American Legion Auxiliary Meeting and Local Wedding Report
The American Legion Auxiliary held a July 1 meeting at Ion Hall with officer installations and a talk by Shirley Hoeksema on Girls State. A penny march and door prize occurred. A June 21, 1982 wedding in Pella united Ruby Jean Miedema and Gybertus Rozenboom with 40 guests and lavender decor at the Ben Stouwie home.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Ion Hall
Shirley Hoeksema
Shirley
Legion Auxiliary
Marguerite Vander Veer
Beryl Vanden Berg
Margeurite
Thelma van Hemert
Agnes Dieleman
Thelma
Cora Klein
Helen Douwstra
Nannie van Haaften
Marie
Nellie van Arkel
Jerry Lee Deeboom
Ruby Jean Miedema
Gerrit Miedema
Pella
Gybertus Rozenboom
Reasner
Ben Stouwie
Russell J
Golden Wedding Anniversary Gratitude Card from De Cooks
Mr and Mrs Ira P De Cook express hearty appreciation for visits, congratulations, gifts and best wishes received on their Golden Wedding Anniversary Route 3 Pela Iowa.
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Ira P. de Cook
Pela
Iowa
Hospital Thank You Note From Mrs Gezel
Mrs. W. H. Gezel thanks friends for cards letters flowers gifts and visits during her stay at the Iowa Methodist Hospital and after returning home. She expresses gratitude to everyone for their kindness.
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Iowa Methodist Hospital
W. H. Gezel
News From Home For The Aged Observers Visit Kindred Families
Local notices recount visits by Gerrit Van Heukelm and others to residents of Otley Sully Des Moines and Minneapolis. It also notes birthdays, trips from Denver and Orange City, and meal guidance promoting cold and hot salads with cottage cheese and fruit pairings.
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Gerrit van Heukelem
M. van Gorp
Peter Langstraat
Paul Langstraat
Davenport
Pete Rozendaal
Lly
Maggie van Zee
Ellen Barnes
Des Moines
Henry Vander Wilt
Peter Lubberden
Denver
Colorado
M. Popma
Orange City
Leendert Langstraat
Salads Can Simplify Summer Menus
Iowa State College nutritionists advise including protein with salads when serving as the main dish. Suggested proteins include cheese, luncheon meat, cold turkey, chicken, fish, or leftovers, plus raw greens like spinach or mustard greens. Sample pairings feature roast beef with radishes and potatoes, cold cuts with raw greens, sardines with cheese, or chicken with apples and celery on endive.
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Iowa State College
Grace Forsythe obituary graveside service held
Graveside funeral services were held in Oakwood Cemetery for Grace Forsythe of Des Moines formerly of Perla. Rev. Russell Redeker led the service. She died Thursday July 3 at Grayson Funeral Home Des Moines. Her sister Minnie once taught in Pella. Their father ran a drug store in Pella. Grace was a Baptist and member of Pella Chapter BA of P.E.C. A number of Chapter members attended.
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Oakwood
Grace Forsythe
Des Moines
Perla
Russell Redeker
Miss Forsythe
Grayson
Minnie
Pella
Gauss Law Office
Grace
Services and after the services at Mrs Gaass home
Mrs Gaass hosted friends from Pella and outside town after the services for Miss Forsythe, welcoming attendees at her residence following the ceremony.
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Wo Gaass
Pella
Mrs William Graves Rites Held in Norfolk Nebraska
Funeral services for Mrs Verena Laura Nenow Graves known as Rainy were held Monday at the Norfolk Home for Funerals. The former Pella Iowa resident, 74, formerly of Norfolk, was born April 6 1878 to Augusta and a pioneer Nenow family who settled in Pierce County. Rev Adrian Edgar of First Methodist presided with hymns by Marian Isaacson and Victor Wagner at the piano.
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William Graves
Pella
Norfolk
Adrian Edgar
First Methodist Church
Nebraska
Marian Isaacson
Victor ‘Wagner
Graves
Verena Laura Nenow
Pierce County
Wisconsin
Norfolk Woman Was Highly Popular Saleswoman in 1913
The Nenow family moved to Norfolk when Mrs Graves was eight and she lived here for years. Baptised at St Pauls Lutheran Church, she worked as a salon woman for 14 years in three local firms. In 1913 she married William Graves and six grandchildren survived. The text notes a years residence with relatives and a long life in Norfolk before a short illness led to death.
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Nenow
Norfolk
Helen
Glenn
Clyde
Edith
Cliff Houck Nosed Out After Recount In Adams County
In a recount of Adams County elections Charles Tindall won the supervisor nomination 141 to 140. The subsequent following count after the primary election again had Houck losing by 141 to 140, confirming Tindall as the winner.
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Adams County
Cliff Houck
Charles Tindall
Houck
Card of thanks from Mrs. John Robertus
I express sincere thanks to relatives neighbors and many friends for flowers cards visits prayers and gifts received while in the hospital and after returning home Route 3 Pella signed Mrs John Robertus
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John Robertus
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legion Auxiliary Unit
Miedema—Rozenboom
Redeker
John Whitlatch
Stouwle
Gysbertus Rozenboom
Leonard Neels
Robert Rozenboom
Pella Manufacturing Company
Rozenboom
Ver Meer Manufacturing Company
North Main Street
William
Frundt
Pel
Graceday
Des ‘Moines
Calif
Wheaties
Crisco
Borden's
Briardale
Duncan Hines
Cantelopes
California Oranges
Jack Sprat
Oleo
Carton
Morrell
Boston
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