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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
8
A flood of social visits fills Monroe area homes with relatives from Coon Rapids Kalamazoo Guthrie Center and Minneapolis. The record lists hospital discharges military training assignments church services and family travel including Notre Dame Cornell College Camp Dodge and YWCA events.
Case News notes show Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jansen and family dining at the Guy Elscott home on Monday. Visits include Mr. Tunis Van Maanen and family with parental Walter Van Maanen, Edna Pothoven staying with the Youngkin and Pethoven families, and Irene and Elmer Elscott with Renaud and Reser households.
Visited Monday afternoon with Mrs. Fred Muinwasker who is a patient at Skiff Memorial Hospital in Newton Velma Hill returned to her home in Des Moines Sunday after spending a week’s vacation with her greats Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ill. Mr. Verne Stanley and Mr. John Renaud visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. John Elscott and family.
Summit area residents hosted or visited relatives across multiple households over a period. Alfred Van Wyk family from Mitchell and Will Van Dusseldorp's relatives gathered with Gerrit Van Dusseldorp and Simon Van Dusseldorp clans. Numerous trips to Newton, Pella, and Lake Kentmiah noted, including births, furloughs, and job changes.
Mr Henry Hookstra returned from Abbott Hospital last week Wednesday and is not yet able to work. Several neighbors and relatives visited or called on friends near Harvey Oskaloosa Leighton and Eddyville. Ver Steegh and Ver have been unwell but improving. Families including Van Zee Van Van Heukelom Uilermarkt Van Roe Kel Van Haafte Sedrel Overbergen Van Heuk Clom and Van Ommen figure in visits and suppers through the week.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday July 6 at the church for Mrs. Harry Cline 40 who died Saturday afternoon at her home northwest of Lynnville from a heart attack. Rev. M. officiated. She is survived by her husband and two children. Burial was at Bethel Cemetery. Also notes of local visits and arrivals including relatives from Vander Pol and Elscott families, a 14 day furlough for Corp. John Vos from San Francisco, and residents heading to Rochester for eye surgery.
John Vande Noord of Pella, now in South Dakota, sheared 201 head of sheep in one day beginning Monday at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. A veteran 50 years in sheep farming, the observer praised his speed and neat work, citing past wins in Iowa and Chicago contests. Neighbor notes include local visits and family greetings in Midland and surrounding areas.
Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Renaud’s included Louie Renaud and families from Des Moines, Newton, and Pella. A Lynnville farm sale to Weibe Goodyk was noted. An emergency appendicitis operation at Newton Hospital affected the Vander Beek and De Jong families. A newborn Patricia Blessing arrived in Detroit, Michigan, while Harold De Jong’s APO address was provided.
Fifty residents from Pella and Monroe spent several days at various local homes including the Kuiper, Van Zee, Schuring, De Raad, and Vanden Borg households. Notable visits included Mrs. Bert Van Zee and Harriet Monsma with Nelva, and Mrs. Ralph Kuiper with daughter at multiple residences.
Cordova News details visits and family gatherings around Des Moines including Howard J. Rankin A 8 Kins Elect Post and Chester Bricker with relatives. It notes Mr and Mrs Van Hemert hosting at Roy Karr home, birthdays, shopping trips, and various locals employed in Red Rock and Des Moines regions.
Mir and Mrs Hershel Wing spent Thursday evening at the Bryan Karr home where ice cream was made. Electricity was hooked up to view the Bryan Karr home on Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Kamerick visited Sunday afternoon at the Murray Van Hemert home. Clyde Karr and family visited Sunday at the Ora Rainer home. Arton Balmer and family were there as well. Clyde called at the Roy Karr home on their way home.
July first passed quietly in Rose Hill as fields stayed too wet to plow. Local residents attended small gatherings and family visits continued at homes in the area including Albert Van Zante and Vander Wert households. Relatives from Chicago and Newton joined in birthday celebrations for Judy vonne Vanden Berg and Sara Van Ryswyk at the Vanden Berg home.
Rev. M C Buettell and Mrs Buettell of Waukon marked their 65th wedding anniversary on June 26 1943. He is 81 and she is 89, according to the notice.
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