the Tanners. G T Ream the Knoxville born entertainer rode through Howell en route to Albia after spending the 4th at Pella with the Pope family. McCoy and Nelson loading gravel for highway No 63 finish and plan to relocate to Red Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Vander Linden
Percy
Howell
Pella
Dena van Veen
Iva Tanner
James de Vries
Otley
Cedar Rapids
Tone van
Penn College
Howell Station
Perry L. Evans
Des Moines
Tanner
G. T. Ream
Knoxville
Albia
Clarence Pope
McCoy and Nelson Construction Company
Red Rock
Dr. Sybenga Chosen on Bethesda Hospital Board
Dr. J. J. Sybenga received notice of his appointment to the board of trustees at Bethesda Hospital in Denver Colorado. The tuberculosis sanatorium, supported by two branches of the Reformed Church, serves patients from across the country east of the Rocky Mountains. He plans to visit and help manage the institution while continuing to reside in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Sybenga
Bethesda Hospital
Denver
Colo
The
Reformed Church
Rocky Mountains
Sybenga
Pella
Phillips gifts 20000 to save Marion county fair
Waite Phillips a Tulsa oilman and Knoxville native funds the Marion county fair buying the grounds and equipment for 14000, freeing the fair from debt over five years. The event features daily horse racing and a Saturday auto race with Potts fireworks, plus themed days like Farm Bureau and Miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite Phillips
Tulsa
Knoxville
Marion County
C. J. Scott
The
Fair Association
J. B. Hicott
Knoxville National
Phillips
Elliott
Fair Board
Middle West
Potts Fireworks Company
Thi
Farm Bureau
Church Notes and Membership At Two Local Churches
Local church notes list services at First Christian Reformed Second Reformed and Baptist churches with topics on baptism Trinity and moral lessons. A baptismal membership welcomes six new youths: Nellie Van Oostrum Evelyn Schakel Donald Hesse link Winifred Hesselink Leroy Andeweg Marion Hesselink. A large Iowa State Training School gathering featured Rev Shipman Ames and a Grand Council with a fourfold life theme and bonfire symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tellit
Nellie van Oostrum
Evelyn Schakel
Donald Leo Hesselink
Winifred Hesselink
Leroy Andeweg
Marion Fred Hesselink
Iowa State Training School
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Shipman
Ames
Grand Council of the
Lodge of the Hawkeye Nation
School urged to enroll more students for 1928 return
The piece urges increased enrollment for next year, reflecting on what the school has meant to pupils and their desire to return in 1928. It encourages young people to spend time attending the school and to begin working toward a larger enrollment for the following year.
Attendees Named at Exercises Include Vander Linden Family
The list of attendees at the exercises includes Mr. and Mrs. M. Vander Linden, Mrs. M. Langerak, Sara Gosselink, Gertrude Neyenesch, Helene Slob, Wilma Van Gorp, Mrs. Chas LeCoca, Viola LeCocq, Betty De Haas, Nellie De Haas, Bert Boat, Leroy Andeweg and Rev. H. G. Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Vander_ Linden
M. Langerak
Sara Gosselink
Gertrude Neyenesch
Helene Slob
Wilma van Gorp
July Fourth Celebration Praised by Local Readers
The 4th of July event drew a large crowd with ideal weather, no accidents, and no arrests. The American Legion was lauded for organizing one of Pella’s biggest celebrations. The writer shares local humor and notes about safety and home improvement ads, including Sheet Rock and a Ford Coupe sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Firestone Tires
de Reus
G. S. Vander Zyl
Emmerson
Henry Renaud
Ani Oskaloosa Hospital
Dora Vander Pol
H. C. Buswell
Charles
M. A. Clarke
H. H. Holiday
Mark
Oklahoma
Udell Hendricks
Hutchinson
Hutchinson’s
Vander Linden
the Penal Store
Voss
Foto
Ford
Amsterdam News
DR. Sybenga
Fair
Big
Patent Arch
Florsheim
L. van Rees
Rollins
First Christian Reformed Church
de Haan
Holland
Engish
Second Reformed Church
Third Reformed Church
Baptist Church
Kuyper
S Korner
Jonah
Rowie
West
Spreek
Rel
Mary
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