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Society notes and a marriage spree in Iowa and California
A July 3 society gathering hosted by Mrs. Simon Ter Louw featured hymns prayers and a missionary fund drive totaling 3.75 for July plus 49.75 and 1.30 in offerings. It also approved 15 for Mescalero NM playground equipment and 25 for Nigeria mission worker Sarah Bakker. The report moves to a lengthy June 28 Santa Monica wedding of Celia Gertrude Brockett to Chester Donald Beintema with a detailed description of gowns, attendants, and reception plans, followed by multiple July 7 and July 12 Beintema receptions in Colfax and nearby towns. Also recorded is the June 28 marriage of Henry J. Wielard and Rebecca Jane Dye in Pella Iowa with church ceremony and postnuptial dinner and reception plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Ter Louw
B.W.W. Society
Bert van Hemert
America
Edna Vande Vrede
Mescalero New Mexico
Sarah Bakker
Nigeria
Africa
Celia Gertrude Brockett
Evan B. Brockett
Euclid St
Santa Monic Calif
Chester Donald Beintema
T. D. Beintema
Leighton
Iowa
First Presbyterian Church
David John Donnan
Robert B. Bannister
The
Ride
Bannister
Marilyn Nuffer
Marilyn Hopkirk
Carolyn Bailey
Santa Monica
Lake Tahoe
Glen Ellyn
Ilinois
Santa Monica High School
City College
Epsilons
Honorary Women’s Organization
Occidental College
Alameda
Mexico City College
Central College
Pella
Ilinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Chester D. Beintema
Gaylord F. Farley
Colfax
Durk Beintema
Keith
Glenn Eilyn
Illinois
Gaylord F
Michael
Harry van Zee
Dick van Zee
Raymond van Zee
Ronald
Marion van Zee
Mary Elizabeth
John Erie
Herman van Zee
Prairie City
David Boat
Wm. van Zee
Bruce
Mary Ellen
Mitchellville
Henry J. Wielard
Rebecca Jane Dye
Murray
K. E. Nesbitt
James Stiffler
Thayer
J. D. Wake
Robert Bailey
Andy Taylor
Osceola
Alice Rapp
Oskaloosa
J. Midam
Darlene