Merida student visitors explore Pella in local exchange
The Partners of the Alliance program brings Jose Enrique Zapata from Merida Yucatan to Central College with Austrian peers for orientation before staying with American host families in Iowa. Local families hosted the visitors, expanding community ties and pride in the experience. Also features a note on The Iowan Magazine article by Murt Kooi about Strawtown restaurant and a kitchen band The Elderberries with Vita Cornelius, plus a Bi Centennial Commission service for locating celebrations using government computer data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merida
Yucatan
Jose Enrique Zapata
Alliance
Central College
Iowa
Jose
Pella
IOWAN
Murt Kooi
Strawtown
al de Wild
Elderberries
Tulip City
Vita Cornelius
Vita
Cornelius
Fort Des Moines
Gary Gezel
American Legion Auxiliary
Des Moines
Congress
Commission
Murray Goodman
State Capitol
Jose Antonio Arceo
Carol Kooi Engaged to Don Page of Ames
Mr and Mrs Edward Kooi announce the engagement of their daughter Carol to Don Page son of Mr Kenneth Page of Ames. The wedding is set for 2 PM Saturday Aug 30 at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church Cedar Falls. Carol is a Pella graduate and Don a Ames High School and Marine Corps veteran. The couple attend the University of Northern Town Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kooi
Carol
Don
Page
Kenneth Page
Ames
Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church
Cedar Falls
Pella
Ames High School
U.S. Marine Corps
University of Northern Town
Linda Bensink Engaged to Mark Recker in August Wedding
Linda Bensink of Pella engages to Mark Recker of Monticello in a planned August 15 wedding. Linda is a 1974 University of Iowa graduate and junior high special education teacher at North Linn in Coggon. Mark is a senior in dentistry at Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Bensink
Pella
Linda
Mark Recker
Ernest Recker
Monticello
University of Iowa
North Linn School
Coggon
Mark
College of Dentistry
Hospital Births and Admits Roll Call in July
A July hospital log lists admitted and discharged patients by day from July 7 to July 13 in Pella and nearby towns. It also notes newborns including Valerie Lynn, Chad Eric, Amy Beth, Chidinma Uloma, Douglas L Roose, Mandy Lynn Mattox, and other infant births with parent details and grandparents.
Pella Personal News: Visitors and Recovery Updates
Myers and Mrs Myers and Betty Schippers visited relatives in Wapello and Illinois and spent time on the Mississippi River. Warren Van Wyk underwent surgery in Houston Texas and is progressing as well as can be expected. mail may be sent to Methodist Hospital 1656 Bertner Blvd Houston Texas 771025.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Myers
Myers
Betty Schippers
Wapello
Illinois
Mississippi River
Warren van Wyk
Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sonja Overman
Carol Kooi
Linda Bensink
Mon
Brian Avitt
Knoxville
Gerald Harberts
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Schuring
Leighton
Betty Rogers
Gerrit Vink
Iva Miedema
Tues
Lyle Panno
Oskaloosa
Vernon Huyser
Lynnville
Agnes Vos
Arthur Vander Ploeg
Monroe
Chidi Ikonne
Jack Boatsma
Tunis Dykstra
Clyde Karr
Alan Vander Linden
Frank Lobel
Eugene Clark
Nellie Wilson
Pleasantville
Lenora’ Harms
Ralph Vander Pol
Bruce Heerema
John Langstraat
Anthony M. de Cook
Stefanie Vander Wilt
Howard Jansen
Sally
Sam Lindaman, Jr
Bruce Wehrle
New Sharon
Steve Mattox
FBI
Laura Brummel
Cornelia du Pree
Marion de Vries
Gene Stocker
Edna Terpstra
Steffanie Vander Wilt
Lester Clausen
Don Malcolm
Jennie Hoekman
SUN
Mike Durskey
Pershing
Marion Roorda
Doris’ Franjé
Glen Hiemstra
Jeff Mikita
Marion
Sam Lindaman Jr
Ted Roush
Valerie Lynn
Joe Horman
Otley
Henry Roush
Harvey
Roy Ritter
Reasner
Ed Horman
John E. Nossaman
van Dyke
Allen van Dyke
Newton
Amy Beth
Clifford Philby
Gert van Dyke
Christena Vandenberg
Amy
Stevie
Ikonne
Chidinma Uloma
Christiana N. Nwakwuo
Nigeria
West Africa
Chidinma
Ekwuluo Ndidi
Yehenna Chijioke
Melvin Mattox
Guy Zickel
Harold Fisk
Rickard
Wilson
Jeteelers Inc
Uskaloosa
Puc
Franklin
THE
Pella Chronicle
van Gorp Agency, Inc. Real Estate
Donald J. van Gorp
Karl Magnussen
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