July Fourth Warmth And Camp Fire Weekend Reflections
A lively column notes July heat and celebratory Fourth of July traditions with picnics, shade, and fireworks. It details a Jaycees welcome coffee for newcomers in Pella, a West Market Park outing for families, and a Camp Fire leaders overnight camping trip to Lake Keomah with tents, meals, and a starry night. It also covers a June wedding at First Reformed Church in Pella and gatherings of local residents sharing memories and plans.
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Jaycees
Gladys Nieuwsma
Pella
West Market Park
Dick D. van Zante
van Zante
Camp Fire program aids Pella girls camping effort
The note praises Pella's Camp Fire program and equipment, allowing girls greater camping opportunities than before. The text also cites historical dates such as the Declaration of Independence, the first all talking motion picture, the Liberty Bell crack, the Marine Corps creation, Julius Caesar's birth, the Atomic Age start, Ben Franklin as postmaster general, and the first trans Atlantic telegraph cable completion.
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Pella
New York
Justice Marshall
Julius Caesar
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Ben Franklin
Continental Congress
Triplets for Suzy the lamb at Mosebach farm
Suzy a four year old ewe belonging to Mr and Mrs Earl Mosebach of Sheldahl gave birth to triplet lambs recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzy
Earl Mosebach
Sheldahl
Virginia Van Vark Weds John Mathes in June Wedding
Virginia Van Vark daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Van Vark Otley married John Mathes son of Mr and Mrs Layton Mathes of Pella in a June 20 ceremony at Trinity Reformed Church with Rev George C Muyskens officiating before 180 guests. The couple will live in Pella after a Denver honeymoon.
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Virginia van Vark
Roy van Vark
Route 1
Otley
John Mathes
Layton Mathes
Pella
George C. Muyskens
Trinity Reformed Church
Mary van Vark
Marilyn van Didorp
Robert Hagen
Henry Mathes
Roger van Vark
Robert Goemaat
David van
Evan Vander Wert
Ronald Hiemstra
Dale
Sue
Bos
Larry Vander Werff
Richard Hiemstra
Barbara Hiemstra
Laura Hiemstra
Patsy Mathes
Marilyn Goemaat
Gerald Hoekstra
Ronald Vander Leest
Janet Nollen
Denver
Colorado
Central College
Wapello County Welfare Department
Ottumwa
Pella Christian High School
South End 66
Virginia
Vander Wert
Gene de Heer
John
Abe Goemaat
Tom Langstraat
Walter Kamerick
Ray van Dyk
Richard Mathes
John Kamerick
Pete Bogaards
Larry Langstraat
Clifford
Wayne Langstraat
David Briggs
George de Wit
Don de Wit
Andrew Hiemstra
Leonard Hiemstra
Emma Hiemstra
Ruth Hiemstra
Local couple wed in Rock Valley church ceremony
Miss Delores Van Otterloo and Corne lius Rylaarsdam united in marriage on June 12 at First Christian Reformed Church Rock Valley Iowa with 200 guests. Rev. John Byker and Rev S T Cammenga officiated. Reception followed. couple to reside at 1349 Main Street Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Kay Kolenbrander
Larry Allen Braskamp
First Reformed Church
Pella
H. W. Kolenbrander
Norman Kolenbrander
Guelph
Ontario
Canada
Inwood
Iowa
Delores van Otterloo
Cornelius Rylaarsdam
First Christian Reformed
Rock Valley
John Byker
S. T. Cammenga
Steve H. van Otterloo
Marinus Rylaarsdam
Chandler
Minnesota
Hermina Vugteveen
Arla Postma
Steven van Otterloo
Billy van Otterloo
Verlin Rylaarsdam
Marvin Rylaarsdam
Floyd Terpstra
Betty Huyser
Lord Most
Bud van Eck
Frances de Kam
Wilma van Kley
Betty Baartman
Carol] Driesen
Joyce Kragt
Clarena Bakker
Gloria
Westmar. College
LeMars
Pella Christian Grade School
Southwestern Christian High School
Edgerton
Calvin College
Drake
Pella Christian High School
Main Street
Country Club Calendar Highlights in July
The Country Club lists a July schedule featuring a Ladies Luncheon on July 8, a Meiss Dirsa Guest Stag with a guest on July 9 for golf and dinner, a Two Ball Foursome on July 13, a Bridge Party on July 16, a Ladies Breakfast on July 17, and a Smorgasbord at 5:00 p.m. on July 19.
Open house for Huibregtse 50th anniversary
Friends of Rev and Mrs E Huibregtse invite to an open house in their honor on July 7 1964 at Eskola Pella Chronicle page June 14.
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E. Huibregtse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sylvia J. Hawker
Om We
Wight
Lake Keomah
Keomah Park
Andy Berends
Marvin Tysseling
Herb Vander Waal
Ralph Vander Waal
Case van Arkel
Annabelle DeZwarte
William Peters
James Hixson
Robert van Hemert
Marge van Zante
Lake Front
Allan Braskamp
Waupun
Wisconsin
Hospers Kuyper
Arlan de Kock
Marcia Kolenbrander
Ken Braskamp
Dave Bush
Ruth Roelofs
Elias Rosenbrander
Joan Rosenberg
Sylvia Gunnink
Karen Snuttjer
State University of Iowa
Riverside Park
Iowa City
White Water
Egerton and
Preston
Joplin
Missouri
Holland
Michigan
de Wild Photo
Larry Braskamp
Judith Kolenbrander
Marine Corps
Congress
Earl Pohlmann
Cook and Son Insurance Agency
Isalees
Linda Zylstra
Hastings, Sheldon
Cornelius Rylaarsham
Huibregtse
Electric Right
Power Company
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