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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
8
John Henry Engbers fell Monday evening and suffered a broken rib with bruised muscles. Ladies Aid of the Chr. Ref. church met Wednesday with Mrs. Bill Kelderman hosting, and a birthday honor for Mrs. C. De Leeuw on July 4th was celebrated with cake ice cream coffee and cookies.
Otley residents gather for visits and church outings as families travel from Des Moines Pella and Knoxville. Vanden Bergs and Vander Kolk relatives mourn Herman Vanden Herg in Pella. Local changes include Larry Angove taking the Otley paper route and neighbors sharing health, home improvements, and farm work updates.
Anna Libolt dies at home after a Monday illness with funeral held Wednesday at 2 00 in the Christian church led by Rev. Lowell Colston. Dorothy Smits has ton sils removed. A A Steen hock home hosts visitors including Dick Steenhock Harlan Cannon. Bruce Walker visits grandma Maggie Cooper. Esther De Vries discharged after appendix operation. John J Vande Kieft from Los Angeles visits Prairie City friends. Various callers and visits among local residents noted.
Mrs. Frank Andreas is ill at her home. A large crowd attended the Lutheran church supper last Friday. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Terlouw, Harlan, and the Wilbur Van Sant family. Des Moines guests joined Bert Shutts and family for Sunday dinner. Blackwood Bros. concert drew locals from Sully and nearby towns. Several families visited in the Kooistra and Renaud homes. Sunday programs featured Daily Vacation Bible School pupils Velma Kooistra and Julia Rozendaal. Ladies Aid met at Gerrit Vander Pol’s with Acts study and talks on Thankfulness. Rev. Robert Baer spent the week in Chicago and Winona Lake Youth for Christ. Neal De Prenger observed a 78th birthday with family. Pot luck dinners and park Youth for Christ events continued with Rev. Hazen Sparks as speaker and local musicians. Marcille Wisgerhof visited Newton. Local visits occurred in Leighton and Will Rempe homes. Ladies Aid meetings included life-lesson talks and missionary support.
Marvin Schippers of Pella visited his sister Mrs Darrell De Bruyn in Galesburg this past week. Judith Jacobs celebrated a birthday in Newton. Lutheran church hosted an ice cream social. Christian Church Ladies Aid quilt afternoon. Kenneth Carpenter and family enjoyed a Maytag Park picnic. Roy Dearinger hosted Sunday dinner with Harry De Penning. Richard Walters of Des Moines, pastor of the Galesburg Christian church, stayed overnight with Mrs Francis Heemsbergen. Elk Creek Grange met at the Grange hall Friday. All Maytag workers in Galesburg return to work Monday July 14 after vacation. Reinder Poortinga works on garage while awaiting new home. Earl Hendricks and family visited Kenneth Carpenter's home Sunday evening.
Ethel Hart had a tooth pulled. Howard McDaniels broke a shoulder blade two weeks ago. Buddy De Heer fractured his arm near the wrist after a swing. Everett Fee is ill in Knoxville hospital. Roland Reed to return to Des Moines Veterans hospital. A son named Frank Elias Jr born July 1 at Methodist Hospital Des Moines after cesarean. mother ill, baby in incubator. May Van Hemert visits twin great grandsons in Pella. Howard and family at Mary Jane’s. Howard starts work at Bram’s. 4-H events held at Farm Bureau in Oley. 81 girls and 7 leaders at Ahquabi Lake. crafts and camp stove making. Forrest Dailey replacing Harold Gildersleeve in Monroe post office. Rural carrier exam July 26 in Otley. eight expected, including Nelson Vos and others. Visits to Roy Karr’s by various relatives. Ruth Perkey aiding with house cleanup. Fishermen from Leech Lake attended water show and pow wow. stopped at Nisswa gift shop and Wheatcrafts near Aitkens. How many fish did they catch remains a mystery.
Leo Allard and a Knoxville doctor fished in Canada and packed a cabin bill, yet brought home a full catch. An air show thrilled residents with nine planes roaring overhead. Des Moines hosted a circle visit two days before twelve. Paul Cronkhite and family vacationed in Wisconsin Dells on the Fourth, taking boat trips and hikes. Crowds of tourists filled the area while Winona Davis returned from a long U.S. tour with many tales. The piece ends with an imagined journey up the coast.
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